Story Book Land Arrives At Cameron Autumn Arts Show
Children will journey through Story Book Land at Cameron City Park on October 1. The event features a petting zoo with calves and a tame rabbit, sections themed Little Boy Blue and The House That Jack Built, face painting, and dream role play. A volunteers group led by Marjorie Riley plans contests such as hoola hoop and jump rope with prizes.
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Little Boy
Blue
MacDonald
Jack
Marjorie Riley
Cameron Autumn
Old
MacDonalds Farm
Childrens
Cameron City Park
Riley
Laura Hollas
Louis Hollas
Andy
Vrazel
Gary
Steven
Louis
Plete
Mandi Kirk
Mike Kirk
Mandi
Eddy Young
Childrens Center
Star
Ann Roberts
Laverne Humble
Helen Fuchs
Pat Camp
DeLane Yager
Betty Youngblood
Judy McDaniel
Joe Janak
Local Business and Personal Names List
A dense roster of names and affiliations appears, listing Cameron-W.C. Pemberton James R. Lafferty T H Ward Elvin Green Chamber of Commerce Paul Hoelscher Theo Aschenbeck Mrs A K Gurecky J L Zalesky Jane Matyastik V E Lesikar Frank Kratochvil D A Swope Raymond Green Mrs Joe Hibber Lydia Glaser Mrs Otto Koening E E Dodson Erwin Pugh Rogers Jim Mayfield First State Bank Johnny Richter Houston Mrs M Zalkovsky S H Vodkel F Gene Crawford Shell Oil Company C W Boecker Rockdale ALCOA California Edwin J Hosch Temple Mrs W A Schiller Beeville Mittie Yarbrough Bellaire C K Stephenson Gause B A Cunningham William Barkow Euless C L Matocha Mesquite Herbert A Butler Buckholts Laddie Vaculin Henry Olis John J Hronek Taylor Murry McCrummer Maria Jim Bartlett Trinity Dana E Monroe Florida Ralph Duffy
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William Barkow
Euless
C.L. Matocha
Herbert A. Butler
Buckholts
Laddie Vaculin
Henry Olis
John J. Hronek
Taylor
Murry McCrummer Maria
Jim Bartlett
Trinity
Dana E. Monroe
Florida
Ralph Duffy
Milam County Faces $81 000 Shortfall Over Bookkeeping Error
Milam County officials cited a bookkeeping error after the January switch to a new system left the county balance $81 000 lower than previously reported. Judge O B Harden blamed un-reconciled bank statements and the auditor’s setup, with possible extra impacts from transfers between banks.
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Milam County
O. B. Harden
John Andres
Council OKs Signup For Paving Project
Cameron city council heard paving plans for Green Addition with work possible in about a month after Texas Securities Corp signs up residents. The firm representative said most of the 40 block area have signed up and will underwrite funds for those who have not.
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Committee For
Adolph Gresak
LaVert McKinney
Gerald Vinton
Walter Stolte
McKinney
Harden
the Herald
Green Addition
Texas Securities Corp
Cameron City
Texas Securities
Lawrence Zotz
10Th St
Ruby Fry
Zoning Commission
Fry
Frances Price
Milam Farm Leaders Plot Labor Day Tractor Trailride
A four man Milam County committee plans a tractor trailride on Labor Day to dramatize the farm price crisis. About 60 farmers and leaders from Texas Farm Bureau Texas Farmers Union and local operations met at Cameron First Methodist Hall to map seven goals including educating the public boosting commodity prices and lobbying officials.
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Milam
Texas
Texas Farm Bureau
Texas Farmers Union
Falls
East Bell County
Cameron
Methodist Hall
Dick Ellison
Baileyville
White House
Edwin Lehmann
Temple
Taylor
Rockdale
Ellison
Farmers Union
Cameron Man Killed In One Vehicle Crash Near Farm Road 1600
Thomas Rubio a 28 year old Cameron resident died at the scene when his bob tail truck hauling silage overturned on Farm Road 1600 about three miles south of Cameron. Justice of the Peace Jess Brock declared him dead. The truck owned by Elm Creek Dairy crashed trapping Rubio beneath it. DPS Trooper Jerry Benson investigated. Funeral services for Rubio were pending at Marek Burns Laywell Funeral Home at presstime. The incident marked the county's sixth traffic fatality of the year.
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Cameron
Thomas Rubio
Justice of the Peace
Jess Brock
Elm Creek Dairy
Rubio
Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home
DPS
Jerry Benson
Krenek Elected Folk Fete President in Cameron
Pearlie Krenek of Cameron to head the 1978 Folk Fete with James Anderle as first vice president and Jeff Webster as second vice president. The board reported 1977 Folk Fete net income of 3 043.01 and a Folk Fete Inc balance of 4 293.31. Admissions reached 3 762, a festival high, as directors eyed permanent Fiesta Grounds facilities and planned monthly meetings through June 1978.
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Pearlie Krenek
Cameron
Folk
Folk Fete, Inc
Fete
Cameron Fiesta Grounds
John Barrett
Wright
Pres
Dean Trubee
Charles Kunz
Fiesta Grounds
Trubee
Barrett
Rockdale
TRC official signals mining law impact and new projects
Roy Payne of the Texas Railroad Commission outlined expanded oversight under the new Surface Mining and Reclamation Act. He cited planned lignite strip mining near Milan by Shell Oil 1981–85, a 545 megawatt TP&L plant at Rockdale Works, and a joint Alcoa TP&L generator for an Alcoa facility in Palestine. He noted Alcoa received Texas’s first soil conservation award and first surface mining permit under the act.
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Roy Payne
Texas Railroad Commission
Rockdale
Texas
Hal Reagan
Texas Alcoa Public Relations
Payne
TRC
Texas Oil and Gas
Milan
Shell Oil
Shell
Milano
Tp&l
Rockdale Works
Alcoa
Palestine
Robertson County
Taylor Soil Conservation District
Reagan
Texarkana
Mexican
Texas Energy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Commissioners Court
Rockdale State Bank General Fund
Citizens National Bank General Fund
Ray Harris
Harris, Havens and Co
John Henderson
Henderson
Milano Fire Department
Don Humble
Linda Brooks
Probation Supervisory Fund
Snowball
Point Crisis
Kent Butler
Price
Har- See
Krenek
Folk Fete
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