Armistice Day Observance Closes The Cameron Herald Office
The Cameron Herald offices will close Saturday November 11 Armistice Day in line with holiday policy and will reopen Monday November 13. The publisher notes the Fifteenth Anniversary of Armistice ending World War I and urges celebration on the actual date rather than a convenient one. The piece also critiques NRA fiber on industrial regulation and wage practices designed to curb waste and promote efficient management.
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Cameron Herald
Herald
J C Joseph to Discuss World Truces in Waco Meeting
J C Joseph will be principal speaker at a peace program sponsored by the National Council of Jewish Women of Temple Radef Sholom in Waco Friday evening November 10 at 8 o clock Mrs B Kaplan will introduce him and he will speak on World Truces Miss Ennis Turner returned Wednesday from Temple as a guest of Mr and Mrs C S Peyton and attended a funeral in Austin
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J. C. Joseph
National Council of Jewish Women of Temple
Radef Sholom
Waco
Joseph
B. Kaplan
Ennis Turner
Temple
C. 5. Peyton
Austin
State highway funds approved for Cameron road and Elm Creek bridge
Judge Jeff T. Kemp is informed of a $140 000 appropriation from the State Highway Department for the road through Cameron to the Elm Creek bridge on Highway 44. Construction awaits court action for right of way in Austin, marking the first definite public works action reported.
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Jeff T. Kemp
State Highway Department
Cameron
Elm Creek Bridge
Austin
Negro Denied Review in Local Murder Case
Four prisoners were denied further review by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Clarence Booker of Milam county, condemned for murder, and Tom Cook and Ira Kelly of Harris county, convicted of criminal assault, plus Paul Mitchell of Lubbock county, convicted of robbery with firearms, had their death sentences upheld. Booker was sentenced for the murder of Andy Smith, a Cameron merchant whose body was found beaten with a hatchet in his business.
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Austin
Huntsville
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Clarence Booker
Milam County
Tom Cook
Ira Kelly
Harris County
Paul Mitchell
Lubbock County
Booker
Andy Smith
Cameron Merchant
Smith
Burkhart Indicted in Thorndale Murder Case
Williamson county grand jury met over two days and returned indictments against W. D. Burkhart, Thorndale cafe owner, for the murder of Henry James of Thorndale. Jurisdiction lies in Williamson because the victim died at a Taylor hospital. state investigators handed over evidence and the prisoner remains jailed without bond.
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Williamson County
W. D. Burkhart
Thorndale
Henry James
Taylor
Georgetown Sun
Burkett sells oil lease on Dunlay survey to Camp
J. R. Burkett transfers an oil and gas lease covering 104 1 2 acres of the John Dunlay survey to E. A. Camp for ten dollars.
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J. R. Burkett
E. A. Camp
John Dunlay
Slain Dallas Woman Was Former Cameron Girl
Dorothy Woolley 20 of 5719 Ellsworth Dallas died Sunday from a shotgun discharge while her husband T G Woolley cleaned the weapon in their bedroom. The inquest returned accidental homicide. She was a Cameron native educated at Cameron public schools and the University of Texas. Surviving husband mother brother and two aunts and uncles. Funeral at 2 pm Monday at home with burial at Restland Memorial Park.
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Dorothy Woolley
Ellsworth
East Dallas
T. G. Woolley
East Texas
Justices of the Peace
E. John Baldwin
Ellsworth Avenue
Esther Jaynes
R. E. Joynes
Dallas
Alvee Beasley
Salina
Huling Means
el Laso
L. N. D. Wells
Restland Memorial Park
T. G. Woothy
Dorothy Joynes
John W. Joynes
Esther Joynes
Cameron
Soldiers annual Armistice Day dinner and events in Cameron
Cameron observes Armistice Day marking the fifteenth anniversary of the war’s end. Former soldiers with the Legion Post plan a noon dinner, a downtown parade to the Legion building, a speaking and musical program by John Sapp, and a Donkey ball game between Milano and Cameron in the afternoon at Lawless Green Field. Merchants expect Monday closings. Mrs. B P Matocha leads the Legion dinner service.
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Legion
John Sapp
Milano
Cameron
Lawless Green Field
B. P. Matocha
Brigadier General Rowland Heads Texas CCC Camps
Brigadier General Chas R Rowland commander of the Second Division at Fort Sam Houston San Antonio also oversees all Civilian Conservation Corps camps under his charge.
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Chas. R. Rowland
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Civilian Conservation Corps
Free Army
Davis Visitors Stay With Cameron County Clerk Family
Mr and Mrs M M Davis of Ft Worth were weekend visitors to Cameron County Clerk Homer Nabours and family. Mrs Davis formerly was Miss Paralie Nabours and lived in Cameron.
