Civic Duty Well Done These Men Get Thanks of Community
Twenty two Cameron men earned the thanks of the community for civic duty raising about 4000 for the National Guard Armory site last week. The Chamber of Commerce lists the contributors as Ivan Creek, Shirley McLean, Dick Albertson, Morris Eplen, Bert Nicholson, Bill Burns, A. R. Maddox, Woodrow Lowe, Calvin Markham, L. W. Smith, Lester Turner, Rudolph Michalka, Maifred Mraz, Stanley Fikes, George Hollas, Johnny Andres, Dwight Moody, Albert Matula, L. Van Perkins, Tommy Kirk, Alvin Kohutek and E. A. Perrin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Cameron
Chamber of Commerce
Ivan Creek
Shirley McLean
Dick Albertson
Morris Eplen
Bert Nicholson
Bill Burns
A. R. Maddox
Woodrow Lowe
Calvin Markham
L. W. Smith
Lester Turner
Rudolph Michalka
Maifred Mraz
Stanley Fikes
George Hollas
Johnny Andres
Dwight Moody
Albert Matula
L. van Perkins
Tommy Kirk
Alvin Kohutek
E. A. Perrin
Tragic 6 Year Old Falls Into Abandoned Well
In Mertens Hill County a 6-year-old boy Thomas Britton son of Otto and wife Otto Britton fell into an uncovered water well on a vacant lot while picking flowers. He disappeared midday and was recovered about two hours later. County authorities described a near by curbing and a brick height, and a grappling hook retrieved the body. The boy was pronounced dead by a local doctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mertens
Hill County
Thomas Britton
Otto Britton
Britton Lad
William B. Martin
Britton
Corporal Zedlitz Promoted and Stationed in Alaska
Corporal Louis E. Zedlitz son of Mr and Mrs R L Zedlitz Route 1 Buckholts was promoted to corporal on 18 February He is stationed at Shemya Air Force Base Alaska as an Aircraft Electrician with Headquarters Squadron Zedlitz enlisted May 28 1947 and was at Chanute Air Force Base Illinois before overseas assignment He arrived at Shemya on 13 September 1948
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis E. Zedlitz
R. L. Zedlitz
Buckholts
Shemya Air Force Base
Alaska
Zedlitz
Chanute Air Force Base
Illinois
Mrs. Fred Jackson Sr. is ill in Newton Memorial Hospital
Friends of Mrs. Fred Jackson Sr. are informed she is currently ill and a patient at Newton Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Jackson, Sr
Newton Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Emil Kamenicky Visit Waco With Daughter
Mr and Mrs Emil Kamenicky and their daughter Patricia Ann made a business trip to Waco on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Kamenicky
Patricia Ann
Waco
Parma Radio Service Repair Notice
Parma Radio Service offers repair for any make radio. Call 104 for service information and scheduling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parma Radio Service
Wood Bill Defeats Truman as Coalition Passes Taft-Hartley Reform
The House approved the Wood Bill by 217 to 203, delivering a crushing setback to the Truman administration. A Dixie-Republican coalition backed keeping most Taft-Hartley provisions, while Administration forces sought repeal and a modified Wagner Act revival. Final passage was delayed by a reading demand from Representative Marcantonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Marcantonio
American Labor
New York
Ayres and Kennon Marry in California Ceremony
Veda Frances Ayres and Nathan C. Kennon wed in a formal eight o clock ceremony on April 23 1949 at Eastside Church of Christ Long Beach California Miss Ayres daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl E Ayres Madill Oklahoma became the bride of Mr Nathan C Kennon son of Mr and Mrs Cage Kennon Cameron The Rev William Irving officiated and G W Erickson gave the bride in marriage A reception for 200 followed in the church parlors The couple will reside in Downey California and honeymoon at California resorts Both have prior college and army service records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastside Church of Christ, Long Beach
California
Veda Frances Ayers
Earl E. Ayres
Madill
Oklahoma
Nathan C. Kennon
Cage Kennon
Cameron
G. W. Erickson
William
Irving
Thomas B. McCarty
Donna Sue Tyler
Dick Kennon
Charlie Erickson
Mines
Robert Williamson
Neal Lowe
Hoyt Houchen
Ernest Flippen
Jack Bridges
Charlie Conner
Edwin Qleson
Joe Stroud
Laura Ann Weirick
Jack Murphy
Dow
Holloways Purchase Palace of Eats
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Holloway have bought the Palace of Eats from Mr. Harbur and now manage the cafe. They bring cafe experience and plan a rounded menu with lunches short orders a la carte and cold drinks. Hours will run 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. Mrs. Holloway is Frances Hughes and Mr. Holloway is a war veteran with six months overseas duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Holloway
Palace of Eats
Harbur
Holloway
Frances Hughes
Old Bible of 1828 Beloved by J. L. Foster in City
A Bible printed in 1828, prized by J. L. Foster, with ownership papers from 1837 to Mrs. Abigail Foster. It wasSterotyped for the American Bible Society and includes letters, a church document from Elizabeth Foster, and genealogical notes. An old album of Elizabeth Slaughter’s tin type photos also accompanies the collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abigail Foster
