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Micofilm Service 4 Seles Co
P 0 Box 8066
Bailee Texas
Cameron Iforatit
VOLUME NUMBER 95
ESTABLISHED 1860
CAMERON, MILAM COUNTY, TEXAS. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 3,~li)53
NUMBER 21
Telephone Strike Ends;
Company to Ask Rate Hike
The telephone strike ended j
early Monday morning as negotia-
tors in St. Louis finally reach- |
ed a settlement. The walkout, in j
its 12th day, was staged by the j
Communications Workers of
America of the CIO.
All 37 Cameron employees celebrated its 75th anniversary
back on the job Monday on Sunday, August 30.
were
morning.
This new one-year contract
will cost the telephone company
$8,000,000 annually. The com-
pany said it would ask for in-
creased phone rates to cover the
additional cost.
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Company reported Monday from
its division office in Dnllas that
Texas service was back to nor-
mal. Bill mailing, which had also
been delayed, has been resumed.
Terms of the settlement be-
tween the company and the Com-
munications Workers of Ameri-
ca include a new weekly wage
scale ranging from $40 to $98,
showing increases of $1.50 to
$3, depending on seniority and
job classification. The highest
scale for women operators is now
$58.50.
After several “objectionable”
phrases had been removed, the
union accepted the “protection
of service” clause which had caus-
ed so much argument.
C. L. Carson, Southwestern Bell
general manager for this district,
said in a statement to a Herald
reporter Monday morning, “We
are glad the strike is over. Tele-
phone service throughout Texas
is rapidly returning to normal.
Most of the telephone users in
Texas received good service
throughout the strike due to the
efforts of employees who remain-
ed on duty. For their loyalty and
the long hours they worked to
keep vital lines open we are deep-
ly grateful. We regret any incon-
venience or hardship that may
have been caused through any
failure to handle calls with nor-
mal speed and accuracy. The
public has been patient and un-
derstanding. We have received
many expressions of appreciation
from the public for the service
furnished during the strike.”
Marlow Baptist Church Celebrates
Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Sunday
The Marlow Baptist Church will I
.........— Apartment House
Destroyed by Fire
r.1S«“rcS'e B°y DrownsMonday
In Little River
Sunday was designated as
Homecoming Day for all mem-
bers and former meml>ers of the | a ■ •
church. Former ministers and for- | UCSudV 1^01*1111121
mer members were sent in-
vitations for the day.
About one hundred persons at-
tended.
Rev. Raymond Richardson of
New Gulf, newly appointed by
the Foreign Mission Board to a
post in South Brazil, was the;
morning speaker. Rev. Richard-
son, his wife and two-months-
old son will sail for Brazil in
early fall.
There -was dinner on the
grounds at roon. Each family was
asked to bring a basket lunch.
Rev. R. B. Baker, pastor, was
in charge of the afternoon
be in charge of the afternoon
service which began at 1:30 Rev.
Richardson brought a mission-
ary message for this service.
An apartment house on East
13th Street was almost cctm-
pletely destroyed Tuesday morn-
ing in a blaze of unknown origin.
The house, unoccupied, was part
of the estate of Miss Annie Stall-
worth It was located about foui
blocks from the school.
The fire began in the north-
east apartment and spread to the
entire house. The contents, which
included furniture, were a total
loss.
The Cameron Volnnteer Fire
Department was called to the
scene about 9:50 a. m. ar.d worked
an hour before the flames were
extinguished.
Firemen were called to the
house again about 12:15 to ex-
, „ , . „ | tinguish a piece of furniture
Miss Shirley Horstman and Max , ,
i.i \r: which had again broken into
McClaren sang a duet and Miss #)____
Horstman also sang a solo. They j
were accompanied by Miss Anita
Miss Elizabeth Holloway will |
represent Milam County Farm!
Bureau at the district Farm Bu-
reau Queen Contest to be held
September 7, 1953 at the Roose-
velt Hotel in Waco, accord-
ing to Dennis Klein, president
of the local County Farm Bureau.
Miss Holloway, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Holloway of Rt. 2,
Cameron, was chosen Queen of
the Milam County Farm Bureau
on July lfl at Simon-George Me-
morial Hall over five other con-
testants. Runner-up in the coun-
ty contest was Miss Anna Marie
Hanel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank J. Hanel of lit. ( am
eron.
