Skelton Returns From Hospital
W. B. Skelton has returned home after a week in a Temple hospital with encephalitis. He must remain in bed for several days and isolation is required during his convalescence. Family asks friends not to visit.
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18 May 1939
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Cameron Herald in Cameron, Texas
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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1939
Page
1
Baccalaureate Service Set For May 28 At Yee High Field
Baccalaureate for the 1939 graduates will be held Sunday at Yee High Athletic Field. Dr. D R Lindley of Central Christian Church San Antonio will deliver the address. The program includes music by Yee High School Band and soloists, prayers by local pastors, Bible reading, hymns, and a sermon by Lindley. Approximately 112 candidates are expected to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yee High
D. R. Lindley
Central Christian Church
San Antonio
Maurice Grove
First Christian Church
Afton
A. J. McCary
First Methodist Church
Mrs L L Albertson Buried in Cameron
Mrs. L L Albertson, 63, of Cameron died at a local hospital after a short illness. Funeral services were held at First Christian church with Rev. Maurice Grove officiating. She was born in Rockdale and taught there. survived by husband, two Cameron sons, and daughter Elizabeth Wadell of Houston. Interment in Rockdale cemetery. Green's Funeral Home directed. Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Albertson
Cameron
First Christian Church
Maurice Grove
Albertson
Rockdale
Elizabeth Wadell
Houston
Rockdale Cemetery
Green
Don Eplen
J. P. Mosley
B. L. Archer
Frank Reid
J. L. Adams
J. L. Calloway
Francis Cox Receives Baylor University Scholarship
Francis Cox, director of the Yee High School Band, is awarded a Baylor University scholarship for the 1939 summer quarter based on his scholastic record. The grant covers half tuition and expenses, one of four such awards. Cox has not yet fixed plans for attending during the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Cox
Yee
Baylor University
Cox
E. N. Jones
Milano Man Receives Five-Day Jail and Fines
CG. C. Porter of Milano was sentenced to five days in jail and fined fifty dollars with license suspension for six months on a charge of operating his car while intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CG. C. Porter
Milano
Milam County Gains $834,339 from Bond Fund Plan
Milam County is projected to receive about 834000 dollars over twenty five years under the County Road Bond Assumption Bill now in the Senate. The plan reallocates the County Road Indebtedness Fund surplus to counties for retiring road bonds or building new lateral roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Senate
Texas
Milam County
Tarwater and Petsch
Milam
Commissioners Court
Fine berries grown near city limits by Jon Kocurek
The Herald reports very fine Poysen berries this week grown by Jon Kocurek whose farm lies at the northern city edge. The berries, imported from California, are thriving under his care and the paper plans a fuller description of his efforts soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Herald
Jon Kocurek
California
Kocurek
Yee High School Commencement Slated for May 29
Commencement exercises for Yee High School graduates will be held on the athletic field Monday night May 29. Full details will be printed in the next Herald edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yee High School
The
Herald
CCC Call for July Applications at Relief Office
A CCC call is expected in early July. Applicants may file at the Relief Office in Cameron or Rockdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CCC
Cameron
Rockdale
Court confirms swap of sheriff and school office sites
The commissioners reaffirmed the plan to move the sheriff's office to the second floor beside the courtroom and place the county superintendent on the ground floor in the former sheriff area. A protest petition circulated countywide was presented but rejected. Both officials had supported the exchange as mutually beneficial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner's Court
Max Kennedy
Guy T. Newton
Wallace Named City Attorney by Mayor Smith
W. C. Bill Wallace was appointed City Attorney for an unexpired term by Mayor Chas. C. Smith on Tuesday night. He is a partner in Wallace & Wallace with his father, a Highland area alumnus who studied law at Rice and Harvard after finishing local high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C
Bill) Wallace
Chas. C. Smith
Wallace
Wallace & Wallace
Rice Institute
Harvard University
Silver Grill Owner Pleads Guilty in Liquor Sale Case
