Chamber Elects Ten To Executive Board
Ten new directors were elected to the Chamber of Commerce Board for a three year term. Alternates are J. C. Andres and Dr S H Richardson. The 24 member board will install at the February 24 banquet at Simon George Hall with Stanley A Arbingast as guest speaker and E A Perrin as master of ceremonies. Cameron’s outstanding citizen to receive the McCullin award.
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Chamber of Commerce
James Speer
Chamber
Charlie Burke
George Bowman
Narvie Caperton
Gus Evans, Jr
Frank Luecke
Earle Pearson
Jack Prescott
Lester Williams
Drayton McLane
Morris Eplen
J. C. Andres
S. H. Richardson
Bill
Stanley A. Arbingast
Bureau of Business Research
Texas University
E. A. Perrin
Milam County Plans X-Ray Survey Meetings February 12
The Texas State Department of Health sponsors a Milam County X-ray survey. Field Representative Howard Shackelford will meet local groups February 12 to explain new rules and survey runs. Local chairmen Pruitt and Mrs. Humble urge attendance at meetings in Thorndale Rockdale Buckholts Ad Hall Cameron and other towns.
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Milam County
Howard K. Shackelford
Tuberculosis Division
State Health Department
Shackelford
Rea. P. Pruitt
Don Humble
Thorndale
San Gabriel
Conoley
Detmold
Salty
Davilla
Ray Sharp
Tracy
Milano
Gause
Rockdale
Dorothy Hyder
Cameron
Burlington
Ben Arnold
Marlow
Yarrellton
Curry
Marak
Maysfield
Branchville
Jones Prairie
Baileyville
Briary
Clarkson
Commissioners’ Court Room
Humble
Buckholts
Ad Hall
Edwin Gandy
Texas State Department of Health
The
Frank Ermis Sr. Rites Held at St Monica Church
Funeral services for 90 year old Frank Ermis Sr. were held Tuesday at St Monica Catholic Church after a Sunday death at his daughter’s home in Cameron. Rosary was recited Monday at Marek Burns Funeral Home. Burial followed in St Monica cemetery with Rev. George Duda and Rev. Alfred Kallus officiating. He was born March 7 1868 in Eagle and lived in Milam County for 86 years. Survivors include three sons two daughters several grandchildren and great grandchildren with many siblings and relatives listed.
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Frank Ermis
St. Monica Catholic Church
Ermis
Milam County
Frances Michna
S. Nolan
Marek- Burns
St. Monica
George J. Duda
Alfred Kallus
Eagle
K.J.T. Lodge
W. A. Ermis
Robstown
Frank Ermis, Jr
Granger
Annie Kamenicky
Michna
Cameron
Albina Marek
Buckholts
Angelina Dopakil
Temple
Ludmilla Ermis
Austin
Anton Ermis
Agua Dulce
Charlie Ermis
John Ermis
Carolin Zajicek
Came ron and Milam County to be spotlighted on KTBC-TV
KTBC TV Channel 7 will air Bess Beeman's Corner segment Sunday detailing the history of the city of Cameron and Milam County seat Milam County with interesting facts noted by Chamber of Commerce officials.
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Cameron
Milam County
Bess Beeman
Ktbc—Tv
Chamber of Commerce
Dr Lee C Pierce To Speak At First Christian Church
Dr Lee C Pierce director of church relations at Texas Christian University will speak at the First Christian Church February 9 at 7 30 p m A social hour in the church basement honoring him will follow His background includes a BA from TCU graduate work at Brite College and a 1954 Doctor of Divinity from TCU He serves on Christian Unity Council and chairs a Texas Christian Churches delegation study commission
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Lee C. Pierce
Texas Christian University
The
First Christian Church
Pierce
Texas Board of Christian Churches
Walter Grimes
Christian Church
TCU
Brite College of the Bible
Council of Christian Unity of the Disciples of Christ
Texas Convention of Christian Churches
Thorndale FFA Carnival Planned at Thorndale High
Thorndale High School hosts an FFA carnival on February 13 featuring a country store fun house bingo fish pond fortune telling cake walk and movies. At 9 p.m. the FFA Sweetheart will be presented and a beauty contest will follow with visiting sweethearts from nearby towns.
