Cameron Chamber Road Officials Barbecue Plans
About 150 road boosters and officials will attend the Cameron Chamber of Commerce roads committee barbecue at Wilson Ledbetter Park. C B Thames district engineer for the State Highway Dept will head a delegation of state road officials. A general discussion on Milam County highway needs planning and allocations is expected with tickets for sale at the Cameron Chamber office.
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Cameron Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
C. B. Thames
State Highway Dept
Bryan
Wilson - Ledbetter Park
Jack DuBois
Milam County
Thames
DuBois
Highways and Good Roads Committee
Cameron Chamber Offce
One car crash injures Houston man near Cameron
Rowland Hernandez of Houston is in critical condition at Newton Memorial Hospital after a Tuesday night single vehicle crash on US 77 seven miles south of Cameron. His 7 year old son, the only other occupant, was released with minor injuries. Hernandez swerved to avoid two calves, struck a culvert, and suffered severe chest skull and brain injuries. An ambulance transported him to the hospital around 6 45. The same page reports Cameron School Board approving a 550 530 budget with a 1 50 per valuation based on 8 7 million assessed value including a 10 percent increase for O J Thomas classrooms. Local taxes total 141 341 with maintenance 104 433 and debt service 26 108. Major item is salaries totaling 378 120. Other line items include 18 000 furniture, 19 000 buildings, 43 029 debt service and interest, 20 660 pupil transport, and 23 708 district admin costs. Revenue sources include state per capita 129 996 and foundation funds 255 929 with total education revenue 388 425. No federal revenue. Non revenue receipts include 19 000 loan and 3 000 property sale. Total anticipated revenue with balances: 559 603.
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Rowland Hernandez
Newton Memorial Hospital
US 77
Cameron
Hernandez
Houston
Green Funeral Home
Cameron School Board
Ben Milam School
O. J. Thomas
Foundation Fund
Foundation Transportation
Texas Education
Instant breakfast idea and fast travel musings in Cameron
Monroe Fuchs reports on an instant fried egg toaster concept for quick breakfasts. The column also notes Cameron homes under construction on E Eight Street North Travis and in Green Addition, then shifts to reflections on speed, time travel, and relativistic physics.
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FML
Monroe Fuchs
Cameron
E. Eighth St
North Travis
Green
Twister Strikes Sharp Community Causing Widespread Damage
A small twister struck the Sharp and San Gabriel communities on Tuesday afternoon August 22, damaging barns garages and trees. Property owners Ernest Backhaus Henry Von Gonten Val Nemec Carl Laffere Oscar Mueck and others reported extensive damage. A chimney roof and siding were blown from homes including that of F A Abel and George Gamble, with a barn blown down and windows shattered.
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Sharp
San Gabriel
Ernest Backhaus
Henry von Gonten
Val Nemec
Carl Laffere
Oscar Mueck
F. A. Abel
George Gamble
Herald
Florence Spiegel
New Owners Reopen Young Texans Children’s Shop
Mrs. Dwight L. Moody and Mrs. C. W. Harvard have purchased the Young Texans Children's Shop and plan to open soon with a complete new merchandise line. The building has been cleaned and repainted.
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Dwight L. Moody
Bryan Concern Buys Snowhite Laundry
Bryan buys Snowhite Laundry and Dry Cleaners with American Laundry owner Roland Dansby and former Snowhite owner Ray Lester announcing the deal. Sale completed Monday as workers moved many machines to Bryan. Snowhite’s plant closed in Cameron where operations had run since 1947. Homer and Mrs. Conley to operate under Dansby. Marek joins Pearl Beer Distribution, with 15 employees affected.
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American Laundry
Bryan
Snowwhite Laundry & Dry Cleaners
Roland Dansby
Snowhite Laundry
Ray Lester
Snowhites
Lee Marek
Snowhite
Cameron
Homer Conley
Dansby
Marek
Pearl Beer
Lester
Texas 2-Cent Sales Tax Sets Rules and Exemptions
The Texas Research League outlines a 2 percent tax on taxable tangible personal property starting Friday. Exemptions include food, medicines, clothes under ten dollars, and certain agricultural goods. Retailers file quarterly forms with the comptroller, with penalties for late payments and interest on delinquencies.
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Texas
Texas Research League
Price Daniel
Cameron Herald touts 3,000 extra Milam readers and Dollar Day sales
The Cameron Herald announces 3,000 additional Milam and trade area families welcomed. Dollar Day specials run Tuesday with other holiday weekend promotions. Beginning September 11 youths may sell subscriptions to boost circulation and readers can learn the plan on Page 2A. The paper thanks local business leaders for ad cooperation as banks and offices close for Labor Day observance.
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Cameron Herald
Cameron
Herald
Chamber of Commerce
Area Schools Open This Week for New Season
Cameron area schools schedule classes to start September 1 with Labor Day on September 4 as a holiday. Enrollment across four Cameron schools is expected around 1650 for 1961 62. Buckholts St Anthony Burlington and Maysfield also plan Sept 1 openings.
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Charles Zeigler
Cameron
Buckholts School
St. Anthony School
Burlington
Maysfield
Lions Club Sells Yoemen Booster Pennants for Scholarship
Cameron Lions Club announces Yoemen Booster Pennants are on sale with proceeds funding the Lions Club scholarship fund. A $250 scholarship will be awarded to a Yee High School student, first in May 1962, based on later announced qualifications.
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Cameron Lions Club
Lions Club
Yee High School
Shuffield Appeal Denied After Hearing in Cameron Case
Hubert W. Shuffield 66 of Cameron had a motion for a new trial denied after a Tuesday hearing. Shuffield was sentenced to 40 years in the state penitentiary for the shooting death of Jesse Kirk Jr. at Cameron.
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Hubert W. Shuffield
Cameron
Huntsville
Jesse Kirk, Jr
Shuffield
W. C. Wallace
E. D. Matthews
Rockdale
D. C
TP and L Manager Visits in Cameron
John L. Murchison TP and L Company new manager of its Southern Division visited Cameron this week. He met Cameron business leaders and was introduced to Hen ry Liebman TP and L district manager. Murchison succeeded W Garland Button as division manager and lives in Waco formerly led TP and L Waco district.
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Tp&l
Cameron
John L. Murchison
Texas Power & Light Company
Murchison
Henry Liebman
W. Garland Button
Button
Tyler
Waco
Lasting memory of Gause General Store and Mrs Varner
In Gause Milam County the General Store has served the town for six decades. Mrs. Varner known for her charity and motto Always be helping somebody else continues to influence the community as the store remains run by her son G R Varner. She is the lone surviving original member of the Gause Methodist Church and recalls local history from the Gause Gazette to the fire that burned the school.
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Gause
Milam County
Allen Varner
G. R. Varner
Varner
Joe Moore
New York Giants
Doty
Houston
Warners
Austin
The
Gause Methodist Church
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