Texas Public Schools Week Highlights Milam County Change
March 15 marks Texas Public Schools Week with Cameron Schools advancing toward modernization alongside Milam area districts. Rosebud Lott bids on a new high school, Caldwell approves a bond to rebuild, Rogers begins tax evaluation, Milano fights transfer to CISD pending Cameron board approval.
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Travis
Caldwell
Burleson County
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Milan
Milano
CISD
Cameron Board
Folk Fete dancers aid Milam County progress and public schools week
The Milam area celebrates 1971 Texas Public Schools Week with a push for quality in all districts. Folk Fete volunteer dance groups travel widely, bringing cultural flair and boosting Milam County’s modern image and community cohesion.
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Milam Area
Texas
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Central Texas
UR Board Meets With Engineers
UR Board meets with Bernard Johnson Engineers of Houston to advance the city’s urban renewal project. HUD notified approval of the downtown project on February 3 with a federal grant and loan totaling $776,885. TheUR Board includes A W McCullin Miss Mildred Thornton Porter Young Bill Burns James Camp Albert Hajovsky and Dr George Bowman. Final appraisal and formal HUD contract signing expected soon. McCullin to present project status at the March 9 Chamber of Commerce banquet.
Lions Club Pancake Supper Planned for March Evening
Lions Club announces a pancake supper at Methodist Fellowship Hall on Friday March 19 from 5 to 8 pm. Proceeds benefit the Little League Association with tickets at 1 dollar for adults 50 cents for students and free for preschool children.
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Methodist Fellowship Hall
Little League Association
Yoe Seniors to Present You Cant Kiss Caroline
Yoe High School senior class will stage You Cant Kiss Caroline with two performances Thursday and Friday at 7 30 p m in the Ben Milam cafeteria. Tickets are 1 for adults and 50 cents for students, available at the door.
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Caroline
Yoe High School
Ben Milam
Interest High In Housing Loans Says FHA Officer
Henry Ivey Milam County supervisor says about 43 people met with Farmers Home Administration representatives to hear details of FHA rural housing loans. Interest is high and applications are coming in a good stream. Cameron residents are now eligible to apply, with early commitments issued to a local builder. The county FHA committee will meet next week to approve applications. The meeting was sponsored by the Cameron Welfare Council.
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Northeast
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Milam County
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Cameron
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Cameron Welfare Council
East Texas Chamber Banquet to Feature Carl Cooper Speaker
Cameron to host its Chamber of Commerce banquet on Tuesday March 9 with East Texas Chamber of Commerce official Carl Cooper as guest speaker. Tickets on sale. reception 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Chamber offices precedes event. Cooper, a 20 year East Texas leader, will receive honors and the McCullin Civic Award for 1970.
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East Texas
Carl Cooper
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Cameron
Chamber of Commerce
McCullin
Methodist Fellowship Hall
Chamber
Robert Ellett
Forrest Sapp
Bob Ellett
Monroe Fuchs
Narvie Caperton
Jimmy Bledsoe
LaVert McKinney
Gene Smitherman
Jim Camp
Porter Young
South America
Salvation Army Seeks Donations For Fire Victims
Salvation Army calls for bedding clothes and household furnishings for three families left homeless by recent fires. Forrest Sapp reports two families in Branchville and one in Cameron lost all within two weeks. Donations can be given to Sapp at 1005 East 14 1/2 Street or to Mrs Mildred Miller at the Welfare Office on West 6th across from the community center.
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Forrest Sapp
Branchville
Cameron
Sapp
East
Mildred Miller
West 6Th
Milam County Clerk reports record 1970 workload
Milam County records show Wayne Wieser’s office filed 2,607 instruments in 1970 including deeds and liens, issued 216 marriages, logged 203 births and 234 delayed births, 188 death certificates, 91 probate cases, 316 misdemeanors, and 95 DWI probations. Fines and fees totaled $21,595.15 in 1970.
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Milam County
Wayne Wieser
Trea
Two-Car Collision Damages Fence and Garage in Cameron
Cameron police report a Sunday morning two car crash at US 190 and North Bowie involving Will Ondrej and Mrs. Seraphine W Sefcik. Mrs. Sefcik’s car left the roadway hitting a fence and a garage at 306 N. Bowie before she was treated and released from Rosebud hospital.
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US 190
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Bowie
Will Ondrej
Seraphine W. Sefcik
Record Low Rainfall For Winter Months
Central Texas reports a four month winter rainfall record low with only 1.93 inches. Milam County farmers discuss possible dry planting as forecasts warn against planting without adequate moisture. In Quanah Texas a rainmaking brew near the courthouse square allegedly sparked a brief quarter inch shower.
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Texas
Ben Arnold
Burlington
Yarrellton
Buckholts
Cameron
J. D. Moore
Milam County
Moore
Quanah
West Texas
First Baby at St. Edward Hospital Born
The hospital welcomed its first baby a boy weighing 8 pounds 10 ounces named James Wesley Brashear. He arrived at 6 a.m. Wednesday February 24 to parents Dan W. and __Brashear of Cameron. Grandparents listed include J W Brashear of Cameron and Erwin Suttles of Morganton North Carolina.
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James Wesley Brashear
Dan W. Brashear
E. 19Th St
Cameron
J. W. Brashear
Erwin Suttles
Morganton
N.C
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