The Cameron Herald (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 11, 1955 Page: 6 of 12
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THE CAMERON HERAI.D
City Dads Say That “Beer Cans”
Are Hazard To Health Program
City facilities from a health ing on their progress,
safety and request viewpoint was At „u> roltc)uaion o( Uus dlscus.
the main topic up lor discussion sion Narvic Caperton, one of the
«i the City Council meeting Tucs- partners in the new Milam Cou.i-
day evening ty radj0 station now under con-
At the out.set °* meeting, struction told councilman that in
Gene Blake. l-eo O Neill und B L. addition to the radio station two
Archer, representing the home other businesses arc considering
owners on their streets, appeared buildinK in that arca and sower
before the council to >er if the age and watcr facilities would he
paving, curbing and guttering needed. He proposed that the coun-
project proposed for their section cd jay oniy one |jne for eacb (acj.
could not be expedited lily under tbe highway, large
Archer pointed out that the $1 10 cnouph (0 accomodate lho thr<>e
per foot estimated for that st-ect businesses He added that they
held no prcvisions for steel bsrs j wou|d furnish everything else ex-
in the cement. The men stated cept ^ actual ,ayjnfi of the ,jne
under the highway. The motior
was made and passed that the cit;
go along with his request.
Before he adjourned front th«
meeting Mayor 0. B. Horstmam
asked for his permission to usi
some of his land to the rear ot
his property for land-fill purposes.
CAMERON’S I.KADINfi NEWSPAPER SINCE ISfiO
lure.
Next the ordiance cominiit"« re
purled that an ordinance notes
sary
wisest course to take in Installing loose and let them pursue their ing several weeks here with her
the lights ut the colored park, lo> own course with f t the leisure lather, Henry Graves. Mr Gruves
which funds wore allocated earlier' they want, something is bound to other daughter and her family,
for obtaining riaht-c.i-wuj In ,iu' summer. When told that the result. Mr. and Mrs Harry Haldidge
funds for highway .% had been Citizens Advisory Commute e ap , U.|u.u, he is absolutely right, “iid daughter, l.ynn. were here
written. The ordinance stated that pointed by the School Board, had and , h#vo cd|HU.d tbe article out front Houston for a weekend visit,
the $10,000 to be borrowed on time talked of the possibility of install- o( ,h(, amj have pasted it Visiting Sunday in the H \cr
warranty would be repaid at a a complete athletic field in ()|) tbo l0 exp|ain n,y ab. Gilleland. Sr, home were Mr. Gil-
rate of three and three-fourth that vicinity the council decided (enC(l durln(, plowing weather to lelands uncles, H. I land Stewart
that even if the project ran »5
cents more per foot they would
Insist upon the steel reinforce.iic.i
Councilme i advised them lha
the matter would be taker, unde
consideration and the legal depart
ment would check an whether o
not liens could ’>e iss 'ed agains.
the proper‘y owners ir. that sec-
per cent interest at $2,000 per an- *° wad f°* Milton Sehller, a re
num to the First National Bank presentative of both bodies, to con-
in Cameron. fer with the other members of the
_ .. ., • , i CAC and find out their intentions
Councilmen were then appoint ed ..... . ,
. ___„ ... „„ and trv to work with them before
to confer once more with proper- .... . . . ,.
, a defmte decision on the lights
ty owners along that stretch ot
highway to find out what they, ls J'ac * , . ..
... , .. The only otner matter brought
wanted to be paid, and then, tf no • .. . . _ ..
. .to the attention of the council
agreement could be rtaehed. wr.,e .
. ... , . ..., was the request by one of the
each one a letter stating the . . .
, i. .u . „„ down-town businessmen that a
amount the city felt that it comd
logically pay.
The Street Committee was next
stop light he placed on the inter-
my wife.
However, there is one flaw in
his system. He invites the brains
to come out and think for a couple
of weeks. It's not long enough.
It takes a lifetime. Thnkng is
not something a man can decide
he will do between 10 and 10:30
each morningr for two weeks in
the summer, it's something he
has to stay with pretty close, day
Hartficld of Maysfield, and their
niece, Miss Sueldu Smith of Kings-
| ville.
Mr and Mrs A. L. Hargrove
and children visited with Mrs
Hargrove's parents, Mr and Mrs
Walter Yoakum in Milano on Sun-
day.
Mr. and Mrs E. J. Courreges
and children, Joyce Lynn and E.
