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ESTABLISHED 1860
VOLUME NUMBER 92
CAMERON, MILAM COUNTY, TEXAS. THURSDAY, NOVEMBERR 29, 1951
NUMBER 85
YOEMEN - PIRATES IN REGIONAL BATTLE
CHRISTMAS PARADE PLARS COMPLETED
Musical Program Planned To
Follow Santa Claus Parade
Final preparations are nearing
completion for the big annual
Monday night.
At 7'30 p. m. everyone is in-
Christmas program to be held vited to attend the musical pro-
in Cameron, Monday, December gram in the City Park. Mrs. Murk
3, General Chairman N. L. Ca- j C. Magers will direct the program
perton said today. and many improvements ure bc-
Santa will make his appearan- ing made on this part of the
ce in Cameron promptly at 6:30 big event. A platform will be
p. m. where he will be decked! constructed to allow a better
out in his beautiful red and white view of the singing groups, im-
uniform. He will ride a fire proved lights will be installed
truck in the big parade that will a"d all parents have been reques-
includc floats sponsored by clubs ted to prevent their children from
and organizatiins in Cameron footing fireworks in the park
and music furnished by the fa- during the program.
mous Yoe High Band. St. Nick
will distribute candy and sou-
Musical groups that will ap-
pear on the program are as fol-
Annual Christmas
Show Scheduled For
December 3 And 4
Uegro Killed Instantly
At Bryant Station
Monday Afternoon.
I he Annual < hristmas Mower James Dvbose, colored was ae-
Show sponsored by the Civic Gar-: eidontally killed Monday afier-
d°" Club wi|l be held Monday and „oon near Bryant Station.
Tuesday, December 3 and 4. ,, , , . ... ,,
. _ Debose was working with Her-
llouis for the show have been j shell Johnson loading some logs on
designated from 3 to 8 p. m. on n truck. The negro attempted to
venirs to all youngsters while he lows:
is in Cameron.
A full afternoon of entertain-
ment and pleasure is being plan-
ned for citizens and visitors to
Cameron on the afternoon of De-
cember 3. There will be a Christ-
mas flower show, sponsored by
the Civic Garden Club, at 3 p. m.
in the Taylor Building, next to
Katherine’s Beauty Shop on Main
Street. This is the third annual
event and is becoming more pop-
ular every year.
Cameron merchants will have
their Christmas merchandise on
displa/ and each visitor will have
an opportunity to get ideas af
what they wish to buy for their
Christmas. More street decora-
tions have been erected by the
Elected Officers,
County Employees
Gel Salary Hike
A 25 per cent increase in salary
was voted for all elected officers
and county employees by Com-
missioner’s Court in a special ses.
sion of the court recently.
This raise is effective as of
November 1, 1951, according to
Judge Dan Tyson.
Community Choir—directed by
Mrs. Joe Hickman, Yoe High
Choral Club—directed by Fran-
cis Cox, Men’s Chorus, Boy’s
Group, Girl’s Group—directed
by Mrs. Mark C. Ma-
gers, Ada Henderson Group—
directed by Mrs. Charles Til-
lery, and 0. J. Thomas Choir—
directed by Artye Le Valle
Washington.
Monday and 2 to 5 on Tuesday.
The show will be held in the
Taylor building on West Main.
The public has a cordial invita-
tion to attend the show and see
many lovely and unusual arrange-
ments that have been arranged
for this unnual event.
loosen the chains used in holding
the logs on the truck, and in do-
ing so one rolled off on Debose,
crushing his skull, killing him in-
stantly.
Funeral services were pending
with Phillips and Luckey Funeral
Home in Rockdale.
Pvt. Virgil Wall
Awarded Combat
Badge For Service
With the 1st Cavalry Division
in Korea—Pvt. Vft-gil Wall of
Route 1, Gause, Texas has been
awarded the Combat Infantryman
Badge, a symbol of close-quarter
fighting with the enemy, while
with the 1st Cavalry Division in
Korea.
The Badge, consisting of a mini-
ature replica of a Revolutionary
War flintrock mounted on a blue
background and superimposed on
a silver wreath, distinguishes the
actual fighting men from rear
area service troops.
Private Wall is a member of
the 7th Cavalry Regiment.
