Cameron Yeomen to Face Gonzales Apaches in Bi District Tilt
Cameron Yeomen, District 23 AA champions, meet Gonzales Apaches, District 24 AA winners, at Yee High Athletic Field Friday night November 23. Game time 8:00. Glenn Rosenberg returns from injury to bolster Cameron. Gonzales outweighs Cameron in backfield and line. fans expect a thriller as Sportwriters favor Gonzales. A large Central Texas crowd and a Gonzales special train are anticipated.
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Cameron Yeomen
Gonzales Apaches
Yee High
Paul Smith
Smith
Glenn Rosenberg
Rosebud Panthers
Gonzales
Texas
Cameron
Christmas Parade Planned by Cameron Groups
Cameron committees including the Business and Professional Women Club the Chamber of Commerce and the Junior Chamber of Commerce are finalizing plans for the annual Christmas Parade and program on Monday December 3. Santa will arrive at 6 30 P M on a fire truck distribute candy and souvenirs. Yee High School band and local groups prepare floats and a post parade Christmas program at City Park features a manger scene and carols led by Mrs Mark Magers.
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Business and Professional Womens Club
Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber of Commerce
N. L. Caperton
Cameron
Jaycees
Santa
Mr. Caperton
Yee High School
Mark Magers
Cameron Civic Garden Club to Stage Third Christmas Show
The Cameron Civic Garden Club announces its third annual Christmas Show on December 8 and 9 from 3 to 8 PM and 2 to 5 PM at the building beside Hornung Bros on West Main Street. Entries come from club members or their children and proceeds go to McClosky Hospital.
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Cameron Civic Garden Club
Frank Schiller
Hornung Bros
Hatchey
West Main Street
Ideal Hatchery
Col Williams Celebrates 109th Birthday Civil War Veteran
Col Walter W Williams the oldest Texas Civil War veteran marked his 109th birthday on Sunday November 18 at his ranch 14 miles south of Franklin. A barbecue dinner drew his wife and 125 direct descendants to the event. He and his wife live solo on the ranch where they raise cattle and turkeys. He is grandfather to Mrs Gene Blake of Cameron.
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Walter W. Williams
Texas
Franklin
Williams
Col. Williams
Gene Blake
Cameron
Final Rites Scheduled Sunday For Mrs. George A. Thomas
Mrs. George A. Thomas 92 of Cameron died November 16 1951 at her home on East 23rd Street after months of illness. She was widow of George A. Thomas founder and longtime owner of the George A. Thomas Drug Store. Funeral services set for 3:00 P M Sunday at First Baptist Church with Dr P A Corkern officiating. Interment Oak Hill Cemetery. Surviving daughters Gertrude Triggs and Clara Thomas plus grandchildren and other relatives. Active pallbearers will be grandsons.
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George A. Thomas
East 23Rd Street
Elizabeth Moore
Rush A. Thomas
Monte Thomas
Cameron
Thomas
First Baptist Church
P. A. Corkern
Oak Hill Cemetery
Marek Burns
Gertrude Triggs
Clara Thomas
Hilliard Thomas
Viola Ford
Albert Triggs, Jr
Montague Triggs
George William Triggs
Walter Joe Thomas
Sarah Moore Sears
Gertrude Brannon
Emma McDermott
Juanita Young
Elaine Hoffson
Tom Law
Earl Louis Baker Fatally Injured In Night Collision Near Cameron
Earl Louis Baker of Troy Texas died after colliding a Chevrolet pickup into the rear of a parked International truck on a bridge east of Cameron around 9 30 p m Saturday November 17. Baker worked for Wheeler Lumber Company of Temple. Tom West of Rockdale driver of the truck was injured but released from hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending with Hewitt Funeral Home Temple.
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Cameron
O. D. Lewis
Earl Louis Baker
Troy
Texas
Baker
St. Edward Hospital
Wheeler Lumber Company
Temple
Pvt Odis Turner Stationed At Camp Roberts
Pvt Odis Turner of Cameron Texas is in infantry basic training with the 7th Armored Division at Camp Roberts California. November 24 marks the division’s first birthday since reactivation as an infantry unit. Camp Roberts lies midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles, near the Pacific coast.
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Odis Edward Turner
Charlie Turner
Cameron
Texas
North
Washington Street
7Th Armored Division
Camp Roberts
California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Pacific Ocean
Reserved seats going fast for Friday's Cameron game
Local officials report about 1250 reserved seats available with 400 left unsold. Tickets sold to Lexington and nearby towns by mail and phone begin being filled today. General admission at 1.00, reserve seats 1.50, student 0.50. no parking inside stadium night of game. A 500 fan special train from Gonzales will run.
