Poison Deaths in Cameron and Buckholts Rail Roles
Robert Lowe 24, Cameron native now Purdue University English professor, poet of notice born 1909 near Cameron, Baylor graduate, published work and anthology honor. R. R. Dabney 60, Santa Fe railway agent at Buckholts, died after insect spray poisoning. he had attempted suicide with a revolver, survived by widow and two daughters. funeral at his Buckholts home with Rogers burial.
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Cameron
Robert Lowe
Edwin Schuhardt
Ballenger
Bessie Lowe
Purdue University
Fayetteville
Indiana
Ballinger
Baylor University
Waco
Lowe
East
Baylor
A. J. Armstrong
Century Company
Milam County
R. R. Dabney
Santa Fe
Buckholts
Dabney
Santa Fe System
Tennessee
Crawford
Texas
Rogers
Beal Family Mourns Death of Fort Worth Resident H C Beal
H C Beal formerly of Milam county died at his Fort Worth home Saturday night April 29. He will be buried in Colorado City, Texas. Beal was born near Jones Prairie and was a pioneer West cattleman turned banker. Survived by wife and children in Texas, he leaves a brother H D Beal of Big Spring and three sisters in Fort Worth Georgetown and Cameron. His father served as Milam county sheriff in 1841 appointed by Mirabeau B Lamar.
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H. C. Beal
Milam County
Fort Worth
Colorado City
Texas
Mr. Beal
John T. Beal
Jones Prairie
Marvin Sneed
Beal
H. D
Nick) Beal
Bie Spring
F. G. Oxsheer
J. T. Sneed
Georgetown
Julia Tyson
Cameron
Dan Tyson
Mirabeau
Republic B. Lamar
The
of Texas
Frank Seidler Dies Suddenly at Home in Cameron
Funeral services for Frank Seidler, pioneer Cameron resident, were being arranged Thursday morning after his death at home around 11 p m from a heart attack. He was about 70 years old. A fuller account will appear in the Herald in a future issue.
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Frank Seidler
Cameron
Seidler
Herald
Will Ap
The
Typing Students To Austin For Contest
Miss Pauline Starnes and Roy Baskin Jr traveled to Austin on Thursday for the state typing contest. They won the meet recently held in Waco, with competitors from districts across Texas participating.
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Pauline Starnes
Roy Baskin, Jr
Austin
Waco
Texas
Parents Auxiliary to Cameron Municipal Band Forms
The Cameron Parents Auxiliary to the Cameron Municipal Band was organized Monday night at Ada Henderson school. Officers elected are Ss. FE. Brogdon as president Dr W R Newton as vice president and Chas H Pollard as secretary. The group supports the band and plans a May 16 entertainment chaired by F R Dunlap with Dan Tyson and W R Hoover.
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Cameron
Ada Henderson School
Ss. FE. Brogdon
W. R. Newton
Chas. H. Pollard
Mexia
Cox
F. R. Dunlap
Dan Tyson
W. R. Hoover
Beauty Honors for Little Anita Zidell
The Waco Tribune-Herald held a Baby Show edition during Baby Week from April 80 to May 6 with ten babies shown. Anita Zidell, Cameron, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas Zidell, was chosen as the sixth prettiest among 400 entrants, the only finalist outside Waco.
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Waco Tribune-Herald
Waco
Little Anita Zidell
Chas. Zidell
Cameron
Anita
Rainfall Boosts Milam County Crops This Spring
Rainfall Wednesday night totals about one inch and helps growing crops in Milam county. Planting is timely and farm operations were delayed earlier due to dry spells. The rainfall was general across Texas with no Milam county storm damage reported.
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Milam County
Texas
Milam County Men Called for Roosevelt Forest Work
Seventy five men from Milam county form the full quota for national forest employment under the Roosevelt program. Only six have been called so far. recruits aged 18 to 25 will earn 30 dollars monthly for six months, with applicants required to send part of earnings to dependents.
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Milam County
National Forests
Roosevelt
J. P. Love
Emergency Relief Association
Cameron
T. B. Stidham
Jones Prairie
Lesser Newton
Milano
J. M. Weid
Jamie Clark
San Gabriel
T. V. Adams
Buckholts
F. Hesse
Burlington
Good Will Trips to Be Made by Cameron Commercial Club
Cameron Commercial Club plans ten goodwill and entertainment trips to county communities. New president I Van Perkins appointed a planning committee including Baskin Cheeves Griffith Roberts and Rev Acre. Nights will feature Cameron High School Band music and speeches by local business leaders. Membership drive aims for 100 percent cooperation with four chairmen in a one day campaign.
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Cameron Commercial Club
Court House
I. van Perkins
Perkins
J. P D. Baskin
Frank Cheeves
Roy Griffith
Vernon Roberts
O. C. Acre
Cameron High School
Gause
Commercial Club
Cameron
J. W. Coleman
W. M. Cobb
Oxsheer Smith
L. van Perkins
Leland Green
F. J. Beckerman
John Sapp
W. G. Manning
Geo Banzhaf
Guy P. Newton
Morrison Resigns From Milam County Board to Join State Education Board
W A Morrison resigns after 20 years as president of the Milam County Board of Education to take a place on the State Board of Education. The Milam County trustees pass resolutions congratulating his appointment and noting his resignations as trustee at large and as chairman.
