Edwin Hardy Post Plans Grand Fourth of July Celebration
The Edwin Hardy Post of the American Legion sponsors a large Fourth of July event in our city with a free noon barbecue a carnival races swimming stunts a dance and a fireworks display. Local merchants donate prizes for the carnival and the city provides the park while the Chamber of Commerce handles fireworks costs. Up to five thousand pounds of dressed meat will be barbecued the day before the holiday as the post aims to stage one of the region’s biggest celebrations.
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Edwin Hardy
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Tarnished Lady at the Milam Sunday
Tallulah Bankhead, once Broadway’s rising star and London favorite, returns to the United States after eight years of adulation to begin a new stage chapter, touring through Milam this Sunday.
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MILAM
Alabama
Broadway
Tallulah Bankhead
United States
London
New York
Believe It Or Not Cartoons Stir Texas Skepticism
A 1930 Believe It Or Not cartoon claims a torpedo balloon released in Alabama landed a cattle range in San Gabriel Texas killing 160 head. Local residents doubt the tale and question the flight of the balloon amid other sensational clips and a Houston telegram reports a 37,500 barrel oil well.
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Alabama
San Gabriel
Texas
Houston
Cameron
Whittle
Rockdale Reporter
Graduation at Yee High School Honors 84 Graduates
Rev. John W. Darby urged lifelong ideals of thought honesty and persistence as 84 Yee High School graduates in Cameron received diplomas. The ceremony, held Monday evening, featured Supt. T. A. Fisher and the San Antonio speaker along with school trustees.
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John W. Darby
C. H. Yee High School
Darby
Cameron
Yee High School
Supt
T. A. Fisher
San Antonio
Mrs Mary E Martin Laid To Rest In May Funeral
Mrs Mary E Martin 74 died in Cameron May 28 1931 after a prolonged illness. She was buried May 28 1931 at Oak Hill Cemetery beside her husband and son Jones Martin. Survived by sister Emma T Hinde and step sons R W Martin and J Alex Martin. Pallbearers listed. Rev C A Lehmberg officiated.
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Mary E. Martin
Cameron
Martin
Claiborn Parish
Louisiana
Texas
Bell County
Ed A. Martin
Jones Martin
Austin
Coleman-Eplen
C. A. Lehmberg
Oak Hill Cemetery
Johnson to Lead Cameron July Fourth Legion Speech
Luther A. Johnson, congressman from the Sixth District, wires Edwin Hardy Post No. 9 of the American Legion that he will head the speaking program for Cameron's July Fourth celebration. Johnson has supported Legion legislation in Congress since World War I and is a popular speaker at Legion events.
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Luther A. Johnson
Sixth District
Edwin Hardy
American Legion
Cameron
Johnson
Congress
Washington
Health Council reports on Milam County health work
A May Health Meet in Milam County reports on itinerant nurse Sue Nickerson from the State Health Department. She notes limited time prevented full health classes and baby clinics but records 14 school visits, 771 children inspected, 31 conferences, 17 health talks, and 30 percent underweight with 67 percent defects needing correction.
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Milam County
Your Health Council
State Department of Health
Sue Nickerson
County Health Council
Mrs Martha Woolley Dies in Fort Bend County
Martha Anna Woolley born March 6 1841 in Washington county died about 8 am at the home of Mr and Mrs M L Woolley Richmond Fort Bend County aged nearly 90 years She was the daughter of R P Boswell who came to Texas in 1836 from Virginia The Boswells walked to Texas and settled in Washington Texas history notes mark her passing as that of an honored pioneer.
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M. L. Woolley
Martha Anna Woolley
Woolley
Richmond
Fort Bend County
Mrs Whites of Milam County Dies in Wichita Falls
The remains of Mrs. H. M. Whites formerly of Milam County died at Wichita Falls Monday June 1. Her body arrived in Cameron and lay in state at Coleman Eplen Funeral Home before funeral services in Minerva at 4:30 pm conducted by Rev. Joel B. Hardigree. Interment followed in Minerva cemetery. She was Belle Martin daughter of the late Dr Evy Martin a pioneer Cameron physician. A devoted Methodist. Pallbearers were old friends from Minerva. Floral tributes were placed on the casket.
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H. M. Whites
Milam County
Wichita Falls
Cameron
Coleman-Eplen
Minerva
Joel B. Hardigree
White
Belle Martin
Knights of Columbus Defeat Splawn & Co 8 to 3
The Knights of Columbus aboard Schigut dominated Splawn in a Sunday game 8 to 3. Schigut pitched brilliantly and hit a home run and a double while Shorty Matula went 4 for 4. Batteries Splawn Scarbrough Tucker Knights Schigut Balhorn.
