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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1959
Page
8
The piece cites Texas Safety Association and National Safety Council noting Christmas as the deadliest holiday due to travel and alcohol. It urges planning a safe season and promotes the Cameron Christmas Santa Parade as a starting point for safer driving on city and county roads.
A reader jokes about U S foreign loan policy and direct aid to Afghanistan and nations borrowing money. The letter humorously notes the columnist’s self interest and calls for accepting aid to prepare the country for future assistance.
Gov. Price Daniel calls Jan 9 special elections to fill three Texas legislative vacancies as lawmakers debate a potential early session to fund higher teacher salaries. McDonald D. Weinert resigns as chief state water engineer effective Jan 12, with Trinity River and San Jacinto dam projects shaping Houston water disputes.
Twenty years ago William Billy Giles of Cameron was named Army football team captain at West Point. Swedish skating star Sonya Heini rode a Cameron train en route to Houston for an ice show. Frank Perrin of A and M and his brother Douglas of Texas U visited family in Cameron. Other locals home for the holidays included Katherine Monroe Mary Ann Green John Lane and Roy Baskin Jr.
A long list of area churches with pastors and service times. Includes All Saints Episcopal First Assembly of God Church of the Nazarene First Baptist First Methodist Jehovahs Witnesses Burlington Baptist Community Church Liberty Trinity Lutheran Gospel Tabernacle St Monica Catholic Rice Hoyte Marlow Mayfield Milano Buckholts and more with Sunday School times and worship schedules.
Misses Carroll and Cain of Cameron High School faculty attended the State Teachers Institute in Houston during the Thanksgiving holidays. Visiting students included Ruth Coleman Cecil Barmore Louise Mabel Jim and Mike Coleman. The Women of Milam County were urged to pay their poll taxes so they could vote like Milam County men.
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