New Chevrolet Dealership Formed in Cameron
New firm Adams Chevrolet Economy Co of Cameron purchases Llewd vats Chevrolet Co North Cameron and forms a joint agency led by Harry W. Shanks 49 of Houston and Lloyd Adams. Shanks becomes president with George Stevens as vice president and secretary and Clarence Shepherd as treasurer. The changeover took effect Monday as Shanks brings nine years Chevrolet experience and plans to be highly competitive in the Cameron trade area while Adams contemplates future directions.
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Camncoon
Llewd Vats Chevrolet Co
North Kannin
Harry W. Shanks
Acency
Liloyd Adams
Sileyd Adams Chevrolet
Shanks
Houston
Chevrolet
George Stevens
Clarence Sheperd
St. Louis
The
Werall
Shepard Richardson Rambler
Cameron Auto Agency
Adams
the Herald
Cameron
Tyler
Cameron Trade Area
Building permits surge in Cameron meets mixed demand
City permits for June and July totaled 8 8200 with roughly half in commercial and residential improvements. The drive in at Fourth and Travis accounts for 24000 in commercial permits while the parsonage for the Church of Christ at 9th and North Jackson has just been completed. Local builders attribute the rise in remodeling to tighter national credit and higher interest rates but Cameron stores report stronger remodeling activity than larger cities.
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Carmeron
Church of Christ
9Th and
North Jack
Cameron
Cameron Building Supply Stores
Editorial notes on engraving errors and computer era concerns
The piece discusses newspaper photo engravings, errors from overautomation, and a broader critique of a Washington head computer system. It also notes congressional questions about data use and privacy as government data collection expands. It ends with a light zoo anecdote and an appeal from the Cameron Industrial Foundation for donations toward industrial-site signs and the ongoing CIF fund drive.
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Washington
Congress
Cameron Industrial Foundation
CIF
Story Hour at Cameron Library for Children
Cameron Public Library hosts Story Hour today from 9:90 to 10:30 for children aged 3 to 10. Directors are Mrs H M Yager and Mrs Richard Freeman guiding the event.
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Cameron Library
Cameron Public Library
H. M. Yager
Richard Freeman
Questions and Answers on Cameron Urban Renewal Referendum
The Cameron Herald presents nine questions from the City Planning Commission about the August 27 referendum on a city urban renewal program. It covers purpose, cost, administration, affected area downtown four by five blocks, merchant relocation plans, grants and loans for displacements, and timelines before voters decide.
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iCall
Charman
Cameron Herald
McCullin
Technics
Southerest Regional
Fort Worth
Cameron Chamber
Recentl
Cameron the Herald
Planning Commission
Cameron Dollar Day Set For August 11 In Cameron
Cameron merchants plan the August 11 Dollar Day with Ben Franklin Store Dusek's Pharmacy Harden's Jewelry Lewis Chili Shoe Store New Cameron Drug and others. Last event July 11 was praised by Chamber official Friesenhahn. Lions Club to sponsor a radio auction in August. Public buildings options discussed for displaced merchants include long term Federal loans and urban renewal board purchases and sales.
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Cameron Merchants
Cameron
Ben Franklin
Dusek’s
Harden's Jewelry
Lewis - Chili Shoe
New Cameron Drug
Penney’s
Schigut's
Viv-Rae's
Chamber
Jerome Friesenhahn
Camerons Lions Club
Lions Club
McClaren Named CAP Director in County Program
Max McClaren is named director of the Maibam County Community Action Program, to begin on a part time basis pending funds and upcoming approval. The board plans to hire an assistant director within two weeks and expects the program to start September 1. A $17 763 six month county survey budget was approved along with incorporation papers. A planning development grant will be requested from the Office of Economic Opportunity, with further grants sought based on survey results.
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Cameron
Maibam County
Community Action Progam
Jastaiet
Lawrence Zotz
McClaren
Zotz
Office of Economic Opportunity
Bydews
Constitution
Don Mamble
Action Board
Cameron Reservoir proposed dam in Milam County report
Cameron Reservoir plans discussed at a Waco hearing on July 29 covered a 86 foot deep dam at the confluence of the Little and San Gabriel rivers. The project would hold 1.2 million acre feet and span about 20 miles to the Bell and Williamson County lines with an estimated cost near 65 million dollars.
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San Gabriel River
Waco
Two Rivers
Milam County
Tumlinson
The
Herald
Walter J. Wells
Brazos River Authority
B. L. Franke
Roy Law
Lawrence Mueck
Oxsheer Smith
BRAC
Bell
Williamson
Thenace
Cameron Reservoir
Brazos Basin
Cameron
Tomlinson
Rio Grande
Rotarian program on Indian artifacts at Cameron meeting
Mrs. Joe Hickman and daughter Barbara presented slides on Indian artifacts and arrowheads supervised by the University of Texas at Ozona. Miss Hickman described flint sharpening methods while a color Texas map showed frontier forts and battlegrounds. Caddo Indians formerly lived in Milam County and artifacts have been found there, some superior to other diggings in Texas. Calvin Cobb chaired the program. W. C. Wallace won a playoff to represent Cameron Rotary in the District 87 golf tournament.
