Poll Taxes Fall Behind 1958 Pace in Milam County
City and county poll tax receipts lag last year with about 500 city payments and 2700 county payments reported. Offices stay open until midnight Saturday for final rush. No state elections. a city council race and school posts set in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Andres
Walter White
Milam
Nina Wilkerson
Miss Wilkerson
Yee High School
Gaither Motor Co
Rockdale
Max Hengest
Thorndale
White
Cameron Chamber Mall Stock Show Touts Big Weekend Crowd
Cameron Chamber invites Milam Countians to a two day Mall Stock Show February 6 7 on Milam Courthouse square with 108 cattle entries in beef dairy and swine categories cash prizes totaling 500 and Double Dollar Day sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Chamber
Chamber
Richard Moseley
Milam
Milam Courthouse
Moseley
John L.batte
Miram County
Cameron Merchants
No- Chamber
Hilliard Thomas
Baylor U to Offer Extension Course in Cameron
Final plans set for Thursday night at Yee High School for a Baylor University extension course to be offered in Cameron this semester. Dr. M. L. Goetting will discuss courses. meeting invites all teachers administrators and coaches to help select the type of course. Classes meet once weekly between 6 and 9 p.m. on Monday or Thursday. three semester hours credit toward masters in service or BA degree. Max McClaren says ten teachers have signed up with ten more needed and asks attendees or delegates to contact him at 2t817 or Wiley Loughmiller at 578.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yee High School
Baylor University
Cameron
M. L. Goetting
Max McClaren
McClaren
Wiley Loughmiller
Poage Nominates Archie Mraz for Air Academy
Archie Lee Mraz VHS senior and honor roll student is nominated by Rep. Poage to the Air Force Academy. Eleven district boys compete for one available slot each year with first exams in March and physicals in April. If successful, Mraz would enter Colorado Springs on June 26, 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Lee Mraz
C. H. Yee
W. R
Bob) Poage
Air Force
Air Force Academy
Mraz
VHS
Congressman Poage
Colorado Springs
Colorado
The columnist craft and the humor behind droughts of inspiration
A reflective critique of column writing explains that true columns rise above routine typing. It argues humor and a jaundiced, rose tinted view help readers cope with chaotic modern life while capturing Americana through lively, thoughtful observation.
Humble Outlines New 90 Mile Road Plan for 1959
Milam County road program under State Highway Department planning targets almost 90 miles of construction or resurfacing in 1959. Judge Don Humble told Cameron Rotary Club that total surfaced farm-to-market roads would reach 260 miles after long range planning, with current projects including US 77 and US 79 widenings and several right of way and maintenance contracts scheduled for letting in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam
State Highway Department
Don Humble
Cameron Rotary Club
Kathy's Cafe
Humble
Cameron
Rocky Creek
Rockdale
Minerva
Minerva-Rockdale
Little River Bridge
Yarrellton- Marak
Cameron Farm-To-Market
Norman Valley
Thorndale
Conoley Church
Burleson County
Nabours Wins $400 State OES Scholarship
Nick Nabours, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Nabours, received a $400 scholarship from the Grand Chapter of Texas, Order of the Eastern Star. A senior at McMurry College Abilene, he studies for the ministry and plans seminary study next year. Local Eastern Star chapter endorsed his application with Methodist Church recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Nabours
Charlie Nabours
Grand Chapter of
Texas
Order of the Eastern Star
McMurray College
Abilene
Eastern Star
Methodist Church
Cameron
PTA To Hear Noted Family Life Speaker At Feb 5 Meeting
Cameron Parent Teachers Association will host Mrs Eloise T Johnson of the Texas A M College Extension Department as guest speaker on February 5. Her topic is Family Life Education. Founders Day will be observed with Mrs Carroll Green in charge. PTA recently bought four pecan trees with proceeds from their Christmas parade float, to be planted at the school by vocational agriculture students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eloise T. Johnson
Texas A&m College
Cameron Parent Teachers Association
Johnson
FE. ©. Smith Jr
PTA
Carroll Green
Council Calls For Six-Mile Program
Cameron city council approved bidding for resurfacing on East Twelth Street and North Fannin and appointed Ed Gunn to contact property owners on Sixth Street and North Jackson for a three and a half mile resurfacing project. Property owners may be charged one dollar per foot for asphalt and work could start within three weeks with six miles of street resurfacing planned.
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East Twelth St
North Fannin
North Jackson
Sixth Street
Cameron
City Planning Commission
Twelfth St
US 77
Jackson St
East Fourth St
E. Twelth St
Ed Gunn
Sixth
North Jackson Sts
Bassel Wilson
Sixth and
Jackson Sts
Gunn
Jackson
Fannin
Tweith
Wilson
6Th
Jackson Streets
Nelson Addresses KCGrid Banquet on Yee High football
Milam County Attorney Robert Nelson spoke at Cameron Knights of Columbus 10th annual YHS football banquet urging 125 attendees to live by football taught self sacrifice. He praised Yee High athletes for leadership and self respect, noting court statistics favor sports in shaping youth.
