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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1948
Page
7
Yoemen prepare for Friday’s game with San Saba as halfback John Matula nears return from a knee injury. Fuchs or Braden may be replaced if Matula can play. San Saba counters with backs Dick Felts and Charles McDaniel.
S. E. Colbert and his son, along with Sam Hohenstein, traveled to Austin this week for a business engagement.
San Saba Junior Chamber of Commerce will charter special buses for the San Saba Cameron bi district football game. Riders must register at the Jaycee office by Tuesday noon to determine bus numbers. Round trip fare is about 3.80 per person with the same rate for children. Buses would leave San Saba around 4 pm Friday. A special train was considered but not secured. Jaycees will arrange the charters.
Klaes Martensen van Roosevelt arrived in this country from Holland between 1644 and 1649. He is identified as the ancestor of seven American presidents: James Madison, Martin Van Buren, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S. Grant, William H. Taft, Theodore Roosevelt, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Henry Lippman attended the high school game between Rice Freshman and Texas A&M Freshman in Houston on Friday. The matchup showcased early-season talent with both squads fielding young prospects. Lippman’s presence underscores local interest in college-bound basketball.
Rogers resident Bill Sefcik of Route 2 traveled to Cameron last week as a visitor.
A downed electric power wire near Cham berlain Dairy struck a prize herd Monday night. One cow died and others were shocked. Mr Chamberlain, after a truck delivery possibly caused the fall, cut the current and saved the rest. He fears more cows may die but hopes others survive the shock.
A Daily Herald letter from Cameron Texas dated November 23, 1948 asks whether school authorities and the elite secured all the football tickets in the first grab. The writer offers to help and even lend cement blocks for seating near the grand stand if needed, and requests information on why the 179 block of tickets sold quickly.
A Hill County widow, Mrs. Willis Sweeney, near Woodbury, earned more than 2500 from six and a half months of turkey raising. She bought 583 day old birds for 375, raised 470, bought brooders, fed them on 10 acres, and expects 4700 in spring sales after a house fire killed some birds. She plans to expand next year with electric brooders.
Thanksgiving services will be held in Cameron on Wednesday evening November 24 at 7 p m. The public is invited to attend. The service includes a Lesson Sermon on Thanksgiving with Biblical citations and passages from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
All reserved seats for the Cameron San Saba football game on Friday night were sold within an hour Friday morning. North stands tickets sold here. south side seats reserved for San Saba with some possibly returned and offered locally if unsold.
Dora Elizabeth Fitzgerald 50 former resident died in Fort Worth Thursday evening November 18 Funeral services were held at 3 p m Saturday November 20 from Green Funeral Home Cameron with Rev Lee Lemons officiating Interment in the old city cemetery east of Cameron Survived by husband R E Fitzgerald one daughter Thelma Fitzgerald of Fort Worth one sister Mrs Mattie Braden one brother Ben Reynolds of Cameron and four grandchildren
Cameron reported a low of 34 degrees Saturday morning two degrees above freezing. By 9 a m the temperature rose above 50 and forecasts warned a much warmer spell by weekend. A blizzard crippled a large portion of Kansas and the West.
Local observer L W Smith reports Cameron received .42 inches of rain Sunday while Amarillo noted 25 degrees Monday morning. The Sunday rainfall push brings the past few days total well above an inch as a dry norther moves through Texas and temperatures dip.
Cameron fans expect a hard fought season finale as Yeomen meet Waco Kittens on Thursday night. Yeomen recently clinched 21 A District title with a 19 to 7 win over Rosebud and enter the game unbeaten in conference play. The Kittens arrive with a tough schedule and thrilling games, while injuries threaten Bellin Wilkinson and Zotz as Joe Johns could start at kickoff if needed.
Tickets for the Leon dam site barbecue and ground breaking ceremonies to begin work on the dam will go on sale November 23 at the Chamber of Commerce office. The committee plans to sell over 3000 tickets at $1.50 each with Texas Congressmen and Army officials expected to appear on the program.
Rep. Kingsland Macy of New York head of a special House committee warned that greed among a few auto dealers could trigger controls on car sales. He cited two days of hearings highlighting $500 tips, fat profits on unrecorded trade ins, and poor local reporting compliance. The committee termed such practices deplorable and urged industry reform.
Miss Verna Harris and her mother Mrs. W. R. Harris of Cameron joined Mr. and Mrs. Vernie Miller at the singing convention in Milano on Sunday.
Rev. Bill Dyer, senior Mission volunteer and Ministerial student, and president of the B. S. A. at Baylor University was guest speaker at First Baptist church Sunday.
Herbert Madeley of Cameron visited his daughter Patsy Madeley in Temple on Sunday. He recently opened a radio repair shop in Cameron.
A reflective aphorism states imagination helps men cope with what they lack while humor consoles them for their flaws, suggesting creative thinking balances human limits and imperfections.
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