Farm Bureau Anniversary Plans February 15 Swine Contest
Milam County Farm Bureau sets February 15 deadline for youths whose parents are members to register at the Cameron office for the Swine Contest as part of the Eighth Anniversary Celebration at Simon George Hall on February 17. The all day event honors the bureau formed in 1948 with a 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. schedule and a speaker, Ridley G. Arnold, Assistant Organizational Director of the Southern Region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County
Farm Bureau
Cameron
Bureau
Simon- George Hall
Sharon Swanzy
A. T. Swanzy
Burlington
Bertha Ann Miller
Daugher
Hugo Miller
Milam County Farm Bureau
Robert Jungmann
Bruce Lindsey
Joe Zaisichek
Fifty three Foodhandlers Certificates Awarded
Fifty three persons from Cameron Food Stores, restaurants, drug stores and other places of business were awarded certificates in Sanitary Foodhandling at the conclusion of the State Department of Health Foodhandlers' School Friday. D. S. Wimberly, Health Department representative, said 78 attended the latter programs, but those who missed the first two sessions were not eligible for certificates. He expressed pleasure with Cameron participation and hope the school returns soon for broader benefit.
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Cameron Food Stores
State Department of Health Foodhandlers
D. S. Wimberly
Health Department
Cameronites
11 Wells Now Located In Milano Field
The shallow Milano Field oil area shows rapid growth with 11 wells flowing and one gas well struck. The Terry property has two locations above the ONeill lease, and Caville property to start another well soon. Gulf Sulphur Co No 1 Fee drilled to 6716 feet on a 9000 foot permit, first deep Milam County well. ONeill holds seven wells, Boozy Dukes has two, Calton one, Albertson one with gas flow and pump not yet connected.
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Milano
Terry
O'Neill
Caville
Texas Gulf Sulphur Co. No
Milam County
O’neill
L. B
Boozy
Dukes
C. C. Calton
Lloyd Albertson
C. C. Coffield
Arnold to Speak at Milam County Farm Bureau’s 7th Anniversary
R G Arnold of Alburn Alabama will be the guest speaker for the Milam County Farm Bureau’s seventh anniversary all day meeting on Thursday February 17 from 10 am to 3 30 pm at Simon George Hall Cameron Arnold serves as assistant organization director for the Southern Region of the American Farm Bureau Federation and has over twenty five years in Farm Bureau work He helped organize the Texas Farm Bureau in the 1930s and has traveled widely across Texas his current territory covers 13 southern states and Puerto Rico
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Bureau
Riley G. Arnold
Farm Bureau
R. G. Arnold
Alburn
Ala
Milam County Farm Bureau
Simon-George Hall
Cameron
Arnold
American Farm Bureau Federation
Texas
Texas Farm Bureau
Puerto Rico
New Oddfellows Officers To Be Installed
New officers will be installed at the Oddfellow Lodge on Thursday February 10 at 730 pm. District Grand Master J R Jenkins Jr of Belton will oversee the ceremony and install Albert Edmonds Noble Grand and other officers. Refreshments will follow. visiting families attended the fat stock show and rodeo.
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Oddfellow Lodge
J. R. Jenkins, Jr
Belton
Albert Edmonds
Noble Grand
Basse! Wilson
H. B. McClellen
Joe B. Bass
H. N. Tate
Truman Pembroke
Theo Ashenbeck
L. H. Johnson
Charlie Swift
Tom Woods
S. B. Durrie
G. P. Gill
Inside Guardian
Leland Green
III
Bill Whitaker
Oddfellows
C. H. Hairston
Houston
Shirley Dean Hairston
C. J. Theiler, Jr
Bentley Bryant
James Wilborn
Channelview
Theiler
Funeral Held for Mrs. Edward Davis in Cameron
Mrs. Edward Davis, 54, died from a shotgun wound at her Elm Ridge home Monday. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Church of Christ in Cameron, with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include her husband Edward Davis, her father J. D. Rogers, a brother Milton Rogers, and a sister Mrs. Viola Fench.
