Welfare Board aids Chest families with winter strain
The Welfare Board of the Community Chest reports a heavy winter load with 151 families aided by Mrs. Cora Cammer and board members. Expenditures include groceries and milk 1102.83, shelter in sickness 26.25, transients 13.59, and assistance 9 12.50. Government aid was milder last winter. upcoming winter may bring less state and federal help and reduced employment. Beneficiaries are given work at City Park or Wilson Ledbetter Park to uphold morals while assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welfare Board
Community Chest
Cora Cammer
Cammer
City Park
Wilson-Ledbetter Park
Miss Otelia Wilkerson and Vera Ford Visit Temple
Miss Otelia Wilkerson and Vera Ford made a trip to Temple Saturday morning, taking in local sights and returning home by noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otelia Wilkerson
Vera Ford
Temple
Milam County Named District Office HQ for Welfare
Milam County designated as headquarters for the State Department of Public Welfare district office to be opened in Cameron on or about November 8. F. W. Calvert of Amarillo named supervisor in charge. district includes Milam Brazos Robertson Lee and Burleson counties handling old age assistance relief and child welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County
State Department of Public Welfare
Jeff T. Kemp
Cameron
F. W. Calvert
Amarillo
Milam
Brazos
Robertson, Lee
Burleson
NYA Girls Project Applications Open in Cameron
Margaret Jarrell of the National Youth Administration in Austin will assist Harvie Yee to sign up Cameron girls for the NYA girls project. Helen Beck, NYA supervisor for Austin, will speak on Tuesday October 31 at 3 30 pm before the Cameron Council of Church Women at First Baptist Church. About 40 local girls have been mailed application forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Jarrell
National Youth Administration
Austin
Cameron
Harvie Yee
NYA
Miss Jarrell
Helen Beck
Cameron Council of Church
First Baptist Church
Killeen to Play Cameron on Yeemen Field Friday Night
A Friday night game between Killeen and Cameron was announced for Yeemen Field. The venue shifted from Killeen to Cameron for better financial arrangements and season tickets will not be valid for this match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Killeen
Cameron
Yeemen Field
Former Cameron Resident Buried in Houston
Joseph A. Walston, Sr., 70, retired Pasadena contractor and former Cameron resident, died Saturday at a Pasadena hospital. He is survived by his wife Frances Maude Walston, two daughters, two sons, and five grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Pasadena Baptist Church, with burial at Forest Park Cemetery in Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Walston
Pasadena
Cameron
Frances Maude Walston
Claude Franklin
Highlands
R. A. Cox
Dallas
J. A. Walston, Jr
Sherman
Ralph M. Walston
Fort Worth
Pasadena Baptist Church
Mack Richards
M. A. Darby
Montgomery
Forest Park Cemetery
Houston
Sharp PTA Sets Special Meeting for November 14
Bernice Grigsby Fikes of Sharp High School PTA announced a special meeting at Sharp on Tuesday evening November 14 to discuss how schools in Texas are organized and financed. The session should interest school officials and others involved in education.
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Bernice Grigsby Fikes
Sharp High School Parent Teachers Association
TPA
Sharp
Texas
Adjudged Minor Delinquent in Gause Court
Coy Malone of Gause was adjudged a minor delinquent by Judge Graham Gillis on Saturday morning and placed in custody of Z. B. Hensley and W. A. Bollinger. The youth was arrested after breaking into a filling station at Gause some time ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coy Malone
Gause
Graham Gillis
Z. B. Hensley
W. A. Bollinger
Henry Dreyer to Fort Sam Houston for ill brother
Henry Dreyer left Cameron Saturday morning for San Antonio to be at the bedside of his brother Leo Dreyer who was seriously injured Friday night in an accident. A telegram at noon said Leo was critically ill in a Fort Sam Houston hospital. Dreyer drives an army bus at Fort Sam Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Dreyer
Cameron
San Antonio
Leo Dreyer
Mr. Dreyer
Fort Sam Houston
Cotton ginning totals in Milam County 1939 report
Census data show 23 614 bales ginned in Milam County Texas for the 1939 crop up to October 18 1939 versus 32 086 bales for 1938. Ray O'Neill Special Agent.
