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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1928
Page
5
The article notes rapid growth in Texas towns and cities with building permits surging beyond prior periods. It credits broad prosperity and state highway construction as the engine, which spurs better homes, outbuildings, churches, businesses, hotels, and courthouses, creating a cycle of constructive activity.
Forecasters wrong about highways stopping rail growth as Texas builds new lines. The Duff line will connect Waco with Beaumont and Port Arthur after delays. West Texas and Gulf tracks from Corpus Christi through San Antonio to San Angelo near completion. Rio Grande Valley rails expand under Santa Fe Orient line toward Mexico. Investors across the state back the future growth.
The article notes utilities firms and media properties attracting eastern and northern capital in Texas. It cites West Texas Telephone Co now owned by Bell subsidiaries, rising investments in power light firms, milk plants, and chain newspaper ownership. It highlights Weslaco’s growth and a $250,000 hotel opening.
The text notes plans for constructing hotels to keep pace with the rapid development in the area. It highlights a strategy of building or expanding lodging capacity as the section experiences growth and increased activity.
After forty years travelers stopped at the Junction Hotel in Kenedy Texas and dined at the railroad eating house. The establishment will close to satisfy modern demand, as the old gives way to growth. Old ways yield to new in a world of progress.
The article notes West Texas land shifting from vast cattle ranges to dairy operations as San Angelo plans a $100,000 milk products plant, reflecting rapid economic change and pride in modernization.
A capitalist at Big Springs puts a 394 lot subdivision on the market. Brady sees a 200 lot subdivision and Menard gains a 100 lot addition. Ownership changes accompany growth as several Texas towns shed the village status in a constructive sign of state wide progress.
Lieutenant James W. Andrews an instructor at Kelly Field San Antonio pursues a Ph D at the University of Texas. He flies to Austin three times weekly for classes and devotes remaining time to teaching others to fly. Thousands may learn to fly in years ahead.
The era shifts as many students now travel fifty plus miles daily to school, far beyond local origins. The trend underscores rapid global change and the evolving reach of education.
A farmer near Lamesa in Dawson County reports last year's sunflowers yielded 35 to 40 dollars per acre. This year harvest runs 500 to 700 pounds per acre at about 15 cents a pound, mostly ground for poultry seed. Stalks are sometimes pulped for silage in some countries. The farmer demonstrates diversification can pay with crops once little tried.
The Cameron Symphony Club entertained the Orpheus Club of Rosebud at Miss Helen Flinn's home last Wednesday afternoon at 3 30 o clock. It was a return hospitality for the Cameron Club given at Rosebud the previous year in the spacious reception rooms.
The Flinn home glowed with pink and red roses and shaded lamps as Rosebud Club held an afternoon program. Guests enjoyed musical numbers, readings, and a salad tea with Irish lace table, pink roses, green tapers, and silver service.
A program lists performers including Anna Jean Lamar Marjorie Ann Aycock pianoMiss Sue Louise Parker voice Mrs Vernon Nicholson The Newly Weds Home Over the Wires Mrs Alda Hill An Italian Aria Miss Ruth Askew piano Mrs Anna B Chernosky.
Three and a half acres with a good house and improvements located six and a half miles west of Cameron on a pike road. features include a good well and an orchard. written request to Louis Faichtinger Route Cameron Texas.
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