Cameron to Host First Central Texas Symphony in 49 Years
The Free Milam Guard unit hosts a one hour concert at Armory in Cameron with the Cen Tex Symphony Orchestra making its return after about 49 years. The Arts Club of Cameron sponsors tickets with reserved seating at adult and student prices. Dr James T Luck conducts. Rodgers and Hammerstein overture from The Sound of Music plus Giannini Symphony No. 2 are on the program. The event begins at 8 p.m. Monday March 7 with a post concert reception planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Three Arts Club of
Cameron
Wich
Robert Ellett
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Giannini
Moontay
Cen-Tex Symphony Board
Hearing Set Feb 28 in Martin for Cook death row case
Martin Texas awaits a post conviction sanity hearing for Cook condemned for murdering his mother in law and wounding three relatives. Falls County and Huntsville death row references mark the case with automatic appeal and court actions continuing the Texas capital process.
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Dist County Oy
Cot B. Henderson Jr
The
Herald
Texas Court of Cruonal
Starin
Cook
Mu Deving
Vifa
Davilla
Marlin
Charles Reagan
Jack Welch
Robert D. Peterson
Henderson
Ndt
Falls County-Atty
Tom Bartlett
Falls County District Court
Millin
20Th District Court
Huntsville
Death House
Washington's Birthday Open House for Cameron National Guard Armory
Lt Col Olin F Brewster presents National Guard Bureau Superior Unit Award to Cameron's Company C Third Battalion 11 Armor 49th Armored Division Texas Army National Guard. Open house Saturday 1 to 4 pm at Cameron Armory to display certificate and honor unit's 1965 training year excellence. Major James P Smith and battalion staff join in congratulations.
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Ford Hood
Joe Willingham
Brewster
Col Brewster
Nations Guard Bureau
Washington
D.C
Cameron National
Col. Brewster
Department of the Army
Air Force
National Guard Bureau
Co. C
Texas Army National Guard
Winston P. Wilson
Ol. Brewster
James P. Smith
Cameron District Schools Tour Showcases Educational Upgrades
A Cameron area group led by Supt. D R Dodson and officials toured eight campuses to view more than 10 electronic and visual aids installed under the one program. Demonstrations covered slide machines record players projectors and a new language lab with other aid like headphones over 3 record players 109 manual viewers seven tape recorders and 20 listening devices.
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Ilichtithtine
Yoo
J Thomas
Cameron
Ben Milam
Lois Gunn
Dwicht Moody
Brown
Ben Milam School
Ada Henderson School
Ada Henderson
Yoo Hieoh
ATDPS
Cameron Chamber endorses City United Fund plan
Cameron Chamber of Commerce endorsed a Cameron United Fund at a directors meeting and named a nine member board including Albert Collins Rev Richard Freeman Judge Don Humble James Camp Gene Smitherman Albert McCullin Jr Richard Williams Monroe Fuchs and Mrs W C Wallace. A chamber steering committee led by James Cemp urged the first drive this fall and local United Fund history notes a similar effort in North Milam County from 1956 to 1961.
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Cameron United Fund
Cameron Chamber of Commerce
United Fund
Cameron
James Cemp
North Milam County
United Fund Board of Directors
Albert Collins
Richard Freeman
Don Humble
James Camp
Gene Smitherman
Albert McCullin Jr
Richard Williams
Monroe Fuchs
W. C. Wallace
Schiller predicts short Texas special session on registration
Rep Gene Fondren of Taylor introduces a bill for annual registration in Texas pending Supreme Court ruling on the poll tax. Governor Connally has called a six to eight day special session to consider a new voter registration law after a federal court voided the poll tax. Milton Schiller reports from Austin that the session will fund expenses and set the stage for potential enactment if the high court upholds the federal ruling.
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Texas
Milton Schiller
Herald
Austin
Connally
U. S Supreme Court
Gene Fondren
Taylor
Supreme Court
Federal District Court
Schiller
Cameron ISD appoints Alvis Fuquay as Yoe High principal
Alvis Fuquay 42 of Mount Vernon Texas has been named principal of Yoe High School in Cameron ISD effective August 1. Fuquay, former Dimmitt High School principal since 1959, will succeed acting principal Harrison Mc Terran after Frank Kemble became Thorndale school superintendent. Fuquay holds a master’s in education from East Texas State College and began teaching in 1949 after earning a bachelor of science from East Texas State. He is a World War II veteran with service in the US Air Force in Southeast Asia.
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Cameron Independent
Alvis Fuquay
Preently
Dimmitt High School
Yoe High School
Harrison McTerran
Yoe
Frank Kemble
Thorndale
Mount Vernon
Texas
Fuquay
East Texas State College
US Air Force
Southeast Asia
Iie
County Pair Charged In Rockdale Theft
Freddie Lee Williams and Curtis Johnson of Rockdale are in Milam County Jail charged with theft. Sheriff Carl Black arrested the two men in connection with the theft of several pistols January 8 from the B. Ashley Store in Rockdale.
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Freddie Lee Williams
Curtis Johnson
Rockdale
Milam County
Carl Black
B. Ashley
Rockdale Engineer Files for Milam GOP Chairman
James E. Luckey said Jay M. Jones of Rockdale filed last week as a candidate for Milam County Republican Chairman in the May 7 GOP primary. Luckey noted no county offices run and a focus on statewide races and reelecting U S Senator John Tower. Dr. E O Smith Jr. steps down after leading the party since 1962.
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James E. Luckey
Milam County
Republican Party
Jay M. Jones
Rockdale
GOP
Luckey
U.S
John Tower
Jones
Alcoa
Milam Gop
E. O. Smith Jr
Houston
Cameron School Board votes to drop 75 tuition for neighboring districts
The Cameron School Board approves a three member committee to pursue Boskin property near the Yee Campus for future school use. It drops semester tuition charges of 75 per student for neighboring districts and accepts the resignation of Dr Herman Brown. Alvis Fuqua begins VHS principal duties in August. Other staffing moves and a revised maintenance schedule are noted.
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Cameron School Board
Yee
Forrest Sapp
Lene Horstmann
Coleman’ Duncum
Cameron
Alvis Fuqua
Deromuttigh School
VHS
Filmes
Nancy Mohring
Lois Gunn
Jack D. Ruzicka
Robert Maler
Cameron Chamber names Fuchs president for 1966 67
Cameron Chamber of Commerce directors elected John B Henderson Jr as First Vice President Irgene Smithermann as Second Vice President and Monroe H Fuchs as president for 1966 67 with installation planned at the March chamber banquet Fuchs is a partner at Ideal Poultry Breeding Farms Inc joining a lineup of listed directors and officers.
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Monroe H. Fuchs
Cameron Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Fuchs
Ideal Poultry Breeding Farms, Inc
Cameron
Chamber
John B. Henderson Jr
Irgene Smithermann
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Lane Horstmann
Don G. Humble
Humbie
D. R. Dodson
James
Kahler
Coleman Duncum
Duncum
H. D. Maxwell
CISD
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John Geiser
Roy Law
W. R. Newton
David Echols
James Lafferty
Herman Brown
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Yor Tih
Bunda
Ada Tenderon
Yee High School
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Cameron School District
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City United Fund
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Drayton McLane Jr
N. L. Caperton
Henry Liebman
Ed Laywell
Robert Wells
Dr. Brown
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Grady Allen
Wayne Mann
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