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CameronHeralSr
since 1860
and CENTINEL
VOLUME NUMBER 88
CAMERON, MILAM COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14,1947
NUMBER 14
Our,
We Had To See Pikes
Peak
Amarillo
I do not recall that Mr. Hey wood
Broun ever debunked the vacation.
All I can recall at this moment is
that he possessed that rare quality
of putting words together and years
ago he said: “What I would like to
see is a cigarette manufacturer with
the courage nnd he good sense to
buy a block of space on the back
page of u national magazine and de-
vote it to a statement that would run
somewhat as follows: “My friends,
I am the manufacturer of Inhalo
Gaspers. Inhalos are not very much
different from any other cigarette on
the market. In fact, Inhalos are just
about the same as any other cigar-
ettes you can buy for the same mon-
ey. I purchase my tobacco from the
same growers who supply my com-
petitors and I pay just about the
same price for it.”
Now, what I would like to see is
a tourist bureau with the courage
and good sense to send out a highly
illustrated booklet that would con-
tain something like this: “Our sec-
tion is not much different from other
places. It gets hot here just like
it does at home; our mosquitoes are
just as eager and the discomforts
are probably no worse than you would
experience anywhere else. Many peo-
ple come here in preference to other
places; why we don’t exactly know.
If you want to spend a few days
here, we wiil be most happy to have
you. If you don’t find a place to sleep
or anything to eat, just remember
the other fellow is in the same fix
and we are doing the best we can.”
So, we had to see Pikes Peak. In
the main tourists are just tramps
with traveler’s checks. The moral
of this story is: You can sweat
cheaper at home. Man is migratory as
well as gullible. Each year when
the sun has reached juxtaposition
(my own interpretation of conti-
guity) millions leave their homes for
hotter places west. They seem to en-
joy the punishment that comes with
exposure. Statisticians tell us that
some 20 million of them are out in
the spaces that were once wide open.
Some 19 million, nine hundred and
ninety nine thousand of them were
just ahead of us as we crawled snail
like into the furnace.
We drove out of the trenches in
the streets of Cameron around 5:30
a. m. on Friday, July 25. (The
trenches are those canyons they dig
across the pavement and never fill
up. We have gotten used to the
fox holes. First it was the gopher
holes in the back streets. So from
gopher holes to trenches we march
on to greater things.) The langor-
ous old town lay half asleep in the
early morning light and sprawled ;
about on the court house lawn were j
our nightly guests. They like their
lodgings. The cedar post and tomatoe
market in the street is somebody’s
idea of a farmers market.
Coaching the family bus westward
was to he a trying experience for the
first day. Exactly 21 hours later we
reached Amarillo to find that our
reservations had been canceled. We
had been in 5 garages and finally
(turn to page eight)
LET BY DEPARTMENT
Contract for re-surfacing to cost
$108,000 on Highway 79 has been
awarded by the Texas Highway De-
partment.
Sections of the highway to be re-
worked are from the Williamson
county line ut Thorndale to 3 miles
east of Hearne in Robertson county.
A section of this highway across
Milam county from Milano to within
a short distance of Brushy Creek near
Thorndale is concrete. The highway
from Milano west to Hearne through
Gause will come in for the larger
share of the cost of this contract.
The highway ' enters Williamson
county at the Thorndale city limits,
and enters Robertson county at the
bridge over the Brazos River west of
Gause.
A disappointing fact is that no con-
tracts were let to bring highway
77 through Falls and Milam counties
up to standard, nor was anything
proposed for highway 36 from Bell
county line across Milam to the Bur-
leson county line. Highway 36 across
Milam county runs through Cameron
as does Highway 77. Isolation of this
particular area is becoming ncute
for interstate traffic, despite the fact
that the Highway Department re-
cently accepted a half million dollar
bridge across Little River at Cam-
eron.
DAM FOR LIBERTY CREEK
ME UHL
ee cbted m KIDNAPPING CHARGED HERE
MILAM 3 STAR COUNTY
TAX SURVEY FACTS
* RELEASED HEBE
CROP PROSPECTS ARE
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CAPE JOHN HENRY »I
FUNERAL SUB HERE
Funeral services for Capt. John
Henry Yoe, 41, will be held from the
chapel of the Green Funeral Home
here Tuesday morning, August 12 at
10 a. m. Interment will be made in
the family plot in Oak Hill Ceme-
tery.
Captain Yoe died in Walter Reed
Hospital in Washington at 1 p. m. on
Friday, August 8. The body of the
dead army officer was due to arrive
in Cameron Monday afternoon, Au-
gust 11 and will be at the Green Fun-
eral Home.
