Lions honor Cameron farmer and install officers
A Noon Lions Club dinner for Cameron and Rockdale clubs featured Preston Tucker receiving a Lions International Outstanding Farmer Award. Har old Love presented gavels to incoming presidents Charles McGregor and Rev. James Lafer ty. Officers shown include Gene Smitherman James Camp Bernay Dukek John Martin Richard Burke and Phillip McCall with Jack Tomlinson and Durwood Cobb unavailable for photo.
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A. W. McCullin
Noon Lions Club
Preston Tucker
Cameron
Lions International
Mrs. Tucker
Harold Love
Rockdale
Lions Crippled Children’s Camp
Kerrville
Lions
Charles McGregor
James Lafferty
Gene Smitherman
James J. Camp
Bernay Dugek
John Martin
Richard Burke
Phillip McCall
Jack Tomlinson
Durwood Cobb
Elm Creek Watershed vote backs dam construction across Central Texas
Voters from Cameron to Temple approve 62 dams in Elm Creek Watershed amid 1968 floods. Proponents claim the decision will prevent future washouts, reduce farm losses, and spur regional flood control and economic stability in Milam and surrounding areas.
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Elm Creek
Cameron
Texas
Temple
Milam- Central
Yanks Lead Rain Dampens II Play In Little League Round Two
The Yankees hold a 4-1 record atop the league as rainouts hit two Indian games against the Colts. June schedule shifts aim to finish before July 22, with Yankees beating the Indians 7-2 in the second round opener and Indians’ earlier 5-4 win over New York in round one.
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Baseball Players’ Blues
Yankees
Indians
Colts
Cardinals
Bears
Inesimo Sanchez
Jeff Smitherman
Gene Kopriva
Elm Creek Watershed votes for 62 dams bond program
Voters in Elm Creek Watershed sub district No 1 approve a $709000 bond plan to leverage $7.9 million in district and federal funds for 62 dam structures along Elm Creek tributaries. The eight year project aims to drain flood plains, widen 15 miles of channels, and improve drought and flood control across four counties.
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Elm Creek
Terple
Cameron
Summer League Schedules Feature Cardinals Indians Bears Colts
Fixture list shows Cardinals meet Indians on June 27 and July 3. Yankees play Bears on June 28 and Colts on July 2. Cardinals then face Colts on July 1 with Bears and Indians also on the slate.
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Cardinals
Indians
Yankees
Bears
Colts
Historic Fourth of July Memories Color Cameron Celebrations
The Cameron Fourth of July pageant shifts from loud public orators and brass bands to a quieter modern celebration at Cameron Country Club with contests and barbecues. Historical recollections recall Belton bands marching through Cameron in the 1860s, large 1910s crowds at City Park, and a 1918 parade led by Joe Matula and Joe Gurecky with 4000 to 5000 attendees at Penns Camp.
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Cameron
City
Cameron Country Club
J. D. Lewis
Buckholis
Belton
Congress
City Park
Temple
Penn
Camp Ground
San Gabriel River
Odd Fellows Boys
Corsicana
Milam County
Marak Catholic Church
Bohemian National Council
Joe Matula
Joe Gurecky
National Guard Cavalry
Holiday Patrols Planned for 4th of July Weekend
Highway patrolmen set two extra units in Milam County for a four day period from July 3 to July 7. Traffic this week is heavier than last summer with more minor incidents. The City Park rest stop run by Boy Scouts will be closed this year due to Scout camp. A two car crash near Pettibone injured Mrs Thelma Horelica and caused extensive vehicle damage. Only one minor accident was reported in Gause during weekend rains.
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Milton Wright
Milam County
City Park
Cameron Boy Scouts
Felix Matula
Thelma J. Horelica
Rt. 1
Puckholts
Pettibone
George Childress former Cameron official dies at 63
George Childress, former Cameron School Board president and Cameron Rotary Club member, died at 5:30 p.m. Monday at his daughter’s Houston home. Born July 24, 1899 at Wills Point, he was a World War I veteran and a retired real estate and insurance agency owner. Funeral was 10 a.m. Wednesday in Cameron with burial at Wills Point Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Faye, a son in Houston, a daughter in Houston, two brothers Delbert and Fred, and two grandchildren. Pallbearers included Paul Laake and John Eanes among others.
