Thunder and Lightning Bring Cameron Light Rain
Thunder and brisk winds teased Cameron Sunday night producing only .03 inch of rain. Temperatures cooled from 94 at 5 p m to 74 after drizzle. Reports across the area show varied totals from .03 in Cameron to 2.65 in Kopperl and 3 inches in Valley Mills. A twister and damage occurred near Valley Mills while Dallas and Fort Worth posted cooler highs after a heat wave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Copperas Cove
Troy
Holland
Jarrell
Gatesville
Belton
Salado
Kopperl
McGregor
Hillsboro
Waco
Bible School Begins at Marlow Baptist Church
The Marlow Baptist Church started its Daily Vacation Bible School on Monday at 8 a.m. with 57 children enrolled, running through Friday 8 to 11 a.m. for ages 3 to 14. Max McClaren leads as director with a staff including Mrs. Braden and several department heads.
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Marlow Baptst Church
Max McClaren
W. E. Braden
Jack Thompson
Milam County 4-H Camp Sends 18 Youth Leaders
Thirteen 4-H boys and five adult leaders from Milam County will attend the District 4-H Camp at Brownwood July 20 to 22. Attendees include Ferrell Angell, Howard Pierce, Hal Lester Senkel, Carroll Wayne, Bernad Jungmann, and others from Buckholts Maysfield and Cameron. A casting tournament led by Pierre Fontaine and Frank Jordan will be featured. The group departs Buckholts at 7:30 a.m. Monday and returns late Wednesday.
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Brownwood
Ferrell Angell
Howard Pierce
Sharp
Hal Lester Senkel
Carroll Wayne
Bernad Jungmann
Howard Gonten
Dwayne Orsag
James E
Stanley Joe Glaser
Buckholts
Roy Wayne
Bruce Lindsey
John Seay Attends Lions Club International Meeting
John Seay travels to Chicago this week to participate in the Lions Club International gathering. The event gathers club members from multiple regions for discussions and networking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Seay
Lions Club International
Chicago
Three injured in U S Highway 79 two car crash
Early Friday morning on U S Highway 79 a two car collision left three men hurt two seriously. Cecil V Goodloe 30 of Route 1 LaPorte Texas drove a 1948 Packard east while Reed 30 of Thorndale drove a 1949 Chevrolet west both at 50 55 mph. Reed in critical condition and Smith 29 suffered severe facial body lacerations and a possible fractured arm. All three were taken to Richards Clinic Rockdale with Goodloe released after treatment. Reed and Smith remain hospitalized. Both Goodloe and Reed were charged with driving while intoxicated.
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U. S. Highway 79
Gaston M. Reed
Thorndale
William Carroll Smith
Cecil V. Goodloe
Route 1
LaPorte
Texas
Rockdale
Reed
Richards
Goodloe
Smith
Aluminum Company of America
Funeral Services For Alonzo T. Raby Held in Rockdale
Funeral services for 89 year old Alonzo T. Raby of Sharp were led by Rev. Byron Welch at Phillips and Luckey chapel in Rockdale. Burial followed in Sharp cemetery. Raby, a LaGrange Georgia native, came to Texas as a young man and lived in Tracy before 45 years in Sharp with a drug store business. Survived by wife Mellie Bunting Raby, two daughters, four sons, a sister and two brothers.
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Alonzo T. Raby
Sharp
Rockdale
Phillips and
Luckeychapel
Byron Welch
First Christian Church
Raby
LaGrange
Texas
Tracy
Mellie Bunting Raby
Hugh Brown
Port Arthur
Alvin J. Rinn
Joseph A. Raby
Walla Walla
Wash
John B. Raby
Houston
Clifford D
Bonner B. Raby
Josephine Hooker
A. C
C. M. Raby
Macon
Church of Nazarene Begins Revival On 25th Street Lot
The Church of the Nazarene starts a tent revival on July 15, with services nightly at 8 from July 15 to July 26. Rev. C. R. Watson of Freeport leads. Mrs. D. A. Lambert is song leader and Max McClaren plays piano.
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Church of the Nazarene
25Th Street
C. R. Watson
Freeport
D. A. Lambert
Max McClaren
Cameron Church of Christ Gospel Meeting Series
The Cameron Church of Christ hosts a gospel meeting each evening at 8 p.m. Rev. Clarence Snodgrass is the speaker. The series continues through Sunday night and all are welcome to attend.