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Thorndale High School
Thorndale Ffa
Peggy Becker
Virginia Patschke
Dana Towery
Verlene Cochran
Cameron
Jeanette Mikulencak
Granger
Marilyn Psencik
Taylor
Sue Saul
Thrall
Patsy Overturff
Rockdale
Beverly Lamb
Sharp
FPA
Herbert Sides
FFA
Milam County MOD Drive partial totals announced
Cameron division figures led by Vic Hannon report partial March of Dimes totals of 2242.77 excluding home mailings and business coin collectors. Breakdowns include Teenagers Against Polio 393.46 Bucket Brigade 863.45 and local fundraisers through January 30 with community groups and South Western Bell volunteers contributing.
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Cameron
Milam County
Vic Hannon
Bucket Brigade
Farm Bureau
Milam County Poultry Team Places Third at Fort Worth Show
Milam County 4-H and FFA teams compete at the Southwestern Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth on February 1. The Milam Poultry team, with Joe Walzer, Adrian Richter, Eugene Michalka, and Carroll Wayne Glaser, finished third behind Totar FFA and Waxahachie FFA. Joe Walzer placed fourth and Glaser sixth among individuals. Grass team also competed, coached by Bennie Whiteside, with members Billy Gelner, Henry Tomasek Jr., and Arvell Jungmann, while J. D. Moore coaches the poultry squad. The two Milam teams will enter District competition at Stephenville in April.
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Milam County
Joe Walze
Adrian Richter
Eugene Michalka
Cameron
Carroll Wayne Glaser
Buckholts
Far Worth
FFA
Texas
Oklahoma
Totar Ffa
Waxahachie Ffa
Milam
J. D. Moore
Couny
Billy Gelner
Henry Tomasek, Jr
Arvell Jungmann
Ft. Worth
Bennie Whiteside
Jaycees Honor State President at Cameron Buffet
Cameron Jaycees honored W. E. Pete Snelson state Junior Chamber of Commerce president at a Friday buffet at Cameron Country Club. Snelson, a long time Jaycee, partners in Midland with Womack Snelson Advertising Agency and previously taught journalism and directed public relations at Texas Western College. He also served as Odessa College vice-president for three years and has led Boy Scouts Community Chest Red Cross and March of Dimes projects.
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Cameron Jaycees
State
Community Chest
Red Cross
March of Dimes
First Baptist Church
Ioland
Jaycee
City Council Names 1958 Boards and Urges Fireline Safety
The council appointed J. T. Parma Leland Green Jr and Frank Stewart to the Cameron equalization board and set Dan Gunn Mrs R W Bennett and Mrs John Ryan as election officials for April 1958. The election will be April 1 at City Hall with two council seats and the mayor's post up for grabs. Fire spectators were urged to stay clear of firemen as crowding and parked cars delayed firefighting. The equalization board meets March 10 to set next year tax values. Tax collections through January 31 reached 90 percent of the 85408.64 roll. City filtration plant work is 85 percent complete and should finish by April. sewage plant progress is about 10 percent.
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City Hall
Cameron
Davilla Youth Wins Navy Honor At San Diego
Davilla youth Raymond M. Rydell has been chosen to receive the American Honor Medal at the U S Naval Training Center San Diego. He is selected from 900 recruits for leadership, sportsmanship and naval bearing. He will train at Air Preparatory School Norman Oklahoma as an Aviation Structural Mechanic after 14 days leave.
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San Diego
Calif
Raymond M. Rydell
B. H. Rydell
Davilla
U. S. Naval Training Center
Rydell
Air Preparatory School
Norman
Oklahoma
Police Seek Willie McCormick in Cameron Shooting Death
Cameron police hunt Willie McCormick about 46 for the shooting death of Ollie Milton, 28, at 1507 West Eighth. Milton died after a 22 rifle shot. McCormick left the scene then a rifle with his brother in law. No charges filed yet.
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Cameron
Willie McCormick
Cameron Negro
Ollie Benjamin Milton
Maynard Byers
Milton
St. Edwards Hospital
1507
West Eighth
Byers
Bob Nelson
McCormick
Cotton soil bank deadline moved to February 20
Milam County ASC office manager Alva Sanders announced the soil bank agreement signing deadline for cotton has been changed to February 20 from March 7. Farmers wishing to enroll or withdraw contracts must act by February 20.
