The Cameron Herald (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 3, 1953 Page: 1 of 12
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Micoi'ilm Service & Sales Co
P Q Hex B066
Micofilm Service & Sales Co
P 0 Box 6066
Dallaa Texas
(Llw Cammm Herald
KSTAHLISHEI) I860
VOLUME NUMBER 95
C AMERON. MILAM COUNTY. TEXAS, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 3. 1953
NUMBER 31
4.33 Inches
Rain Falls Here
Vicious Tornado Hits Tanglewood
Widely scattered thundershow-
ers spread over Central Texas
with Cameron receiving 4.33 inch-
es. The rainfall includes that
which fell since Tuesday.
The rain fall was a welcoming
relief for many of the Milam
farmers and ranchers. The lat-
est account of the 11*53 total is
40.52 inches of rainfall. This
latest total is 12.14 inches more
than the total amount which fell
all during 1952.
A tornado riped into the Se-
guin area. The small vicious tor.
nado injured at least one man,
but no fatalities were reported.
It brought severe hail, wind and
was accompanied by a rainstorm.
The twister was first sighted in
the air between Seguin and San
Antonio. It struck the ground
along highway 123 about eight
miles south of Seguin. It moved
northward, demolishing fences,
tearing up trees, and smashing
farm buildings.
City of Cameron
Donates $100 For
Decoration Expenses
The City of Cameron, through
the City Council, has donated one.
hundred dollars to the Cameron
Chamber of Commerce and the
Junior Chamber of Commerce for
the purpose of covering the ex.
penses of the Christmas street
decorations.
The city has a special fund
set up for this purpose each year.
The complete insulation of the
decorations is not complete, but
it is hoped that it will he poss-
ible to turn on the lights with-
in the next week.
School Carnival
To De Staged Here
Friday Night
The annual school carnival will
be staged Friday night, Decem-
ber 4 in the Yoe High Gymnas-
ium. r
Heading the list of activities
however, is the chili supper which
will be served in the Ada Hen-
derson cafeteria beginning at
5:30 and until 8 p.m. Tickets are
now on sale, and classes are
given credit for the total amount
of tickets sold.
A special session of the car-
nival is being held in the after,
noon from ‘’*30 until 3:45. The
night session will begin at 6:30
and continue until 9. The crown-
ing of the Yoe High and Ada
Henderson queens will take place
after votes are counted.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the carnival and wit-
ness the carnation ceremonies.
Ten Gases Of
Influenza Reported
By Health Unit
The regular weekly report of
the Milam County Health Unit
was released by Dr. John B.
Bryson, reporting physician, for
the week ending Friday, Novem-
ber 27.
Ten cases of influenza were
listed. No cases of influenza were
reported last week.
Two cases of measles were al-
so reported by Dr. Bryson. All
other contagious diseases have
decreased this past week with
only two eases of Gonorrhea lis-
ted.
Cotton Acreage
Allotm? ‘s Are Now
Being Established
Cotton acreage allotments fur
the 1954 crop are now being es-
tablished for all of the eligi.
hie farms in Milam county and
each cotton farmer will be noti.
fied by mail of the acreage all-
otment for his farm befnie he
votes in the December 15 mark-
eting quota referendum, says
Paul C. Graves, Chairman of the
Milam County Agricultural Sta-
bilization and Conservation Com-
mittee.
He explains that the national
cotton acreage allotment is the
acreage which at average yields
will produce 10 million bales,
the minimum quantity set forth
in the law. Based on the 1948-
52 national average yield of 268
pounds, per acre planted, the na-
tional acreage allotment for up-
land cotton is 17,910,448 acres.
The national acreage allotment
is divided among the States and
counties based largely on cott-
on acreage during the years 1947,
1948, 1950, 1951, and 1952.
The county allotment is divid-
ed largely among farms that
have grown cotton in the past 3
years but a small reserve is
made available for “new” cot-
ton farms, small farms, and for
hardship cases. In distributing
the acreage reserve, the county
committee considers the type and
productivity of the soil, labor,
and equipment available for cot-
ton production, past cotton pro-
duction, and other factors.
