Lifelong Cameron resident Luther Roberts dies after gunshot wound
Luther G. Roberts 70 of Cameron died at St. Edwards Hospital from a gunshot wound. Found on his North Houston Street steps Tuesday with a .45 revolver nearby, he had been a former city marshal and local farmer. Surviving are his widow Corine, two sons Vernon and Alvin, a daughter P. W. Davis, five sisters and two grandchildren. Funeral 4:30 p.m. at Marek Burns chapel with Rev. R. L. Lemons officiating. Interment Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Luther G. Roberts
Milam County
St. Edwards Hospital
Mr. Roberts
North Houston Street
J. L. Willis
North
Houston Avenue
A. H. Baskin, Sr
Cameron
Corine Roberts
Vernon Roberts
Dallas
Alvin Roberts
Vernon
R. L. Lemons
First Methodist Church
Marek-Burns
Oak Hill Cemetery
Bill Richter
Joe Richter
Frank Monroe
W. S. Lamkin
N. L. Caperton
Conn Moody
Ted Kuehl
Will Vaughan
Porter Carswell to Speak at Waco Rotary Forum
Cameron Rotary Club President L. W. Smith announces Port er Carswell of Waynesboro Georgia will address the Inter City Rotary Forum in Waco on Thursday September 29 The talk aims to educate Rotary leaders and improve Rotary program understanding across clubs Nomination comes from Nelson Hawkins Itasca District Governor
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Georgia
Ested
Porter Carswell
Waynesboro
Rotary Forum
Waco
L. W. Smith
Cameron
Parish Plans Bazaar and Picnic at SS Cyril and Methodius
Father Ben Holub announced the annual fall bazaar and picnic at SS Cyril and Methodius church in Marak on Sunday, September 25. Mass begins at 9:30 a.m. with dinner 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Supper 5 to 8 p.m. Sausage, fried chicken, kolaches and cakes, plus games and music by the Granger Brass Band. The Marak Community invites all including Cameron and nearby counties.
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SS. Cyril and Methodius Church
Marak
Father Ben Holub
Cameron
Father Holub
Granger Brass Band
Burkes-Howard Co to Stage Free Family Party in Cameron
Burkes-Howard Company presents a free Big Family Party in Cameron at Yee High School auditorium on Saturday October 1 starting 8 p.m. The show features Roberta and Mack comedy Helen Harper dance style Lennie Russell master of ceremonies and Bob Sharp magic with laughs. No sales talks just fun with music magic and comedy for all ages.
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Burkes-Howard Company
Cameron
Yee High School
Roberta and
Mack
Helen Harper
Lennie Russell
Bob Sharp
International Harvester Dealers
Stores Here Asked To Release Help For Cotton Harvest
An urgent appeal from the Cameron Chamber of Commerce asks merchants to permit employees to work in the cotton fields. Businesses should operate with a skeleton crew while workers aid harvest, with jobs restored after harvest. Local firms show willingness, viewing it as a civic duty to ease the migrant labor shortage. If many cooperate, cotton growers in Cameron’s trade area may gain relief.
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Cameron
Chamber of Commerce
Cameron City Financial Statement Preview by W H Stafford
The Daily Herald notes a forthcoming comprehensive city financial statement for Cameron by Secretary W H Stafford covering April 1 1948 to March 31 1949. It shows a general fund balance of 7029.97 at year start and a deficit of 2053.80, with a net year end recovery of about nine thousand dollars. The report details receipts disbursements and tax levy including a general fund rate of 1.21 and overall tax rate of 2.35. Bonded debt is low mainly for schools. street maintenance and salaries consume about 55 percent of general fund. The airport shows a loss due to a bad check, with 2832.08 still on hand but a 25000 investment hoped to recover. Stafford praises the clear, readable format.
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Weekly Herald
Cameron
W. H. Stafford
Stafford
Cameron May Gin 6000 Bales Cotton
Cameron cotton gins were busy with estimates of around 6000 bales for the season. The crop is about 50 percent harvested and Cameron gins have already ginned about 3000 bales. County totals were put at 30,000 bales, a significant rise from 1948.
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Cameron
Smith Barretts Welcome David Franklin At St Edwards
Mr and Mrs Barrett of Yarrellton are the happy parents of a seven pound boy named David Franklin born at St Edwards Hospital.
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Smith Barrett
Yarrellton
St. Edwards Hospital
David Franklin
Dallas Negro Fined for Crashing Car
Joe Dell Robinson a Dallas negro pleaded guilty to crashing an automobile at the Highways 36 and 77 intersection east of the River. Judge Dan Tyson fined him 300 dollars and gave six months in county jail. Halberdier injured, patrolman Higginbotham testified. Precautions at the merging lanes were noted.
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Joe Dell Robinson
Dallas
Dan Tyson
August Halberdier
Minerva Road
Maysfield Mercantile Company
Halberdier
Tyson
Jack Higginbotham
Richard Dix Dies of Heart Attack at 54
Hollywood reports film star Richard Dix died of heart trouble at age 54. He starred in silent and talking pictures for over 25 years, noted for virile, everyman roles. He lived on a Topanga Canyon ranch with wife Virginia Webster and three children.
