Milk Bowl to Bring Gause Pee Wees and San Saba Together
Cameron hosts the Milk Bowl on December 10 at Yeemen Stadium pitting Gause Pee Wees against San Saba in Texas first of its kind. Funds support school milk lunches with plans for Milam county Pee Wee leagues and an annual Cameron bowl event.
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Texas
San Saba
Yeemen Stadium
Cameron Chamber of Commerce
Joe Moore
Gause
New York Giants
L. G. Smith
Leon Hale
Cameron
Dixie Walker
Pee Wees
Time is Running Out Warns Britain at UN Session
British Minister Hector McNeill warned at the United Nations in Lake Success that time is running out for Russia to lift the Iron Curtain or risk severed ties and a possible new war. He accused Moscow of murdering peace while Russia urged cooperation.
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Great Britain
Soviet Russia
Hector McNeill
United Nations
Lake Success
New York
Russia
Vishinsky
United States
Hiroshima
Tito
Yugoslavia
Infant Dwight Alan Jekel Born at Newton Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Conrad Jekel Jr announce the birth of a son weighing seven pounds eight ounces at Newton Memorial Hospital on Friday November 11 1949. The baby has been named Dwight Alan.
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Conrad Jekel, Jr
Newton Memorial Hospital
Dwight Alan
Herbert Madeley Visits Daughter Patsy in Temple
Herbert Madeley visited his daughter Patsy in Temple on Sunday returning from his trip.
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Herbert Madeley
Patsy
Mill Worker In Ben Arnold Hurt In Conveyor Accident
Virgil Brumett, 35, of Ben Arnold, employed at Cameron Cotton Oil Company, was severely injured when his right foot was crushed by a seed conveyor at the mill. He was taken to St Edwards Hospital after surgery. doctors hope to save the limb. Brumett, a husband and father, had worked at the mill only a few weeks.
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Virgil Brumett
Ben Arnold
Cameron Cotton Oil Company
Brumett
St. Edwards Hospital
Marek-Burns
Womack Brashear Resigns As Justice Of Peace
Womack Brashear resigns from the Justice of Peace post due to ill health after about 12 years in office. The Commissioners Court appoints his son Thomas E. Brashear to replace him at a Monday meeting announced by Judge Dan Tyson.
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Womack Brashear
Poage Poised for Farm Committee Vice Chairmanship
Washington November 16 Representative Page of Georgia says he will not seek re election leaving W R Poage of Waco Texas in line for the House Agriculture Committee vice chair. Poage entered Congress January 3 1937 and now has potential elevation tied to his re election and Democratic control of the House.
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Washington
Page
Georgia
W. R. Poage
Waco
House
Agriculture Committee
Poage
Congress
Cooley
North Carolina
Texas
Couple Narrowly Escape In West 6th Street House Fire
Mr and Mrs Lonnie Seaton escaped death Sunday afternoon when their West 6th Street home burned from a front room fire. Seaton, awakened by the blaze, was badly burned trying to fight it before Newton Memorial Hospital treated and released them. The house owned by R B Rylander and the furnishings were destroyed. Jim McGoldrick the city marshal transported the Seaton couple to the hospital.
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Lonnie Seaton
West 6Th Street
R. B. Rylander
Mrs. Pete Bergham Shoppers In Cameron Friday
Mrs. Pete Bergham of Burlington was seen shopping in Cameron on Friday, reflecting local retail activity and cross‑city shopping patterns.
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Pete Bergham
Burlington
Cameron
Apollo Boys Choir to Perform Sunday at Yee High
Milam County Civic Music Association presents the Apollo Boys Choir at Yee High School Auditorium on Sunday December 4 at 3 00 p m The choir founded in 1935 by Cole man Cooper mirrors the Vienna Boys Choir and travels widely giving concerts of serious music.
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Milam County
Dallas
Apollo Boys’ Choir
Apollo Choir
Civic Music Association
Civil Appeals Court Reverses Milam County Damages Case
The Texas Third Court of Civil Appeals reversed a $23 262 judgment in a Milam County damage suit over an oil and gas lease. Lessor plaintiffs Batte and Hickman sued Wheelock et al for lease cancellation and title cloud with 930.5 acres valued at about $18 000 above cost after 1947 leasing. The dispute centered on bona fide drilling timing and lease expiration.