Two Car Head-on One Injured !n
Collision Occurs One-Car Mishap
Near Rockdale Early Saturday
Farm Bureau List
Highest Enrollment
In History
One Injured;
Completely Destroys
Five Buildings
A highway head-on collision oc-
cured Monday afternoon, Novem-
ber 30 on IT. S. Highway 79,
three miles west of Rockdale,
John T. Blansit, Milam County
Highway patrolman investigated
the two-car crash.
According to Hlansit, Hirm
Walker, 81, a Dallas salesman
was driving a 1952 Chevrolet
sedan east on U. S. Highway 71*.
He was attempting to pass a
truck and ran head-on into Ed
J. R. Everson, 51, colored, of
Ta> lor.
Blansit said Walker pulled to
his left and Everson pulled to
his right, both trying to avoid
the collision. They met on the
shoulder of the road.
No injuries were received by
either driver.
Both cars received only mod.
orate damage. Charges were fil-
ed by Blansit.
Everson is employed by the
Water Department of Rochdale.
Annual Christmas
A one.cai mishap happened ear-
ly Saturday morning between
twelve midnight and one o'clock
on U. S. 79, two miles east of
Thorndale. John T. Blansit, lo-
cal highway patrolman, inves-
tigated the accident.
Blan.-it said John W. Wise was
driving a 1950 ford coach west
on U. S. 79, and failed to make
tilt curve at Bushy Creek. He was
picked up later by unidentified
persons and brought to Richard
Clinic in Rockdale for treatment
of lacerations al>out the head.
Wise, who is 20 years old, is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Wise of Rockdale, and was home
on a leave from the U. S. Navy.
A vicious tornado struck the
The Texas Farm Bureau end ' small community of Tanglewood
ed its fiscal year Monday with at 8:15 Wednesday morning. The
the largest membership in its
history — 53,195 farm families.
lit is stationed
California.
in San
This figure entitles Texas to
send five voting delegates to the
35th annual convention of the
American Farm Bureau at Chi*
cago Dec. It - 17. The five del-
egate* are President J. Walter
Hammond of Tye, Vice president
C. II. Devaney of Coahoma, S.
W, McClaren of Cameron, Ed-
win Sanderson of Paris and How
aid Wright of Weslaco.
This year’s record membership
figure compares with 48,650 on
Nov. 30 last year and 8,488 on
the same date 10 years ago.
Milam County shared in this
total and doubled its member-
ship. It was announced that the
Diego, | counties’ 558 enrollment was in
j creased to approximately 1000.
Will Be In New Location Monday
Woodson Lumber Company Buys
Grant Lumber Company Property
Program To Be Held
Here December 11
The Annual Christmas musi-
cal program, directed by Mrs.
Mark C. Magees, will he present-
ed this year in the Yoe High
School Gymnasium on December
11 at 8 p.m.
Invitations have been sent to
choral groups in Cameron and
neighboring cities requesting their
participation in this program.
Funeral Services
Held November 28
For R. Hildebrandi
Funeral services were held on
Saturday, November 28 at Liber-
ty for R. Bricky Hildebrandt,
47, of near Milano. Burial was
made in the Liberty cemetery.
Rev. Jack Fox, pastor, Milano
Baptist Church officiated.
Mr. Hildebrandt was born and
reared in Milam County and had
live most of his life in Milano.
He was stricken early in the week
with a stroke and never regain-
ed consciousness.
He was a veteran of World War
II, taking part in the invasion of
Sicily, returned to the United
States and was later returned
overseas for duty in France. He
was a son of A. J. Hildebrandt
of Liberty.
Surviving Mr. Hildebrandt
are his father, A. J, Hildebran-
dt; one brother, Walter Hilde-
brandt cf Houston and two half-
sisters.
Woodson Lumber Company has
purchased the John F. Grant Lu-
mber Company property, on 300
West Second Street.
The Company will move to
their new location Monday, Dec-
mber 7, where all business tran-
sactions will be conducted. The
old location will be used tempor-
ally as a warehouse.
The Woodson Lumber Company
Gommunity.School
Study To Begin
A* announced recently, the
.Cameron School Administration
is planning a series of five pro-
grams designed to make possible
a closer relationship between the
Cameron School Community and
has been in business in Cameron School Administration and
for the past nine years and have > faculty.
