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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1958
Page
1
Sample Democratic primary ballot listing numerous statewide and local races including Governor Lieutenant Governor Attorney General U S Senator and several justices and county offices. Voters select preferred candidates with polls opening 7 am and closing 7 pm for about 5000 eligible voters.
Funeral services for Mrs. William Henderson 92 were at 10 a.m. in Cameron with Rev. A F Russell of First Baptist officiating. Interment followed at Oak Hill Cemetery. She died Tuesday at her daughter's home in Waco after four years of ill health. She was born in 1865 in Bosque County and lived most of her life in Cameron before moving to Waco in 1938. Survivors include five children, three brothers, one sister, five grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed: Walter White, Herbert Colburn, John Henderson, Francis Cox, Jimmy Asher, Bill Arthur, Grady Cooper and John Hayes.
At the charter presentation for Boy Scout Troop No. 191 in Cameron H N Tate of the Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society gave a large American flag. He said the gift promoted Americanism and the Boy Scout movement.
The Babe Ruth league has one game left and Little League another full week. Earnest Bayer went three for three with a two run homer as the Owls beat the Cats 9 to 7. The Yanks edged the White Sox 5 to 4 behind Jon Zelisko's six hit pitching.
Election managers named for the July and August Democratic primaries by Max McClaren. Thirty seven managers listed for the first primary with a run off August 23 if no candidate gains a majority. One precinct, Sand Grove, had no manager listed at presstime.
A Houston Patzke of Rt. 2 Cameron presented a dead coral snake to The Herald staff, noting it as the area’s first in about 20 years. He confirmed it as the venomous coral snake, distinct from a harmless lookalike, after checking encyclopedias. The piece also mentions a toy scooter mail delivery concept and a Century Plant sighting near 805 N. Central, with precinct managers listed for Cameron and surrounding communities.
Rev. Floyd E. Johnson the Rotary district governor from Waxahachie met Cameron Rotary Club officers and directors at the Cameron Country Club Wednesday night. They discussed the club's objectives for 1958-59 and reported on each division's activities.
Evangelist Frank Newton will direct revival services at the First Baptist Church from July 27 to August 3. Services are at 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. daily, according to Rev. A F Russell. Newton is pastor of the Richmond Plaza Church in Bellaire, and the public is invited.
Funeral services were held in Denver for George Knapp former Cameron resident and father of Mrs Forrest Sapp Cameron. He died at his Denver home Sunday morning of a heart attack while having worked at Dorner Garage during his Cameron residence.
Crews from Coffield Construction Company of Rockdale started work on a $110000 National Guard Armory for Battery C, 649th Anti Aircraft Artillery Battalion in Cameron. The reinforced concrete and tile building will be 108 by 116 feet with a drill hall, offices, class rooms, and a parking area adjoining the existing vehicle storage building. Pilings two feet in diameter and 22 feet deep are being drilled as part of the foundation after prior soil tests to prevent settling and wall cracking.
Lamar Straw Newton 67 died at 9 25 p m Friday after stepping onto Highway 190 in Mayfield and into the path of a Brownwood driven car. Sheriff Black and deputies investigated the crash. funeral at Maysfield Presbyterian Church with two ministers. Survived by son Lanier Newton of Tyler, three brothers, one sister, and one grandchild. Marek Burns Funeral Home oversaw arrangements.
Thousands watched the fourth annual Cameron Horse Show over two days at Wilson Ledbetter Park and Yoe Field. President Charles McDermott praised the event as a rousing success comparable to the 1957 show with top quarter horse and cutting horse entries and a 1200 attendance on Saturday.
About 5,000 voters may cast ballots in the 1958 Democratic Primary across Milam County with 4,527 poll taxes paid and roughly 500 exempt from registration. Absentee ballots total 279, with ballots due by Saturday noon. Runoffs set for August 23 if no majority. Contested races include county superintendent, judge, clerk, treasurer, and state representative, plus two commissioner races and a three-way justice precinct contest. Public address system to announce results after 7 p.m. in Cameron Court House.
The Cameron Gospel Tabernacle will start a revival Tuesday at 7 45 p m led by Sidney and LaVaughn Jones from Corpus Christi a nationally known evangelist team. Rev Bowley said two prior Cameron meetings were highly successful and a large crowd is expected. the public is invited.
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