Town And Country Fair Plans Advance For 1965
The Town and Country Fair Committee moves forward with plans for the 1965 event led by Monroe Fuchs as general chair. Meetings focus on policy, construction, and promotion with last year’s participants offered first. Rules ban political activity and free distribution of food or drink inside the Exhibit Building. Nearby land will be grassed behind the National Guard Armory, with planting by Cornelius Titsworth and students. Community input is welcome via the Chamber or committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Fuchs
National Guard
Cornelius Titsworth
Yee High
Fuchs
Schlumberger Tests Wildcat No. 1 Ross in Milam County
Schlumberger runs a test on the Shell Oil Company No. 1 Neil Ross wildcat in southeastern Milam County as drilling advances past 9 200 feet. The crew set 9 5 8 inch pipe to depth last week and may have drilled several hundred more feet. A second wildcat, No 1 Gertrude Hargrove, is planned about 14 miles northwest of Rockdale on a 290 acre Jackson Hall lease in western Milam County. Co Kal Oil Company of Brenham will drill the shallow 1 200 foot Austin Chalkery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell Oil Company
Neil Ross
Milam County
Co-Kal Oil Company
Brenham
Gertrude Hargrove
Rockdale
the Hargrove
Jackson Hall
Co Kal Oil Company
Girl Scout Drive Nears Goal as Totals Rise
Cameron reports $911 raised toward a $1200 goal for a Girl Scout drive. Workers are urged to finish collecting and return cards to drive chairman Henry Leibman. Co chairmen Narvie Caperton and Forrest Sapp lead the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Drive
Henry Leibman
Narvie Caperton
Forrest Sapp
Spring preacher Brings New Low
On charter night for the Cameron Rotary sponsored Interact Club leaders and Rotarians gathered including Don Eastland Pete Matthew Robert Ellett and James Kahler. Eastland presented a Certificate of Organization to Larry Paul Manley, president of the 18 member Interact. Officers Dickie Ponder Jackie McKinney Donald Manley and directors George Bowman Mike Perrin Lawrence Laffere announced the group as the first Interact Club in the 20 county Rotary district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Rotary
Interact Club
Don Eastland
Hillsboro
Pete Matthew
Yoakum
Robert Ellett
Jim Simpson
Halletsville
James Kahler
Cameron Potary
Eastland
Interact Committee
Larry Paul Manley
Interact
Dickie Ponder
Jackie McKinney
Donald Manley
George Bowman
Mike Perrin
Lawrence Laffere
Texas
Road and Building Work Progresses in Cameron Area
Construction on US 19 west of Cameron nears ten months with grading widening and base work completed. Westbound lanes take shape while most eastbound traffic remains open, and a parallel US 190 SH 36 project connects to Temple. Additional projects include FM 2269 paving, Cameron street drainage, St. Edward Hospital convent, a new coal nursing home site, a Cameron swimming pool, and several new homes completed in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Travis St
Bell County
Temple
R. W. McKinney
T. L. Jones & Company
Carol Zeigler
Hearne
Cameron City
Jackson
Fannin
St. Edward Hospital
Matula Construction Company of
Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
Co«ial
Davis and
10Th Street
Cameron Lumber Company
Milam
Bassel Wilson
Wilsons
N. Jackson Street
East 11Th Street
William Watkins
Bill Arthur
East 10Th
Alvin Nolte
North Central
Marvin Ethridge
Joe L. Lamkin
Two-Car Crash Near Cameron Injures Two
Miss Linda McDaniel of Wichita Falls injured in a two car collision at US 190 and US 7 north of Cameron. Mrs Lena Lock Russell of Yarrellton also hurt with a broken shoulder. Both taken to St Edward Hospital. wedding planned for May 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Linda McDaniel
Cameron
Lena Lock Russell
Yarrellton
St. Edward Hospital
Derwood Kennedy
US 190
US 7
Cameron Miss McDaniel
Russell
Kennedy
Thomas Leonard
Sheppard Afb
McDaniel
Miss McDaniel
Deadline set for 1965 feed grain and cotton signup
Milam County ASCS office lists March 26 as the deadline to sign up for the 1965 feed grain program and the 1965 upland cotton domestic allotment program. Office manager Alva E. Sanders notes strong farmer interest and says 1965 participation may exceed 1964. Wheat operators may adjust signup intentions for diversion during the period and base acres may use acreage substitution by signing up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County
ASCS
Alva E. Sanders
Sanders
Milam County license plates deadline pushed to April 1
Tax Assessor Walter White reminds residents only six days remain to buy 1965 license plates. Deadline is March 31 with plates due on vehicles by April 1. sales have picked up recently and a weekend rush is expected at county tax offices in the Milam County Courthouse basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter White
Milam County
Dero Jenkins Joins Cameron Police Department Staff
Dero Jenkins, a retired service station operator, becomes day dispatcher for the Cameron Police Department per Police Chief Elvin Hoskins. He fills the position left by JoAnn Thompson who resigned March 18. Jenkins operated Jenkins Service Station in Cameron for 19 years before retiring last April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dero Jenkins
