Bucket Brigade Collects 532 Dollars for March of Dimes
National Guard unit and Cameron civic clubs raised funds at two locations on Saturday January 19 for the March of Dimes. Donors included a driver who offered a cash gift and a check, while Lions Kiwanis and Rotary volunteers noted varied gifts from one cent to fifty dollars amid lighthearted moments during the long cold day.
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National Guard
Cameron
MOD
Lions
Kiwanis
Rotary
Buckholts Teens Lead MOD Fund Drive for 1957 March
Buckholts High School students raised 63 dollars during a fund drive on January 19 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The youth group simulated a city government with police and fire units and received strong merchant and community support. Participants included James Edward Glaser Sammy Skrbok Joseph Chevalier Kenneth Janicek Walter Zajicek John D Jones Linda Jones La Velle Fischer Nancy Zavrel Anna Marek Jeanette Fuchs Carol Wayne Glaser Carol Gene Fuchs Wilbur Jurca Rueben Mendoza Lamas Gresak Kathryn Svetlik Curtis Fuchs Marc Gersback Stella Inge Ernest Denton Carolyn Mekush.
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Buckholts Teene
Buckholts High School
James Edward Glaser
Sammy Skrbok
Joseph Chevalier
Kenneth Janicek
Walter Zajicek
John D. Jones
Linda Jones
LaVelle Fischer
Nancy Zavrel
Anna Marek
Jeanette Fuchs
Carol Wayne Glaser
Carol Gene Fuchs
Wilbur Jurca
Rueben Mendoza
Lamas Gresak
Kathryn Svetlik
Curtis Fuchs
Marc Gersback
Stella Inge
Ernest Denton
Carolyn Mekush
Night Patrolman McCall Deters Prowler Near McLane Building
Cameron Police Department officer George McCall on his night beat encountered a prowler near the McLane Company building. He avoided contact by stepping into the street and continuing his patrol, noting a black cat with a white stripe as a striking distraction.
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George McCall
Cameron Police Department
McLane Company
McCall
Yessir
Milam County Drivers Urged to Display Safety Stickers
Patrolman John Blansit urged Milam County vehicle operators to obtain safety stickers by March 15. After the deadline checkpoints will be set up on highways to stop and inspect cars and trucks. Vehicles without stickers face traffic violations with fines from 1 to 200 dollars and court costs. The law aims to prompt repairs and adjustments to ensure safe operation.
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John Blansit
Milam County
Blansit
Yoe High Receives Southern Association Accreditation
Dick Young the principal announces that Yoe High School has been accredited by the Southern Association of Secondary Schools. The certificate cites the Cameron school meeting all requirements for full accreditation for the 1956-57 school year.
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Dick Young
Yoe High School
Southern Association of Secondary Schools
Yoe High
Young
Cameron School
Milam County Hires Government Trapper To Control Predators
At a January 17 meeting 46 farmers pressed Milam County Commissioners to act against wolves and bobcats. James E Poore of the U S Department of Interior outlined the plan with Texas A M Extension Service support. State and federal agencies will cover 50 percent of the cost, with the county paying the balance to employ a government trapper.
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Milam County
John A. Smith
C. C. Smith
James E. Poore
U. S. Department of Interior
Texas A&m Extension Service
Poore
Commissioners' Court
County Court
City Sells House and Barn at 1004 East Gillis Street
Cameron City Council accepted bids from James T. Price for the five room house and E. L. Kahler for a 16 by 16 foot corrugated iron barn on city property. House sold for $2001 and barn for $42.50. Buildings must be moved within 30 days of purchase. bids opened January 14.
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Cameron City
James T. Price
E. L. Kahler
Milam County Grand Jury Seeks Courtroom Upgrades
Milam County Grand Jury outlines a program to move beds and reorganize sleeping quarters and interrogation rooms for better space. The plan includes removing chairs, installing new tables, disinfecting pillows, and reworking heat and layout in the Milam courthouse. Past juries have called county buildings deplorable and recommended cleaning, painting, and disinfection.
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Milam County Grane Jury
Grand Jury
Milam County
Milam Bond Sale Totals $327 518
Henry Liebman announces Milam County residents bought 327 518 dollars in U S Savings Bonds in the past year. The figure equals 482 3 percent of the 1956 quota and supports the 1957 goal.
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Milam
Henry Liebman
United States Savings
Milam County
U. S
Liebman
United States
Community Christian Crusade Set Here January 27 February 3
The Cameron Ministerial Association sponsors the second annual Community Christian Crusade from January 27 to February 3. Evening services at 7 30 p m across cooperating churches and daily morning devotions at the Milam Theatre from 9 45 to 10 30 a m feature guest ministers and joint choirs.