Isaac Foster
Mr. Foster
E. & J. White
New York
American Bible Society
United States
Elizabeth Foster
Shiloah Baptist Church
Williamson County
Abigail King
Elizabeth Slaughter
Foster
Reubin Slaughter
Terry
Texas Rangers
Rome
Georgia
Hood
Texas Brigade
Miss Salughter
Marlin
Falls County
Chamber of Commerce Sponsors School Picnic Program Again
The Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the School Picnic program in Cameron with L G Smith announcing. The first picnic is set for Friday April 29 with 580 students and sponsors from 13 Milam County schools attending. E C Cole chairs the Public Relations Committee and will be joined by Mayor Roy Griffith and other local leaders. Souvenirs will be distributed again this year and merchants are asked to provide them before Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
L. G. Smith
Milam County
Cameron
E. C. Cole
Roy Griffith
A. W. McCullin
Morris Eplen
Herbert Nance
Henry Liebman
O. B. Beasley
W. W. Lowe
Soldiers Halt on Tracks After Milano Car Escapade
Three Camp Hood trainees drove a car onto Missouri Pacific rails near Milano toward Rockdale. Pvt Lewin Lemon Jr. avoided major injury. the vehicle was struck by a 72 car freight train after the driver flagged it. Lemon paid a County Court fine. Pvt Allen Shaffer and another unnamed soldier paid justice court fines in Milano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Hood
Milano
Missouri Pacific
Rockdale
Justice Court
Pvt
Lewin Lemon, Jr
Lemon
Allen Shaffer
Funeral Pending Here For Late War Veteran Truett Chambers
Truett Chambers 30 of Cameron Texas died 10 20 p m Wednesday April 27 at Mc Closkey Veterans Hospital He served two years in the Army with combat in North Africa and was wounded He will receive full military honors at St Monica Catholic Church and Oak Hill Cemetery Funeral arrangements are pending in Cameron Surviving are his widow mother Maude Weems Chambers and grandparents A N Weems of Cameron Also two brothers Gordon of Grand Prairie Homer of Cameron and sister Geraldine Bove of Raton Pass NM with other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truett Chambers
Cameron
McCloskey Veterans Wospital
Chambers
Geraldine Bove
Raton Pass
New Mexico
Marek-Burns
Mr. Chambers
Austin
A. N. Weems
North Africa
St. Monica’s Catholic Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Knights of Columns
Helen Chambers
Maude Weems Chambers
Gordon Chambers
Grand Prairie
Texas
Homer Chambers
Poole and Hohenstein Family Visit in Waco
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Poole with their sons and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hohenstein of Cameron spent Sunday afternoon in Waco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Poole
Reburial planned for Lawrence Schiller this week
Reburial services were arranged here for Arm 2C Lawrence C. Schiller whose body arrives in Cameron on Friday May 6 at 3 13 a m. He was the son of Mr and Mrs E O Schiller and brother of Edwin Schiller. He was killed in action off the coast of Southern China as a gunner aboard a fighter plane attached to a carrier of the United States Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ARM
Lawrence C. Schiller
Cameron
Santa Fe
Marek-Burns Funeral
Lawrence
E. O. Schiller
Edwin Schiller
China
Schiller
United States Navy
Mrs Brennan of Lexington Recovering in Newton Memorial Hospital
Mrs Richard Dick Brennan of Lexington is a surgery patient in Newton Memorial Hospital. She is the former Miss Rebecca Lewis of Cameron. Friends wish her a speedy recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
Dick) Brennan
Lexington
Newton Memorial Hospital
Brennan
Rebecca Lewis
Cameron
Miss Imogene Sanders Visits Cameron For Business
Minerva resident Miss Imogene Sanders traveled to Cameron on Tuesday of the previous week for business matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imogene Sanders
Minerva
Cameron
Mr and Mrs Alfons Kleiber Easter visit with relative
Mr and Mrs Alfons Kleiber spent Easter Sunday with her mother Mrs Richard Lehnert. The gathering highlighted family ties during the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfons Kleiber
Richard Lehnert
Brashear among patients ill at Newton Memorial Hospital
W. J. Brashear of Cameron is reported among the patients ill in Newton Memorial Hospital. The note lists him alongside other local residents receiving care at the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Brashear of
Cameron
Newton Memorial Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Herald
Ge Chocolates
Dusek Pharmacy
Cpl. Zedlitz
Michalka Motors
Cameron, Texas
Cortez
Mexico
Julius Caesar
JV Clark
England
Ivery
Truman
Coalition
Veda Frances Ayres
The
Holloways
J. L. Foster
CC 10
Lawrence Schiller
Rip Woods
Noble
H. B. McClellen
Cameron Rebekah Lodge
Virgie Gill
Johnnie Lee Richards
U.S. B.A
Pillsbury's
PTT Mat Ayroto Aca
Wilson Produce Company
North Lamar Cameron, Texas
Gerick’s Electric
Mother Day
Delta
Eaton’s
Hughes
Coty
Paris
Corday
Lenel
Martha Washington
Schiller Pharmacy
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