Milam County Easter Seals Drive Aims At $1000 Goal
The Milam County Easter Seals drive mails 3,000 letters seeking donations of one dollar or more. The Crippled Children’s Society will use 75 percent locally and the rest nationally to aid crippled individuals and rehabilitation programs. County officers and Cameron board members are listed, led by Mrs. Bill Burns as president.
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Crippled Children’s Society
Milam County
Milam County Society
O Organization
Bill Burns
Weather Notes Cameron and Vicinity Forecast
Cloudy and cool with occasional rain today in Cameron and vicinity. Rain likely to clear over the weekend with total precipitation about .11 inch for March 6 7. Temperatures recorded this week show cooler than normal trends.
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Cameron
Two-Time Milam County Jail Escapees Sought
Authorities hunt Claire Huddleston and Paul McKenzie after a second breakout from Milam County Jail Friday night. Both men face burglary charges. officials say they pried doors and bars and escaped via improvised rope, pursued by bloodhounds to near the Santa Fe and South Pacific tracks.
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Milam County
Claire
Vernon Huddleston
Paul McKenzie
Carl Black
Holland
West Cameron
Natralmen
Huddleston
McKenzie
Troy
Bell County
Black
the Herald
Tentiary
Rouge
Milam ASC Extends Cotton Soil Bank Withdrawal Deadline
Milam County ASC chairman Gib Terry announced an extension for withdrawing cotton soil bank agreements under the 1958 Soil Bank Acreage Reserve Program. The new deadline is March 28, with written requests to be filed at the Milam County ASC office in Cameron by that date.
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Gib Terry
ASC
Milam County
Cameron
Terry
Jaycees Elect Crockett President for 1953 59
Cameron Jaycees elected Bill Crockett president for 1953 59 with Frank Luecke as vice president and James Kahler as secretary treasurer. Richard Williams was re elected state director and Don Humble was the outgoing president. New officers to be installed at a spring dinner. The board includes Humble Milton Brown Monroe Marek and Dr George Bowman.
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Cameron Jaycees
Bill Crockett
Frank Luecke
James Kahler
Richard Williams
Don Humble
Jaycee
Humble
Milton Brown
Monroe Marek
George Bowman
Hundreds View Cameron Science Fair Winners Named
Hundreds of Cameronites viewed science exhibits at Yoe Gymnasium during National Public School Week. Roger Terry won the top sweepstakes prize of 25 dollars for a one tube electric organ. Second, James Manning 15 dollars for a Solvey process baking soda. Third, Delores Zalesky 10 dollars for fish anatomy.
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Yoe Gymnasium
Roger Terry
James Manning
Delores Zalesky
Cameron
Wiley Loughmiller
Knife wound injuries tied to Kennons Place incident
Darrel Shuffield 25 formerly of Cameron now in Freeport sustained a severe abdominal knife wound at Kennons Place Saturday night. Police Chief Maynard Byers said Shuffield is recovering and Ben Kennon the proprietor is being questioned with no charges filed. Blood transported from Waco to aid him, a 50 minute trip involving Waco Temple and Cameron units.
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Darrel Shuffield
Cameron
Freeport
Kennon
Maynard Byers
Shuffield
Ben Kennon
Case
Byers
Waco
Sheffield
Temple
Sharp To Maintain 12 Grade Schools
Sharp School will keep a 12 grade system for the next year minus football and vocational agriculture. The board set an April 15 trustee election for Sharp and Val Verde with Leroy Laffere and George Hasch running at Sharp and Ervin Tyler filing at Val Verde. The rural district includes Sharp Tracy Oakville Duncan Friendship Lilac and Val Verde.
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Sharp
Val Verde
Leroy Laffere
George Hasch
Ervin Tyler
W. L. Pierce
H. C. Killough
Lannis Petty
Boyd, Offield
Garlon Lawrence
Sidney Culp
W. E. Brown
Nelson Davis
Chamber Names 1958 59 Committee Posts
Chamber of Commerce announces 12 committee appointments for 1958 59 led by President Hilliard Thomas. Members include chairmen and participants across Membership Poultry Publicity Public Relations Trade Development Industrial Highway Livestock Civic Improvement Crops Conservation Education and Health Sanitation with names such as James Wiggs Roy Wright George Bowman Lester Williams Milton Schiller John Batte Alva Sanders Hinton Pruett Dr Sidney Richardson and others.