At the district elimination, the
Milam County Queen will be com-
peting against farm ami ranch
beauties from about ten other
couutites in this area. As in tin
county contest, the judging will
be on appearance, poise and per-
sonality.
The forthcoming district con-
test will be held in connection
with the Farm Bureau's annual
fall district membership meeting.
Issues facing agriculture will be
discussed at the session. The pub-
lic is invited to both the meet-
ing and the Queen Contest.
The winner of the district
Willie Torres, Jr., about 14
years old, drowned about 4 p. in.
Monday in Little River neur the
Hranchville community. This sec
tion of the river flows threngl
the Robert Foster place.
spent until midnight dragging ti -
mer with the aid of two boai .
Other men dived into the water
which is 12 to 15 feet deep, ii
efforts to recover the body.
It was recovered at 4 p. in.
Between seven and ten boys Tuesday in about 12 feet of w
were swimming and playing in j tar.
the watei Monday afternoon. Wil-
lie, who could not swim, wat
wading in the shallower water. Aj
he ventured farther out into the
river, the swift current pulled
him under. One of his compan-
ions tried to pull him back to
safety hut could not.
Sheriff Carl C. Black said that
he, others from his office and
Willie had come to Milam Coun •
ty for the cotton picking season,
hut his parents remained in Rol< -
town. They were notified of hi
death Monday night by the Sher
Ufa office.
Willie was horn December 31,
1939 in Nueces County, the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Torre
He was the eldest of eight chil
MISS ELIZABETH HOLLOWAY| men from the Fire Department | dren, the youngest of which
two months old.
The body was taken to Rohs-
town about 8:30 Wednesday mon
ing by members of the family
Burial will he in the Mexican
Catholic cemetery in Robatown.
Green Funeral Home made locul
arrangements.
Milam County Nearly Half Finished
With Cotton; 14,106 Bales Ginned
Dusek.
P. L. Brady Elected
New Hearne Mayor
P. L. Brady is the new mayor
of Hearne. He was elected Thurs-
day to fill the unexpired term of
H. S. Spiller, who died in office.
The new mayor received 388
votes of a total of 626 cast for
the four candidates. H. C. Kelly
and P. J. Haas each received 123
votes and H. D. Beaumont, '77.
A life-long Hearne resident.
Mayor Brady formerly operated
a gin near Hearne. He has re-
cently been serving as county
commissioner of Precinct 2. He
is the second in his family to
hold this office for his father
was Hearne’s mayor several years i
ago.
flames. Farm Bureau Queen Contest will
Miss Lillian Atkinson, who j 'eceive a beautiful wrist watch,
handles the (Stallworth estate,! according to the county president,
said that no attempt will be made j addition she and her matron
to rebuild the house. She said it j e3C0rt W'H have an expense-paid
probably would be torn down and ! *r'P -9th annual state eon-
the lot cleared. No estimate was
made of the loss.
Football Tickets
Will Go On Sale
Monday, September 7
The 1953 reserved football
tickets good for all home games
of the Yoemen will go on sale
at the Fidelity Abstract Com-
pany next Monday morning, Sep-
tember 7, at 10 a. m. Miss Nina
Wilkerson is in charge of the
sale.
The reserved tickets are $1.50 I sored
vention of the Texas Farm Bu-!
reau Federation where she will j
j compete for the coveted title of
Texas Farm Bureau Queen.
The state convention will be
held Nov. 9-10-11 at the Baker
Hotel in Mineral Wells. The girl
chosen as Queen there will lie
allowed $500 in expenses for her-
self and her matron escort to
attend the 35th annual conven-
tion of the American Farm Bu-
reau Federation in Chicago in
December.
This is the third year that the
Farm Bureau in Texas has spon-
a Queen Contest. Winner
Cameron Rains Measure 1.75 Inches
Since Saturday; Cotton Damaged
On Thursday morning Cameron the city. The runoff caused an
had received 1.75 inches rain since eijght square mile lake west of the
Saturday morning: .4 of an inch j city. A 7-inch cloudburst fell in
Saturday; .5 of an inch Sunday; Sinton in less than five hours
.62 of an inch Monday; .17 Tues-: Sunday, making a total of a!-] „ ,
day and .06 Wednesday. This most 20 inches since last Thurs- °n * °n rrlorninK-
brings the year’s total to 24.29 day.
