Rev Cobb Travels Neo-India and Nepal Livestock Mission
Rev Gerald R Cobb chronicles a trek from Katmandu Nepal delivering 97 head of stock by truck. He recalls river crossings, broken trucks, and help from Nepal's officials and Indian dignitaries in New Delhi. He notes the rise of a dynamic India and stays with YMCA leader Mr Corneilous in the capital.
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Ben Arnold
Cobb
Katmandoo
Nepal
New Delhi
Gerald R. Cobb
Crows Nest
India
Mr. Corneilous
YMCA
Rev. Cobb
Cameron Police Seek Driver in Pedestrian Crash
Cameron police seek the driver who struck 68 year old Ross Posey Sunday morning at Fourth and North Houston. Posey was taken to a local hospital with not serious injuries after the hit and run. A witness obtained an out of county license number but identification remains unavailable.
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Cameron
Ross Posey
Fourth
North Houston
Maynard Byers
Posey
3Yers
First
North Crockett
Raymond Elmer Griswold
Fred Blake
Paula Fuessel Kratochvil
Rt. 1
John Hause
Rt. 2
Crockett
Blake
Chief Byers
Laura Conn Burns
Robert Fontaine Jones
Byers
Mrs. Tom Evard Dies In Marlin Services Monday
Mrs. Tom Evard of Minerva died suddenly from a heart attack while visiting Marlin. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. at Phillips and Luckey Chapel, Rochdale, with Rev. E. J. Davis officiating. Burial followed in Minerva cemetery. She was born November 21, 1896 in Minerva, formerly Miss Bessie Aycock, a longtime Minerva Methodist Church member and former county teacher. Survivors include her husband of Minerva, a daughter Mrs. John Lawhon of Minerva, two sisters in Marlin, and two grandsons.
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Tom Evard
Phillips and Luckey Funeral Home
Rochdale
E. J. Davis
Minerva Cemetery
Evard
Marlin
Minerva
Bessie Aycock
Minerva Methodist Church
Milam
John Lawhon
W. J. Manly
Jack Pool
YHS Holds Second In Districts Meet
Cameron's Yee High School trails Killeen by five points in AAA district competition led by principal J. R. Young. Cameron students earned multiple firsts in literary and athletic events including nine in tennis volleyball and softball while Yee High claimed seven literary firsts.
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Cameron
Yee High School
Killeen
J. R. Young
YHS
Young
Ernest Harwell
Ruth Matyastik
Bernay Dusek
Marilyn Hughes
Billy Hensley
Sandra Smith
Edwin Adams
Murphy Webster
Janice Bridges
Kay Camp
Joyce Hannon
Sven Vogelsang
Cameron school board adds member and swears in incumbents
In a four hour session at Ben Milam School the Cameron ISD board installed Dr. Gus Evans Jr and re-elected H. B. Pressley and J. Max Howard as members. Pressley was re-elected chairman and Howard secretary. Earl Curtis did not run again. The board adopted an eight semester plan for Yee High School and discussed tuition with nearby districts. Resignations of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Canady were accepted and Mrs. Richard Wilkinson was hired.
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Cameron School
Ben Milam School
Gus Evans, Jr
H. B. Pressley
J. Max Howard
Pressley
Howard
Lucille Monroe
Earl Curtis
Yee
Cameron
Wiley Loughmiller
Loughmiller
Branchville
Davilla
Marlow
Ad Hall
Marak
Maysfield
Sharp
Buckholts
Rogers
C. L. Canady
Irving
Richard Wilkinson
Canady
Ada Henderson
VHS
Yarrellton
Pat Smith
Cleveland
Texas
Rotary Dinner Tonight in Cameron Hosts Rotary Leader
Central Texas Rotarians gather for a regional officers conference and dinner at Simon-George Hall Cameron with 200 reservations for a program honoring W Maurice Wild vice president of Rotary International He will speak with Norman Crawford introducing him and a noon luncheon and pre dinner reception planned Wild is a health official from Port Elizabeth Union of South Africa and part of Rotary International outreach efforts.
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Rotary International
Central Texas
Rotary
Cameron
Simon- George Hall
Cameron Rotary
Charlie Burke
the Herald
W. Maurice Wild
Wild
Simon-George Hall
Rotary Dist
Norman Crawford
Belton
Texas
Cameron Country Club
Gov
Crawford
Port Elizabeth
Union of South Africa
Free World
Burke
Durham
England
East London
Capetown
Port Eliabeth
Helble Family Reunion Draws 200 Guests
Two hundred guests registered for the Helble family reunion at Simon George Hall on Easter Sunday. Honor guests were Mrs Mary Kurtzman age 83 and Mrs Bertha Kurtzman age 93 of Taylor. Attendees hailed from LaGrange Fayetteville Carmine Houston Westфalia Rosebud Pasadena Austin Galveston Holland Temple Cleburne Rogers Corrigan Dilley Victoria Dallas Troy and Waco.