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Chamber of Commerce
Hilliard Thomas
Chamber
James Wiggs
Charlie Burke
Narvie Capperton
Morris Eplen
Poultry
Roy Wright
Leo Fuchs
Charles Brady
J. D. Moore
Bennie Whitesides
Pat Kelly
Bill Arthur
George Bowman
Frank Luecke
Milton Brown
Richard Williams
A. W. McCullin
Louis McKee
Williams
Caperton
Trade & Development
Henry Liebman
McKee
Richard Moseley
Albert Collins
O. A. White
Lester Williams
E. A. Perrin
Charles Smith
Bill Burns
Jack Prescott
Thomas
Moseley
Liebman
Highway & Good Roads
Milton Schiller
Drayton McLane
Burns
Perrin
Burke
Prescott
John Batte
Dana Monroe
Jess Brock
Wallace Culpepper
Ozell Angell
Henry Richter
Fuchs
Moore
White and Kelly
O. B. Hardin
John Davis
E. E Wied
Luecke
McCullin
Alva Sanders
O. G. Tumlinson
John Henderson
John A. Smith
Wright
Angell
Hinton Pruett
Wiley Loughmiller
Earle Pearson
Bowman
Health & Sanitation
Sidney Richardson
E. O. Smith
C. G. Swift
Earl Curtis
Alvin Dusek
Alcoa Scholar to be Named by Rockdale Board
The Alcoa Foundation selects eight candidates from Rockdale Taylor Cameron Thorndale and Thrall for a four year 2000 scholarship. The winner will be announced March 17 at the final board meeting at Rockdale with Hin ton H. Pruett Milam County Supt of Schools heading the panel. Interviews follow a 7 30 p m dinner at Singers Grill with selection based on aptitude tests grades extracurriculars and personality. The prize pays 500 yearly, contingent on satisfactory grades.
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Alcoa Foundation
Rockdale
Taylor
Cameron
Thorndale
Thrall
Hinton H. Pruett
Milam County
Rockdale Works Alcoans
Father Daughters Banquet at Simon-George Memorial Hall
Cameron fathers attend annual father daughter banquet with about one hundred scouts and their fathers. A barbecue dinner begins at 7 p.m. followed by a program directed by Mrs Anita Schofield and featuring guests Marie Meyer and Girl Scout Board members including Mrs Lester Williams Mrs David Shapiro Narvie Caperton Mrs Dana Monroe and Mrs Carroll Green.
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Cameron
Simon-George Memorial Hall
Anita Schofield
Marie Meyer
Austin
Girl Scout Board
Lester Williams
David Shapiro
Narvie Caperton
Dana Monroe
Carroll Green
Army to Hear Pros and Cons of Laneport Reservoir Site
U S Army engineers schedule a public hearing at 9 30 a m on March 19 in Georgetown Texas to discuss Laneport Reservoir location on the San Gabriel River The meeting will be in Williamson County Courthouse Georgetown Col Walter J Wells says the hearing lets all interested parties present views and justify any change in site Local leaders favor a northwest of Georgetown site and a reservoir at Laneport while Milam County Farm Bureau backs Laneport relocation for water control implications
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U. S. Army
Georgetown
Laneport
San Gabriel River
Williamson County
O. G. Tomlinson
Milam County Farm Bureau
Williamson County Farm Bureau
San Gabriel
Walter J. Wells
Laneport Reservoir
Col. Wells
Col Wells
Committee On Public Works
U. S. House of Representatives
Tomlinson
Milam
Little River
Milam County
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O. B. Harden
B. F. Robinson
Stanley Hughes
Edwin Holland
Bryagq Negro
Cne Bry
Milamo County
Milam Asc
Jaycees Elect
Crockett Proxy
Eddie Pavelek
Carol Heitman
Mary Ellen Richter
John Wayne Josey
Grady Gill
Ronald Plentl
C. A. Jackett
Rockdale High School
Patsy Nance
VHS
Alcoa
Girl Scouts
Cameron Herald
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