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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1965
Page
1
Voters heading to the polls August 7 will decide on two issues a $159,000 jail and a $509,000 rebuilt courthouse with only a minor tax rise. The 15 percent increase on the tax roll will affect taxpayers in specific ways.
Cameron's third annual Town & Country Fair runs August 5 to 7 with three new events and ongoing planning. The Cotton Show includes a style show, exhibits, and a guest speech by Phil Summers of the National Cotton Council. Ugly Man Contest votes determine the winner. Milam County officials and sponsors support the event, with taxes illustrated by Don Humble.
Wilson Elliott, 25, appointed Yee High School assistant coach in Cameron to replace Andy Springer who resigns to pursue private business in Abilene. Elliott comes from Corsicana where he coached junior high football for two years and is a Temple High School and Sam Houston State College graduate. He is married with a four year old daughter and will begin duties August 31.
Heavy rains and strong winds hit Milam County last Thursday with Yarrelton reporting four inches of rain and crop damage from moisture and gusts. At Buckholts area at around 5 p.m. a mile wide strip of crops was flattened, with maize damage on Joe Vrazel’s farm noted as heavy.
New freedom of choice registration forms are issued by the superintendent’s office and will replace last year’s forms. They may be picked up at the tax office, superintendent’s office, or O. J. Thomas office and must be returned to the school on August 2, 3, or 4.
Milam County's 1892 courthouse will undergo a second architectural upgrade adding brick and stone with a contemporary design to ease crowding. The site has seen multiple changes including a 1938 PWA renovation, removal of the clock tower, and a 1960 sandblasting reveal. Last year the second floor received partial renovations.
About 50 Milano leaders are expected at a July 22 meeting in the Milano school at 8 p.m. The program, organized through the Texas A&M Extension service with Milam County Agricultural Agent's office and TP&L, aims to plan home and community improvements with talks by Henry Kirk of Texas Power & Light and Winfred McCoy.
Ed Laywell, longtime partner at Marek Burns Funeral Home in Cameron, is named full partner after a joint statement by Bill Burns Bill Marek and Laywell. A Cameron native and 1945 Yee High School and 1948 Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science graduate, Laywell joined the firm in 1952. He serves as Cameron Chamber director and belongs to Masonic Lodge Knights of Pythias First Presbyterian Church. He is married with four children at 606 E 11th St.
Schigut Department Store Western Auto Mitchan Auto Supply and Chandler Automotive plan extensive remodeling across three downtown Cameron sites with a fourth business moving to North Travis. Work underway at 2068 S Houston with a glass front and updated interior. Utah Hajovsky Western Auto plans remodeling adjoining Schigut site. Mitchan Auto to move to First and Travis replacing Chandler Automotive. Chandler to Kirk Truck Line location on North Travis with opening slated July 22.
The Lester house at 1890 North Fannin Cameron is a two story structure from about 1897 built by J. N. Barber who ran the Farmers Alliance store. Barber led Milam County Populists and once sought state office. E P Lester known as Uncle Pink bought the home with Atkinson, later sole owner.
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Franklin F Stewart Cameron grocer who died Monday morning in a Marlin hospital. The Rev Richard Freeman officiated at Green Funeral Home chapel. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery. He was born February 24 1892 in Falls County and owned Stewart s Grocery in Cameron for 40 years. He was a World War I veteran and a Mason and Shrine member. Surviving are his wife, a son Franklin Stewart of Dallas and a sister Mrs W J Woods of Cameron.
C F Gilbert 53 died in a Houston hospital July 18. Funeral services were held July 20 at Marek Burns Funeral Home with Rev J E Lafferty. burial at North Elm Cemetery by the Yerrelton Masonic Lodge. He was born June 25 1912 in Milam County and ran a Houston trucking business ten years. Survivors include wife Gladys Gilbert Houston son C F Gilbert Jr Houston daughter Merle Taylor Madison Wis brothers Lewie Gilbert Baytown J B Gilbert Mexia sisters Jesse Gibbs Cameron Bobbie Jean Irby Rockdale Thelma Lee Gilbert Houston.
Joe Paul Mueck Monte Mueck Billy Gann and Johnny Yates received Lone Star Farmer degrees at the State FFA Convention held July 13 15 in Houston at Sam Houston Coliseum. The four were honored with a recreation party hosted by LaPorte FHA officers.
The text tracks courthouse renovations from 1969 updates including lowered ceilings new floor coverings fresh paint HVAC and lighting, noting pay-as-you-go financing and tax neutrality. It recounts four buildings serving Milam County since 1846 each larger and more styled, the first a small rude 30 by 20 foot structure on the same site.
Milam County prepares a bond election to fund a $120000 jail plan turning the 75 year old jail into a museum and historic site. The courthouse also faces a $407670 expansion bond as residents decide on August 7.
Cameron Library Board approved final plans for a new library building with architect David Carnahan. Final state approval is expected this week before bids are invited for an 80000 dollar project in August.
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