Milam County Oil Prospects Bright As 1972 Drilling Starts
Milam County oil activity looks promising with Edwards Lime wildcats underway. W. P. Holloway and J. A. Leonard report No. 1 Blackburn Trammell near Milbur Field tapping Edwards Lime after 5,940 feet, facing high gas pressure. Byron Rose plans No. 1 Herald Hood in John Williams Survey to reach Edwards as Mutual Oil Company of Santa Fe moves in for a large 30-wildcat campaign across Milbur and Burmil Fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County
South Milam
Edwards
New Mexico Oil Company
W. P. Holloway
J. A. Leonard
Austin
Smith Vincent
Milbur
Blackburn - Trammell
Wilcox
Navarro
Holloway
Leonard
Byron Rose
Houston
Herald Hood
John Williams
Rose
Cherokee Navarro
Milano
Hood
Perry
General Crude Oil Company
General Crude
Mutual Oil Company of
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Burmil
Mutual
Accident Report Records Seven Fatalities in Milam County
The Texas Highway Patrol investigated 219 rural Milam County crashes in 1971, causing seven deaths and 133 injuries. Sgt. G. E. Simmons noted 20 accidents occurred in Milam County in December.
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Texas Highway Patrol
Milam County
G. E. Simmons
Migrant Cricket Reads Miniature Eastern Newspaper
A bright moving cricket in the Herald reading a tiny Eastern newspaper. The piece muses on crickets famed for trivia and legends like Jiminy Cricket, suggesting the insect may expand the genus’s biographical material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Jiminy Cricket
Mehetbel
Winners Named With F M L By Danny Phillips ACA 112
List of winners by town including Cameron Buckholts Rosebud and other places. Names span dozens of individuals tied to F M L and local clubs as the typical Milam County livestock show results and participants. Weather notes mention 19 degree morning and a larger show expected but affected by a swine cholera quarantine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County
Cameron
John Tomascik
Buckholts Ffa
John
Barrow
Rosemary Ehler
City Buys Grader Will Study Salaries
The city council awarded a bid from Galeon for a new grader and scheduled a comprehensive salary study for dispatchers led by Mrs. Frances Cole to inform the next budget. The Cameron 4-H Club and Rockdale FFA dominated the Fat Lamb and Dairy shows with multiple Grand and Reserve Champions across divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galeon
Frances Cole
Police Department
Lawrence Zotz
E. A Perrin
Cameron 4-H
Della Laywell
Roger Rodenbeck
Thorndale Ffa
Leslie Hicks
Rockdale Ffa
Bruce Thaler
Robert Timmerman
Weslie Hicks
Cass Says CTCOG Ready To Aid Milam
Charles Cass executive director of the Central Texas Council of Governments told Cameron Noon Lions that CTCOG based in Belton stands ready to assist Milam County in state and federal grant applications and other economic opportunities. He noted Milam was listed as part of CTCOG though not yet a member and discussed council membership options with local officials and a $10 000 CTCOG grant aiding unemployment relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cass
Central Texas Council of Governments
Cameron Noon Lions
CTCOG
Milam County
Cass
E. A. Perrin
Bell
Milam
Lampasas
Coryell
Hamilton, Mills
San Saba
Brazos Valley Council
Brazos
OEO
State Highway Dept
Lions
San Saba County
Cameron
Cameron Re
Bill Black
Temple
Bell County
Police Nab 3 For Drug Possession In Cameron
Cameron police arrested three young men for possession of marijuana on Monday and charged one with dangerous drugs. The suspects, all of Houston, were named George Curtis Batmore III 21 John George Holloway 20 and James Joseph Jacobsen 21. Police spotted their car on North Rusk with engine running and the men asleep. In other police news several accidents were investigated including a Saturday crash in the Safeway lot and a Sunday collision at West and Central Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Felipe Martinez
F. M. Jones
ABC
North Rusk
George Curtis Batmore III
John George Holloway
James Joseph Jacobsen
Houston
Viola Sullivan
Safeway
Johnny Curtis
Frances Odstell
Delbert Burlison
West
N. Central
Leland Green Jr
Robert Wilton
Highway 190
N. Karnes
Claudia Bates Summers
Rockdale
Ben Tepera
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Della Laywell, Fat Lamb
Eugene Kroeger
Bruce Richter
By Lloyd Albertson
Archie
Texas
F.M.L
Danny Phillips
ACA
Quido Gersbach
Paul Sakowitz
George Schroeder
W. E. Beckhusen
Stanley J. Glaser
Joe Glaser
Alvania Jodiec
A. L. Glaser
E. E. Odom
A. B. Satterwhite
Cecil R. Criswell
August Hubnik
Lillie Zajicek
Clarence Colburn
Joe Ford
Adolph Gresak
Gilbert Frenzel
Joe Sevcik
Joe Varzel
Joseph Slavik
Rosebud
J. A. Tarver
Greens Funeral Home
John A. Tarver
Frank Galban
Billy Felfe
Burlington
I. J. Vogelsang
Alvin Wige
Ervin Stoebner
Hugo Miller
Annie Dillon
Sam Radtke
Thorndale
Larry Nolen
Donald Fieming
Jack Fenter
Guernsey
Gary Spence
Linda Lemon
Belton
Magna Craft
Royal
Jan
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