J. Junior, of Houston were here
section at the First National bank and njgbt week after week right ovcr weekend visiting Mrs
aVai-s"^^; Lh-,„po^;s”enr,rd rxTrr*; ."r.n-'wk" ,;r.d”
ZneJ“ rJXlSLS! * - 'i* «v - ms think* - «"*» •» —-
ing. ain't thinking hard enough. ,hls Wtek here-
But this industrialist has the Ibnntu guests Sunday of Mr
THURSDAY, AIWUST II. 1955
C'udet James H. MeClellen
U March Air Force Hase
For Summer ROTl’ Training:
i*ostgreeling were received Fri-
day from Cadet James Bryce Me
Clellen who is attending Baylor
Air Force ROTC Summer Train-
Jtiiigo W, E. Thomas
Funeral Services
Held Saturday
Funeral services for W. K Tho-
mus, 7U year old justice of the [ mg at March Air Field Base, near
peace of Milano, weio held in Bakerficld, California.
Itoekdale Saturday at the Chapel Cadet MeClellen is the son of
of Phillips and l.uekey funeral Mr and Mrs „ n MeClellen of
home. Kev. A. L. Gatewood of
Meadowhrook Baptist Church of-
fieiuted and Judge O. D. Graham
of Cameron paid tribute to his
life long friend. Burial was in
Smerna cemetery near Milano
Cameron. He is a senior student
at Baylor University und will en-
roll in the fall quurter there in
the September.
Cadet MeClellen has been locat-
ed at the CalifortVi for about threo
Judge Thomas was Injured in an ( weeks flnd ,g due ,0 orrivc
automobile wreck some months Cuwrm around Auguit 25 He re-
ago and never fully recovered He | rtcd he had gcen much of (he
suffered a heart attack Friday. A
native of Arkansas, Judge Thomas
had lived most of his life in Milm
hall street.
Action was then taken on
I ITTLK RIVER PHILOSOPHER
ENDORSES BIG INDISTRIA-
county. He had served for more
than 20 years as justice of the
peace at Milano.
Survivors are his widow, and:
state around the city of I,os An-
gles and that It was very dusty
and hot.
Annual Price Reunion Set
For Sunday August II.
matter of water piling up on 18th , isrs idea OF TAKING OFF daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs La.vne of Jacksonville; Mrs. L their annual reunion for Sunday.
fnllnu/in. a rain It WAS YOt- . ... n . i nuifc ut uiiiu: unu jui.Mmt Ut tOIlH...... .. _ tv i a. ........ii
and Mrs. Sam Lawhon were their1 the following children; Mrs G.G The Price family hus scheduled
"" 001X0 N0TH,N° Bl'T Ho>' »a^e.d andM, David. of'^Vw MrSMP M
Sneering sU catlns lo L0AFIN° the way it ought to be Lots of TemPle Mlnis“>r Earnest Gro- j both of Waco; Mrs M Finney
to engineering specifications times I v# spcnt the whole dav wer, Mrs. G. A. Weathersbee, and <> Mdano. Mrs. Bennet Henderson
thinking and when my wife askes, ^adie Hairgrove, all of Ro-
put the water back where nature Editor’s note: The Little River
had channeled it, if the propert> Philosopher on hk< Johnson grass
tion to assurt. payment of the con- 1 aPerton quickly affirmed their
struction. suggestion.
Archer disgustedly stated that i R was then pointed out that
this was exactly the same infor- Cameron citizens are using ap- owners agreed ,
mation they were given some two Proximately a million znd one-half A completed map of the Matt i found a man who thinks Iike he elusions have you arrived at, I
months ago. and the project, gallons of water a dav. bring,ng Zarosky sub-division located just does, his letter this woek reveals. .a^*
which they had hoped to see coin- *be water level at the resivoir to on tbe edge of the city limits was | 1'ear editar:
pleted this summer, was apparent- a 1°w ebb every day Major ; then submitted. The 26 loj divi-
ly right back where it started j Horstmann suggested that a lac- s‘on was approved by the council
from. ger line be laid to the river. Clif- After the water report in whic'i
Blake quickly interrupted saying ! f°rd Thompson said that if any gallons of water were used last
the citizens in that area would ; b°e °f action in that direction is > month. Roy Griffith pointed out
like to cooperate in any way they taken the city should think about that in comparison to 1900 water
can. even to taking around the 3 complete new system, filti ration connections there are only 1.2-/0
liens for signature. 1 plant and all. sewer connections. “This is toe
of Bay Cty, Mrs. C. E McGill
of Houston; W. A. Thomas of Mi-
farm at Marlow things hP has wel>- what came of it, what con- ge”' . , ■ Un„ F Thomas of Kines
Mrs. R F. Linhorst visited with *ano- an<‘ N- E. Ihomas ot Kings
Milton Schiller, councilman, mo-
tioned that a committee be ap-
The possibility cf a deep wcli sma!I a percentage” Griffith la-
the need for estimates, o*her items rented.