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Joe Hickman
Barbara
Cameron
Milam County
Texas
Southwest
W. C. Wallace
Cameron Rotary Club
Grand Jury Indicts Ten in Milam County Term
The Milam County Grand Jury for the May term returned 10 felony indictments in a recalled version Friday. Indictments include Ray M. Hartfiel of San Antonio for passing a worthless check to WoT Pearson Jr. of Buckholts on June 0 and others for burglary and felony theft across Cameron, Buckholts, Arlington, Galveston, and Temple.
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Cry Atty Johns& Henderson
Ray M. Hartfiel
San Antonio
Wot Pearson Jr O
Bockdale
Don Parrigin
Arlington
Ada Hendersn School
Cameron
Brown's
Johnnie Hart
Galveston
Carl Ho Botn
Wallace Wendler
Temple
Wo OG Westbrook
Milano
Milam Board Annexes Branchville to Cameron District
Milam County School Board annexes Branchville to Cameron Independent School District at a Monday meeting. About 125 children affected. Branchville 10th grade drama becomes 8th grade elementary. Parents may choose enrollment in Branchville Yee or O J Thomas. Branchville property taxed $1.5 by CISD. Title I funds transfer. Bus requisitions approved for Cameron Thorndale Buckholts. election needed for annexation.
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Cameron
Milam County School Board
Branchville
Cameron Independent School District
H. D. Maxwell
0. J. Thomas
Thorndale
Buckholts
D. R. Dodson
Branchville School District
Rites Held Saturday for Mrs Bush former Asst PM
Mrs Mertle Bush 57 died in a Cameron hospital at 10 pm Thursday July 21 She was wife of J R Bush owner of Bush Construction Co and had served as assistant postmaster in Cameron until retirement She was born June 19 1999 in Hillsboro graduate of Baylor moved to Cameron in 1936 joined Cameron post office in 1949 named assistant postmaster in September 1964 Funeral services were held Saturday at Marek Burns Funeral Home with Rev David Erskine officiating Burial in Lorena Cemetery Pallbearers listed
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Hillsboro
Baylor University
Cameron
Lone Star Gas Co
Marek-Burns Funeral Home
Rev
David Erskine
Lorena Cemetery
SHS Graduate Named Yoe Assist Coach
Cameron schools announce SHS graduate Robert Kramer 23 as assistant Yoe High School coach. Kramer, a 1966 Sam Houston State alumnus, was a four-sport letterman at Seguin High School.
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SHS
Robert Kramer
Cameron Supt
D. R. Dodson
Kramer
Sam Houston State
Huntsville
Seguin High School
Boosters Club Hosts Ice Cream Supper for Yoe High
Yoe High School Boosters Club will sponsor an ice cream supper at City Park to honor players and coaches. The event is set for Tuesday, August 9.
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Yoe High School Boosters Club
City Park
New Books Catalogued at Cameron Library
Cameron Public Library lists new titles including The Crusades, Khrushchev A Career, The Cruel Sea, and Social and Medical Problems of the Elderly. Mysteries include The Hospital War and Eighty Million Eyes. A Texas State Library shipment is also pending cataloging, with hours 10 30 to 1 and 2 to 3 30 Monday Thursday and 9 30 to 1 30 Friday.
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Cameron Public Library
Zoe Oldenbourg
Alden Hatch
Khrushchev
Edward Crankshaw
Churchill
Lord Moran
Nicholas Monsarrat
Kenneth Hazell
Charles H. Knickerbocker
Ed McBain
Johnny
Patricia Moyes
D. M. Devine
Columbella
Phyllis A. Whitney
George Harmon Coxe
Texas State Library
Camera Library
Sommer Guests at Otto Sommer Home
Mrs. Sommer hosted guests including son Jesse Richardson of Tow Texas and his family from San Antonio, and W F Tala fuse and family from Pecos, visiting at the Otto Sommer residence.
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Otto Sommer
City Officials Warn of Record Heat in Cameron Texas
The Cameron and Central Texas area endures a long hot summer with persistent high temperatures. Officials from USW agencies urge residents to take precautions amid ongoing heat advisories and heat wave conditions.
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Cameron
Central Texas
Cameron Faces Heat Wave With 100 Degree Temps
The Cameron area endured extreme heat last week with official thermometers hitting 100 degrees on July 21 and 23. Cloud cover over the weekend left little moisture in parts of the county, while early morning readings stayed in the low 70s. The Weather Bureau said 95 plus will be labeled hot in forecasts, replacing warm. Despite the sun, good crowds attended Cameron's Sidewalk Sale with air conditioned venues available.
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Cameron
U.S. Weather Bureau
Cameron’s
Sale Oy
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