Incumbents File for Re election in Cameron CISD Board
Three incumbent Cameron Independent School District board members filed for re election Coleman Dui cum Calvin Cobb and Hilliard Thomas at a regular session. The board awarded contracts to Alvis Fuquay Yee High School principal with a 500 annual raise Don Wiggins elementary principal with a 250 raise and Odell Biggs assistant principal. Hired was Raynette Kosel to add an English teacher at Yee High. The board called for bids on ham burger meat processing and approved retroactive wage provisions for auxiliary staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CISD
Coleman Duicum
Calvin Cobb
Hilliard Thomas
Cameron Independent
Alvis Fuquay
Yee High
Don Wiggins
Odell Biggs
Biggs
D. R. Dodson
Raynette Kosel
Yee High School
St Edward Hospital to Build New One-Story Facility
A Hill Burton grant of 500000 plus 250000 pledged by Sisters of Charity and 250000 locally will fund a 1 million dollar St Edward Hospital expansion. The project replaces the 1913 three floor hospital with a new five bed, one story brick building adjoining the convent on 8th and Crockett Streets. Funds target match to start construction once local gifts reach required level.
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Hill-Burton
St. Edward Hospital
Theresa Picha
Marak
Hill- Burton
St. Edward
Sisters of Charity of Incarnate Word
8Th and Crockett Streets
Kostka
Texas to Host World’s Fair and Global Conventions
Texas plans its first world’s fair in 1968 with international events including Lions and Rotary gatherings. Dallas hosts the Lions Convention while Mexico City is the site of the Rotary event and the 68 Olympics. Traffic flow monitors the potential surge.
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Texas
Dallas
Mexico City
City board debates lunchroom hamburger buys vs meat purchases
At a Thursday meeting the board discussed purchasing lunchroom hamburgers or carcasses for processing, ending with a vote to call for bids on both. Chair Coleman Duncum quipped about the four minute bill as the discussion wrapped.
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Coleman Duncum
The Irish Settlement of Burlington Milam County
Burlington in Milam County grew from 1870 Irish log cabins to a cattle hub aided by the Southern Pacific line after 1892. The town, once Waterford, featured a tight-knit community with churches, a jail posts, and a lively business district, lasting as a noted wet town before prohibition. Archaeic figures include Joan Jones, Michael, R. H. Waters, and Leo O Neill, with rail and post office history shaping its fate.
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Milam
Burlington
Milam County
Joan Jones
Michael
Southern Pacific
Rosebud
Cameron
R. H. Waters
Texas
John Jones
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Waterford
Weatherford
Tom Gleason
Leo O'Neill
Missouri City
Waco
Dinner To Kick Off Plans For Buckholts Center
A community center kick off dinner is planned in Buckholts for Monday night February 26 at 7 p.m. in Buckholts School Gym. The event will feature a pat-luck supper and attendees should bring a meat and a vegetable or dessert. Yee High School students will provide music and the Texas Agricultural Extension Service will present a program on community improvement. Buckholts area residents are urged to attend and learn what the center could offer.
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Buckholts
Buckholts School
Yee High School
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Baptists Host Music Festival at First Cameron Church
Choirs from 80 area churches will perform at 7 p.m. on Thursday February 23 at First Baptist Cameron. The event includes vocal and instrumental works from Falls Independence Robertson Milam associations. judging by Dr Ewell Porter of Baylor University aims for standard ratings, not a competition.
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First Baptist Church
Cameron
Falls
Independence
Robertson
Milam
Ter
Emmet Carson
Ewell Porter
Baylor University Music Department
Baptist General Convention of As
Church Music Department
Miss Lucy Bauer Dies At Home In Cameron
Miss Lucy Bauer of 604 North Austin died at her Cameron home Wednesday morning. A Milam County native, she worked for J. C. Penney Inc. in Cameron for many years. Services scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at St. Monica's Church with Rev. John Geiser. burial in St. Monica's Cemetery. Rosary at 7 p.m. Thursday at Marek-Burns Funeral Home. Survived by sisters Mrs. L. A. Michalka and Miss Rosa Sauer, both of Cameron.
