Unity praised at Chamber Banquet as leaders urged
Tuesday night Cameron remarks urged unified city leadership amid dynamic times. McCullin Award winners photo included Bill Hornung and Mayor E A Perrin among nine honorees. about 20 individuals have been acknowledged over the years. Ada Henderson school closed after ceiling collapse prompts safety checks.
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Bill Hornung
E. A. Perrin
Don Dumble
Mildred Thornton
Forrest Sapp
Gene Smitherman
Lester Williams
N. L. Caperton
A. W. McCullin
McCullin
Cameron
McCullin Award
A. W. McCullin Sr
Don Humble
HUD Officials Meet With City Renewal Board
Cameron Urban Renewal Board met with Housing and Urban Development officials and Bernard Johnson Engineers to re evaluate relocation costs ahead of final contract signing. Mayor Perrin urged acceptance of original estimates to start the program quickly, while HUD suggested the $177 000 relocation budget should be increased as actual costs are reviewed.
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Cameron Urban Renewal Board
Bernard Johnson
HUD
E. A. Perrin
Perrin
A. W. McCullin, Sr
City Trucks Offer Weekend Waste Disposal in Cameron
Cameron residents can use two city sanitation trucks on weekends and after 5 p m until dark to dump brush leaves limbs and garbage. Trucks will be at the city maintenance barn marked brush or garbage with council approving a trial after rural complaints.
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Cameron
E. A. Perrin
Perrin
Ada Henderson School Ceiling Collapse Prompts Temporary Closure
Classes at Ada Henderson Elementary were suspended after a plaster ceiling on the second floor collapsed last weekend, damaging light fixtures, boards, and desks. Officials said the building, built in 1925, is being repaired with replaced ceilings and intact first floor rooms deemed safe.
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Ada Henderson School
D. R. Dodson
School Board
Hilliard Thomas
Thomas
Dodson
Ruth Gunn
Cameron School Board Approves 1971-72 Teacher List and Boundaries
Cameron trustees met Monday night in a regular session. They authorized Supt D R Dodson to hire an engineering firm for a survey of Ada Henderson School after a collapsed second floor ceiling damaged desks and a blackboard. The board also set 1971-72 staff, discussed bus driver salary increases, and approved boundary adjustments between Cameron and Rosebud districts. A resignation, new hires, appointments to board of equalization, and an April 6 planning meeting were approved. The list of elected teachers for next year includes numerous staff names.
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Elaine Carleton
Fred Edwards Jr
Cameron and Rosebud
Board of Equalization
Gene Smitherman
Hugo Aigner
Edwin Bigbee
Selec
No New Candidates For City Council Election
Filing deadline for city council was March 6 and no new candidates filed according to City Secy J B Fuller. Three incumbents Robertson Clark Lawrence Zotz and Starrett Hickman filed for re election. The election for city councilmen will be April 6 at City Hall.
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City Secy
J. B. Fuller
Robert Clark
Lawrence Zotz
Starrett Hickman
City Hall
Hornung wins 1970 McCullin Civic Award in Cameron banquet
Bill Hornung, a Cameron school board member and active church worker, received the 1970 McCullin Civic Award at the 37th annual Cameron Chamber of Commerce banquet. East Texas Chamber of Commerce official Carl C. Cooper delivered the address as about 275 civic leaders attended at Methodist Fellowship Hall. Newly elected chamber president Robert Ellett urged unity amid Cameron’s transition while Rev. Jim Lafferty highlighted Urban Renewal and other year end projects.
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Bill Hornung
McCullin
Carl C. Cooper
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Methodist Fellowship Hall
Hornung
First United Methodist
A. W. McCullin
Cameron School Board
Industrial Foundation
Chamber Broiler
American Legion
Boy Scouts
Little League
Jim Lafferty
Robert Ellett
Cameron
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Thomas Dusek
Mary Jean Edmonds
Dorothy Foster
Dalton Harbers
Willie Jean Henderson
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Fred Johns
Raynette Kosel
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Ernie Laurence
Emma McDermott
Henriet McIntosh
Price Minter
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Carl Nelson
Johnie Reeves
Ruth Sharp
Susan Rosson
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Ada Margaret Smith
Hal Stanislaw
Cornelius Titsworth
Judy Todd
Jean Tumlinson
Vernon Wilfert
Naomi Zajicek
Cecil Anderson
Mary Belle Batte
Viola Biggs
Urban Renewal Board
St. Edward Hospital
Don G. Humble
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Cameron Chamber
Gene Blake
East Texas
Lafferty
John Geiser
St. Monica’s Catholic Church
Alvis Coleman
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Ed Laywell
Roy Engram
Jack Chubb
Perry Holder
Rev. Coleman
Frank Richter, Jr
Chester Williams
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