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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1971
Page
6
A long read of children and parents writing Santa with requests for dolls, toys, and household items. The list includes Patricia Yvonne Johnson seeking a walking doll and washing machine, and many others asking for bicycles, walkie talkies, toy vehicles, and games.
The church Christmas social featured hymns and a Lottie Moon film shown by Rev. Larry Kindrick. Ladies served sandwiches cookies coffee and punch as gifts were exchanged from a blue and silver tree.
Gifts from local merchants were donated for 25 patients at the Central Brazos Valley Unit of Austin State Hospital for a Christmas party in Austin. Mrs. W. C. Wallace and Mrs. Nona Miller of the Milam County Mental Health Outreach Clinic collected and delivered the gifts. Wallace noted outreach clinics statewide provide gifts for thousands of often forgotten Texas mental hospital patients, and 149 patients were at the Central Brazos Valley Unit in Austin.
A State Comptroller's representative will be at the sheriff's office in the courthouse on December 28 from 2 to 4 p.m. to issue special farm user decals for local farmers and ranchers with LPG powered vehicles. If unavailable, contact the Waco District Office at 121 South 6th St., 3rd Floor, Waco, phone 753 3671.
Buckholts School Board met December 13 and discontinued the smallpox vaccination policy. They instructed the superintendent to request bids for a new dishwasher. They ordered the replacement of outside gas lines next summer. They approved the sale of the Dodge bus.
Milton Edward Bell of Route 1 Rockdale is a tentative candidate for the Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas at Austin, anticipated at the end of the fall semester December 22. No public graduation exercises will be held. Greens that adorn home reference ancient rites and symbolism for evergreen plants used in Christmas lore. Ivy festive Bacchus, yew and cypress signifying eternal life.
The Texas Insurance Advisory Association warns holiday decorations increase home fire risk. Inspect wiring and bulbs, disconnect decorations at night, and water live Christmas trees to prevent fires that claimed 155 Texas lives last year.
Bob Bailey of Cameron is named Comeback Farmer by Taylor S and W Conservation District for restoring 140 acres near Milano. He transformed cut over land into four pastures with bermuda and bahia grasses, lovegrass, water access, and wildlife habitat, now supporting 50 to 70 animal units yearly.
Jacksboro defeated Rosebud-Lott 20 to 14 in the Class AA state championship game at Waco. Rosebud-Lott drove inside Jacksboro territory four times in the fourth quarter but was stopped at the 37 44 38 and 35 yard lines. The win gave Jacksboro its second Class AA state title before about 11 000 fans.
State Rep. Dan Kubiak and Sen. Mike McKool press for a 10 percent auto insurance premium cut citing record profits in 1971. They urge the Texas Board of Insurance to halt further rate hikes and push no fault plans to reduce litigation and costs. Fossil plant and animal findings in Antarctica are cited by National Geographic to support continental isolation theories.
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