Cameron’s Firsl City Police
Car Purchased Here This Week
City improvement and prog-
ress was put ahead one step here
with the purchase of the city’s
first police tar.
The new 11*53 four-door black
Ford was purchased by the city
strickly for the usage of the ci-
ty police. The black car is com-
pleted with the white doors which
have "POLICE”, “City of Cam-
eron” printed on it.
The car will be used during the
day by the City Marshall and at
night by the night patrolman.
Bids were received sometime
The public is cordially invited i ago for the automobile and Hef-
to attend. No admission will bo j ley-Stedman Motor Go. submitted
charged. j the lowest hid.
been operating under lease on
the property.
Since buying the property,
many improvements have been
made. A complete renovation has
taken place. All salesrooms and
offices have been remodeled. New
large plateglass windows, modern
lighting, plywood paneling and
celotex planking, ceiling tile,
new display tables new hardware
displays and a new central heat-
ing system has been installed.
A large new warehouse will
be constructed in the near fu-
The first program will be held
Tuesday, December 8, from 7:30
to 9:00 p.m. at the High School
Auditorium. This meeting will
consist of an informal panel com-
posed of teachers, students and
patrons of the school, to discuss
Looking Back and Looking Ah-
ead in Education in Cameron. Dr.
Arvin N, Donner, Dean of the
College of Education, University
of Houston, will lead the discuss-
ion.
A steering committee consist-
ing of Mrs. L. R. Thompson, Mrs.
Milam Unit Announces Completion
Of Plans For Health Survey Here
Gar-Truck Collision
Occurs Nov. 25
In Santa Fe Town
twister left the community, which
has u population of about 2**0
persons with one injured. The
tornado completely destroyed the
school house, Christian Church
building, Baptist Church build-
ing, two homes and particnlly
destroyed five other homes und
buildings.
The homes belonging to Folk
Frost and Mrs. Virgio Albrittien
were a total loss. Four members
i of the Folk Frost family were
j in the house when the twister
! ripped through. Mr. Frost was
the only person injured, but he
was not hospitalized.
The tornado hit the southwest
side of Tanglewood, and it was
approximately 300 yards wide.
It followed a path through the
west side of the small communi-
ty for about h quarter of a mile.
The twister lifted and dipped
down about 3 miles northeast of
Tanglewood, destroying a barn.
All communications and power
lines were out in the community.
J. M. Weed, Jr., city fire chief
of Rockdale, estimated the dam-
age to bo approximately $70,000.-
00. The tornado directly effected
about IK persons.
Tanglewood is located between
Lexington and Rockdale on V.
S. Highway 77 in Lee County.
Milam Highway Patrolmen
John T. Blansit and Otis Hilder-
brand answered the call to the
Tanglewood area which was af-
fected by the tornado.
Frenis Warned To
Keep Children Out Of
Construction Area
ture. II. P. Woodson, president Ruth Rosson, J. R. Young, Mrs.
of Woodson Lumber Company, Hardin met Monday at the i'ni-
thinks the facilities of the new j versity of Houston with Dr. Don-
location will make it possible for j ner and his committee to make i
his organization to better serve plans for the program to be pre-
the building needs of this comm- sented Tuesday night and to out-
Members of a Chinese Secret
Society, formed to rid China of j
foreigners, were known as th< j
"Boxers”.
unity. The Woodson Lumber Co-
mpany invites its many custom-
ers to come see them in their
new location.
TRADE IN CAMEP/JN
line the other four meeting
which are to follow.
The public i5 cordially invited ;
to attend the meeting and to
take part in a short social hour !
following the discussion.
$80,000 Compromise Agreement
In Roper Case Settled Tuesday
Dr. N. C. Leone, Dr. E. R. j
and Miss Vona Harrell, represen- j
tatives of the United States Pub- j
lie Health Service arrived in Cam ;
eron, Wednesday afternoon to ]
complete plans and initiate the;
Cameron portion of the Health 1
Survey announced a few week- 1
ago, The Bartlett part of the1
studv is virtually complete.
