Yoe Men Face 17-Year Wait In District Title Defense
Cameron's Yoemen prepare to defend the 19A district basketball crown against Luling Eagles at Blinn College Brenham Tuesday. Luling enters with a 26 win 2 loss record led by 6'2" Willie Ellison and 6'2" Ben Kelley averaging 18.5 and 15 points. Coach Tom Milford notes strong rebounding balanced attack and bench depth from Mike Burris and John Brown. Cameron counters with star offense from Robert Brashear 17.9 ppg and Johnny Steamer 12.4 ppg. first meeting this season saw Luling win 61-40, Steamer limited by a poor prior showing.
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Cameron
Adamson Laling
Blinn College
Brenham
Eagles
Laling
Eagle
Willie Ellison
Ben Kelley
Tom Milford
Luling
Milford
Mike Burris
John Brown
Robert Brashear
Johnny Steamer
Yeemen
Yoe
Stearner
Yeoman
Ken McLerran
Jre
Willie White
Mike Zajicek
Norman Trubee
Jim Bailey
Mike Zelisko
Jerry Richardson
Burglary spree hits Burlington and Rosebud area
Federal and local investigators search for burglars who hit the Armory and several Burlington businesses. Bullets from a car wounded vehicles and a home in Rosebud while fires tied up responders. Police tally six city burglaries in 1970, with fingerprints and leads under review.
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National Guard Armory
Burlington
Rosebud
Amory, Durr Distributing Co
West Gillis St
Rosebud City Hall
Shearin
DPS
Thanks to Herald readers and local businesses grows support
The Herald reports continued reader growth via subscriptions and new news racks across the county. A long list of thanked supporters named from Cameron to Houston acknowledges mail and street sales. The piece notes rumors in Burlington and vandalism in Rosebud, stressing the dangers of unreliability in local reporting.
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Herald
Cameron
George Graves
Anton Kopriva, Jr
Gordon S. Baskin
Ninis Delro
Charles Brady
Henry Liebman
Henry Litzman
R. T. Delahunty
Rt. 2
Sue Butts
Oxsheer Smith
Adella Ulicnik
Ralph Michalka
Census taker exam held for Milam County applicants
Fifty three people from Milam County attended an exam in Cameron for census taker positions. Supervisor Alan Linville conducted the test as part of the preparations for the 1970 census. County GOP chair J Estel Johnston noted about 27 workers would be hired if qualified, with results mailed in 3 to 5 weeks. The census will start around April first.
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First Baptist Church
Cameron
Alan Linville
Milam County
Milam
Linville
Carload of Migrants Nabbed on Highway 77
Fourteen Mexican men and the driver of a 1961 Chevrolet station wagon were jailed in Milam County after DPS patrolman Milton Wright stopped the weaving car near the Ponderosa restaurant. The group, aged 19 to 37, was en route to Michigan. immigration officials were summoned in San Antonio.
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DPS
Milton Wright
Wright
Highway 77
Ponderosa Restaurant
John Estrada
Mission, Texas
Michigan
Carl Black
San Antonio
Brazos Valley TPEA to Meet in Bryan Friday
The Brazos Valley chapter of the Texas Public Employees Association meets at 7:30 p.m. Friday February 27 at the Texas Highway Department district headquarters in Bryan. State association president Donald Frye will be the principal speaker. All state employees in the area are urged to attend.
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Brazos Valley
Texas Public Employees Association
Texas Highway Department District
Bryan
Donald Frye
State Association
Judge reduces term in Cameron area noncompete case
Judge Wood upholds a restrictive covenant in Newton vs Nigliazzo, limiting practice within 30 miles of Cameron for four years, reduced to two years. Newton had alleged Nigliazzo planned a Rockdale clinic, with court testimony stressing doctor shortages. Nigliazzo dismissed a related records suit and vowed to appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Newton
Dr. Nigliazzo
Cameron
Rockdale
Nigliazzo
Newton Memorial Hospital
Four-Wour Candidate Joins Cameron School Board Race
Mrs Reeves Brown of Rt. 1 Cameron filed to run for the Cameron school board. The filing creates a four candidate race for three seats joining incumbents John Martin Charles McDermott and Forrest Sapp. McDermott and Sapp first elected 1964, Martin 1968. Filing deadline March 5 for April 4 election.
