Christmas Windows Glow as Cameron Builds Grow
A blue norther from North Texas brings Christmas bustle and shined store fronts in Cameron. Building permits exceed 100000 with 12 homes started this year, mirroring strong institutional construction and rising private investment. A sixth grader struggles with arithmetic, father warns against becoming ignorant. Mrs. Steve Salach visits Hammond to meet newborn Ronald Eugene, weighing 9 lbs 13 oz, joining three brothers.
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North Texas
Cameron
Steve Salach
Robert Lee Salach
Hammond Ind
Ronald Eugene
Cameron City Reviews Meter Balloting Results
Cameron City Council will act on the Cameron Chamber poll of meter attitudes. 77 of 85 ballots favored either permanent removal or a trial removal, with 31 for permanent removal, 26 for a trial period, and 20 for keeping meters permanently. Mayor Duncum warned of impacts on street programs and services, noting $5,000 in anticipated meter revenue in the 1961-62 budget.
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Cameron City Council
Cameron Chamber
Jack DuBois
Coleman Duncum
Retail Trade Committee
Cameron Chamber Board of Directors
Cameron
Chamber Retail Trade Committee
DuBois
Cameron Saddle Club Announces Open House at Wilson Ledbetter Park
The Cameron Saddle Club extends a public invitation to an open house at the Club House in Wilson Ledbetter Park on Sunday from 2 30 to 5 p m. Refreshments will be served.
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Cameron Saddle Club
Wilson Ledbetter Park
Cameron Churches Plan Christmas Programs
Several Cameron churches announced Christmas events on Sunday. First Methodist Choir will perform six anthems at 5 p.m. in the sanctuary under Mrs. Hickman. First Presbyterian will stage Love Came Down at 7 p.m. with narration by Mrs. Hensley and Mrs. Brady Jr. First Baptist presents a 7:15 p.m. nativity tableau with multiple choirs. First Christian plans a 7 p.m. program followed by the church tree. Rev. John Solomon of Houston visited weekend guests at the Vogelsangs.
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First Methodist Church
Joe Hickman
Hilliard Thomas
First Presbyterian Church
H. K. Taylor
Charles Hensley
Charles Brady Jr
First Baptist Church
First Christian Church
FHA Office Adds Assistant In Cameron
Farmers Home Administration county supervisor Hoyt Gaston announces Charles McGilvrary as assistant in the Cameron office. A Wortham native and 1955 Sam Houston State College graduate, McGilvrary taught vocational agriculture in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and science in Johnson City, then worked for the Texas Department of Agriculture before moving to Cameron with his wife Olga and three children.
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Hoyt Gaston
Farmers Home Administration
Charles McGilvrary
Cameron
McGilvrary
Wortham
Sam Houston State College
Groesbeck
FHA
Texas A & M College
Rio Grand Valley
Johnson City
Texas Department of Agriculture
MecGilvrary
Olga
David
Cynthia
Kimberly
Pecos
New Finance Concept Austin Man Explains SBIC
Austin attorney and financier William Bullard outlined the Small Business Investment Corporation before Cameron Rotarians. He described SBIC as a Congress created financing mechanism offering equity capital to small firms with 5 to 20 year terms, noting $150 million in SBIC funds matched by federal money and 43 Texas loan concerns. He explained capital formation, governance, and risk, including a case where a group grew from $307000 to $11000000 in capital, and stressed the program aims to improve long term small business lending.
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William Bullard
Austin
Small Business Investment Corp
Cameron
SBIC
U. S. Congress
Bullard
University of Texas Law
Phi Beta Kappa
University of Kansas
Texas
Georgetown
Lester Williams
Funeral Services Held for Bartle Crenan at Cameron
Funeral services were held at 10 a m Wednesday for Bartle Crenan 68 who died Tuesday in a local hospital. Born May 4 1893 in Hearne he lived in Burlington until moving to Cameron ten years ago. He was a farmer and rancher survived by wife William J. Crenan daughter Ellen Frances Crenan sister Ellen Hudson three grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Walter White Tommy Gleason Erich Rothe W L Ansell Bill Hudson Nick Brannan.
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Crenan
Hearne
Burlington
Cameron
John Geiser
St. Monica's Catholic Church
St. Monica's Cemetery
Marek - Burns
Bartle Crenan
William J. Crenan
Ellen Frances Crenan
Ellen Hudson
Alpine
Walter White
Tommy Gleason
Erich Rothe
W. L. Ansell
Bill Hudson
Nick Brannan
Houston firm proposes airline service to Cen-Tex and beyond
Cummings and Groves Aviation of Houston filed with the Civil Aeronautics Board for scheduled air service using twin engines to Cam eron and 10 Texas Cen Tex cities. Return flights from San Antonio to Houston would include Cameron along with Fredericksburg Austin Temple Hearne Bryan Brenham LaGrange Eagle Lake and Rosenberg. The plan lists Houston to Kerrville via Galveston Freeport Bay City Palacios Victoria Rockport Port Aransas Refugio Corpus Christi Beeville Pleasanton and San Antonio with future service to parts of Louisiana South Texas and the Valley. Current scheduled routes serve Waco Temple Austin and Bryan.