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Community Christian Crusade
Ministers Group
Cameron Ministerial Association
Milam Theatre
Cameron
A. F. Russell
Ministerial Association
First Assembly of God
First Baptist
Battetown Baptist
Cameron Gospel Tabernacle
First Christian
All Saints Episcopal First Methodist, Nazarene Church
First Presbyterian
United E & R Church of
Ben Arnold
Local Rainfall Totals Reach .32 Inches This Week
Cameron records .32 inches of rain for the week according to water superintendent Alvin Hefft. Rockdale reports Tuesday morning rainfall covered streets to curb height, the first substantial showers since the year's start.
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Cameron
Alvin Hefft
Rockdale
Former Cameron Lumberman Dies
Milam County residents mourn the death of R. P. Fisher a longtime Cameron lumberman who died after a long illness at his home in Harrison Arkansas He had worked with Jeter Lumber Company and was a Lexington Missouri native Funeral services were at Holt Funeral Chapel with Rev Herbert Anderson and burial in Tom Thumb Cemetery Survivors include his sister Miss Elizabeth Fisher of Harrison Arkansas.
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Milam County
R. P. Fisher
Harrison
Arkansas
Fisher
Cameron
Jeter Lumber Company
Lexington
Missouri
Holt
Herbert Anderson
Tom Thumb
Elizabeth Fisher
School Officials Attend Meeting
Dick Young principal of Yee High School attended the administrators annual conference in Austin earlier this month. Highlights included discussions of new graduation requirements and teacher accreditation. Wiley Loughmiller, Cameron Public Schools superintendent, also attended but at different sessions covering other administration procedures.
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Dick Young
Yee High
Austin
Wiley Loughmiller
Cameron Public Schools
Social Security Rep To Visit Cameron January 29
Regular visit by a Social Security representative to Cameron scheduled for Tuesday January 29. Interested residents with social security questions may contact the representative at the Department of Public Welfare at 9 am that date. Offered by the Bryan office for Milam County and surrounding communities.
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Cameron
Department of Public Welfare
Bryan
The
Social Security Administration
Milam County
Annual Football Banquet to Feature Baylor Star Bill Glass
Baylor University football star Bill Glass will be the featured speaker at Cameron’s annual football banquet set for 7 30 pm Monday January 28. Larry Hickman Sugar Bowl champion will sing two songs and Ole Nelson leads as toastmaster. Sponsors include the Quarterback Lions Kiwanis and Rotary clubs.
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Bill Glass
Baylor University
Glass
Ole Nelson
Cameron
Baylor Bears
Larry Hickman
Nelson
Hickman
Local Lady Loretta Brock Earns Selective Service Award
Loretta M. Brock of Cameron Milam County draft board No 92 received a meritorious award from state and federal Selective Service units on January 16. The honor cited her suggestion to improve notifying draft registrants of address or status changes, adopted last summer and now used statewide.
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Milam County
Draft Board No. 92
Loretta M. Brock
Cameron
Selective Service
Marlin D. Lewis
Brock
Frank Polansky
James A. Brock
Beth
Col. Morris 8. Schwartz
Col
Lewis
Lewis B. Hershey
Stag Banquet Planned for Yee High Football Team
Knights of Columbus officials in Cameron clarified a misunderstanding about the event honoring Yee High School football team and coaches. The banquet is a private stag affair at 7 30 p m Thursday January 2, with attendance limited to players coaches Knights members and invited guests.
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Yee
Cameron
Simon-George Halil
Knights of Columbus
Bryan's Trial Enters Third Day in Milam County
The trial of David T. Bryan in O D Graham's court on forgery enters its third day as jurors return home for the night. Prosecutors call a handwriting expert and an auditor from Nebraska to confirm the forged draft of 1272 attributed to Paul Zipperlan.
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O. D. Graham
State of
Paul Zipperlan
Bob Nelson
Texas
Nebraska
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Teenagers Drive
H. H. Stedman
Hefley-Stedman Motor Company
Willie Dolan
Dolan
Waco
Texas Highway Patrol
Southern Association
First Methodist Churches
Methodist Church
E. J. Davis
Presbyterian Church
John Solomon
Cameron Lumberman
Quarterback, Lions, Kiwanis and
Rotary Clubs
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Lt. Col
Graham
W. L. Hall
Leon Albrecht
A. H. Ave Erett
W. D. Bales
C. A. Oslick
Ed Pagel
I. V. Wise
H. L. Peasler
F. H. Pearce
W. A. Garner
C. O. Towery
Harry W. Clark
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