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ESTABLISHED 1860
VOLUME NUMBER 94
CAMERON. MILAM COUNTY. TEXAS. THURSDAY, APRIL 2. 1953
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Water Conservation Group
Meeting Tuesday, April 7th
Frank Brooks Jr., executive sec-
retary of the Central Texas Water
< observation Association, Waco,
Texas, will speak before the local
Milam County Water Conservation
organisation on Tuesday, April 7,
at 8 p. m., in the district court-
room, Cameron. Judd David, presi-
dent of the local organization, said
this week.
Brooks has been in Austin since
the forming of the Central Texus
Water Conservation Association ob-
taining information on bills that
have been and will be presented to
the Legislature concerning water
conservation and use. He has been
present on committee hearings and
has offered several amendments
on some of the bills that would
vitally affect local water users.
Brooks will give a report on the
bills that will be presented to the
Legislature on Tuesday night and
will explain how each one will have
effect on the Central Texas Area.
Davis is very anxious to have
local water users, both surface
and underground, attend the meet-
ing and become informed on the
measures to be discussed.
The meeting will be open to the
public and users of water for ag-
ricultural, municipal and industrial
purposes are being urged to at-
tend.
Final Rites Held For Pfc. Wokaty f. a.lJones Promoted
At Christ The King Parish, March 23 J fSJStSb
Interscholastic
League Program
For 29-A Revealed
The complete program for Dis-
trict 29-A Interscholastic League
Meet being held in Cameron was
released Tuesday by W. T. Manes,
superintendent of schools.
Set for Thursday, April 9 at 8:30
a. m. is the senior and junior ten-
nis. On Friday, April 10 at 9 a. m.
will be a meeting of all directors
and all event coaches. At 9:30 a.
m. there will be senior and junior
boys’ and girls’ playground
ball. At 10 a. m. there will be
slide rule, spelling, typewriting,
and hoys’ and girls’ debate. At 11
a. m. there will be ready-writers,
number sense, shorthand, and sen-
ior boys’ volley ball. At 1:30 ,. m.
there will be declamation and ex-
temporaneous speech, ar. I at 2
p. m. girls’ volley ball. At 4 p. m.
the finals will be held on all the
above events.
On Saturday, Apri, 11, track and
field events will begin at 9 a. m.
Field events will begin at 9:45 a.
m. and end at 11:40 a. m. In these
events there will be junior high
pull-ups, 12 pound shot, junior high
jump, senior broad jump, discus,
•and junior high broad jump.
Track preliminaries will begin
at 10 a. m. and the last event will
-start at 11:50 a. m. Events run
will be the 120 yard high hurdles,
100 yard dash for juniors, 100 yard
dash for seniors, 440 yard dash, 50
yard dash for juniors, 180 yard
low hurdles for seniors, 440 yard
relay for juniors, and the 220
yard dash for seniors.
Finals for field events in sen-
ior pole vault and senior high
jump will begin at 1:30 p. m.
Finals for tracks events will be-
•gin at 2 p. m. and the last event
will he run at 3:50 p. m. Included
will be the 120 yard high hurdles,
the junior and senior 110 yard
dash, the 440 yard dash, the junior
T>0 yard dash, 180 yard low hurdles,
440 yard relay, 880 yard run, the
220 yard dash, the mile run, and
the one mile relay.
Funeral services were held for
Pfc. Eugene Wokaty, at Christ The
King Parish, at Corpus Christi,
at 9:30 a. m. Monday, March 23,
1953. Requiem High Mass was said
by Father A1 Cannon. Burial
was made in Sea Side Memorial
cemetery, with Dunne funeral di-
rectors making the arrangements.
A Marine detachment from the
Naval Air Station provided pall-
bearers.
The body of Pfc. Wokaty was
returned to the States Friday,
March 13, and reached his home
in Corpus Christi, March 21.
Eugene, the only son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. V. Wokaty and brother of
Mrs. Leon Seidenberger of Corpus
Christi, was killed in action on
January 17, 1953 while serving
with the First Marine Division in
Korea. Pfc. Wokaty had been
awarded the Purple Heart with
an Oak leaf Cluster.
Eugene was the first Korean war
death from Christ the King Par-
ish in Corpus Christi.
Among his survivors, other than
his parents and sister, are three
aunts, Mrs. August Gurecky, Mrs.
Leo Stecher and Miss Bessie Marak
all of Cameron.