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W. A. Morrison
Ferguson
State Board of Education
Milam County
Morrison
Cameron Band Wins District Silver Cup
Cameron's Municipal Band directed by Francis Cox won the district meet silver cup and first place for one year bands at Mexia last Saturday. The cup will be engraved and the band earned public plaudits as a large delegation of parents and citizens attended. An Auxiliary of Parents was organized here on Monday night to plan future concert travel.
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Cameron
Francis Cox
Mexia
Roesler Held Here Following Shooting
Hugo Roesler, charged with shooting Buckholts deputy Elimar Horstman last Monday, is held here pending grand jury action. His wife and son, released on bail, face related charges. Horstman wounded in both legs, shot while serving a warrant on Roesler for an assault on neighbor John Tomacek at the Roesler farm south of Pettibone. Mrs. Joe Mohler is reported very ill at her home.
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Hugo Roesler
Elimar Horstman
Buckholts
Roesler
Pettibone
Milam County Mapped Into Eleventh District Under Farm Aid Plan
Washington May 3 Farmers learn how new Farm Aid bill aims to raise income. Key provisions include pooling federal cotton for credit to growers in exchange for acreage cuts, the government holding cotton and paying farmers profits later, and a processing tax on major crops to boost farmers income as outlined by officials.
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Washington
Wallace
State Fair With Will Rogers at Milam Theatre
Fox Film's State Fair tops a big screen lineup at Milam Theatre May 10 11 12 with Janet Gaynor Will Rogers Lew Ayres Sally Eilers Norman Foster Louise Dresser Frank Craven and Victor Jory. The Midwest farm tale follows a farm family at the state fair with reporters trapeze artists barkers and storekeepers shaping a human, relatable story.
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Fox Film
Milam Theatre
Janet Gaynor
Will Rogers
Lew Ayres
Sally Eilers
Norman Foster
Louise Dresser
Frank Craven
Victor Jory
Miss Gaynor
Rogers
Foster
Miss Dresser
Ayres
Miss Eilers
Craven
Jory
Henry Kiang
Farmer
Filmdom
State Fair
Fox
Smile Week Proposed by Cameron Civic Leader
DELPHYA SCOTT proposes a national smile week from May 7 to May 14 to honor Mothers Day. Citizens would greet others with a smile and pay five cents to United Charities of Cameron for each frown, encouraging a habit of cheer in Cameron, the Friendly City.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Will Rogers
Roosevelt
Cameron
United Charities of
Mrs. F. G. Yoe Buried at Little River Sunday
The body of Mrs. F. G. Yoe 5% died at her daughter’s home in Houston Saturday April 29 at 3 00. The funeral was Sunday 3 30 p m at Little River Baptist church Cameron with Rev J E Buttrl pastor. Interment at Little River cemetery. She was born Louise Blassenz and married Fred G. Yoe in 1898. She lived in Clarkson before moving to Cameron in 1916.
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F. G. Yoe
Clara Little
Houston
Cameron
Little River Baptist Church
J.E. Buttrill
Cameron Methodist Church
Yoe
Little River Cemetery
Louise Blassenz
Fred G. Yoe
Clarkson
Bishop Byrne to Lead 40 Hour Devotion at St Monica's
Rev Geo Apel announces a forty hour devotion at St Monica's church through Friday Saturday and Sunday ending 10 am Sunday Most Rev E Byrne Bishop of Galveston Diocese will administer the Sacrament of Devotion at 430 pm Sunday Public invited to services.
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St. Monica's Church
Geo. Apel
E. Byrne
Galveston
Fisher Heads Milam County Education Board
Cameron schools superintendent T A Fisher was elected president of the Milam County Board of Education at a week’s meeting. He succeeds W A Morrison, named to the State Board of Education. Morrison led the county board for 22 years. K B Currie succeeds Fisher. H J Fuchs and A A L Gresham named trustees for three years.
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T. A. Fisher
Cameron
Milam County
Appeal Taken In Clarence Booker Case At Austin
Clarence Booker appeal filed after a re hearing motion was overruled. Booker's attorneys prepare for a appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeals regarding his conviction for the murder of Andy Smith in Cameron last December with the death sentence. The timing of the hearing remains uncertain for the current court term.
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8. M. Burns
Hart
Austin
Clarence Booker
Booker
Court of Criminal Appeals
Andy Smith
Cameron
Correction on Roesler farm shooting warrant details
The paper corrects a prior report stating the warrant served on Hugo Roesler stemmed from a complaint by John Tomasek, not Frank Tomasek as previously published. The Publishers.
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Roesler
Hugo Roesler
John Tomasek
Frank Tomasek
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H.C. Beal
Parent Auxiliary
Anita Ziden
MILAM
Cameron Band
Joe Mohler
O. H. Cross
Luther A. Johnson
Corsicana
Johnson
Cross
Els
Milam Theater
Phil Strong
Delphya Scott
Little River
Bishop Byrne
St. Monica’s
J. A. Fisher Heads (C. Education Board
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