City Eyes Fire Truck and Hospital Curb Work
City Council votes to fund a 750 gallon fire truck and asks for an estimate on curbing and paving around Newton Memorial Hospital. Delegation led by Dr W R Newton Jr and others seeks street work on North Jefferson and W Sixth Street with proposed 2200 dollar budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Memorial Hospital
W. R Newton Jr
Jack Prescott
Bassel Wilson
Wilson
Hill - Burton
Dr. Newton
Hospital
North Jefferson
W. Sixth St
Duncum
Prescott
Earle
Seventh St
Fannin
North
Jackson
Sixth St
Central
Culpepper Addition
Orchard Street
Main
North Street
Milam Tank Unit Changes Leaders Amid Cold Field Duty
Fort Polk La Milam County’s 49th Armored Division tank unit under Lt Clinton Hackney Jr new commander of Company C 3rd Medium Tank Battalion replaces Capt James T Terry who moves to Combat Command A after nine years as CO The 49th continues an intensified 13 week training period as cold weather tests discipline and readiness with mud sleet rain and 10 degree nights noted by Sfc Joe Vybiral The unit aims for combat readiness by mid February and local Cameron council advances city projects including a new pumper fire hose curb and gutter work plus water system maintenance and an upcoming 1962 city election with candidates for mayor and council seats in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Polk
Milam County
49Th Armored Division
Clinton Hackney Jr
Milam
Hackney
Houston
James T. Terry
Cameron
Terry
Combat Command
Alcoa
Rockdale
49Th
Sfc
Joe Vybiral
Coleman Duncum
Roy Griffith
Sam Houston
Starrett Hickman
Burkes - Howard Company
Cameron Chamber of Commerce names new secretary manager
Jack DuBois resigns as Cameron Chamber of Commerce manager to take an accounting position in Cameron. Mrs Eugene Barbara Smitherman, former secretary, will become secretary manager on February 1. She has five years in chamber work and is wife of Radio KMIL manager Eugene Smitherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack DuBois
Cameron Chamber of Commerce
Cameron
Cameron Chamber Board of
DuBois
Chamber
Eugene Barbara Smitherman
O. B. Harden
Smitherman
Eugene Smitherman
Radio Kmil
Jeff
Joe
Julie
Milam County Junior Livestock Show At Milam Square
Officials anticipate about 100 entries for the Milam County Junior Livestock Show at Milam Square beside the McLane Company. A mall showing of new cars and farm equipment will join livestock events with cash prizes around 500 dollars. Judges include Henry Fitzhugh Jr. and William Hoyt Gaston as local FHA supervisor. awards include grand and reserve ribbons for multiple divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County
McLane Company
Courthouse Square
Schiller Motors
Hetley - Stedman Motor Co
Burkes Howard Chevrolet Co
Woodum Auto Sales
Duncum - Implement
Stedman Tractor Co
Burkes - Howard Company
Henry Fitzhugh, Jr
Texas A & M College
William Hoyt Gaston
FHA
FFA
4-H
Jack DuBois
Roberts Named New Yoe Coach At Cameron Texas
John Edward Roberts 26, fresh from West Texas State, named head coach of Yoe High School in Cameron. He succeeds Bill Bates and will lead a staff including Ray Stevens Jimmy Rettig and Jack Larimore. Roberts, student at Texas Tech, has been freshman backfield coach at Tech and assistant varsity coach at West Texas State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Edward Roberts
West Texas State
Yoe High School
Charles Zeigler
Roberts
Bill Bates
Holt's Sporting Goods
Texas Tech
Cameron
Zeigler
Ray Stevens
Jimmy Rettig
Jack Larimore
Yee
Joe Kerbel
Robert Titsworth
Bayer
Billy Bates
Yee High School
Services Held For Mrs. A. N. Weems Milam Resident
Funeral services for 90 year old Mrs. A N Weems were held Friday at 2 30 pm at the First Methodist Church in Cameron with Rev Jewel Strong Rev Kenneth Hailey and Rev Calvin Beckendorf officiating. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include four sons six daughters 30 grandchildren 59 great grandchildren and 12 great great grandchildren. Arrangements were by Marek Burns Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. N. Weems
Marshall County
Alabama
Newton Sheffield
Newton Memorial Hospital
Cherokee Ala
First Methodist Church
Jewel Strong
Kenneth Hailey
Calvin Beckendorf
Surial
Oak Hill Cemetery
Melvin Roy
Robert Weems
Cameron
Owen Weems
Jacksonville
Maudie Chambers
Napa
Calif
Audell Horstmann
Lois Haddox
Oma Little
Serena Bridges
Alphine Barmore
Sugarland
Eliie Shuffield
San Antonio
Denson Weems
T. A. Weems
Dempsey Weems
Jack Weems
Gordon Chambers
Morris Weems
Billie Fulton
David Fulton
Russell Wallace
Marek Burns
Warrant Issued for Suspect in Cameron Robbery
City Judge John B. Henderson issued a warrant for Emmett Lloyd 25 of Cameron on suspicion of robbing the Brad Mobile Service Station of 65.24 at about 5 20 a m Friday Station attendant Charles Foard 18 Cameron said Lloyd threatened him with a knife to obtain the money Lloyd has a 1953 record including forgery and robbery by assault The chase put Lloyd in Belton and a bus ride toward Abilene was reported noted after the crime