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Houston Aviation
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Cameron
Cummings & Groves Aviation, Inc
Houston
Civil Aeronautics Board
San Antonio
Frederiksburg
Austin
Temple
Hearne
Bryan
Brenham
LaGrange
Eagle Lake
Rosenburg
Kerrville
Galveston
Freeport
Bay City
Palacios
Victoria
Rockport
Port Aransas
Refugio
Corpus Christi
Beeville
Pleasanton
Associated Press
San Antonio Express
Waco
Central Texas
Yoemen defeat Rogers 48 39 in Tuesday game
Cameron Yoemen beat Rogers A-team 48 39 behind 30 points from Moody Anderle and Brashear. Rogers Harbour had 18 points, while Cameron and junior high teams also posted wins. The Yoemen struggled in the Marlin Invitational with two losses and one win.
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Yoemen
Rogers
Cameron Yoemen
Yoemen Moody
Anderle
Brashear
Rogers’ Harbour
Cameron
Yeomen
Marlin
McGregor
University High
Waco
Rosebud
Panthers
Winners Named In First OJT Science Fair
Twelve winners were named in four categories at O J Thomas' first Science Fair. About 175 people viewed 40 entries from grades 1 through 12 in the OJT Gymnasium. Dr. Robert Bonner, visiting science lecturer with the Texas Academy of Science and a faculty member of Texas Southern College, was the guest speaker. Entries were judged in biology chemistry mathematics and general science. Exhibits were open to public view Friday night. The Marak 4 H Girls met at Kathy Klecka's home for a cooking lesson on Dec. 5. Their leader, Mrs. Dorothy Vaculin, met with the group.
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O. J. Thomas
OJT
Robert Bonner
Texas Academy of Science
Texas Southern College
Milam County Voters Favor Marketing Quotas in 1962 Referendum
Alva E. Sanders of the Milam County ASCS Office reports that 320 of 337 ballots favored cotton marketing quotas in the December 12 referendum across Milam County. turnout by community ranged with H Community at 93 and A through G totaling 244. 17 opposed. The measure supports penalties on excess production and full price support only for growers within allotment.
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Alva E. Sanders
Milam County
ASCS
Cameron
Sanders
Donnie Warren Fund Seeks Help For Crucial Medical Costs
A local appeal in Cameron asks for donations to a fund for 17 year old Donnie Ray Warren who has a rare kidney ailment. Banks Citizens National and First National accept gifts and petitions circulate to cover ongoing medical expenses and a hopeful Christmas for the family. Donnie is a L. T. Warren family member and a Pythian.
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L. T. Warren
Donnie Ray Warren
Cameron Knights of
Pythias
Warren
Donnie Warren
Cameron Banks
Citizens National
First National
Cameron
Donnie
Cameron Adds Third Frontline Fire Pumper
Mayor Coleman Duncum announced Cameron will receive a new 700 gallon fire truck next week. The city now operates three frontline pumpers with the Ford and an upgraded tank role for grass and country fires. Entrance renovations at the fire department will ease truck movement while basework on Culpepper Addition and Northwest Cameron streets proceeds amid recent rainfall.
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Cameron
Coleman Duncum
Ford
GMC
Duncum
Culpepper
Travis Avenue
Fannin
Patrolman 27 Joins Cameron Police Department
Chief Elvin Hoskins announces the hiring of Bobby Riggs a 27 year old patrolman from Bryan PD who served six years there and assumed duties in Cameron Monday He replaces E J Brokenbush named City Marshall in Rosebud Riggs is married with three children.
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Elvin Hoskins
Cameron
Bobby Riggs
Bryan
E. J. Brokenbush
Rosebud
Riggs
Corpus Preacher Named Cameron Church of Christ Preacher
Eddie Meyers associate minister of North Street Church of Christ in Corpus Christi is named preacher of the Cameron Church of Christ at 100 East Third Street He succeeds Don Fraiser who moved to a Dallas church Meyers age 24 holds a BS in Education from Texas Christian University 1958 graduate He is married with two sons Ricky and Ronnie and Mrs Meyers is Arlington native He has taught in Corpus Christi public schools Fort Worth Christian School and College and was area manager of Field Enterprises Educational Corporation in 1960.
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Eddie Meyers
North Street Church of Christ
Corpus Christi
Cameron Church of Christ
Third St
Don Fraiser
Dallas
Meyers
Texas Christian University
Arlington School
Arion Foundation
Ricky
Ronnie
Arlington
Fort Worth
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