Winter sports scale from Sapporo to Midwest streets
The piece notes Sapporo Winter Olympics prominence and Midwest limits on skiing due to snow. It mentions ice skating in Upper Midwest and Canada, weekend hockey on TV, and contrasts football and hockey gear. It recalls a Center Lake hockey memory with improvised goals and night play.
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Sapporo
Japan
Midwest
Upper Michigan
Wisconsin
Upper Midwest
Canada
Ice hockey on a frozen lake near Center Lake described
A narrator recalls an informal on ice contest using a tin can as a puck and a black ice rink near Center Lake. Players endure cold, rough collisions, improvised equipment, and a mix of amateur athletes including college and Olympic level competitors from multiple sports, making it a unique, rustic form of fun.
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Sapporo
Center Lake
Belton editor laments unsafe modern society
Belton Journal editor Jim Russell voices concern over public safety in modern America. He cites risks on highways streets and parks and jokes that true safety remains only underarms.
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Belton Journal
Jim Russell
America
Woman elected to vestry in Hearne church
Mrs. C. D. Wilkerson of Hearne was unanimously chosen at the January parish meeting to serve on the Vestry of St. Philip's Episcopal Church. She becomes the first woman elected to the Vestry and the first female Senior Warden in the Diocese of Texas.
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Hearne
C. D. Wilkerson
St. Philip's Episcopal Church
Georgetown Meat Co Closes Amid Regulatory Disputes
Georgetown Meat Co. which supplied local and area meat companies is closed after partners cited excessively stringent government rules and divergent inspector interpretations. Owner Carl Doering said federal regulations over the past two years felt like government harassment.
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Georgetown Meat Co
Carl Doering
Lott Night Marshal Defends Fair Store from Burglars
Fair Store owner night marshal Bob Roussington surprised six young burglars early Saturday morning. He stopped them as they pried open the door and issued a halt. A pistol shot was fired at him and he answered with shotgun blasts, wounding one and capturing the five others.
Badgerettes Capture 3rd District Title
The Buckholts Badgerette girls basketball team won the 3rd district title by beating Holland 59-21 to finish 9-1 in district play. They face Reisel or Lorena in bi district at Baylor gym in Waco on February 14 with the winner advancing to Region IV at Southwest Texas State University.
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Buckholts Badgerette
Holland
Badgerettes
Troy
Reisel Or
Lorena
Baylor University Gymasium
Waco
Southwest Texas State University
San Marcos
Gun Safety Class Open For Boys In Cameron
A Cameron gun safety program for boys ages 11 to 16 will run four sessions totaling six hours. The course, taught by Felix Matula Jr., is sponsored by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the National Rifle Association. Each boy may qualify in a live firing session and receive a patch. registration with the NRA follows.
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Cameron
Felix Matula Jr
The
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
National Rifle Association
Tp&w
NRA
North Ross
Demo Committee To Meet Monday
The Milam County Democratic Executive Committee will meet in the District Courtroom Monday at 7 p.m. Precinct chairmen should attend and be prepared to name election judges and clerks. The meeting is open to the public.
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Milam County
Democratic Executive Committee
Contested Council Race and City Election Plans
Hubert Knight files for Place 1 challenging Lester Turner as Turner seeks re election. Place 2 opens with Monroe Fuchs not yet filing and James Kahler entering for Place 2. Gene Blake files for mayor as Rogers plans to elect three councilmen and a mayor on April 1. City secretary handles ballot filings.
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Lester Turner
Hubert Knight
Monroe Fuchs
James Kahler
Rogers
Cameron Area Plans Downtown Renewal and New Stores
Cameron's urban renewal shifts to building new structures and rehabilitating others while demolition clears the center block for a mall and parking. McCullin cites new Irving's Dept Store building, proposed downtown theatre, Lewis-Chili Shoe Store near Island Central, and property sales for redevelopment with street work slated for spring and upgraded water lines for fire protection.
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Cameron
A. W. McCullin
Irving's
Dept
Milam Theatre
Monroe
Lewis-Chili
Island Central
McCullin
Cox
Cameron Urban Renewal Agency
Alcoa Foundation Boosts Scholarships to 4000 for 4 Years
The Alcoa Foundation approves raising annual college scholarships for employee children from 3000 to 4000 over four years. Unrestricted grants to colleges rise from 1000 to 1200. Forty plus local recipients await awards as 59 tested for the scholarships. 24 locally awarded since 1953.
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Alcoa Foundation
Fred Bergeron
Alcoa
Rockdale
Bergeron
Rockdale Works Alcoans
Jim Moorman
Rockdale Independent
New Law Nixes Bucket Brigades
A new state law bans bucket brigades in Cameron prohibiting volunteers from standing in roadways to solicit rides or contributions. Texas Highway Patrolman Milton Wright notes the statute forbids soliciting from motorists at highway intersections to obtain donations or business.
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Cameron
Texas Highway
Milton Wright
Industrial Seminar Draws Area Leaders
More than 75 Milam area and Cameron leaders attended the SBA Cameron Industrial Foundation Chamber Seminar on community development at First Methodist Fellowship Hall. About 10 speakers from Dallas to Belton covered finance industry and planning as CTCOG explained regional planning and water issues, with Milam County newly joining the council.
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Milam Area
Cameron
Sba-Cameron Industrial Foundation Chamber
First Methodist Fellowship Hall
Buckholts
Rockdale
Rogers
Thorndale
Milam County
Farm Bureau
Dallas
Waco
Houston
Austin
Belton
Central Texas Council of Governments
Small Business Administration
Texas Power & Light
Texas Highway Dept
Texas Industrial Commission
Texas Dept. of Community
Charles Cass
CTCOG
Bell County
Cass
Cameron City
Hamilton
Mills
San Saba
Milam
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Linda Marek
Jesse Webb
Nancy Vaculin
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Marcia Barkemeyer
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Lee Goman
W. A. Warren
Milton Moore
Wayne Crawford
Jack Faulds
Caldwell
D. R. Dodson
A. P. Kleinschmidt
Lexington
R. L. Porter
Milano
Joe Scrivner
Taylor
B.C. Sims
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Thrall
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