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Reeves Brown
Rt. 1
Cameron
Cameron School Board
John Martin
Forrest Sapp
Charles McDermott
Brown
McDermott
Sapp
Martin
Service For Mrs. Heath
Mrs. W. A. Heath 77 died Wednesday in a Marlin hospital after a long illness. Born July 13, 1892 in Walker County, she lived in Cameron for many years. Funeral 10 a.m. Friday Marek Burns Funeral Home chapel with Rev. J. E. Lafferty. burial in McAdams Cemetery Bedias. Survived by husband two sons Roy and Joe Bill Heath a daughter Kallie P. Preiss and five grandchildren. Pallbearers named.
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W. A. Heath
Marlin
Heath
Walker County
Cameron
Marek- Burns Funeral Home
J. E. Lafferty
McAdams
Bedias
Roy Heath
Waco
Joe Bill Heath
Pasadena
Future Farmers Learn And Earn At Yee FFA Spotlight
Yee Chapter advisor Cornelius Titsworth notes FFA offers earning while learning with a nationwide theme FFA emphasis agriculture. The Yee FFA chapter, 143 members strong, posted $29 019.89 earnings in 1969 from livestock and farming projects and earned national recognition in Kansas City for soil conservation wildlife livestock and coastal grass work.
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FFA
Cornelius Titsworth
Yee
Titsworth
Kansas City
Tim Titsworth
John McLierran
Yee Ffa
Bobby Carter
Ivey Heads FHA Swine Committee
The State director of the Farmers Home Administration named county supervisors to a Statewide Approved Swine Project committee. Henry N. Ivey of Milam County will be state coordinating chairman with Joe C. Beard of Carthage as vice chairman. The panel will set operating and building standards for swine projects to be used statewide, aiming for one to three projects per county. An organizational meeting occurred February 16 at the FHA State Office in Temple.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Durr
M. C. Durr
Falstaff
Shearin
Walter Wallace
N. Fannin
Ronald Bryan
Brady Apartments
The
Farmers Home Administration
Henry N. Ivey
Milam County
Cameron Fha
Joe C. Beard
Carthage
FHA
Temple
Mrs Pavelek Rites Held
Mrs Eddie Pavelek 56 died at home after a long illness. Born in Marak she lived in Milam County all her life. Funeral at St Monica's Church with burial in the church cemetery. Survived by husband three sons mother four brothers and four sisters and three grandchildren. Pallbearers included Edward Pavelek James Pavelek and George Pavelek.
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Eddie Pavelek
Marak
Milam County
The
Mothers Society
Kjzt Lodge
Edward Joe Pavelek
Mallas
James Pavelek
Oakland
Calif
George Pavelek
U. S. Army
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Vincie Mayer
Cameron
Vince Mayer
Rudolph Mayer
Joe Mayer
Charlie Mayer
Buckholts
Mary Kolodejcak
Vingie Junek
Agnes McKittrick
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Charlie Shuffield
Three Beagles
Gause
Shuffield
Martin Fuller
Texas Armory Board At
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Alfred Smith
Texas Armory Board
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Leo Glaser
Otto Mayer
Alvin Roberts
A. J. Rosenberg
Ben. Foster
Jte
J. Anderle
Ben Massengale
Nila Gandy
Roy Baskin
Richmond Zelisko
William C. Dudik
Phillips and Luckey Co
Ben Arnold
J. E. Meeks
Rogers
Rogers Hardware Store
Deker Oklahorma
E. Krause
Lions Club
Noon
Texan
Yoers Luling
Rotary Club
Pleasure & Profit Club
Riday
1St Baptist Church
Carload
Ats
TPEA
Dr. Wood
George
Ath
Mrs. Heath
God
Robert Trice
Donny Tucker
Richard Burnett
Ivey
St. Monica’s Catholic Church
John Geiser
Emilian Foltyn
Marek-Burns Funeral Home
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