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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1935
Page
12
The Cameron Herald publishes editor and publisher Jefferson B. White approval text. Notices of obituaries and public entertainments with admission charged are subject to regular mail rates under the 1879 act.
An essay discusses happiness as a blend of abstract thought and practical gains, noting that many seek mental fulfillment over wealth. It urges drivers to protect pedestrians, highlights child safety in Texas, and cites 1930s national income trends and a Florida ship canal project with Roosevelt funding.
Local column argues that buying at home strengthens Cameron merchants through better service, delivery, terms, and stock, urging residents to support local shops while hinting at a future discussion on community growth. It also notes rising British naval strength and potential moves toward conflict over the Mediterranean.
The proposed southern Florida waterway could shorten Gulf to Atlantic shipping by hundreds of miles and create thousands of jobs, but faces regional opposition and feuds over feasibility and Florida’s fresh water supply. International tensions loom as Mussolini and Hitler seek allies amid Europe’s unsettled conditions, raising fears of a wider conflict.
Sharp High School Home Economics girls met to organize a new club named Busy Bees. Officers elected for the first semester include President Bernice Walker and Vice President Madeline Bartlett.
Herman White and Rex Bailey of Houston were tried in district court for four counts each including burglary four cases theft and robbing by assault. White received ten years total with two concurrent, Bailey pled guilty and got the same ten year sentence. The crimes stem from robbing Willard Smith general store and burglarizing W D Porter drug store in Gause. nightwatchman Adrian McCown was tied up.
Miss Ruby Penny and Arthur Storey united in marriage at the Penny residence near Cameron. Justice of Peace Womack Brashear performed the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Edgar Penny. The groom works for the Cameron Fruit and Grocery Co.
The Lem Walker store at Branchville was burglarized Friday night. Entry was gained by breaking a lock, four locks on pumps were broken, and 13 gallons of gasoline stolen. Flour lard tobacco cigarettes and about five dollars were taken, including money from a marble machine smashed under a nearby bridge.
The Intermediate Sunday School department of the Methodist Church held a fellowship supper Sunday night to greet new members. The newcomers include Shirley Mae Horstmann Rose Marie Bennet Doris Laake Charlotte Perkins Fraces Nabours Stella Whissants Mary Lee Colbert Grady Baskin Owen Stidham Robert Lee Salach George Bowman Jack Slaughter D L Windsey Martin Hearne Homer Terry Donald Glass.
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