McGregor Slaughter House to Close Wholesale Meat Business
Area Roundup notes McGregor slaughterhouse owned by Bill Bohne will shut its wholesale meat operation after 32 years due to squeezed margins. The firm served McGregor grocery stores with prices frozen on dressed meat, but not on cattle feed. Elsewhere Hearne jury selection begins in Charles Harrelson trial in Brownsville for a 1968 Degelia slaying.
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McGregor Slaughter House
Bill Bohne
McGregor
Bokne
Charles W. Harrelson
Sam Degelia Jr
Hearne
Brownsville
Percy Foreman
Houston
Galveston County
Darrell Hester
Harrelgon
Degelia
McAllen
Georgetown Police Display Live Marijuana Plants
The Georgetown Police Dept. grows cannabis in the station window to educate the public. Chief John Shearin invites observers to view two to three foot plants, noting their growth patterns and leaf shapes while describing typical height and conditions.
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Georgetown
John Shearin
City Receives Taxes for Rockdale First Quarter 1973
City reports 13577 dollars from 1 percent sales tax for Q1 1973. City Manager N E Alford notes the sum reflects net income after state deductions and is based on city retail sales for the three months ending March 31.
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Rockdale
N. E. Alford
State Comptroller’s
Austin
Somerville Band Boosters Reach Fundraising Milestone
Somerville Band Boosters report $2549.31 raised toward a $5300 goal for new uniforms. President Ida Mae Brantley says uniforms will be ready by mid October.
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Somerville
Ida Mae Brantley
Plans Begin For Festival 65th Falls County Old Settlers Reunion
Preparations are underway for the 65th annual Falls County Old Settlers and Veterans Association reunion at Tomlinson Hill July 19 and 20. Festivities start nightly at 6 p.m. with invocation and Boy Scout flag raising, followed by supper under the trees and an 8 p.m. program.
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Falls County Old Settlers and Veterans Association and Veterans Association
Tomlinson Hill
Boy Scouts
CISD Board Approves Five Year Construction Plan
The CISD approves a five year program financed by $60,000 time warrants and tax income for 1974 75 with projects including science rooms kindergarten classrooms rest room renovations and a combined Tax Office and Vocational Building If funds allow Ada Henderson Yoe High rest room renovations and Yee High School science classrooms are planned Also listed are 1975 76 air conditioning refurbishments and a field house start near Yee Campus plus ongoing P E facility construction through 1977 78 and a final P E facilities completion with $120 000 in 1977 78
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CISD
Jr High
Ada Henderson & Yoe High School
Jr. High
Yee High School
CISD Trustees Set Five Year Pay As You Go Plan
Cameron Independent School District trustees outlined a five year pay as you go construction program funded by a new 1.25 dollar tax rate with totals of 450000 dollars. They added Maysfield consolidation and new CISD construction boosting valuation and tax income. The board named John M. Frosythe and several teachers, hired and reassigned staff, approved resignations, raised several salaries, and discussed a new field house.
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Cameron Independent School Board
Calvin Cobb
Cameron Public Schools
John B. Henderson, Jr
Maysfield
CISD
Citizens National Bank of Cameron
Goodhue Smith
Janice Spurlock
Patsy Matula
Janet Brown
Mary Anna Richardson
Henrietta Chandler
Killeen
Nadine Zelisko
Buckholts
Naomi Zajicek
Dodson
Max Morgan
Roger Williams
Judy Todd
Bob Nance
Williams
Board
North Milam
J. A. Bryan
Rix
Estes and Collander
Cleburne
Region VI
Cobb
Betsy Brown
Forrest Sapp
Dana Kestenbaum
Carroll Barr
Henderson
Cameron Kindergarten Roundup Set by Schools
Cameron public schools announced a roundup for children entering Cameron kindergarten for the 1973-74 school year. The event details were not provided in the readable text.
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Cameron Schools
Cameron Public School
D. R. Dodson
Dodson
Court Proposes County Pay Raise for Officials
County Commissioners discuss a proposed $50 annual salary increase for county officials including the district clerk sheriff county attorney treasurer tax assessor collector clerk judge and commissioners with a vote planned at the August 13 meeting.
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Commissioners Court
Banks Reflect Strong Economy in Central Texas Region
Eight area banks reported higher deposits and loans on the June 30 call, led by Citizens National Bank of Cameron with deposits at 19.69 million and Rockdale State Bank with the largest year over year loan increase at 7.71 million. Other banks include Cameron, Rockdale, Buckholts, Thorndale, Rosebud, and Rogers.
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Texas
State Banking Commission
Cameron
Rockdale
Buckholts
Thorndale
Rosebud
Rogers
Citizens National Bank of
Rockdale State Bank
Citizens National Bank of Cameron
First National Bank of Cameron
First National Bank of Rosebud
Citizens National
First National
Rockdale State
Planter’s National
Fist National
Thorndale State
Buckholts State
Rogers State Bank Total
Citizens National Bank
City Sales Tax Receipts Rise for First Quarter 1973
City receipts from the 1 percent sales tax show a jump of about 2908 dollars over 1972, with the state comptroller’s quarterly payment totaling 17761.36 dollars. City secretary J B Fuller notes the increase reflects January to March 1973 retail sales after state deductions.
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J. B. Fuller
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F.M.L
Oklahoma
Dale Robertson
Riodoso
Robertson
Southwest
Atlantis
East Ist St
Yee
P. E
Supt
John M. Frosythe
James L. Gwaltney
Clara Williams
Janice K. Lindeman
Constance Kennemer
Janet Sue Johnson
Dianna Petrek
Patsy Jean Beck
Ben Milam School
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