Revival Services Begin at Battetown Baptist Church
Battetown Baptist Church kicks off its summer revival on Friday July 31 with daily 10 am and 8 pm services and a 7:30 pm prayer service. Evangelist Rev. W R Dillard from Mexia teams with Rev. J Frank Steele of Battetown. open air meetings under the stars. Music directed by Harold Lewallen with Rosemary Lightsey at the piano.
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Battetown Baptist Church
W. R. Dillard
North Side Baptist Church
Mexia
J. Frank Steele
Steele
Dillard
Harold Lewallen
Rosemary Lightsey
Field inspection begins Monday in Chamber Commerce Cotton Contest
Eighteen cotton producers entered the Cameron Chamber of Commerce Cotton Contest. inspections start Monday July 27 with entries closed June 15. First prize is 100 dollars and second 50. Judging covers yield, improved practices, and records with specific subcategories for farming methods and conservation.
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Cameron Chamber of Commerce
P. W. Davis
Dedication Service Planned Sunday for Maize for Refugees
Milam County seeks one carload of maize along with other aid. A dedication service will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at the railroad. Maize is loaded at Jesse Kirk's warehouse and will go to Houston then aboard a ship to Germany on August 8 to feed refugees. Special music and speakers are planned. public invitation extended.
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Milam County
Jesse Kirk
Houston
Germany
Death of Reuben Shuffield San Antonio Police Veteran
Word reached Cameron on Friday of the death at age 46 of Reuben Shuffield of San Antonio. He died of a heart attack in a San Antonio hospital. Shuffield was born and raised in Milam County, a veteran who served for years on the San Antonio police force.
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Cameron
Reuben Shuffield
San Antonio
San San Antonio
Mr. Shuffield
Milam County
Christ For All People Theme Of Tabernacle Revival
The Cameron Gospel Tabernacle opened a two week revival at 7 45 p m in a 50 by 80 foot tent in Cameron city park near the pavilion. Rev H M Bowley opened the series with the theme Christ for All People inviting all Cameron churches and unaffiliated believers to attend.
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Christ
All People
Tabernacle Revival
Cameron Gospel Tabernacle
11Th Street
City Park
H. M. Bowley
Cameron
Two Found Guilty Of Selling Beer To Intoxicated Persons
Walter Malone pled guilty July 23 in County Judge Charles C. Smiths court to selling beer to intoxicated persons. He was fined $100 and cost of court. Margie Wells also pled guilty July 23 to the same charge and was fined $100 and cost of court. The charge of selling beer to a minor was dropped for lack of sufficient evidence.
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Walter Malone
Charles C. Smith
Margie Wells
New Daughter for Mr and Mrs Eugene Lawson
Mr and Mrs Eugene Lawson of Rogers welcomed a daughter Peggy Sue born at 7 14 p m July 25 at St Edward Hospital. The infant weighed 8 pounds 14 ounces.
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Eugene Lawson
Rogers
Peggy Sue
St. Edward Hospital
Construction In Cameron Tops Million Dollar Mark
Cameron sees extensive building with total projects $1,347,471 as Mayor O B Horstmann notes on Wednesday. The figure covers $390,000 for school buildings $15,000 for street paving $118,000 for water and sewer mains $350,000 for public housing $434,471 for highways and $340,000 for mercury vapor lighting. The effort signals growth and facility improvements for the growing population.
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Cameron
O. B. Horstmann
Brazos River Authority Official Heads to Washington
Oxsheer Smith, director and chairman of the Brazos River Authority Finance Committee, left for Washington to push pending bills on Brazos Dam management. He says current dams pay their way and future dams will yield Texas state revenue of 3 to 5 million dollars annually.
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Oxsheer Smith
Brazos River Authority
Washington
Brazos River
Mr. Smith
Grace Stoebner Enters St Edward Hospital for Surgery
Grace Stoebner of Buckholts checked into St Edward Hospital on July 23 for surgery.
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Grace Stoebner
Buckholts
St. Edward Hospital
Fathers Face New Draft Deferment Rules
The Local Board announces that deferment for fathers requires prior evidence. Men must submit proof before August 25, 1953. births before that date must be reported to qualify. Expectant fathers and those already deferred lose MHA status unless certified before August 25 1953.
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Draft Board
MHA
DWI and Firearms Cases Heard in County Court
Two cases were heard in County Judge Charles C. Smith’s court on Monday July 27. Raymond Hubert faced a driving while intoxicated charge and pled not guilty with bond set at 1000 dollars. Robert Eugene pled guilty to carrying a pistol and received the minimum fine plus court costs. The report also notes visitants from Houston staying with local residents.
