Cameron Western Week Celebrates Old West Amidst Revelry
Anecdotes from Cameron Western Week celebrate gunplay parades and mock bank burnings as locals recall vivid spectacles. A real theft occurs during a bank burning scene, while bandits raid the Coca Cola office. Children react to Doc Holliday portrayals as fathers perform duels and jail stunts. Beards wince under the barber’s razors after a four week growth in the centennial beard contest.
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Citizens National Bank
Cameron Coca-Cola
Rotary Governor To Visit Cameron
Rotary Club of Cameron hosts O. V. Koen district governor of Rotary International 587th district for his annual visit. Koen aims to share Rotary administration and service plans with club officers and committee chairs in central Texas. The worldwide organization reports 10,200 clubs in 113 countries with 261 district governors.
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Cameron
O. V. Koen
Rotary International
Texas
George Childress
Burts Kennedy
Rotary
Keen
Austin
Rotary Club
Childress
British Guiana
Ghana
Madagascar
Nepal
Alcoa Assists In Shield Testing For Mercury Capsule
Brush and Alcoa announce success in forging a 80 inch beryllium heat shield for Project Mercury. The heat sink shield will be shipped to McDonnell Aircraft for the capsule that will orbit Earth every 90 minutes.
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Cleveland
America
Brush Beryllium Company
Aluminum Company of America
Alcoa
Brush
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
McDonnel
Globe
Outer Space
Earth
Western Week boosts Cameron to horse show map
Officials praised a seven day Western Week that drew crowds Friday and put Cameron on the national horse show map. Chamber leader Moseley and Saddle Club president McDermott credited widespread local support and cooperation across Milam County for unprecedented publicity and success.
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Cameron
Boffo
Saddle Club
Charles McDermott
Moseley
The
Herald
Milam County
East Texas
Moseley and McDermott
City Approves 9400 Drainline and Sewer Plan Review
The City Council approved a 9400 drainline from East Sixth Street to East 8th Street and began revising the master sewer plan. Marvin Turner Consulting Engineers met with council and Water Superintendent Herst to review current records as planning continues. Mayor Wilson said funds above the 5000 budget for the 907-foot 48-inch line were drawn from savings on the US 77 project, aiding paving progress.
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E. Sixth
Eighth St
Marvin Turner
Austin
Waco
Alvin Herst
Two Crashes Injure Drivers On US 77 Near Cameron
Two separate two-vehicle crashes occurred within 100 yards of each other on US 77 near Cameron, sending two men to Cameron hospitals Wednesday morning. The first involved a 1956 pickup driven by Jim Harley, 71, of Cameron, colliding with a semi driven by Bill Adolphus Hart, 26, of Denton, around 10:45 am.
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Cameron Hospitals
Jim Harley
Rt. 3
Cameron
Bill Adolphus Hart
Denton
Hartley
Straley
David Sutton Wimberly
St. Edward's Hospital
Grady Thomas Gill
Milam Guard Unit Moves Into New Armory
Milam County's National Guard unit Company C 3rd Medium Tank Battalion moved into a newly built $110000 armory. The Armory Board in Austin accepted the building after inspection with praise for construction. Dedication and open house plans are under consideration for early fall.
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Milam Guard
Milam County
National Guard
Armory Board
Austin
Weather notes on Milan showers and rain forecast
The weatherman notes rain in Milan for the first time in eight weeks with 1.55 inches from Monday night’s downpour. He forecasts possible showers by the weekend and high temperatures under 100 degrees.
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Milan
10000 Watch Parade Friday In Cameron
Record crowds estimated around 10000 lined Cameron streets to view a two mile horse show parade. At Wilson Ledbetter Park a record 360 entries boosted Cameron Saddle Club into the nation’s top quarterhorse events, nearing Denver among national majors. Large turnouts filled the show ring, prompting city plans for bleacher upgrades. Friday night about 50 of 200 beard growers gathered for judging events, producing four.
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Cameron Chamber
Cameron Saddle Club
Cameron
Wilson-Ledbetter Park
Denver
W L Park
Wild Week Features Beard Contests And Mock Crimes
A bustling week in Cameron showcases pageant winners Don Humble, Bill Crockett, Gus Elley, and Louis Elley as crowd-pleasing stunts unfold. Gunfighter squaring, a mock bank fire, a stagecoach robbery capture, and a Judge Roy Bean hanging decision precede Cameron Saddle Club’s centennial parade with about two dozen units.
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Don Humble
Bill Crockett
Gus Elley
Louis Elley
Grandson of Cameron resident drowns in Colorado River
George Arthur Steele age 14, grandson of Mrs. Janie Steele of Cameron, drowned July 14 while attempting to free tangled fishing tackle near Price Ditch Dam on the Colorado River at Palisade. His body was recovered after a three hour search. funeral and interment were July 16 in Palisade. He was born October 18, 1945 in Hayden and attended Grace Baptist Church.
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Janie Steele
Cameron
Colorado River
Palisade
Colo
John Henry Steele
Price Ditch
William
Young Steele
Hayden
Colorado
Grace Baptist Church
Cameronites sweep top honors at 1959 Cameron Horse Show
In Wilson Ledbetter Park Cameron residents dominated a 360 entry Southwest circuit show. Bee Play owned by Bill Galbreath Sonora won grand champion stallion with Paula Nite Pinehurst Ranch taking grand champion mare, while Ike Rock owned by Pauline Bean Alameda earned reserve stallion. Snipette Star of Johnston Quarter Horse Ranch Longview claimed reserve mare as 90 gaited and 108 quarter horse placings were tallied.
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Cameron
Wilson-Ledbeotter Par
Southwest
Sonora
Bee
Snipette Star
Johnston Quarterhorse Ranch
Longview
Dad Goldie
Kelly Blackburn
Rockdale
Bee Play
Billy Galbreath
Texas
Ike Rock
Pauline Bean
Almeda
W. H Culpepper
Glenn Getter
A. E. Kruse
Snooper
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