Yoemen Trounce Gonzales Apaches;
Become 1951 B$-District Champs
The fast stepping Yoemen ram-
bled at will during all four quar-
ters of the Bi-District game here
Friday night against the Gonzales
Apaches to capture the Bi-Dstrict
Title, winning 40-12.
The Yoemen put on the fire
works shortly after the first quar-
ter got underway. Eldon Batte
won the toss and elected to re-
ceive. Bobby Stanislaw returned
the kick-off to the Yoemen 35,
The Yoemen threatened agan
in the second quarter but on for-
th down they came up shy by one
and one-half yards and the ball
went over to the Apaches. The
half ended with Gonzales team in
possession of the ball on the'r
own 38 yard line.
During the first half the Gon-
zales team did not cross over into
the Yoemen terrtory.
CECIL E. BURNEY
Cecil E. Burney, Corpus Christi,
President of the State Bar ef
Texas addressed the members of
the Williamson County Bar Asso-
ciation when they meet in Taylor
in Monday night, November 26.
Lawyer^ from ..eighboring Bastrop
and Milam Counties were also in-
vited to at ten!
The meeting opened at 7:00 p.
m. in the Blazilmar Hotel, in Tay.
lor. Attorney R. J. Bartosh of
Taylor, president of the William-
son County Bar group, presided.
.President Burney urged that our
citizens take care that their rights
and liberties as American citizens
are preserved for the future even
as the documents embodying our
Constitution and Bill of Rights
are preserved. You will recall that
steps have been taken in Wash-
ington recently to enclose those
documents . in special . protective
glass cases in order to prevent
deterioration.
He also pointed out that lawyers
are “the interpreters of liberty”
and that it is their duty to keep
the pubic informed asto the slight.
«s encroachment upon their rights
and liberties; that lawyers srould
explain to their neighbors the
dangerous consequences, if any,
incident to the federal govern-
ment’s entrance into various new
fields of activities.
He asserted that the govern-
ment cannot give cs what it does
not first take from us—that a
Weil Known Cameron Businessman
Succumbs After Long Illness
Frank Cheeves, 42, well known
Cameron merchant and business
man died in the St. Edward Hos-
pital, Wednesday morning, Nov-
ember 28, 1951.
Mr Cheeves had been in ill
health for a number of years. He
had been a patient at the hos-
pital for the past several days
and his condition was known t.
be critical for sometime
Mr. Cheeves, member of a pro-
minent Milam County family, was
born January 1, 1909, the son of
the late S. W. Cheeves and Mrs.
Carrie Cheeves, who resides on
North Travis. He was the brother
of Mrs. Niley Smith, Jr. Friends
of the family were sorrowed to
learn of his death.
He was a graduate of Yoe
High School and attended the
University of Texas. He became
associated in business with his
father several years ago, and
after his father’s death took a
leading part among the business
men of the city. He has been in-
strumental in the progress of
Cheeves Brothers Dry Goods, an
established firm that has been a
leader in its field ovci the span
of years.
His : esourcc-ful abi’ity as a
merchant has been responsible
for much of the progress and
advancement among the bu> ines-
Funeral services will be conduct-
ed by Dr. Murk C. Magers, Firsts
Methodist Church, assisted by Dr.
P. A. Corkern, Pastor First Bap-
tis t Church, nt the Chapel of
foemen To Meet Speed Demons From
La Vega In Regional Tilt Friday
The Cameron Yoemen and the | The Yoemen realize they have
.a Vega Pirates will tangle for j some tough opposition when they
he Regional tilt at the La Vega clash with the Pirates Friday night
idd. Game time has been an- and the same good, dean sporting
lounced for 8:00 o’clock Friday football that took place in lust
night, week’s encounter with the Apaches
The La Vega Pirates are one >« hoped for this week,
of the undefeated and untied A large number of fans plan to
schoolboy teams in the state and attend the game and have ulrcady
spoils writers have given them purchased tickets,
an edge over the Yoemen. The speed displayed by all the
Starting slow but l icking U|*, Yoemen in the game with tho
speed us the season progresso I j Gonzales Apaches was some of
the Pirates rolled over all oppon-jt|„, best Seen this season, but the
nits with case. They took tlu 1 Yoernvn will have their hands full
Lampasas Badgers for n 43-0 bent. j„ tllkj„g on the Pirates. Let’- Go
ing nt Woodson I* idd in temple Vo,.men and Keep the winning
last Friday night for the Bi-Uis. jH(r,.Bk going,
trict win. j ..