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Knights of Columbus
Robert Nelson
Milam County
Los Angeles Dons
Nelson
Cameron KC
YHS
Charlie Burke
Yee High School
Small Dam Plans Await Decision of Engineers
Directors of the San Gabriel River Water Control and Improvement District will postpone action on small dam plans until the Army Engineers decide on proposed big dams on the San Gabriel at Georgetown. The decision is expected in spring. board reorganized with A C Weir as secretary and C P Hutto as vice president, H B Fox re-elected president.
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San Gabriel River
C. P Hutto
Bertram
H. B. Fox
Circleville
Irvine
Henry Labaj
Friendship
C. E. Gauntt
Georgetown
Army Engineers
School Census Due Completion Saturday in Cameron ISD
The Cameron Independent School District conducts its annual census with the deadline set for Saturday. Children born from September 1, 1941 to September 1, 1953 within Cameron and surrounding communities must be counted. Parents who have not been counted should contact Misa Young at 134 or 22.
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Cameron Independent School District
Cameron
Callie Young
Cameron City Limits
Hoyte
Salem
Elmn Ridge
Yarrellton
Ben Arnold
Watt Switch
Walkers Creek
Jones Prairie
Belmena
North Elm
Curry
Clarkson
Vogelsang
Ad Hall
Marlow
Misa Young
March of Dimes to Benefit From World-Wide Fashion Show and Basketball
March of Dimes week activities include a February 4 fashion show Around The World In 80 Days at the Methodist Recreation Hall and a February 10 benefit basketball game. About $900 was collected last week from Mothers March for Polio $350 Bucket Brigade about $390 and Farm Bureau proceeds from a Saturday show. Cameron hosts a charitable basketball clash with Moore's Red Heads from Caraway Arkansas at Yee High Gym February 10 featuring Cameron Independent Men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Humble
B. L Miller
Hinton Pruitt
Milam County
Farm Bureau
March of Dimes
Simon George Hall
S.W. McClaren, Jr
Methodist Recreation Hall
Cameron
Tosh's
Cameron Moore
Red Heads
Caraway
Arkansas
Camerons
Yee High
Bottlers Honor Blake At TSBA Annual Meeting
F G Blake of the Coca Cola Bottling Company Cameron was honored for 20 years as Chairman of the Insurance Committee of the Texas State Bottlers Association. He received a plaque and was praised for saving the group thousands of dollars. Charles E. Blake attended the Houston convention which ran from Sunday through Tuesday and included a Samuel banquet. Blake began with the Coca Cola bottling business in 1925 in Center Texas and later moved to Hearne before consolidating the Cameron plant serving Milam Robertson Madison Lee and Fayette Counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F G_ Blake
Coca Cola
Cameron
Texas State Bottlers' Association
Houston
Blake
Association
Charles E. Blake
Samuel
Texas Bottlers Assoc
Coca-Cola
Center
Texas
Hearne
Cameron Bottling
Milam
Robertson
Madison
Lee
Fayette Counties
New 59 License Plates Go On Sale Monday
Milam County announces 1959 license plates will be available at the Courthouse Monday February 2. Plates are reverse of 1958 with black letters on white. Registration deadline is April 1. keep title and last year’s receipt. Penalty up to 200 dollars for improper registration. part of fees stay in Milam County.
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Milam County
D. C. Greer
Greer
Walter White
Milam
White
Prowling Charge Arrest In Burlington
Sheriff reports JT Scott a 23 year old man from Ben Arn old is held in county jail on a prowling charge. He was detained after a call from the Irvin Hoff residence in Burlington, marking a second prowler incident at the Hoff home this month.
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Black
Scott
Carl Black
JT. Scott
Ben Arnold
Irvin Hoff
Burlington
Hoff
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Baylor U
Poage
Archie Mraz
Air Academy
Luecke
Moon
U.S
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Splawn
Buckholts
Corinth
Alcoa
Lee County
Liberty
Milano
Highway Department
Carroll Zeigler
C. B. Thames
Nabours
State
OES
Council
Kcgrid
Burke
Jim Speer
U. S
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Narvie Caperton
Dana Monroe
Niley J. Smith
New Cameron Drug
George Childress Insurance
Schigut's and
McIn
Buddy Shipp
Murphy Webster
Richard Eldon Batte
Richard Wilkinson
Forrest Sapp
John Florida
Bill Krueger
Jimmy Rettig
John Marshall
Francis ‘Shorty’ Saunders
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