City Council Debates Dust Control and Street Upgrades in Cameron
Cameron city councilors split two to three on key measures at city hall Tuesday night. Weems proposed asphalt for one street to curb dust, with a cost of about five and one half cents per square foot, while Andres opposed unless homeowners funded it. others considered expanding if the project proved successful. The body also set a blinker at Fannin and Highway 36 and approved a new truck bid, discussed water supply and a potential filtering plant, and approved a free weekly garbage pickup option amid debate over mandatory service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Weems
Gene Blake
Milton Schiller
Johnny Andres
Roy Griffith
Cameron
Weems
Andres
Griffith
Blake
Schiller
Simon-George Hall
Old Highway 36
New Highway 36
Hefley Stedman
Balke
Temple
Thomas
Grant
Anders
Victory Bell Debate Stirs Cameron Rockdale Schools
W. T. Scurlock, president of the Rockdale School Board, discusses the fate of the Victory Bell after an exchange with Cameron officials. He notes the bell’s future hinges on Cameron’s wishes, with Rockdale having offered delivery if Cameron wins, and Cameron’s board to decide this week.
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Rockdale School Board
W. T. Scurlock
Rockdale
Dr. Swift
Cameron
Rockdale School
Civic Garden Club Flower Show Scheduled for Dec 17-18
The Civic Garden Club announces its annual Flower Show themed Christmas in the house to be held December 17 18 at Fahendorf Building South Central street across from the courthouse Exhibits cover Arrangements and Horticulture with classes from Outside Doors to Weathered Wood Exhibitors are club members only Judging by Temple National Judge at 10 am Friday Blue red yellow and white ribbons awarded with a sweepstakes top prize for the exhibitor with the most blue ribbons across both divisions
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Civic Garden Clubs
Fahendorf Building
South Central Street
Leo Fuchs
R. G. Grabein
Civic Garden Club
Fuchs
D. H. Buchanan
Temple
Ione Biggs
Mrs. B. F. Cone Dies After Weeks Ill at 73
Mrs. B F Cone 73 died Saturday after a several week illness at her daughter’s home in Cameron. Services were held Sunday at Greens Funeral Home with Rev. Mark C. Magers officiating. She leaves three daughters Mrs Cole Cameron, Mrs Clark Dickinson, Mrs Schultz Dickinson, two brothers, two sisters, eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. Interment in Winston Cemetery near Minerva.
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B. F. Cone
E. C. Cole
Cameron
Chapel of Greens
Mark C. Magers
First Methodist Church
Cole
R. D. Clark
C. J. Schultz
Dickinson
Holland Wallace
Cuero
Lee Wallace
Minerva
Price Conally
Kilgore
Estelle Blum
San Antonio
Winston Cemetery
Oil Men Take Action in Milam County Wells
Oil men in Milam County plan active drilling as A. E. Baer of Beaumont takes over Neal McDowell No. 1 S. R. Fuller wild cat eight miles northwest of Cameron. The test drilled to 600 feet, repermitted to 4000 feet, on a 34.6 acre Francisco de los Rios Survey lease, location 330 feet from the north and southeast lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam Counties
A. E. Bager
Beaumont
Neal McDowell
S. R. Fuller
Milam County
Nortwest
Cameron
McDowell
Baer
Francisco de Los Rios Survey
Mollie Schreiber Dies Sunday At Mexia Burial Here
Mollie Schreiber 62 died Sunday in Mexia Texas where she had lived. Funeral services were set for 3 p m Monday at St Monicas Church with Rev George J Duda officiating. Burial in St Monicas Cemetery. Survivors include six siblings and six named pallbearers.
