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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1949
Page
1
Milam County veterans of the American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled American Veterans gather in Cameron for their annual Armistice Day breakfast at 7 30 a m in the Corner Cafe upstairs. The event precedes the Armistice Day program and rotates among Milam County towns.
The Cameron newspaper urges Veterans to decorate unknown soldiers graves on Armistice Day 1949 and protect an old river road cemetery where local heroes are buried. L A Meyers of Houston draws attention to the site and calls for immediate protective action and proper care.
Professor Bryce C. Brown, curator of Baylor University’s Strecker Museum, finally received a Tiger Salamander specimen eight years after first learning of larvae in a Cameron pond. The discovery, in peat moss, aids study of an intergrade between East and West populations as Central Texas marks their divide.
Elvin Morrison paid bond of 2750 dollars after a hearing in Rockdale Justice Court. He faces murder and assault with intent to murder charges in the knife slaying of C. N. Knight at a Milano area night club. Crump Morrison is released without charges. Knight, an Army Air Forces member on leave, is the victim. The case goes to the Grand Jury convening in November.
Funeral services scheduled here for Lieut Joseph J Hebner Jr United States Army Air Corps navigator killed on his first combat mission August 4 1944. Parents Mr and Mrs Joseph J Hebner Sr of Cameron receive a letter detailing the mission crash location recovery and burial in Denmark with surviving sisters named and notes on his schooling and service.
Pat Smith escaped injury when his 1949 Ford dump truck lost control on Highway 79 three miles west of Milano after a left front tire blew out. A traveler helped him from the wreck and he received treatment in Rockdale for head cuts and bruises as the truck was demolished. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Ervin Smith of Rockdale.
J. J. Brown, Texas vocational rehabilitation director, reported 2000 people are receiving help at 20 centers across Texas. Paul S. Barrett noted the association has aided 280,000 handicapped individuals in six years, with federal and state support boosting earnings by nearly a billion dollars. Barrett cited $76 million in federal income taxes paid over five years and projected each rehabilitant repays $10 in taxes per $1 spent. After the convention, 125 delegates will drive to Monterrey, Mexico, with some visiting Mexico City.
Cameron marks the 30th Armistice Day with a dinner funded by ticket sales. Post Commander John Muse issued 500 tickets for the event at the Simon George Recreation Building, with Milam Coffee Shop handling the dinner and Senator Red Harris delivering the principal address. A moment of silence at 11:00 a.m. will mark the Western Front ceasefire, and the usual Legion dance is canceled due to the Cameron Rosebud football game in Rosebud.
Cameron can force a first place tie with Rosebud by Friday, then a playoff would decide the district title under league rules. A Cameron win would keep their bid alive, but they must win both remaining games to claim the title as Belton and Rosebud clash.
Tickets for the Cameron Rosebud District 21 A game Friday night go on sale Wednesday at the Chamber of Commerce and the school. Superintendent L A Holmes will send general admission tickets and about 100 reserve seats. Student tickets cost 30 cents, general admission Re. reserve seats at $1.00 each. Sales run until Friday noon.
An air force T-6 training plane from Connally Air Force Base at Waco crashes a mile east of Bynum killing the pilot. The single occupant aircraft had no other people aboard. Bynum lies about eight miles east of Hillsboro.
Friends report Mrs Frank Warner of Gause is a patient at Newton Memorial Hospital awaiting treatment. The notice notes her medical admission and location.
A 12 member jury began in District Court for Giles Jordan of Gause charged with murder. A venire of 125 was drawn. court adjourned with Jordan pleading guilty and receiving a five year Texas prison sentence. No witnesses testified.
Early tabulations from Milam County show no amendments passing as voters reject proposals including No 2 which sought to raise legislative salaries and term limits. Democrats sweep nationwide with Lehman defeating Dulles in New York.
Jurors selected for the Jordan murder case include R. M. Shavers Joe Campbell C. K. Cummings F. M. Mullinax Carlton Anner. Jordan faces an indictment for the July killing of Ferrias Ferguson on Gause main street as he left J A Ely Store with ice and groceries.
Mrs. Roy Hightower, 58, died Wednesday morning November 9 1949 in St Edwards Hospital Cameron. A native of Walkers Creek Community born January 12 1891 she lived there all her life. Funeral 2:30 p m Thursday from Walkers Creek Baptist Church with burial in Walkers Creek cemetery. Green's Funeral Home of Cameron in charge. Surviving Roy Hightower two brothers Roger Delahunty John Delahunty sister Mrs John House four nieces two nephews.
Mrs Truett Chambers spent the weekend visiting her parents in Freeport, returning home after the visit with family.
After a football game Cameron players visited a Hearne beer saloon and a brawl with Hearne residents left Levi Green shot in the leg and J C Bailey with a head wound. Sheriff Black jailed three Cameron men and Sheriff Reeves jailed eight Hearne men. A 45 caliber pistol was seized.
Funeral services for J C Layfield 70 longtime Cameron resident were held at 4 pm Monday from Marek Burns Funeral Home Cameron with Rev W M Cloyd. Interment Walkers Creek Cemetery. He died Nov 6 in Waco after a heart attack. Survived by widow Mary Loyd Laywell four sons two daughters two brothers two sisters twelve grandchildren three great grandchildren.
Fifteen members of the Cameron Garden Club attended a flower arrangement lecture by Gregory-Conway, held under the Temple Garden Club auspices in Temple.
Washington report from the Agriculture Department estimates the cotton crop at 15,524,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight for the year, the largest since 1937 and seventh on record. Production may trigger marketing quotas for 1950 to cap at about 12,000,000 bales, with a referendum scheduled for December 15.
The Herald and Daily Midget publishing plant will close Friday November 11 in observance of Armistice Day. No Daily will be published that day. The plant will reopen Saturday morning November 12 continuing the publication schedule.
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