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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1928
Page
5
Local and personal items list guests visiting Cameron residents from Tahoka Fort Worth and Bryan. Several residents attend games in Dallas and Waco while others visit family in Temple Temple and San Antonio. Education and employment notes include Elaine Jackson teaching in Salem and Ruth Hobson recovering from surgery.
Mrs. Robert McElroy and Mrs. W B Skinner of Rogers shopped in Cameron on Monday. Mrs. W F Whitaker of Fort Worth is in Cameron for an extended visit with friends and relatives. Whitaker formerly lived here.
Dr Roy Denson and his wife of Kerrville toured western states and passed through en route home. Rev E S Hutcherson H P Black and Roy R E Day of Bryan attended a Baylor Rally in Temple. A L Springer and family moved from Cameron to Merizon for sheep raising. Lee Howell of Waco, son of T A Howell, recuperates at home from dengue fever. N E Childers of Wellington and James Childers spent Sunday in their company. Vernon Roberts and wife attended the Dallas Fair last week and visited Mrs Roberts sister in Dallas.
Fragments mention Mr and Mrs Rush Thomas in Dallas for business and the Dallas Fair. Pollards travel to Hobart Oklahoma to visit J M McCandless. Lothlens and Hester Plant visit T A Howell home in Waco. Mrs Harper hospitalized in Cameron awaiting transfer to Temple Clinic. Local moves include Henderson sisters and Green siblings returning from State University. Nelta Sloan starts teaching in Waco schools. Diamonds at R H Johnson Jewelry Store and carving set promo appear among items.
Telegram read to Burlington Democrats by committeeman Jnc P O Neill pledges community loyalty to the party. Milam County Democratic Executive Committee says they support the county state and national ticket to secure a Democratic victory in November.
We express sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during our mother Mrs. C. R. Bullock illness and death. We thank those who sent flowers and all who assisted us. Carl Bullock Arthur Bullock Joe Bullock Kee Bullock.
The Cameron Commercial Club, renamed the Cameron Chamber of Commerce, adopts an all time paid secretary and sets six month committee chairs. President C S Peyton announces appointments for Agriculture to Transportation he also forms a budget committee and a road sign project group. A change to the Chamber name is proposed with a budget and full time secretary to be studied.
Cameron's annual rodeo will run over three days October 27 28 and 29 with manager H. M. Akers arranging elaborate preparations. The event promises new stock and improved programs and expects attendance to surpass prior years. Local businesses will fund cash prizes. further notices to follow.
A 1928 editorial urges Milam County to follow Mississippi examples by developing balanced pastures for sand and black lands. It highlights the A H Barber Cheese Company and dairy profits, noting cow milk production and eight land pasture mixes to sustain nine months of feed, calling for county agent cooperation.
Mrs. W H Triggs is ill at her Cameron home with her children by her bedside. The city expresses sympathy to the Triggs family in their anxious hours and wishes her a speedy recovery.
Members of the Wo man s Auxiliary of the Presbyterian church from Buckholts and nearby towns attended District 4 Central Texas Presbyterial in Georgetown for an all day session. Mrs. Guy Garth of Temple presided. Speakers included Miss Louise Woodson of Austin on Young People Work and Mrs. Ben Atkinson of Cameron on Bible Study Class. in the afternoon Miss Lumpkin, a missionary to Japan, spoke with a Japanese companion. The next meeting will be in Temple in October 1929.
A. R. Walschak announces weekly cane seed thrashing at home on Mondays during August and September in Buell Holts Texas. The event notes 14-tfe as a reference.
Willard Reese, elected to manage the Cameron Cheese Factory, travels to Columbus Mississippi to study milk industry practices. He notes Mississippi farmers modernizing their dairying, using registered stock, daily milk shipments, and strong bank positions. The guide cites University of Louisiana balanced rations and local forage. Reese also meets the County Agent, described as very active and energetic during the visit.
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