Community Notes from Cameron and Nearby Towns
Personal mentions document visits and travels among Cameron residents and friends. Mrs E A Barmore visits Pettus and plans to return to Cameron. Miss Dorothy Barnes visits from Belton. Mrs Strzinek visits Alice Strzinek in San Marcos. Mrs H C Keith and Mrs Kenneth Keith visit Cameron from Houston. Hon C M Beard of Milano sends a card from Matamoras Mexico. Mr and Mrs Cliff Albritton welcomed a baby girl in Cameron. various church notices and local movements include Grandma Burnet recovering from injuries and the McCown family assigned to O Donnell for Cameron Compress Company. Michalka and Ulicnik families spend time in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Beard
Milano
Mexico
Matamoras
Beard
Herald
Cameron
Grandma Burnet
W. D. Bigbee
Widow Named Administrator of War Veteran Estate
Mrs Harmon D Thweatt appointed administrator of Harmon D Thweatt deceased war veteran estate who died November 6 in this city. Marriage to Mary McCarthy of Jones Prairie took place in October in Oklahoma. judge Jeff T Kemp approved the appointment after proof of marriage surfaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon D. Thweatt
Oklahoma
Thweatt
Mary McCarthy
Jones Prairie
Jeff T. Kemp
State Recommends Highway Improvement From Cameron To Giddings
Judge Jeff T. Kemp announced that the state highway department recommended an appropriation for Highway 44 from Cameron to Giddings. The funds would be allocated in the 1938 expenditures, and completion hinges on congress not curtailing state allotments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff T. Kemp
State Highway Department
Cameron
Giddings
Congress
Death Exaggerated Says Former Cameron Man
Robert M. Lyles, once a Cameron resident and now a lawyer in Angleton, declares he was not killed in an Austin newspaper report. He says a Houston merchant named R. M. Lyles died in an auto wreck, and asks friends to note the confusion and his wife’s condolences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Lyles
Angleton
Jeff T. Kemp
Mark Twain
Austin
R. M. Lyles
Houston
Lyles
Ad Hall 4H Club Meets November 16
The Ad Hall 4H Club met November 16 with members Patsy Ruth Powell Betty Powell Lillie Mae Sheppard Johnny Ruth Ruzicka and visitor Louise McDonald present. Demonstration agent Miss LaGrone showed how to make a brooder two feet wide eighteen inches high and three feet long with a ground hole covered by tin and a lamp placed inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ad Hall
Johmany
Ruth Ruzicka
Miss LaGrone
Patsy Ruth Powell
Betty Powell
Lillie Mae Sheppard
Johnny Ruth Ruzic
Sharp Team Suffers First Defeat of 1937 Season
Sharp's 1937 football squad lost to Oenaville last Friday afternoon. Sharp made 16 first downs while Oenaville earned 9. The Sharp Kittens host Rogers in Sharp this Friday afternoon.
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Sharp
Oenaville
Sharp Kittens
Rogers
Swift Couple in Waco for Weeklong Visit
Mr and Mrs Stanley H Swift spent several days in Waco this week visiting relatives and touring local sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley H. Swift
Waco
Final Account in Milam County Estate of Steve Tomasek
Rudolph Mareth administrator of the Steve Tomasek estate seeks discharge from trusteeship after filing final account numbered 2985 in Milam County Probate. A ten day newspaper notice calls all interested parties to appear November 22, 1937 at Cameron Court House to contest. Court clerk Homer Nabours signs the notice.
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Rudolph Mareth
Steve Tomasek
Milam County
Milam
Cameron
Texas
Inaugurate Baylor President Navy 24 At Belton Ceremony
Belton November 18 Mary Hardin Baylor College will inaugurate Gordon Grady Singleton as the fifteenth president at a public service on November 24. Singleton, a educator with overseas WWI record, active in Kiwanis and Baptist work, has studied in the U S and England. The article also notes F F E Woodruff’s brother, R S Woodruff, recovering from appendicitis in Youngstown Ohio.
