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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1954
Page
2
Publisher editor Peggy Florida is listed in the Cameron Texas post office as second class mail matter under the 1879 act. Published weekly on Thursdays with Milam County subscription 61.75 per year, outside county 2.00, out of state 2.25.
John Duncan aged 56 of Milam County died suddenly in a Houston hospital on Thursday October 21. Funeral services were held Friday October 22 at 3 pm from Greens Funeral Home Chapel with Rev H M Bowley officiating. He is survived by three sisters.
Mrs. John Browder of Houston and Mrs. Leonard Harris of New London attend as hosts. Mrs. T. P. Gunnels of Velasco and four Duncan brothers from Houston Dexter N. M. Terrell and Houston are listed among attendees. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Jistel hosted guests including Ervin Kleiber family from Schulenburg and the Kurtz, Keith, and Richardson families with their children.
Patrolman C B James of the Department of Public Safety reported four people passed the driver license tests at the courthouse this Monday. Four passed both tests while three failed the tire or parking related tests and one failed both. He noted most have trouble with parallel parking stop signs and illegal turns.
The speaker notes lax hand signals and says trouble in the written test stems from technical rules rather than signs. He praises cooperation from the Safety Department with license renewals. Written tests start at 9 a.m. in the courthouse and outside testing begins at 12 noon each Monday in Cameron.
Milam Lodge 125 Knights of Pythias held a weekly meeting at Castle Hall last Monday October 18. After a short business session they played forty two and dominos. The lodge, with 165 members, ranks among the area's top Pythian memberships and supports the Pythian Home for children and widows in Weatherford Texas.
A fatal vehicle crash killed brothers George and Mercy Cofield in the truck. Brown drove the ill fated automobile and was involved in the deadly incident.
E V Walton of the A and M college agricultural education department lauds Schroeder as an outstanding vocational agricultural teacher. He notes A & M utilizes about 90 departments yearly for adult farmer training, with more than 1000 departments statewide. Sale or trade in Cameron.
The article argues that most businessmen need to perform a yearly stock and financial tally to ensure accurate records and better decision making, linking inventory discipline to overall profits and growth.
Herbert Schroeder former Milam County 4-Her serves as vocational agricultural instructor at Columbus High School. Born in Milam County he is an A&M trained educator whose program and Future Farmer instruction helped Columbus High earn designation as a Texas A&M College student training center.
Seven towns have sent letters of acceptance to attend the Oddfellow Round-up to be held here Thursday night October 21 at 7 40 p m. Plans anticipate at least 100 present for the first affair of its kind in Central Texas. A lavish dinner is planned by the entertainment committee led by Russell Wilson Albert Edmonds and Rip Woods. Principal address will be delivered by Hinton Pruett the county superintendent.
Russell Lynn two years old and Patricia Gail six months old were orphaned when their parents R. L. Thornhill and Ina bell Thornhill died in a head-on crash with a truck near Klamath Falls Oregon last Tuesday. The father died Saturday night in hospital after regaining consciousness failed. The mother was killed instantly. The Thornhills had lived in Cameron and Delano California before moving to work on a farm. The children were returned to McFarland with their grandparents. The survivor Lenora Parker of Ventura described the sequence as a truck driven by George Cofield of Shafter struck the car after the driver attempted to pass a preceding vehicle.
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