Jack Owings Sr owner of the Silver Grill in Cameron pleaded guilty to selling liquor on Sunday. He paid a $150 fine and $28 costs in Cause No 6799. Bert Ford of the Texas Liquor Board said an order suspending the license for seven days would take effect soon. If future conduct remains improper the license may be cancelled. Judge Jeff T. Kemp accepted the fine under a board agreement. Dance hall cafes with beer bars and liquor have caused widespread problems, with license cancellations in over 1000 Texas cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Owings
Silver Grill
Cameron
Bert Ford
Texas Liquor Board
The
Herald
Owings
Ford
Jeff T. Kemp
Texas
Yee High Band Tour and Abilene Contest Triumph
Members of the Yee High School Band were guests of Stanley Swift at Swift Theatres to view Dodge City. The Band Parents Association held its annual park barbecue for band members in City Park. Francis Cox, band director, attended as a guest in recognition of the recent national contest triumph at Abilene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yee High School
Stanley Swift
Swift Theatres
Dodge City
Band Parents Association
City Park
Francis Cox
Abilene
Diplomas Awarded May 29 for 112 Graduates
Honor student Harold Pressley is valedictorian and Dorothy Perkins salutatorian. Prospective graduates totaling 112 names include Maxine Akers Nila Faye Allen Eddie Allison Raymond A. Allison Jr Theresa Anderle L Angel Harriett Atkinson Helen Barrett Julian Baskin and many others set to participate in the graduation exercises on May 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Pressley
Dorothy Perkins
Maxine Akers
Nila Faye Allen
Eddie Allison
Raymond A. Allison, Jr
Theresa Anderle
Angel
Harriett Gerturude Atkinson
Helen L. Barrett
Julian Baskin
L. Batte
Marguerite Nancy Baylor
Bertha Elizabeth Blackmon
Kathryn LaVerne Blasiens
Roland Boedeker
Claudie Ruth Box
Marvery Brown
Billy Batte Bryan
Jas Elwood Bryant
Harold Monroe Buffington
Reba Mildred Burnett
Ruby
Court House Will Be Ready Saturday
Fire damaged the Lyon Livy Goods building near the federal building after a gasoline stove exploded in a cream testing room. Greene Hoedeker stores moved fixtures to a new location and plan to reopen Monday. Reconstruction began November 25, 1938 with McClellan Brown McClellan of Waco directing the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene Hoedeker
Frottebat
Lyon Livy Goods Company
Busine
Aecros
Federal
Rockdale
Leland Green
McClellan-Brown-McClellan
Waco
J. E. Johnson
Negro Girl Under Arrest In Stabbing Of White Boy
Geraldine Carter an 18 year old Negro girl was placed under arrest by Sheriff R. M. Kennedy and Constable B. F. Bailey after the near fatal stabbing of Woodrow Wilson a former high school student hero and son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Wilson. The attack happened Saturday night on a sidewalk near the Bluebonnet Cafe. Carter said she stabbed Wilson after he bumped into her and dropped her handkerchief and gum while she expressed indignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldine Carter
R. M. Kennedy
B. F. Bailey
Woodrow Wilson
Edgar Wilson
Bluebonnet Cafe
Wilson
Watkins Surrenders After Court Conviction in Central Texas
Rockdale mayor E A Camp accepts surrender from Jack Watkins a convicted habitual criminal serving a life term who escaped Madisonville jail on May 6. Watkins said he feared being shot as officers pursued him. A 1939 Chevrolet stolen in Anderson was found near Little Flock Church two miles west of Maysfield. Watkins had prior Milam county burglary convictions in 1928 and 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Watkins
E. A. Camp
Rockdale
Texas
Watkins
Madisonville
Mayor Camp
Anderson
Grimes County
Primitive Baptist Church
Little Flock Congregation
Maysfield
Dan Gunn
Clarence McCall
Milam County
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Skelton
W. B. Skelton
Camern
Reese Turner
Flotters Inc
Judy Garland
Judy Garland Flowers Inc
Judy
Sheriff's Office
Nelle Hess
William Harry Hughes
Florence Carrie Johns
Lomie Allen Johns
Kenneth Kirk
Anna Margaret Lamb
Aleck Lazek
Dorothy Jean Lewis
Dick Lunsford
Edward Macal
Jessie Claribel Martin
Rose Marie Meinen
Frances Alice Mitchell
James Arvin Mitchell
Clayton Darrell Mode
William Lewis Mode
Nelda Sue McAnulty
Pauline McCall
Norma Jean McElwrath
Janette McIntyre
J.T. Owings
Bonnell Pattillo
Dorothy Lillian Perkins
Eugene Douglas Perrin
Dorothy Jane Phillips
Alvin George Plachy
Martha M. Pool
Dorothy van Powell
Marold Urainard Pressley
Jr. Howard
LD. Pringle
Patsy Reaves
Nell Sue Reynolds
Arnold Rovsler
Dorthy Lee Rogers
Maude
Ellen Sample
Catherine Frances Sheuit
Ellie Schiller
Adeline
Adele Schattle
Doris Evelyn Shelley
Clarence Sisa
Geraldine Sneed
Tona Belle Springer
Charlotte Lanier Stidham
Robert Grady Stdham
Seeley
Monroe Storey
Winnie Mae Storm
Ora Lee Strickley
Richard Struts
Ruth Elizabeth Stuessel
Lorena E. Taegel
James Terry
Lucy Christene Turner
Jas
Samuel Tyson
Wilma Nell Vaughn
Victor Anton Walzel
Dorothy Mae Weems
Morris Weems
Raymond Charles Weis
Harding G. White
John Henry Wilkerson
Emma Rae Wilkinson
John Henry Wilson, Jr
William H. Wise
Court House
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