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Lucy Bauer
North Austin
Milam County
J. C. Penney, Inc
Cameron
St. Monica's Catholic Church
John Geiser
Purial
St. Monica's Cemetery
Marek-Burns Funeral Home
L. A. Michalka
Rosa Sauer
Public Reception for Preston Smith Set in Cameron
A public reception to honor Lt. Governor Preston Smith is scheduled at The Texan Cafe in Cameron on Monday February 19. Smith touring Central Texas in his bid for the Democratic nomination for Governor will speak to local voters from 3 30 to 4 p m, according to Dr Gus Evans campaign chairman.
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Preston Smith
Texan
Smith
Cameron
Texas
Gus Evans
Jim Perkins 77 Texas Ranger Dies in Cameron
Jim C. Perkins longtime Texas Ranger captain and Texas Cattlemen's Association agent died in a local hospital Tuesday at 77. He leaves wife Mrs. Jim Perkins Buckholts son Jerry Perkins Rio Linda sister Hallie Webb Pauls Valley and many nieces and nephews. Funeral at Green's Cameron with Rev. J E Lafferty. burial North Elm Cemetery.
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Jim C. Perkins
Texas Ranger
J.C. Perkins
Yarrellton
Perkins
Texas Rangers
Texas Cattleman's Association
Green
Cameron
J E. Lafferty
North Elm Cemetery
Jim Perkins
Rt. 2
Buckholts
Jerry Perkins
Rio Linda
California
Hallie Webb
Pauls Valley
Oklahoma
Night Lions Club Forms First Cameron Branch
An evening Lions Club in Cameron reached 13 of 20 charter member goal on Tuesday. Don Wiggins was named temporary chairman and Phil McCall temporary secretary treasurer as the group plans to meet twice monthly at Gelner Smokehouse, with Dr. John Martin and Rev. Jim Lafferty among attendees.
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Don Wiggins
Phil McCall
Evening Lions Club
Cameron
John Martin
Lions Club Zone
Jim Lafferty
Cameron Lions Club
E. B. “Tex” Mayer
la Grange
Gelner Smokehouse
U S Court Upholds Matyastik Sentence
A US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans upheld a 4 year prison term for Paul John Matyastik of Cameron for failing to perform civilian work at Austin State Hospital in lieu of military service. Convicted in Austin in November 1966, he did not report for two years as ordered by the Cameron Draft Board.
Milam Sees Three New Wildcats Near Cameron Area
Milam County schedules three new wildcats with a fourth rumored Edwards Lime test in Milbur Field near Cameron. Drillers include C T Grubbs McAlpin Calvin Hunt and R L Hill with targets at 1000 and 960 feet as wells near Bickett Estate and Walter Scarbrough leases approach 6300 feet. The areas lie along the Santa Fe line Highway 36 and Hanover road near Milam Falls line.
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Milam County
Edwards
Milbur
J. L. Lampkin
Lee R. Davis
Cameron
Houston
C. T. Grubbs
McAlpin
Calvin Hunt
Lamkin
Highway 36
Hanover Road
Ombre Oil Company
Bickett Estate
R. L. Hill
Austin
North Milam
Walter Scarborough
Samuel Frost
Milam
Falls County
Wilderville
South Milam
Houston Petroleum Corporation
John V. Kohut
James Shields
Blackburn - Trammell
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Charles McDermot
Forrest Sapp
Thomas
Cobb and Duncum
San Antonio
HemisFair
St. Edwards
Center Plus
Tp& L
Helis
Somerville
Lone Star Gas
Cameron District
Walled Lake Door
Newton Hospital
By Jan Luecke
O'Neill
Notre Dame
South America
Buckholts Community Center
Wayne Kirk
University of Texas
Fred Akers
Tommy Kirk
Paula
Kirk
Glenn Fogle
Wesley Fogle
U of T Rep
VHS
Ken Fuqua
Fogle
Baptists
Night Lions Club
U.S
Wildcats
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