Pfc. Wokaty was born in Milam
county, April 26, 1933, and moved
with his parents to Corpus Christi
in 1945. Prior to leaving Milam
county, he attended St. Anthony
school and later attended Corpus
Christi College Academy and was
employed with Limerick’s Food
Store, before entering the service.
Relatives attending the funeral
were, Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Gurecky
und daughter, Barbara Jane, Mrs.
I^*o Stecher, Mis* Bessie Marak
all of Cameron: Mr. and Mrs. John
A. Valenta of Lufkin, Texas; Mrs.
J. J. Kohutek of Temple, Texas;
Mrs. Daniel Wokaty and children,
Miss Julia Wokaty, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Knapek, Mrs. Henry Kuzel all
of Waco.
Nine Gases Heard In
Go. Court This Week
In his weekly report Milam Coun.
ty Attorney Jim Miller listed four
as being charged with wife and
child desertion. They were: Bel vie
B. Ferguson, Jose M. Charlc|
Robert Lee Moore, and Frank Lane.
Charged with child desertion and
bound over to the grand jury was
Willie James Phillips. Ferguson
has been released on bond while
warrants have been issued for the
arrest of the others.
In county court J. C. Johnson
was found guilty of aggravated
assault, Santo Mondoza was found
guilty of driving while intoxicat-
ed, Charles Allred was found guil-
ty of driving while intoxicated, and
Robert Halpain pleaded guilty to
aggravated assault.
In his report, Miller stressed
the fact that merchants should
take extreme care in cashing checks
due to the increasing number of
forgeries and hot checks during
the past 30 days. Milam county
merchants are advised to know the
person or have positive identifi-
cation and record that information
so that it may be used by Sheriff
Carl Black to protect them.
Milam Motel Under
Management Charles
A. Jackett of Chicago
The sale of the Milam Motel
by E. A. Perrin to Mr. and Mrs.
Charles A. Jackett was announc-
ed Wednesday, April 1.
In an interview at the Herald
office Perrin expressed his deep
appreciation for cooperation given
him by Cameron residents.
Mr. and Mrs. Jackett have moved
to Cameron from Chicago follow-
ing the purchase of the business.
They intend to operate the motel
themselves.
Jackett is a native Chicagoan and
has had 25 years experience as
a manager for Montgomery Ward
Company. He is a graduate of
the University of Chicago.
Mrs. Jackett is a native Texan,
being born in Sterling county. She
is a graduate of Baylor University
and met Mr. Jackett while doing
work on her Master’s Degree at
the University of Chicago.
Jackett expressed his intention
of continuing to make the Milam
Motel a credit to Cameron. He
stated that they plan to continue j
Rockdale, Tex., April 2.—S. A.
(Al) Jones has been promoted to
chief rfietallurgist at the Rockdale
Works, according to announcement
made yesterday by J. 1). Harper,
Alcoa Works manager.
Jones, who has been rodding
room supervisor since the begin-
ning of operations at Rockdale, as-
sumed the duties of the newly cre-
ated position on April 1.
Jones started work for Alcoa in
July 1948 as a junior staff engi-
neer at Alcoa, Tenn. Prior to be-
ing assigned to the Rockdale
Works, he was development engi-
neer at the Alcoa Works in Alcoa,
Tenn.
A native of Newton, Ala., Jones
attended Marion Military Institute
in Marion, Ala. During World War
II, he served with the U. S. Navy
as an engineering officer. After the
war, Jones returned to Alabama
Polytechnic Institute in Auburn,
Three Cases Set
For April 7 Trial
In District Court
According to County Attorney
Jim Miller three cases have been
set for trial in district court April
7. All of the accused have been
charged with felonies and have
been indicted by the grand jury
of Milam county.
The first case will be that of
Stephen L. Work, charged with
rape.
Although Work has signed a
confession, a jury trial is still ne-
cessary as his offense was a capi-
tal one.
To be brought to trial on the
same day is Lonnie Seaton, Jr,,
charged and indicted for automo-
bile theft.
Hinton Pruett Says
Rockdale TB X-Ray
Unit Visit Success
Hinton H. Pruett, county chair- .
man of the county-wide TB X-ray
campaign reports that the sur-
vey came to a very successful close
at Rockdale on Saturdny after-
noon, March 28. Mr. Pruett says
a trial of 5,392 X-rays were made
in the county this year as com-
pared with 5,280 last year. This
was accomplished in spite of the
fact that only seven days were
allotted to Milam County, where
all years before we had 11 days.
Locations for the machine were
at Cameron, Rockdale, Buckholta,
and Thorndale.