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Cameron
Lexington
Hearne
Georgetown
Taylor
Belton
Killeen
Rosebud
Bartlett
Caldwell Waco
Rockdale
Calvert
Mexia
New Braunfels
Baylor University
Gonzales
WSCS Meeting Led by Mrs. W. O. Triggs at First Methodist
The WSCS of the First Methodist Church met Monday with twenty six members present. Perrin Circle led attendance while Mrs. W. O. Triggs presented the program and devotional using Acts chapter one.
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WSCS
First Methodist Church
Perrin Circle
W. O. Triggs
Churches Of Cameron Unite In Thanksgiving Services
Protestant churches in Cameron join in annual Union Thanksgiving service at the First Methodist Church on Wednesday November 28. Rev C P Robison of the Assembly of God will deliver the sermon on Expressions of Gratitude to God. Food baskets will be given to needy families. ministers from the Cameron Ministerial Association will participate. Last year the service was at the First Christian Church and the public is invited.
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Churches of
Cameron
Methodist Church
First Methodist Church
John Solomon
Cameron Ministerial Association
C. P. Robison
Assembly of God Church
First Christian Church
Dennis Klein Elected President Farm Bureau Milam County
At a Milam County Farm Bureau meeting Dennis Klein was elected president for the coming year. Robert Glenn was named second vice president and Mrs. Hugh Wimberly was re elected secretary. Directors and alternates from multiple communities were chosen and delegates departed for a state convention in Houston at the Rice Hotel scheduled to return Wednesday night.
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Milam County Farm Bureau
Dennis Klein
Robert Glenn
Hugh Wimberly
Joe J. Marek
Buckholts
Albert Dorner
Vogelsang
Albert Anderle
Salem
Johns Slovak
North Elm
J. D. Turner
Hanover
F. J. Karnowski
Ad Hall
Ned Culp
San Gabriel
Ted Ford
Baileyville
Milano
Hubert McClaren
Marlow
E. H. Miller
Ben Arnold
Charlie Lucko
Belmana
Hubert Colburn
John A. Smith
Cameron
Frank Clements
Corinth
C. L. Yount
Watson Branch
Emory Doss
Gay Hill
Howard Averitt
Rockdale
Herbert Menn
Bushdale
Albert Glaser
Bryant Station
Hugo Miller
E. B. Yager
C. H. Massey
Houston
Rice Hotel
Red Cross Blood Drive Meeting Planned in Cameron
A county wide meeting is set for 7 30 P M Tuesday November 27 in the Milam Coffee Shop dining room to organize blood donor contacts for the Red Cross Blood Bank. L A Summers will speak on the program with A W McCullin urging civic and church group participation and recalling World War II efforts.
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Ative
Waco
McCullin
Lions Club
Cameron
Three Weeks Report Shows Mostly Residential Builds in Cameron
Cameron city permits for November up to the 19th total $9,975 with a slight drop from October. Major single construction is George Graves new home on East 18th Street worth $4,500. Other listed projects include several houses, a garage, a moved rural house, and $800 in repairs.
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Cameron
Naomi Needham
George Graves
East 18Th Street
J. C. Brashear
Louis Elly
Ervin Sims
Dave Hemenas
J. S. Elsenberg
Wilson's Credit Jewelers Sets Grand Opening in Cameron
Cameron welcomes Wilson's Credit Jewelers in the Winfield Building with a formal opening on Saturday. Bassel Wilson hosts a modern store featuring diamonds and electrical items, watch repair, and a credit department. Music by Jimmie Heap and His Melody Masters accompanies the event with prizes and gifts for attendees.
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Wilson’s Credit Jewelers
Cameron
Walgreen Agency
Winfield
Bassel Wilson
Camp Apartments
East 83Rd Street
Jimmie Heap
Melody Masters
Taylor
Ktae Taylor
W. J. Hannon
Dero Jenkins
Charlotte Collings
Kate McLane
Martha Collins
Virginia Graham
Beverly Freeman
Buckholts HD Club Meets With Demonstration of Corsages
Mrs Theo Fuchs presided at the Buckholts Home Economics Cottage meeting on Friday November 9 at 2 pm with 17 members present. Two new members joined and visitors Mrs Hugh Powell and Mrs Lawrence Obermiller attended. Demonstrator Mrs Theo Hughes showed nylon hose corsages and displayed several she had made.
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Theo Fuchs
Buckholts
Buckholts HD Club
Alice Hughes
Grover Williams
Sam Henderson
Hugh Powell
Lawrence Obermiller
Theo Hughes
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Alvin Dusek
Morris Eplen
Eddie Dodson
J. D. Moore
Leo Fuchs
Bennie Archer
John Ryan
Howard Baskin
J. W. Kemp
Leroy Raley
Grady Stidham
Albert Horstmann
McClosky Hospital
E. Adams
Col
Walter Williams
Here
Lewis
Hewitt Funeral Home
Marek-Burns
Pvt
Odis Turner
Farm Bureau
Red Cross Field
Credit Department
Mr. Wilson
Rip Talasek
V. J. Hannon
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