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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1958
Page
1
Frank Luecke laments voter indifference as July's primary nears while noting crowded candidate fields. He champions a consolidated candidates section for voter comparison and hints at broader Middle East tensions shaping national focus alongside a Marine chorus parody about Beirut.
Milam County Farm Bureau secretary Miss Lenora Bickett says entries are open for the Queen contest with six contestants already entered. The July 1 event will begin at 8 p.m. with judging on appearance, poise and personality. the county winner advances to district and then state competition in Corpus Christi in November.
The Cameron School Board hired three teachers Roger Lee Gwartney science at Yoe High Emma Mc Dermott history at Yee High and Thomas Burns mathematics at O J Thomas High. The board approved bids for maintenance repainting and drums for the VHS band and authorized monthly bus maintenance checks by an assigned mechanic.
Battery C of the 649th Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion returned home from a two week summer training at North Fort Hood. The unit fired on AA ranges including Gas Car and Sugarloaf, shot down RCATs, and earned a payroll total of 5615 dollars for the period. First Sergeant Peter F. Kunz dismissed the group as the CO praised the camp as highly successful.
The Maysfield Methodist Church WSCS hosts a get acquaint ed program for citizens and political candidates on the church lawn at 8 p m Wednesday July 2. The public may attend and candidates may address the group. Refreshments will be served.
Boy Scout Troop 191 of Cameron led by Richard Moseley and Rev R J Bradshaw camps at Tahuaya on the Lampasas River five miles from Belton for a week of swimming boating canoeing riflery skeet and archery. Parents and friends visited during a three hour open house yesterday.
In Cameron construction in progress on an educational building for the First Methodist Church, a new city disposal plant, and a National Guard armory with a $110000 budget. An open house showcased a 36 unit white development at 20th N Washington Sts and non white units in northwest Cameron. Tenants move in this week as 50 units are expected to be filled within a week. Utilities remove lines along SH 6 US 77 for a widening project to start in September. Bob Wells plans a cafe and gasoline station at Fourth and N Travis. Sewer work planned in Terral Heights and East Gillis St in southeast Cameron.
Willie McCormick 46, a Cameron resident, was sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to the killing of Ollie Benjamin Milton in Cameron. The shooting occurred January 29 at 1507 W Eighth St during an argument, with McCormick leaving the rifle with his brother in law before fleeing.
Postmaster John Hays reminds Cameronites that rate increases for first class mail postal cards and third class mail take effect August 1. A five cent penalty applies to mail with postage due. Short paid mail passes through. addressee pays shortage plus penalty. Air parcel limits to overseas personnel rise to 70 pounds. up to 100 inches. First class up to four cents postal cards three cents and air mail seven cents. Third class rises to three cents for the first two ounces with an extra one and a half cents per additional ounce. after August 1 third class may mail packages up to 16 ounces.
County maize growers expect nearly a two million dollar crop if summer conditions stay favorable. Cameron grain storage operators forecast about a thousand-car output in Milam County. The first Milam load went to Buckholts Grain Dryer carried by Victor Vaculin from Ad Hall Community.
Officials anticipate a large crowd for the Cameron Quarter Horse Show at Wilson Ledbetter Park and a 5 30 p m street parade Saturday in Cameron. The event features 22 quarter horse categories and a grand entry at Yoe Field with about 100 riders and horses from Texas and Louisiana.
The Cameron Junior Chamber of Commerce finalizes plans to build three 6x12 foot Welcome to Cameron signs with $50 donations from the Cameron Lions Rotary and Kiwanis clubs. A disinterested committee will pick the slogan to be placed beneath the welcome message at the three highway entrances.
The Ben Arnold annual homecoming is set for Sunday at Cameron Sela Arena with a large crowd expected. The event timing is listed as the day after.
Funeral services for Mrs. F. E. Jackson Sr., 79, were conducted at the First Presbyterian Church at 2:30 p.m. Friday. Interment followed at Oak Hill Cemetery. She was born in Girard, Kansas, and moved to Cameron in 1914. her husband died April 21, 1934.
The deceased was a member of the First Presbyterian Church with survivors including two sons F. E. Jackson of Cameron and Harold Jackson of Monahans and five grandchildren. Pallbearers were Roy Baskin Gordon Baskin W A Heath B L Miller Julian Baskin R P Williams Drayton McLane and Grady Allen. Marek Burns handled arrangements.
Weather forecast for Cameron and vicinity calls for continued warm and partly cloudy skies through the weekend. Temperatures this week ranged from highs in the mid 90s to a low near 64 with several days around 95 degrees.
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