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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1958
Page
1
Column describes crickets swarming Cameron, the pest like Gryllus domesticus nicknamed Crusty. It notes billions of insects filling doorways and walls, dying under car wheels and poison, drawn to lights, trampling drainage, leaving stench and stains, with frost as the only real cricket defense.
A large crowd is expected for the 35th annual Little River Cemetery Association reunion Sunday led by president Bill Black. The Little River Baptist Church hosts the event with a program and picnic dinner starting at 10 45.
Milam County Agriculture Stabilization Conservation Office opens Soil Bank Conservation Reserve applications for establishing maximum farm payment rates. Deadline is Sept 26 1958. County Manager Alva E Sanders notes potential higher annual payments. rules cap annual rental at 20 percent of land value. Eligible land includes cropped land not broken since 1956 and tame hay lands. Two payment rates exist diversion and non diversion with conditions based on land offered and contract length. Farmers missing the deadline lose eligibility for Conservation Reserve contracts.
Cameron merchants will hold September Dollar Day on Friday September 5 with teeit clegg Misra sore fine displaying merchandise and special sale items. Milam County shoppers have time for savings in Cameron as Dollar Day marks the first Friday in September.
The North Milam County Unit Fund elected E. O. Schiller Jr. as president for 1958 59. New officers include Mrs. Bill Burns as vice president Mrs. Loretta Brock as secretary and Henry Liebman as treasurer. Committees were named with Budget Admissions and Publicity chaired by listed members. A special gifts drive starts the first week in October with individual solicitations in late October.
Funeral services for B. F. Brown 56 were held at San Gabriel Baptist Church with Rev. Norman Wilcoxen officiating. He died August 21 in Corpus Christi where he had lived a year after farming in Cameron. He is survived by parents, three sons, three brothers, four sisters and three grandchildren. Marek Burns Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Milam County commissioners court on Friday approved a 375,688 dollar budget for the 1959 tax year based on a 31 million county property value. The plan excludes auto license fees and other district income, while farmland leaders urged tighter screening of surplus commodity recipients. County Judge Charles C. Smith defended the commodity program, noting its benefits to local sales and food access, despite challenges in perfect screening. The budget allocates 148,300 dollars to road and bridge, with 33 cents per 100 valuation used previously.
In Milam County the vote favored Robert W. Hamilton for associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court. County totals show Hamilton 1132 to 940 for J. Edwin Smith of Houston. Cameron area results named La Vert McKinney for Precinct 2 commissioner and incumbent B. G. Rice for Precinct 1 justice of the peace. A county-wide tally counted 2,072 ballots for the supreme court race.
The Cameron P TA will hold its annual open house at 7 30 p m Thursday September 4 at Yee High School tennis courts The VHS band will perform for faculty administrators and the school board The open house signals the start of another PTA year with meetings on the first Thursday each month The group aims to promote child welfare raise home life standards and unite educators with the public for better education.
Cameron system begins classes Tuesday with about 1400 students expected. Yee High School students completed registration last week. YHS football practice started Monday and band rehearsals continue. St Anthony School plans 8 45 a m start with about 180 students enrolled.
Frank M. Luecke surveys Milam County’s farming base and asks how Cameron can attract industry without abandoning agriculture. He highlights location, civic amenities, and near agricultural industries as keys, noting Walled Lake Door Co. and the area’s maize and cattle markets while urging a balanced strategy for growth.
The Cameron Quarterback Club met at the VHS Agriculture building to review past year activities and elect officers for the 1958 season. Charlie Burke was named president with Dr. S H Richardson as vice president and James T Terry as secretary treasurer. Directors named include Dr. Robert Titsworth Rube Johnson and Calvin Markham. Burke announced weekly Monday meetings at 7 30 p m and urged Yoemen backers to attend.
The Cameron Chamber of Commerce says most Cameron stores will be closed on Monday September 1 Labor Day.
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