Our Town Urges Road Bonds For Cameron Improvement
The Cameron edition notes the ramp up of Yee High School enrollment past 300 and a civic push for street paving. It endorses a $100,000 Cameron Road District road bond vote on Tuesday September 25 to resurfaced main roads and build a new bridge across Little River with no tax rate rise for three years. It warns of health and dairy risks and calls for united effort to modernize streets.
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Yee High School
Cameron
Cameron Road
Ad Hall
McCown Bridge
Little River
Cameron district votes on bonds for road and bridge project
The Cameron district plans a Tuesday vote on issuing bonds to fund $100000 in road improvements aided by $125000 from federal and state sources. A new two way concrete bridge will replace an old bridge, and the highway department will maintain the road after January. Enrollment rises at Yee High to about 285, with many students from nearby towns choosing Cameron. Cotton yields are projected around 16000 bales, worth about $2.55 million, signaling continued prosperity for local merchants and banks.
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Minerva
Highway Department
Yee High School
Cameron
America
Cameron Te Echool
Altho
Methodist Church Preaches on Kindliness and The Call of the West
Rev. Ira F. Key will preach at morning and evening services this Sunday. The morning sermon titled Spontaneous Kindliness explores everyday charity. The evening sermon titled The Call of the West offers a regional outlook.
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Ira F. Key
First Paying Petition Presented To Cameron Council
The first petition signed by property owners in Cameron's business district to pave the block was presented to the council by W. W. Chambers and George T. Graves. The measure would be funded one third by abutting owners and one third by the city with five year installments, details to be finalized after action. Signers include Cameron State Bank Milam County Hwd Co Geo T Moors C N Green B Slocomb H F Smith A M Horstmann J M Tucker J L Denson S J Slocomb and others.
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W. W. Chambers
George T. Graves
Robert McLane
McLane
Paul Webb
City of
Cammeron
City of Cameron
Houston Avenue
First National Bank
Hefley Motor Company
Cameron State Bank
Milam County
Hwd. Co. Geo. T. Moors C. N. Green
B. Slocomb
H. F. Smith
A. M. Horstmann
J. M. Tucker
J. L. Denson
S. J. Slocomb
Jos. Mondrik
Cottle Attends Brother's Funeral
A. S. Cottle, proprietor of the Auditorium Hotel, was called out of town Sunday to attend the funeral of his older brother Walter W. Cottle of Bloomington Texas. Walter died in Seaton Infirmary Austin and was buried in the family home at McDade. He had been in poor health for years and had traveled seeking health. He was 86, leaving a wife and five children, the oldest 12 and the youngest 18 months.
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A. Cottle
Auditorium Hotel
Walter W. Cottle
Bloomington
Texas
Seaton Infirmary
Austin
McDade
City approves disposal plant plans for sewer expansion
City council approves plans for a new sewage disposal plant to be sent to Austin for State Board of Health approval. The closed plant near the river, costing over 20 000 dollars, will be protected from overflow by levies after sewer system extension. A water mains expansion with Cameron Water Power and Light brings a rate reduction.
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Austin
State Board of Health
Cameron Water, Power & Light Company
Weather Report for East Texas Thursday Forecast
The report notes partly cloudy skies with cooler air moving into the northeast and southwest. Temperatures yesterday ranged from 54 to 92 across Am arillo Abilene Cameron Brownsville and Henrietta. Rainfall ending at 7:00 am totals include Abilene 0.44 Del Rio 0.14 Henrietta 0.20 Paris 0.62 Palestine 0.84 Greenville 0.72 Quanah 0.24 Waxahachie 0.34.
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Texas
Cameron
Amarillo
Abilene
Brownsville
Henrietta
del Rio
Paris
Palestine
Greenville
Quanah
Waxahachie
Baptist Church to Host Regular Services Next Sunday
Regular services will be held at the Baptist church next Sunday morning at 11 o clock conducted by a visiting minister.
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the Baptist Church
Milam County Resident J M Eplen Dies After Illness
J M Eplen longtime Milam county resident died at his Cameron home after weeks of illness. He helped found Yarrellton’s early community and worked in Tom Yarrell’s stove business. Survived by children A D Eplen and Mrs. Robert Daugherty, Grace, and spouses, with brothers James and sister Mrs Van Perkins. Funeral at 3:30 in the Christian church, Rev T F Weaver officiating, burial Oak Hill Cemetery by the Masonic Lodge.