Corpus Christi reports 20 in-
ches since Thursday and Robs-
town, 13. Bay City reports 10.23
inches since Saturday.
for the five home games.
Due to the large number of
fans who are unable to pur-
chase tickets personally during
the day, school officials announ-
ced that, for the first time, mail
orders for tickets will be filled.
Any person wishing to buy by
mail should send his check now
to Yoe High School, Box 712.
Ticket orders will be filled as
received. Those who do not pur-
chase by mail may buy their
tickets at the Abstract Office
of the title in the first contest
in 194'8 was Betty Louise Tally
of Rohstown. Miss Mary Frances
Sharp of McGregor was chosen
state Queen in 1949 in the only
other contest held. The state-
wide contest is being sponsored
again this year to give recog-
nition to the beauty, charm arid
vivaciousness of future Texas
homemakers, and to give the rural
youth of the state an opportunity
to become acquainted with the
principles behind the Farm Bu-
reau movement.
Although this week’s cotton
harvest has been slowed down
by rains, Milam County has
maintained its big advance over
this time last year. 14,106 hales
have been ginned in the 1953
season, according to reports from
the Texas Employment Commis-
sion in Rockdale, and only 6,987
hales were ginned at this period
in 1952.
Milam is neatly half finished
with its cotton harvest, in view
of the TEC prediction of 35,000
bales for the county this year.
Gin reports of Monday after-
noon and Tuesday morning show
the Farmers Gin in Buckholts to
have the highest number of hales
ginned—1,217.
Cameron Gins:
Weems 767
Farmers 900
Matyastik 797
County Gins:
Tfcomdale Co-Op 1188
Carlson Gin in Thorndale 637
Worley Gin in San Gabriel 829
Davis Gin in Sharp 1087
Vai Verde Gin 332
Farmers Clin in Buckholts. 1247
Modern Gin in Buckholts 1073
Yarrellton Gin 547
Burlington Gin 751
F. H. Wied Gin in
Burlington . 891
Matyastik Gin in Clarkson 942
Ben Arnold Gin 950
Maysfield Gin 1222
Thweatt Family
Badly Injured In
Highway Pile-Up
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Thweatt
nnd her little daughters, Bren-
da and Joan Gail Kirk, were
injured Sunday afternoon in a
collision involving several cars.
Mrs. Thweatt is reported to be
in a critical condition.
The mnlti-"::r accident occur-
red between Belton and Jarrell
about 5:00 p. m. Sunday. A long
string of ears were moving in
the Jarrell direction when sud-
denly one of them stopped. Sev-
eral others piled into it in a
succession of crashes. Cause of
the first car’s stopping is not yet
clear.
Drivers and passengers in the
piled up cars were injured, some
badly. The Thweatt family was
taken to the Georgetown Hospi-
tal.
Mrs. Thweatt’s condition is re-
ported critical. She sustained se-
vere head, eye and leg injuries.
Battetown Baptist
Church Homecoming
Oay is September 13
inches. Last year at this time
Cameron had received only 14.06
inches.
County Agent J. D. Moore said
Monday that the grade would be
lowered on cotton still in the
fields due to the weekend rains.
He said the rains had been pretty j Scheduled All
general over the area. | nun WwiiBimiBii
Torrential rains along the ! [)ay WedflGSCldyS
Immunization Clinic
Gulf Coast plains Sunday sent
1,200 from Rohstown and 450 [ The
from Sinton hurrying from their j Unit’s
homes as flood waters mounted.
Rohstown had 2.4 inches of rain
Sunday but up to 8 inches had
fallen on higher ground west to
Milam County Health
regularly scheduled im-
munization clinic has been chan-
ged to Wednesday from 8 a. m.
to 5 p. m. The clinic was for-
merly held each Saturday morn-
ing.