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Mollie Schreiber
St. Monicas Church
George J. Duda
St. Monicas
Marek Burns
Miss Schreiber
Marah
Mexia
Texas
August Schreiber
Granger
Joe Schreiber
Come
Prize Set For Best Jaycee Yule Home Display
The Junior Chamber of Commerce offers prizes for Cameron home decorations with a $25 savings bond first prize, $15 cash second, $10 third, and two $5 honorable mentions. Judges from Rockdale will tour the city Monday night, December 20, evaluating originality, workmanship, arrangement, lighting and color. Decorations may be visible from the street and may be inside or outside. no application is needed. Last year winners were Mrs. Rube Johnson, Mrs. J. C. Brashear Jr., Mrs. W. R. Newton, with honorable mentions for Mrs. Bill Burns and Mrs. M. A. Hearne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Rockdale
Cameronites
Jaycees
Rube Johnson
J. C. Brashear, Jr
W. R. Newton
Bill Burns
M. A. Hearne
Channel 6
Bob
Miss Mary
Boyd
Wesslyan Guild
Shirley Horstmann
Mark Magers
Mary Jo Boyd
Cameron Men Named On Scout Council
Roy J. Smith of First National Bank of Killeen was re-elected President of the Heart of Texas Council Boy Scouts of America for 1955 at the annual meeting in Waco. New leadership includes Temple’s Hanes H. Brindley as First Vice President and others named to vice presidencies and the executive board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy J. Smith
First National Bank of
Killeen
Heart of Texas Council
Boy Scouts of America
Huaco
Roosevelt Hotel
Waco
Hanes H. Brindley
Temple
Jack Cox
Teague
Frank Ragsdale
Wacco
F. T. McCollum
Clifton
John D. Harper
Rockdale
Paul Dickard
Clyde L. Robertson
Richard Bush
Cameron
H. H. Coffield
George J. Duda
Clifford Swift
Gene Blake
C M Goodnicht Uncle of Cameronites Dies
Charles M Goodnight 84 died at his Houston home on Sunday December 4. Funeral services were held Monday at Wilkinson and Hatch chapel with Rev T S Ogle officiating. Burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery. Surviving are his wife, son W H Goodnight of Waco, daughter Mrs Jack Maskew of Waco, two nephews Sim Fuller Ed Westbrook of Cameron, niece Mrs Mae Stevens of Cameron, sister Mrs Birdie Bird of Dublin and four grandchildren.
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Charles M. Goodnight
Houston
Wilkinson and
Hatchchapel
T. S. Ogle
Oakwood Cemetery
W. H. Goodnight
Waco
Jack Maskew
Sim Fuller
Ed Westbrook
Cameron
Mae Stevens
Birdie Bird
Dublin
Milam County Announces Cotton Referendum Committees and Polling Places
The Milam County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee announces referendum committees for the December 14 cotton marketing quota vote. Eligible cotton farmers, landlords, tenants, and sharecroppers may vote. polling places include Ben Arnold Clarkson schools, Maysfield School, Woodman Hall Milano, American Legion Hall Rockdale, Thorndale State Bank, Domino Hall Sharp, Cecil Criswell Cotton Office Buckholts, and Milam County ASC Office Cameron.
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Milam County
ASC
Clarkson
Ben Arnold School
Maysfield
Milano
Woodman Hall
Rockdale
American Legion Hall
Thorndale
Thorndale State Bank
Domino Hall
Buckholts
Cecil Criswell Cotton
Cameron
Cameron, Texas
Ben Milam School Opens With Formal Ceremony
Ben Milam School held a formal opening December 5 with about 300 attendees. State Education Commissioner Dr. J. W. Edgar spoke on public school centennial progress while praising the district’s facilities, including the new Ben Milam building.
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Ben Milam School
J. W. Edgar
Texas Education Agency
Austin
Texas
Lions Honor Football Squad With January Banquet
Lions Club members met at the First Christian Church basement for their weekly luncheon. Reverend Jim McKeown urged gradual desegregation in the south and prepared minds for action. The club planned a January banquet for the football squad and scheduled a Lions picture show at Cameron theatre. Merlin Lester leads next week program.
