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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1949
Page
1
Railway Express has altered its policy cutting night service at Cameron to reduce overhead. New labor contracts cap work hours and stop Sunday service, reducing parcel post reach as express pickups decline. Hatcheries and egg producers now ship chicks via Temple as routes tighten.
Rev. Glen Braswell of River Oaks Baptist Church Ft Worth will lead a two week revival at Battetown Baptist Church from July 24 through August 7. He served ten years in ministry including thirty months as U S Army chaplain and has lived in Ft Worth since 1946. The Christ centered sermons will inspire churchgoers and an invitation is extended.
The Dallas Morning News reports former Gov Coke Stevenson would run again if drafted by a strong popular demand. In an interview on his Tele graf ranch Stevenson said he would keep public affairs interest and that his political future depends on the people. He noted a draft movement he heard of in Austin during Gov Beau Jester’s funeral.
Final week for the sale of Texas A M 1949 home season books. Each $14.95 book includes one ticket to varsity games with Villanova Baylor SMU Texas and admission to three home freshman games plus varsity basketball baseball and track next winter and spring. No limit per buyer. orders to Athletic Dept Texas A M College Station Texas.
Construction began Wednesday on the first unit of the National Guard Armory announced by John C. Andres of the Chamber of Commerce. Ed Johnson of Johnson Construction Company of Waco staked off the site for a motor transport building. The armory will sit on about 20 acres on Highway 36 west of the city, funded by Chamber subscriptions. Initial costs run around 50 000 dollars for the motor maintenance building plus 10 000 for roads and utilities. total armory cost estimated at 400 000 dollars or more. Cameron's Battalion of Anti Aircraft guardsmen will gain new quarters, now housed in the old Grammar School on West Second Street, with new facilities to include auditorium space for public use.
The Board of Review to Mrs. Catherine Witt of Burlington recommended $1875.00 for a 6.5 acre right of way crossing her land after a Friday hearing. Witt sought $3375 total, including $975 land, $400 fencing, and $2000 for damage. The Commissioners Court may reject or accept. settlement follows suit potential. A causeway is under construction on the Cameron to Ben Arnold highway.
Teresa Morbitter, former resident, died Saturday in Wichita Falls. Funeral services were held at her Scotland Texas home Catholic church on July 18. Survivors include four sisters Mrs Joe L Gerick Sr Mrs Mary Hilmer Mrs Vince Horelica of Cameron and Mrs Amiel Harks of Burkett.
A. F. Mitchell of Corsicana, Texas Highway Commission member, returned to Cameron for a Lions Club luncheon and earned a broad, enthusiastic reception. He spoke about American freedom versus Marxist ideas in a 4000 word address, praising leadership and civic service. John C. Calhoun, Corsicana resident and State Democratic Executive Committee chairman, attended.
Captain Rudolph E. Michalka reports four enlisted men join Battery 649th Anti aircraft Artillery Battalion and two officers are attached for drill. The new officers are Lt. Eugene A. Mees and Capt. James T. Terry. New enlisted personnel are Billy J. Baggerly Emil F. Horelica Joe E. Wardlaw and John C. Komar Jr.
Joe Rowland and family from Lake Jackson spent the weekend with his parents Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Rowland. Friends report Mr. Rowland's condition greatly improved after injuries from a May 17 car train collision in Brenham.
Residents on west First Street in Cameron protest filthy sewer conditions with several homeowners planning complaints to the city attorney. The mayor and alderman deny action while residents threaten state health department oversight. A $9.00 sewer charge adds to widespread indignation.
A cattle truck carrying 46 beef calves to the Houston livestock market overturned on highway 36 east of Cameron city limits on a dangerous curve. The driver escaped injury while two calves were crippled. Calves scattered across the road and fields before horsemen helped round them up and drive them to market.
Ferrias Ferguson a 39 year old Black railroad section gang employee was shot to death at 7 15 AM Monday July 18 in Gause Giles Jordan a 45 year old white mechanic at the Ditto Garage in Gause was jailed without bond after Sheriff Carl Black arrested him minutes after the shooting Jordan was questioned by County Attorney Ed Gunn who provided no statement or hearing decision Officials said no words or quarrel preceded the shooting though a prior dispute was noted Ferguson died from shotgun wounds to the left hip and side as witnesses described a fatal ambush near the J A Ely store
Funeral services for Roy Torno a Cameron native and builder held at 4 p m Sunday July 17 from Green Funeral Home chapel with Rev Percy A Corkern officiating. Interment followed at Oak Hill Cemetery. Torno 63 died July 15 in Newton Memorial Hospital after six months illness. Survived by mother Amelia Torno of Cameron brother Frank Torno of Cameron sisters Elberta Underwood Irene Torno of Houston nieces Ruth Underwood Leslie Rose Torno of Houston nephew Frank Torno Jr of Cameron.
County gathers for the Farm Bureau event at Simon and George Memorial Hall in Cameron on July 21. Layne Beatty of WBAP Fort Worth will host the coronation, followed by refreshments and a community party. Arrangements include Mrs. Ed Senkel Buckholts Mrs. Adolph Richter Cameron and others on the committee with Mrs. Frank Hanel Hoyte overseeing refreshments.
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