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Edward Davis
Elm Ridge
Church of Christ
Cameron
Cato Sheerer
Oak Hill
Marek Burns
Carl Blacks
Davis
J. D. Rogers
Milton Rogers
Viola Fench
Minerva
Albert Horstman
E. L. Lehnert
Herman Dodson
J. C. Cauthen
Luther Carleton
P. L. Jackson
Scouts Plan Court of Honor and Family Night
Scouts plan a Court of Honor and Family Night at the Methodist Church on Thursday at 7 p.m. Parents and friends of Boy Scout Troop 83 are invited. Mothers are asked to bring a covered dish for a buffet evening meal. John Duke will attend to present Scouting by picture to Milam and Falls counties. Rev John Solomon and Scoutmaster Allen Dodson will award Merit Badges to Explorer Post and Troop 83 members.
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John Duke
Boy Scouts of America
Milam
Falls County
John Solomon
Allen Dodson
Explorer Post
Methodist Mens Club
Heart Fund Contributions Eligible for Tax Deduction
Contributions to the Heart Fund are deductible for income tax purposes.
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Heart Fund
John Severs Retires After 25 Years With Lone Star Gas
John Severs of Cameron retires January 31 after 25 years with Lone Star Gas in the Stargas Department. He helped launch early butane gas sales, demoed kitchen-on-wheels for farmhouses, and served as commercial salesman on the Waco Division. He plans to work with James D. Crow heating firm and expand real estate and cattle operations in Cameron.
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John Severs
Cameron
Lone Star Gass Company
Stargas
Lone Star
Severs
Ashley, Ill
Texas
Community Natural Gas Company
United Gas and Electric Company
Bryan
Milam Residents Shine at Fort Worth and Houston Shows
Henrietta Richter and father Henry Richter of Cameron led Milam County success at the Fort Worth Livestock Show with Grand Champion Duree Borrows and top placings. Milam juniors also earned honors in the Houston Fat Stock Show with steer and poultry awards across Hereford, Shorthorn, Angus, and Duroc entries.
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Ft. Worth Houston
Milam
Henrietta Richter
Henry Richter
Cameron
Fort Worth
Richter
Duroc Association
Three Borrows
Borrows
Milam County
Houston
Fay Angell
Hereford
Ferrel Angell
Carroll Wayne Jungmann
Joe Dean Zajicek
Buckholts
Rex McClaren
John Robert Cattey
Snarp
Angus
Robert Matyastik
Theo Fuchs, Jr
Alvin Baggerly
Charles Moran
Duroc Borrow
Milam County Disease List Sees 75 Cases in Week
Milam County Health Unit reports 75 communicable diseases for the week ending Saturday February 5. Virus Penumonitis tops the list with 30 cases followed by Strept throat 17, Influenza 12, Mumps six, Virus Pneumonitis and Diarrhea four, Measles two, Chickenpox two, and Tuberculosis one.
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Milam County
John B. Bryson
Bloodmobile drives 79 donors with 55 pints in Cameron
The Bloodmobile visit to Cameron drew 79 volunteers, yielding 55 pints while 24 were rejected for medical reasons. Rockdale collected 45 pints from 62 volunteers, totaling Milam County 100 pints, six short of the per‑city goal. Cameron donors include Mrs Ed McGuire and many neighbors.
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Blood
American Red Cross
Cameron
Rockdale
Milam County
Ed McGuire
Roy Seaton
T. A. Crawford
R. B. McDonald
H. L. Foreman
A. B. Hairston
Jack Taylor
W. T. Whatley
Leroy Thompson
March of Dimes Drive Tops Milam County Total
Cameron leaders report a record March of Dimes drive raising 3815.05 from projects and parties in Milam County. A 700 dollar evening at Simon George Hall featured 22 amateur acts and prize auctions as Farm Bureau and Home Demonstration clubs organized the event.
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Simon-George Hall
March of Dimes
Farm Bureau
Home Demonstration Clubs
Milam County
Home Demonstration Club
John A. Smith, Jr
Hinton H. Pruett
Cameron
Pruett
Ada Henderson
Yee High School
O. J. Thomas
Boxing Bouts Set At Yoe Gym Monday
The Yoe High School Gym hosts a Monday night boxing card on February 14 at 7 45 featuring intramural bouts. Coach Leo Jackson notes about 15 bouts with local talent only. A large crowd is anticipated after a lively previous match versus Temple.
