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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1959
Page
1
The author argues that national booms and shifting economies in the 1960s hinge on local confidence. He emphasizes that growth comes from within people, not status symbols, urging readers in Central Texas to believe in themselves, build plans, and actively participate to shape prosperous communities.
The First Christian Church Annex on West Gillis Street will be dedicated during Sunday worship at 10 50 a m led by Rev Walter Grimes. Seven Sunday School classes will meet in the Annex before services and an open house is planned from 3 to 5 p m. The one story structure features an enlarged nursery and kindergarten with a fulltime nursery attendant.
Stores announce holiday closings for Labor Day Thanksgiving Christmas and New Year. Labor Day September 7 Thanksgiving November 26 Christmas December 25 New Year January 1 1960. Located in accompanying notice of service hours and holiday schedule.
Two State Department of Health experts argued for adding fluoride to Cameron Texas water. Dr John W Stone and J W Wilson cited health gains and low costs while noting Cameron now has one half part per million naturally. Temple and 23 other communities already fluoridate.
The Cameron Chamber civic improvement committee, led by Chairman Q O Harden, reports five local firms contracted for remodeling and ten more pursuing plans for modernized fronts and interiors. Banks commit a $200,000 fund. several firms offer reduced rates and early projects include The Herald fronts, Sanders Texaco, Fikes Texaco, and offices of Dr Gus Evans Jr and Dr George Bowman.
Cameron Chamber gears up for Western Week July 13 18 as about 100 men wear beards in the Brothers of the Brush effort to boost the fifth annual Cameron Saddle Club horse show. Green badges mark beard growers yellow badges mark shaving permits jail for code violators to follow and wooden nickels and cowboy garb promotions planned to drive attendance July 17 18.
City council extends a 42 inch waterline from East 12th to East Sixth Street to improve drainage for East Cameron, lowering East 10th Street grade for final paving. The $5,000 funded project will start Sixth Street and be completed with future budget money. a section to Eighth Street is installed but unused.
A Cameron Herald brief queries readers about locals keeping informed on community happenings. It notes upcoming meetings and social events in Cameron and surrounding areas.
Cameron Rotarians heard Dr. Robert Galloway of the Texas A&M Texas Transportation Institute explain Alcoa slag aggregate uses and costs for paving. He compared $7 per ton with $6 for conventional asphalt and noted durability could make it economical. Alcoa offers free test quantities as Cameron officials weigh placing material on W Main or North Crockett with a one inch hot mix or quarter inch cold seal.
Milam County Guardsmen of Company C 3rd Medium Tank Battalion completed a two week stay at North Fort Hood ending their twelfth summer camp. They familiarized with new tanks and weapons under actual operation conditions and returned home with tans, scratches, bites, and a sense of accomplishment from a productive summer camp.
Public Works Supt. J B Earle said the used $4500 sweeper has logged about 80 hours, cleaned Cameron street, and hauled 50 to 60 truckloads of dirt as the city refines its sweeping route.
Intermittent showers dropped about 0.35 inch in Cameron area with milder totals citywide while Milam County awaits a general two inch rain to aid corn and maize crops due for harvest through July. Farmers and cotton growers seek more rain as Cameron weather outlook hints at weekend showers. No major damage reported in Milam County amid recent rains.
Downtown parade starts a two day Cameron Horse Show July 17 18 with gaited and quarter horse competitions at Saddle Club Arena Wilson Ledbetter Park. Bearded contests wooden nickels and jail for Western Week violations accompany promotions fueling strong attendance prospects.
Texas State Senator Jarrard Secrest rejected governor Price Daniel's $200,000 daily cost claim for a special session. Speaking at a Lions Club dinner, he argued the tax bill faces House passage delays and committee hurdles, and noted 87 cents of every Texas tax dollar goes to welfare, education and highways.
The Cameron Chamber of Commerce reports most shopkeepers vote to close on Independence Day and four other holidays. The schedule includes Labor Day September 7 Thanksgiving November 26 Christmas December 25 and New Year’s Day January 1, 1960.
Lights Chapel Baptist Church hosts Convocation Day for youth development on July 3 starting at 4 p.m. Rev. L. B. Bryant invites all city children to participate.
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