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Charles C. Smith
Raymond Hubert
Robert Eugene
Interstate Commerce Commission to hear Southern Pacific plea
The ICC will hold a two day hearing July 30 and 31 on Southern Pacific Railroad’s request for a spur to connect with the Aluminum Company of America plant near Rockdale. Cameron and Milam County will be represented by Oxsheer Smith, with Hillard F. Smith assisting, to avoid extra costs.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Pacific Railroad
Aluminum Company of America Railroad
Rockdale
Oxsheer Smith
Washington, D. C
Brazos River Authority
Cameron
Milam County
Southern Pacific
Missouri Pacific Railroad
EF. A. Craft
Southern Pacific Lines
W. C. Wallace
Chamber of Commerce
Community visitors from Waco and Buckholts
Rev and Mrs Henry Brown and Miss Sandra Lee and Julie Marie Krupicka visited in the home of Mr and Mrs Vince Krupicka of Buckholts, recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez Collins
Tom and
Carter
T. H. DeLaurent
Lake Charles
Charlotte Collins
Henry Brown
Sandra Lee
Julie Marie Krupicka
Waco
Vince Krupicka
Buckholts
Hairston Reunion Scheduled Sunday
The Hairston family reunion will be held Sunday August 2 at Rockdale park. Relatives are urged to attend and invite friends. Each family should bring a basket lunch for a noon meal.
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Hairston
Rockdale Park
Rainy spell hits Central Texas with vehicle crash near Cameron
A cattle trailer rollover south of Cameron on Highway 36 at about 2 PM Monday caused about 1200 in damage. Elwood Moore Tyson of Temple lost control on a soft shoulder, killing four cattle and injuring others. The truck owned by Grimes of Temple sustained 700 in damage. Weather stations logged varying rainfall with Temple airport at 1.69 inches and Cameron area gardens receiving 1.5 inches.
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Cameron
Elwood Moore Tyson
Temple
Worth Modesett
Tyson
Schiller Motors
Grimes
Texas
KTEM
Tyler
College Station
Lufkin
Austin
Houston
Beaumont
Waco
Victoria
Solano Ranch
Jarrell
Prairie Nell
Holland
Bartlett
Castor Beans Harvest Demos Set for Two Milam County Farms
Castor bean farming in Milam County sees 720 acres planted with yields ranging from poor to good. Two harvesting demonstrations are scheduled for Wednesday July 29 to teach harvest timing and methods, with a new Giddings threshing plant to be used. University researchers from A&M College will attend at Graham McLerran’s farm near Cameron and at E. J. Alford’s farm south of Rockdale.
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Milam
J. D. Moore
Giddings
A&m College
Graham McLerran
Cameron
Milano Highway
E. J. Alford
Rockdale
Britz- Doss
Children Must File School Transfers by August First
Any child who will attend school next fall in a district other than the district of residence must file a transfer application with the County Superintendent on or before August 1 1953. The County Board will meet August 3 to consider transfers in the County Superintendent's office with Hinton Pruett presiding.
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Hinton Pruett
October 26 Date For Damage Suit
The case A R Johnson vs Northern Assurance Co Ltd and Atkinson Stallworth Insurance Agency was continued from July 27 to October 26 by judge Leslie D Williams Brenham. The suit seeks 9000 fire loss damages. Ray Newton of Maysfield is receiving medical treatment at Newton Memorial Hospital.
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A. R
Bud) Johnson
Northern Assurance Company, Ltd
Atkinson-Stallworth Insurance Agency
Leslie D. Williams
Brenham
Johnson
Ray Newton
Maysfield
Newton Memorial Hospital
Mrs Pearl Partridge Visits Cameron on Business
Mrs Pearl Partridge of Gause came to Cameron on business Wednesday.
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Pearl Partridge
Gause
Cameron
One Day Build Links Milano Church Revival Effort
Milano residents and neighboring communities spearheaded a 30 by 60 foot church building in one day. More than 80 volunteers from Taylor Temple Cameron Rockdale Thorndale Gause Caldwell and other towns donated labor and services. The project started at 5 45 am Saturday and finished by dusk despite rain with a planned cost of 10 000 and 4000 raised in ten days.
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First Baptist Church
Milano
Kenneth Berg
Taylor
Temple
Cameron
Rockdale
Thorndale
Gause
Caldwell
Berg
Dr. Berg
Fontana
California
Jack McLeroy
Mr. Perkins
Milano First
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Chamber Commerce
Brazos Dam
R. W. Peterson
T. A. Crittenden
Roy Griffith
1.C.C
Marcelle Walker
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