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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1950
Page
3
Cameron plans a summer recreation program centered on a softball league. A meeting is set for Wednesday at 7 30 pm at the Chamber of Commerce with W C Allen coordinating. Team managers and business reps are urged to attend to form the league rules and schedule. Central City Park playground will be ready for the opening game.
Mrs. Herman Boedeker of Caldwell stayed with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Matula during the weekend.
In Sydney Australia a man suffers a rare condition that causes uncontrollable laughter until exhaustion and a return to laughter after rest doctors note it as a remarkable neurological disorder and urge further study to understand its triggers and progression.
Graduation for the Senior Class of 1950 will be at Yoe High athletic field Tuesday night. The program includes a Bach prelude, processional, invocation by Fred T. Johns, salutatory by Eugene Polter, valedictorian Edith Lee Baldridge speaking on Language Arts, and presentations by teachers and the Cameron School Board.
George M. Lamb, supervisor for the Texas Education Agency, moves from Houston Region to East Waco Region with headquarters in Cameron. His Milam County Vocational School office lists Ruth Staley as secretary. The East Waco Distributive Education Veterans Division covers 21 counties and 34 classroom units offering courses such as Assistant Manager and Bookkeeping II and III. Milam County hosts five distributive education classes. Frank W. Mitchell coordinates the Milam County Vocational School and can be contacted on West 5th Street or at 812.
Mr and Mrs Billy Allison and their children from Liberty visited Mrs Frank Michalka and family here over the weekend.
Will Osburn 74 a Cameron Texas resident died at his home on Tuesday May 22. He was born October 15 1875 in Schulenburg Texas and was a noted stockman and farmer. Funeral services were set for May 23 at First Baptist Church with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by his widow two sons Milton of Brady and Tom of Billingham Washington four daughters and two sisters. Active pallbearers listed.
The report states that people in the Antarctic region are typically safe from illnesses like the common cold influenza and pneumonia due to extreme isolation and environmental conditions. It highlights the rarity of such infections among personnel stationed there.
The Cameron Herald lists Markham O T Raney Roy Barmore Bill Richter Walter White and H M Akers as honored mourners. Honorary pall bearers include Curtis Moseley Feaster Scarborough Herbert Colburn Rickett Dodson Carl Black Arthur Baskin Joe Luce Walter Rachus Giles McDermott Frank Monroe Ben Thweatt Jim Laird B Slocomb W S Lamkin Homer Nabours and R G Grabein.
Mr and Mrs Allen Dodson with Mr and Mrs Eddie Dodson chaperoned a weiner roast at Wilson Ledbetter Park honoring their daughter Laverne and son Glenn graduates of Ada Henderson School. Forty eight seventh and eighth grade children attended the occasion.
Shirley Jean Kleiber weighing six pounds eight ounces was born May 18 to Mr. and Mrs Ervin Kleiber in Schulenburg. The mother is Dorothy Jistel the former.
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