Three Seriously Hurt
In Milano Accident
Seriously injured in an accident
in the middle of Milano at 8 a. in.
Thursday wa* Henry Blair of Rt.
5, Aiken, South Carolina and Ted
Hair of Wahlon, Arkansas. !>esx
seriously hurt in the wreck were
Edward A. William of Rt. 6, Aiken,
South Carolina and Mrs. Irene
Hill, Gen. Delivery, Milano.
According to Highway Patrolman
John Rlansitt, Mrs. Hill waa driv-
ing a 1952 Ford and entering High,
way 79 when her car struck the
1952 Chevrolet driven by Blair.
Blair and his two passengers hat)
!*een to Rockdale seeking employ-
ment and were on their way back
to Arkansas.
Blair’s car was thrown into a
spin when the two struck and
rolled over twice down the high-
way. All three of its occupants
were thrown from the car. They
were all taken to St. Edward Hos-
pital in Cameron where Williams
and Hair regained consciousness.
At last report, Blair was still un
conscious. Williams was released,
but the other two remain in seri-
ous condition.
Mrs. Hill was kept under the
care of n Rockdale doctor, but was
to be admitted to St. Edward Thurs-
day afternoon. Her condition was
reported as serious.
Colored School Host
To Interscholastic
League Meeting
The District 7 Interscholistic Lea-
According to Rlansitt, the Chev.
rolet driven by Blair was a total
loaa.
been achieved if it hail not been
for the very excellent co-operation
he received in each community
where the machine worked. The
chairman wishes to thank each and
everyone wo had any part in mak-
ing this campaign the success that
it was.
improving both services and facili- I Ala., where he received a degree in
ties at the motel. | mechanical engineering.
The Jacketts’ plans are still not Jones’ wife’s name is Dorothy
complete as to where they will live Cottier, and they have two chil-
in Cameron. dren, Leslie Ann 3, and Hugh, 1.
Marians Draw 200 People For
Sharper might Banquet In Rockdale
Pvt. Paul Swanzy
Completes Training
At Fort Hood, Texas
WARDLAW VISITS HOME
Pvt. Richard Wardlaw, son of
Mr .and Mrs. Tom Wardlaw came
■Sunday morning to spend a nme-
dav delay in route. He has just
«w»- -ft - c z
infantry training and eight weeks _____* .......
Pvt. Paul Swanzy of Ben Arnold
has completed eight weeks of
(MP) training with the famed 1st |
Armored Division at North Fort i
Hood, Texas.
Pvt. Swanzy has become effi-
Over 200 Rotarians and their
wives were in attendance at the
Rockdale Rotary Club Charter
night banquet, sponsored by the
Cameron Rotary Club, in Rockdale
Wednesday evening. April 1. Ro-
tary Clubs in the following cities
were represented: Austin, Taylor,
Temple, Marble Falls, Marlin,
Hearne, Teague, Fairfield, Hallets-
ville, Waco and Cameron.
Richard W. Moseley, president
of the Cameron Club, which spon-
sored the organization of Rotary
in Rockdale, presided over the
meeting, which was opened by the
singing of America, led by Hinton
Pruett, president-elect of the Cam-
eron Club. Rev. E. H. Campbell,
deacon, St. Thomas Episcopal
Church. Rockdale, gave the invoca-
tion, which was followed by wel-
come addresses by W. P. Hogan,
mayor of Rockdale, and Milton B.
Curtis, president of the Rockdale
Lions Club.
Distinguished guests, as follows
were introduced: Eli Rubin, past
district governor of Rotary Inter-
national, and member of the Ex-
tension Committee of Rotary In-
! tcrnational; Jack Dillard of V aco,
i past district governor; Geo. Mar-
shall of Austin, past district gov-
Club and on behalf of Rotary Inter- 1
national, presented the charter to 1
tory, accordng to C L. Carson,
local manager for the Southwest-
ern Bell Telephone Co.