Capt. Yoe was born in Cameron
where he spent his early days, attend-
ing school here and later San Mar-
cos Teachers College where he re-
ceived his degree. He taught school
in Toyah, Holland and Ysleta, Texas
and later entered the government
service.
He enlisted in the United States
Army ground forces in 1943. He had
been in declining health for the past
three years.
Surviving are his widow and two
sons, John M. nnd Richard Yoe of
Dallas, one brother, Harvey Yoe of
Lake Jackson, Texas; four sisters,
Miss Lena Yoe of San Antonio; Mrs.
Sam Little of Houston; Miss Mary
Yoe of Midland and Miss Winnie Yoe
of Tyler.
roberTeIeMad
FROM HEART
A dam to cost well in excess of
$100,000 will soon be erected across
Liberty Creek east of Cameron, it
was said here Tuesday by A. J. Gun-
nels of Hanover.
Mr. Gunnels said that the last land
owner involved in the big project
had signed to lease acreage to be
covered by the waters of the lake.
Mr. Gunnels said that the lake will
cover some 200 acres of land.
Lantrip York of Houston, a native
son of the Liberty and Hanover com.
munities, is back of the project to
create the lake and to make a pleasure
resort in the timber lands there.
According to Mr. Gunnels who has
leased some of his land, the acreage
is under contract for 99 years. Cabin
and water front privileges are re-
served to the land owners and the
operation of the lake has profit
possibilities and the land owners will
share in the dividends.
Mr. York is now living in Houston.
He has been prominent with an oil
well supply corporation for a num-
ber of years and is reputed to be
wealthy. Mr. Gunnels said that Mr.
York was apparently largely con-
cerned with creating a major benefit
for his home community.
Mr. York could not be contact-
ed for a statement. Many details
are yet to be announced, one of them
is that Texas Power & Light Com-
pany may have under consideration
a small dam in the vicinity of the
major lake. However there was noth-
ing official on that project.
5 HURT IN CAR CRASH
BUCKHOLTS GETS FIRST
BALE OF 1947 COTTON
The first bale of 1947 cotton has
been ginned at Buckholts.
The bale was produced by Emil
Balusek who lives about 5 miles west
of Buckholts and was ginned by the
Modern Gin Company on Saturday,
August 9.
Mr. Balusek brought in 1215 pounds
of seed cotton and the bale weighed
445 pounds. He had 770 pounds of
seed. The bale was sold for 35c
pound and the seed was sold at the
rate of $80 per ton.
A premium of $^1.75 was subscrib-
ed by the merchants of Buclliolts.
B. L. Maiesh, manager of the Mod-
ern Gin Company, reported the news
of the first bale of new cotton to the
Daily Herald.
Robert E. Hess of Burlington, was
found dead at 5 p. m. Sunday in the
home of Roy Lindsey.
Mr. Hess died from a heart at-
tack. He was visiting in the Lindsey
home Sunday and during the after-
noon went to a bed room to sleep.
When he failed to re-appear later
members of the family found his
body. An inquest was held and a
verdict of death from heart attack
was rendered.
Five persons were injured, three
seriously, as the result of a head on
collision of two automobiles on High-
way 190 near Branchville late Satur-
day afternoon.
The injured are Mr. and Mrs.
George Akes and baby of Brady, and 1 seamen were currently out of work
Frank Campus and Sam Valero. : and registered for berths with union
Sheriff Carl Black reported that hiring halls. He estimated that up-
Campus and Valero have been charg- wards to 5,000 Texans who served on
ed with driving a car while drunk, j government ships during the war
They were sent to Hearne, one with a j might be eligible for unemployment
FOR 001 WORK SEAMEN
Unemployed seamen who worked
on War Shipping Administration ves-
sels during the past 18 months may
now receive unemployment insurance
through the Texas Employment Com-
mission, Lonnie H. O’Dell, manager
of the Cameron office said today.
This new reconversion unemploy-
ment program for seamen begins on
Monday, July 21 and will extend for
the next two years, O’Dell said. It is
financed through federal funds and
handled by the state employment se-
curity agencies.
O’Dell said that some 800 Texas
badly broken leg and the other badly
cut. The car driven by Campus and
Valero was wrecked and burned.
Mr. and Mrs. Akes and their baby
were on their way home after a
visit in Bryan with her mother. All
three, badly injured were taken to a
Bryan Hospital.
insurance under this program.
Claims should be fried promptly at
the Texas Employment Commission
office at 104 8. Houston St., O’Dell
said, since seamen who have been
beached for some time may find their
rights to benefits due to expire
(turn to page four)
Charges of kidnapping have been
filed here against Dr. Ola Dee M as-
ide, dentist of Waco, in connection
with the abduction of a patient from
the St. Edwards Hospital.
