Happenings Around Cameron In The Good Old Summer Time
Marilyn Hauk surveys Cameron summer recreation. Yee High School Gym opens daily with baskets weights and a private tennis backboard. Tennis and basketball courts stay open with night lighting. City Pool runs 2 to 7 pm daily. Cameron Country Club offers swimming and a golf course for members and guests. Youth baseball and girls softball with three teams play 5 30 pm on Yee Campus. Little League and Pony League baseball operate at Cameron Little League Park with undefeated White Sox Yankees. Adult Cameron Cardinals and older youth teams also schedule games mostly at night or Sundays.
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Cameron
Yee High School
Cameron Country Club
Superstars
Leroy Broadus
Sluggers
Jack Chubb
Patriots
Flirsh Ermis
Yee
Cameron Little League Park
Safeway
Cameron Cardinals
Somerville to Vote on $100000 Water Sewer Bond
Somerville closes absentee ballots July 3 for a July 8 bond election to fund a water and sewer program. Mayor Ray Pack cites service for a town of 3,000. Rockdale hosts July 4 Love America Day with Buzz Aldrin NASA unit display from Apollo 11.
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City of
Somerville
Ray Pack
Rockdale
Apollo
Buzz Aldrin
NASA Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Hearne URA Presents Check for Brown Street Overpass Costs
The Hearne Urban Renewal Agency and the City of Hearne share of Brown Street Overpass construction costs totaling 406 290 dollars was presented to Delton Kittrell Hearne resident engineer with the Texas Highway Department to pay the balance.
Rosebud Sees Four Hundred Degree Days This Week
Central Texas town Rosebud recorded three days in which the thermometer hit the century mark with highs of 100 degrees on June 22 25 26 and 27. Neighboring communities also reported heat waves as officials warned residents to stay hydrated and limit outdoor activity during peak sun hours.
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Central
Texas
Rosebud
Belton Plans July 4 Parade With Patman Address
Belton will stage an Independence Day parade on July 4 with a 9 a.m. patriotic program featuring State Sen. Bill Patman of Ganado. The parade starts at 10 a.m. and will include the 2nd Armored Division band along with Belton High School and Junior High bands.
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Belton
Bill Patman
Ganado
2Nd Armored Division
McGregor Local Option Petition Circulates for August Vote
McGregor residents push for a local option election with 386 signatures needed per Bill Clearman committee chair for off premise alcohol sales. In Georgetown, city council tabled Lone Star Gas rate hike. data sent to Dallas consultants for study and a report in about 30 days.
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Bill Clearman
Lone Star Gas Co
Lone Star
Dallas
Georgetown
Folk Fete Reflects on Myth and Heritage
A writer compares Cameron to Camelot and discusses how myths influence national identity. At a Folk Fete the ethnic booths display coats of arms from Crusade era heraldry, linking ancestral symbols to immigrant heritage and American dreams.
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Knights of
America
Europe
Fourth of July Activities Shift Across Milam County
Milam County plans July 4 events with golf and barbecue at Cameron Country Club and a fireworks finale. Rockdale hosts Love America Day with an astronaut suit exhibit at Fair Park, a noon barbecue, baseball, Old Fiddlers Contest, equestrian events, and a 9 p.m. fireworks show. First Baptist hosts a 7 p.m. patriotic rally. missing coffee stop at City Park. A July 12 bloodmobile visit at First Methodist Fellowship Hall aims to collect 73 pints with 90 volunteers.
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Cameron
Rockdale
Milam Countians
Cameron Country Club
First Baptist Church
Fair Park
City Park
Cameron Boy Scouts
Perrin Named Milam County Chair for Sen Tower Campaign
Sen John Tower appoints E A Perrin as Milam County chairman for the U S Senate re election drive. Perrin holds a BA from Southwestern University and an M A from the University of Texas at Austin. He served four years as Cameron mayor and 26 years as school superintendent in Cameron Edna and Goliad.
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John Tower
E. A. Perrin
Milam County
U. S. Senate
Perrin
Southwestern University
The
University of Texas At Austin
Cameron
Edna
Goliad
Lions Club
Cameron Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Foundation
Nurse Frances Michna Celebrates 30 Years at Newton Memorial
Frances Michna marks 30 years as a registered nurse at Newton Memorial Hospital Milam County residents recall her 1942 start with the facility noted for the first patient on September 4 1942 and the first surgery an appendectomy the nurse trained at Providence School of Nursing Waco graduating in 1928 and reflecting on changes to the profession over four decades emphasizing service over monetary reward.
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Frances Michna
Newton Memorial Hospital
Milam County
Michna
Frances Ermis
Providence School of Nursing
Waco
Providence
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White Sox
Yankees
Yoe
Deanville
Burleson County
St. John’s Lutheran
Chisolm
Hearne
McGregor
F.M.L
Camelot
England
Arthur
First Methodist Fellowship Hall
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