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Cameron Church of Christ
Clarence Snodgrass
Rockdale Opens New 80000 Pool For Public Tour Weekend
Rockdale mayor announces formal open for inspection of the new municipal pool built with modern facilities. The pool offers diving boards, a concrete bath house with showers, a wide lawn for sunbathing, and a wading pool for children. Lifeguards stand watch and water is constantly filtered for health safety. Public tours run 2 to 10 Saturday and 1 to 7 Sunday.
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Rockdale
W. P. Hogan
Viting
Texas
Milam Medical Society Hosts 12th District Meeting at Alcoa
Milam County Medical Society hosted the 12th District Medical Society of Central Texas at the Alcoa Rockdale plant with 45 doctors and 35 wives. The day included a five hour post graduate program by the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and a luncheon, while the Milam County Women's Auxiliary hosted its counterpart.
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Milam County Medical Society
12Th District Medical Society of
Central Texas
Rockdale
Milam County Women’s Auxiliary
12Th District Women’s Auxiliary
John I. Harper
Aluminum Company of America
Alcoa
C. G. Swift
Cameron
Medical Society
Howard Dudgeon, Jr
Waco
Department of Surgery
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston
American Academy of General Practice
A. O. Singleton, Jr
William H. Ainsworth
A. W. Harrison
Steven Lewis
F. J. L. Blasingame
Texas Medical Association
Washington, D. C
American Medical Association
Women’s Auxiliary
Milam County
E. W. Coyle
The
T. L. Denson
J. L. Walker
Buckholts Teacher to Receive Top FFA Honor
Dwight Hine of Buckholts is chosen as one of six Area Three teachers to receive the Honorary Lone Star Farmer Key from the Future Farmers of America. Joe Dan Boyd announces the award will be presented at the State Convention in Fort Worth on July 23.
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Dwight Fine
Buckholts High School
Vocational Agriculture Teachers of Texas
Future Farmers of America
Joe Dan Boyd
Winnsboro
Texas Association of Future Farmers
Hine
Fort Worth
Texas
Future Farmers
Ares Three
Robert Moore
Weimar
Harry Meyer
Fayetteville
T. G. Rockett
Caldwell
Thomas VY. Abercrombie
Missouri City
Edgar Foster
Willis
Failure To Make Turn Causes Car Wreck In Hearne Area
Carl Parkey 31 colored injured in a 5 a.m. collision on U S Highway 190 three miles from Maysfield when his 1950 Buick failed to negotiate a turn and crashed into a post oak tree. House occupants helped remove him. Marek-Burns ambulance rushed him to St Edward Hospital. Parkey, of the 25th Ordnance Company C Fort Hood, was later taken to Fort Hood Hospital for X rays and treatment.
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Carl Parkey
Hearne
Parkey
Maysfield
U. S. Highway 190
Worth Modsett
St. Edward Hospital
25Th Ordnance
Fort Hood
Fort Hood Hospital
Health report cites Typhoid, Measles cases in Milam
Dr T E Crump Milam County Health Unit director lists nine measles and eight diphtheria street throat cases for the week ending July 11. The report also shows four gonorrhea cases and one typhoid fever case.
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T. E. Crump
Milam County
Parker Damage Suit Settled Out of Court
The Trinity Universal Insurance Co v W W Parker case set for July 13 in district court was settled out of court. The Industrial Accident Board previously awarded Parker 948 dollars weekly for 300 weeks plus medical and legal fees. Parker was represented by Senator A E Wood and Camp and Camp. Trinity Universal by Senator J W Thomas and Jack Prescott.
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Trinity Universal Insurance Co
W. W. Parker
Parker
Industrial Accident Board
Trinity Insurance Co
A. E. Wood
Austin
Camp and
Perry Armstrong and Lee Fuller Host Watermelon Supper
Mrs. Perry Armstrong and Mrs. Lee Fuller enjoyed a watermelon supper at the park on Saturday night, sharing refreshments and good company in a casual community gathering.
