CISD to Reform Schools as Austin Drives Modernization
Discussion at the CISD Board meeting highlights statewide reforms from Austin including excellence and efficiency goals, streamlining federal funds administration, and expanding freedom of choice integration. The district plans a teacher evaluation program and modernization steps while stressing school and community collaboration for future demands.
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CISD
Austin
Glenn H. Ivey
Supt
D. R. Dodson
Washington
Foual Education Opportunities Office
Cameron
Austin Education
Milam County Junior Livestock Winners Highlight 22nd Show
Milam County 4H and FFA members showcased top animals in the 22nd Milam County Junior Livestock Show with 85 entries. Dairy Grand Champion Don Rose of Gause and Reserve Melvin Hollas of Cameron led a list of class winners across dairy, swine, sheep, and beef divisions, with Thi rd place and showmanship honors noted for several exhibitors.
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Milam County
FFA
Don Rose
Gause
Melvin Hollas
Cameron
Melvin
Clyde Jistel
Wayne Jistel
Clyde Jister
Keith McDaniel
Thorndale
Barrow
Donald Fleming
Kelvin Kroeger
Howard Malovets
Sth
Billy Grimm
Danny Monroe
Milton Patschke
Jimmy Garza
Rockdale
Greg Biehle
Dennis Hengst
Kenneth Gifford
Ralph Hengst
Ben Graham
Milano
Gene Sorenson
Edward Caffey
Ray Coward
David McClaren
Richard Kudlacek
Buckholts
Bobby Unnasch
Jackie Zajicek
Bill Simmons
Louis Ramirez
Barry Black
Glenn Unnasch
Richard Finn
4-H
Urgent Blood Donor Plea for Cameron Area
The Central Texas Bloodmobile will visit Cameron at the Methodist Fellowship Hall from noon. A seven pint quota was set for the Cameron area. Blood from the Central Texas bank is aiding Rebecca Brock of Cameron in M. D. Anderson Hospital Houston amid a state blood shortage caused by the flu outbreak. The Central Texas Blood Bank had only five pints on hand last week until a donor appeal increased supplies.
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Central Texas
Cameron
Methodist Fellowship Hall
Red Cross
Rebecca Brock
James Brock
M. Anderson Hospital
Houston
Alovisus
Central Texas Good Bank
Forme Distributed Yor Annual Census For Cameron Schools
Census underway this week targets all children who will be six before September 1 1968. Miss Mary Belle Batte census enwrerater urges parental cooperation to include children entering first grade in September. Census forms available in Miss Batte’s office at Ben Milam School.
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Cameron
Mary Belle Batte
Miss Batte
Ben Milam School
Cameron CISD Board Discusses Budget and Desegregation Plan
Cameron Independent School District held a regular meeting to review the federal budget phase and desegregation for 1969 70. The board accepted resignations for Barbara Hughes Patsy Waters and Pearlie Schulz and hired Jack Ruzicka Lucy Smith while Superintendent Dodson urged cost cutting and construction using Title funds amid the shift away from freedom of choice in desegregation. Pittsburg and Daingerfield were noted as East Texas towns advised to desegregate by next fall.
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Cameron Independent School District
Cameron
Barbara Hughes
Patsy Waters
Pearlie Schulz
Jack Ruzicka
Lucy
Supt
D. R. Dodson
Dodson
Austin
East Texas
Pittsburg
Daingerfield
Mayor seeks re election and two council seats at stake
In Cameron Milam County political filings this week include incumbent Mayor Bassel Wilson and civic leader E A Perrin filing for the April 2 mayoral race. Council Places 1 and 2, held by Lester W Turner and R W Wells, are also up for election.
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E. A. Perrin
Bassel Wilson
Lester W. Turner
R. W. Wells
J. B. Fuller
the Herald
Perrin
Max McClaren
W. R. Poage
Dalton Caffey
Herman Dorner, Jr
Burlington
John Zajicek
McClaren
Fuller
Cameron Independent
D R. Dodson
Calvin Cobb
Coleman Duncum
Hilliard Thomas
Duncum
Cobb
Will Vocelsang
Wilson
Cameron
Elm Creek
Milam County
Pickup Rams Into Val Verde Store
A 1966 GMC pickup rammed the Val Verde Grocery Store on FM 4387 around 10 p.m. Monday, tipping the brick building and wrecking shelves. Driver S Woelfel Reinhard of Killeen was found unconscious in the truck, admitted in critical condition with deep lacerations, hospital in Amarillo.
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Val Verde
Milton Wright
S. Woelfel Reinhard
Rt. 2
Killeen
Scott & White Hospital
Walled Lake Door Plant Announces 24000-Square-Foot Expansion
Plant manager James A. Wilkinson says Walled Lake Door Co will add a 60 by 200 foot extension to the existing four spans, install a new door trimming machine, and replace the old milling unit. Construction could start in March with more hires when the line comes online, boosting daily capacity from 4500 to about 7000 doors. Two extra presses will also be added to speed glue drying.
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James A. Wilkinson
the Herald
Walled Lake Door Co
Wilkinson
Walled Lake
Four Color TV's Stolen in Hudson Robbery
Milam County Sheriff Car Black reported four color television sets taken from Hudson TV late Friday night. The thief gained entry by cutting through the sheet iron wall at the back of the store.
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Milam County
Black
Hudson TV
Rigs Move Again After Cold Spell
Milam County drilling resumes after a ten day pause due to cold wet weather. The No. 1 Ernest V. Brod wildcat near Buckholts, drilled by W. H. Mahan for 1700 feet, is set on a 52 acre J. A. de Penn lease with storage tanks in place. Two wells near Cameron on the Bickett Estate await power and were placed on pump. Navarro production around 840-850 feet. Additional wildcats for Frio Petroleum Co. and A. P. Benarden will start when conditions improve in the Milbur Field.
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Milam County
Ernest V
J. A. de Penn
Bickett Estate
Hanover Road
Cameron
Navarro
Frio Petroleum Co
W. H. Haley, Jr
A. PF. Benarden
Dick Schwab
Houston
Milbur
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Wayne Kirk
Linda Richardson
Miss Richardson
Yoe High School
3. H. Richardson
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Governor's Committee On Public School
Milton J. Schnler
Dan Kubiak
William C. Wallace
John B. Henderson, Jr
Carl C. Black
Walter White
Dora McCasland
Adolph Gresak
Arnold Glaser
Walled Lake Door
Hudson
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