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Austin
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Milam County
R. L. Batte, Jr
Robert L. Wheelock, Jr
J. F. Frazier
Lelia Lee Batte Hickman
Batte
Rex B Jones: from farmer’s son to Corpus Christi taxi tycoon
Rex B Jones, brother of Bailey Jones of Cameron, built Blue and White Cab Co into a $150,000 rolling stock fleet from a $500 start. A CCC alumnus and former deckhand and hotel bellhop, he opened a one-man cab business, joined four drivers to form Blue and White, then acquired Happy’s Beach Taxi in 1944 and Checker Cab Co in 1946. Now 36, he owns 53 cabs, with sons and daughters in his life and plans to expand further.
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Jones Boys
Jones Prairie Jones Boys
Rex B
Corpus Christi
Rex
Bailey Jones
Cameron
Dick Jones
Jones Prairie
Corpus Christi Times Written By George Groh: Rex B. Jones
Jones
Blue and White Cab Co
Civilian Conservation Corps
White Plaza
the Plaza
Doris Allyne Luker
Lone Wolf
Rex Jones
Happy’s Beach Taxi
Checker Cab Co
Ford’s 1950 model draws crowds at Hefley Stedman
The new Ford for 1950 on display at Hefley Stedman Motor Company attracts many buyers and the public to automobile row. Officials report strong response to the arrival of the updated model with notable features and improvements over the prior year.
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Ford
Hefley-Stedman Motor Company
The
Motor Company
Sgt Gilbert L. Hughes Killed in Action 1944
The Army confirms Sergeant Gilbert L. Hughes of Cameron was killed in action near Germeter Germany on October 20 1944. An eye witness account places him in a fox hole twenty five yards away when artillery fire struck. The body was not recovered and burial site unknown.
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Set
Gilbert L. Hughes
Cameron
Germeter
Germany
Edward F. Witsell
Army
William H. Hughes
Austin Avenue
Sgt. Hughes
Department of the Army
Hughes
Sgt
Rosebud Lampasas Bi-District Clash Set for Wednesday
Lampasas Badgers and Rosebud Panthers will battle at Woodson Field in a bi district playoff. Temple Chamber of Commerce officials offered Temple field for the game after a four hour meeting. Coach Ted Dawson cited Temple restrictions on scheduling.
Tragic West Sixth Street Fire Kills Blind 84 Year Old Man and Wife
Fire at 506 West Sixth Street destroys the two apartment home killing Mr. J. A. McDonald age 84 and his wife 68. Mrs. McDonald died in a vain attempt to rescue her blind husband after reporting the blaze to a neighbor. Neighbors heard an explosion as flames fast spread, with several adjacent homes damaged. Funeral services held for the couple in Rockdale with burial at Odd Fellows Cemetery. survivors include two sons and two daughters.
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J. A. McDonald
West Sixth Street
Ralph Michalka
McDonald
Odis McDonald
Susan Pope
Chas. C. Smith
Frank Richter, Jr
Bryan McDonald
Minerva
Marvin McDonald
Cameron
Jesse Burgess
Rockdale
Fred Lance
Houston
Pioneer woman Mrs John T Gambill dies at 85 in city home
Mrs. John T Gambill, 85, longtime resident, died at her East 23rd street home at 8 30 a m Sunday November 20 after months of frail health. Born 1864 in Perry County Alabama she moved with family to Sumpter county then Texas arriving Rockdale in 1885. She married John T Gambill in Rockdale February 3 1886 and they later resided in Cameron. Her husband, a prominent businessman, died earlier.
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John T. Gambill
East 23Rd Street
Joe Anna Jones
Rockdale
Cameron
Gambill
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Justice of Peace
Apollo Boys Choir
Civic Music
Coleman Cooper
Big Corpus Christi
Rosebud-Lampasas
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