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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1955
Page
6
Operation Minute Man Big Success in Cameron Mobilization
The National Guard Battery C 649th AAA Battalion conducted a rapid evening alert at 6 p m after Eisenhower's notification. By 7 30 p m 81 officers and men reported to the Armory with units deployed to protect key local facilities and bridges. The exercise ran smoothly and was deemed very successful by Capt James T Terry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
649Th
Eisenhower
Allan Shivers
Texas Guard
CWO
Eugene A. Mees
Battery C
Willie R. Boecker
Waco
Cameron
Tp&l
Lone Star Gas
Bell Telephone Exchange
Charles W. Kunz
Elm Creek
Little River
Santa Fe Railroad
549Th Battalion
Temple
Taylor and
Belton
James T. Terry
Senior Class Play Fraidy Cat Set for Friday April 29
The Senior Class Play Fraidy Cat by Anne Coulten Martens is a three act farce directed by Mrs Co L Canady. The Friday evening performance features a large cast including Matt Smith Cindy Joyce Wallace Grandma Madden and Rosalie with stage managers Tommy Chamerlain and Joseph Courtney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Coulten Martens
Co. L. Canady
Matt Smith
Albert Mondrick
Cindy
Joyce Wallace
Grandma Madden
Billie Nell Johnson
Mrs Abbey
Gloria Weems
Lila
Helen Armstrong
Rosalie
Yvonne Storey
Betty
Nita Nabours
Nora West
Frances Michalka
Sam
John Morcis Duncum
Roscoe Bassett
Joe Lee Heitman
M. Smithfield Palmerton
Wayne Fisher
Nancy Grabein
Leon Beale
Tommy Chamerlain
Joseph Courtney
Red Jackson finds sweet solution for cow feed
Red Jackson sprays corn syrup over short, sweet grass to lure cows to feed on minerals rich tall grass. He plans to repeat the method along fences to clear weedy grass, noting cows show a fondness for sweet prompts. The piece contrasts experimenters with traditional methods and ends on friendly advice about tolerance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Jackson
Red
Former Gameronite Elected President of Joslin P T A
Mrs James Fatheree was elected President of the Jerry Joslin School PTA at a meeting Tuesday night. New officers include Mrs Burford Stewart as Vice President Treasurer Carl Herron and Secretary Rufus Lee. A student panel from each grade performed a program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Fatheree
Jerry Joslin School
PTA
Buford Stewart
Carl Herron
Rufus Lee
Tom Ennis
Billy Yant
Dianne Carlson
Celine Cypert
Don Wiginton
Joe Bowles
James McElroy
Billie Ross
Kenny Miller
A. W. Bickett
Cameron
Route 3
Elizabeth Bickett Dees
Bickett
C. H. Yee High School
Burlington
Austin
Fatheree
Swearengen-Armstrong Motor Company
James Jr
Beth
Jerry Joslin
Nelson Hurd Participates in Apple Jack Exercise
Sergeant Nelson G. Hurd of Company D 2d Combat Engineer Battalion along with 26,000 soldiers will take part in Exercise Apple Jack at Yakima Firing Center Washington in May. The test involves infantry and support units operating in mountainous and desert terrain with simulated atomic weapons. Hurd, a 1946 Great Bend High School graduate, lives with wife Ceola at 808 W Seventh Cameron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson G. Hurd
Ceola
Seventh St. Cameron
Yakima Firing Center
Wash
Hurd
2D Combat Engineer Battalion
Army
Fort Eustis
Great Bend High School
Nellie K. Hurd
Jefferson, Great Bend
Kan
Tomek Family Visits Before Rome Assignment
M Sgt Frank Tomek Jr and his wife from Los Angeles visit relatives in this area before sailing from New York to Rome Italy. Tomek will serve as Flight Chief for the American Embassy in Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Tomek, Jr
Los Angeles
California
Frank Tomek
New York City
Rome
Italy
Tomek
Alcoa Foundation Funds Expand College Scholarships
Alcoa Foundation adds 500 enrichment grants to University of Texas and Rice Institute for 1954 scholarship winners Lee Hyder and Harold Ermey. The fund supports children of Alcoa employees with future grants contingent on students choosing Rice Institute or the University of Texas. The program aims for 40 four year scholarships annually, totaling about 80 thousand dollars yearly when fully active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Texas and Rice Institute
Alcoa Foundation
Aluminum Company of America
Svockdale and
Point Comfort Works
Rockdale
Lee Hyder
Frank Hyder
Young Hyder
Rice Institute
Harold Ermey
University
Earl Ermey
Ermey
Alcoan
University of Texas
Alcoa
Alcoa employee children deemed eligible for scholarships
Scholarships on a competitive basis are available to children of Alcoa employees at all company offices and operations across 36 of 48 states. Recipients include seniors from Rockdale Point Comfort Works and various Texas towns such as Lexington Caldwell Port Lavaca and Victoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockdale Plant
Mary Sue Bludworth
Vernell Frosch
Lexington
Melton Drummond
Thorndale
James Chaffin
Caldwell
Barbara Smith
Mary Jo Kederis
Ketchen Hartsock
Robert Walker
Clinton McAdams, Jr
Rockdale
Point Comfort
Lloyd Cody, Jr
Marvel Little, Jr
Elsie
Margaret Pechacek
Virilene Walker
Robert Chambers
Port Lavaca
Walter Weakley
Palacios
Tommy Walther
Victoria
Louis Rogers
Lolita
Vera Holstein
Edna
Alcoa
Cameron Falls Again to Rosebud In District Baseball
Rosebud Panthers beat Cameron 3-1 in a district game. Rosebud had one hit and benefited from six walks and four errors as Alvin Baggley started for Cameron, with John Duncan and Joe Michalka finishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Rosebud
Rosebud Panthers
Alvin Baggley
John Duncan
Joe Michalka
Baggley
Boston Newsletter headline marks first American paper 1704
Mr and Mrs W K Leonard Jr and Mr and Mrs Charlie J Tomek of Killeen spent the weekend in San Antonio visiting relatives, as part of a note on early American newspaper history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Blood donations average eight thousand daily last year
Last year the community averaged about 8000 blood donors per day, reflecting broad participation in the annual donation drive and sustaining local hospital supplies.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Minute Man
Joe Marsh
Merry Modern
Lone Star Land
The
Lone Star Gas Company
Lone Star
Gameronite
Joslin P.T.A
Nelson Hurd
Washington
M-Set
F. Tomek
Brook Mays
Fairfex
Heveten
Majestic Hotel Bath Department
Nat'l Park Service
U.S
Woodum Auto Sales
Plymouth Belvedere
Plymouth
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