Cameron Temperatures Hit 48 Degrees Amid Mild North Texas Wake
Cameron recorded 48 degrees Wednesday morning marking a potential state low for the night while 7:30 a.m. readings showed 58 degrees. The high Tuesday reached 70, with forecasts predicting warmer conditions by week’s end. Weather observer L. W. Smith notes the 48 degree mark as unusually cool for the region.
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Cameron
L. W. Smith
United States Weather Bureau
North
Texas
Massey Case Re-Set Here for October 6
Defense attorneys moved for a continuance in the Dr. Ola Dee Massey case in district court. Judge John Watson granted the delay due to the absence of a material defense witness, Mrs. Mattie Wheeler of Abilene, sister of Mrs. R. H. Johnson. County Attorney Bill Morrison pushed for a trial date as a special venire of 100 jurors must appear again on October 5.
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Ola Dee Massey
John Watson
Mattie Wheeler
Abilene
R. H. Johnson
Bill Morrison
Mr. Morrison
Dr. Massey
Grand Jury
St. Edwards Hospital
Provident
Waco
Johnson
John Lane Baskin
Massey
Boy Hurt In Unusual Crash On West Main Street
Johnnie Balear fourteen, eighth grade student and Corner Cafe worker, was critically injured Saturday when his scooter crashed into a car driven by City Marshal Jim McGoldrick on West Main Street near North Travis. He underwent surgery for a severely injured arm. prognosis uncertain.
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Johnnie Balear
St. Edward’s Hospital
Johnnie
West Main Street
North Travis
Jim McGoldrick
Marshall McGoldrick
Mary Balear
Soil deficiency retards crops in Milam County plan
County Agent J. W. Stufflebeme Jr. urges planting winter legumes on Milam County cropland. Only about 25 000 of 170 000 acres were planted last season. Proper inoculation and fertilization boost yields. trials show cotton gains and reduced root rot when following legumes. Legumes include vetch hubam clover Austrian winter peas and Melilotus Indica. Farmers should secure seed fertilizer and inoculant when moisture allows.
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J. W. Stufflebeme, Jr
Stufflebeme
Milam
Texas A&m College
Nacogdoches
Tyler
Temple Station
Milam County
Yoemen Skip Brenham Match For Key Cameron Conference Test
Yoemen cancel Friday’s game at Yoemen stadium to attend a tied conference schedule in Cameron on October 5 against Georgetown. With no injuries reported early Monday the team aims to be ready for the first league clash. Possible absence of half back T. J. O Neill noted. Brenham’s backfield reportedly intact but line play weaker than 1946. Brenham lost to Gulfport and Bolton in prior games.
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Yoemen Stadium
Brenham
T. J. O’neill
Cameron
Yeemen
Georgetown
Yeomen
Gulfport
Bolton
Burbank Praises Cameron School After Ineligible Player
Letter from Terrell F. Bates of Luther Burbank Vocational High School thanks Cameron School leaders for hospitality after a game ended the wrong way due to an ineligible player. Bates emphasizes the score mattered little, praises sportsmanship, and notes no impact on Cameron-Burbank relations.
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Cameron
Terrell F. Bates
Burbank Vocational High School
San Antonio
Burbank
Mr. Bates
W. T. Hanes
Cameron School
Luther Burbank Vocational High School
Shirley McLean Announces Campaign for County Clerk
Shirley McLean returns to Cameron and announces candidacy for County Clerk in the July 1948 election. He served 47 months in the armed forces including 31 in the Southwest Pacific with the 168th Infantry, 41st Division, was wounded at Buna New Guinea, earned the Purple Heart and other decorations, and was honorably discharged September 1 1945.
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Shirley McLean
Cameron
McLean
Southwest Pacific
168Rd
New Guinea
Buna
Australia
Brisbane
United States
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Shirley
Record of Production Vital On Cotton Insurance Losses
Producers with cotton insurance must keep production records and report losses to the county office within 10 days after harvest. Any crop damage likely to cause a loss must be reported within 60 days to the county office and filed. Verbal notice is not a report and the applicable form must be completed.
Wick Fowler Visits Cameron Public News Figure
Wick Fowler a noted writer and war correspondent for The Dallas News visited Cameron Tuesday to gather material for a feature. He contributed to Cosmopolitan and surveyed The Herald and Daily Midget columns, praising frank journalism while lamenting publishers for being overly conservative.
