Milam County audit due next Monday and county decisions
A Milam County audit by Harris Havens & Co starts May 10 and will be presented next Monday July 19 as County Judge O B Harden told commissioners. The meeting covered a precinct 4 replacement for Commissioner Dalton Caffey, a Thorndale park land deed, jail roof bid, road abandonment petition, cemetery aid denial, and wolves trapped by the county trapper pending salary decision.
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Linton
Milam County
O. B. Harden
Harris Havens & Co
Milam County Farm Bureau
Milam Grand
Harden
Thorndale
Dalton Caffey
Parl Paris
Paris
Democratic Party
Gaither Motor Co
Rockdale
Howard Buchanan
John McCoy
Charles Harris
Harris
Odessa Poole
Cameron
Cameron Rest Cemetery
Department of Interior
Samuelson urges analysis over fear in changing economy
The piece quotes Paul A. Samuelson urging careful analysis of past evidence and present changes to avoid fearmongering. It notes Milam County adopting an outside audit as it faces updating a 40 year tax base and funding needs for sheriff, county attorney, deputies, and four commissioner precincts amid 1976 costs.
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Paul A. Samuelson
Newsweek
Herald
Samuelson
Cameron
Milam County
Cameron Park Tennis Center Hosts First Junior Open
The Cameron Park Tennis Center prepares for its inaugural Junior Open with almost 150 players aged 18 and under. The event showcases a strong pipeline of young talent, as critics praise the speed and endurance of rising players amid growing excitement for Cameron tennis.
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Cameron Park Tennis Center
Cameron
Museum committee seeks loans for jail museum exhibits
The county museum committee planned rapid access to several rooms in the old county jail building awaiting repairs. They will rotate exhibits, use a $2,000 commissioner pledge, pursue a historical marker, and solicit loans or donations from Ada Margaret Smith and others for storage and future displays.
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County Museum Committee
Old County Jail
Mary Belle Batte
County 4-Hers To Stage Annual Festival
County 4-Hers plan a Saturday July 17 festival on Cameron mall with food arts and crafts game booths bands two pet shows and a dance. Events start at 1 p.m. with the 4-H Project Fair and carnival booths opening. open pet show begins at 3 p.m. judging at 3:30. A separate 4-H members pet show will also be held.
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Cameron
Cameron School Board adopts 1.40 tax rate and budget
Cameron school trustees sold four old buses to South Side Church of Christ in Austin and to Texas School Bus Sales and Terry Arledge. They accepted resignations from Sue Fuquay Janet Johnson and Mary King and hired Dorothy Dietrich Amy Page and Terry O Hara. The board approved a $100 monthly raise for tax assessor Theo Aschenbeck to $10 000 and adopted the 76 77 budget along with a plan to honor retiring teachers.
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Cameron
South Side Church of Christ At Austin
Texas School Bus Sales
Austin
Terry Arledge
Sue Fuquay
Janet Johnson
Mary King
Dorothy Dietrich
Amy Page
Terry O’hara
Buddy Dulin
Theo Aschenbeck
Aschenbeck
Milam DPS Reports Accidents and Fatalities in Year Start
The Department of Public Safety Austin office reports Milam County has five fatalities and 118 accidents so far this year with numerous injuries. A separate small animal pet show precedes events including a barbecue supper at 5 p.m. and a Cameron Rhein Steins concert at 6 p.m. Street dance at 8 p.m. 4-H judging starts at 2 p.m. with booths offering baked goods crafts and various contests.
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Department of Public Safety
Austin
Office Show
Milam County
Milan
Cameron Rhein Steins
Cameron Folk Singers
School Trustees Adopt 1,399,806 Budget for 1976-77
The school board adopted a 1976-77 budget of 1,399,806, down from 1,421,204 last year. Local revenues rise to 394,550 from maintenance tax, with total revenues 429,576 from nonlocal sources and 923,493 from state. Tax rate remains 1.40. Expenses total 1, 399,806, covering payroll 867,167, libraries 19,288, administration 165,116, transportation 79,100, utilities 104,273, and other items including co curricular, health, and capital outlay.
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General Administration
Community Improvement Awards Set for Gause Evening
Milam County communities enrolled in the Texas Community Improvement Program will gather at 7:30 p.m. Monday July 19 at the Gause Community Center to receive certificates and cash prizes totaling 550 dollars. Awards recognize first place in District 10 and Region 3 and fourth in the State. Sponsored by Texas electric utilities and run by the Texas A&M Agri cultural Extension Service.
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Gause
Gause Community Center
Milam County
Texas
The
Texas Agricultural Extension Service of
Texas A&m University
Cameron Hospitals Join Pilot Project For Extended Care
Cameron area hospitals join a SSA and Texas state pilot to offer an intermediate care level between acute hospital and nursing home for Medicare patients. Newton Memorial Hospital will get four beds per quarter, enabling skilled nursing until transfer to nursing homes. Coordinated by Texas Hospital Association, the plan targets rural facilities to improve care and curb costs with many hospitals under 100 beds.
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Cameron
Texas
Medicare
Social Security Administration
Texas Department of Health Resources
Texas Department of Welfare
Doris Harris
Newton Memorial Hospital
Harris
Newton
Texas Hospital Association
Announ
Youth Expo Plans Move Ahead in Cameron
Youth Exposition Building Association advances plans for a 120 by 100 foot barn to host livestock shows dances and other youth events. Funds secured include 10000 from urban renewal and 6000 pledged by the county plus bank contributions and potential Alcoa interest.
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Cameron
Youth Exposition Building Association
Robert Lehmann
Junior Livestock Association
Noon Lions
Young Farmers
Monroe Fuchs
Buckholts State
First National Citizens National
Fuchs
Alcoa
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Cameron Library
Bloodmobile Report
F.M.L
Museum Committee
Toyota
Eddie Galardo
Victoria
Ed Sanders
Cor
Sanders
Galardo
Oscars
Saund
County 4
School Board
DPS
John E. Snell
Cameron Hospitals
Ced
O. Ray Hurst
CAE
Hurst
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