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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1961
Page
4
PM Mr and Mrs Robert Claypool depart for a week long vacation in Miami Florida joining his parents Mr and Mrs C B Claypool in Beaumont.
Mrs. Von Gonten celebrated her 74th birthday with an afternoon brunch at her Buckholts home. Relatives from La Grange Rockdale Cameron and other towns attended, including children grandchildren and siblings. Hospital updates and family visits were noted for several relatives in the region.
Local notes record visits by Raymond Douglas and family en route to Montana stopping with the Fontaine and Burnett households. A string of guests includes Miss White with Georgiana Anderson, Larry Ruthford, Rev Melburn Sibley, Walter Senkel, Raymond Willy, Rob Ward, Billy Yager party, and Clifford Angell with relatives.
Advertises $5 000 fire and extended coverage insurance on brick veneer homes with approved roofs in city limits. Priced at $12.39 monthly with Surety Company a $3 billion stock firm. Includes contact George Childress Oxford 7 2112.
The Texas Senate approved a bill allowing Assessor-Collectors to refund tax money paid in error and to issue refunds when homestead exemptions were not claimed. Sen. Jarrard Secrest sponsored the measure, which aims for prompt corrections and orderly procedures.
Mrs J A Balsien and Jack Black hosting Dennis of Port Lavaca with his parents Mr and Mrs Dewey Black and relatives in Rosebud. Cedar Springs visitors Mr and Mrs Oran Casey and daughters Alma Jo Deanna Carlene join Bill Harrison family. Kohrings visit Burlington and Fort Worth relatives as others host in Grand Prairie Cameron Marlin Bryan Waco and Bryan area gatherings.
Mrs. Davis presided when the Davilla Home Demonstration club met. Six members and one guest attended. Reports on the sewing course were given by Mrs. Davis and Mrs. H. T. Walker. The club voted to sell greeting cards and to decline hosting the District THDA meeting in Milam County next year due to lack of plans.
Raymond Krupicka celebrated his birthday Sunday at his parents home in Buckholts. Attendees included Albert Vybiral of Temple Alvin Pfannstiel and son of Buckholts Adolph Krupicka and girls of Waco Henry Vaculin and daughters of Buckholts and Marie Bezcek of Waco.
Mrs. E. D. Kelso returns Saturday from a visit with her daughter in Denton and Fort Worth. Her daughter Mrs. Kathleen Land and son Kelso of Fort Worth accompany her home. Various relatives and friends from Dallas Tyler Cameron Temple Houston and other nearby towns visited or hosted over the weekend.
The Treasury Department releases a National Association of Home Builders tribute on the 20th anniversary of the U S Savings Bond Program. E J Burke Jr of San Antonio says bonds fuel home ownership, noting 35 million American families own homes today and veterans helped spark the housing boom in the 1940s.
Mr. and Mrs. Narvie Caperton spent the weekend with their daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Alton Logan, in Houston visiting family and enjoying time together.
Milam county 4H club members left Sunday to exhibit fat steers and breeding cattle at the Houston Fat Stock Show. Entrants include Pat and Nan McClaren with several shorthorn and Hereford steers, David McClaren with shorthorns and a Hereford, Jan Parmelee with an Angus steer, Johnnie Ray Richter with two shorthorns, and Timmy Titsworth with a shorthorn. Parmelee’s Angus steer was county Junior Livestock Show Grand Champion. Pat McClaren’s shorthorn steer was Reserve Grand Champion. All other Milam county entries are blue ribbon winners in the county show.
Texas records show 13.1 percent rise in major offenses in 1960 from 1959 led by robbery and burglary. Totals for seven major crime types reached 198 956 with rates per 100 000 population rising in most categories.
Yee High School students viewed a highway safety program by the State Department of Public Safety and Texas Farm Bureau Insurance. Joe L. Smetana led the session with a safety film and a practical stopping distance demonstration using a special vehicle. Measurements showed reaction and braking distances for students, a coach, and a highway patrolman at 20 and 40 mph, highlighting the total stopping distances and reaction times.
Yee High School band director Francis Cox officiated as a judge at the Interscholastic League Solo Contest in Austin on Saturday. He will also judge solo performances at the Houston event this coming Saturday.
Mr and Mrs Bill Crennan and children of Burlington visited Mrs Jack Lewis and Mr and Mrs Bartle Crenan this Sunday to spend time with extended family.
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