The Health Unit offers immu-
I nization against communicable
diseases as part of its program
: for controlling disease through-
A small fire in the Eber j out the county. The program is
Flinn home Monday evening dam-1 free to all those interested,
aged clothes and rugs. The fire j Smallpox vaccinations are giv-
was discovered in a closet about j en to anyone over six months
Minor Fire Monday
At Eber Flinn Home
The Battetown Baptist Church
| will have their annual Home-
| coming services on Sunday, Sep-
I tember 13. Everyone is invited
I to attend and a special invita-
I tion is extended to all former
pastors and members.
The day’s program is as fol-
lows: 10 a. m., Sunday School;
11 a. m. morning service with
message by Rev. Bill Mahey-
ney; 12 noon, basket lunches will
be spread on the church grounds;
1:45 p. m., song and praise xer-
_________ _____ i vice; 2 p. m. church history
He succeeds Dr. T. E. Crump, mjnjstratjve branch of the Health given by Mrs. D. M. Price; 2:15
who has been serving as tempo- f which promot** a program p. m. a poem given by Gloria
rary director. 0, preventative medicine through Haiber; 2:30 p. m., recognition
education, sanitation and immu- of visitors and former members;
nization. Serving with him will 2:30 p. m., message by the dis-
he the sanitarian, the clinical trict missionary, and 3 p. m.
-----—
Dr. John B. Bryson Appointed New
Director Milam County Health Uni!
Dr. John B. Bryson is the new \ have been unable to find a house
Director of the Milam County j for rent largo enough to accom-
Health Unit. His state appoint- modate their family. I)r. and
j ment to the position was recently Mrs. Bryson are members of the
! confirmed by the Milam County Methodist Church.
! Commissioners* Court. ,,, , , . ,
Dr. Bryson will head the ad-
Five Cameron Women
Receive Master Of
Education Degrees
Five Milam County teachi
received their Master of Educa-
tion degrees in ceremonies Sat-
urday night at the University
of Houston. They were Martha
Virginia Black, Agnes Winnie Du-
sek, Frances Mitchell Hensley,
Mabel Frances Jeter and Noll
Mayes, all of Cameron.
The graduation exercises for
750 students marked the official
close of the university summer
school and the last appearance
of Dr. W. W. Kemmercr as pres
ident of the University of Hous-
ton. Dr. Kemmercr retires at the
end of the summer.
The invocation and baccalau-
reate nddress was given by Rev
Stanley Smith of Palmer Memor-
ial Episcopal Church, Houston.
Two receptions followed the
commencement exercises. Due to
Brenda was said to he in seri the |arf(.p number of degrees
oils condition and Thweatt auf- awarded in the College of Edu-
fered multiple lacterations and catjon, a separate reception was
chest injuries. Joan Gail seemed Ai,.|d for that group at Oher-
to he suffering chiefly from boltzer Hall.
shock. I __
Brenda, 9, was brought to New- »»j i| r l
ton Memorial Hospital from Vf dlKCT S V-TCCrC
Georgetown by Green ambulance j
on Tuesday. Iter condition
mains serious. The Walker’s Creek Cemetery
The Thweatt car was demol-' Association will meet at 10 a. m.
Group Will Meet
l’shed.
The family has recently mov-
ed to Temple from Austin and
was returning to Austin to pick
up additional household goods.
Sunday, September 6 at Walk-
er's Creek Church for their a
final gathering.
All members are urged to conic
and bring a basket lunch.
Pet Parade to Open Annual Lions
Club Carnival, September 4 And 5
The annual Lions Club ( arni- i The parade forms at 6:30 p. m.
val will take place this Friday Friday at the First Baptist
and Saturday, September 4 and 5 Church and starts moving promp'
at the city park. | ly at 7 p. m. The procession of
Beginning the gala mixture of children and animals, led b-
fun and frivolity will be the Pet | bright fire engine, will win-
Parade. Dr. (ieorge Bowman, i through town and arrive at the
' about 7:30. There pri - x
Dr. Bryson received his bachel-
or of arts degree at the Uni-
versity of Texas in 1942 and his
Doctor of Medicine degree from | nurse and
the Southwestern Meoical School,
a branch of the University of Tex-
as, at Dallas in 1945. He served
his internship at Herman Hos-
pital in Houston. After two years
Army service, he was discharg-
chairman, said that prizes of $7,
$5 and $3 will lie awarded. The
contest will be judged on the basis
of originality.
