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(Ebe Cameron Herald
ESTABLISHED 1860
VOLUME NUMBER 90
CAMERON, MILAM COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9. 1950
NUMBER 43
Civic Music To Present
Singer Here Soon
i
FRANK EDWINN
Frank Edwinn, brilliant young
American basso who will be heard in
recital here on Feb. 18, 1950 at Yoe
High School Auditorium at 8 p. m.
has the kind of personality, combined
with rare vocal artistry, that the
people who plan local Civic Concert
series always hope for—and seldom
get. The ability to live up to the
high critical praise of such leading
reviewers as Noel Straus of the New
York Times is one thing; the ability
to make an audience go all-out for
the artist as a person is another.
Edwinn does both. Said the Times
critic of Edwinn’s recent Town Hall,
New York, recital: “His work was
backed by keen intelligence, inborn
musicianship and marked sensitivity
With a handsome stage presence, in
addition to his artistic assets, he
aroused his large audience to an eas-
ily understandable warmth of enthu-
siasm.” The critic for Washington
(D. C.) Evening Star recently echoed
with “the young basso gripped his
audience.” That, in a nutshell, is
Frank Edwinn.
For a top-flight basso renowned
both here and abroad not only for his
extraordinary voice but for his schol-
arly researches in music literature,
Edwinn is a very human fellow and
possesses a fine sense of humor.
In advising young would-be sing-
ers, Edwin, whose ability to interpret
as well as to sing is emphasized by
the critics, stresses early training in
literature. He believes that his child-
hood itnerest in poetry taught him
the imporance of words, of their
meanings and colors and that for a
singer the meaning of the words he
is singing is all-important. He thinks
American composers are writing
much fine music but deplores the
“overly European” schooling that
has left many of them incapable of
properly handling America's rich
treasure of folk music. He believes
that public taste in America is con-
tinually improving, as evidenced by
the growth of local opera groups and
orchestra and recital series in the
small, as well as the larger, towns.
JOSEPH SKLENA RUES
AT MARAK THURSDAY
Funeral services for Joseph Sklena,
63, will be held from the SS Cyril
and Methodious Church at Marak
Thursday, February 9, 1950 at 9
o’clock with Rev. Ben Holub officiat-
ing. Burial will be in the Marak
cemetery.
Mr. Sklena, veteran of World War
I died in the Navy Hospital at Cor-
pus Christi on January 30. He form-
erly lived in Cameron and is survived
by one sister, Marie Zavrel of Cam-
eron.
The body will remain at Marek-
Burns Funeral Home until the funer-
al hour.
IS SCHEDULER FOR EEB.
Wm. F. Arthur, Instructor-Super-
visor of Milam County Vocational
School, has announced that pluns are
nearing completion for the "Friends
of the Land" Conservation program
to be conducted in Milam County,
February 13, 14, 15, 46 and 17.
Business lenders, agricultural
workers, school officials and organiza-
tions of Milam County are cooperat-
ing to make these meetings success-
ful. Every individual living in the
vicinity of any scheduled meeting
is urged to attend. These meetings
are of educational nature to inform
people of the importance of conserv-
ing the renewable resources, namely,
soil, forests, water und wild life and
what these resources mean to our
way of life.
Mr. Arthur has announced the fol-
lowing schedule of public meetings
where A. C. Spencer may be heard:
Monday, February 13, 7:30 p. m.
Sharpe High School.
Tuesday, February 14, 7:30 p. m.
Thorndale High School.
Wednesday, February 15, 7:30 p. m.
District Court Room of Courthouse,
Cameron.
Thursday, February 16, 7:30 p. m.
Rockdale.
Friday, February 17, 7:30 p. m.
Milano High School Gym.
Tuesday, February 14, Lions Club.
Wednesday, February 15, Rotary
Club.
Election Returns
For Mayor:
A. N. GREEN ........................ 640
ROY GRIFFITH .................... 629
For Alderman (Place 1):
L. VAN PERKINS ............ 1218
For Alderman (Place 2):
AUGUST G. KUNZ ............ 1231
For City Attorney:
ROY BASKIN .................. 1273
For City Secretary:
W. H. STAFFORD ............ 1268
For City Marshal:
MARSHALL TERRY .......... 199
JIM McGOLDRICK ............ 544
JOE RICHTER ............. 541
,1950 NAMED
TEW HEART MONTH
This February, thousands of men
and women throughout the nation are
making the 1950 Heart Campaign
their concern. These volunteers in the
fight against heart disease will re-
ceive generous support from the
public, whose interests they serve.
Heart disease is not their concern
alone. It is the concern of every
American.