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Yoe High School
Leo Jackson
Temple
Final Rites Held For Mrs Esslinger
Mrs. A. W. Esslinger 82 died unexpectedly at a Cameron hospital on Tuesday February 8. She lived in Cameron since 1921 and was born in Madison County Alabama leaving surviving daughters Mrs W W Gary San Marcos and Mrs Cornelia Weathersbee Houston. sons Andrew Earl Cam eron Walston Fort Worth Francis U S Army Germany Roy Fort Worth. brothers H L Green Sr Cameron W L Green Lubbock A N Green Cameron J C Green E E Green Rosebud. sisters Mrs E B Alexander Wichita Falls and Mrs A C Schaudies Rosebud. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 3 30 p m at the First Presbyterian Church Cameron conducted by Rev John Selomon. Burial followed in Woodland Cemetery Rosebud. Grandsons served as pallbearers.
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Lubbock
A. N. Green
Cameron
J. C. Green
E. E. Green
Rosebud
E. B. Alexander
Wichita Falls
A. C Schaudies
John Selomon
First Presbyterian Church
Chapel of Green
Chapel of Green Funeral Home
Woodland Cemetery
Milam X-Ray Unit Schedule Highlights February Visit
Milam County hosts a mobile X-ray unit February 21 to 28 as Texas health officials shift effort to contact tracing and post-treatment follow ups for syphilis and gonorrhea. The January report lists communicable disease totals and notes public health inspections and upcoming Food Handler's School sites in Cameron and Rockdale with officials from Austin in attendance.
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Milam County
Milam
Phillip W. Gauss
Texas State Department of Health
State Health Department
Texas
Cameron
Rockdale
Veterans Administration
V. A. Loanns
Sanitarian
David Parks
Central Office
C. B. Breedlove
Division of Public Health Education
Sanitarians
Austin
Balusek Named New Assistant Manager at Penny’s Cameron Store
Bob Balusek becomes assistant manager at Penny's department store in Cameron working with Lewis Mc Kee. A Taylor native, Balusek was released from the Army December 24 after two years in the Far East and had previously worked for Penny's in Taylor for three and a half years.
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Bob Balusek
Penny
Lewis McKee
Penny's Department
Cameron
Balusek
Taylor
Far East
Penny's
Yeomen Fall to Belton 53 48 in District 22 AA Clash
Yeomen battle hard but fall 53 48 as Belton edges ahead late in the District 22 A A game. Joseph Michalka scores 19 leading Yeomen while Tulloch tops Belton with 18. Belton wins B game 41 35 as Cunningham leads with 12. Yeomen set to face Rosebud next.
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Dick Young
Belton
Tigers
Yeomen
Joseph Michalka
Fred Petmecky
John Duncan
Benny Massengale
Petmecky
Duncan
Massengale
Jimmy Rettig
Tulloch
Ward
Cunningham
Smith
Butch Polzer
Little Yoemen
Ray Green
Yoemen
Rosebud
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Ame
Foodhandlers
Bureaus
Mrs. E. Davis
Lone Star Gas
Morgan Layfield
Katherine Johnson
E. A. Perrin
Andrew Esslinger
S. W. McLaren
Hazel Waiston
F. E. Jackson
James McKeown
David Shapiro
Mary Y. Hess
H. V. Hess
E. B. Williams
George Clements
Bobby G. Clements Steve John Reisner
Rudolph Michalka
Billy Shelander
Sammy Dell Markham
R. Drayton McLane
Jack Ingram
Dave Whitley
K. A. Conner
Billy Schlitz
K. E. Conner
Frank Ebler
Charles Allday
Carl Weems
John A. Schmidt
Nell Sutter
C. J. Sutter
Alice Bishop
James Posey
Shirley Horstman
John
Lenora A. Bickett
Rev
Harsh Brown
Richard W. Moseley
W. C. Wallace
Albert Collins
Dennis Klein
Kenneth Cryer
Ed Laywell
David Bryan
T. L. Denson
Royce Platt
Eula Crook
Clara Matula
Joe B. Richardson
W. T. Hanes
A. J. Matula
Pete Mikula
Albert Michalka
Porter Young
Charles Nabours
Alice Hughes
Sue McDaniel
Arnold Rummel
Emil Abel Dean White
James C. Humphreys
John Bryson
Lyle McDermott
HD Party
A. C. Wimpee
Dallas
Joy West
Darlene Porter
Buckholts School
Richard Wilkerson
Mrs. Esslinger
A. W. Esslinger
Cameron Hospital
Fred Miller
Charles O. Blalock
Texas Education Agency
Nell Faulkner
Bureau of Local Health Service
Phillip Gauss
Belton Cagers
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