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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1970
Page
1
The Cameron Herald announces a new semic-weekly Weekend Herald home delivery option ending Sunday mornings. Don Gray becomes the first carrier boy, a seventh grader who will visit Cameron residents to take subscriptions.
Thomas was elected president of the Cameron School Board with Calvin Cobb as vice president and Fredwill Hornung secretary after the Saturday election. New member Bentley Hause joined re-elected Sapp and McDermott. The board discussed dress rules, a homemaking cottage, resignations, and drug activity reports linked to Temple and Fort Hood incidents.
Milam County plans a new wildcat drill by Honda Drilling Company of Midland on a 158.4 acre lease in the William Prichard Survey. Curtis Norman of Brady assembled the block. tests aim to 3500 feet potentially deeper toward the Smackover. Norman has built a multi thousand acre lease holding including John Benson and other surveys.
Cameron urban renewal plan headed to Washington from Fort Worth Housing and Urban Renewal on April 3 per W A McCullin Sr chairman. He expects final Washington approval soon. Cameron UK board meets 7:30 p m Monday at the urban renewal office with new member Dr George Bowman and returning appointees sworn in.
Milam County schools, including Cameron, Rockdale, Thorndale, Gause, Milano, Maysfield, and Buckholts, face curbs on spending while expanding programs for college bound and vocational students. TEA analysis shows potential gains from consolidation offset by losses in staff and costs. county office duties cover administration, budgeting, transportation, textbooks, nutrition, and special programs across cooperatives and common districts.
Ben Arnold reports 1.82 inches of rain Thursday and Thursday night with unofficial area total near 2.10 inches. Milam County Agent J. D. Moore notes moisture good for cloddy ground and nearly all feed grain crops sown while cotton planting nears. Cameron area totals reach 13.34 inches for the year through April 10.
Rebekah Ivey of Cameron won the Junior High Division at the Central Texas Regional Science Fair in Waco, besting about 300 contestants. She studied Milam County soil acidity and earned a set of encyclopedias. Gary Meyer of Cameron won the U S Air Force award and first place in junior math. Charles Riola earned an honorable mention in senior math.
County Clerk Wayne Weiser announced the May 2 primary opens absentee voting in his office with April 28 end date for ballots. For mailed ballots a doctor affidavit is needed if the voter cannot visit the courthouse. Overseas military voters may absentee vote without prior registration under new code. Local offices contested include County School Superintendent Max McClaren Ruby A rledge Precinct 4 Commissioner Dora McCasland plus other names. Republican ballots available but no local Republican filed candidates.
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