Six Women Enter Milam County Farm Bureau Queen Contest
Six contestants will vie in the Milam County Farm Bureau Queen Contest on July 21 at 8 p m in the Fellowship Hall First Methodist Church. Judges will score poise appearance and personality with a one minute talk on Farm Bureau topics. County winners advance to the District Contest in Cameron August 27 with state and national opportunities culminating in December in Denver. Contestants include Virginia Abel Gloria Marak Joyce Fuchs Marilyn Hughes Claire Gielchrist and Marianne Jones.
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Milam County
Farm Bureau
First Methodist Church
Cameron
American Farm Bureau
Denver
Colorado
Virginia Abel
Gloria Marak
Joyce Fuchs
Marilyn Hughes
Claire Gielchrist
Marianne Jones
Miss Abel
Floris Abel
Rt. 1 Buckholts
Rockdale
Luthern Church
Miss Marak
John Marak, Jr
Rt. 2
Buckholts
C. H. Yoe High School
Library Club
FHA
St. Cyril Catholic Church
Maraksville
Miss Fuchs
Theo Fuchs
Cameron Western Week draws crowds with toy gun play and surprises
Early week in Cameron features hundreds of children in Western Week gear, including toy six guns and sombreros, as adults scout downtown and a courthouse lawn surprise looms. Floods in Plainview and Cameron’s two hour downpour punctuate a week of headlines, with the Cameron Saddle Club horse show closing the festivities and thousands expected for the parade.
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Cameron
Calaboose
Cameron Saddle Club
Corral
Elm Creek Watershed Bond Vote Set For Saturday
Voters in the Elm Creek watershed will decide on a $200000 bond issue endorsed by the Cameron Chamber of Commerce as the first stage of a $5 million project. Milam County would bear about a third of the cost with two polling places at Yarrelton and Marak. The plan aims to improve Elm Creek from Little Elm to its confluence with Little River near Cameron, clearing trees and filling sloughs over roughly five years.
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Elm Creek
Cameron Chamber of Commerce
Milam County
Kk. A. Perrin
Cameron
Watershed Board
Yarrelton
Marak
Watershed World Benefit
Bell
Milam
McLennan
Falls
Soil Conservation Service
Perrin
Little Elm
Cameron Western Week Builds To Big Parade
Cameronites spent the week joining special events from a coon hunt and dog chase to a tooth pulling by a local dentist. Onlookers watched des para does captured on horseback and a courthouse square song led by the Couples Club as searchlights lit the city. Final judging comes at the Western Dance and anticipation builds toward the big parade.
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Joe R. Parker
Cameron
Western Week
Houston
Main St
Cameron's Couples Club
Courthouse Square
Cameron tailgate week kicks off with parade at 5 30 Friday
Western Week events loom in Cameron with a parade starting at 5 30 Friday drawing up to 12 000 spectators for the horse show and gaited entries at Wilson Ledbetter Park Saddle Club officials report a record field exceeding 360 quarterhorse entries and 20 25 saddle clubs invited Officials note seating for 700 1000 and ample standing room.
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Texas
Ik al Uegal
Cameron
National Guard Armory
Brothers of the Brush
Richard Wilkerrich
Saddle Club
Wilson - Ledbetter Park
South Cameron
Jack DuBois
W-L Park
Cameron Businesses
Buddy Shipp
Joe Hickman
Wilson
Ledbetter Park
Cameron Saddle Club
Mondrik Plans Large New Supermarket on North Travis
A. J. Mondrik of Mondrik's Minimax announces a single story brick supermarket on the 700 block of North Travis Ave. The roughly 10 000 square foot store will include a bakery and four checkout counters with parking for 100 cars. Construction start date not set. Mondrik will continue operating the existing Santa Fe Town store. The lot is being cleared of several large trees.
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A. J. Mondrik
Mondrik
Minimax
Cameron
North
Travis Ave
Santa Fe
Travis
US 77
Fifth Milam Road Fatality Kills Iowan, Two Injured
A Tuesday collision near Cameron left Wallace Harley Thurman 30 of Cherokee dead on arrival at Newton Memorial Hospital. His wife Gloria Thurman is in critical condition with multiple injuries. A separate Saturday accident near Branchville put David Tally 78 on the critical list after his 1950 Buick hit a bridge bannister.