thoughts so profound they can't be
When a man has his own opi- expressed, and they're the safest
nions confirmed, it makes him k'n(1 ,0 d*'3! 'n-
feel good. !......Yours faithfuUy...........
f read in a newspaper last night -
about a big industrialist who has
turned his resort home over to a
bunch of big
SHARP NEWS
By Florence Spiegel
pointed to find out all the ne-: of future water expansion which Following some talk on the peo-
cessary details. The motion passed
and a committee composed of Ro-
bert Wemes, Roy Griffith and Clif-
was broached by the last council Ple who promised to tie into a
last November, were discussed sewerage line if it was installed
with Thompson ending the matter arld lhen backed out when the
ford Thompson was appointed to! saying that he would iike to sab cit>' it s end of th? bargain,
make a report at the next meet-1 mit a complete report in the fu- i th<? talk was tabled.
—........—_ Stidham then brought up the
fact that all. or most, of the “Beer
joints" in Cameron dump their
empty beer cans on the city
streets causing swarms of germ-
ridden flies. The motion wa« pass-
ed that City Marshall Joe Richter
be advised to call on all the ow-
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT
CASH FUNERAL BENEFITS
CALL MAREK - BURNS FUNERAL HOME
(Cameron Branch Office)
Protective Funeral Benefit Association
These policies may he carried in addition to your
regular Burial Policy at a LOW COST.
PHONE 546 — CAMERON, TEXAS
brains for two
weeks of mod- Mr and Mrs. Arthur Sorrels of
11 a t i o n and Terrell returned home Saturday
right now they after visting n the home of Mr
are up at his and Mrs Charlie Duncan,
plactj. talking Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Rinn,
things easy Jr., of Austin and Mrs. Arthur J.
and thinking. Rinn. Sr., of Cameron spent the
The newspa- weekend .at Mrs. Rinn, Sr.’s
pers seemed to country home here
think this was unusual and news Mrs. Mary OxfiAi has returned
worthy, but I'd like to point out to Karnes City after a visit here
it's the system I've been using with relatives,
for years out here on my John- Miss Ixiuise Henderson is visit-
son grass farm. ing her niece and family, Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Moseley in Thorndale
Saturday afternoon.
Weekend guests in the home of I
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gamble were
their son and wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Gamble of Austin.
Mrs. Sam Lawhon and sister,
Mrs. Zadie Hairgrove of Rogers
have just returned from Dallas,
where they visited a cousin. Mrs.
Ovie Skinner.
Guests Sunday in the Bob Ross
home were Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Brockett of Austin.
Eilalio Veyer and Eramo Fa-
dera of Coolidge, Arizona were
business visitors in Sharp last
week.
ville.
Diamonds are regarded as the
August 14. The reunion will be-
held in the Cameron City Park.
All relatives and friends are
invited to attend and bring a bas-
ket lunch for the noon meal that
will be spread on the tables at
the park.
Every good boxer nas a one-two
hardest substance known to man ; punch. But the really outstanding
— especially to get back. J ones have a three-four-five and six.
SP-2 Joe I). Zarosky, Jr.
To Be Discharged
As I understand the deal, this Mrs. C. E. Powtsky and sons,
ners of these establishments warn-! industrialist invites a bunch of and other relatives in Pasadena,
ing them that if they failed to 'scientists, business men, profes- Mrs. J. R. Hargrove is visiting
keep their premisis and the streets sors' etc t0 come out to his place her daughters, Mrs/ Julian Bas-
Joe D. Zarosky Jr., docked
New York Saturday after 16
months of overseas duty in Aus-
tria. He is on his way to Arkansas
to Camp Chaffee where he will
be discharged. He is expected
around them clean a report against i snd just loaf. He doesn't assign kin and Mrs. A. H. Baskin. Jr., J iome ijome time this week, Zar-
them would be filed with the Li- them anything to think about, just and their families in Cameron
quor Board. lets it develop. His contention is Mrs. Cecil Hammar has return-
Councilmen then discussed the' that if you turn some good minds' ed to Evansville. Ind. after spend-
osky is ,the won of Mr. and Mrs.
Joe D. Zarosky, Sr. of the Ad Hall
Community.
REOPENING.....
CAMERON THEATRE
Friday Night, August 12, at 7:00 I*TM.
' v • ' v,\' , • if
SHOWING ....
Friday - Saturday, August 12-1B
“FORT OSAGE”
Starring Rod Cameron
Sunday, August 11
“THUNDER PASS”
Dane Clark and Dorothy Patrick
ATCH For Our Opening/Announcement
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Florida, Peggy. The Cameron Herald (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 11, 1955, newspaper, August 11, 1955; Cameron, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth578189/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.