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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1966
Page
1
A reflective piece ties Jesse Wilkerson’s pendant tale to holiday meaning. It contrasts Asia’s hardships with home’s higher living standard, recalling Takahiko Kubo’s card and a shared sense of Christmas as a beginning that blends joy, tears, and memory across oceans.
Mrs. Dahlia Stewart Woods, 79, died suddenly Tuesday afternoon while shopping. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in Green Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Richard Freeman officiating. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by nieces and nephews. formerly employed at Cheeves Bros. and McIntosh's before retiring.
Milam County gains a new wildcat as J M Huber Corporation schedules No 2 H H Coffield Unit on a 40 acre tract six and one half miles south of Milano. The unit, permitted to 3500 feet, follows the plugged No 1 Coffield drilled to 3024 feet. In eastern Milam, Shell Oil No 2 Adone Estate deep Smackover wildcat advances to 11581 feet, 316 feet deeper than Friday, as Shell pushes a third attempt at oil in the Smackover on their lease block.
Mrs. Ida Jenness died at 611 East 6th Street. Funeral services are at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with Rev. J. E. Lafferty officiating. Burial follows at Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivor: daughter in law Sue Jenness of Cameron. two grandchildren. three great grandchildren. one brother. Marek Burns Funeral Home handles arrangements.
Don Manley, a four year letterman and A student, was named most valuable player on the 1965 Yee High School football team by the Cameron Quarterback Club at the annual banquet Tuesday night. He played offense halfback and defensive end and held leadership roles as NHS president, Interact Club president, Rotary sponsor, and student council vice president.
Firefighters fought two blazes at the home of Fannie Mae Dickey on West 8th Street starting about 6:45 p.m. The first alarm was followed by a second fire under the metal roof around 10:30 p.m. The house was completely destroyed.
Tuesday night at James Connally Tech in Waco delegates elected officers for a three year term. Mayor Bassel Wilson of Cameron became treasurer. O B Harden Milam County judge was named executive director. J Howard English Hill County judge was chairman. Bill Black Bell County judge co chairman. Paul Harvey Hillsboro was secretary.
Cotton producers across the belt vote for marketing quotas under the Cotton Research and Promotion Act to govern the 1967 crop. Milam County backs quotas at 92.99 percent. the overall vote nears 90 percent in belt states. The research and promotion proposal passes at 67.9 percent nationwide and about 70 percent in Texas, with Milam County at 72.62 percent.
Saint Popiscopal Church will host a special Christmas music and prayer service at 9 p.m. on Saturday led by Rev. David Iorskie. Midnight Mass is set for Christmas Eve at St. Monica’s Catholic Church. Fost Methodist Church plans a 10 a.m. worship on Sunday Christmas Day with most Cameron churches holding regular Sunday services.
Mrs Viola McClaren Roberts died Sunday night in Plainview Funeral services were held at 5 p m Wednesday at the Marlow Baptist Church with burial in Marlow Cemetery Surviving are her husband Tom Roberts of Plainview four brothers S W McClaren Hubert McClaren Lawrence McClaren and Max McClaren all of Cameron four sisters Mrs Gladys Pyeatt of Memphis Texas Ema Jean McClaren and Sue McClaren Camero n and Lucille McClaren of Waco
Cameron and Milam County prepare for the Christmas rush with a nine day holiday traffic crackdown. DPS countdown board predicts 47 highway deaths by Monday night and 36 for the New Year weekend. Officials urge restraint, highlight speeding, stop signs, and no passing zones. A minor collision on Fourth Street caused limited damage to two Cameron residents. Cameron schools begin a two week holiday.
A true Cameron Christmas tale follows a young newsboy delivering the morning paper on a cold winter dawn. He saddles his horse, endures freezing streets, and wakes in a sleepy waiting room, reflecting on the quiet beauty of the holiday morning before continuing his rounds.
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