Yee High Clinches District Golden Gloves Team Trophy
Yee High School boxers win the district tournament in Temple with 85 points to claim the team trophy as Cameron and Belton fighters star in welterweight and open division bouts. Temple finishes runner up at 34. open class includes Blackmon and notable knockouts and decisions across featherweight to heavyweight.
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Temple
Yee
Charles Blackmon
Cameron
Blackmon
Austin
Belton
Killeen
Yee High School
Leo Jackson
Milam County Farm Bureau Roots Grow With Leadership Lineup
The Milam County Farm Bureau expands from a small group to about 1000 members. S. W. McClaren Jr. becomes first president, serving until 1951 when elected to the Texas Farm Bureau State Board. Dennis Klein later serves as county president, followed by John A. Smith Jr. in 1958. The office opens in Cameron with secretaries-treasurers Mabel Elrod and Jessie M. Wimberly, then Lenora A. Bickett as secretary-bookkeeper. A full-time office starts in 1952 with William F. Arthur as service agent. A 26-member Board of Directors governs the growing organization.
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S. W. McClaren, Jr
Farm Bureau
Milam County
Texas Farm Bureau
Dennis Klein
Burlington
McClaren
Klein
John A. Smith, Jr
Cameron
Mabel Elrod
Jessie M. Wimberly
Wm. F. Arthur
Lenora A. Bickett
Robert Jungmann
Bruce Lindsey
Farmers in Islam County Board Discussion Emphasizes Soil Health
Members of the Islam County Farm Bureau discuss erosion as a constant enemy. They stress the need to build soil fertility and conserve virgin soil resources for future farming efforts.
Election of Sharp High School Favorites Completed
Students at Sharp High School completed the annual election for the 1953 54 year with results listing Most Beautiful Girl Terry Sue Cryer Most Handsome Boy Weldon Doskocil Most Popular Girl Dorothy Freeman and Most Popular Boy Lee Roy Kohring.
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Sharp High School
Terry Sue Cryer
Weldon Doskocil
Dorothy Freeman
Lee Roy Kohring
Best Dressed and Friendly, Athletic, and Clever School Winners
A list of campus award winners names Shirley Drummond and Wel don Deskooil as best dressed and best dressed boy, Jeanie Weido and Carroll Lee Pimpler as friendliest, Beverly Schwarz and Terry Shelton as most athletic, Jeanie Weido and Bob Bobby Lawrence as courteous, Terry Sue Cryer and Weldon Doskocil as cutest, Marvin Nemec as jolliest junior, Velma Crow as foolish freshman, Dorothy Winfrey and Lee Roy Kohring as biggest smile, Kathryn Males and Bob Garner as wittest, Jeann Weido and Bobby Lawrence as most cooperative, plus a nod to Henry Hefti visiting Cameron and notes on the 820 Boy Scout Council camps valued at $35,000,000 with Club Scouting started in 1931 and over a million boys enrolled.
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Jeanie Weido
Carroll Lee Pimpler
Beverly Schwarz
Terry Shelton
Bobby Lawrence
Terry Sue Cryer
Weldon Doskocil
Marvin Nemec
Thomas Dodd
Velma Crow
Dorothy
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Golden Gloves
Baggerly
Angels
Freddie Fleischer
Buddy Cooper
Fleischer
Cooper
Fleische
Buddy Thompson
Henry Brown
Brown
Thompson
Buzz
Cameron Boys
Alvin Baggerly
Thomas Raymond
Raymond
Billy Angell
Junior Zotz
Brazil
Airway
Nob Hill
Safeway
Gardenside
Tama
Sunny Hills
Ane
Odal
Ib Eke
Vuteme
Komo
Lucerne
Steen Giant Peas
Airway Coffee
Omatoes
del Monte
T Kb
Tito
Unngbank Margarine
Breadsien
Cree Tveres
Beverly
Texas
Lux Soap
Teltet Soap
Taitet Soap
Game
Rutabagas Taitew Snips Grapebruit
U. S
Frankburters
Somerset
Geile
Islam County
Shirley Drummond
Weldon Deskooil
Studious Boy
Bobby
Peggy Lawrence
Modell Shelton
Wayne Doskocil
Henry Hefti of
Maysfield
Boy Scout Council
Jane
Morton
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