This study is being made to
determine, if possible, the effects
of consuming large quantities of
fluoride over a long period of
time. Bartlett in the past ha: had
Ifirge quantities < f fluoride in
Zimmerman, Miss Patricia Gei er
its water although at the pres-
ent time most of this is being
removed to prevent molting of
the teeth, yet retain the benefi-
cial effects of a small amount of
fluoride in prevention of dental
cavities. Cameron ha. little or
no fluoride in the water and Joi
this reason, it was selected as a
control in 1943 and again in 1953,
Individuals who participated in
the study group ten years ago
will b<- contacted during the next
few days. They will he asked to
participate in the
study again.
Since approximately eighty
percent of these participating in
the 1943 study still live in Cam-
eron, it is hoped that all of these
individuals will volunteer to par-
ticipate again. In return for giv
ing up about one half of a day,
each individual will he given a
Buskholts 4-H
Yctilh Produces Top
Corn Yield In State
Hal Lester Senkel, Buckholts
4 II Club hoy, topped all othei
contestants in the state with his
yield of 137.6 bu of corn per ac-
re, arrtl was presented a check
for $50 Monday night by the
Texas Hybrid Seed Corn Grow-
er's association.
Hal Lester's yield was best in
the state-wide contest which
drew 130 entries and included
farmers, 4-H club nriiihi" and
FFA boys. He placed fir i in
the area last season.
Other top yields in the an a ,n
luded Mike Robinson of II d-
j and, 115 bu per acre, who won
| $35 in prize money; W. E. W •hi-,
, Whitned, 110 bu. $25; William
Gregory Waco, 94,8 bu., slO, ,n !
I Rilly Gene Wei s, Crawford. ; '!
; 8 bu. $5.
In addition to hi* pin • ’ e •
1 which was presented ! ; M P
Lacy secretary of the division of
forthcoming j seed certification, State DeiM-.it-
ment of Agriculture at Austin.
Hal [.ester will get a plaque from
•ed
Buckholts youth is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Si • . 1.
Hal Lester planted his two ac-
res of coin for the contest <n
March 19. using the Texas Hy-
brid No. 30 variety. He n.-:cd
A cai-truck collision occured
on South Crockett in Santa Fe
town Wednesday afternoon, Nov.
25 at 3:30, Cameron traffic offic-
er James Terry investigated the
accident.
Terry said Mrs. J. E. McCory
driving a 1953 Plymouth, was
headed west on South Crockett.
Lee C. Vaughan of Waco, driv-
ing a 1953 GMC model truck
started to turn left and caught
the rear door of Mrs. Mc-Cory'a
(ar- H. L, Burleson, Field Foreman
Aceorring to lorry, Mrs. Me for the construction of Camcr-
i ory was taken to St. Edward (,n’s new water tower has arriv-
11ospital by Marek-Burns aivbul-j f,(| j,, Cameron, Mr. Burleson said
ance. She was released the same ; t|„, tower probably would be coni-
afternoon, plctod within the next six or sev-
Damage to the car was i - port ,.n weeks, if the weather was fav.
ed heavy. The truek received only ; „rable and the supply of steel
slight damage, continued to be plentiful.
-------—..... i Mr. Burleson has asked,
through the press that parents
in the city must be advised of
■ the danger that is involved in
the area of construction.
Children who have an unusual
; amount of curisoity are making
• it difficult for the men who are
tower . Obviously
Wet Pavement Causes
Two Accidents
Here Tuesday
Highway Patrolman John
Blansit reported two accidents building the
oecuring Tuesday. Both were re-
sults of the wet weather.
Blansit said Mrs. Rita Green-
wood, driving a 1949 Ford con-
vertable on State Highway 36
ran into a pickup driven by John
T. Butler of Cameron. The acci-
dent occured at about 8:10 a.m.
T uesday.
Th-> car was heavily damaged,
while only slight damage wu*
don - to the pickup. No injuries
(See 2 Accidents - Back page! i for any
parents are not aware thut. some
of their children are going in the
area, and will co-operate in ev-
ery way to keep them away. Mr.
Burleson says the children do not
know the danger that is involved
in such a construct n tint must
he made to understand that they
are in great danger when in that
area. He feels that parents will
co-operate in seeing that their
children do not stop at the plae
reason.
