Donor Awareness Campaign Reaches Students and Staff
A literacy of civic duty resonates as volunteers promote organ and blood donation across campus. Officials emphasize personal choice, while supporters share stories to inspire participation.
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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1970
Page
1
A literacy of civic duty resonates as volunteers promote organ and blood donation across campus. Officials emphasize personal choice, while supporters share stories to inspire participation.
Area districts plan open houses and classroom visits for Public Schools Week from March 2 through the week. Cameron Buckholts Milano and Rogers schools invite parents Monday to Friday with student work displays and meals in some locations. Cameron hosts 6 to 8 p m Thursday with PT A refreshments and officer election after. The Rogers high school council will note Teacher Appreciation Week starting March 26.
The Milam County calendar lists events from Monday to Thursday including Lions Club dinner at Buckholts High School gym at 7 p.m., City Council at City Hall, Bloodmobile noon to 6 p.m., Rotary Club lunch, and a science fair at Yor High School.
The Milam County Sheriff's Department plans a teletype communication system and radio receivers to meet modern police tech needs. Sheriff Black urges funding for new personnel and equipment, noting rising crime spillover from metro areas and the need for improved records and communications.
The Cameron Herald outlines pricing to subscribe to both the Thursday and Weekend Herald newspapers. Milam County residents pay 5.50 for 104 issues while others pay 6.50. Pro rata balances are due with a 2 extra for the Weekend edition. For example if the Thursday Herald is paid to August 1970 the total is 4.05. out of county adds 1. Call 697 6671 for information.
The article discusses the rise of vocational training in Texas high schools and colleges as an alternative path to success. It describes the Cooperative Part-time Training in vocational agriculture at Yee High School led by Cornelius Titsworth, with 16 senior students aged 17 to 19 participating in a two year program blending classwork and on the job training.
Careers teacher Titsworth with 20 years’ experience praises the new program for practical training enabling employment in a technical world. He notes principal Alvis Fuquay helped pilot the effort at Dimmitt. Sixteen students split between off farm and on farm tracks. training includes on the job hours from 1 p.m. daily and textbooks from Texas A&M University.
Cameron's police force has fallen to three members after Wayne Brinkley's resignation to Rockdale, joining Jack Brooks who left in December for Angleton. Rockdale recently approved a higher pay scale while Cameron starts officers at about 373 dollars monthly plus a ten dollar uniform allowance and five holidays. A night watchman supports Cameron, and with only two patrolmen and a chief on duty, officers work longer hours, often twelve hours a day.
Three Temple men face charges in Milam Bell and Falls counties for burglary theft over 50 and discharge of firearms into homes and stores. Edward Rohan 21 John Montgomery 17 and Thomas Mikulastik 19 held on bonds over 100000 with incidents spanning February 8 9 20 across Rosebud Burlington and Wilson.
Cameron 6 8 Mack Mitchell dominates Diboll as Yoe five adopts a 2-1-1 zone. Ken Murdock guided Bam Cameron Yoe team to a 230 pound center strategy and plans to hold the ball until a shot. Regional action at Blinn College Gym draws about 500 fans as the winner advances toward the AA crown.
Milam County Tax Office reports 9 099 registered voters before January 31 deadline. Rockdale leads with 2 747 registrations followed by Cameron with 2 363. Registration by precincts is listed with multiple small totals and some inconsistencies in the final tally.
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