County Attorney Bill Morrison
late Tuesday concluded an examining
trial for Dr. Massie and she was re-
leased on a bond of $250o.
Mrs. Lela Phillips, another wo-
man, was brought back from Waco
under arrest early Wednesday and
was being questioned this morning
by Mr. Morrison. She is alleged to
have accompanied Dr. Massie to Cam-
eron.
The story is one of startling impli-
cations. Mrs. R. H. Johnson of Cam-
eron, recently became ill and was
ndvisetl by her physician Dr. John
Lane Baskin to enter the hospital
where treatments could be more ef-
fectively given. After several days,
according to Mr. Morrison, the Waco
dentist who is a niece of Mrs. John-
son, came down and induced Mrs.
Johnson to leave the hospital.
Mrs. Johnson agreed when Doc-
tor Massie said she would be better
off at home. According to the story
Dr. Massey left the hospital with
Mrs. Johnson in her car but a block
away turned onto highway 77 and
took Mrs. Johnson to a Waco Hos-
pital where she was detained against
her will. After several days. Mrs.
Johnson was allowed to-use the tide-
phone nnd got word to her friends
and relatives here.
The offense occured on July 8 when
the kidnapping is alleged. The Coun-
ty Attorney will present the case to
I
Other developments in the case
tell of the loss of a $2500 diamond
broach which Mrs. Johnson prizes
highly. Also, according to the County
Attorney, the home of Mrs. John-
son was entered here while she was
detained at Waco and vuluahlc silver
and other things are missing. Dr.
Massie is alleged to have obtained
the keys to a lock box in a local
lmnk retained by Mrs. Johnson but
was refused access to the box.
Mrs. Phillips had not been for-
mally charged in connection with the
kidnupping hut was being questioned.
Delay in releasing a portion of the
facts connected with the case, it was
| hoped t,y officers, might be helpful
| in obtaining the missing diamond
| broach and other valuables from the
I home here. The branch was in Mrs.
; Johnson’s purse which was taken
| tory of the printing industry here, -'‘way from her at the Waco hospital
i He recalled shortly before he passed ' and when returned the broach was
| away that Cameron at one time had missing.
j II publications, one of them a muga- _____________
Milam county lost one star in 1946
from its previous rank as a four star
county, it was disclosed here to-day
when the East Texas Chamber of
Commerce tax survey data was made
available for publication.
The county finished 1946 in good
financial condition but overspent its
original budget for the your and
therefore lost one of its stars. The
county was a 4 star county in 1945.
Expenditures exceeded the budget
allotments by 11:0 per cent. The coun-
ty’s expenses were $18,900 more than
they were in 1945 and the cash bal-
ance was reduced from $152,050 to
$133,145. Despite the increased costs
of operating the government all funds
operated on a cash basis. The Road
nnd Bridge Fund had a balance of
only $4018 at the end of the yeur.
The funded debt of the county pre-
sents u more pleasant picture. The
county owes less than $120,000. The
ratio of the debt to the assessed val-
uations is down to 0.8. Several issues
of bonds are to be retired within the
next 3 years. Some 31 per cent of the
remainder of the bonded debt will be
paid by the state under the Bond
Assumption Act. Actually then the
tax payers of the county will have
to pay only $82,280 to free them-
selves from all bonded debt.
To process these bonds very little
of the tax dollar is required. Like
all governments the county’s general
fund absorbs the taxes.
Valuations are close to 16 millions
the highest in 10 years but consid-
erably below what they were in the
the grand jury. more valuable days when farming
MATT B. BAILEY DEAD;
WAS PUBLISHER HERE
was on a larger scale and the county
had a population in excess of 40,000
Current tax collections have contin-
ued to improve though the average
is some 2 per cent below the East
Texas average.
The survey places the population
of the county at 25,500 a figure be-
lieved to he too low. According to this
survey the county has lost some 15,-
000 population.
The county tax rate is 75c but in
some of the road districts the rate
is $1.85.
'I he largest item of expenditure is
for salaries of officers a total of
$49,278.48 in l!i4«.
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Cottle had as
(heir guests recently his brother and
wife Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Cottle Sr.
and Mr. and Mrs. .T. V. Cottle Jr.
and wife from Waco who were on
their way to Houston to visit a broth-
er there.
Rube Johnson Manufacturing Co. Cameron’s
zine and another a nationally known
js* i g- PEE PEL?] For
b I years ago, !
in West Cameron Friday, August 8. I A man of strong convictions h
Mr. Bailey had been ill for some
Up to noon Tuesday 54 bales of
the new crop of 1927 cotton had been
received at the warves of the Cam-
eron Compress Company, it was re-
vealed by P. W. Davis, manager of
the company.