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Belton
Mary Hardin-Baylor College
Gordon Grady Singleton
Woman's College
Independence
Texas
Republic
America
England
Kiwanis
American Legion
Masonic
Farm implements and labor offers in Texas ad
FOR SALE Farm Implements One John Deere sulky with attachments one dise cultivator one Case planter two walking cultivators turning plows sweep stocks two wagons all in good condition at a bargain See P L Bergum 21p STEADY WORK GOOD PAY RELIABLE MAN WANTED to call on farmers in Milam County No experience or capital required Make up to 12 a day Write Mr McElrath Box 33 Dallas Texas
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John Deere
P. L. Bergum
Milam County
McElrath
Dallas
Texas
For Sale and Rent Notice Near Cameron Texas
FOR SALE Two head mules extra good one pair horses three head cattle and farm implements At Frank Zarosky place three miles west of Cameron See C M Zarosky nearby J Cabron Burlington Texas 2tp FOR RENT Two furnished rooms for light housekeeping Mrs J Olson 2t
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Burlington
J. M. Nolan
Frank Jahn
Texas
Frank Zarosky
Cameron
C. M. Zarosky
Cabron
J. Tolson
Don’t Irritate Gas Bloating With Harsh Alkalies
An ad urges avoiding irritating alkalies and gas tablets for gas relief. It claims most stomach gas stems from constipation and promotes Adlerika as a bowel cleanse. Dusek Pharmacy is named as the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adlerika
Dusek Pharmacy
Harmon D Thweatt Married in October Before Death
World War II veteran Harmon D Thweatt died November 6 in Hearne after a marriage in Oklahoma in October to Mary McCarthy of Jones Prairie. The widow, named administrator of his estate, lives temporarily with Thweatt’s sister Mrs. A R Channell. relatives in Maysfield were unaware of the marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon D. Thweatt
Oklahoma
Thweatt
Mary McCarthy
Jones Prairie
Hearne
A. R. Channell
Maysfield
Mid-American Life Co Celebrates Presidents Picnic Week
The Mid-American Life Insurance Company marked Presidents Picnic Week with a large volume increase and a company picnic at Bear Hunters Lodge. Judge Daniel of Austin chaired the event as guest speaker, joined by about 75 agents from Cameron Waco Austin Tyler and San Antonio. The menu featured barbecue fare and other dishes. The company, based in Cameron Texas, is an Old Line Legal Reserve insurer serving Texas. A note of thanks from Hanover is printed, inviting letters to Santa for the school’s Christmas edition.
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Mid-American Life Insurance Company
Bear Hunters’ Lodge
Jear Hunters’ Association of the
United States of America
Daniel
Austin
Board of Insurance Commissioners of Texas
of Texas
Cameron
Waco
Tyler
San Antonio
The
Mid- American Life Insurance Company
Texas
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Dorothy Barnes
J. B. White
H. C. Keith
Kenneth Keith
Cliff Albritten
Albritten
Emory B. Camp
Camp
Episcopal Church
Robert McCown
O'Donnell
McCown
Cameron Compress Company
Herman Michalka
Frank Ulicnik
Michalka
City
University OF Texas and
Fort Worth
Andre Lg Las Paks
Cogh Coa
Tline Co
Harmon Thweatt
Walthams
F.C. Matula
Atros
Matula Grocery
Santa Fe Town
State OF
Homer Nabours
Christine Kubecka
Baylor
Navy
F. FE. Woodruff
R. S. Woodruff
Youngstown
Ohio
Texas Tech
Lubbock
G. G. Singleton
Good Jack
Bennie Mundine
Rockdale
Pleasant Hill Community
Rockdale Breeding Co
J. S. Cabron
Knights Columbus
St. Monica's Church
St. Anthony's School
Knights of Columbus
Beautiful St. Monica's Church
Geo. Apel
Father Apel
Cameron Council
St. Anthony School
Rudolph Richter
Chas. C. Smith
B. P. Matocha
Albert Matula
George Apel
St. Monica’s New Church
Sandy Land Farm
Cameron Cotton Oil Company
Wallace
Attorneys At Law
First National Bank
Cameron, Texas
Cameoon
Dan Tyson
Frank Richter
M. G. Cox
FE. A. Perrin
Monta Thomas
Billy Marek
Will Crane
R. E. Sharpe
Thomas
W. R. Newton, Jr
C. C. Acrey
Bessie Dunham
Bert Nicholson
Mid-American Life CO
Celebrate Her
Independent Ice CO
South First Street
Pemple Texas
Wwe
Life
Peace Trac
Charley Grapewin
Eddie Quillan
Janet Beeche
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