Tennis clinic draws Cameron players at Yee Courts
Registration tops 30 with ages from 9 to adults for the Cameron area tennis clinic at Yee Campus Courts. Sessions run Monday Tuesday and Wednesday with 6 30 p m starts for juniors 13 to 17 and adults 18 plus. An extra period for beginners nine and up on Tuesdays. Instructors are NOW R W Wells and Sam White from Cameron. City is urged to fund ball equipment lighting a backboard and bleachers. Observers note growing interest and urge use of the $1 000 recreation fund left unused. Players and instructors will help with labor.
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Cameron Area
Yee Campus
R. W. Wells
Sam White
Cameron
CISD
Smith Signs Law For Acquisition Of Milam Missions
Governor Preston Smith signed House Bill 1810 authorizing the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to acquire the Spanish Missions in Milam County Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria San Francisco Xavier de los Delores and San Ildefonso by funds or gifts for acquisition construction or restoration. The missions dating to 1746 lie between the San Gabriel River and Brushy Creek near Milam with an archeology team having found a foundation at San Francisco Xavier.
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Preston Smith
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Milam County
Parks and Wildlife Department
Spanish Missions
Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria
San Francisco Xavier de Los Delores
San Ildefonso
San Gabriel River
Brushy Creek
Mary Belle Batte
Rosebud-Lott 1980s First Class Graduates Celebrate
The first graduating class of the consolidated Rosebud-Lott district held Friday night ceremonies. Eighty seniors received diplomas with Jo Ann Gregor as valedictorian and Darrell Wellen as salutatorian. Principal Jack G. Benton and Supt. Earl Cook Jr along with School Board President Nelson Malcik presented diplomas.
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Rosebud-Lott
Jo Ann Gregor
Darrell Wellen
Jack G. Benton
Supt
Earl Cook Jr
Nelson Malcik
Joe Michalka 80 Dies in Cameron Texas
Joe Paul Michalka 80 of Cameron died Thursday in a Temple hospital. Born November 25 1890 in Milam County he was a farmer. Funeral at 10 am Saturday at St Monica’s Catholic Church with burial in St Monica’s Cemetery. Survived by wife Louise a daughter Wayne Taisler of Holland three brothers and a sister and a grandchild.
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Joe Paul Michalka
Cameron
Temple
Mr. Michalka
Milam County
St. Monica's Catholic Church
John Geiser
Pete McCabe
St. Monica's Cemetery
Marek-Burns-Laywell
Louise Michalka
Wayne Taisler
Holland
William
Anton
Frank Michalka
Louis Mueck
UK Demolition Starts On Old Wright Hotel
Cameron's urban renewal project proceeds with initial demolition on the Wright Hotel at Houston and Gillis Streets. Albert Hajovsky plans to rehab lower buildings for two to three business relocations. The back buildings will be demolished for a parking site as the Holder Tax Service relocates to the Triggs building. Deputy changes include a new roof for the Rail Way Express location and hiring of Regina Fleming as secretary-bookkeeper.
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Cameron
Houston
Gillis Streets
Albert Hajovsky
A. W. McCullin
Urban Renewal Agency
Holder Tax Service
Triggs
Railway Express
McCullin
Regina Fleming
Roman Lehnert
Annual Field Day Set At Stiles Farm
The Stiles Farm Foundation hosts its ninth annual field day on June 22 at the Stiles Farm demonstration operation in the Central Texas Black land area. A 2 p.m. tour covers grain sorghum sunflowers guar cotton beef cattle and swine. Dr. Jack K. Williams will address attendees and Sailes scholarships will be awarded. Free barbecue follows with tickets from local agents and Williamson County businesses. The farm lies one mile east of Thrall on US 79.
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Stiles Farm Foundation
Calvin Rinn
Stiles Farm
Jack K. Williams
Texas A&m University System
Texas Blackland
Taylor Chamber of Commerce and Businessmen
Williamson County
Thrall
U.S. Highway 79
Snook Historical Marker Dedication Across from High School
A historical marker for Snook's founding was unveiled across from the high school gym. Items from Snook ancestors including a black bonnet, chest, wooden shoes and an old feather bed were displayed in the gym. Speeches noted land purchase from Americans who mistook it as infertile due to lack of trees.
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Snook
C Techs
Petition Presented For Black In Bell County District Court
About 2000 Bell County supporters of Judge William C. Black presented a petition to Sen. Murray Watson after he rejected Gov. Preston Smith's appointment. Watson said no action before the legislature adjourns, leaving the district without an official judge.
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Temple
Bell County
William C. Black
Murray Watson
Preston Smith
Black
Watson
Rosebud Lott District Gets federal grant for school cafeteria gear
The Rosebud Lott School District receives a $24,500 federal grant for cafeteria equipment and furniture for the Advanced Learning Center in Travis the Primary cafeteria in Rosebud and the Intermediate school in Lott. The district will add $10,000 to the funds for the equipment.
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Rosebud
Rosebud-Lott
Travis
Lott
Georgetown Square to Rise Behind Georgetown Inn
Georgetown plans a 55 unit apartment complex named Georgetown Square behind the Georgetown Inn. The $510,000 project is announced by Mayor Jay C. Sloan and will occupy the site behind the inn.
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Georgetown
Georgetown Inn
Jay C. Sloan
Georgetown Square
Stampede brings crowds to Somerville with bear and penguin shows
Somerville turned into a carnival like scene as hundreds gathered for the annual Stampede. A big bear and a penguin from Houston drew attention and Rita Reyes and Ester Villanueva were chosen as queens.
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Somerville Somerville
Houston
Rita Reyes
Ester Villanueva
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