A total of 324 farmers in the
charter members of the Rockdale J ( ion area now enjoy rural telc-
| phone service as ii result of the
telephone company’s steady prog-
I ress in its postwar rural program
Darrell Leech, president of the club, j to bring dependable, all-weather
Other officers and members pre-! service to farmers. This means
sentod were: W. II. Ilelmer vice- j that mine than 320 times as many
s j i Hr ii V. • farmers are now connected to the
president, C. W. Moehring, secre- . ,
nation s vast communications net-
tary; Richard E. Fritz, treasurer, | work than at th() end of World War
Harold Luckey, Thomas W. Carl-, n when the company had only 1
eton and W. T. Pearson, Jr., di- rural telephone in operation around
rectors; N. E. Alford, F. I!. Blake, ’ Cameron, Carson said
E. H. Campbell, W. H. Cooke, Gus
By the end of last year, there
were 5,676 subscribers with rural
telephone service an increase of
2,155 in only two years, (.arson
said. i
“Expansion is again the key-
note of the rural telephone activ-
ity in our territory this year,” he
said. The program for the com-
pany’s Southwest Texas Division
is 2,350 new farm telephones for
1953, and it is expected that seme
“The increase in farm telephones i f,or{inn ,,r this work will he done
has brought not only better ser ; 'n Austin district.”
.vans, r., . .. i.nt u, Q. \ . j vjce farnu*rs but increased bene. The official added that hundreds
Joiner, P. H. i erry, Jr., Sam Perry. I fits to every telephone user in of rural residents around the
Pascal Pogue, R. C. Richards, R. Cameron since more rural tele ; towns of the district may also get
K. Sugg, L. P. Thompson, M. D. j phones mean a larger calling area new service as a result of the
Weems, Don Williams, and Ralph j open to each subscriber,” the local j program to fill lines where facili-
Zett, members. j manager said. “In addition, it in- j ties are already available or where
Rev. John Solomon, pastor of the creases busness for Cameron mer- a small amount of construction on
Presbyterian Church, Cameron, pro-j chants by broadening their trade i existing facilities would provide
nounced the benediction. I area.” j good service to more farmers.
Yoemen Out-Point
Hearne In Meet
Cameron’s Yoemen came out on
top in a dual track meet with
Hearne Friday 51 points to 46.
In junior track, three events
were run. They were the 100, the
50 and the sprint relay. The Cam-
eron boys outsrored their oppon-
ents 25 points to two in thesa
events.
In the senior events, Lincoln
Mondrik sprinted the 100 yard
dash in 10.2 seconds and Joe Lee
Heilman covered the distnnee in
10.3. The Yoemen made the sprint
relay in 47.5 seconds.
There were three events not run
in the meet.
Youth Meet Saturday
Al First Baptist Church
A county-wide youth meeting
will he held Saturday night, April
4 at 7:00 p. m. Ht the First Bap-
tist Church. This social and fel-
lowship program meets once a
month and is under the sponsorship
of the Baptist Training Union of
Milam county. Jimmy Asher will
he in charge of this month’s meet-
ing.
Two Plead Guilty
Before County Judge
Pleas of guilty were hoard Wed.
nesday ami Thursday by County
Judge Charles C. Smith Jr. from
Charles Allred and Robert Hal-
pain.
Allred had been charged with
driving while intoxicated. He was
involved in an accident in Rock-
dale when his 1951 Chevrolet con-
vertible hit a horse-drawn buggy,
injuring one seriously. He was
fined $190 and cost and sentenced
to 30 days in the county jail. How-
ever, the jail sentence is to be
commuted if he makes restitu-
tion for dunnages done in the wreck
within five days.
ing Cameron, the number of rural Halpain, father of nine children,
telephones connected by the South- i hud been charged with aggravated
western Bell Telephone Company,I assault. His fine was assessed at
jumped from 855 at the end of i ^5 and cost and he was sentenced
to six month in the county jail. Ills
World War II to 3,521 ri 1950. ....
' jail sentence was suspended pend-
Mr. Pruett admits that this sue- j ffue Meet, (’lass A Division, will be
cessful campaign could not have j held Saturday, April 18, at O. J.
Thomas High School, (’. L. Sad-
berry, princpal, announced Thurs-
day. Competition in field, trnck, and
literary events will begin promptly
at 9 a. in. Director for the meet is
J. II. Bowser. The winners in Dis-
trict 7 will go to the state moet.
on April 25.
Largest teller Rural Pbnes En
History Now Serving Cameron Area
In the in tovviirt comprising the
More farmers now have rural
telephone service in the Cameron i c,,ml’an>'’8 Austin district, includ
trade area than at any time in his.
ing good behavior.
Thanks Expressed By County
Health Unit For TB Unit Help
Schools Close For
Easter Holidays
Ada Henderson School, Yoe
High School, and the O. J. Thomas
School will be closed Friday and
Monday lor the Easter holidays,
urday morning as usual.
County schools will be closed Fri-
day only. The County School Sup-
erintendent’s office will he closed
all day Friday, but will open Sat-
urday morning as usual.