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M. Davis
Ft. Worth
Homer Nabours
Davis
Paralie Nabours
Cameron
Armistice Dedication Poem Honoring Edwin Hardy Post
A reflective poem by J. B. White honoring memory and peace, dedicated to Edwin Hardy Post No. 9 on the fifteenth Armistice. It recalls veterans, memory, and national reverence as autumn imagery and Armistice is celebrated.
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Edwin Hardy
Dr. Winrod to Speak Five Nights at Cameron Tabernacle
Dr. Gerald B. Winrod headlines a five night series at the Cameron Gospel Tabernacle starting Thursday November 16 at 7 30 pm with Sunday afternoon and Sunday night sessions. He outlines subjects from Bible prophecy including Mussolini Stalin and Hitler and the NRA in Prophecy. Rev Harry H. Hodge of Sabine Tabernacle Beaumont will join as co speaker and editor of The New Deal.
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Gerald B. Winrod
Cameron Gospel Tabernacle
Winrod
Jonah
Mussolini
Stalin
Hitler
NRA
Defender
Harry H. Hodge
Sabine Tabernacle
Beaumont
New Deal
Cameron sewer extension loan approved by Texas committee
W. M. Cobb reports that Cameron's application for sewer system extension has been approved by the Texas committee and forwarded to Washington for final approval. Funds will be available later, and the city is prepared to start the contract now that preliminary work is complete.
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W. M. Cobb
Chamber of Commerce
Fort Worth
Cameron
Texas Committee
Washington
Jesse James Moving To Cameron In County Seat
Milam County legislator Jesse James will relocate to Cameron and establish residence in the Green Addition. He, his wife, and family will arrive from Thorndale later this week and will join Cameron’s community welcomed by Local residents.
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Jesse James
Cameron
Milam County
Texas
Fisher Named Milam County Lumber Compliance Chief
R P Fisher of Jeter Lumber Co is appointed chief of compliance for Milam county after the district meeting in Austin. The board will handle written complaints on yard stationery signed by authorized officers. Fisher expects no complaints but will chair the county board. Sam McDermott Jr of Texas Power and Light in San Marcos visited home folks.
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R. P. Fisher
Milam Lumberman
Jeter Lumber Company
Milam County
Austin
Fisher
Sam McDermott, Jr
The
Texas Power & Light Co
San Marcos
Ameron and Rockdale to Play Under Lights
The Cameron Rockdale football clash for Armistice Day will be played in Cameron under lights Friday night at Rockdale’s request to use Cameron facilities. Rockdale, undefeated in District 15, travels with high hopes while Cameron’s Yeomen promise a two sided contest. A large Milam County crowd is expected with fans from Rogers Rosebud Calvert and others accompanying the teams.
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Cameron
Rockdale
Rockdale Tigers
Rockdale High School
Yeemen
Regal City
Rogers, Rosebud
Calvert
Milam County
Judge Sam Streetman dies at 63 in Houston
Noted Texas lawyer and former Cameron resident Sam Streetman died Tuesday November 7 1983 at his Houston home after an operation. He is remembered for civic and philanthropic leadership and lifelong devotion to bettering life in Cameron and Houston. Relatives include niece Mrs R D Brown several Camron residents and Mrs Callie Young sister of Mrs Streetman. Streetman began his law career in the offices of T S Henderson.
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Sam Streetman
Texas
Cameron
Houston
Judge Streetman
T. S. Henderson
R. D. Brown
Lizzie Burns
George McGehee
S. M. Burns
Pearl Clement
Callie Young
Young
Streetman
Buckholts Boy To Represent Milam County At Chicago Exhibition
Herbert Schroeder of Buckholts Route 1 will represent Milam County as a 4-H member at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago this December. He earned the trip by raising a bale of cotton on his acre with net profit, tied to a story of his crop management, with other Texas boys accompanying him for an eight day stay.
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Milam County
Chicago
Herbert Schroeder
Buckholts
Route 1
Santa Fe
Texas
Herbert
Episcopal Church Plans Armistice Day Services
Episcopal services will be held next Sunday at 11 o clock with morning prayer and sermon. On Armistice Day the church will be open from 9 to 6 for private devotion by women, creating a quiet day of prayer. Gilbert Menzel, 13, was injured Friday in Thorndale when dragged by a horse, but is reported to be improving after hospital care.
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Episcopal Church
Gilbert Menzel
E. G. Menzel
Thorndale
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Burkhart
Cameron Girl
Legion Post
Retail Merchants Association
Killeen
J. B. White
Gerald BO Winrod
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