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Henderson
Emmett Lloyd
Cameron
Brad Mobile
Elvin Hoskins
Lloyd
Belton
Abilene
Charles Foard
Emmet Lloyd
Hoskins
Killeen
Bloodmobile Visit Promotes Red Cross Donations
A Waco bloodmobile will be in Cameron on Friday from noon to 6 p m at the Fellowship Hall of the First Methodist Church. The program explains donor eligibility 18 to 60 with consent for 18 to 21, weight 110 pounds minimum, and a brief physical. No charge to donors. hospital processing costs apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Blood Bank
Waco
Cameron Friay
First Methodist Church
John B. Henderson Jr
Red Cross
Youth Recovers From Eye Injury In Milano
A 12 year old Milano youth is recovering after a BB gun shot grazed his eyeball Saturday. He was rushed to Cameron's St Edwards Hospital and then to Scott and White in Temple for emergency treatment. Doctors say the eye was grazed but not penetrated. Officials note this is the first BB gun injury this year and urge caution to prevent eye injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron’s
St. Edwards Hospital
Scott & White
Termple
Census Underway In Cameron Schools
Cameron school officials announce January as census month and request parents with children age 6 or older by September 1, 192 to contact the School Superintendent to ensure inclusion in the new census. Parents of children 6 through 17 who moved into the Cameron District since February 1, 1961 are urged to verify their records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Cameron District
McKinney Named Santa Fe Agent At Cameron
D McKinney has been named Santa Fe Railway Agent for Cameron replacing L E Crow who died of a heart attack in December. McKinney has been with Santa Fe since 1941 and moves to Cameron from the Temple office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D McKinney
Gault
Colorado
Santa Fe
Cameron
L. E. Crow
McKinney
Temple
Milam County Bank Deposits Rise In Year End Call
Milam County banks report a net deposit gain of $566,872.87 for the year ending Dec 30 1961, led by Citizens National Bank with a $727,728.99 increase. Total deposits reached $9,644,885.39, while First National Bank rose $66,932.48 to $4,615,198.73. Declines occurred in Rockdale Buckholts and Thorndale totaling $227,788.60.
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Milam County
Bank
Call Citzens National Bank
First National Bank
Call
Milam
Rockdale
Buckholts
Thorndale
Call Rockdale State Bank
Buckholts State Bank
Thorndale State Bank
Cameronite's Brother Fatally Shot In Accident
L. F. Browning, brother of Mrs. Jewel Strong of Cameron, was accidentally killed at his Carthage farm last Thursday when a gun discharged while Browning was handling it. Funeral services were held Saturday in Carthage. He is survived by his wife and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F. Browning
Jewel Strong
Cameron
Carthage
Browning
Gilstrap Speaks At Grid Banquet
Coach Claude Gilstrap entertained about 220 at a YHS grid banquet recounting football experiences and urging progressive education. Ernest Bayer received the Cameron Quarterback Trophy for citizenship, athletics and scholarship, plus 24 YHS players earned letter jackets for the 1961 season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude “Chena
Gilstrap
YHS Grid
Ernest Bayer
Yeoman
Texas
Cameron
YHS
Methodist Fellowship Hall
Gil Strap
Nine file for Milam Democratic Primary as May 5 deadline nears
Milam County records show nine new candidates filing Wednesday for the May 5 Democratic primary. Among those: four justice incumbents, the county treasurer Mrs Ida Johns, Commissioner Two candidate Sharp McCasland, and state senate hopeful Frank B McGregor of Waco. Also filed were Justice of the Peace incumbents BG Rice John Thweatt Leonard Allen Rockdale L N McDonald, with Milton Schiller Cameron businessman announcing for state representative Milam Robertson Burleson counties. Incumbent Herman Yezak seeks a 10th term in the Texas House. W R Poage and JP candidates Sakowitz and Hoppe filed as well. Two Travis County men for the Third Supreme Judicial District Court of Civil Appeals, Walter R Koch and John C Phillips, also filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLaren
Ida Johns
Co HO Me Casland
Third Court of His Appeals
Frank B McGregor
Waco
Jarrard Secrest
Justice of the Peace
BG. Rice
Cameron
John Thweatt
Maysfield
Leonard Allen
Rockdale
L. N McDonald
Sharp McCasland
Mrs. Johns
Milam County
Milam- Robertson - Burleson
Herman Yezak
Texas House
W. R. Poage
Paul Sakowitz
E. C. Hoppe
McClaren
Travis County
Court of Civil Appeals
Third Supreme Judicial District
Walter R. Koch
John C. Phillips
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Sam Hillman
Pettibone
Hel Ls
Joe Anderson
J. B Earle
Jefferson
Alvin Hefft
20Th Street
Cofc
Ava
Milam Square
Cameron Auction Barn
Tesas Regional
Red Cross Blood Center
Milano
Cameronite
Grid
Ray Ste
Granger
Arlington State College
Richard Williams
Jerald Underwood
Schiller
Max McClaren
Milton Schiller Cameron
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