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Lions Club
First Christian Church
Lee Marek
Jack Prescott
Jim McKeown
South
Lions
Cameron Theatre
Cameron
Merlin Lester
Mrs Richter Visits Buckholts Family in Cameron
Mrs Fred Richter visits family and friends in Buckholts from Sunday and will return to Houston Wednesday. Her mother Mrs L M Zalesky will accompany her and stay at the Richter home in Cameron.
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Fred Richter
Cameron
Buckholts
Houston
L. M. Zalesky
Richter
Milam County TB Association Formed to Benefit local TB relief
Milam County organized a tuberculosis association to receive 82 percent of Christmas seal sales for local education and relief in 1955. Tuberculosis Board of Directors led by Hinton Pruett urged donors who received seals from the State Association to send contributions, with 50 percent returned to Milam for local use. Next year the group will issue its own seals and retain 82 percent of collections.
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Milam County
Tuberculosis Board of Directors
Hinton Pruett
State Tuberculosis Association
TB Board of Directors
Abandoned Highway 190 Section Put Under State Maintenance
A Cameron delegation led by County Judge Charles C. Smith Jr. won state approval to maintain an abandoned portion of Highway 190 as a Farm to Market route. The Milam County petition, signed by 423 residents, sought rehabilitation and state maintenance under the Colson Brisco Law. Delegation members Lester Williams E A Perrin W W Markham W P Matyastik W C Wallace E L Wied Melvin Ford and Judge Smith were among those presenting the case.
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Cameron
Charles C. Smith, Jr
State Highway Department
Austin
South College Avenue
West 8Th Street
Crockett
Commissioners’ Court of
Milam County
Highway Department
Colson
Lester Williams
E. A. Perrin
W. W. Markham
W. .P Matyastik
W. C. Wallace
E. L. Wied
Melvin Ford
Judge Smith
City permits fall in Cameron during November
Cameron City Hall issued few building permits in November with three totaling 1575 for enlarging and repair and two totaling 10000 for new structures. One ongoing project is a Coca Cola Bottling Company warehouse on Crockett Street, 80 by 60 feet, prefabricated aluminum, groundwork finished and target completion December 15. The facility will mainly support truck loading and unloading.
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Cameron City Hall
Coca Cola Bottling Company
Gene Blake
Decembr 15
Crockett St
Blake
County Real Estate Dealers Plan Milam County Meeting
Officers of the State Real Estate Dealers Association of Texas will meet Milam County dealers Friday at 8 p m in Rockdale Flower Shop to organize a county board. The aim is to regulate actions, aid the public and dealers, and unite licensees under the state body. Attendees from Cameron include C W Hinyard, Mrs Atkinson, Jack Tomlinson, and others.
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State Real Estate Dealers Association of Texas
Milam County
Rockdale
Cameron
C. W. Hinyard
Atkinson
Jack Tomlinson
Claude Brandbury
Daniel Gunn
John Muse
William Rogers
Hubert Shuffield
Wilkerson and Wolf Company
Bond
A. R. Guerceky
Shopping Days Left Before Christmas
A brief notice notes there are fifteen shopping days remaining until Christmas.
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Fannin
Highway 36
Scurlock
Cameron School Board
Frank Schiller
O. G. Tumlinson
J. D. Moore
Rutters Franklin
Albert Horstman
Alvin Dusek
Edwin Adams
Franklin
John Ryan
Grabein
McCloskey
Scout Council
C. M. Goodnicht
Zeebo
Molly Starr
Bob Johnson
Wesleyan Service Guild
Kcentv
Cartoon Drawing Board
Zeebogram
Kcen-Tv
Raton
New Mexico
Missouri
University of Southern California
Pasadena Playhouse
Victor Ma
Ben Milam
Edgar
Camerons
Preston Geren
Frank Newton
Yee High
Francis Cox
A. F. Russell
First Baptist Church
Milam County Tb Association
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