Prohibition Debates and Social Aid Highlight Texas News
The article discusses Texas voters deciding on August 24 between repeal or liquor by state dispensaries, notes persistent prohibition politics, and urges temperance through education. It reviews social security relief rolls, elder demographics, and a Cameron Fall Fair plan, then covers banking, inflation risks, and a farmers meeting on Bankhead cotton law with a Washington delegation planned.
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America
Texas Relief Commission
Texas Voters to Decide Repeal in Dual 1936 Ballots
Texas legislature submits repeal plans to voters in a two election format. A August 24 ballot on repeal would allow a state liquor monopoly option and local option for counties. The voter decision could end constitutional prohibition or keep options for regulated sale.
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Autin
Texas
Motion Picture Version Passion Play Here May 6th
The piece touted as the greatest Passion Play on screen promises beauty reverence and drama. It is scheduled to be shown May 6 with praise for its religious storytelling on page 4.
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Our Town
Cameron Alleys to Open Around May 15
C. E. Triggs announces the Cameron Alleys bowling center will open about May 15 in the former Zalesky Dry Goods building in Cameron. He aims to attract men and women, supervise operations, run a high quality facility, form six local teams, and host leagues with teams from Waco Brenham Austin and New Braunfels.
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Cameron
Zalesky Dry Goods
Damages Paid in Suit Over Live Wire Injury
J H Angell and son J H Jr received sixteen thousand dollars in an agreed district court judgment against Texas Power and Light Co following an injury when J H Jr contacted a fallen live wire. Angell and Jr shared the settlement with attorney H B Beard of Waco.
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J. H. Angell
J. H. Jr
Mr. Angell
Texas Power and Light Company
Cameron Hospital
H.&. Beard
Waco
Mrs Cora Cammer Ill in City Social Leader
Mrs Cora Cammer lies critically ill at her daughter Mrs Ed Balhorn home as pneumonia complications threaten recovery. A longtime social worker and head of associated charities she is revered as the citys first citizen for selfless service. Her husband the late John Cammer once edited the Herald.
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Cora Cammer
Ed Balhorn
Stewart Grocery Burglarized Here Saturday Night
Burglars entered the B. F. Stewart Grocery through a skylight on Saturday night and pried open the cash register taking about $12 in small change. The safe knob was knocked off and checks lay scattered in the rear of the store. Mr. Stewart discovered the robbery about 8 o clock Sunday morning. Sheriff Kennedy was notified, no arrests made.
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B. F. Stewart
Stewart
Kennedy
Former Cameron Boyhood Resident Dies in Sipe Springs
John Diver, once a Cameron youth about 50 years ago, died at his Sipe Springs home on Wednesday April 24 at 9 a.m. Funeral services were conducted at the Rockdale new cemetery at 10 a.m. He is survived by his widow and two sons, R. M. Diver and Lee Diver of Sipe Springs.
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John Diver
Cameron
Sipe Springs
New Cemetery
Rockdale
R. M. Diver
Lee Diver
Seniors for £955: Class of 1935 among largest
The class of 1935 is among the largest in school history with high grade averages and a strong outlook for graduation honors. Notable seniors listed include James Fuller, Mary Virginia Garlicks, Elmer Gibbs, William Graham Gillis Jr, Rebecca Graham, and many others.
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Mary Virginia Garlicks
Elmer Gibbs
William Graham Gillis, Jr
Rebecca Graham
Denson Suit Against Texas Power & Light Up for $6683
Penn Wolf district clerk reports the Supreme Court has affirmed Mrs Florence Denson’s $6000 lawsuit from 1931 against Texas Power and Light Company for injuries after a crash. Attorney Winbourne Pierce says settlement is forthcoming. W B Denson joins the suit but will receive only a small portion of the total judgment of $6683.35.
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Penn Wolf
Supreme Court
Florence Denson
Glass the Florist opens new Cameron shop in Auditorium Totel building
Mr and Mrs Lester Glass, formerly with Cameron Florist, announce the opening of their own flower shop in Cameron within the Auditorium Totel building. They plan a modern shop with personal attention, fresh flowers, and service for all occasions. An advertisement appears in this issue of the Herald.
