The Cameron Herald (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 25, 1965 Page: 4 of 12
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CAMERON. TEXAS
off the floor hi* was joimil by
(wo Caldwell citizen*. Mayor Slave
Shiller amt Supt of Schools ('mil
llrown there to attend (ho A.ipro-
liri. tioiiK Committee hearing Since
il was almost noon, Ht*|i Schiller
NUKr:i‘sti*<t wc all drive downtown
to a hotel for lunch
APPROPRIATIONS HEARING
First on the schedule that after
mhim was the hearing before the
Appropriation, (‘oimuittec Start*
mu at 1 15 the well attended ses
sion was held in one of the com-
l**Kf 1 CAMERON. TEXAS’ HERALD. FEB. 25. 19«5
A Day At The Capitol
Writer Follows Schiller
On Busy Legislative Day
By IJoyd AlberUon to school to a University of Texas the House chamber - and |>ossibly mittee rooms Hep Schiller accom*
Ili-rald Feature Writer co-ed. Miss Jo Ann Anderson of on the way stop by the Speaker's panied Brown and Mayor Shiller to
What does a member of the Cameron, so she wouldn't miss an office to see if there was a chance the meeting Purpose was to re
House irf Representative- do in early morning class It was hard- for me to meet the new House quest an appropriation of $2*10,000
Austin when the Texas I.egislu- ly a Rood morning for the trip. Speaker, Ben Barnes _ for small town airport construc-
tion* is in session: with drizzle and fog making driv- REPRESENTATIVES GATHER lion in Texas.
He's down there to represent his mg difficult But we arrived in A number of representatives was One or two speakers suid a
district And to vote on bills, plenty of time for Miss Anderson gathering in little groups or head- modern airport was a necessity if
Everybody knows that The high- to make her first class mg for their seats on the Ilouso a small town hoped to attract
lights of such activities are re It was about 7 40 - and Rep floor One of them, from an Fast industry, since most large com-
ported m newspapers, on radio Schiller's first appointment of the Texas district, hailed Rep. Schiller panies had planes for their execu-
and TV day was an 8 o'clock breakfast for ms we started down the corridor, lives' use and that federal 'unds
_ and he introduced me and ex- were seldom available to small
■ * i' plained w hy I was there. towns Mayor Shiller was among
s|M*akcr.\
follow
M ™ JP” moves fast. You'll have trouble
■ w ‘ - I keeping up with him."
IhSI * -M That not the only time
■ ■■ I Jjfl I heard that remark during i he day
GDbituama
The hearing ended at 2:30.
It was over just in time for
Rep. Schiller to make his next
appointment He had received a
note requesting all Committee
Rep. Schiller apparently lias gain- chairmen to come to Speaker
ed a reputation among his col- Barnes’ office for a gavel pre-
leagues for moving fast sentr.tion ceremony at 2 30
As we started on down the cor- There was a short wait in the
ridor, we met one of the most outer office. The presentation was
w idely known House members, being made individually. Then Rep.
Rep W. S. iBill) Heatl.v Chair- Schiller went in and received his
man of the important Appropria- gavel and a handshake from Speak-
lions Committee, he had had Rep er Ren Barnes.
Schiller as one of the committee; It was a few minutes after
membe*rs during the last session, llirec. There were no more* uppoint-
The*re was a short wait in the ments, Rep. Schille*r said when
Speaker's outer office, then Rep I asked what was next, and added.
Schiller took me in to meet House "I'd better get back to my office
Speaker Barnes. Elected in a fast and get busy on my mail.”
campaign at the session's login LETTERS, REPLIES
ning he is tall and sandy haired The office -- Room 353 - is shai
ami has a firm handshake. ed with David G. Haines of Bryan
The Speaker nodded wh°n told I Rep Schiller read through a .-heaf
was there to get a story, and said of letters and dictated a number
it sounded like an interesting idea of replies to his secretary, Miss
"Rep. Schiller is my chairman of Rose Mary Eidmon.
the Contingent Expenses Commit- Several of the letters were con-
tee, you know," he said. cerned with the proposed teachers
ENTER CHAMBER pay raise - the so-called "-15 in
Many of the representatives were 05" hill - and Rep. Schiller azi-
already in the big House chamber swered he was in favor of the bill
wrhen we entered a few minutes and was its co-author
later Among them was Rep. Thom- when the mail was ollt „f the
as Lee, a freshman representative way he sajd he WouUI like to
from San Antonio, and the House to a couple of representatives
only Chinese member.
Rep Schiller remarked as we
moved on after meeting him:
Mrs. I*. O. Adams,
Former Resident,
Buried Here Friday
Funeral services for Mrs P. O.
Adams of Waco were held at 2
pm Friday in Wilkerson and
Hatch Chapel, Waco Burial was
in Oak Hill Cemetery. Cameron.
Mrs. Adams died at 2 10 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb 17, in a Waco
hospital. She was 85. She became
ill on Feb 8 and had been in the
hospital since that time
Mrs. Adams came to Cameron
in 1897 and was married to P. O
Adams who was a wholesale and
retail merchant here. They were
active in the civic and church
life of Cameron until Mr. Adams
retired in 1929 ami they moved to
Waco. She had lived with a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Louise A. Daly, since Mr.
