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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1931
Page
4
Advertisement text shows the Cameron Herald in Cameron Texas with postal classification and editor Jefferson B White. Advertising rates listed per column inch 30 cents, line rate first insertion 10 cents. Notices of public entertainments with admission charged or funds raised billed at regular rates.
Royal P. Jeter, a prominent Southwestern lumber figure, was elected second vice president of the Lumberman's Association of Texas and the Texas Line Yard Retail Lumber Dealers Association at their April San Antonio convention. He urged building now while materials are down and labor is plentiful, aiming to improve service to builders and foster fair dealings with dealers, customers, and suppliers.
The Class of 1931, all girls, earned two salutatorians and two valedictorians amid ties in grades. Dr Darby urged perseverance and opportunity, and speakers included Ann Graham Mary Louise Graves Marjorie Dusek Allene Owen. Diplomas were presented by O L Kidd as the Blue Bird Choral Club performed.
Mr and Mrs Madie Watson visit Mr and Mrs John Watson at the Gurley home in Waco this week. Mrs Gurley formerly Miss Nell Sue Whitman of Cameron.
The Milam Theatre will showcase Tarnished Lady on Sunday and Monday starring Tallulah Bankhead with Clive Brook. The drama follows a society wife who marries for money, seeks love elsewhere, and discovers genuine affection later, as critics hail Bankhead’s star power and stage prowess. The article also notes Bankhead’s arrival, the cast, and the film’s themes of wealth and marriage in high society.
The article honors Mrs Woolley as a symbol of Texas pioneer resilience. It lauds her steadfast character forged by frontier hardship, underscoring that the best tribute is living by honor, industry, and integrity. It notes Woolley’s quiet, respected nature and the heavenly traits she embodied.
The Cameron PTA Health Committee led by Mrs. W. R. Newton held the second annual pre school roundup on Monday afternoon May 23. Doctors W. R Newton A. S. Epperson James Watson and A. E. Kruse conducted general and dental exams with help from nurse Miss Sue Nickerson and local graduate nurses plus several mothers. Thirty children were examined five showed no defects and normal weight. The committee aims to have all defects corrected before fall to ensure healthy start for school.
On June 7 at 3 30 p m representatives from Christian churches in Bell Williamson Bastrop Lee Burleson and Milam counties will form a place of mission work. Polk C Webb General Evangelist urges full attendance.
Rev. C. A. Lehmberg pastor and six youths from the church travel to Jacksonville for a weeklong young people's conference. Rev. Lehmberg will return for Sunday services at the church.
Eighty four Yoe High graduates in gray caps gather at First Methodist Church for the Baccalaureate sermon by Dr Sterling Fisher of Brownsville. Supt T A Fisher introduces the speaker. The event includes a reception at Judge Kemp's home and a student program with hymns, scripture, and a benediction.
The Methodist church hosts a two week Vacation Bible School starting next Monday June 8 at 9 o clock with full faculty across Beginners Primary Junior and Intermediate departments. Mrs F R Dunlap leads as Superintendent with extensive local volunteer support and daily worship periods.
The Presbyterians will meet with the Christian church Sunday night for revival services led by Rev. Darby. On Sunday morning Rev. C. C. Acrey will preach the sermon. All are invited to attend.
Falls County records show two district judges presiding simultaneously in Marlin with Judge E M Dodson hearing a divorce case in the county court rooms downstairs while Judge Watson handled the criminal docket in the district court upstairs. The arrangement arose after Dodson planned to preside in a case Watson recused from, with the divorce trial starting Wednesday and continuing Thursday as the two benches operated in adjacent rooms.
Mayor E. A. Camp sustained a cracked rib in an automobile crash on the Rockdale Cameron highway near Hood Caldwell’s home. The Ford coupe overturned, left bottom side up, causing about 100 dollars in damage. Camp rode to Cameron for district court, then to a hospital for x rays. A strange uninjured young man had been given a ride.
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