The Cameron Herald (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 1957 Page: 3 of 12
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GORDON. S. BASKIN
202 S. HOUSTON PHONE 426
ATKINSON INS. AGENCY
104 W. 1st. PHONE 365
it’s your business to prevent
this ....
it’s our business to
write, complete,
low cost fire
insurance coverage.
'You can’t afford
to be unprepared. . .
See us.
MINNIE STEDMAN
THE MAMIE A. HEFLEY AGENCY
106 SOUTH TRAVIS
PHONE 135
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This big high-stepping Chieftain started a revolution
with a carload of "firsts" and an eye-popping price tag!
The low price field never looked like this before! The handsome husky you see right here has the
boat still rocking . . . with more power, more wheelbase, more room -and more sheer pride of
ownership- than ever before possible on a well trained budget! lust look at what they're making
room for now in the low price lineup: a strapping 34/ cu. in., 10 to 1 compression ratio
Strata Streak V-8 ... a whopping, road hugging 122 inches of wheelbase and an all new suspension
system lor a Level-Line Ride that's next best thing to a magic carpet! And this streamlined
beauty takes on the held with more than six dozen "firsts ", all proved by 100,000 of the
roughest, toughest test miles a group of facts^minded engineers could devise! If this sounds like a
wonderful buy—it certainly is! Our advice is to stop dreaming and price it! At a cost less than a lot
of the low-price jobs, this newcomer is making big fame buyers out of former all-three ownen!
C^hi&fta/n
Americas dumber ®Aoac/ Cor/ j
311 N. Central
McLAIN PONTIAC COMPANY
Cameron, Texas
A SaluteTo Cameron’s Fire Dept.
Geo. Childress Ins.
authorized Buick Dealer
—“/ uuu ultras eacn w you.
The H. E. Fuchs Family
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Picture Of Early Volunteer Cameron
Firemen Recalls Memories To Many
Volunteer firemen with the others.
drad run. Some report that
Cameron Fire Department ha* a
lung and honorable record of pa*’
volunteers to uphold Currently,
the department is maintaining
that excellent record according to
the general opinion of local citi-
zens with the answering ot fire
alarms at every hour of the day
and night
One of the earliest tiodies of
firefighters in the city is shown to
the accompanying photograph
August Horstmann. last of the
drivers of the horse-drawn fir*, j
Mr Horstmami said he drove; department's mascel. a Carlo r
horses only on two runs The fire Spaniel dog. always rodr (be »»• |
department had ordered a fire 1 gun.
truck which was supposed to have John Dodson, who only recently,
been delivered by the first day of retired from the Cameron
the year, the same day on which Police Department, reports
Wesley Stephens resigned a> his brother traded the last lean j
driver of the wagon The of fire horses • Uie hays, for tile
rd the movable turn Ublr until
they could reach the dish they de-
sired.
truck was 17 days late upon ar-
riving in Cameron and during
these days, he drove the horsea,
which at that time was composed
of a team of bays, to two fires.
He recalls these fire horses
wagons and first driver of the were stabled in the present fire
department's first automotive station with their harness hang-
truck. concerning the picture ing abo\e them. Upon the blowing
said, “This crew is a little ahead' ot the (ire whistle, the driver pull-
of me.”(
However, he said he believed
these were one of Ihe very first
trains of horses to pull the Cam
ed a rope dropping the harness
upon the animals Special con-
structed harness included hames
built with the collar dropped a-
eroa fire wagon. He along with round the horses’ necks and had
others remembering the era of 3,1 automatic snap which fasten-
horse-drawn ftre wagons agreed «J with being pushed together be-
these gray steeds were named
“Tom and Jerry.” Others recall-
ing this era Included Oxaheer
Smith, Sheriff Cart Black-preseat
tin chief of Cameroa, BUI Rich-
ter, Frank Richter and numerous
neath the necks.
The ftre nurses were then ready
for action and those remembering
those days report the team sel-
dom left the doors of the station
when they were not already in a
FLOOR SERVICE
Complete Installation
Linoleum, Asphalt, Rubber & Vinyl Tile
Wood Floor sanded and Finished
Call Collect
HAGEN'S FLOOR SERVICE
Rosebud, Texas
Phone JU3-7541 Resident JU3-7766
Flowers to
a special
Valentine
Her eyes shine and
her face lights up in
a happy smile . . .
your flowers have toM
her how much you
care, and her Valen-
tine’s Day complete!
Glass the Florist
409 N. Travis
Phone 300
grays shown in the picture Others
recall the trade and tell how the
grays then used near the city as
plow horses were unusually hard
to control by their owner when-
ever the fire whistle sounded.
The fire whistle some recall was
at that time at the ice house then
as now on East First Street #
Other memories recalled in-
clude that expressed by Austin
Banks, now 63, colored janitor of
0- J. Thomas Schools and the
Cameron City Hall, concerning
the fact that the first motorized
fire truck in the city had "hard
rubber" tires. He says he remem-
bers these tires particularly be-
cause Mr. August llorstmann
drove the truck to a fire in Rock-
dale in 1919 On this trip, he re-
ports Mr Horstmann drove so
fast to arrive in time at the scene
of the fire that these tires wore
torn from the wheel
Others remember that during
; these days there was a black-
smith shop located where Horst-
mann Brothers now have their
auto supply store. This shop, they
say. was never locked, day nor
night.
Early firefighters names re-
called by presentation of the pic-
ture to Cameron persons were
also Big John Meek. Bud Rich,
Bud Smith, Will Caldwell, Frank
MJehalka, Will Crain, Arthur Bas-
kin, Ed Cammrr, Fran* MondriV,
Henry Ruby, Allen Hooks. J. P.
