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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1953
Page
2
Public notice states the paper is entered at Cameron Texas as second class mail under the 1879 act. It lists weekly publication on Thursdays and subscription rates of 1.75 per year in Milam County 2.00 outside county and 2.25 out of state.
San Angelo dairy leader Lou Gandy announced Texas will observe June as Dairy Month with Governor Shivers backing the effort. The program stresses milk and dairy products as essential to health and notes 50,000 Texans work in dairy industries and a $400 million annual impact.
Bobby L. Yount of Thorndale was named county winner in the Texas FFA Tractor Operator's Contest held at Cameron on May 29. Six area FFA members competed under judges G. Tomlinson J. D. Moore and George Fisher. The winner advances to the district contest, then the state event at Rocking Horse Ranch near Dallas on July 21 1953 with a Golden Jubilee Ford Tractor prize.
An interdenominational revival opens in Milano on Thursday June 4 at 7 30 p m. It will run nightly next to Milam Cafe and Humble Service Station on Highway 79. Evangelists Robert and Helene Lawrence of Shreveport Louisiana lead the services with special music. The public is invited to attend every evening at 7 30 p m.
The 135 day session ended May 27 with 461 bills approved, fewer than usual, and 11 constitutional amendments the largest number passed at any session. Virginia 1954 measures include water conservation bills, DUI penalties, school finance index changes, auto and bus length changes, and veteran benefits.
The Life magazine piece lists five Civil War veterans alive on Memorial Day 1948 including Walter W. Williams of Franklin Texas, aged 110. Williams served in Company C 5th Cavalry Texas Brigade under John L Hood and remembers scrounging for feed for Confederate troops while bemoaning wars that never settle.
Mrs. E. W. Goldfarb Mrs. Joe Luce and Mrs. W. A. Warren of Cameron attended the American Fashion Association Fall Market in Dallas May 24 29. They viewed numerous outfits illustrating the theme From the Earth Rises Autumn Beauty.
Uncle Walt plans a plane ride over his old fox hunting ground while his birthday cards fill his wall. Confederate veterans include Lundy 105 of Laurel Florida Stalling 106 of Slant Virginia and Riddle 107 with other relations visiting Cameron from Galveston and Waco.
The report notes a veteran still residing at the Texas Confederate Home in Austin and identifies Albert Woolson of Duluth Minnesota as the sole surviving member of the Grand Army of the Republic a drummer boy aged 106.
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