Today, in Cameron plastic hearts
will be placed in business houses
throughout the town by members of
the American Legion. The campaign
has a goal of $6,000,000 to fight
heart disease through research, edu-
cation and community service. Open
your heart and give to the 1950 Heart
Campaign.
Folowing is an official memoran-
dum by Governor Allan Shivers:
Heart disease, in its many forms,
constitutes our State’s most impor-
tant medical and public health prob-
lem in that it affects more persons
than any other disease, leads all oth-
ers as a cause of death, is respon-
sible for a great number of days
lost from work and is a severe drain
on our business, industry and State
economy.
During the month of February, the
Texas Heart Association is spon-
soring a campaign for the purpose
of focusing public attention on the
medical, social and economic aspects
of this primary health problem, and
of reminding the populace that solu-
tion of the problem depends upon the
fullest cooperation of the people,
science, government, health and so-
cial agencies.
Therefore, I, as Governor of Texas
do hereby designate the month of Feb-
ruary, 1950, as “Texas Hearth
Month”, to be set aside for the ober-
vance of the 1950 Texas Heart Cam-
paign. I further urge schools,
churches, scientific bodies, civic as-
sociations, business establishemnts,
and other organizations and the
people of the State of Texas gen-
eraly, to support this Campaign with
appropriate activities and generous
contributions.
A. C. Spencer To
Direct Weeks Program
A. C. SPENCER
Milam County Vocational School,
Chamber of Commerce and Agricul-
tural leaders and business men
throughout Milam County, in co-
operation with the Friends of the
Land will sponsor a weeks program
from February 13 to the 17.
A. C. Spencer, above Field Repre-
sentative of Friends of the Lund will
conduct the meeting in Milam Coun-
ty.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T.
M. Spencer of Argyle, Denton Coun-
ty, and was reared on Denton County
farm near Argyle, Texas.
Graduated from Denton High
School in 1935 and received Bachelor
of Science Degree and Smith-Hughes
Vocational Certificate from Sam
Houston State Teachers College in
1938, major subject Vocational Agri-
culture.
Received Master of Education De-
gree from Texas A&M College in
1943, major subjects Agricultural
Education and Agricultural Econo-
mics.
Taught Vocational Agriculture in
Texas high schools for five years,
including 3 years at Grand Saline,
Texas, and 1 year at Deport and
Trinity, Texas.
Technician with United States De-
partment of Agriculture, Soil Con-
servation Service, for three years,
beginning in 1943.
At time of employment with Friends
of Land had served one year as
Planning Engineer with Texas State
Soil Conservation Board. As Plan-
ning Engineer with the State Soil
Conservation Board, Mr. Spencer was
assigned a figty-two county area in
North Texas where he worked with
the Boards of Supervisors of 30 Soil
Conservation Districts.
He served one year in U. S. Marine
Corps.
Cameron Man
Is Nominated
AUSTIN, Feb. 6—Four candidates
have been nominated for president
of the State Bar of Texas by the
bar’s board of directors, it was an-
nounced today.
The candidates were M. G. Cox of
Cameron, R. N. Gresham of San
Antonio, Austin C. Hatchell of Long-
view and Albert P. Jones of Houston.
The nominations were made at the
board’s quarterly meeting in Corpus
Christi which ended Saturday, Wil-
iam J .Park of Austin, State bar
secretary, said.
The candidates were nominated
for election by mail to succeed Allen
Crowley of Fort Worth, the current
president.
GREEN NOMINATED MAYOR
YOEMEN DISTRICT CHAMPIONS 21A
INDUSTRIES FAVOR TAXES
Cameron Opens
Heart Drive
IN RE-ELECTION HERE
A. N. Green, former member of
tlu* House of Representative, won the
Democratic nomination for Mayor in
the primary held on Tuesday.
Mr. Green defeated Mayor Roy
Griffith by eleven votes. Mr. Griffith
was serving his first term and was
denied re-election to a second term.
Mr. Green is not tlu* first candidate
to win on the usual temperament of
Cameron voters. He took the toilet tax
and made an issue of it and based
upon first impressions of the elec-
tion it appeared thut this alone was
not responsible for his victory. Ever
since 1945 when the planning board
outlined a program and showed where
to get the money without increasing
taxes the people generally api>ear to
have expected their City Government
to do something.
Mr. Green, of course cannot hope
to get co-operation from the Coun-
cil on reducing the toilet tax because
that Council issued a statement back-
ing Mayor Griffith’s stand on the
$9.00 tax.
If the tax is reduced to its former
level and with substantially half of
the revenue already pledged to the
Federal government for money bor-
rowed only a little over $2000 would
remain available for maintaining the
sanitary system .
