Yoemen Host Georgetown in District 23-AA Homecoming
Cameron Yoemen welcome Georgetown Eagles Friday at Yee Athletic Field in a District 23-AA homecoming clash. Ex-students and faculty invited to visit Cameron during the day and join the game and Homemaking Department reunion. The Eagles seek an upset after last year’s near miss and a Belton defeat for Cameron last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Yoemen
Yoe Hgih School
Georgetown Eagles
Yee
Yee High School
Eagles
Cameron
Belton
Yoemen
Dr William Finch To Speak At Methodist Church Homecoming
Dr William C Finch of Southwestern University Georgetown will preach at Cameron First Methodist Church Sunday November 15 to mark Homecoming. He will outline The Strategy of a Christian in a Time of Crisis and discuss Southwestern's role in training ministers and lay leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Finch
Methodist Church
Cameron
William C. Finch
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Grandson Of Mrs. Agnes Lowe Dies In Victoria
Larry Sheffield aged 19 and a half months died October 26 after a short illness in a Victoria hospital. He was the son of Clyde and Mrs. Sheffield of Victoria and grandson of Mrs. Agnes Lowe of Cameron. Funeral was October 28 at the First Baptist Church in Humble. Survivors include his parents a brother Russell and several uncles and the family of Cameron and Shreveport connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Sheffield
Agnes Lowe
Cameron
Victoria
Clyde Sheffield
First Baptist Church
Humble
Larry
Woodrow Lowe
Rex W. Lowe
Sonora
Texas
Curtis Lowe
Shreveport
Louisana
Russell Sheffield
Sheffield
Jean Lowe
Armistice Day Plans Announced by Cameron Legion
Ed win Hardy Post No. 9 of the American Legion in Cameron announces a Armistice Day program on November 11. A 12:30 p.m. turkey dinner at Simon-George Hall followed by an 8:30 p.m. dance with Jimmie Heap and his band from Taylor. Guest speaker State Senator Jerr ard Secrest. Posts events include Sunday church attendance in a group and a Community support effort with Cameron merchants. Television set and mix master prizes. Poppy Sale November 7 with proceeds to Veterans Rehabilitation Work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Hardy
American Legion
Cameron
Simon-George Hall
Jimmie Heap
Taylor
Jerrard Secrest
Secrest
Battlefield
Legion Post
Legionaires
Camberon Hotel
Robert D. Abel, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants of
Gion
Theinner
Ed Manning
J. R. Parker
Wayne Wieser
Gaylen McCoy
Speedy Braden
August Kunz
Emmitt Streetman
Eddie Kohutek
Joe O'Neil
Wesley Fogel
Millard H. Fincher
John Muse
W. F. Placek
Valon Fogel
Johnny Zarosky
Prescott
H. B. McClellen
Brother of J. D. Moore dies in Temple car train crash
Thermo Moore, 42, a Temple dairy salesman and brother of Milam County Agricultural Agent J. D. Moore, was killed about 5 a.m. Thursday when his car was struck at a grade crossing by a westbound Santa Fe passenger train near the Temple Country Club. He died at Scott and White Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held Friday at Immanuel Baptist Church with burial in Bellwood Memorial Park. He was born November 11, 1910, moved to Temple in 1940, and was survived by his wife, mother, four sisters, four brothers, and other relatives. Hewett funeral home handled arrangements.
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Thermo Moore
Temple Dairy
J. D. Moore
Milam County
Temple
Moore
Scott and White Memorial Hospital
Hospital
Mr. Moore
49Th Street
Temple Country Club
Immanuel Baptist Church
Linwood Peterson
Bellwood Memorial Park
Dean Morris
Calvin Preece
Pasadena
Hewett Funeral Home
Floyd Carpenter Heads Southland Mill
Floyd Carpenter becomes manager of the Southland mill moving from Paris Texas where he served a year in the general office assisting the president. He previously worked seven years at the Waxahachie mill and served six years in the U S Navy during World War II. He married Joy Kearns in London in 1945. they have two sons Steve and Brian and reside at 1703 North Harding.
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Floyd Carpenter
Southland
Paris
Texas
Waxahachie
Carpenter
U. S. Navy
Joy Kearns
London
England
Steve
Brian
Episcopal Church
North Harding
Eleven Percent Of Community Chest Goes to Milk Fund
Cameron Community Chest allocates 11 percent of donations to the Milk Fund aiding school lunches and milk for underprivileged students in Cameron Public Schools including Yoe High and South Ward. Lunch 14.5 cents and milk 5.5 cents total 20 cents per meal. funds keep prices low.
