Whose town spirit drives bold civic projects and growth
A series of sweeping improvements transform multiple districts. Firemen and auxiliary win pump contest entries as National Guard quotas rise. Streets, curbs, drainage, and a new park reshape residential wards. Downtown refreshes span waterlines to Mall. Ambulance service relies on volunteers. museum gains instant support from repurposed jail. Courthouse adds jail and tax office. Throughways expand with service centers and a motel. Industrial growth promises 500 new jobs. Youthful, wise, enduring leadership guides planning for recreation and cleaner parks.
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National Guard
F.M.L. Helps Youth Center Take Shape In Months
The Herald highlights F.M.L. cooperation enabling a Cameron Milam County youth center within months. It praises the town recovery story from old to new, unemployment to work, and community pride. The paper invites readers to look ahead and backward at local roots and progress.
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Herald
Cameron
Milam County
Barbecue To Honor Highway Dept. Employes
The Cameron Area Chamber of Commerce highway committee hosts an annual barbecue honoring Texas Highway Department employees. It is set for Tuesday August 30 at 7 p.m. in the Methodist Fellowship Hall. Tickets are on sale at the Chamber office or from listed sponsors.
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Highway Dept
Texas Highway Department
Methodist Fellowship Hall
The
Cameron Area
Chamber
Frank Tomascik
Morris Eplen
Rod Holcombe
John Parsons
LaVert McKinney
Olan Armstrong
Dale Lafferty
L. W. Turner
Albert McCullin
Edward Demerson
Three Suspects Charged In Pigeon Drop Case
Bond set at 392000 for four Houston men after their Monday Cameron arrest in a pigeon drop incident. They face misdemeanor theft in Justice of the Peace Jess Brock's court following tips from Guss Williams of Cameron who said about 150 was taken. Williams described a room offer and a red handkerchief switch at Dairy Queen leading to a wad of newspapers.
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Houston
Cameron
Justice of the Peace
Jess Brock
Temple
Guss Williams
N. Scott
Williams
Dairy Queen
Buckholts Trustees Adopt 1977 78 Budget
Buckholts school board approved a 1977 78 budget of 209800 while keeping the tax rate at 1.60. The 150 for local maintenance and 10 cents for debt service were kept. Trustees revised the 1976 77 budget to 210396, awarded lunch contracts to Oak Farms and Rainbo, and formed a drug abuse and crime prevention advisory committee. Principal Sam Mitchell resigned.
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Buckholts
Oak Farms
Rainbo
Sam Mitchell
Milam County Oil and Gas Report Totals 26 Strikes in 32 Wells
The Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association staff report shows Milam County drilled 32 wells last year with 26 strikes, including 22 oil and 4 gas wells. Six wildcats yielded $585,400 in dry holes, total drilling cost $2.9 million, and oil and gas sales value reached about $2.0 million with a county payroll of $1.4 million.
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Milam County
Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Milam
Texas
Texas Employment Commission
Cameron trustees adopt 1.55 million budget for 1977 78
Cameron school trustees adopt a 1 553 854 budget for 1977 78 with higher state revenues and rising costs including electricity heating and staff raises. Anticipated revenue reaches 1 590 434 with tax rate kept at 1 40 local maintenance 10 cents debt service.
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Cameron
Becky Magre
Buddy Dulin
Magre
Little League Association
Bill Kelm
Library Friends launch annual member signup drive
Cameron's Friends of the Library announces its yearly membership drive with a library tea on August 23 from 4 to 6 p.m. Funds, after $1200 for library salaries, support Friends activities and extras. Officers include Mrs. Perry Holder president and others.
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Library Friends
Cameron
Friends of the Library
Comptroller official to visit Cameron for taxpayer assistance
A Belton office representative will be in Cameron on Wednesday August 10 to answer questions and help taxpayers file tax returns. Enforcement officer Allen Gibson will be at the Milam County tax office from 1 30 to 4 p m offering assistance.
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Bob Bullock
Belton
Cameron
Allen Gibson
Milam County
Minerva School Photos Featured In Milam Museum Exhibit
Milam Museum displays Minerva school class photos from various eras with a written history compiled by Helen Mortimer. Virginia Schuhsler notes nine glass‑panel display cupboards with locks, funded by a Fleur de lis Garden Club sale and donated by the Bassel Wilson family. The exhibit seeks an early model telephone to complete the collection.
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Milam Museum
Minerva School
Helen Mortimer
Minerva
Virginia Schuhsler
Fleur de Lis Garden Club
Cameron
County Accepts Pearson Resignation and Meets Budget Items
County commissioners at a regular meeting accepted the resignation of Robert Pearson as assistant county attorney effective August 1 after a short tenure. They approved daily prisoner meals, allocated Hill Country funds for underprivileged education and recreation, arranged work for Dalton Caffey or $22 hourly if needed, tabled voter office relocation, approved tax lists and delinquent land taxes, requested 35794 dollars from the state for lateral roads, paid 150 for the veterans officer’s September school, and approved sheriff car repairs and bounty payouts totaling 262.50. A later Monday meeting will decide sheriff salary increases and funding ways.
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Robert Pearson
Pearson
Milano
Hill Country Community Action
Veterans Service
Sheriff's Department
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Ernest Glaser
N. Fannin
Glaser
F.M.L
Dulin
Ben Milam School
Forrest Sapp
10Th St
Lee
Fannin
Cheryl Slavik
Patsy Calcote
Jeanie Dancer
Rosa Haines
Minerva Olengraf
Charm Knight
Dorothy Johnson
Janice Stanislaw
Helen Huffman
Marilee Thweatt
Huffman
Thweatt
Chamber of Commerce
Friends
Perry Holder
Judy McDaniel
Rebecca Miles
Johnnie Sue Fikes
Linda Grothe
Hilo
Dalton Caffey
Caffey
Tax Office
Justice Department
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