The only comparative scores to j Q„eS»»oer II...... X-
judgo the two teams Ij niv the j 0115111655 RQUScS 10
games with the Gatosvillo Hor-
nets, second place winners next j
to Lampasas in District 22-A.
La Vegu defeated Gatesvilie I
34-12 while the Yoemen downed, Cameron business houses will bo
them 26-19. Both the Yoemen und closed Thursday, November 29, in
Close In Observance
Thanksgiving Day
the Pirates met the Gatesvilie
team on idenl football nights.
La Vega will outweigh the Yoe-
men several pounds to the man as
did the Gonzales Apaches. Tne/
bowed much power and speed
Greens Mineral Home, at .1:00 P. agalnst the Lampasas Badgers
M. Thursday, November 29.
Burial will be in Oak Hill Ceme-
tery.
The Herald Plant
Will Be Closed
Thanksgiving Day
The plant of the Herald and
Daily Midget will be closet! Thurs-
day, November 29, in observance
of Thanksgiving.
No daily will be published on
Thursday. It has been the custom
of this publication to close on
Thanksgiving Day. Tho publishing
and should bo plenty har t for tho
Yoemen to handle Frida" night
since th y will play on their home
field rf.cr winning the toss here
Friday night.
Meanwhile the Yoemen fans
wore suffering from overwrought
nerves. They are much older at
this sort of thing since they have
faced opponents for many season
in the regional battle.
Shifty harks for the Pirates
are Joe Tyler, Carroll Dailey and
Billy Keller with a good forwurd
wall.
Coach Paul Smith said Wednes.
day that regular workouts were
still in progress at, the Yoe High
gridiron and everything was go-
plant will be open for business
again Friday morning, November I ing along at the usual gate with
30. I no major injuries.
observance of Thanksgiving. Busi-
nessmen voted last year to observe
the last Thursday in November
for the holiday.
I-fliers at !h- court house wi'I
be closed also on Th icsday. It
was announced that the County
Superintendent's office will be
closed Thursday and Friday.
government strong enough to give organizations of the city
us everything we want it also
strong enough to make from us
everything we have.
He married the .Vine.- Dak-
Ford, also a member of a well
known Milam County family.
Thorndale Red Raiders To Meet
Oklahoma Team, Milk Bow! Classic
The third annual Milk Bowl
Classic for Pee Wee Gridders will
be played in Marlin, Texas on
Saturday, December 8, beginning
During the half time ceremonies
Glenn j ^ bands Put 011 outstandng j at 2:30 in the af ternoon. Tangling
left tackle for nine yards on the | performances that are commend. • 1Qri __.m no;
first play. Batte hit Rosenberg able to any high gchool organiza- j?,H‘ . ' '! k ' b. ‘h Rjv
with a pass and moved on down j tion. b K I defeated Thorndale Red Raiders r ,v
to the Gonzales 37 where #n the
on and Gause, the latter being the
representatives in the first annual
Milk Bowl.
In 1950 he Raiders began play-
ing according to Pee Wee regula-
tions. They set quite an itnpres-
record and wtfre pointing to
Thirty-One Eighteen Year-olds
Register For Draft In October
from Milam County in Central Itbo ^dk ^0Vkd berth.
, Tanl-fmvt nn a 1 At the inning of the third ■ Texas, representing the State of The tf,a,n P|a-V,‘d ^arn<>«
"ext, frnm Bat I-'went over quarter the Apaches came back Texas, and a Sequoia eleven from 1 an,J .was undefeated, but did not
hand off from Batte went over
left tackle, broke into the second-
with a stone wall line and Batte j
j anamnoraA r,4t nf t J was forced t0 Punt which was tak- Oklahoma, as the host team,
ary and scampered the rest of the j en fay Burchard in hig 33) returning
wav for the initial counter. Rosen-!, , : .. ... ' ’
, 1 ,,' .. „ . i to his 40, In three attempts at the
here added the 1 Al. /-U. , . • , .
u g ! (continued on page ten
After the kick-off, the Apaches___
could not get going and were ■ CrdIsmi-swISssr*-
forced to pjunt as the Yoemen line 11112 OCnWanHlg
To Head Pythians
derway Rosenberg took a beauti- pQ|* Q0HI!flf TGnP
an Indian Educational' School in reeeive the honor wf Play”'K in
| the Mik Bowl. However, the team
! did receive the honor of having
drawing j their center, ,Elton Ray Barron,
Pee Wee football is
j more interest from year to year.