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Knights of Columbus
Splawn & To
Schigut
Splawn
Sehigut
Shorty Matula
Splawn Scarbrough
Tucker
Knights
Balhorn
Red Bank Oil Spuds Joiner No 1 in Milam County Texas
Red Bank Oil Company of Tulsa spudded Joiner No 1 in Milam County Texas on Wednesday afternoon. The well will be drilled to the Edwards lime at about 5000 feet with a Dallas contractor, George L. Pace, to oversee the operations. The site has twelve core tests and seismograph work locating a fault extending from the Mexia system, making it a highly watched issue for the oil industry.
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C. M. Joiner Foster
Edwards
USC Honors Former Cameron Man as Teaching Fellow
Tom Tuttle of Cameron has been appointed teaching fellow in USC School of Philosophy for 1931 1932. He earned the Welch Philosophy fellowship and will begin duties in September at the fall semester opening. USC President R B von KleinSmid announced that twenty three fellowships have been granted for the coming year.
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Tom Tuttle
Cameron
School of Philosophy
University of Southern California
R. B. von KleinSmid
Trojan
Tuttle
S. C
Welch Philosophy
von KleinSmid
Jeter Lumber Company Celebrates 38th Anniversary
Royal P. Jeter of the Jeter Lumber Company of Cameron is praised by The American Lumberman for innovative marketing. The firm marks 38 years with a cotton cloth Birthday Anniversary Letter, promoting the slogan Thirty-eight years doing one thing right and drawing favorable notice from customers and dealers.
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The
American Lumberman
Royal P. Jeter
Jeter Lumber Company
Cameron
Jeter
Lumberman’s Association of Texas
Texas Line Yard Retail Lumber Dealers Association
Graduation Exercises at Ada Henderson School Honors 68 Grads
An Ada Henderson school program at Yoe high auditorium recognized 68 diploma recipients and several students with certificates for perfect attendance. Theresa Manning won the American Legion Scholarship Medal for the girl and Harold Jackson received the boy’s medal as salutatorian, presented by W. R. Hoover.
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Ada Henderson
Yoe H High School
American Legion
Theresa Manning
Harold Jackson
W. R. Hoover
Edwin Hardy
Margaret Fisher
T. A. Fisher
Lindsey
John Martin
Texas
Max McClaren
Joy Lantrip
Clase Will
Leonard Blaylock
Evening Bells
W. G. Gillis
Benediction
Hilliard Thomas
Marcellus Dragoo
Jarrell Edmonds
Roy Heath
Robert Michalka
Ralph MecLervan
Trent Newton
Robert Phillips
John George Perkins
Elridge Rees
Robert Sloan Ryan
Bever Thomas
Pioneer Band Opens Cameron Summer Concert Series
The Pioneer Band led by J. T. Parma opened the season with a 45 minute program on Wednesday night at the Parma grocery. City permission blocked streets for viewing and Cas and music lovers filled the area. The band will perform twice monthly on Wednesday evenings as free entertainment for Cameron residents.
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J. T. Parma
Parma
Cameron
Baccalaureate Sermon At First Methodist For Brownsville Graduates
Dr Sterling Fisher pastor of the First Methodist Church Brownsville Texas delivered the Baccalaureate sermon to high school seniors last Sunday evening in a full auditorium. He urged pursuit of truth righteousness and beauty as tests of life noting the text Man shall not live by bread alone. Assistants included Rev Joel Harinree Rev O C Acrey and Rev C A Lehmberg with the junior class organizing the program and providing music.
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First Methodist Church
Sterling Fisher
Brownsville
Texas
Joel B. Haringree
O. C. Acrey
C. A. Lehmberg
One-Eyed Catfish Captured in Rockdale
A two and a quarter pound channel catfish with a missing right eye and whisker was shown around Rockdale last Thursday by Bob Carlee and Ernest Coffield. It was caught with other fish from the San Gabriel River Wednesday night. The left eye appeared larger and the right eye area smooth with no sign of an eye.
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Bob Carlee
Ernest Coffield
San Gabriel River
Rockdale
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YOE High
Cameron School
Health Council
Martha Woolley
Mr. Whites
Red Bank Oil Co. Spuds Joiner
University Southern California
Cameron Man
Lumber Journal
Judge Gillis
Pioneer Band
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