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Newton Memorial Hospital
Wallace Harley Thurman
Cherokee
Iowa
Luke Matthews Kyle
Cleveland
Texas
Thurman
Milam County
Newton Hospital
Gloria Thurman
Branchville
Jack Straley
Tally
Gilbert Smith
The
Herald
Central Freight Lines
Cameron
Cameron Events Schedule Hits Western Week
A crowded lineup lists February Western Week activities across Cameron venues. Highlights include a 2:00 p.m. event Friday, group singing at Courthouse Square, a 9:00 p.m. Thursday National Guard Armory appearance, a 10:30 a.m. Friday parade event, and multiple horse shows and dances at Wilson-Ledbetter Park and Downtown Cameron.
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Courthouse Square
Cameron Couples Club
National Guard Armory
Saddle Club
Cameron
C of C
Officials To Open NMH Bids Friday
Bids for Newton Memorial Hospital construction will be opened at 2 p m tomorrow at fund drive headquarters. Contributions have reached $45 000, about $5 000 shy of the Cameron drive goal. The project total is $250 000 to $300 000 with federal funds up to $200 000 and $60 000 from outside Milam County.
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Newton Memorial Hospital
Fund Drive
Cameron Drive
Cameron
Milam County
Baseball Field Dedicated July 6 In Cameron
A July 6 dedication night drew a capacity crowd for Cameron's new baseball park. League president Bassel Wilson praised workers and donors, urged Cameronites to take pride, and introduced the league board, Women's Auxiliary, managers, and team photographers.
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Cameron
Cameron Field
League
Bassel Wilson
Wilson
Beards Compete for Prizes in Western Week Beard Contest
Cameron hosts a Western Week beard contest drawing wide interest. Photographers captured beards from full grey to subtle mustaches as locals gather for the armory event with top prizes for best beard mustache goatee and colored beard. A large Cameron crowd is expected for the dance and beard competition.
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Cameron
Joe Parker
Central Texas
Bobby Jones
A. G. Elley
Elley
Guss
Louis
National Guard Armory
County
Armory
More Cameron Businesses Improve Fronts as Remodeling Spreads
Three more Cameron enterprises report exterior improvements this week. Gas Plants Service Station Helpy-Self Laundry Brown's Cleaners repaint external facades while Weems Gin is being dismantled on E First St George Barr buys the building and tears it down. Cameron Bowling Lanes near August opening with last four alleys installed. Doc Spear attends a management school for the modern center. In all, about 25 Cameron businesses are part of a citywide remodeling and redecorating push.
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Gas Plents
Brown's Cleaners
Weems Gin
First St. George
Doc Spear
Cameron
Cameron golfer leads with 72 in Central Texas women’s golf
Cameron Country Club hosts the Central Texas Women’s Golf Association tournament with 35 entries. Mrs. Marvin Norcross of Waco shoots 82 to lead low gross. Mrs. C. M. Burke of Cameron shoots 72 for low net. Dallas’s Mrs. T. D. Harvey wins championship flight with 90 gross. Mrs. Guy Henry of Ennis takes low net 78. Second flight sees Mrs. Jack Curtis 93 gross and tie for low net 76 between Mrs. Coy Arledge of Cameron and Mrs. E. W. Groth of Dallas.
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Marvin Norcross
Waco
C. M. Burke
Cameron
Low Gross
Jack Curtis
Garland
Coy Arledge
E. W. Groth
Dallas
E. J. Manning
Low
Donald Culp
Rockdale
Wth
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Yee High School
Future Homemakers of America
Future Nurses Club
Yee High Band
Chicago
Hope Luthern Church
Luther League For
Miss Hughes
Stanley Hughes
Rt. 3
Yoe High School
Yoe
First Christian Church
CYF
Miss Gielchrist
Weldon Gielchrist
Thorndale
Thorndale High School
Yarrellton Baptist Church
Gloria Marae
James Williams
Plainview
F. J. Rubac
Rt. 1
Lincoln Mondick
Chamber and Saddle Club
Cameron Jaycees
Temple
Prank Luecke
Ation
Milam Road
David Tally
Kyle
Smith
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