This total compares favorably with
the total receipts to this date a year
ago, although not as high. The crop
this year is later than the crop of
1946.
ItlUiVIVU. |
He was a brother of E. B. Hess of | time. Three years ago he retired
Oneaville. Funeral arrangements
were pending.
Cameron Boy Touring
Mediterranean Area
Aboard Destroyer
A1 E. Bradley, steward’s mate, first
class, USN, of Cameron is serving
aboard the destroyer USS Gainard,
which is touring the Mediterranean
The condition of the crop is not area,
favorable. The continued dry weather The Gainard has visited Gibralter;
and drouth has taken a heavy toll Naples, Venice, and Pola, Italy;
during the past 10 days. Acreage is , Trieste; Ruda Bay. Crete; Latakia
about 15 per cent over the 1946 level, Syria, and Alexandria, Egypt.
it was said by Mr. Davis. With con- j ---—
tinued favorable weather the pro- Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lange. Mr.
duction might have been satisfactory and Mrs. Will Stoebner and Thomas
since the 1946 total was less than 10 Ray returned from an interesting
thousand bales. trip to Kilgore and Marshall where
Cotton production has declined they visited Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
from an average of some 56,000 bales Lange. They also visited interesting
to less than ten. places in Louisiana.
from his profession and had lived
By El) FLINN
was inevitably drawn into the early If it’s a door facing, a window
day political battles, hut despite his frame, or even a small piece of
strong beliefs he retained the unani- molding to fit into that broken win-
quietly at his home which he had i mous esteem of all who opposed his dow, you need not stray far to get
purchased two years before. For 25 i views. He was at one time Secretary j it. The Rube Johnson Manufacturing
years he was with The Herald and and Treasurer of the City of Cam- Company right here in Cameron
until he reached the age of retirement eron and at the time of his death was j does that sort of work,
continued active as a linotype opera- j the oldest retired member of the Mr. Johnson’s company was or-
Cameron Volunteer Fire Department, ganized in 1942 when there was a
In the early days of the Depart- great need for children’s toys. He
ment he was a prominent member of began producing wooden playthings
the Racing Team and more than once i especially for the Christmas season.
of the printing
tor and foreman
plant.
Matt B. Bailey was born in Dallas
on July 1, 1870 the son of the late
pioneers Lyman Bailey and Lou
Catherine Marks. As a young man
he was a semi-invalid but soon over
was Captain of the team. In speak- The demand was great and soon he
His equipment is made up of six-
teen electrical machines, including
such necessary ones as saws, planes,
presses, joiners, shapers, sanders, and
a lathe.
During the war, Mr. Johnson and
his toys put Cameron on the map
as a manufacturing center, and to-
day he is gaining a reputation as
a cabinet maker over the same area.
ing of the early day triumphs of the was delivering goods to all of Cen-
team he related not long ago an ex-|tral Texas with points as remote
came his handicaps and in time be- I perience at Brenham. He said that fas Brady, Ran Antonio, and Corpus
came strong and vigorous. Early at-j the Cameron team wanted to race j Christi on his shipping list. During
tracted to the printing business he bare legged but the committee ruled the height of his toy demand, he had
became a printer in the shops at Dal- j against it and so the boys had to as many as nine or ten employees
las and at one time was in the plant race in black stockings. They won working at one time. _____________
of the Dallas Morning News. the race. As the close of the war with the j URS John W. Weeks.
In the late Eighties he moved to Mr. Bailey knew well the history coming back of metal, Mr. Johnson fin these training cruises, gunnery
Cameron and became one of the best of The Herald, oldest business insti- I thought it wise to convert from drills, battle problems, and lectures
known figures in local printing. With tution in Milam county. It was es- wooden toys to cabinet work, since are held to refresh the reservists’
his brother, John Bailey, he owned tablished in 1860 just 12 years before he had many requests for that type previous training and acquaint them
and operated his own plant in Cam- ■ Mr. Bailey was bom. In most of the of work even when he was in the pro- i with the latest developments m Naval
eron. He was well versed in the his- j (turn to page four) ductron of toys. equipment
Roy W. Darwin Now'
On Carribean Cruise
Roy W. Darwin, seaman, first class,
USNR, of 1101 North Crockett, Cam-
eron is participating in a two-week
Naval reserve training cruise in the
I Caribbean area aboard the destroyer
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White, Jefferson B. The Cameron Herald and Centinel (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 14, 1947, newspaper, August 14, 1947; Cameron, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth577910/m1/9/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.