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Cameron Community Chest
Cameron Public
Yoe High
Ada Henderson
C. J. Thomas
Clarkson
South Ward
Cameron
National Guard Adds Two Members To Present Roster
National Guard updates show Battery C 649th Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion enlisting George L Absnaider a local high school student for a three year term and Pvt Philip E Jimenez transferring from a Houston unit A noncommissioned officer Sgt Joe Zarosky Jr departs to active duty under a new Guard regulation reporting to Camp Chaffee Arkansas for a two year tour
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Albertson
Anti-aircraft Artillery Batalion
George L. Absnaider
Philip E. Jimenez
National Guard
Houston
Joe D. Zarosky, Jr
Zarosky
Army
Camp Chaffee
Arkansas
Farm Bureau Adopts Resolutions at Milam meeting
Milam County Farm Bureau members gathered Thursday night in the District Court Room for a county convention led by Dennis Klein. The meeting approved resolutions on cattle, cotton acreage allocations, parity, and highway refunds to be sent to the State Convention in Mineral Wells on November 10 and 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Klein
Milam County Farm Bureau
H. H. Pruitt
Jessie M
John A. Smith
Klein
Thorndale
D. M. Phillips
S. W. McClaren, Jr
Milam
Milam County
Mineral Wells
Texas
Farm Bureau
Sally Barnes
Bell County
Texas Farm Bureau
Miss Barnes
Waco
Postal Receipts Rise Thirty Percent This October 1953
October 1953 postal receipts totalled 6788.24 dollars, up from 5215.16 in October 1952, a 1573.68 dollar increase equaling 30 percent. Cameron office totals for January through October reach 65914.69 versus 56737.66 last year, a 916? value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Hays
Cameron Office
Two Accidents Reported In County Over Weekend
Patrol reports two crashes in the county. Franklin B. Clark of Cuero swerved into a ditch near Rockdale after a head on near midnight, causing about 200 dollars in Mercury damages with no injuries. Marl Edward Murphy of Whitney, in a 1951 Ford pickup, struck Ray Schonhoeff’s left rear with a 1948 Ford truck in Ben Arnold, leaving the pickup heavily damaged and the truck minorly damaged, no injuries. Murphy works for Swilling Boyd Construction Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockdale
Franklin B. Clark
Cuero
Dale Gene Arron
Clark
Mercury
Ben Arnold
Marl Edward Murphy
Whitney
Ray Schonhoeff
Burlington
EF & A
Murphy
Swilling-Boyd Construction Co
First Southwest Castor bean Plant To Open Here This Week
Cameron Texas will host the fourth castor bean processing plant in the United States as Southland Cotton Oil Company completes modifications to process beans. The program expands domestic castor production from 125 000 acres in 1952 with federal support. Castor oil serves military, industrial and cosmetic uses and by product castor pomace provides a low cost organic fertilizer for farms.
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Southwest
Cameron
Texas
Southland Cotton Oil Company
United States
New Jersey
Calif
Oklahoma
Brazil
India
Commodity Credit Corporation
Florida
Georgia
Carolinas
World Community Day Planned by Cameron Church Women
Cameron and surrounding communities are asked to wear red on Friday November 6 for World Community Day at First Presbyterian Church at 3 PM sponsored by the Cameron Council of Church Women. A pageant Building Lasting Peace will be staged by church representatives under Mrs Mark C Magers and Mrs Emory Camp with Mrs R J Woodum leading the worship service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
First Presbyterian Church
Cameron Council of Church Women
Mark C. Magers
Emory Camp
R. J. Woodum
John B. Henderson
Church Council
Winnie Wittliff
Pancake Supper At Methodist Church Friday Night
The Blake Circle of First Methodist Church sponsors a Pancake Supper at Fellowship Hall on Monday night November 9. Servings run from six to eight o clock p.m. Adult tickets are 75 cents and children 35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blake
First Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paul Bearers
Homer Little
Pres Taylor
George Clerk
Ben Dearley
Clyde Cantrell
Lee Sprayberry
Jesse E. Jackson
John Jackson, Jr
Southland Mill
R. C. of
Marjorie
Anchorage
Alaska
Sally Larnes
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Arthur Longmire
Ben Reichert
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