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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1968
Page
1
City UK Board prepares to sign a contract with an engineer amid a wave of modernization moves. The piece notes ongoing community activities including a large scout expo at the Armory with hundreds of Brownies and Girl Scouts and international instruction, set against daylight saving time debates and local civic concerns.
Several hundred Milam County residents toured 15 or more Scout exhibits at the National Guard Armory as the President Award and multiple first place honors were awarded to units from Cameron Rockdale and Calvert. Judges led by Scout Executive Bill Storey noted exhibits were judged by individual standards with a flag ceremony opening the event. John Clardy of the Heart Of Texas Council attended as an official.
Temple art instructor Bryant Reeves will open a one man show at Cameron Public Library with a reception at 7 p m Friday May 3. The exhibit runs two weeks and is sponsored by the Friends of the Library Art Committee. Reeves has MFA from Instiuto Allende and BA from Abilene Christian College. His acrylic paintings include Pablo Proximo and have been shown in Abilene Temple Houston New York and Washington D C.
Mrs Jerusha Morgan 91 a longtime Milam County resident died in a Cameron rest home last week Funeral services were at 230 pm Saturday in Green s Funeral Home chapel with Rev H M Rowley officiating Interment followed at Oak Hill Cemetery She was born February 4 1887 in Liberty County Texas and is survived by three daughters a son 12 grandchildren 24 great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren Survivor include Mrs George Parker Ra cers Mrs Doc Shannon Houston and Mrs Roy Seaton Cameron Wilburn Morgan Cameron along with four sisters and two brothers
Rev Leo D Nieto director of Migrant Ministry for the Texas Council of Churches will be guest speaker at the May Fellowship luncheon in Cameron Methodist Hall at 12 59 p m Friday May 3. The event hosted by Church Women United features slides on his ministry to agricultural migrant workers and to congregations serving Spanish American heritage communities. A nursery will be provided.
Red Cross recruitment group met at St. Edward Hospital to plan the May 10 bloodmobile visit from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Methodist Fellowship Hall. The goal is 100 pints to reach the usual 71 pint quota. Cameron churches are assigned quotas to bolster supplies. Sisters and area residents urged pledges and donations, with seniors encouraged to participate. Two Cameron youths face leukemia requiring blood.
Dr C G Swift acting director Milam County Health Unit replies to Cong V W Poage about Hunger U S A report. He says Milam needs doctors more than food and notes no malnutrition evidence from 2 128 immunizations and 1 900 home visits while general Milam health is good.
The newly organized St Edward Hospital fund drive board of directors and committees were announced with Robert Ellett as drive chairman. R W Wells is vice chairman and Cameron Industrial Foundation treasurer Dr George Bowman also serves as treasurer.
Milam County hosts the fourth biennial Meet Candidates with focus on unity in Democratic precincts ahead of the primary. Full Democratic sample ballot and candidate resumes appear in Pages 1 through 4B while FiveB lists state wide Republican candidates. Voting runs 8 am to 7 pm with GOP precincts at First Methodist Fellowship Hall and Rockdale High School Cafeteria.
Cameron Urban Renewal Board plans a 10 am Monday signing with Bernard Johnson and Assocs Houston engineers or downtown renewal work for 24 blocks bordered by Fannin Crockett Tyson East Fourth Streets. A second meeting will review the project with downtown business owners and property owners, while planning funds and federal matching funds support a 40 acre area.
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