Milam County Considers Consolidation Of Dormant School Districts
About 100 representatives from Milam County school districts met with County Superintendent Chas M Hicks to discuss consolidating 11 dormant districts under the Gilmer Aikin laws. They stressed raising maintenance taxes as teacher pay rises under the new law and noted fall term reorganization plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County
Gilmer-Aikin
Chas. M. Hicks
Gilmer-Akin
Hicks
Pin Oak
Gay Hill
Pleasant Hill
Hamilton Chapel
Bushdale
Minerva
Hoyte
Salem
Sandy Ridge
South Elm
Walkers Creek
Texas A&m
Waco
Grasshoppers Alarm Rural Tale Spreads Through Tobe Chamberlain Farm
Local farmer Tobe Chamberlain reports massive grasshoppers moving along barbed wire and wells of corn as he and neighbors Grady Stidham LaBerthce Robinson Archie McLerran W. E. Chamberlain and Don Issacs watch. The scene on the courthouse lawn hosts vivid yarns about rural life and strange happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobe Chamberlain
Tobe
Grady Stidham
LaBerthce Robinson
Archie McLerran
W. E. Chamberlain
Don Issacs
Court House
Ben Arnold
Heavy rains swamp Marak area with high totals
Frank Stanislaw of Marak reported heavy rainfall in Cameron and between Marak and Yarrellton. He cited about 6 inches in Cameron and roughly 5 inches over the Marak to Yarrellton area in a recent spell. He noted water washed away shocks of his day, but crops remain fine, with hot weather needed now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stanislaw
Marak
Cameron
Yarrellton
Wood couple from Houston visit Cameron and Milano kin
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Woods of Houston are spending a two week vacation in Cameron and Milano visiting relatives. Mr. Woods is Ray Woods’s brother of Milano and has worked for the U S Post Office in Houston for 26 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Woods
Houston
Cameron
Milano
Mr. Woods
Ray Woods
U. S. Post Office
Post
Sommer Family Vacation Ends in Old Mexico Before Chicago Trip
Dr and Mrs F S Sommer and their son Franklin are spending a vacation in Old Mexico prior to traveling to Chicago and St Louis where the doctor will attend Clinic School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. S. Sommer
Franklin
Old Mexico
Chicago
St. Louis
Hazel Burk Ill in Newton Memorial Hospital
Hazel Burk of Cameron is reported ill and receiving care at Newton Memorial Hospital. Local health authorities have not released further details about her condition or admission timeline.
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Hazel Burk
Cameron
Newton Memorial Hospital
Pontiac
America
Alabama Hooded Floggings Spur House Inquiry
On June 22 Representative Celler announced a full scale congressional probe by the civil rights subcommittee into hooded flogging incidents in Alabama. Witnesses will be subpoenaed. the inquiry targets Birmingham beatings and white sheeted assailants.
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Celler
New York
Alabama
House Judiciary Committee
Byrne
Birmingham
Montgomery
Ala
House
Henry Mize
Tuscaloosa County
Senate
William Hugh Morris
Klan
Alvin Horn
Talladega
Cameron Woman Plans Lubbock Visit and Western Tour
Miss Barbara Jenness of Cameron spends two months in Lubbock as guest of her grandmother Mrs. Susie Jenness. They will be joined by Mr and Mrs Frank McElroy Miss Velma Jenness and Mrs Adele Baca for a party touring Carlsbad Caverns and other points in Mexico and Colorado.
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Barbara Jenness
Cameron
Lubbock
Susie Jenness
Frank McElroy
Velma Jenness
Adele Baca
Carlsbad Caverns
Mexico
Colorado
Roger Todd Visits Cameron from Gause Monday
Roger Todd of Gause visited Cameron on Monday delivering greetings and meeting local residents during a routine regional stop.
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Roger Todd of
Gause
Cameron
T J Faver Enjoys Short San Antonio Visit
T J Faver spent a few days in San Antonio during the past week, returning home with no reported incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Faver
San Antonio
Bark Avenue Allegation Clarified by Local Resident
A resident writes to set Bark Avenue facts straight noting the street runs from W 14th to W 18th between South Austin and South Jefferson and clarifies naming, alley status, street numbering, and spraying during cleanup. The letter asks why the author did not sign their name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bark Avenue
W. 18Th
South Austin
South
Jefferson
Brogdon
Main
South College
Clayton Storey Completes Bahama Islands Naval Cruise
Clayton Storey in the U S Navy finished a two week cruise to the Bahama Islands via Key West Florida. On returning home to Austin he visited his parents Mr and Mrs Bill Storey in Cameron and his wife and children who had spent the past two weeks with them also returned home with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Storey
U. S. Navy
Bahama Islands
Key West
Florida
Austin
Bill Storey
Cameron
Card of Thanks for Mrs Lucy J Hill Death
We express sincere gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness shown during illness and death of our mother Mrs Lucy J Hill. Thanks for telegrams cards flowers transport and hospitality. Special thanks to Bethel AME church Rev Herron Ruffus Matthews for consoling words and to those who sent food.
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Lucy J. Hill
Phillip
Lucky
Bethel Ame Church
W. T. Herron
T. R. Ruffus
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WEID
Cameron Zalesky
Buckholts
Ribbeck
Thorndale
Flentge Tractor CO
Rosebud
R. E. Lindsey
Lott
Siner
Schenley
Schenley Distributors,inc
N.Y
Enley
W. P. Matystik Cameron
Texas
Solons
Washington
J. B
W. 14Th
General Motors
McLain Pontiac Company
S. Houston
Humble Company
Quatre Bayou
Louisiana
Humble
Moyes
Chambers County
Great East Texas
United States
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