Werner, G. T. Palmer and Wilt
Durney.
Mr. Smith says he believes the
only descendent now in or arouid
T'ameron of those he has iden-
tified in this early picture is Mrs
Ledbetter, who is the daughter of
the late Fire Chief John T Ar
nold. However, he says the son of
Roy Jeter is now in Houston and
the son of Charlie Seas, Lee Sens,
is now residing in New Orleans.
Other memories recalled by
this picture concern the two story
hotel then located on what is now
the vacant lot between the City
Hall and Horstmann Bros. Store.
These persons say the hotel was
painted green and was operated
by the late Henry Ruby. Especi-
ally do they recall having dined
at the hotel and describe the food
as being very tasty and plentiful.
They say meals were served at
a large round table centered with
a moving “lazy Susan" whk-h was
also topped by a stationary plat-
form. This stationary portion usu-
ally carried flowers white the food
was placed on the "lazy Susan"
portion. When one desired another
helping of a particular dish, they
did not ask for It but merely turn-
Magnolia House
Has New Mgr.
i
Magnolia House in the future)
will lie under the management ot |
James B Fridstein. former man-
ager of the Allen Military Aca-
demy Dining Hall at Bryan, ac-
cording to an announcement Iasi
week by Fred Jackson, owner
of the restaurant
Fridstein is u former eo-mana
ger of the United Services Auto-
mobile Association Cafeteria at
San Antonio and also a former as-
sociate with Crotty Brothers, Inc ,
a national industrial catering con-
cern.
The manager has boon actively
participating in the Boy Scouts
of America for the past 25 years
and ls an Eagle Scout and former
scoutmaster. He was a medical aid
man in the European theater of
operations during World War 11
and was recalled for service dur-
ing the Korean incident, during
which time he wus an instructor
in the Medical Field Service
School at Fort Sam Houston.
He will be assisted in the man
agement of the Magnolia House
by his wife. Ruth, who Ls a native
of Wheeling, West Virginia. S h e
was in the personnel administra-
tion at the Pentagon Building in
Washington. D. C., during World
War II She ulso has 10 years ex-
perience as an elementary grade
schoolteacher
Mrs. Fridstein has the interest-
ing hobby of palm reading and
the analysis of handwriting. She
has recently been working in
ceramics.
EARLY CAMERON EIRE FIGHTERS:• Above is oin* of the earliest tire wagt'nn in the history of Cameron and the
men serving at that time on the Volunteer Eire Department here. Without exception, the team of horses draw-
ing the wagon have been identified as Tom and Jerry. However, members of the de|Mtrtment have atumped some
some of those having seen the pictures. The moot complete identification is supplied by Oxsht*er Smith. Beginning
from left to right on front row are Charlie Hefley, unidentified, Charlie Sens, Mr. Kri/.an, Oscar D. Adams, Ike
Brashear, Jim Coleman, Frank Porter and John T. Arnold, one time chief of the department. Second row shows P.
0. Adams on rear of fire wagon, unidentified fireman, Roy Jeter, R .S. Boykin, Mr. Schwabs, Morgan Dickinson-
driver and Clarence Wyman. John Dodson reports the man in the business suit at the rear of the wagon is the late
Will Schiller. However, Mr. Smith says he does not believe Schiller was as old as the pictured man appears at time
the above picture was made. To complete and insure the correct identification of all those pictured a number of
awards wil! lie given the first correct and complete identifications received at the Cameron Herald office. Thy
Magnolia House is offering two steak dinners to the first correct list. Sheriff Carl Black, present fire chief is of-
fering an annual subscription to the second and The Herald will give another year's subscription to the third
correct identification.
man Fuchs, anil Carrol Gene
Fuchs, son ol Mr and Mr*. Har-
old Fuchs Carrol Gene Fuchs was
firth high individual in the con
test
Marc Gerschbach went to the
show as alternate contestant
The Jubilee Jamboree next Au-
gust near Sheffield, England, will
mark the centenary of the birth
of laird Baden Powell, Chief
SoHit of the World und the fiftieth
anniversary of the birth of the
Boy Scout program
A systemic insecticide, Thlmet,
was used last year by a number
of Texas farmers to treut cotton
planting si-ed (or early season in-
sect I'onlrol F. M Fuller, exten-
sion entomologist, said research
results show«*d that protection
against uphids, limps, spider
mites and leaf miners was obtain
i-d for periods of 4 to 6 weeks and
that the seed treatment will re-
place the first two early season
spruy applications It was not ef-
fective aguinst overwintered boll-
weevils
Churches of all denomination*
sponsor nearly half of America-*
lil.ooo Scout units
A l.SOtFacre tent city will house
the Fourth National Scout Jam-
boree at Valley Forge. Penaayl-
varna. next July 12-18
Kenneth K Bechtel, a former
Boy Scout. Ls now national presi
dent of the Boy Scouts of Ameri-
ca.
Buckholts Steer
Winner In Show
Leland Weido, son of Mr and
Mrs. Joe Weido of BuckholLs, ex-
hibited a white Shorthorn Steer in
the 1957 Fort Worth Fat Stock
Show
The 975-pound steer placed third
in his class The Junior champion
Shorthorn steer was the first
place steer in this class weight
Buckholts F F A. Poultry Judg
ing team placed fifth out of 63
teams on Saturday, February 2.
at the show.
The contestants were Carrol
Wayne Glaser, son of Mr and
Mrs Willie Glaser, Curtiss Raye
Fuchs, son of Mr and Mrs. Her-
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Hayes, Gene. The Cameron Herald (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 1957, newspaper, February 7, 1957; Cameron, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth577964/m1/3/: accessed April 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.