, The Milk Bowl was originated 3
I years ago. Gause and Mexia were
the Texas representatives the first
iand second years respeelively. In
! Pee Wee football the players use
I regular equipment with the ex- As Christmas time is drawing
' cep Hon of shoes. Tennis shoes or near and the spirit of Christmas
(continued on page ten)
Smta Ghwse tellers
Wanted Af The Herald
Registration at the Milam Coun-
ty Draft Board last month indi-
cates that the Milam County birth
rate in October 1933 was high. As
compared with other months, re-
gistration during October 1951 was
almost double.
During the months of .Septem-
ber, August, July, June, May, April
March, February and January re-
gistration totaled 18, 18, 15, 8,
19, 15, 17, 12, 24 respectively.
The October eighteen year olds
arc as follows:
Richards, Oscar I,.
Kamenicky, Ernest Frank.
Batte, Richard Eldon
Bunker, William Reuben
Williams, Louis Donovan.
Shafer, William Eugi .ie.
Gipson, Willie Edward
Hunter, Henry J.
lodges To Hold Joint
Prrty
Moore, Vefrnon.
McLane, Leo Waldrop.
Hamby, John Wilbert.
McClelicn, James I’ryce
Andrews, Hash 'll Lnvine.
Skinner, Cecil Wayne.
Blackmon, George Wendell
Turner, Arvis Burrell.
Turner, Elbert Earl .
Graham, Billy Clark.
Simank, Gilbert Lee.
Rcichel, Weldon Ray
Russell, Bob Lee.
Harwell, Julius Lcttkton.
Morgan, William F'ody.
White, Monroe Maekling, Jr.
Andrews, Leonard Mite had.
Jones, Roy Dee
Mears, Johnny Lee
Pratt, Truman Benny,
Cuba, Timmy Elmer.
Stanislaw, Robert Ray
Beard, Edwin Miles.
In accordance with the Univcsa
Mlilitary Service arid Training Act
regulations three
Pvt. Joe Yrazel
Taking Basic Training
With 7th Division
Pvt. Joe J. Vrabel, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Vrabel, Sr., of
Cameron, Route 1, is now taking
infantry basic training with tho
7th Armored Division, at Camp
Roberts, California.
November 24 marks the first
birthday of the 7th Armored Di-
vision, stationed at. Camp Roberta,
since it was reactivated as an in-
fantry training division. Camp
Roberts is midway between San
Francisco and Los Angeles, thirty
miles inland from the Pacific Ocean
The largest replacement training
center in the West during World
War II, the sprawling camp was
closed in 1945 and reopened last
year.
Private Vrazel will train at
Camp Roberts under the army’s
most advanced basic educational
setup, the Division Faculty sys-
tem. . ,
Prizes To Be Awarded
To Float Winners;
Deadline Saturday
Churches, clubs and organiza-
tions still have sufficient time to
prepare and enter floats for the
Christmas Parade on December 3,
J. W. Miller, chairman of the float
committee of the parade, said
Monday,
Floats entered in the parade
will be judged and prizes will be
awarded to the outstanding floats.
ful punt off the toe of Echols, Ap-
ache ace back, in his 20 yard line1 At the regular meeting of the rubb r cleated shoes are worn by is in the air, children over the
and in a sensational run back j Knights of Pythias. Monday night, \ the players. The game is played world are contemplatng and plan,
came all the way for the record November 26, the following offi. on regulation length fields and ning on what they want ‘‘.Santa
tally. Yiomen blockers began to cers were elected for the ensuing regulation goal posts are used, to leave them under the tree, or
forming at the 40 yard line and as term: Fritz Schwarting, Chancel- Players must not exceed 100 in their stock.ng which is found
Glenn crossed the midfield stripe ■ lor Commander; Allen Dodson, pounds. 10 minute quarters ar-jin its usual place each ( hristmas
he was well in the clear and out j Vice-Chancellor; B. L. Archer, j played with regular length half j aver the fire place.
i The Annual Christmas Party for
the Odd Fellows and Rehecka’s
I Lodge will be held on Tut -,day,
December 4, it was announced
by J. M. McLean.
