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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1963
Page
1
Help wanted ad targets sales representatives for a new baking concern on the Courthouse square, Cam Tex Kitchens Inc. The notice signals a local business expansion in Central Texas and a call for skilled sales staff to drive growth.
Taxpayers two or more before 1963 must file only if their gross income for 1962 was at least 1200, except refunds require filing if tax was withheld. Self employed individuals with net earnings of 490 or more must file and pay self employment tax. Austin District residents file with Internal Revenue District Director, 314 West Lith Street, Austin, covering several counties.
A Cameron weather note describes a 73 degree January day with bright sun. Readers comment on unusual winter warmth drawing people out and many strolling without full coats. Bill Black, previously of Cameron and now in Temple, is noted as elected president of the Temple Kiwanis Club.
Dedication services for Trinity Baptist Church at 12th and Crockett will be held Sunday. The church will be open all day for tours with services starting at 8 pm. John B Henderson reports on church organization. Rev. John Hart leads the dedication prayer. Rev. Billy Palmer preaches. Hinton Pruitt directs singing and Mrs. Mary Carleton is pianist. Sunday School at 10 am and worship at 11 am conducted by Rev. J. A. Harvey who invites public attendance.
Milam County Farm Bureau sponsors January 17 safety program at Fellowship Hall in Cameron. Milam County highway patrolmen Gilbert Smith and Durwood Kennedy will lead the event and film show. Program starts at 7:30 p.m. with refreshments served.
Sunday about 30 a m a fire completely destroyed Theo Myers home on the Watt farm north of Cameron Volunteer firefighters laid a thousand feet of hose to reach water. the family was not home Myers was hospitalized in Marlin The fire, likely stove caused, follows other unit calls this week including a car fire on the old Temple Highway and a grass fire north of the dump grounds Salvation Army is aiding the family with five rooms of furniture from its Houston warehouse.
Temperatures ranged from a high of 73 to a low of 4. Rainfall totaled 0.9 inches last week.
The Yoe Yoes win the Consolation title at the A&M Consolidated basketball tournament after losing to Lamar in an opening game. They beat A&M B and then defeated host Cameron in the final as Cameron led early before Yoe Yoes dominance in the first half. Don Mitchell and Bill Goeke key scorers.
The nation begins new postage rates starting Monday with five cents for a first class letter and four cents for post cards. Higher rates approved by Congress earlier will raise Post Office revenue by about $600 million, though full changes unfold over three years. Old examples compare modern costs to Pony Express and earlier rates, noting 1863 uniform rates and historical prices.
The Cameron Booster Club approved money to install isometric exercise equipment, two boxing gloves, and two head protectors for the Yar athletic program. Members watched the Jr High Hearne game and heard Head Basketball Coach Joe Davis outline this year’s club progress and future prospects. John Henderson Jr urged attendance at January and February meetings on the first and third Mondays at 7:30 at the Yoe Age Building. A film of the 1962 Cotton Bowl game was shown after the meeting.
The Ada Henderson seventh graders defeated Hearne 18 16 Tuesday in a close game. Cameronites led 12 11 at halftime as Roy Thompson scored six with Tommy Kirk, Charles Maddor, Al Hefft, John McLerran and Charles Buchanan adding two points each.
Cameron Compress superintendent Davis notes Milam County processed 15,753 bales by December 1 1982 up from 13,501 in 1961. He cites an earlier crop and significant field rot in 1961 as reasons for the increase and says final tally will rise slightly with a few score more bales.
The bulletin lists shifts in games for YOEMEN and Yoe teams with matches at Rockdale Navasota and other locations. Notable changes include Yoe at Rockdale moved to Friday January 11 and other Jan 11 games in Cameron Rosebud Moody Thorndale and Academy venues.
About 80 entries are expected for the Milam County Junior Livestock Show starting at 10 am Saturday at Cameron Compress. Four classes of animals career avenues include beef and dairy cattle swine and sheep with judging by Texas A M University team members and local experts. Grand Champion rosettes will be awarded along with showmanship honors in each division.
The Texas Highway Department announced a bid invitation for 1853 miles of new roads including US 77 north to the Falls County line. Bids open at 9 a m January 3 at the State Highway Dept in Austin.
Twenty men from Milam County's National Guard Company C will march along Congress Avenue to the Capitol in Austin for the inauguration parade. Gov Elect Connally and Lt Gov Elect Smith will review the troops. a noon inaugural ceremony and a 2 p.m. parade start are planned. An inaugural prayer service replaces the traditional breakfast.
The Cameron School Board met with Mayburn Harris of Southwestern Appraisal Co to discuss equalization of district valuations. Superintendent Charles Zeigler gets a new three year contract starting July 1 at the same pay, replacing the prior term expiring 1965. An information committee was formed and Wendell Kirk of Cameron was hired as a school bus driver.
The Cameron City Council set the annual election for Tuesday April 2 and discussed a library referendum on the same date to authorize a special fund for Cameron Library operations in the city budget. New housing and council appointments were also addressed along with pool management and several street and utility projects.
Funeral services for Mrs Calvin Walker 20 of Marlin were held at the First Baptist Church in Madisonville. Burial followed in Madisonville. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Barney Owen of Cameron and died Monday in a Marlin hospital. Her husband is a vocational agriculture teacher at Marlin High School. The family planned to move to Madisonville where Walker had accepted a teaching position. Surviving are her husband one daughter Donna her parents one brother and one sister both of Cameron.
Robert C Cushman district manager of the Houston office of Dun Bradstreet announced that statement requests were mailed to 292 businesses in Milam County. The numeric tally reflects the January 1963 Dun Bradstreet reference book list of manufacturers wholesalers and retailers. January inquiries go to about three million business concerns nationwide including small corner grocers and large firms.
A fragment from the Cameron Herald Want Ads hints at a humorous or puzzled remark about a car needing repairs. The line evokes a casual, colloquial tone typical of classified snippets and reader comments.
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