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Wick Fowler
Dallas News
Cameron
Mr. Fowler
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Fowler
The
Herald
Texas Press Association
Laffere, 61, Dies of Heart Attack at Sharpe
R J. H. Laffere, 61, a Sharpe community resident for nearly 40 years, died suddenly at his home Tuesday at about 6 15 a m from a heart attack. Survivors include his wife two daughters Mrs Arnold Marek and Mrs Robert Stecher of Temple one granddaughter Latricia Ann Marek his father A J D Laffere of Rosebud two sisters Mrs Elmer Parcus of Rosebud and Mrs Emil Fick of Sharp Funeral services set for 2 30 p m Wednesday at Phillip and Luckey funeral home Rockdale with Rev Sager officiating burial in Sharp cemetery
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R. J. H. Laffere
Sharpe
Laffere
Sharpe Community
Arnold Marek
Robert Stecher
Temple
Latricia Ann Marek
A. J. D. Laffere
Rosebud
Elmer Parcus
Rosebu
Peanut Planters Must Report Acreage By Oct 1
Farmers who grew peanuts in the past four years must report their planted acreage by Wednesday October 1. Acreage data determines allotments, and failing to report may limit future acreage to one and one tenth acres.
Mrs Emma Moore Heads West To Visit Son
Mrs Emma Moore departed Friday on the 1 58 train from Van Buren Washington to spend several months visiting her son Sergeant Jack Moore and his wife.
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Emma Moore
van Cover
Washington
Sgt
Jack Moore
County Sees 27000 Bale Cotton Harvest Ahead
County producers expect about 27000 bales from the new crop with F C Fahrendorf estimating near 27000 bales and P W Davis noting 65 percent harvested. Cotton at Cameron compresses has mostly been ginned locally and now sells around 185 to 200 dollars per bale with Cameron marketing yielding about 1.6 million dollars and county earnings near 5 million dollars. Pickers are earning up to 3 50 per hundred.
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Warves
Cameron Compress Company
P. W. Davis
F. C. Fahrendorf
Fahrendorf
Cameron
New Case Farm Equipment Store Opens Near Cameron
The Maysfield Mercantile Company opens a Case Farm Equipment Store along Highway 77 near Cameron Municipal Airport. August Halberdier serves as shop foreman with Lavert McKinney as floor salesman and partsman, and James Buck Wilkerson operating the filling station alongside veteran staff. The store plans a formal opening later and invites customers to receive service in the meantime.
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Case
Maysfield Mercantile Company
Highway 77
Cameron Municipal Airport
August Halberdier
Lavert McKinney
James
Buck) Wilkerson
50 Hanged 11 Branded: San Patricio Battalion Tale
Dallas report notes the 100th anniversary of Mexico City capture and recounts the San Patricio Battalion of American deserters fighting for Mexico. The piece by Tom Mahoney appears in Southwest Review from SMU University Press.
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Dallas
Mexico City
San Patricio
Tom Mahoney
Southwest Review
SMU
S University Press
Amer
Central Texas schools burglaries loom larger
Police report a wave of burglaries across central Texas with four schools in McLennan and Limestone counties hit. In Gause the missing projector and sound equipment disrupted the start of the week. McMurry College in Abilene suffered the largest loss with 35 000 to 40 000 dollars in cash checks and war bonds stolen, including 18 800 in checks.
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Texas
Riesel
McLennan
Elmer Lee Todd
Waco
Lorena
McLennan County
Benhur
Limestone County
McMurry College
Abilene
Vernon Hilliard
Widely Known Citizen Buried at Marlow
Marshall Mode, 64, died Tuesday at his Cameron home after years with heart disease. A barber by trade, he had lived in Cameron for 31 years and operated his shop for three decades. Funeral services were held at the Marlow Baptist Church with Rev. P. L. Caperton officiating. interment followed in Marlow cemetery.
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Marshall Mode
Cameron
Mr. Mode
Marlow Baptist Church
P. L. Caperton
Marlow
Guard Unit Grows as Two Enlist in Operation 88888
Battery C, 239th Field Artillery Battalion begins recruiting in the National Guard campaign. Captain Rudolph Michalka swore in Clarence Hanel and Raymond Kurtz during drill at the armory. More enlistments expected in coming days as equipment shipments arrive. A time change for Paul Whiteman’s National Guard Assembly radio program to Mondays at 7 p.m. takes effect September 29.
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National Guard
Rudolph Michalka
Michalka
Paul Whiteman
National Guard Assembly
ABC Network
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Cameron, Texas
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