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Alva Sanders
Milam County
ASC
Sanders
Two More Announce For County Offices
Homer Nabours seeks re election as county clerk and La Vert McKinney announces candidacy for Precinct 2 county commissioner. McKinney joins Joe Hickman who announced last week while Don Humble Hickman Herman Yezak and Gus Evans had already announced. Filing deadline is May 5.
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Homer Nabours
LaVert McKinney
Nabours
McKinney
Joe Hickman
Jones Prairie
Don G. Humble
Hickman
Herman Yezak
Gus Evans
Justice of the Peace
Cameron
Milam County Junior Broiler Contest Entries Deadline
February tenth marks the sponsor entry deadline for the Milam County Junior Broiler Contest. Ten dollar entry fee covers banquet tickets and the ceremony on February 28 when winners are announced. Each contestant is sponsored by a county businessman providing fifty chicks.
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Broiler
Funeral Service for Vaclav Mayer Held in Cameron
Vaclav Mayer 77 died Monday in a local hospital. Funeral held Wednesday at St. Monica's Catholic Church with Rev. George Duda and Rev. Alfred Kallus officiating. Burial in St. Monica cemetery. Mayer a retired farmer born in Europe August 10, 1880 came to Texas at 23. Survivors include wife four sons and five daughters mainly of Cameron with others in California and Nevada. 30 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Pallbearers were K J T members. Rosary recited Tuesday at Marek Burns Funeral Chapel.
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Vaclav Mayer
St. Monica's Catholic Church
George Duda
Alfred Kallus
Mayer
St. Moncia Cemetery
Europe
Texas
The
K. J. T. Lodge
W. J
Rudolph
Joe
Charlie Mayer
Cameron
Mary Kolodejeak
Matilda Pavelek
Winsie Junek
Agnes McKattrick
California
Martha Athuff
Las Vegas
Nevada
Citions Will Elect Three Municipal Posts
Cameron voters face March 2 filing deadline for mayor and two city commission seats. Incumbents Roy Griffith and Charles Brady hold posts one and two, with Robert Weems as mayor. No filings had occurred by Wednesday morning. candidates must be qualified voters and city taxpayers who have lived and owned property in Cameron for one year.
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Wayne Weiser
Weiser
Roy Griffith
Charles Brady
Robert Weems
City of
Cameron
City Polls Paid Reach New Heights in Election Year
City secretary Wayne Weiser reports 926 polls paid this year, up from 804 last year but below early expectations. County polls paid reach 4527, compared with 3912 in 1957, with White noting totals often exceed 5000 in major election years. Nina Wilkerson says 93.4 percent of 1957 school tax roll paid. deadline January 31 with February penalties.
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Wayne Weiser
Weiser
Walter White
White
Nina Wilkerson
Parents-Teachers Meet Tonight at Ada Henderson School
The Cameron Parent-Teachers Association meets Thursday February 6 at 7 30 p m at Ada Henderson School. Francis Cox Yee High School band director will introduce band members performing instrumental selections. Founders Day will be observed with a special program by Mrs C L Canady.
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Cameron Parent-Teachers-Association
Ada Henderson
Francis Cox
Yee High School
C. L. Canady
Weather outlook for Cameron ends weekend with showers possible
Weather notes forecast Cameron and vicinity partly cloudy through the weekend with possible scattered showers and little temperature change. Official readings show January highs around 29 to 31 and February values in the low 60s to mid 60s.
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Cameron
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Dance
Jan
O. J. Thomas
Southwestern Bell
Frank Rogers
Ed Benesh
Ruby Helpert
George Kahlig
Service Club
National Guardsmen
Stephenville
Moore
Bennie Zwhiteside
Henry Richter
Jeannette Richter
W. E. Snelson
Jaycees
J. T. Parma
Leland Green, Jr
Frank Stewart
Dan Gunn
R. W. Bennett
John Ryan
Joe J. Rady Co
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Fort Worth
Navy
Lizzie Ann Williams
W. 8Th
Dorothy Lee Lewis
James C. Lewis
K.J.T
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