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J. M. Eplen
Milam County
Cameron
Christian Church
San Andres
Tom Yarrell
Jane Shirley
Himy A. D. Eplen
Robert Daugherty
San Antonio
Nora Emerine
Grace
James Eplen
Abilene
van Perkins
Ft. Forth
T. F. Weaver
Masonic Lodge
Oak Hill Cemetery
Highway Conditions Report From Local Roadways
Highway bulletin notes Cameron to Waco via Temple open and fair. Waco to Dallas good. Dallas to Shreveport impassable at Willis Point. Cameron to Houston via Hearne heavy near Benchley and nearly impassable near Hempstead. San Antonio route via Rogers Taylor and Austin very heavy near Pflugerville with Guadalupe River out at San Marcos and impassable at present. other sections fair to good. Georgetown detour mirrors Pflugerville conditions. Cameron to Thorndale impassable for tourist travel.
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Cameron
Waco
Temple
Dallas
Shreveport
Willis Point
Houston
Hearne
Benchley
Hempstead
San Antonio
Rogers
Taylor
Austin
Pflugerville
Guadalupe River
San Marcos
Georgetown
Thorndale
Tay
Yoe High Receives Bound World’s Best Orations Set
Yoe High School library receives a four volume set of the World's Best Orations from Hon. T. B. Henderson. The Texas volume, edited by Judge Henderson and Clarence Owsley, covers from Sam Houston to the present. Students and faculty express sincere thanks for the contribution.
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Yoe High School
Hon. T. 8. Henderson
Texas
Judge Henderson
Clarence Owsley
Sam Houston
You High School
Henderson
Cameron Compress Receives 27 367 Bales of Cotton
More than two thirds of the cotton received at the Cameron Compress is shipped by rail. By noon Thursday 27 867 bales had been received, including 8 734 bales of wagon cotton from Cameron gins and nearby farms. The season is expected to end with about 50 000 bales, a quarter of which will be Cameron cotton from near the city and trade radius.
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Cameron Compress
Cameron
Indictments Against Stevens and Brashear Set for Cameron Trial
Wesley Stevens faces grand jury indictments for assault with intent to murder and liquor manufacturing while Jim Brashear is charged with manufacturing intoxicating liquor. Trials are scheduled for Monday in Cameron with both likely to be tried during the week. The cases stem from a June raid on their farms near Cameron that left deputy Will Little wounded.
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Wesley Stevens
Jim Brashear
Cameron
Stevens
Brashear
Will Little
Drue
Rogers
Buckholts
Little
Four Ponds
N. O. Kennedy
Jnne Little
Property Owners Protest Council Over City Gravel Pit Plant
Residents and property owners near Cameron City Gravel Pit petition the City Council to reject locating a disposal plant at the site. The petition, signed by local taxpayers including T. W. Aycock A N Weems Owen Weems and others, warns of nuisance and devaluation of nearby property.
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City Council
City of
Cameron
City
T. W. Aycock
A. N. Weems
Cameron Lions Club Organized with Elected Officers
Final organization of the Lions Club of Cameron was completed with officers elected: President T A Fisher First Vice President J H Edwards Second Vice President Dr E R Zeliner Secretary Dan Tyson Treasurer H M Hefley Bion Tanner Paul Webb Tail Twister Oxsheer Smith The Board of Directors to be elected later Vilas Johnson Field Director for Lions International aided by Lion R L McKinney of Dallas, formerly Field Director.
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Lions Club of
Cameron
T. A. Fisher
J. H. Edwards
E. R. Zeliner
Dan Tyson
H. M. Hefley
Bion Tanner
F Paul Webb
Tail Twister
Oxsheer Smith
Vilas Johnson
Lions International
Lion
Smith elected president of Methodist Brotherhood
Oxsheer M. Smith, president of Citizens National Bank, is elected president of the Methodist Brotherhood at its first full session held in a church basement. L. Van Perkins becomes secretary and J. C. Tucker remains treasurer. Dr. J. W. Mills of First Methodist Beaumont spoke as many laymen and guests attended. banquet served by missionary society ladies.
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Oxsheer M. Smith
Citizens National Bank
Methodist Brotherhood
Mr. Smith
A. 8
Epperson
L. van Perkins
J. C. Tucker
J. W. Mills
First Methodist Church
Beaumont
Ladies of the Missionary Society
Forty Two Party for University Guests
Joyce Cox hosted a Forty Two party Monday evening for two State University boys visiting for the week. The event honored the guests with a casual social gathering at the Cox home.
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Joyce Cox
Sewer Connections to Be Enforced in Cameron
City council orders notices to all Cameron property owners without sewer connections to connect promptly to protect public health. The ordinance from two years ago governs the move, and the council will adjust plumber prices after reviewing the posted schedule.
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Cameron
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