Adam’s death in 1943
Mrs. Adams was liorn in Arkan-
sas She was reared in Holly
Springs Miss., and educated at
the Malone Methodist College in j
Holly Springs.
She was a member of the Austin
Avenue Methodist Church in Waco
Survivors are two daughters.
Mrs. Louise A. Daly, a teacher
at Lake Waco Elementary School, |
and Mrs. Elizabeth Adams of San
Antonio; three sons. M. P. 'Jack' j
Adams, postmaster at Lampasas.
A. T. Adams of San Francisco. 1
Calif., and George F. Adams of I
Waco; five grandchildren: and j
four great granikhildren
Junction
His wife, the former Betty Sue
Smith ot Cameron, died in 1982
Mr Bradley was a member o!
Plantersville Masonic Lodge and
Arabia Shrine Temple in Houston
Surviving are a niece, Mrs Glen-
da Wolcik of Houston, and his
father-in-law. Oscar Smith of Jones
IVairie.
Rites Sunday For
0. (Pete) Smith
Funeral services for Oliver II
(pelel Smith. 52, were held at
2 p m. Sunday in the ch ‘pel of
Green's Funeral Home, Cameron
Rev .1.ones Lafferty officiated
Burial was in Smyrna Ccme-
tery.
Mr. Smith was a cattleman and
had lived in Cameron and Minerva
More moving to Simonton about
5 years ago. He died in a Houston
hospital Feb. 19.
Surviving we his wife, Mrs
Ruby Smith of St rival ton his noth
er. Mrs Rose Smith of Houston
a sister, Mrs Mury Hill of Dims
Ion; a st<*pson. Units Willard of
UiMarquc; a stc|vlaughira Mrs
(►pal ITaesel of Sharp and 7
grandchildren.
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4-11 ELECTRIC CLUB
The 4-H Electric Hub held their
monthly meeting Feb. 18 at 7 p.m
in the Texas Power & light Co.
office Archie Goodman reviewed
the previous lessons for the 9 m«rr
hors present. The next meeting will
he 7 p m. March 18 at the F.xtm-
sion Office.
at their offices about up-coming
bills. He didn't have too much
luck in this, however - everybody
"Tom says that when he announc- was out In the next 20 minutes
House Speaker Barnes presents gavel to Schiller, left, body tolt* him he didn’t hate a pie, including a t arm Bureau re
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Chinaman's chance to w in "
But the job must include a lot the Aeronautics Committee a* the When the House convened a few
more than that And it occurred to Commodore Perry Hotel 'this was minutes later at 11 o’clock, it
this writer that a running account a preliminary to a hearing later turned out to be a brief session,
of a representative's day probably in the day More the Appropria- After the opening prayer and sev-
would make informative reading tions Committee to request funds eral bills were read, a motion
Rep Milton Schiller of Cam- for several of Texas small towns was made to adjourn until 10 a m
eron, starting his second term airports. So we parted downtown. Tuesday,
for the 45th District, agreed and with plans to meet at the Capitol
offered to let me tag along as an hour or so later,
an observer He was at a meeting of the
presentative and a state senator,
with whom he discussed the beef
labeling bill.
"And that's about it for today,"
he told me when we were back
in his office. "1 have a couple
more appointments that will keep
me here umil about 5:15. But
Leonard Bradley
Rites In Rosebud
Leonard H. Bradley, 74, of Spring
near Houston died in an Austin 1
hospital Sunday after a long ill- ]
ness
Funeral services were held Mon- j
day in Greens Funeral Home in i
Rosebud. Rev. R. L. Brown offi- j
dated with burial in String Prai-
rie Cemetery near Jones Prairie. ;
Mr. Bradiey was a telegraph
operator for the Missouri-Pacific
Railroad for years retiring in 1 '.'60
He worked in Spring, Houston and
Monday two weeks ago was the Rules Committee, his secretary
day to make the trip and have told me. when 1 arrived at his
a look - see.
DAY STARTS EARLY
It was immediately clear that
a representative’s day starts early
Rep. Schiller usually spends his
weekends at home in Cameron
office The session was over a
few minutes afterward.
"Youll have a chance to go
to a committee hearing later,’
he told me.
Since nothing more was sche-
Hep Schiller left his seat anJ you’ve got a pretty good idea of
came off the floor a few minutes what the job is like
later He had received a not from When 1 asked if he had a eoi.,
Temple optician, I'r Bob mittee meeting that night, he shoe';
his head.
"Not tonight. Probably there will
be some later in the week. That's
the Texas Legislature. Rep Schil-
ler’s routine the next day probab-
ly was different. But perhaps
there are fewer questions about
what a leeis'ator does.
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or's room He asked to talk to
Rep. Schiller. Dr Elkins was there,
he explained, to ask that opti- when we really start to put in the
cians be included in a bill being hours. . By the way, the
considered to increase medical ben civics class of Rockdale High
efits in the state’s health and wel School will be here tomorrow morn
and drives back to Austin on Mon- duled until the House convened at fare program for older citizens, ing I'm due to take them on
day morning. "I'll pick you up 11 o'clock, Rep. Schiller spem
at six o'clock,” he had told me a few minutes reading his mai'..
Rep Schiller had returned to a tour of the Capitol
his seat when the House adjourned That is an account of one day's
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Luecke, Frank M. The Cameron Herald (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 25, 1965, newspaper, February 25, 1965; Cameron, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth577381/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.