Milam County Inductees Lead 28 To Army Station
Twenty eight Milam county men left for the Induction station Tuesday, with thirty at the examining station. Led by Billie G. Landrum, the group includes Laddie F. Vaculin, Joe A. Taylor, Leroy Hoyle Jr. and many others. A preinduction group led by Glynn Von Rosenberg lists Ray W. Becker and 28 more. All inductees are over twenty. The article also notes the Annual Good Friday Union service at First Methodist Church on April 3, hosted by Cameron Ministerial Association with eight ministers and a Community Choir preparing an Easter cantata.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County
Billie G. Landrum
Laddie F. Vaculin
Joe A. Taylor
Leroy Hoyle Jr
Willard L. Gandy
J. P. Major
Harold A. Biar
Milton C. Wise
Billy G. Landrum
Mildred J. Page
Melvin F. Menzel
Colonel P. Beard Jr
Glynn von Rosenberg
Ray W. Becker
Vernon H. Reimer
Felix Briones
John R. Small
Richard W. Ellison
John B. Bunton
Thomas B. Woods
Luis W. Bonzales
Hubert Stephenson
Frank R. Skala
Robert J. McGary
R. L. Green
Glenn A. von Rosenberg
Nicholas V. Garcia
Donald E. Thweatt
Giles B. McDermott
Earl R. Lewis
Billy R. Duncan
William W. Marek
Denson Rubac
Richard E. Batte
Vernon Moore
Earnest F. Kamenicky
Cecil W. Skinner
William E. Shafer
Tommy F. Cuba
Billy ©. Graham
Louis D. Williams
Julius L. Harwell
William F. Morgan
First Methodist Church
Cameron Ministerial Association
Methodist Church
C. W. Bradbury
Winnie Wittliff
Max McClaren
Baptist
Methodist
Presbyterian
Joe Hickman
John Solomon
First Presbyterian
D. A. Lambert
Church of the Nazarene
H. M. Bowley
Gospel Tabernacle
Salvation
C. P. Robison
Assembly of God
Mark C. Magers
First Methodist
Aubrey F. Russell
First Baptist
Harsh J. Brown
First Christian
James McKeown
All Saints Episcopal
J. Frank Steele
Battetown Baptist Church
Car-Buggy Crash Leads to DWI Charge in Tennessee
Charles E. Allred of 611 Buffalo Street Lau renceburg Tennessee faces a DWI count after a 1951 Chevrolet convertible allegedly speeding on the left side struck a horse drawn carriage driven by W. G. Cumming as he entered his driveway. Vera Cumming was seriously injured and Allred’s companion Glen Hollis Ragsdale of Sherman Texas is charged as drunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allred
Worth Modesett
W. G. Cumming
Cumming
Vera Cumming
Glen Hollis Ragsdale
Sherman
Texas
Pete O. Currey Rites Held At Rockdale
Funeral services were held at Rockdale Monday for Pete O Currey 56 who died Sunday of a heart attack Rev Byron Welch of the First Christian church officiated and burial was in Forest Grove Cemetery near Rockdale Currey a Milam county native had lived in and near Rockdale all his life Surviving are his wife and seven sons and daughters two brothers and two sisters with families listed including Lee A Currey Milton Jimmie Currey Ruby Laverne and Charles Oliver Currey plus others in Fort Worth Pasadena Rusk Lubbock Malakoff and Rockdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockdale
Pete O. Currey
Byron Welch
First Christian Church
Forest Grove
Currey
Milam County
Evelyn Joyce Sellers
Lee A. Currey
Pasadena
Tommie Lou Russell
Rusk
Milton R.jimmie Currey
Ruby Laverne
Charles Oliver Currey
John
James Currey
Fort Worth
Paul
Mark
Clifford Currey
Dudley Currey
Malakoff
Willie Currey
Lubbock
Margie Sanders
Carrie Knight
Reverend and Mrs West Visit Cameron Friends
Reverend and Mrs C A West called on Mrs A J Anderson and sisters at 312 North Travis Street in Cameron on Sunday. West serves as pastor of Wesley Methodist Church in Longview Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. West
Cameron
A. J. Anderson
North Travis Street
Rev. West
Wesley Methodist Church
Longview
Exas
Free TB X-ray unit taps Cameron and Milam County totals
The mobile unit X-rayed 979 people in Cameron on Saturday, bringing Cameron’s three day total to 2,641 and Milam County to 3,024 with 383 more in Buckholts. County officials praised the effort and projected a possible 7,000 total with more days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Milam County
H. H. Pruett
Buckholts
Thorndale
Rockdale
A. E. Jones
Perry Holder
T. J. Burkes
Charles Brady
Janie Pitts
Andrea Brady
H. G. Haraway
Don Humble
Pleasure and Profit Club
Ida Johns
Virginia Graham
Barbara Walton
Jo Ann McClane
O. B. Horstmann
Cathlene Eickenhorst
Kate McClane
Ann Bradbury
Sara Esslinger
la Vera Michalka
Sammy del Markham
Sue Lange
Marie McDermott
Bankston
Wimberly
Lange
Gleason
Hortense
Pruett
Sheriff Black Returns Prisoner To Milam County
Sheriff Carl Black reported Wednesday that William Evans, indicted by the Milam County grand jury for forgery, was apprehended in Austin. Black went to Austin Tuesday night and brought Evans back to the Milam County jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black
Carl Black
William Evans
Milam County Grand Jury
Austin
Evans
Milam County
Growth in the first year surpasses all other periods
In the article the author notes that a child experiences the most rapid growth during the first year of life, with significant physical and developmental gains that outpace subsequent periods.
