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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1965
Page
1
Cameron's third Special Value Day starts with 20 participating stores. Red placards mark storefronts where shoppers meet the specials and savings and register for offers.
A Cameron Herald profile celebrates Robert Mann, SHSU senior, editor of the Sam Houston student newspaper and president of Sigma Delta Chi, highlighting his early start in journalism, balancing work and family, and the promise of future achievement. The piece also notes his colleague James Hollas and the broader Herald staff.
Rain totals across the area show 25.78 inches for the first five months, with May bringing 9.18 inches and Cameron noting 40 inches in a week of Little River rainfall. Water Supt Alvin Heft reports two inches fell in an hour last Friday, lifting the river to 31.90 feet and prompting a crest miss as of Sunday morning.
Aluminum Company of America signs a three year contract affecting about 1500 workers at ten plants including Rockdale and Point Comfort Texas. The deal raises wages and expands medical and pension benefits, with first year 10 cent raise and cost of living adjustments built in, plus price restorations on most fabricated products.
Texas A&M sociologist Brown Reagan Brown challenged about 700 Milam and Cameron county leaders at Minerva Community Center to modernize rural centers for life with less urban rural divide. He cited Texan towns that improved homes, practices, and lifestyles during a Texas Power and Light Co sponsored dinner.
The Town House Gift Center at 106 West First Street opens Saturday. Operated by Reynolds Laywell and Charles J Matula, it offers S S Red Stamps items with stamp cash options and will stock most catalog items with orders for unavailable merchandise. Open 9 am to 5 pm daily except Thursday.
Cameron officials convene an all day Tuesday forum with Texas Industrial Commission leaders plus utility and freight executives to map a Cameron growth strategy. Local officials including Mayor Bassel Wilson and school President Roy Law outline city and school plans while a wide audience is invited to present ideas in an open forum.
Charles W. Henson, formerly Milam County Agricultural Agent, is named Bosque County agent and will move to assume duties June 11. Ronald Bailey of Anson will succeed him as assistant county agent and relocate to Cameron.
Milam County's Shell Oil Company No. 1 Nell Ross was drilling at 14 759 feet on Friday with daily advances about 50 feet and rumors suggested it neared or hit the 15 000 foot permit depth early this week. It aims for the Smackover near 14 500 feet though contact with the formation was not yet confirmed. Meanwhile Brown & Smith Oil Co No. 1 Henry Pattillo in Rice Schoolhouse area reached 1 050 feet as an oil test with some gas shows uncertain and cores negative.
The jury trial of James Seaton aged 17, charged with assault with intent to murder, is scheduled for June 17 in Milam District Court. Seaton of Cameron was indicted April 22 for the April 4 assault on Larry Jackson 25 near Western Bar, six miles from Cameron.
Cameron schools list seven staff openings including superintendent, with Supt Charles Zeigler resigning to lead Cleveland. Other posts include first grade at Ben Milam, sixth grade math and science at Ada Henderson, special education instructor at Yee High, fourth grade at O J Thomas, and a new school counselor post not yet filled.
Drivers Education classes begin Monday June 7 at 8 a.m. under instructor Andy Springer. Classes run through June 23 with driving sessions continuing through July 15 at Yee High School.
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