Soldiers Family To
Receive Bronze Star
Qtis HiMerhrsnd
Na^eH Highway
P*»rolm*n Here
In the case of Mack W. Ropei
vs. Fisk Electric Co. et al in the
Distiict Court of Milam County,
the defendant, Eichleay Corpora-
tion motion for a new trial was
over ruled n December 1 by the
Honorable O. D. Graham, Judge
of the District Court of Milam
County.
After the overruling of the
motion for new trial, the defen-
dant, Eichleay Corporation and
Fisk Electric Co. offered to pay
the sum of $80,000 in full and
complete settlement of aii the I dered
damages growing out of the in-
juries to Mack W. Roper on Sept.
1, 1952 at the Alcoa Plant near j indicate that this is one of the
Rockdale. j largest judgments ever rendered
After having compromised set- j in this I)art of the country and
tlement fully explained to him by
his attorney*. J. W. Miller of
the law firm of Miller and Al-
that the compromised settlement
was one of the largest ever en-
tered in adamaged suit in Central
Texas.
thorough physical examination, x- Choral amounts of fertilizer, lr-
len of i ameron, and by Raymond The attorneys representing
McDermott of the firm of Helm Mack W. Roper were Miller and
and Jones of Houston, the said, Allen of Cameron, and Helm and
Mack Roper, accepted the com- Jones of Houston. The attorneys
promised agreement of the de- for the Eiekh-ay Corp. were Hart
fendant*. This comprcmisid mg. Brown and Sparks of Austin, and
greement is in full and complete Jack W. Prescott of Cameron,
settlement of the judgement ren-. Attorneys for the Fisk Liectric
by a Jury trial of thi* Co. were the Kemper and Wihnn
cause of action during Sep tern- Law firms of Houston and Camn
her of this year. The record* and Camp of Cameror
ray examination and certain lab- I rigated the land thro- times and
oratory tests. This examination I cultivated it only twice. Cost per
will cost -the individual nothing bu of corn was about 63 c> nts
and in return he will have the j per bushel.
peace of mind knowing that he The state winner has work- J
is in good health or Some disorder d closely in co-operation with
has been detected in an early and I I). Moore. Mdam county agent, ■
corrective stage. A report of the i and his father, who is one of the *en f,,r t>ie past two >ear'
findings on these examination* adult leaders of the Buckholts ma*t* •*'* borne in * am- j
! eron with his wife, Grace, who j
is originally from Sniithville. and
Otis Hilderbrand has recently
been appointed Highway patrol- .
man of the Milam County area
1 and began his duties here
Tuesday, December 1. Hflder-
1 brand, who is originally from
Austin, was stationed Bt Harlin-
will t>c forwarded to the physician
designated by the person t-xamin- ,
ed.
This study has been approved !
by and given the support of the
Texas State Department of Heal-
th, the Milam County Dealt!
Unit and the physicians and uer,
fists of Cameron.
4 II club, during his four >ear«
as a club youth. He was awarded
the county 4 H < rops Award Med- :
*! for 1953 at Milam eount>'s
Achievemen' l ay program in No-
vember 14.
W R Coke, agronomist foi the
Extension Se,vice of Texas AIM
(Continued on last page)
The Bronze Star will he aw-
arded posthumously to the fain-
ly of Pfc. Charlie E. llux, who
was killed in Korea the day be-
fore the “cepse fire order” went
into effect.
Th Defense Department sited
that the ward was for “Heorie
Achievement" on July 25, 195,3,
at Hwang’gi, Korea.
Representatives from the De-
I fpnse Department will arrive
in Cameron on the evening of
December 8 to present the a ward
to Mr. and Mrs. August Hux,
of Hanover who are parents of
Pfc. Hux. The presentation of
the Bronze Star will take place
at an open meeting of the Ed-
win Hardy Post Number 9 of the
their three.year old son, Richard
Hilderbrand will be working j Anifrjcan'I>>g,on
Jack Prescott, comander of the
pest, said the public is invited
to the meeting which will be held
■.................. at the legion Hut and will begin
ATTEND CHURCH SUNDAY at 8 p m.
with Highway Patrolman John
Blansit. who ha* served here for
the past two years.
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