Milam County Home Demonstration Council Meeting in Rockdale
Milam County Home Demonstration Council met March 23 in the Rockdale State Bank conference room with 29 attendees. Officers and delegates discussed projects, dressmaking classes in Cameron, fund-raising for Bolivia, April 27 slides in Athens, and upcoming events at Mexia and College Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County Home Demonstration Council
Rockdale
George Logan
Milam County
Hugh Wimberly
Buck Angell
First Baptist Church
Cameron
Mexia
Texas
Buchanan Dam
Lgave
Athens
College Station
Floyd Swanzy
Two Specialists to Speak at ETCC Meet in Bryan College Station
DeWitt C. Greer state highway engineer and John D. McCall Dallas attorney will speak at the East Texas Chamber of Commerce 27th annual meeting in Bryan College Station. Greer will outline Texas highway needs while McCall explains water conservation laws affecting Texans. The event occurs at the April 13 afternoon session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan College Station
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Hubert M. Harrison
DeWitt C. Greer
Austin
John D. McCall
Dallas
Greer
Texas
McCall
Texans
Brazos River
Texas University Law School
Texas Senate
Texas Northern Railway
DeWitt Greer
Texas A&m
State Highway Department
Milam County Polio Fund Receives $8500 Donation
A check for 8500 was received Monday by the Milam County Polio Fund from the National Foundation to pay local bills. March of Dimes county funds totaled 5313 for the year with half sent to the National Foundation for research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County
National Foundation
Santa Fe Employee Signs Confession In Theft Case
Joshua E. McCullough signed a confession for theft by bailee. He is charged and bound to the grand jury for cashing a $91 check placed in his care for mailing by Clayton Harris. The check was cashed at the Veterans Liquor Store. Bond set at $500.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joshua E. McCullough
McCullough
Grand Jury
Clayton Harris
Veteran’s Liquor Store
Harris
Santa Fe
Drivers License Examiner Alters Cameron Schedule
Driv ers License Examiner C. B. James will stop the second and fourth Tuesday tests in Cameron and continue visiting each Monday. Written examinations will begin at 9 00 a m on those Mondays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. James
Cameron
James
County Red Cross Meeting Honors 422 Workers
A Rockdale Red Cross gathering at the American Legion Hall honored 422 volunteers with certificates from the Staff Aid Course. Local attendees included workers from Thorndale Cameron Maysfield and Rockdale with main speaker M. L. Harper outlining volunteer needs at McCloskey Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Red Cross
Rockdale
Red Cross
American Legion Hall
Jack Prescott
Bert Smith
Dana Monroe
Arthur Kruse
Carl Black
Ida Bell Lewis
Frances Vogelsang
Billi Walace
Frances Mikula
Grady Stidham
Cynthia Lange
Maysfield
W. C. Freeman
Walter White
Billy Gleason
M. L. Harper
McCloskey Hospital
Harper
William H Shepperd Visits Cameron as Personnel Official
William H. Shepperd a personnel man at Rockdale Works was a business visitor in Cameron on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Shepperd
Rockdale Works
Cameron
Banquet Honoring Yoe High FFA Chapter Members
The Future Farmers of Cameron High held their annual parents and son banquet in the Yoe High School gym drawing about two hundred attendees. Jimmy Markham gave the invocation, with opening remarks by chapter officers and welcome by Billy Reddchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoe High Ffa
C. H. Yoe
Cameron High
Jimmy Markham
Billy Reddchase
Carroll Wm. Boecker
Bill Brooks
FFA
Johnny Gelner
Measles and Chickenpox Surge in County Health Report
In the weekly report for March 21 Dr. E. S. Freeman notes 28 flu cases in the prior week. Chickenpox rises to seven cases, measles eight, plus eight strep throat, three syphilis and one gonorrhea case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Freeman
Swift Fuchs Entered Trustee Election in Cameron ISD Race
The Cameron Independent School District trustee race gained momentum as petitions placed incumbents Dr. Clifford Swift and Leo Fuchs on the ballot. Five candidates now enter: Swift, Fuchs, H. G. Chamberlain, Charles Brady, and H. B. Pressley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Independent School Board
Clifford Swift
Leo Fuchs
Swift
Fuchs
H. G. Chamberlain
Charles Brady
H. B. Pressley
Sharp High School Boys Visit Herald
The Cameron Herald hosted a visit by Sharp High School sopho more class boys led by teacher James E. Luckey. The group toured the plant and watched machinery demonstrations with participants Marvin Nemec Homes Talber B L Cook Terry Shelton James Janke Billy Gene Piske Garlon Lawrence Jr Lee R Kohring Glen Bean and Franklin Kraatz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Herald
Sharp High School
James E. Luckey
Marvin Nemec
Homes Talber
B. L. Cook
Terry Shelton
James Janke
Billy Gene Piske
Garlon Lawrence Jr
Lee R. Kohring
Glen Bean
Franklin Kraatz
Milam County Schools To Stage Puppet Show On Health
