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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1953
Page
1
Sheriff Carl C. Black reports Harris Service Station burglarized Thursday night June 4. Entry appeared locked with no pry marks, suggesting a skeleton key. About $30 in change, cash register, and two tires were stolen, with money hidden in a waste basket.
Mrs. Troy White 45 of Cameron died at home June 9 after months of illness. Funeral services were at Green's chapel with Rev. John Solomon, burial in Minerva cemetery. She is survived by husband in Cameron two daughters and three sons all of Cameron, a brother and two sisters.
Local Cameron post office announces July 1 1953 box rent hike due to a Postal Department order. Rates rise for all box sizes as costs of equipment and service grow with the change from a second to a first class office. 75 cent boxes become 1.10 per quarter 1.00 boxes 1.50 and 1.50 boxes 2.25.
Vacation Bible School at the Presbyterian Church will begin Monday morning June 15. Workers will be announced later.
The Methodist Vacation Church School opened with 66 children ages 4 to 14. The final commencement will be held at 9 am Sunday in the church auditorium followed by a tour of the week’s handwork and refreshments in the Junior Room. Director Mrs. Lester Williams is aided by teachers and assistants across Kindergarten Primary Juniors and Intermediates with Miss Kay Mondick and Mrs. Gene Blake among others.
Funeral services for Mrs. Tom Linam 67 died at Searcy Fleming Hospital were conducted at Little River Baptist Church with Rev. Frank Newton officiating. Interment followed at Little River. Born November 7 1885 in Maysfield she taught Milam County schools forty years and was a lifelong church member. Survived by husband T W Linam son Tom Linam brothers Tom and Coke Phipps and granddaughters Linda Kristin and Frances Ruth Linam.
William Frederick Talafuse pled guilty before County Judge Charles C. Smith on June 5 to driving while intoxicated. The court found him guilty and sentenced him to 250 in fines and court costs with a six month license suspension.
Two men in a stolen 1947 blue and green Ford truck were captured at 4 a.m. Sunday in Cameron by Claude Bailey of the Cameron Police Department. The vehicle had been reported stolen in Coleman Saturday night. The suspects were jailed in Milam County and transported to Coleman Monday to face charges.
The Cameron Herald introduces a scented page on page seven as Matula's Grocery runs an ad with Cashmere Bouquet fragrance, a first for the Cameron paper. The feature highlights a new advertising service offering a scented ad.
Dr E G Kahler son of Mr and Mrs E L Kahler of Cameron graduated from Southwestern Medical School of the University of Texas on June 1. Commencement was in McFarrlin Auditorium Dallas with James Pinckney Hart presiding. Dean Joseph C Hinsey of Cornell Medical College gave the address. Kahler joined Theta Kappa Psi and served in multiple roles. He studied at UT and North Texas State with Navy service interrupting. He will intern at University of Pennsylvania Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia. Mr and Mrs EF L Kahler and Charles attended the exercises.
The First Baptist Vacation Bible School will hold its closing Friday night at p m. The program will include selections from Beginner Primary Junior and Intermediate groups. A film from the first week will be shown and children’s handwork will be on exhibit afterward.
A father and daughter face incest charges and are released on bond as the case develops. The report notes the surrounding legal actions and ongoing court proceedings. The incident follows a separate traffic fatality in Milam County earlier that year.
Funeral services for N. H. Rowland 84 died June 8 at St. Edward Hospital were set for 3 p m Wednesday at Marek Burns funeral home. Rev Aubrey F Russell officiated burial followed in Bremond family cemetery Rowland born October 28 1868 in Overton Texas son of late Rev and Mrs J H Rowland married Nettie Jones of Bremond in November 1893 former railroad inspector Milam county resident two decades survivers include widow one daughter Mrs R G Grabin of Cameron three sons J H Rowland Beaumont W E Rowland Rockdale Joe Rowland Lake Jackson eleven grandchildren eleven great grandchildren.
Cameron business houses received voting forms from Louis McKee chair of the Trade Development Committee to decide if they will close July 4. The poll notes the holiday observance and cites surveys from nearby cities including Temple indicating a yes to close.
Mondrik offers a 17 inch Bendix television giveaway in the Cameron Herald. Readers can enter the contest with a June 20 deadline.
The Attorney General approved school bonds for Rockdale and Milano districts totaling 696000. Milano ISD received 45000 for schoolhouse bonds while Rockdale ISD gained 440000 in schoolhouse bonds and 211000 in refunding bonds. Other districts approved include Petersburg Sheldon Alvin Waco and Plano with various bond amounts.
Mrs W K Earman is listed as a patient at St Edward Hospital. The notice provides no further medical details or context.
Bell County drilling report notes the Jones-Howard No. 1 well six miles southeast of Belton near Summers Mill. At 1250 feet an excellent oil showing is recorded. drilling target depth 4300 feet in Glen Rose sand. Major operators Sinclair Magnolia Shell Humble hold leases. another well northeast on T L Hubbard tract shows about 1200 feet.
The Fort Worth Stockyards saw the largest cattle run in nineteen years with estimated receipts of about 10 500. Cattle were mainly cows and yearlings with many stockers and calf receipts around 1 500. Most cattle came from East Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana and were in good condition.
Paul Sipula 82 died June 10 at St Edward Hospital. Born July 1 1870 in Czechoslovakia he lived in Cameron area. Services set for June 12 at Marek Burns Funeral Home and Marak Catholic Church with Rev George J Duda. Burial in Marak cemetery. Rosary at Marek Burns Thursday night. Survivors include four sons four daughters a brother a sister four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Dr Mark Magers begins his fourth year as pastor of the First Methodist Church of Cameron after a reassignment at the Texas Methodist Conference in Houston. This year marks his 40 years in ministry with prior Texas service in Texarkana Beaumont Robertson and Marshall districts. He studied at Central College Fayette Missouri earning bachelor master and doctorate degrees. He previously served in the Southwest Missouri Conference before moving to Texas. The Texas Conference reassigns pastors yearly within its 12 districts with Cameron in the Bryan district.
Arvis Boyd Turner, 82, died at 9 a m Thursday June 11 in St Edward Hospital after a period of ill health. Funeral services set for 4 p m in Green's Funeral Home chapel with Dr Mark Magers pastor of the Methodist Church to officiate. See Arvis Turner back page.
One rabies case in animals appears on the weekly health officer’s report. The list shows eight measles and eight strep throat cases, seven chicken pox, two mumps, two gonorrhea, and one each of amebiasis and malaria for the week ending June.
Rev. John Solomon and four Cameron explorers joined 55 scouts at the Heart O Texas Council annual budget conference held at Camp Tahuaya. The proposed 1954 budget of 72114.50 adds 12511.50 and funds a council circus canoe trips Den Mothers workshops and the Together Plan while adding a council office staffer and a camp ranger. Membership stood at 6664 as of June 1 with council president Pat Taggart presiding.
Funeral services for R F Bob Yarbrough 74 of Rockdale were scheduled for 1 30 p m Thursday at Phillips and Luckey chapel with Minister McCurin Harwell of the Church of Christ officiating. He is survived by his wife two daughters Mrs Ernest Hodge of Friendship and Mrs Mable Sledge of Houston and two sons Preston Yarbrough of Houston and Clyde Yarbrough of Baltimore Md.
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