This affair is
as in past years. After the re- j
gular formalities of the party j po„ition with thc Golding
games will be played and re- I store in Temple
freshments served j Mrs. Mei r was formerly employ.
Members of both lodges are urg- | ,.d by the Thomas Drug Storc und
First prize will be $15; second,
Milam County | $10; third, $7.50; and three hon-
rnen recently discharged from scr. j orable mention prizes of $5 each,
vice reported for registration. The floais should carry out the
theme of Christmas and do not
have to be expensive.
Miller said that entries will have
until Saturday, December to en-
ter their lioats and may contact
the Chamber of Commerce, Louis
McKee of J, C. Penney Company
Mrs. Sallie Meier has accepted a or J. W. Miller.
Mrs, Sallie Meier
Accepts Position
m,i jdn,i,i Tenpla Firm
ran the beefy boys,
pont was good.
Four minutes later Echols kick-
ed to Rosenberg on the Yoemen
12. He handed off to Ltnkf.-J on
the 10 and as in the previous TD
The extra Prelate; Sam White, Master of
Works; J. M. McLean, Secretary;
Niley Smith, Mast r of Arms;
Stewart Perkins, Inner Guard;
James Cryer, Outer Guard; Les-
ter Williams, Trustee and Mr.
scampered, the Yoemen blockers McLean, Representative,
were spilling the Indians all over' Due ti the Christmas Parade
the field. Lankford squirmed his Monday, December 3, no Rank
way to tile 40 yard mark, where work will be put on.
he suddenly broke into the clear.--
Although several Apaches tried to Ronald Hudson, Cooper Mitcham
overtake him, he dashed the re- Alton Fuchs and Watty McClaren,
mainder of the 90 yards to score, students at AM College were in
The extra point was wide making j Cameron Friday night to see the
the score 20-0. j Yoemen-Gonzales game.
time period. Regulation footballs | As has been the custom in years
are used in the game. j past, The Herald will print again
1 this year, children’s letters to
The Red Raider team began Santa te„jng hjm whftt they de.
to play football in 1948 with Mr. sire mo„t for Christmas in order
W. N. Ander as the coach. The for Santa t0 know what thpy
team did not play regulation Pee j would ,ike to have when he jeaVPS
Wee football the first year and thejr t()yg an(J do,js ear,y Christ_
played in whatever equipment they mag morning
So children, it’s time to begin
could obtain from the High School
team.
In 1949 the team began to be
noticed and received their own
uniforms and were given the name
“Red Raiders." In 1949 the Raid-
ers boasted victories over Camer.
"d to keep this date in mir.d and
be preK'-nt.
THANKSGIVING SERVICES
Union Thanksgiving services to-
night at First Methodist Church
at 7:30.
All churches unite each year for
this annual observance.
A good program has been plan-
ned for thc occasion. Free will of-
fering will be taken to take care
writing letters to Santa to make if baskets of food that have al-
sure you will not be forgotten, ready been purchased for needy
Write your letter immediately and. | families over the city,
mail them to this newspaper and At this time of Thanksgiving
they will be printed for Santa to j season everyone has much to be
read and to start packing his bag. . thankful for.
Free Chick Day Big
Success At Hatchery
the Schiller Pharmacy. She re-
quests her friends to drop into sco Free Chick Day at the Ideal
her when in Temple. Hatchery Saturday, November 24,
----- ; was a tremendous success.
BOB POAGE TO BE HERE Approximately 2,700 cockrels
Congressman Bob Poage is j w<>re given away from 8 to 10:30
scheduled to be in Cameron Wed- ! ^■ M.
nesday, December 4, it was an- ! Many other supplies were pur-
nouneed by John R. Hays, post- | chased along with the chicks that
master. were given away.
Congressman Poage will be at I Broiler raisers were standing in
the postoffice and he will be glad bric as tb,; door was opened at 8.
to see his many friends in Cam- ^ similar event was staged by
eron and Milam County. i the hatchery last year which was
- | also a big success.
Cameron was a visitor here Fri-
Eldon Ray Baker, formerly of
day.
Man is the only animal that
blushes, or has need to.
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