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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1947
Page
6
Yarrellton notices list visitors from Cameron Waco Freeport Corpus and Ben Arnold. Families including Knipp Wallace Brooks Music and Barretts visited Colburn Warner Kraus and others. Local residents like Geo Blansett Bryant Caldwell and Wilkerson households hosted and hosted guests during the weekend.
President Truman urged the nation to avoid a low mood using common sense and warned against greedy interests. He commented on price concerns and criticized cooperation, while praising past price cuts and rejecting talk of a coming bust.
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company says it has made a final wage offer to union workers to end the strike. The plan includes an immediate $4.00 per week raise for all employees, a $4.00 per week increase in top rates, and a $3.00 weekly raise for all starting craftsman and other starting rates except in small towns where the hike is $2.00.
Church members hosted Rev. and Mrs. R E Wright with a chicken barbecue at Wilson Ledbetter Park. About 150 attended as Wright resigned from the Full Gospel Church to accept a call serving colleges and schools in six southern states. Mrs Wright and two sons will stay in Cameron until school ends then move to Dallas.
Indignation over dog poisoning prompts Cameron residents to build a reward fund to arrest and convict those responsible. Six new subscribers bring the total to 42 dollars, with aims to reach 500 or more to encourage tips and justice. Subscriptions include Bill Morrison county attorney and dog owner Mrs Jewel Westbrook among others.
Warrant Officer Virgil Turner and his wife with their little son Tommy spent Mother’s Day with his parents Mr and Mrs Tom Turner in Curry Community. Turner completed six months of Intelligence Corps training in Baltimore and will return to the Air Corps in San Antonio. The party also included Mr and Mrs Jesse Lee Bankston of Rockdale visiting Curry parents.
Mrs. and Mrs. E. W. Richardson and daughter from Texas City spent the weekend visiting relatives in Cameron. Mrs. R. N. Grayson, recently improving after hospitalization in Mineral Wells, is at her brother-in-law’s home Leland Green Sr. Jane Tyson, daughter of Dan and Mrs. Tyson, visited Cameron and works for the State Health Dept. in Austin. Mrs. Robert Foster of San Antonio visited her Cameron parents. Mr. Foster, a veteran, is in a McKinney hospital and couldn't join.
N Payne at Dr Swift s clinic wants a share of the reward and proclaims I would not take a million dollars for my dog. Dan Lunsford former city marshal offers help and mentions a fine collie he owns. Will Crane, a dog lover, signs up on Friday. The Herald seeks a large fund and many pledges to speed action against dog crimes.
Mr and Mrs John Mikeska and Thresa Mikeska of Placedo were guests at the home of Mr and Mrs F A Marek last Wednesday.
Miss Lucille Norman of Waco is a surgery patient at Newton Memorial Hospital.
Mr and Mrs Ben Norman of Fort Sill Oklahoma visited friends and relatives in Cameron and Travis during the week.
Mr and Mrs Sam Deer return home after a three week vacation with Mrs Deer's brother and wife Mr and Mrs Carl A Hooker in El Paso. They spent a week in Chihuahua Mexico attending a bull fight and visited Panchio Villas Palace.
Mr and Mrs Jack Weems of West Columbia were guests of Mrs Lilyan Weems over the weekend.
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