Communion Service
At Presbyterian
Thursday at 7:30 p. m. the First
Presbyterian Church will hold a
Communion service commemorat-
ing the Last Supper.
Rev. John Solomon has chosen
as his Sunday morning sermon,
“The Power of Christ’s Resurrec-
tion.” His topic for the evening
service will be “Substituting for
Pure Gold.”
By Dr. E. S. Freeman | dale, and Roy Butler of Thorndale.
We of the Milam County Health t These gentlemen are to be com-
emor; Oliver Harris, past dis-
cient with many of the Army’s ; trjct governor, from Taylor; Dr.
weapons including the M ! Rifle, Howard Smith, present district
Carbine, 30 and 50-caliber machine! gOVernoI.( from Marlin; and Tuck-
guns, mortars, BAR Rifles, Mines, er Wyche of Temple, district gov-
ernor-elect.
The main address of the eve-
Booby Traps and Rocket Launch-
ers.
Pvt. Swanzy is the son of L. A.
ning, an inspirational message on
the opportunities and privileges of
Swanzy is in the grocery business ; being Rotarians, was delivered by
with Swanzy Bros.
Pvt. Swanzy attended Yoe High
School in Cameron and was a
of basic artillery training at Fort
Bliss, El Paso, Texas. Pvt. Ward-
law will report to Fort Lewds,
*WA*hineton to await overseas ship-
nt He is in the anti-aircraft member of the Yoe High Band.
wen^ He Famed as a combat division in
artillery-__World War II, the 1st Armored
Mr and Mrs. S. S. Coleman of Division was reactivated in 1951
Milano were visitors in Cameron under Maj. Gen. Bruce C. Clarke
.. „eek and visited friends at and is at present undergoing com- emor
r^piUl. «*» training at 5 ‘ Hood. Texr
Jack Dillard, past district governor
of Rotary District 187, from Waco.
Dillard reviewed the accomplish-
ments of Rotary around the world,
and then pointed out the import-
,.Unit want to take this means to i mended on the manifestation of
express our sincere and profound interest in the health of their
thanks to the public as a whole j county.
for their marvelous cooperation in 1 To the Chaml»«rs of Commerce in
making our 5th annual TB Chest S Rockdale and Cameron: We want
X-ray survey a success. to praise you for your services of-
Especlaily are we grateful to! fered as county-wide co-sponsors
Hinton H. Pruett who has served of the program,
as county chairman for the past
three years. It is to the untiring
efforts of him and his office staff
as well as his appointed commit-
tees that we give credit for secur-
ing the 5392 X-rays made by the
mobile unit in
Also, to the volunteer workers,
collectively and individually, we ex.
press our sincere thanks.
Our thanks are also due to those
who generously allowed us to set
up the X-ray equipment in their
Milam county this buildings, Hefley-Stedman Motor
ant place the Rcckdale club now | year. ! Company in Cameron, Joe Zales-
held in this world-wide movement j With equal satisfaction we thank ky in Buekholts, W. T. Pearson
Dr. Howard Smith, district gov- , the local chairmen—Cecil Criswell and Sons in Ro kdale, and G. W.
of this section of T-xas. of Buekholts, L. (». Smith of Cam- Gamer in Thorndale.
then introduced the officers and j eron, W. T. Pearson Jr. of Rock- We truly appreciate the assist-
Four Monlh Old Baby
Dies Al Garcia Home
ance of the Texas Power & Light
Company in hooking up the equip-1
ment. The death of Herlenia Garcia,
W vould like to commend Mr. j age four months was reported Fri-
and Mrs. Carl McElroy, X-ray day morning by Green's funeral
technician*, TB Division State
Health Department, for the court-
esy they extended to the public.
As for the newspapers, we could
not have done without the pub-
licity they so willingly managed
for us.
Time alone is responsible for the
fact that we missed the set goal of
6,000 X-rays by only 2.0%. In
1952 12 days of X-ray service were
offered compared to the seven dnv*
allotted us in 1953. Despite all “ -
there were 112 more X-rays taken
this year—this due to the improve-
ment in organization over the pro-
ceeding y e>
home.
The child died in its home on
the L. K. Stockwell place. The Gar-
cia family buried the child them-
selves Friday.
Leaves For England
Second Lt. Richard E. Williams,
who received his commission on
March 26 left Tuesday for Eng-
land to report to Headquarters,
”vird Division Air Force in Lon-
u X
Lt. Williams called his family
Tuesday to tell them of his de-
parture. He is classed as a Chief
Comptroller in the Air Force.
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