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George Childress
Cameron School Board
Cameron Rotary Club
Houston
Childress
Wills Point
Texas
Marek - Burns
Cameron
Ben Pierce
Weekend Storms Bring Rain to Cameron Area
Rainfall through June 26 in Cameron totals 29.55 inches, a ten year high surpassing 1965’s 27.04 inches. Weekend storms added 4.9 inches, triggering tornado warnings in Central Texas with a sighting near Silver City nine miles north of Cameron. temperatures and weekly rainfall extend past records.
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Texas
Silver City
Cameron
Stories and crafts at Cameron Library for 3 to 10 year olds
The Cameron Public Library hosts a story hour and crafts for children aged 3 through 10. Each session runs 10 to 11 a.m. with different leaders on specified Thursdays, noting a break on July 4.
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Cameron Public Library
Adams appeals 50 year term in 1952 Cameron aunt murder
The Court of Criminal Appeals opened a habeas corpus hearing for Billy Thomas Adams who seeks relief from a 50 year sentence for the murder of his aunt Katherine Hays in Cameron in 1952. Adams claims due process was violated during his insanity plea and guilty plea. He was 16 at the crime and 17 at trial. An unrelated notice mentions Johnnie Lee Bell’s appeal of a three year sentence for assault with intent to murder, heard July 24.
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Court of Criminal Appeals
Billy Thomas Adams
Bell
Milam County
Milam County Farm Bureau Plans Queen Contest
The Milam County Farm Bureau invites Milam County girls aged 16 to 22 who are daughters or sisters of members to enter a queen contest. The event, set for July 20, offers a $50 cash prize to the winner and $25 to the runner up, with prizes for all entrants. Sign ups are at the Farm Bureau office.
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Milam County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Milam County
Luecke Elected TPA Executive
Frank M. Luecke editor publisher of The Cameron Herald is elected secretary treasurer of the Texas Press Association at its San Antonio convention. W Glynn Morris becomes new president, with George Hawkes and Ellie Hopkins as vice presidents. Luecke, a 1953 Missouri Journalism graduate and former National Newspaper Association committee member, has edited The Herald since 1957 and co-owns the paper. New TPA directors named include Glenn Sedam Rigby Owen J C Gresham and Robert Ford.
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Frank M. Luecke
Cameron Herald
Texas Press Association
TPA
San Antonio
W. Glynn Morris
Borger News- Herald
Amarillo
Lubbock
George Hawkes
Arlington Citizen and Journal
Ellie Hopkins
Longview News
Journal Luecke
The
Herald
National Newspaper Association
Luecke
University of Missouri
School of Journalism
532Nd Field Artillery Battalion
Ober
Fort Sill
Okla
Purcell
Register
Missouri
Luecke At
Grand Prairie
Texas
Banner Luecke
Oklahoma
International Association of Lions Clubs
Cameron
Central Texas
Glenn Sedam
Bay City Tribune
Rigby Owen
Conroe Courier
J. C. Gresham
Killeen Daily Herald
Robert Ford
Bartlett Tribune
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Fred Rangel
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Cence
Mike Mueck
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Kenneth Dusek
Gary Troiy
Donald Fleming
Alis
Lucky Sapp
Sandy Sapp
John Houston
Fleming
Bobby Zavodny
Joe Griffith
Ricky Sapp
Mark Michalka
Indwin Psencik
Red Ranger
A. F E. Matula
L. T. Slavik
Frank Kratochvil
Matula
Cameron Urban Renewal Agency
Slavik
Kratochvil
Carl Young
Soil Conservation Service
Jim Redden
Authority
A. A. Stavinoha
Robet Hoelscher
Cyclone
A. C. Akridge
Troy
Edward Coufal
Oscar
E. A. Perrin
Perrin
Lower Elm Creek
Farmers Home Administration
Lewis
Corinth
Wright
Gause
Reise
Rains
Connie Ellis
Mary Katherine Matula
Flirsh Ermis
Jo Ann Owen
Cynthia Krieg
E. O. Schiller Jr
Billy Adams
Milam Farm Bureau
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