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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1954
Page
6
Burlington readers record visits from relatives and friends across Texas and beyond. Local clubs hosted gatherings as families welcomed servicemen, weddings and celebrations filled weekends, and church groups held sessions on growth and pastor responsibilities.
Cameron Yoemen add new 1954 opponents with Waco Tech in the schedule and Rockdale joining as a new district foe. Gatesville is dropped and five home games and five away games are set. The schedule opens September 19 at home against Waco Tech, September 17 at Lampasas.
Senator Jarrard Secrest of district 13 will air an analysis of Texas Legislature special session events on KSEN TV Temple. The program runs Saturdays at 6 15 p m from Milam Bell and McLennan Counties coverage with future editions planned.
The Ladies Bowling League at Knights of Columbus Alleys ends with Spares taking the trophies. Captain Mrs Ida Michalka leads a team including Mrs Angie Mondrik Mrs Agnes Hrozek Mrs Florence Williams Mrs Dorothy Good and substitute Miss Barbara Mondrik.
Clara Humelik, a Falstaff brewery team member, earned high season average and received a pin. All league players and their spouses and guests will be honored at a March 29 banquet at Columbus Hall.
Mrs. Lorraine H Brown of Temple spoke on interior design at the 3-Arts Club gathering hosted by Mrs. John H Davis. Co host Mrs Ben Reich of Austin assisted. Members prepared 100 Easter Seal envelopes for Crippled Children's campaign. Next meeting set for March 25 at Mrs Helene Wells.
Mrs. Madeline O'Neill presented four numbers from Rockdale Dancing School at the Sharp PTA meeting on March 10. Preschool dancers Linda Dale Collins and Susan McKinney performed ballet while first graders Pat O'Neil Wanda Clark and Janet Tarmelle tapped. Second and third graders Marty Lowe Jonnielyn McKinney and Kathryn Green tapped, and fourth graders Linda Sue Williams Jan Suttem and Cherian Holdthousen danced ballet. The seventh and eighth graders staged a play Sparklin followed by refreshments from the Homemaking department.
Mrs. Erwin Pimpler entertained at home to honor her father Ed Adler of Brenham on his 71st birthday and her son Carroll Pimpler on his 16th birthday. Out‑of‑town guests included Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Sitz and children of Travis, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Stremer, and Edward Adler with Annie May of Temple.
Alcoa will dedicate the Rockdale Works smelting complex in Rockdale Texas on April 24 to 25 with Governor Allan Shivers and Alcoa president J W Wilson leading Family Day for 1000 employees April 24 and a public open house April 25. The site includes four potlines for electrolytic aluminum production and carbon electrode fabrication plus the Sandow Power Plant. Groundbreaking was October 15 1951 and first metal poured within thirteen months.
A Petty family dinner at J. P. Petty's Sharp home gathered relatives including Marvin, Raney and their daughters Marilyn and Barbara Petty, L. A. Petty and Sue, Earl Tate and Larry from Victoria, Louis Rinn of Rockdale, and nephew Jack Petty of Port Lavaca visiting from Korea. Separate notices reveal Barbara daughter born to Clifford Marburger and wife in Cameron at St. Edward Hospital and Beverly Carol Mowdy born to Homer W. Mowdy in Rockdale.
Aluminum produced at the Rockdale Works uses ten kilowatts of electricity two pounds of alumina and two thirds of a pound of carbon electrodes.
A W McCullin of Mack's Oil Company was elected to the Texas Oil Jobbers Association Board of Directors at the sixth annual convention held March 8 to 10 in the Baker Hotel Dallas. Twelve new directors were chosen and named six more. Countess Maria Plusky spoke at the banquet Wednesday night. Mr and Mrs Eddie Supak welcomed Linda Kay born March 7 at St Edward Hospital weighing six pounds fourteen ounces.
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