Milam County elementary schools will host a puppet show titled Jack's Friend Herbert from April 1 to 8. The program, funded by the State Health Department and County Health Unit with Good Teeth Council for Children, promotes dental health as part of overall health and school success through humor and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Herbert
Milam County
State Department of Health
Division of Dental Health
Good Teeth Council For Children
Chicago
Cameron ISD Trustees Thank Patrons for Support
Dr Clifford Swift president notes Cameron Independent School District trustees express appreciation to patrons and voters for the recent school tax and bond election. They acknowledge responsibility in the upcoming building and expansion program and seek continued goodwill and confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Swift
Cameron Independent School District
Herald Office
Mortimer Honored with Bronze Star in Korea
Mrs. Helen C. Mortimer of Cameron learns that her son Sgt. Monroe Mortimer has received the Bronze Star for outstanding service in the Korean War zone. He joined the service in September 1952, serves with the 17th Infantry, and is a Yoe high school graduate with local friends proud of his award. His brother Cpl. James Mortimer serves in Korea with 519 Company, Military Battalion. another brother, Set. Fred Mortimer, returned home last year after several months in Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen C. Mortimer
Route 8
Cameron
Monroe Mortimer
Korea
Mortimer
17Th Infantry
Sgt
Yoe High School
Cpl
James Mortimer
519
Fred Mortimer
Lord Anna Peed
Bridgett
Realtor Title Conferred on Jack Tumlinson in Cameron
On Wednesday Jack W. Tumlinson was designated a Realtor after meeting all requirements of the State National Associations of Real Estate Boards. The title reflects adherence to a strict ethics code set by the National Association of Real Estate Boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack W. Tumlinson
Associations of Real Estate Boards
Cameron
National Association of Real Estate Boards
A-2C James Pratt Returns From Alaska on Furlough
A-2C James Pratt, after a year in Alaska with the Army Air Corps, returns home on a 20 day furlough. He has served two years and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Pratt of Milano. Upon furlough completion he will report to Pilot Training School at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Pratt
Alaska
Army Air Corps
Pratt
C. F. Pratt
Milano
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
PVT POSIVAL AT HOME ON FURLOUGH
Pvt Melvin Posival son of Mr and Mrs F J Posival of Cameron is home on furlough. He is stationed at Fort Bliss where he received basic training and will be assigned to Fort Louis when furlough ends. He entered the service November 13 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Posival
Melvin Posival
F. J. Posival
Cameron
Fort Bliss
Fort Louis
Raymondville Visitors Stay in Cameron Homes
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Gillenwater and children and Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Swayze, all of Raymondville, were recent guests in the homes of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Jones and Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Stockwell in Cameron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Gillenwater
H. H. Swayze
Raymondville
A. E. Jones
L. K. Stockwell
Cameron
Yoo Hich Baseball Schedule Announced
The Cameron Yeo men’s game with Waco High moved to Waco due to a misunderstanding and carnival at the ball park. The remaining schedule lists March 31 Gatesville here, April 1 Temple there, April 2 Gatesville here, April 8 Temple here, April 14 Killeen here, April 21 Georgetown here, April 24 Taylor here, April 28 Rockdale there, May 1 Belton there, and May 6 Rosebud there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Yeomen
Waco High
Waco
Ball Park
Gatesville
Temple
Killeen
Georgetown
One-Act Plays Set For March District Meet
Miss Mary Jean Pounds announces the District Interscholastic League one act plays to be staged Thursday and Friday March 26 and 27 in Yee High Gym. Participants include Belton Georgetown Taylor Baker Jr. High Austin University Jr. High Rosebud and Cameron. Seven plays total with four on Thursday and three on Friday. Shows begin at 7:00 p m and admission costs 50 cents. A judge from Sam Houston State Junior College will evaluate performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jean Pounds
Yee High
Belton
Georgetown
Taylor, Baker Jr. High
Austin
University Jr. High
Rosebud
Cameron
Sam Houston State Junior College
Gingham and Khaki Party Planned by FHA FFA at Yoe High
A March 31 family night at Yoe High sponsored by the FHA and FFA chapters invites all students and families. The event at 8:00 p m features a talent show and games with gingham dresses and khakis encouraged. Junior, Chapter, and State degrees will be awarded to Future Homemakers who earned them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FHA
FFA
Yoe High
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Armed Services
Charles FE. Allred
Buffalo St
Laurenceburg
Tenn
Bolivia
Hera
W. T. Hanes
S. M. Layfield
Theo Fuchs
Henry Leibman
Johnny Andres
Earl Curtis
Board of Trustees
Jack Tumlinson
Yoo Hich
Party For Families
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