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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1970
Page
1
A playful Texas weather note compares Jack Frost to a timid visitor as a sharp wind cools the state. The piece describes biting gusts, near freezing temperatures, and the public’s mixed tolerance for cold, with a long list of local names and organizations attached as signatories or contributors.
A list of individuals and families associated with various Texas towns and two extra locations is presented. The names cover diverse cities including Rosebud Burlington Rogers Temple Killeen Austin Houston and Dallas with several personal and marital names alongside a few out-of-state places Phoenix and St. Louis.
Cameron Police Chief Felipe Martinez attends a 24 hour firearms and defensive tactics seminar at Central Texas College for law enforcement officers. The December 7 to 9 session is sponsored by the college Law Enforcement Division and the Central Texas Council of Governments with FBI agent Ed Jones present.
Caldwell residents vote 730 to 246 against a $1.3 million bond to finance a new high school and a junior high in a two phase program. Classes for the high school have been held in the gym basement since the old building was abandoned three years ago.
Cameron school trustees discussed a long range study of future building needs after reports of near completion on the new homemaking cottage. The board heard of proposed state funding shifts and lunch program regulations while setting dates for an April 3, 1971 trustee election and rescheduling the January meeting.
Subscribers of Mid State Telephone Company meet Friday December 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Buckholts School gym to discuss local phone service problems. Buckholts Milano and Holland area subscribers urged to attend.
Rockdale faces a bond issue to expand a plant labeled undersized and poorly designed in a Hunter Engineers study. The facility has drawn scrutiny from the Texas Water Quality Board over wastewater discharges, with modernization estimated at 164160 dollars, 33 percent grantable under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Hearne dedicated its new fire department building with a Sunday ceremony. The modern glass and antique brick structure opened for tours in the afternoon.
Finishing work continues at the 104 bed Heritage House rest home under construction in Rosebud. The brick facility will include 12 guest rooms alongside patient rooms with no official opening date yet set.
Test figures show two recently drilled wells in the Cherokee Navarro Field southeast of Milano. No. 4 Ray Woods produced 35 barrels of 40 degree oil daily from 3 028 040 feet, and No. 6 produced 33 barrels of 39 degree oil from 3 098 120 feet with trace water. A new wildcat is planned in east Milam County by Feboco Oil Corp on about 400 acres near Wildcat Bridge, targeting Edwards Lime at 5,200 feet.
A Red Cross blood bank drive in Cameron at Methodist Fellowship Hall on Tuesday December 15 seeks 71 units with hope to surpass goal. Any healthy 18 to 66 year old may donate. under 21 requires parent consent. Regular donors know the satisfaction, and new donors are urged to join this life saving gift.
Cameron faces a growing housing shortfall with 24 families living in trailer homes, over triple the four year count. Park options include Elliots Bailey's and City Park, with rents from 20 to 70 dollars monthly. The newest addition is the Alvin Fails family relocating from Mississippi via a mobile home setup beside City Park.
Cameron school board approves pants suits as acceptable attire for teachers and students at the meeting. Superintendent D R Dodson reports unanimous approval with caveat that outfits be pants suits not jeans and a tee shirt. Slacks and jeans approved for girls in freezing weather at the start of school.
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