Austin Shotmaker Wins Cameron Women's Golf Tourney
Sixteen year old Sandra Haynie led a record nine woman field at Cameron Country Club to win the Cameron Women’s Golf Association tournament with a two over par 72 and also captured the driving contest. Local and Cen-Tex players from Austin Waco Hearne Temple Cameron Rockdale Bryan and Garland competed across flights with Kim Alexander and Kitty McKenzie also posting low scores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Sandra Haynie
Cameron
Berniece Lester
Central Texas
Waco
Hearne
Temple
Rockdale
Bryan
Kitty McKenzie
Kim Alexander
Billy Janeway
Ann Curtis
Garland
Francis Phipps
Jane Young
Marlin
Roy Kizer
Martha Slagle
Billy Ryan
Norma Cuthbrith
Hattie Stubbs
June Goley
Mary Alewine
Hearne edges Yeomen 1 0 in district baseball opener
In a 1-0 7 inning win Hearne’s Nig Thazzo allowed 3 hits over a full game as Dotson sparked a 4th inning rally with a single and scoring on a walk and fielder’s choice. Cameron Millam County census drive continues with “Were You Counted?” forms and calls to households to ensure complete counts for federal funds and population figures.
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Hearne
Yeomen
Dotson
Cameron
Milam County
J. Fred Simon, Jr
Waco
Bureau of Census
Simon
Washington, D
Washington, D C
Census Bureau
Liberty Building
Cameron Chamber Junior Broiler Show Slated In Cameron
Milam County youths compete for prizes in the Cameron Chamber Junior Broiler Show held Saturday at the Main and Travis corner. Amateurs and pros judged by E D Parnell of Texas A M College with top trophies ribbons and cash. Double Dollar Days add shopping perks Friday and Saturday. A poultry banquet cores off the event at the First Methodist Fellowship Hall with speaker Johnnie Watkins.
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Milam County
Cameron Chamber
Cameron
Texas
Jack DuBois
Main Street
Travis Avenue
E. D. Parnell Poultry Department of
Texas A & M College
Cameron Chamber Show
Methodist Fellowship Hall
Lester Byrd
Cameron Chamber Poultry Committee
Milam
Johnnie Watkins
KWTX
KBTX
Beard contest gears up for Western Week in Cameron Texas
A local column previews Western Week beard growing contest starting May 16 in Cameron Milam County Texas. The writer jokes about cheating to place, mentions badges for shavers and non-shavers, and predicts a lively event with rain easing in Milam County after a wet spell.
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Hyere
Weather notes recap of weekly rainfall totals
Weatherman reports a total of 1.88 inches of rain for the week with Sunday nine tenths of an inch, Monday sixty six hundredths, and Tuesday one and thirteen hundredths inches. Temperature reached 88 degrees with a low of 58.
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Cameron
J. D. Moore
The
Herald
Buckholts
Officials Urge $50,000 Goal for Newton Memorial Hospital
Newton Memorial Hospital officials press a minimum $50,000 target for the proposed new facility. They cite a total value exceeding $600,000 for the building, grounds, and existing structure and land, with $90,000 needed but $50,000 or 8 percent of the $600,000 total required to proceed. They note $60,000 in outside contributions are promised if the local drive succeeds, contingent on local fundraising.
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Newton Memorial Hospital
Milam County
St Monica’s Plans 20000 Addition For Church Rectory
St Monica's Catholic Church members approved a 20000 addition to the rectory. Anderie Lumber Co Cameron was awarded the contract to add rooms to the rectory. Construction will begin soon. A church picnic is set for June 19 at Simon George Hall, the first in years. A large crowd attended the parish meeting.
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St. Monica’s Catholic
Anderie Lumber Co, Cameron
John Geiser
St. Monica’s
Simon - George Hall
Cameronite Recovers From Wreck Injuries
Mrs. Joe Matula of Cameron is convalescing after suffering three broken ribs and a scalp laceration in a two car crash at the Old Temple Highway and SH 36 intersection around 2 50 p m Sunday. Her husband Joe Matula was later released from Newton Memorial Hospital with minor injuries. The Matula car a 1955 Dodge collided with a 1958 Ford driven by Mr Perry of Alvin. Rid ing with Perry were his wife and four children all of whom escaped injury.
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Joe Matula
Cameron
Old Temple Highway
SH 36
Newton Memorial Hospital
Matula
Perry
Alvin
Jack Straley
Radio alert helps police trap two filling station burglars
Jimmy Hancock age 20 and Billie Hurst age 19 of Waco were jailed in Milam County on burglary charges. A Cameron break in triggered a city dispatcher alert and State Trooper Jack Straley intercepted the suspects near the US 77 SH 36 junction, leading to their capture. They face charges for three stations Gus Plentl Mobil Service Dero Jenkins Texaco and Alton Logan Oil Co with losses totaling around 4, 0, and 90 dollars plus personal items missing.
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Waco
Milam County
Jimmy Edward Hancock
Billie Hurst
Cameron
Gene Kirk
Jack Straley
Milano
Straley
Marlin
Gus Plentl
Mobil Service
Dero Jenkins Texaco
Alton Logan Oil Co
Plentl
Jenkins
Logan
Cameron Western Week Plans Aim for Statewide Promotion
Cameron organizers unveil 1960 Western Week plans including a pony express ride to Austin to obtain a governor proclamation and a big horse show. They propose downtown stunts, bleacher seating, beard contests, extended Western activities at night, and use of a portable jail to enforce dress and Western code rules. The event seeks statewide publicity and draws thousands from Milam and Central Texas.
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Cameron Wildwest
Capital City
Austin
Cameron
Cameron Saddle Club
Texas
Cameron Chamber
Junior Chamber
Buddie Shipp
Saddle Club
Price Daniel
Jarrard Secrest
Temple
Wilson - Ledbetter Park
Absentee Balloting Underway In Milam County
Absentee balloting in Milam County Democratic primary has netted 32 ballots counted so far. Balloting opened April 17 and will end officially May 3. Fifteen voters cast in person and 17 ballots were mailed to absentees, with not all returned. Officials note ballots must be mailed by May 3 or received in person by then.
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Milam County
Highway contract awarded for Milam County project
A Bryan firm won a 1.2 mile construction contract on F M 487 in Milam County with the low bid of 51833 dollars. San Gabriel River bottom work 4.4 miles west of U S 77 north of Rockdale will take about 60 working days with C B Thames Bryan district highway engineer in charge and Carol D Zeigler Hearne resident engineer overseeing construction.
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Milam County
Bryan
Austin
State Highway Commission
R. B. Butler, Inc
San Gabriel River
U. S. 77
Rockdale
C. B. Thames
Carol D. Zeigler
Hearne
School Registration Set For May 10 11
Registration for all children entering first grade in September 1960 will be held in the Ben Milam Cafetorium on May 10 and 11 at 2 45 and 3 45 p m, according to Leon L Brady principal of elementary schools. If a birth certificate and immunization records for smallpox and diphtheria are present, the child will be ready for school and need not report again until September. After registration parents and children are invited to visit the first grade rooms.
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Ben Milam
Leon L. Brady
Brady
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Ernest Bayer
Nig Thazzo
Chris Gay
Bobby Foster
Herb Thweatt
Bayer
Fanning
Trazzzo
Marvin Petty
North Milam County
John Andres
City Hall
Petty
Moore
Berk Being
Ol’ Cameron
Southwest
Zenship
First Christian Church
Walter Grimes
United Council of Church Women
Cameronite
Heralds
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