Cameron Knights Plan Eight-Lane Bowling Center Expansion
The Cameron Knights of Columbus vote to expand the bowling facility on South Columbus Ave from four to eight alleys. Plans call for automatic pinsetters, air conditioning, soundproof interior, and spectator seating, with the project nearly tripling capacity. Columbus Club officials meet to finalize design, contract, and construction details for the remodel.
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Cameron Knights of Columbus
Columbus Ave
Grand Knight
Leo Laake
The
Herald
Columbus Club
Laake
Knights of Columbus
Milano Schools Reopen With New Superintendent And Teachers
Milano will reopen Monday under James W. Griffin who became superintendent on August 1. He named Corinne Griffin as sixth grade teacher and elementary music instructor and E. V. Smith as seventh grade teacher and girls basketball coach. A public hearing on the 1959-60 budget is set for August 3 at 8 p.m. at the school. Enrollment is expected to reach 335 to 350 students in the white and Negro schools.
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Milano
James W. Griffin
Corinne Griffin
E. V. Smith
Griffin
Sharp Schools Open September 8 With New Teacher
Sharp schools will open September 8 with 135 to 140 students expected. Miss Mary Beile Batte, superintendent, announces one new teacher, Mrs. Trent Phillips, to teach the fifth and sixth grades.
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Sharp Schools
Mary Beile Batte
Trent Phillips
Back To School Set For Milam County Students
About 5 000 Milam County students began registration as classes near start. Buckholts Milan Cameron O J Thomas School in Cameron plan Tuesday openings for public and parochial students with Rockdale Sharp registering September 4 and classes starting September 8. Main item is the football opening games.
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Buckholts
Milano
Camerons O J, Thomas
Cameron
North Milam County
South Milam County
Rockdale
Sharp
St. Anthony's
Vienna Choir Roof Crumbles as 22 Boys Sing
A wire from Australia reports the Vienna Boys Choir performing in an Australia venue when falling stones forced the conductor Xavier Meyer to end the concert. The piece recounts a domestic tale of a family hit by mumps with a younger child nap and a wary household awaiting further illness.
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Vienna Boys Choir
Xavier Meyer
Australia
Casey Moore Delights 135 at Cameron Fire Dept Barbecue
A record turnout of 135 fire department guests and family members heard humorist Casey Moore speak at the annual barbecue at KC Hall. He served as the main speaker for Cameron's volunteer fire department event and delivered a continuous stream of anecdotes that define his Texas wide popularity.
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Fire Department
Casey Moore
KC Hall
Cameron's
Quarterbacks Elect Officers and Hear Grid Report
Cameron quarterback club members elected new officers led by President Dr. S. H. Richardson and Vice President Joe Humplik. Coach Jim Speer outlined Yeoman lineup and season opposition with Max Treadwell and Jerry Hopkins named assistant coaches. The club plans a review of the 1958 Yoe Rockdale game film at the next meeting.
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VHS Agriculture
Yoe Field
KC Picnic Set For Sunday With Barbecue Dance
The local bus will hold its annual fall public picnic Sunday from 4 30 to 8 p m at KC Hall A barbecue and country sausage supper precede a dance starting at 8 30 p m featuring the Vrazel Polka Band.
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Cameron Knights of Columbus
KC Hall
Vrazel Polka
Trustees Set Public Hearing on Cameron School Budget
Trustees will review a $417 525 Cameron school budget at 7 30 p m Tuesday in Ben Milam School with a public hearing. The plan, for 1958 59, compares to a 424 492 receipts budget and shows major expenditures including teachers salaries 249 695 and plant maintenance 7 900.
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Cameron School
Ben Milam School
Wiley Loughmuller
Foundation
Foundation Fund
Loughmiller
Ada Henderson
Milam County Cotton Bales Hit 1450 on Rainy Week
Milam county reports 1450 cotton bales ginned this week at Cameron Compress with total area 42,400 acres under cotton. Rainfall slowed picking but grades stay strong. top price around 33.99 per hundred with a potential drop if rains worsen. Maize yields near last year. corn harvest continues through September as labor shortages impact picker availability.
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Milam
P. W. Davis
Cameron Compress
J. D. Moore
Moore
Davis
The
Herald
Thorndale
North Milam
Yoemen Equipped With Heavy Line and Light Backfield
Fall practice shows a heavy experienced line led by five senior lettermen Hurmplik Barrett Fontaine Koranek Brashear and heaviest lineman Ernie Bayer. Backfield features Ed Lierman and quarterback Caro Fikes with 150 pounds Pat Dillon Woodum and others like Camp Kirk McQueen and Doskocil in mix.
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Twe Yoemen
Letterman
Joe Hurmplik
Grif Barrett
James Fontaine
Herman Koranek
Ronald Brashear
Ernie Bayer
Ed Lierman
Caro! Fikes
Pat Dillon
Jimmy Woodum
Bobby Griswold
Jimmy Camp
Stanley Kirk
Bill McQueen
Amos Doskocil
Seven Day Texan Weather Outlook With Warm Afternoons
The forecast covers a Gulf moisture pattern across coastal Texas with weak squall lines moving out of the Gulf. Expect highs in the 90s, humid easterly winds, and scattered showers and thundershowers through the period. Thunderstorms may intensify in central and east central Texas under lifting clouds.
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Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Gulf
Brazos- San Gabriel
Brazos
San Gabriel
Free Theatre Show For Cameron Students Today
Cameron merchants and the Chamber of Commerce sponsor free morning and afternoon shows at Milam Theatre for all school students. Crowds gather at Courthouse Square before marching to the theater as part of Cameron's back to school program. Tickets available at participating Cameron merchants.
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Cameron Merchants
Cameron Chamber of Commerce
Milam Theatre
Chamber
Richard Moseley
Cameron
Herald
Courthouse Square
Moseley
Little Leaguers Plan First Picnic
Cameron Little League team members and their parents and managers will hold a picnic at City Park at 7 p m today. If it rains the event moves to Simon George Hall, officials said.
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Cameron Little League
City Park
Fourth
Milam
Simon-George Hall
Milam Queen District Contest Set With Seven Candidates
Seven contestants vie for the Milam district queen title at the Hawn Hotel Temple in a 1959 farm bureau event. The lineup includes Judy Tritter Daisy Nell Schmidt Patricia Fife Darlene Moore Paula Rawls Paulette Danke and Joyce Faukus. Rehearsal and activities follow with Johnny Watkins of KWTX TV as master of ceremonies.
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Hawn
Temple & P.m
O. G. Tomlinson
Judy Tritter
Limestone County
Daisy Nell Schmidt
Bell County
Patricia Fife
McLennan County
Darlene Moore
Milam County
Paula Rawls
Bosque County
Paulette Danke
Falls County
Joyce Faukus
Williamson County
Hawn Hotel
Joseph Koonsen
Oscar Grissman
RK. W. Rhoades
Gus Guenther
Williamseon
R. H. Brookshire
John R. McNamara
Euelle D. Jonnsin
Bernice M. Charles
Charles Herring
Johnny Watkins
Kwtx TV
Waco
Angell Hired as Labor Director for Cotton Harvest
Thomas Earl Angell is hired by the Texas Employment Commission again to work during the Cotton Harvest Season in Cameron. Angell will be on duty daily through the harvest and can be reached at the Labor Camp near Court House Square or at 1702 North Houston, phone 707.
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Thomas Earl Angell
Texas Employment Commission
Cameron Angell
Court House Square
North
Houston
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W.T. Whatley
Alcoa Lake
Milam Queen
T. E. Angell
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