Indiana Jurist Gets Truman Nod Today
Judge Sherman Minton of Indiana was nominated by President Truman to the United States Supreme Court to replace the late Judge Wiley Rutledge. Minton, 68, former U S Senator, known as a New Deal liberal, once lived in Texas and spent early days with Swift & Company in Fort Worth.
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Sherman Minton
Indiana
Truman
United States Supreme Court
Wiley Rutledge
Minton
United States Senate
Missouri
Washington
McGarth
Texas
Swift & Company
Fort Worth
Old
Harvey Lee Price Named Scout Executive for Heart O' Texas
Harvey Lee Price 85, longtime Circle 10 Council administrative assistant and camping program lead, will become Scout Executive of the Heart O' Texas Council by Oct 1. A Indiana native, he helped expand the Dallas council and camp development at Possum Kingdom Lake, and has held roles in training advancement and finance. He is married with a son in a Cub pack and is relocating to Waco.
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Harvey Lee Price
Circle 10 Council
Dallas
Heart O’ Texas Council
Price
Circle 10
Possum Kingdom Lake
Methodist Church
Exchange Club
Beta Theta Pi
Junior Chamber of Commerce
American Camping Association
Indiana
Waco
Returned to Orphans Home by local constable
William Horton fifteen was returned today to the State Orphans Home in Corsicana after leaving the home to visit his brother Bill Horton in Maysfield. He said he was tired of the home and planned to attend school and left without permission. Constable E. L. Massengale at Maysfield brought him to Cameron to await Corsicana authorities.
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William Horton
State Orphans Home
Corsicana
Bill Horton
Maysfield
E. L. Massengale
Cameron
Mrs Sheckles Visits Sister in Houston Over Weekend
Mrs Bill Sheckles of Houston visited her sister Mrs Ernest Rutherford and family during the weekend.
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Bill Sheckles
Houston
Ernest Rutherford
Milam County Welfare Supervisor Killed In Highway Crash
Mrs. Harriet Lane Heath 38, supervisor for Milam and Robertson counties, died instantly Friday when her car left Highway 190 near Walkers Creek and crashed into a ditch. She had earlier sustained a fall with possible concussion while en route to breakfast. Heath led the Cameron Welfare Office and served as president of the Cameron Business and Professional Women's Club. She left two children, Henry Louis 14 and Ruth Lenore 11, and is survived by a sister Evangeline Lane and ex-husband Earnest Heath.
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Harriet Lane Heath
Department of Public Welfare
Milam
Robertson Counties
Highway 190
Walkers Creek
Heath
Franklin
Cameron
Green Funeral Home
David Shapiro
Ben
Carl C. Black
Evangeline Lane
Austin
Earnest Heath
Brown Service Station Operator Injured in Car Repair Accident
Charlie Brown of the Brown Service Station on highway 77 is confined to his home after an accident while repairing a car when a fan belt severed his left ring finger. Friends report he is improving but will remain at home for several days.
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Charlie Brown
Brown
Highway 77
Mr. Brown
Mrs Mat Baggerly Improves and Returns Home
Friends report Mrs Mat Baggerly has improved and returned home after a stay as a patient at Newton Memorial Hospital.
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Mat Baggerly
Newton Memorial Hospital
Mary Garrett Celebrates 92nd Birthday in Cameron
Mrs. Mary J. Garrett marked her 92nd birthday on September 12 at the Lunsford home in Cameron. Born in Washington county’s Burton community, she has lived in Cameron for four decades and is mother to seven children, with two still living.
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Mary J. Garrett
Garrett
Dan Lunsford
Lunsford
Maude Mullinix
Dan Garrett
New Mexico
Washington County
Burton
Cameron
Mary Blackburn
Mrs Grady Walston Ill At Newton Memorial Hospital
Mrs Grady Walston of Hearne is listed among patients ill in Newton Memorial Hospital. The brief notice notes her condition alongside other unnamed patients.
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Grady Walston
Hearne
Newton Memorial Hospital
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Tait
Heart O’ Texas
Harry Lee Price
Pene
SON
Rive
Mae le Ue Deposit Insurance Corporation
Cameron Fruit & Grocery
Cameron, Texas
General Mills
Oneida
Weo
Olsen and Johnson
Mary Garrett
Henry J. Taylor
ASC Network
Detroit
Buick
Fisher
Guditki
John Muse Motor Company
North Fannin
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