Each child who enters a pet
in the parade will receive three
the school nurse. greetings from former pastors." free tickets good at the carnival.
ed as a captain from the Medical
6 p. m. Someone had apparently j 0f age. Diphtheria and whooping Corps' He received his MPH de-
left the closet light on near sev-1 cough vaccines are offered for
eral plastic covered pillows. The children between the ages of 6
pillows caught fire and burned months and 11 years. Typheid
clothing and rugs stored in the shots are available for persons
closet. over 13 years of age.
The Flinns had the fire about j -
extinguished by the time the fire- j Janice Simecek, daughter of-
men arrived. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Simecek, was j Hr. and Mrs. Bryson and their
No estimate was placed on the admitted August 25 to St. Ed- f°ur children will make their
loss. ward Hospital for a tonsilec-; ^onle
-- tomy.
In Napoleon's time, engineers - Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Harris left I could have easily been prevent
gree in Preventative Medicine and
Public Health at the Univer-
sity of North Carolina in 1950.
His most recent position was one
year’s residency in preventative
medicine and public health in
Florida.
Fire Marshal Asks Caution,
Clean-Up To Prevent Fires
By John P. Eancs, Fire Marshal
The fire loss in businesses and
homes continues to be an un-
favorable one. Such a fire loss
is an economic loss not only to
the business or home owners, but
to the entire community.
A careful study of the fire los
causes in businesses and home?
Cameron. As yet they cjeariy reveaex that a great per-
centage of the number of fires
9. And cleaning with gasoline
or other unapproved sol-
vent*.
park
will he awarded and the carni-
val will begin.
All the annual events, such as
the cakewalk, country store, bin-
go, ducking pond and, of cour -«
food will be included. A new evi-
which promises to he entertain
J ing is the Turtle Derby.
Woodrow Lowe is chairman
for the I.ions carnival, asxi ■*
i ed by Charles Brady and F K.
I Johnson.
The dictionary defines carni-
val as “a festival of merriment
and revelry,” hut the Lions cal! it
, ;ust plain fun for all—Mom, Dad
and the kids!
thought the Red Sea was 30 feet Harold Donaho of T jrlington
higher than the Mediterranean, and Mrs. Roy Oatman of Rock-
but the cutting of the Suez Canal j dale entered Newton Memorial
between the two bodies of water Hospital August 26 for medi-
proved them wrong. cal treatment
Sunday for Salt Lake City. Utah Ted had the simple, ordinary rul"?
to spend a ten-day vacation. They and regulations of fire safety
were accompanied by their dau- j been applied,
ghter and son-in-law, Mr. and I invite your attention and rec-
I Mrs. Horace Simmoiu. ommend that you make a care-
ful analysis of the 1-ading causes
of fires. You will find that the
leading causes are:
1. Heating systems, Mr. Citizen—Take a look around
2. The misuse of electricity, ' your business and your home
3. The careless disposal of and see if you have any hazards,
matches and cigarettes. If so, correct them: don’t wait
4. Repair and repainting hat- until it is too late. See that all
a-Is; ; dry weeds and grass are cut
6. Combustible decorations, around your home and business.
6. Poor housekeeping: accumu- Don’t let trash and loose paper i ertson said Thursday,
lation of trash, loose paper, accumulate in or around your I Cafeteria tickets will be avaii-
dry grass and weeds business or home.
7. Hot water pipes, charring _ . .
of wood I complying with these re-
8. Kitchen hazards: hot grease. 1UMt* Yoa w,n Instrumental
grease ducts and vents, | in reducing our fire losses.
Rogers School Will
Open Seotember 8
The Rogers school will open :it
9 a. m. September 8 for a
day’s session, Supt. J. B.
full
Rob-
able after September 3 and tve
cafeteria will be open for the
first day of school.
The Rogers faculty will meet
September 7.
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Brown, Milton F., Jr. The Cameron Herald (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 1953, newspaper, September 3, 1953; Cameron, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth577583/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.