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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1956
Page
6
Local lumber dealer promotes pipe and water well casing, aluminum windows, plumbing fixtures, corrugated and V crimp iron roofing, barbed wire and fencing. Visit Woodson Lumber for supplies and savings.
City of Cameron Texas adopts an order of election for April 3 1956 to elect a mayor and two city council members for two year terms. Election at City Hall from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. with appointed judges and clerks. Notice to be posted and published three times in local papers.
The R F Kaatz family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and after the death of their daughter and sister Elsie Kaatz. They thank Annie Galler doctors and nurses at Scott and White hospital Rev Pietsch and Marek and Burns funeral directors and pallbearers. May God bless each of you.
In a humorous item Mrs. Carroll Sr. recalls her grandson Bill Perrin asking for garden tools and carrot seeds for his birthday last Saturday to feed the bunnies and collect Easter eggs. White offers access if someone lends four bits.
The Cameron churches pursue converts and publicity, praising Baptist leadership and Baylor University’s publicity pace. Rev. C H Morris recalls a Texas Christian University expansion plan and notes Baylor would push national coverage next morning. A stray earring is found near Citizens National Bank. owners asked to claim.
The notice lists Red Cross officers and other directors from multiple Texas towns including San Gabriel, Burlington, Maysfield, Clarkeson, Buckholts, Milano, and Sharp. Named individuals include Mrs. Bremond Culp, Mrs. Emil Schroeder, Mrs. Edwin Stigall, Mrs. Hugo Linke, Mrs. L. L. Werley, Mrs. Buster Guthrie, Mrs. Allen Conn, and others such as W. E. Kosel and Bob Foster. The document presents a roster of local volunteers across several communities.
The annual meeting elected new officers led by Floyd Stark acting as chairman and treasurer, replacing Jack Prescott. Mary Carruthers of St. Louis Red Cross outlined chapter status and program benefits, while Richard Moseley served as acting secretary. Milam county quotas were set for Rockdale, Throndale, Buckholts, Maysfield, Burlington, San Gabriel, Sharp, with a March 9 board meeting planned in Rockdale.
A schedule outlines a day starting with Salt Grass dock Ranch and a 9 a.m. coffee at Roy Wirt's, with arrivals in Spring Branch at 11 30 a.m. Then Roy Rogers and Trigger await at the Day's Club. The plan leaves Memorial Park at 8 a.m. for downtown Houston to join a gigantic parade.
Mrs Charlotta Pauline Kurtz died February 28 1956 at 8 30 PM a Buckholts resident born May 11 1871 in Europe. Survived by three daughters Hilda Koerth Elsie Jeske Annie Jungmann four sons Henry Paul Edwin Rudolph twenty grandchildren and twenty three great grandchildren. Pallbearers are grandsons. Funeral Thursday March 1 at 3 00 PM Hope Lutheran Buckholts with Rev John Pietsch officiating burial Buckholts cemetery Greens Funeral directing.
Mrs. M. E. Blake, longtime Cameron resident, died in Brownwood after an extended illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday February 28 at 10 AM. She was mother to F. G. Blake of Hearne and grandmother to Gene Blake of this city, with survivors including three sons and four daughters across Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico.
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