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Lester Glass
Totel
Cameron
Glass
Cameron Florist
T. Reed
Temple
Herald
Tampico Cafe In Rosebud Finishes New Dining Room
Tampico Cafe in Rosebud announces completion of a redecorated dining room that creates a more realistic Mexican atmosphere. Cameron patrons can now enjoy the cafe's own Mexican menu prepared with imported ingredients and recipes, as the cafe thanks Cameron diners for their support.
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Tampico Cafe
Rosebud
Cameron
Texas
Confederate Graves Decorated Sunday Memorial Service Held
Graves of Confederate soldiers were decorated Sunday during annual memorial services led by W. D. Paden. Miss Mollie Moore gave the devotional and the crowd sang How Firm a Foundation. Judge Graham Gillis read the Confederate dead names in Cameron cemeteries and Judge Jeff T Kemp listed living Confederates in Milam County now at the Confederate home in Austin.
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W. D. Paden
Mollie Moore
Emma Pearl Clement
Zora Clarke Wilkerson
Graham Gillis
Cameron
Jeff T Kemp
Milam County
Moseley
A. Baker
Cameron Mutual Pays Claim to Luther Self Heirs
Cameron Mutual Life Insurance Association under Vernon Roberts paid the first claim this week to beneficiaries of Luther Self at Hearne. The Cameron Company has paid thousands to beneficiaries and all claims are paid promptly, Mr. Roberts reports.
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Cameron Mutual Life Insurance Association
Vernon Roberts
Hearne
Cameron Company
Ths
Roberts
Mr. Roberts
Cheeves Brothers Boost Dollar Day Sales in Cameron
Cheeves Brothers inaugurate May buying in Cameron with First Monday Dollar Day Sales. The program now runs twelve times yearly, grouping merchandise to offer buying advantages. Frank Cheevee notes strong local turnout and widespread interest sparked by outbound coastal county ads.
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Cheeves Brothers
Cameron
May Selling Boost at Green and Boedeker Stores
Green and Boedeker in Cameron launches May selling with new price quotations and weekly arrivals. The ad highlights specials in food and hardware as the store expands its influence in Central Texas.
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Green & Boedeker
Cameron
Herald
Texas
McLane and McLane Launch May Selling Event
McLane and McLane announce a big May selling event in Cameron as they return to advertising after several weeks. The store promises better buying deals with price levels kept within a wide range for all customers this month.
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J. B. White
Henderson
Chamber of Commerce
United States
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Geo. Banzhaf
Geo. T. Graves
C. E. Triggs
Camionlly
Stewart Grocery
E. A. Perrin
Yee High School
Jack Lewis Arriett Mary Helen Baldwin Bertha Marie Baylor Cecil Brockman Bell
Lucille Bell Ruth Naomi Bell L. Leonard Blaylock, Jr
Dorothy Inez Buffington Mary Kathryn Buford
Agnes Lurline Coker Charles Clifton Cox
Virginia Ezzell
Willie Ray Fanning
Florine Folschinsky
Hubert Ray Foster
Troy Frank Foster
James Fuller
Thomas Marshall Hairston
John Calvin Haysgood
Debs Hensley Alien
Hese
Helen Marie Hess Macon Wallace Hinson Ervin
Joe Hollas
Cyrill
Methodous
Hubnik Maxine Hyer
Harold Swain Jackson Hubert John Janicek
Ernest Louis Kahler Crockett Elliott Kennon
Dorothea Kubecka
Edith Margaret Lambert Gypsy Joy Lantrip
Aleta Lehmann Marenmret Lesikar
Nell Louise Lewis
Ruth Lott
Robert Gaither Lyon, Jr
Theresa Manning
Henry M. Marak
Margaretta
Mickey Marak
Billie Ermin Marek
Hilda Marek
John C. Martin, Jr
George A. Matocha
Pauline Michalka
Robert Michalka
Albert H. Moran
Oretha McBride
Howard Max McClaren
Frances Armett McDermott
Myr Wilson McGregor
Alice Rylander
Wenonah
Roberta Slaughter
L. D. Rhodes
Gwendolyn Adelaide Sanders Esther Schultz
Inez Smith
Rennie Albert Stevens
Gertie Rae Terry
Alline Warren
Nona Weems
Johnnie Garth Williams
James Neviel White
Kathryn Louise Woodum
Tony
Glass the Florist
Cameron Mutual
Luther Self
McLane
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