This was never explained to the
people and they must either pay an
increased sewer tax or take the
money from the already depleted
general fund.
There is a way to reduce the sewer
tax. It should have not been increased
$6.00. Instead the law requiring sew-
er connections should have been en-
forced. In this way revenue can be
doubled and no body will pay an
increase, provided the city will util-
ize the added income for extensions.
The people have not been told the
true facts. The State of Texas has
condemned the present disposal fa-
cilities and the city must construct
a new plant at a new location that
will cost at least $100,000.00.
Where will Mr. Green get the mon-
ey? He must either get it from rev-
enue bearing bonds based on the in-
come of the sewer system *r levy
an outright tax on people.
Ladies and gentlemav, ra« who
seek to lead you in municipal affairs
either do not know what they are
doing or for political reasons will not
give you the facts.
Mr. Griffith evidently was a victim
of his own conservative outlook on
existing deep and vital needs of our
city.
DISTRICT CHAMPIONS ACCEPI TAX PISES
Moth the “A" and "B" teams found !
• * I
Rosebud’s defense to their likeing
Tuesday night and defeated the Black
Panthers two games in their own
gym.
James Jenkins led the "B" team to
a 39-5 Victory, scoring 14 points,
while tlu* Yoelets tight defense did
not allow a single field goal. The
reserve Panthers scored only 5 free
pitches.
The Yoemcn won their ninth
straight game 45-15, emerging dis-
trict champions for the third year in
a row. Alton Fuchs with 23 and
Frank Malone with nine points led
the scoring. After securing a 30 point
lead the starters retired to the bench
and much of the last half was played
by reserves.
Friday night the Yoemen wind up
district play at Taylor. This game
has no bearing on the district race,
but Cameron will lie out to keep their
undefeated record intact.
N CAR ACCCIOENT
Smith Dosher of Waco was treated
for minor injuries here around noon
Thursday when his car struck the
right hand banister of the bridge
this side of McLerran hill on high-
way 36.
Dosher said upon reaching the nar-
row bridge he attempted to apply
his brakes to keep from meeting an
approaching automobile when his
car skidded on wet pavement, and
hit the bridge bead on. He was
rushed to Cameron for minor injur-
ies and later released.
Highway Patrolman, Jack Higgin-
botham investigated the accident and
said the automobile was badly dam-
aged.
Milam County
Lions Clubs To
Head X-Ray Drive
Charles Hicks, chairman of the
Milam tuberculosis survey to bo held
in March, has announced that the
UDU LEADS ID
DIET MARSHAL RACE
PROCLAMATION
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Coggin of
Route 1, Gause are the happy parents
of a baby daughter born February 2,
1950 at St. Edward Hospital. The
WHEREAS we see and read daily
of some friend and neighbor suffer-
ing and dying from Heart disease.
And
WHEREAS The American Heart
Association is conducting a campaign
for funds to help combat this dread-
ed disease,
THEREFORE I Roy Griffith, as
Mayor of the city of Cameron, do
hereby Proclaim the week of Feb.
13th to 20th as HEART WEEK in
and for Cameron, Texas, and urge
everyone to contribute liberally where
you see the Heart sign. Do what you
can and be happy you did.
ROY GRIFFITH, Mayor
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Talermo of
Bryan and Mrs. Herman Boedeker of
baby weighed three pounds and nine Caldwell spent a few hours in Cam-
ounces. *eron Monday on their way to Dallas.
The Cameron chapter of the Texas
Heart Association opened the cam-
paign here February 1 and will con-
tinue through the month.
Dr. T. L. Denson, chairman and
medical adviser stated that funds ,
from this years campaign would be ] ari^iri y 1 J't'
for research ami education
The 1950 Heart Campaign, spon- |
sored by the American Heart Asso-
ciation and its affiliates, is going for-
ward under the National Chairman-
ship of A. W. Robertson, Chairman
of the board of the Westinghouse
Electric Corporation. Scheduled for
the entire month of February, the
campaign has a goal of S6,000,00O.
Plastic red hearts have been placed
in business houses and the public is
asked to give to fight heart disease.
Jim McGoldrick, running for re-
election, lead a three candidate field
in the City Primary here Tuesday in
the race for the nomination for City
Marshal.
Joe Richter was second high and
trailed McGoldrick by only three
votes while Marshall Terry, member
of the police polled 199 votes. The
vote; McGoldrick 544, Richter 541,
E. A. PERRIN ILL
Friends of E. A. Perrin of Cameron
will be glad to know he is recqjrering
Whether a run-off Primary could
be legally held would depend on
whether the Eexecutive Committee in
calling the election passed a resolu-
tion providing for a majority nomina-
tion.