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Hollywood
Richard Dix
Dix
Topanga Canyon
Virginia Webster
Richard
Robert
Sue
Former Cameron Man Injured in Car Crash Near Beaumont
Lloyd R. Fuller a former Cameron resident living in Nederland sustained a compound fracture of the right leg when his car collided on a curve near Beaumont with a Reich car driven by H. J. Reich. Paulus, occupant of the Reich vehicle, suffered back and neck injuries. Reich's condition listed as critical.
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Lloyd R. Fuller
Cameron
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Fuller
Nederland
Mr. Fuller
J. M. Fuller
North Elm
J. P. Tetered
John Fuller
H. J. Reich
W. E. Paulus
Luce Couple Visits Austin Over Weekend
Mr and Mrs Joe Luce visited Austin this weekend traveling from their home area. The outing focused on sightseeing and a brief social visit with local acquaintances.
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Joe Luce
Austin
Victor R Schmidt Funeral In Austin
Victor R Schmidt 62 a State Highway Department resident engineer died of a heart attack at St Edwards Hospital Cameron and will be buried in Austin. Funeral services are at St Marys Cathedral in Austin at 3 p m Sunday with Father Andrew Mulreany. interment Mount Cavalry Cemetery. He supervised eight bridges in Cameron County. Survived by his widow Eleanor and daughters in Cameron Austin and Raymondville plus two sons in Austin and Dallas. Two brothers and two sisters in Austin.
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Victor R. Schmidt
State Highway Department
St. Edwards Hospital
Cameron
Austin
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Catholic
Andrew Mulreany
Mount Cavalry Cemetery
Marek Burns
Schmidt
Highway Department
Eleanor Schmidt
Raymondville
Ed Tomsy
A. F. McCormick
Victor Schmidt
Water Department
A. E. Schmidt
Dallas
Abner C Brady Died Here In Georgetown Home
Abner Charles Brady 72 native Texan died at 10 30 p m September 20 at his son Charles Brady s home after a fall and hip fracture. Born March 26 1878 in Austin he was a retired carpenter and contractor. Funeral at 4 00 p m September 21 Frederick Funeral Home Georgetown with interment there. Survived by five sons Charles Cameron Lawrence Hearne Swanty Palestine Wiley Austin and David Ford Port Arthur six grandchildren four brothers Joe Dallas Bert Seymour John Ohio and two sisters Mrs Emil Munson and Mrs Mabel Carlson Georgetown.
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Abner Charles Brady
Charles Brady
Mr. Brady
Austin
Carl Brady
Sweeden
Georgetown
Frederick Funeral Home
Cameron
Lawrence Brady
Hearne
Swanty Brady
Palestine
Wiley Brady
David Ford Brady
Port Arthur
Joe Brady
David Brady
Dallas
Bert Brady
Seymour
John Brady
Ohio
Emil Munson
Mabel Carlson
Telephone Man Is Charged In Shooting In Rosebud
John Roper, manager of the Roper telephone exchange in Rosebud, is charged with burglary after police in Falls county traced bullets fired into Mayor Whellis’s Rosebud home to his revolver found near a Rosebud Temple Highway telephone pole. Authorities say city pressure for upgrades may have prompted the act.
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Rosebud
John Roper
Roper
Falls County
Whellis
Brady Pamplin
Rosebud Temple Highway
City Marshal Jim McGoldrick Ill at St Edwards Hospital
Jim McGoldrick city marshal is reported ill and a patient at St Edwards Hospital He is improving and hopes to be home in the next few days
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Jim McGoldrick
St. Edwards Hospital
Cameron Must Obtain 36 Right of Way For Highway
Cameron faces a costly decision as it must provide right of way for Highway 86 from North Crockett Street to Orchard Street and the western city limits. A formal survey is pending, with the state preparing to build and maintain paving through the city, while the council weighs bond funding and potential road closures caused by past planning.
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Cameron
North Crockett Street
Orchard Street
State Highway Department
Rosebud
Little River
Santa Fe
Highway Department
Milam County Veterans May Receive Up to 528 Dollar Insurance Refund
Estimates suggest Milam county veterans could net about a million dollars in government refunds for National Service Life Insurance dividends. With about 3000 veterans and average refunds around 400 dollars, totals exceed a million, though final sums depend on age-based calculations and policy types. Carl R. Gray Jr. announced initial figures for the 16 million veterans in the 2.8 billion dividend.
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Milam County
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Veterans Affairs
Veterans Administration
10 Million Vets Apply For Refund
The Veterans Administration announced that more than 10 million World War II veterans have applied for the life insurance dividend to be paid next year. Applications are at post offices and veterans centers, arriving at about 200,000 daily. About 16 million veterans will share in a $2.8 billion payment starting in January.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
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