Cameron Police Department
Elvin Hoskins
Jenkins
JoAnn Thompson
Mr. Jenkins
Cameron
Fort Worth Couple Injured in Sunday Wreck Near Rockdale
A Fort Worth couple, Clinton and Ozella Fulcher, were seriously injured in a two car collision south of Rockdale at US 77 and FM 908. Their car struck Nellie Lytle’s vehicle, Broadside impact, tree, fence. Both were taken to Richards Clinic. Lytle uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Iu Rockdale
Rockdale
Clinton Fulcher
Ozella Fulcher
Nellie Lytle
Caldwell
Derwood Kennedy
Fulchers
Lytle
Fulcher
Phillips
Luckey
Richards Clinic
Milam County Rural Traffic Accidents Reported February 1965
Milam County Rural Traffic Accident summary for February 1965 reports ten rural crashes investigated resulting in two injuries and $4 560 in property damage. For 1965 total rural crashes stand at 26 with one death eight injuries and $9 865 in property damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Highway
Leroy Broadus
Milam County
Merchants Form Special Value Day in Cameron
A Cameron merchants group formed to start a monthly Special Value Day beginning Monday April 5. Bill McIntosh of McIntosh's Dept Store was elected president and Bill Tolson of J C Penney Cameron treasurer. At the first dinner meeting sixteen retailers discussed dues, prizes for shoppers, gift scripts and in store drawings to promote Cameron merchandise and pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
The
Texan
Bill McIntosh
McIntosh
John Schigut
Earl] Curtis
Joe Anderson
Heart Campaign Starts in City with Mailers and Film
North Milam County Heart Fund drive begins with a bucket brigade by Troops 191 and 52 under J J Heitman and Felix Matula. Mailers go to area residents. a film Guard Your Heart screens next week at service clubs. Drive ends late March with memorial gifts available year round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Milam County
Dick Wyatt
J. J. Heitman
Felix Matula
Don Humble
Heart Fund
K. K Robbins
Bucket Brigade
I. O. Schiller Jr
Paul Beard
Wm. C. Wallace
H. M. Yeager
Maysfield
Branchville
Baileyville
C. S. Raney
Buckholts
Yarrellton
Humble
Baileyville completes 3rd water well in Milam County project
FHA administrator Henry Ivey reports Baileyville completes its 3rd well as part of a 5 000 gallon storage system serving about 130 customers. A 175 000 Milam project reroutes the line from Maysfield toward Burlington adding 30 miles of pipe and a 50 000 gallon tank to meet two day water supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County
FHA
Henry Ivey
Baileyville
Planters National Bank of Rosebud
Ivey
North Milam
First National Bank of Cameron
Jones Prairie
US 190
Maysfield
Burlington
Special Trustees Meet Tonight at Cameron ISD
Cameron Independent School District trustees will convene in a special called meeting tonight to review recommendations on hiring teaching personnel for the coming year, as announced by Superintendent Charles Zeigler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Independent School
Charles Zeigler
Cameron City Council Meeting Postponed to March 30
The regular monthly Cameron City Council meeting scheduled for March 23 was postponed until Tuesday March 30. City heads said the meeting would be at 5 p.m. at City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
City Hall
Road-E-O Deadline Set By Public Safety Officials
State Public Safety official Floyd Tippit explains Road-E-O rules at a Methodist Fellowship Hall meeting. Cameron Jaycees sponsor Teenage Road-eo on Sunday April 4 at Safeway lot. Enter by March 27 for ages 16 to 19 with a valid license and no traffic convictions in six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Tippit
State Dept. of Public Safety
Methodist Fellowship Hall
Cameron Jaeycees
Safeway Stores
Yee High School
Frank Kemble
Hefley Stedman Motor Company
Freezing Temperatures Top 37-Year Spring Record
Water Superintendent Alvin Herft notes the first day of spring posted a 24 degree low, the coldest since 1928 for that date. The 37 year record and past lows are cited alongside prior dates and subsequent warming trends through March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Herft
Hefft
Cameron
Yoe High Presents One Act at District Contest
Yoe High will stage the one act I am A Fool at the 17 AA District Interscholastic League contest March 30 in Navasota. Performances start 6 30 p m with a second show at 8 p m at Navasota High School. Produced by Mrs Robert Foster with Andy Springer assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoe High
Navasota
Navasota High School
Robert Foster
Andy Springer
Bobby Schiller
George
Linda Grothe
Carol Terry
Mildred
Bucky Wilkinson
Dude
Jerry Bright
Wilbur
Cathy Grimes
Lucy
Carol Ann Wilson
Eleanor
Monica Mikula
Also Mentioned on This Page
Town and Country Fair Committee
Chamber
Schlumberger
Police Dept
Cameron Trade
Anita Litzman
Danny Matula
St. Anthony
Miss Litzman
Henry Litzman
Matula
Felix Matula Jr
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