The published order for the election
does not specify a run-off.
In order to legally provide for such
an election it was necessary that the
committee formerly convene prior to
the first primary and so order.
If a run-off primary is held it
would occur in the Marshall’s race
j the only contest with more than two
candidates and probably would be
held sometime in March.
The general election for the City
Lions clubs in Rockdale and Thorn-
dale will serve as regional chairmen
of the program in those cities and
L. G. Smith, manager of the Cam-
eron Chamber of Commerce, will be
chairman in Cameron.
The survey will be held in Cameron
on March 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24 and
25. In Rockdale, the unit will serve
on March 28 and 29, and in Thorn-
dale, March 31 and April 1.
The Milam county health unit, un-
der the direction of Dr. E. S. Free-
man, is cooperating with the survey
Places where the x-ray unit will be
stationed for the free public service
will be announced later.
A. N. (teen Wins
Legislators in Austin found a will-
ing group Monday to help pay costs
of improving and running the state’s
mental hospital system.
They were the oil, gas and sulphur
producers and liquor dealers.
An oil and gas industry spokesman
led a parade of businessmen before a
House committee in agreeing to go
along with an administration-backed
plan to raise the omnibus tax. Oil,
gas, sulphur and liquor arc among
the twenty items taxed in it.
Pending before the committee is a
hill to increase the taxes by 15 per
cent. But calculations were made
Monday on a 10-per-cent incrense if
the Legislature will raise the cigar-
ette tax a penny a pack.
Spokesmen for the industries, of
course, hoped the tax raise would
lie as little as necessary.
U. B. Anderson of Vernon gave the
first pledge of willingness to take
a tax raise. He is president of the
Texas Mid-Continental Oil & Gas
Association and also chairman of the
new State Board of Education.
“The petroleum industry will not
he an unwilling contributor to aid
people who can not speak for them-
selves,” Anderson told the revenue
and taxation committee.
He did., s. '.TtP*?, 4 X, -amount
he thought the tax ought to be in-
creased. Instead, ha said, “the in-
dustry leaves the judgement of the
legislature the contribution requir-
ed from us.”
His industry recognizes the hos-
pital problem must be solved, Ander-
son said.
“If it is approached with equity,
consideration and intellectual inte-
grity,” he said, “and you do the job
only that is necessary, all of the
people will applaud the Legislature.”
Right behind Anderson .spokesmen
for three sulphur companies had
about the same to say. But they
pleaded for an increase of not over
10 per cent.
“The sulphur industry at this time
ready to assume its fair and
equitable proportion of the costs,”
said Harry C. Webb of Houston,
speaking for the Texas Gulf Sulphur
Company.
Spokesmen for other sulphur com-
panies pointed out, however, that sul-
phur already is taxed at a higher
percentage of its value than oil.
For instance, they said, a 10 per cent
increase would raise the sulphur tax
13c on $18 of products, but only 7c
on the same value for oil.
Emmett Morse of the Texas Whole-
sale Liquor Dealers Association said
that group was not opposing any tax.
But he reminded the Legislators that
a fifth of whiskey costing $4.54 in-
cludes $2.08 in taxes.
nicely following an operation at Scott I is held on the first Tuesday in April.
& White Hospital in Temple Friday of
this week. Mr. Perrin is owner of
the Texaco Warehouse here.
Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Graham of
Thorndale were visitors here Monday.
A. N. Green was nominated Mayor
in the Primary held here Tuesday,
defeating incumbent Roy Griffith by
eleven votes. The vote was: Mr.
Green 640 and for Mr. Griffith 629.
ANOTHER PILFERED
A 1950 black four door Ford auto-
mobile belonging to Dr. T. L. Denson
was stolen sometime Monday night
while parked at the side of the Den-
son residence at East 11th street.
Dr. Denson ^aid he parked his car
at his residence Monday afternoon
and did not know what time the au-
tomobile was stolen.
Officials were working early today
for traces of the missing car, and a
broadcast will be made over the radio
by Highway Patrolman, Jack Higgin-
botham.
The 1948 Nash belonging to Dr. J.
L. Walker parked in his driveway,
at 1105 Jackson had been entered and
searched and was pushed from the
drive into the street. Apparently
items in the car were undisturbed, it
was said.
Leonard and Jack Richardson of
Memphis, Tenn., spent several days
in Cameron where they visited their
aunt, Mrs. Velma Quillin and their
cousin, Mrs. Ada Pratt.
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White, Jefferson B. The Cameron Herald (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 9, 1950, newspaper, February 9, 1950; Cameron, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth577868/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.