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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1961
Page
1
About 90 Cameron citizens will meet Monday night in the Cameron Library facility near the Little League Field. A speaker will explain how Taylor completed a new 20,000 volume library, detailing improvements and project scope.
A 90 member Cameron Library Planning Commission will meet at 7 30 p m Monday at First Methodist Fellowship Hall to review Cameron library needs and suggest improvement procedures. J R Barkley Taylor attorney will speak on the Taylor library program and planning steps.
A long list names Cameron residents selected by 23 organizations and the Cameron Library Board for the Public Library Planning Commission. The appointees include professionals, homemakers, clergy, and community leaders such as E. A. Perrin Dr. Gus Evans Jr. Charles Brady Sr. Rev Eugene Strickland Rev Jewell Strong and Rev KC Haley.
About 1150 Sharp School patrons met with the school board to decide next year’s fate. They discussed consolidating with nearby districts or keeping the district with a vote set for April 1. They heard estimates on tax increases to sustain the high and elementary schools and transfer options with neighboring districts.
Dr Leonard R Daniel chair man of Science and Mathematics Department at Howard Payne College will visit Rogers High School to present science information under the Visiting Scientist Program of the Texas Academy of Science. He chaired NSF Summer Institute for high school teachers at Howard Payne in 1959 1960 and is a panel member evaluating the 1961 Summer Institute Proposal. He holds a doctorate from Georgia Tech.
Lisa Wiggs was honored on her third birthday with a party attended by Karen McCall Ann Kahler Debbie Williams Eloise Henderson and Leslie Ruth Luecke.
Judge Don G Humble said arrangements are being made for a meeting between U S Corps of Engineers and Little River property owners to address overflows from Belton Reservoir. Fort Worth District officials showed interest in solving the flood issue with a tentative March date to be set.
Patrick Armstrong a 27 year old former Corpus Christi resident has been named wire chief at the Cameron office of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. He succeeds Lloyd Gropp promoted to installation foreman in the Austin center. Armstrong a UT industrial engineering graduate has two years with Southwest Bell and is married with two children.
Supt. Earl Knebel announced Public School Week March 6 to 10 with a Yoe Campus science and mathematics fair at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in Yoe Gym. Senior and junior high students compete in science and math for more than 50 high school entries and a $94 prize pool. Ben Milam Day on March 7 invites Ben Milam parents to visit classes and eat lunch.
The Milam County paper searches for the grave of Confederate soldier Manson Sherill Jolly who drowned in Little River and was buried nearby. Harry R. Wright of Lufkin requested a photo of the tombstone, while Clemson College retiree Dave Watson restores the nearby home site and the quest traces back to 100 years ago and a Civil War era tale.
A Fort Hood parachute team will perform at Cameron Airport Sunday showcasing different jumps and dives. The demonstration aims to highlight parachuting techniques and skills.
Yee High School band director Francis Cox served as a judge at the Interscholastic League Solo Contest in Austin on Saturday. He will again judge solo numbers at the Houston contest this coming Saturday.
City Secretary John Andres announced Richard Moseley and E L Wied, incumbent councilmen for Places 3 and 4, filed for re election mid week. Moseley seeks a second term. Wied seeks his first full two year term. Cameron School Board trustees candidate Dr Robert Tomlinson filed for a three year term. Incumbents Dr Gus Evans Jr and Dr S H Richardson also filed for re election. Filing deadline is March 1 for the school board and March 4 for the city council. Election dates: school election Saturday April 1 and city election Tuesday April 4.
The 1961 Easter Seal campaign begins today March 2 with mailings to Milam Countians this week. It marks 40 years of service funding therapy treatment research and public information for the handicapped and includes volunteers Mrs. Lester Williams Mrs. Niley J Smith Mrs. Bill Burns Mrs. John A. Smith Jr. Mrs. Earl Knebel and Mrs. O B Harden.
The Cameron PTA convenes at 7 30 p m on March 2 to screen Operation Abolition a film on Communist group infiltration and student riots distributed by the Congressional Committee on Un American Activities narrated by Fulton Lewis Jr
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