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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1958
Page
1
A shopper asks if the ice is clean at a grocer and a bystander answers for the proprietor. The column recalls signs from readers and notes Cameron city council debated a dog control ordinance and cats, with no action taken on nets.
The 1956 Democratic primary ballot lineup was drawn by the Rockdale county executive committee led by Chairman Max McClaren. Milam County opposes Gov. Price Daniel's precinct voting changes, with about 100 replies to a survey. Committee members named election managers for July and August primaries and Milam backs preserving precinct conventions. L. A. Petty drew July 26 ballot names.
Milam County 4-H entries shone at the State 4-H contest at Texas A&M on June 11. The grass judging team won 11th place with Henry Tomesek Arvell Jungmann and Billy Gelner leading. Poultry demonstration second place went to Kenneth Kirsch and Bobby Rosenthal. The state champion judging team included Eug ene Michalka Carroll Wayne Gla ser Joe Walzel Adrian Rich ter, marking Milam’s second straight year of a first in state poultry judging.
The Cameron school board in a called session approved a bond and maintenance tax assumption for the enlarged district. Voters backed bonded indebtedness 44.7 to 51 and maintenance tax 43.7 to approve annexation of Ad Hall and Marlow districts. The board also cut assessments for bond retirement from 1.50 to 1.45 per 100 value.
In Wil son Ledbetter Park Sunday morning two men were shot after a dispute at the Mona Lisa Bar in Santa Fe Town. Hubert Edmondson Jr. and John Arevalo were hospitalized in Cameron and Marlin, with minor injuries reported. Edmondson faces illegal carrying charges. Romas Rables and Chapa are jailed on fighting charges.
Milam County National Guard unit Battery C 649th Anti-aircraft Artillery reportedly received about a 10 percent average pay raise effective June 1, with variations by rank and service time. Members with under two years service saw no raise. last year payroll was nearly $27,000 for armory training and two weeks of summer camp, with 1958 expected to rise. Five promotions were reported last week.
County wide rain measured 2.66 inches causing concern for farmers as fields soaked. In Milano area a house fire at the Vernon L. Diver home on Milano Highway caused about 2000 dollars in damage, with Mrs. John McLerran’s interior heavily damaged and belongings lost. Diver and Barbara Jean 3 were visiting nearby. his two other children were away at the time.
Willie McCormick a 46 year old Cameron Negro was arrested in Littlefield after a four month hunt for the man charged in the shooting death of Ollie Benjamin Milton. McCormick is jailed in Milam County awaiting trial on an indictment from spring. Milton was wounded January 29 at 1507 West Eighth Street as witnesses Mrs. Lizzie Ann Williams Dorothy Lee Lewis and James C. Lewis watched the incident.
The Cameron Equalization Board issued 43 new valuations affecting 39 business and residential properties and six personal listings. The six edits increased values by 32,745 while the 39 property changes added 24,025 to total valuations. combined value for those changes rose from 42,625 to 66,650.
The Herald of Cameron earned fourth place in a Texas weekly editorial contest for papers serving 6,000 plus. Editor Frank M. Luecke accepted the award at the Dallas meeting. other regional editors had prior honors. Top weekly winner was Seguin Enterprise. About 300 editors attended with clinics, plant tours, and UP I briefings.
Cameron City Council heard renewed requests for a northeast Cameron sewer line funded by bond money and considered lower water rates for Cameron schools from June to August though officials said bond obligations prevent rate cuts. Mayor Wilson noted the water dept had lost nearly $1,000 in May due to rain.
A new 85 acre recreation area at Lincoln Air Force Base Nebraska is dedicated to the late Captain Russell R. Bowling who died in England in 1956. The ceremony opens a four day aqua air show drawing about 200000 visitors from eight states with dignitaries from nationwide groups attending.
Milam County records a second traffic fatality in less than a week as a pickup driven by Harvey Lee Phillips overturns six miles east of Cameron on US 190. Phillips, 46, Calvert, died. funeral services held in Troup. Survivors include wife Inez, sons, daughters, and several relatives.
A general downpour measured 2.33 inches in Cameron on Tuesday morning, part of almost four inches in the county. The rain improved surface moisture for summer crops, with maize and corn nearing tasseling and cotton blooming. Lightning struck a telephone pole, knocking out about 20 phones, and minor electrical damage occurred in several homes.
The forecast calls for more hot dry weather after a 2.33 inch rainfall on Monday in Cameron and Milam County. Over the past two weeks total rain reached 2.62 inches, and temperatures have been in the mid 90s.
Chief Petty Officer Johnnie Berry of Cameron received the Navy Recruiting Station of the Month certificate from O. F. Rapelyea for outstanding enlistments. This is Berry’s second award in six months. He resides at 1502 N. Harding with his wife and two children and works from the Milam County Courthouse.
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