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Helble
Simon-George Hall
Mary Kurtzman
Bertha Kurtzman
Taylor
LaGrange
Fayetteville
Carmine
Houstin
Westfalia
Rosebud
Pasadena
Austin
Galveston
Holland
Temple
Cleburne
Rogers
Corrigan
Dilley
Victoria
Dallas
Troy
Waco
Milam County Rainfall and Temperature Notes
Milam Countians recorded 1.22 inches of rain in the past seven days with temperatures from the low 40s to 80. The forecast calls for fair skies into Saturday with a chance of showers and weekend rain totaling 1.06 inches. AREY April highs and lows show a pattern of 80 to 63 degrees across the dates listed.
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Milam
Yoe High Band To Play Concert Tuesday Night
The Yoe High School band will present a free public concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the school gym. It serves as the final public performance before the Region III band contest in Waco on April 26. Director Francis Cox notes a program of three contest numbers, novelties, marches, and ensemble pieces, including symphonic works by composers such as Richard Wagner.
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Yoe High
Yoe High School
Waco
Francis Cox
Richard Wagner
Council Adjourns Complaint Hearing Over Police Chief Byers
The city council adjourned a Monday morning hearing on a complaint against Police Chief Maynard Byers after the complainant failed to appear. City Attorney Prescott urged summons, but the complainant did not attend. council members voted to adjourn, ahead of the swearing in of new officers Tuesday.
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New City
Maynard Byers
City Hall
Byers
City Atty
Jack Prescott
Bigbee
Cameron
19Th
21St
Washington Sts
Terrell Heights
David Shapiro
Houston
Wilson-Ledbetter Park
Jim Fridstein
Emory Camp
1958 Rains Total 8.94 Inches Here
The Cameron area recorded 1.22 inches of precipitation last week, raising 1958 rainfall to 8.94 inches, about one inch below the same period last year. Weekend totals were .37 on Sunday and .69 on Monday at the Cameron station, with Milam County farmers hoping for rain to loosen dry topsoil.
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Cameron
Milam County
Texas
Man Fatally Injured On Cameron Street
A 50-year-old Cameron man, Charlie Stoney Gill, died after being struck by a car on North Travis Street around 9 p.m. April 9. The vehicle, driven by 18-year-old Sidney Damian Koranek, was passing a slow car when Gill walked into the west lane. Gill died at a local hospital. Funeral services were held at Green Funeral Home with burial in Rice Cemetery. survivors include his mother and four siblings. Gill was born April 12, 1908, in Milam County and had lived 46 years in Cameron.
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Cameron
North Travis
Charlie
Stoney) Gill
Sidney Damian Koranek
Maynard Byers
N. Travis
Byers
B. G. Rice
Gill
The
Herald
Koranek
Chapel of Green Funeral Home
James Henderson
Battetown Baptist Church
Rice Cemetery
Sailor Billy Glass Wounded in Accidental Shooting
Burlington Navy sailor Billy Glass of Rt. 1 Burlington suffered two flesh wounds in his right calf from an April 9 self inflicted 22 caliber revolver discharge at his brother Jerry Glass’s home 710 South College. Glass was treated at St Edward's Hospital and released last week.
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Billy Glass
Rt. 1
Burlington
U. S. Navy
Jerry Glass
S. College
Maynard Byers
Glass
St. Edward's Hospital
Byers
City Fathers Elect Moseley Mayor Pro-Tem
City officials were sworn in for two year terms at City Hall with Richard Moseley chosen mayor pro-tem. The council approved amendments to the electric ordinance and discussed various city matters including a new judge, street department equipment, and the Little River Intake Station project with final cost and plant completion details.
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City Fathers
Moseley
Pro
Bassel Wilson
Sam Houston
Roy Griffith
City Hall
Richard Moseley
Lincoln Mondrik
Hayden Lawrence
Mondrik
Charles Brady
City Electric
Cameron
City Atty
Jack Prescott
Richard Bradshaw
All Saint's Episcopal Church
Roy Baskin
Little River
Joe J. Rady
Alvin Hefft
Local Leaders Receive National Recognition Ribbons
Amos Pomykal of Pack 51 Rosebud and E. O. Schiller Jr. of Pack 213 Cameron Lions Club earned national recognition ribbons at the April Roundtable for on time unit registration and membership growth over last year.
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Amos Pomykal
Pack 51 Methodist Church of
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Prescott
Cameron Street
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Grady
Curtis Gill Cameron
Guy Bross
Abilene
Birdie
Kirkland
Soaplake
Wash
Lester McCollough
Max Shuemate
C. C. Gill, Jr
Ivey Gilbert
Henry Lee Burnett
E. E. McFarland
J. B. Fuller
NEW Herald Press
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