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Milam County
Texas
Ray O'Neill
Civil Case Postponed and Local Activities Report
The civil case of Taylor versus Sheffield was postponed in district court Monday. Local patrolmen Hicks and Renfro of Waco were in Cameron Thursday to issue drivers licenses. Cameron visitors included Mrs. G D Reat and Mrs. Alton Bryant from Yarrellton on Wednesday afternoon. Child Welfare Society directors Mrs. R G Stidham and Mrs. Ben Winfield attended the National Child Welfare Society for Crippled Children convention in Dallas Tuesday and Wednesday, with Mrs. F F Reid accompanying them to Dallas to visit her son. St Andres Masonic Lodge met Thursday night with Worshipful Master R K Anderson presiding. Mr. and Mrs. L F Gohmert attended Albert Dickens’s funeral in Brookshire, and local Eastern Star members from Cameron returned from a statewide order meeting in San Antonio. Waymond Jenness is reported ill at his home. friends wish him a speedy recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. D. Reat
Alton Bryant
Yarrellton
Cameron
R. G. Stidham
Ben Winfield
Child Welfare Organization
National Child Welfare Society For Crippled Children
Dallas
F. F. Reid
Phillip Reid
W. H. Stafford
Eastern Star
San Antonio
Order
Commissioners' Court Awards Contract for County Farm Building
The Commissioners' Court awarded a contract to Roy Weems of Cameron for constructing a house and an addition to an existing county farm building. A recent grand jury criticized the court for neglecting farm equipment. Initially a dining room and sleeping quarters were planned, but crowding prompted a larger building.
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Roy Weems
Cameron
Commissioners’ Court
Cardus Advertises Relief for Menstrual Pain
Women are urged to address a weak undernourished state as a cause of dysmenorrhea and related headaches and cramps. The remedy CARDUS is promoted to boost appetite, aid digestion, and strengthen resistance, with many users reporting eased period pain when taken before and during menstruation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardus
Card of Thanks for floral and kind support after loss
The family of Matt B. Bailey expresses sincere thanks for kindness during illness and after the death of their wife, mother, and sister. They note appreciation for floral offerings and thoughtful acts and words from relatives C. E. Bishop Bernice Williams J E Arnold and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt. B. Bailey
C. E. Bishop
Bernice Williams
J E. Arnold
Leo Dreyer Dies In San Antonio Army Hospital
Leo Dreyer 26 died in the Fort Sam Houston army hospital at 1 pm Monday October 30 from critical injuries suffered when his motorcycle was struck by a car at Kelley Field San Antonio last Thursday night. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at his mother Mrs Bertha Dreyer's home in Brenham. He is survived by his mother a brother Henry Dreyer of Cameron and five other brothers Kenny Dreyer San Angelo Bruno Dreyer Marlin Charlie Arthur Elmer Dreyer of Brenham and sister Mrs W M Thomas of Dallas. The family will travel from Cameron to attend the Brenham funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron
Kenny Dreyer
San Angelo
Bruno Dreyer
Marlin
Charlie
Arthur
Elmer Dreyer
Brenham
W. M. Thomas
Dallas
For Sale Big Bone Poland China Boar
One year old 800 pound boar offered by J. L. Barmore in Cameron for trade for meat hog or cash sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
J. L. Barmore
Cameron
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NYA For Girls
Give Whitman Phakan
Whitman
America
Fairhill
Dusek Pharmacy
J.P. Werner Santa Fe
Cameron, Texas
Sharp Pta
Taylor Vs
Sheffield
Hicks and
Renfro
Waco
St. Andres
L. F. Gohmert
Brookshire
Albert Dickens
Waymond Jenness
Construc
Baling Wine
Humble Oil & Refining CO
Jackson
Mr. and
Mrs. Dreyer
Clifton
Exchange Furniture Co
Temple Life Insurance Company
Temple, Texas
Watch and Clock Shop
Jewel
Elgin
Illinois
Waltham
Felix Matula
Matula
Santa Fe Town
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