VFW Credit Mixup Repaired for Library Donation
The Herald clarifies that Cameron Library Board member Dr George Bowman accepts a donation check from Henry Dreyer, a Cameron WWI veterans leader, with other WWI veterans present. The piece notes the VFW and WWI group deserved credit for the library gift and related hospital-beds funds, amid editorial corrections and a broader look at community fundraising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Dreyer
The
Herald
George Bowman
Cameron Library Board
Cameron
BR. J. Griffin
August Kunz
J. W. Clements
Veterans of Foreign Wars
School Board Grants Low Bids and Appointments
Cameron School Board met Monday night and opened bids for services and materials. Low bidders include Grimes Humble Refining Co for gas oil and grease, Mack's Oil Co for bus servicing, Pure Milk Co for lunchroom milk and ice cream, and Austin Baking Co for bread. Names include Paul Pittman and Howard Hurry as teachers, with Mrs Robert Foster named wartime English teacher. uniform recommendations issued and no curriculum changes reported for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Charles Ziegler
Grimes Humble Refining Co
Mack's
Oi Co
Low
Pure Milk Co
Austin Baking Co
Robert Foster
Grady H Stiles Late Milam Editor Remembered
Grady Henson Stiles native of Thorndale and Milam County editor and publisher earned fame with The Caller Times and prior papers. He won AP awards for Mexican aflatoxin stories and led Better Ranches and Farms and farm pages. Surviving wife two daughters a son two brothers and his Cameron sister. Milam County Armored Division returned from Fort Hood after two weeks of training and earned top ratings from Regular Army evaluators. Captain Joe Willingham praised the unit during a final formation at Cameron armory as temperatures exceeded 100 degrees on most days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Henson Stiles
Thorndale
Corpus Christi
H. H. Stedman
Stedman
Dana Monroe
L. W. Stroup
Cameron
University of Texas
Alice Echo
Guadalupe Valley Standard
Cuero
Victoria Mirror
Corpus Chri Si
Caller-Times
Grady Stiles
Mexico
Associated Press
Texas A&j Aggie
State Vocational Agriculture Teachers
Texas A&i
Division of Agriculture
Aggie Club
South Texas
Stiles
The
Caller- Times
Texas Daily Newspaper
Joy
Josephine
Wallace Stiles
Yoakum
Graham Stiles
Brownsville
Milam County
49Th Armored Division
North Fort Hood
Joe C. Willingham
Milano
Milam
Cameron Armory
Willingham
Guard Unit Returns After Week of Tank Field Drills
The unit spent a week in field duty with nine exercises and early hour maneuvers, then a second week featuring firing of 30 and S caliber tank machine guns. Company C led range firing on two tables with First Lt. Mitcham and 2nd Lt. Wentreck as range officers.
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Willingham
Company C
Donald Mitcham
Caldwell
James Wentreck
Rogers
Harlan Mees
Eugene Schiller
Cameron
James Hairston
Hearne
Marcelino Flores
South Fort Hood
ES Bill Cooke
How Dry You Are Records Compare Weather in 1956 Cameron
During a dry period in 1956 Cameron saw 7.91 inches of rain by August 14, with 11.88 inches in the last drought year of 1956 and a normal 20,000 bale cotton crop expected. The piece notes past droughts, a flood year after the dry spell, and concern for grassland despite normal maize and corn production due to fertilizer use.
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Cameron
Milam Ascs
Two Accidents Injury Three On Milam Roadways
Two Sunday accidents sent three people to Milam County Hospitals none seriously injured. Durwood Kennedy reported Butch Smith treated for throat and jaw cuts with good condition at St. Edward Hospital. A tierod end failure caused the first crash, sending the vehicle through barbed wire.
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Milam County
Durwood Kennedy
Butch Smith
St. Edward Hospital
Kennedy
Smith
Charles D.van Goten
Rt. 2
Rockdale
George Moss Kennedy
van Goten
US 70
Moss
Richards Clinic
St. Edward's Hospital
Cameron
Public Hearing Set For Cameron School Budget
A public hearing on the Cameron Independent School 1963 64 budget is scheduled for 7 30 pm Friday August 23 at the superintendent's office Ben Milam School. Supt Charles Zeigler said final estimates are being prepared for the budget presentation to the school board and public at the hearing.
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Cameron Independent
Ben*Milam School
Charles Zeigler
Summer Story Hour Ends at Cameron Library
Cameron Public Library's summer story hour closes after two months with about 80 children from pre-school to 6th grade participating. Reading Club reports due by August 23 with a certificate and book award ceremony scheduled for August 29. 34 youths are in the Reading Club and must read 12 approved books, including at least two non fiction titles.
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Cameron Public Library
Tom Wardlaw
Wardlaw
Firemen Commended For Efforts In Rash Of Fires
Cameron Volunteer Firemen are praised by Fire Chief Carl Black for spending up to three hours daily battling grass fires amid dry weather and 100 degree heat. The marshal noted these acts take time away from work and constitute a real public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Black
Cameron
Black
Milam County Seeks Emergency Grazing Aid
Milam County Disaster Committee filed July 29 for emergency grazing and haying aid. Ted Ford, chair, will announce action and required details for Soil Bank and Feed Grain participants. State panel recommended approval for seasonal grazing on conservation reserve land and diverted acreage through October 31 under feed grain and wheat programs.
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Milam County
Cameron Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
the Herald
Ted Ford
Milam Usda County
Usda Disaster Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Milam County Cotton Ginning Surges Toward Record Pace
About 5,000 bales have been ginned in Milam County as observers predict a fast finish to the 1963 crop. Cameron cotton gin and Buckholts Farmers Gin report much higher totals than a year ago with 5,000 bales tallied by Tuesday at Cameron Compress. Dry weather reduced chemical use and early turnout suggests a potentially 20,000 bale crop, with last year’s Milam County total around 19,000.
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Milam County
Cameron Cotton Gin
Buckholts Farmers Gin
the Herald
Buckhol
Milam
Cameron Compress
Farmers Gin
Weeklong 12 Alarm Fire Warnings From Cameron Fire Marshall
Cameron Fire Marshall John Eanes warned residents to clear vacant lots and cut weeds amid a dry spell after 12 alarms this week. Fire Department crews battled grass fires at multiple homes and barns, including the Dusek, Boedeker, and Hrozek properties, and fought a 250 acre pasture blaze near Jones Prairie before salvaging the larger structures.
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Cameron
John Eanes
Frank Richter
the Herald
Franklin Dusek
Boedeker
N. Central
Dairyland
Ben Arnold
John Hrozek
Temple Highway
Ray Lester
Jones Prairie
Door
Pettibone
Wille Horelica
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In Cameron
VFW
Kindergarden
Littl
School Board
Paul Pittman
Howard Hurry
Zeeler
Supt. Zeigier
Grady H. Stiles
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
Agua Poquita Soil Conservation
Texas Future Farmers of America
Production Credit Association
Duval County
Mitcham
Wentreek
Denson Crouch
Pete Kunz
James M. Thompson
Joe Vybiral
Aliso
Trine Alvaro
Doyle Armstrong
Waco
John R. Caffey
Austin
Sez Hairston
Bryan
Maurice Woytek
Buckhous
Marvin Roessler
Eugene A. Schiller
Temple
Leland Taylor
Flores
Joe Offield
Yee
Fred T. Johns
John F. Streib
University At Washington
Shell Oil Co
Weather Bureau
Reading Club
Marshall
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