Yarn Spinners On Court House Lawn Share Tall Tales
On the courthouse lawn the Yarn Spinners sit as a retired group of storytellers. M J Wiggins recalls a 1878 Dawson Georgia rain frogs story tied to local memory. Other voices recall memory lanes and weather lore as they debate a possible Sunday edition of The Midget.
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Court House
M. J. Wiggins
Wiggins
Dawson
Georgia
Mill Pond
Texas
Jodie Simms
Sheriff Carl Black Makes Austin Business Trip
Sheriff Carl Black traveled to Austin on Tuesday for a business trip.
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Carl Black
Austin
Mraz Family Makes Cameron Business Trip
Houston residents W. G. Mraz and family recently visited Cameron on a business trip visiting local contacts and inspecting opportunities in the area.
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W. G. Mraz
Houston
Cameron
Curry School 43 Students Enjoy Cameron Picnic
Forty three Curry School students and their teacher Mrs. John Summer Batte visited Cameron on a Chamber of Commerce arranged picnic in Wilson Ledbetter Park. The event, second year for the program, featured a tour of local sites and a picnic lunch with names of attending students listed.
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Curry School
John Summer Batte
Cameron
Curry
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of
F E. C. Cole
L. G. Smith
Wilson-Ledbetter Park
Bartoe Johnson
John Martin
Ronald Hairston
Marshall Treadway
James Wessel
James Edward Martin
Bob Martin
Wayne Matthews
Bill Caldwell
Richard Martin
Thelma Hayes
Mary Alice Perry
Gloria Harber
May Eisfeldt
Molly Warren
Nell Johnson
Rosebud Tomato Shipments Reach Twenty Cars
The C. A. Ripley, Inc. tomato shed at the Southern Pacific depot in Rosebud shipped 20 car loads of green packed tomatoes at noon Wednesday. The plant employs 60 workers and current price bids are about five cents per pound for number one grade. About 1,000 acres of tomatoes lie in the sandy land east of Rosebud, with five car loads already sent from the Travis shed over the past 10 days.
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Rosebud
C. A. Ripley, Inc
Southern Pacific
Travis
Dodson pledges extra to aid Little Linda fund
J. R. Dodson announced Thursday a donation to the Little Linda Sweats fund known as the Blue Baby. He said he would cover any shortfall personally to ensure the baby reaches Dallas Hospital, praising Cameron residents and thanking the Daily Midget for publicizing the appeal.
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J. R. Dodson
Linda Sweats
Guests celebrate weekend at Liberty farm
Mrs. Mary Kamenicky hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Edward Tyroch of Dallas and Mr and Mrs R B Kamenicky of Temple. Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Melvin Provacek and son Cameron and Miss Betty Joyce Provacek of Cameron, Mr and Mrs Ora Arnold and Carolyn of Camp Hood. They visited Mr and Mrs Ladell Chastene and Kay at Rockdale on Sunday.
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Mary Kamenicky
Edward Tyroch
Dallas
R. B. Kamenicky
Temple
Melvin Provacek
Cameron
Betty Joyce Provacek
Ora Arnold
Carolyn
Camp Hood
Liberty
Ladell Chastene
Kay
Rockdale
Portland guest Sallye Turner visits Milam County
Mrs Sallye Turner of Portland Oregon stayed the past week in the home of Miss Bessie Dunham and visited relatives and friends in Milam County during her stay.
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Sallye Turner
Portland
Oregon
Bessie Dunham
Milam County
Brady couple announce eight pound two ounce son Joe Michael
Mr and Mrs Leon L Brady of Buckholts announce the arrival of an eight pound two ounce son Joe Michael born Friday May 20 1949 Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Eleanor Horstmann Buckholts and Mr and Mrs Joe Brady Georgetown
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Leon L. Brady
Buckholts
Joe Michael
Eleanor Horstmann
Joe Brady
Georgetown
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Emory B. Camp
Cameron, Texas
F. H. A. Loans
G. I. Loans
Allis‘chalmers Sales and Servic
E. P. Matystik Cameron
Typewriter
the Herald
Rosebud Firm
Galveston
Moulton Breweries, Inc
Tezar
Fred Lazek
Little Linda
Studebaker
America
All America
South Travis
Tp&l
WFAA
Texas Power & Light Company
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