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Perry Armstrong
Lee Fuller
the Park
Cameron City Council debates sanitary garbage collection plan
At a July 7 meeting Cameron council members backed studying a city garbage pickup system. Topics included equipment costs disposal sites and how fees would be funded through the Water Department with proposed rates of 1 per month for two pickups weekly in residences and 3 per month for daily downtown service. The Knights of Columbus installed new officers on July 9 and planned a July 19 public picnic. District Deputy Stanley Gorzynicki and Johnnie Januzewski led the installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
E. 0. Schiller, Jr
Everett Bierds
Andrew Voltin
Frank Heitman
Paul Dillon
Lawrence Polzer
Alphonse Matocha
Henry Schuttle, Jr
Emil Hollas
Pete Susik
Seraphin Wohleb
Anton Moran
Charles Bielsen
R. BE. Michalka
Clyde Holtman
Stanley Gorzycki
Johnnie Januzewski
Brenham
Cameron
Gene Blake
Robert Weems
Milton Schiller
Water Department
Glynn Phipps Guilty Of Carrying Arms Unlawfully
Glynn Phipps pled guilty July 9 in County Judge Charles C. Smiths court to unlawfully carrying arms. He was fined 100 dollars plus costs. On July 10 Cecil Vivien Goodloe and Gaston M Reed faced driving while in text charges after a morning automobile collision injuring them and passenger William Carroll Smith. James E Thornton pled guilty July 10 to driving while intoxicated, fined 50 dollars, with court costs and a six month license suspension.
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Glynn Phipps
Charles C. Smith
Cecil Vivien Goodloe
Gaston M. Reed
William Carroll Smith
Goodloe
James E. Thornton
Billy Ray Garner Injured In Early Morning Car Crash
Billy Ray Garner 238 of Kemp Texas suffered serious injuries when his 1953 Oldsmobile crashed on U S Highway 79 east of Milano. Police estimate speeds between 80 and 95 mph as the car left the road, tumbling into a creek bed and embankment. Garner sustained multiple injuries and is employed by Schiller Construction Company in Houston.
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Billy Ray Garner
Kempner
Texas
Garner
U. S. Highway 79
Milano
Schiller Construction Company
Houston
Spriggs Murder Case Scheduled Monday
The State of Texas v Morris Spriggs goes to trial Monday in district court for the murder of Taso Dorsey on April 19. County attorney J W Miller prosecutes. defense attorney is Jack Prescott.
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State of Texas
Morris Spriggs
Spriggs
Taso Dorsey
J. W. Miller
Jack Prescott
Robert D. Abel Named Cameron Chamber Manager
The Cameron Chamber of Commerce selects Robert D. Abel Jr of Waco as new manager. Abel will arrive in Cameron July 27 to begin duties after leaving General Tire in Waco. He holds a UC Berkeley industrial management degree, is 28, married with two children, and has Army Transportation Corps service.
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Cameron Chamber of Commerce
Robert D. Abel, Jr
Waco
Abel
Cameron
General Tire and Rubber Co
Baylor University
University of California
Central Texas
Richard W. Moseley
Chamber
United States Army Transportation Corps
Arch W. Hunt
Chamber of Commerce Department
J P Crouch Reunion Set For July 26 In Cameron Park
Family of Mr and Mrs J P Crouch will hold a reunion in Shady City Park Cameron on Sunday July 26. Relatives and friends are invited to attend and bring a basket lunch.
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J. P. Crouch
Shady City Park
Cameron
Stennett Guilty Of Selling Beer During Prohibited Hours
Alex Stennett pled guilty to selling beer during prohibited hours in Judge Charles C. Smith Jr. County Court on Tuesday July 14. A $100 fine and court costs were assessed. The assault case against Fred Carr Jr. was dismissed due to insufficient evidence.
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Alex Stennett
Charles C. Smith, Jr
Fred Carr, Jr
Swimming Classes At Cameron Pool Start July 13
Swimming classes began Monday, July 13 at Cameron Municipal Pool. Session times run 9 to 9:30 a.m. and 9 to 10 a.m. Instruction is available for ages 6 and up. For more information call R. E. Windham at 1295.
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Cameron Municipal Swimming Pool
R. E. Windham
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Marlow Baptist Church
Church of Nazarene
Church of Christ
Milam Medical Society
W. R. Newton
David Shapiro
T. S. Barkeley
John T. Richards
T. C. Green
Dwight Hine
FFA
K. of C
Aris
Robert D. Abel
Stennett
Cameron Pool
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