American Legion selects two Cameron youths for Boys State
Don Howard and Clifford Angell were chosen by the Youth Activities Committee to attend Boys State in Austin from June 5 to 11 at no cost. Angell is son of V L Angell and Howard is son of M L Howard, both of Cameron. The program aims to teach citizenship through active government participation from governor to precinct officer.
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Don Howard
Clifford Angell
American Legion
Boys State
Robert Glenn
Youth Activies Committee
Boys
Austin
V.L. Angell
Route 2
Cameron
Max Howard
Robert Nelson
Wayne Mann
Valon Fogle
Ed Manning
Sim B. Atkinson
Eugene Goldfarb
John Florida
State Draft Quota Up In June for Texas
Texas sets its June draft quota at 549 for the army. Brigadier General Paul L. Wakefield, state Selective Service director, announced the state share of a national quota of 10,000 men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Army
Paul L. Wakefield
Selective Service
Texas
State
Milam Homecoming Set for May 15 in Houston
Milam County’s annual homecoming will be held Sunday May 15 at Eastwood Park 4900 block Harrisburg Blvd Houston. Report says more than 100 Milam residents attend yearly and residents across the county are urged to join.
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Milam County
Houston
Eastwood Park
Harrisburg Blvd
Milam
TP&L Growth in Texas Strikes Record Safety Marks
Texas Power & Light reports 1954 growth across its 52 Texas counties with higher capital investments, revenues, customers, and generating capacity. Construction totaled 28.23 million, pushing five year facilities spend to 92.82 million. 309,822 customers served. 5.25 million manhours with only five lost time injuries in 1954. Industrial plants expanded statewide.
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Texas Power & Light Company
East
Texas
Texas Power & Light
National Safety Council
Korean Air Strategy Taught To Reserve Unit
The Air Reserve Unit held its weekly meeting at the National Guard Armory on Friday at 8 p m. T Sgt Wilkerson led the session on air strategy in the Korean War with a future meeting set for May 6 at 8 p m. Former Air Corps members are invited to contact the local unit for information on the reserve program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Reserve
National Guard
Wilkerson
Air Corps
Groppell Receives Discharge From Air Force
Sgt. Vernon Groppell son of Mr and Mrs Richard Groppell Buckholts received his discharge April 23 after four years service at Lackland AFB San Antonio with the 3700 Hospital Sqdn as an OR Technician He is home on vacation visiting his parents and plans to take an academic course at Baylor University in Waco
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Vernon Groppell
Richard Groppell
Buckholts
U. S. Air Force
Lackland Afb
San Antonio
Groppell
Baylor University
Waco
Small Businessmen To Profit From New Compensation Act
Amendments to the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act would let four to seven employee employers join the system, lower taxes via experience rates, and cut the period to qualify. Governor Shivers estimated the act could save Texas small businessmen about eight and a half million dollars compared with the federal statute. The Berry authored bill, backed by Lane and Lock, aligns with both business and labor groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Allan Shivers
George Berry
Lubbock
Senate
Wardlaw Lane
Center
Ottis Lock
Lufkin
Membership Drive Planned by Cameron Chamber
Jima Wiggs, chairman of the Cameron Chamber of Commerce Membership Committee, announced a two week drive from May 9 to May 20 with over one hundred prospects and a 26 member committee. Leaflets promote free membership with value to the community as the chamber moves to build a better area, but funding shortfalls could limit some programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Burns
Wiggs
Tiny Aphids Destroy Many Texas Flowers
Tiny pests nearly invisible ruin many flowers and harm shrubs and trees in Texas. Look for webbing and leaf stippling as signs. Watering won’t help. control with 3 percent aromite dust or 325-mesh sulphur dust, or wettable sulphur spray.
Rosebud Navy Seaman Joe Farmer 23 Killed in Auto Crash
Joe Bob Farmer 23 formerly of Rosebud and U S Navyman was killed Tuesday in an automobile accident at Elizabeth City North Carolina where he was stationed. The body arrived in Rosebud at 9 40 a m Saturday and funeral services were held 3 p m Sunday at Powers Chapel near Rosebud with Rev W H Koenig of Rose officiating. He is survived by his step father and mother Mr and Mrs C J Lucas of Houston grandparents Mr and Mrs F E Farmer of Rosebud and Mrs D F Hamrick of Houston. His father Richard Hamrick died years ago.
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C. J. Lucas
Houston
F. E. Farmer
Rosebud
D. F. Hamrick
Richard Hamrick
Older Homes May Be Best Buy In New Housing Market
The best buy in housing this year may be an older home built ten, twenty or forty years ago. Modernization is a £12 billion annual business, with 1 million new homes spending matched by upgrades.
Crittenden Family Travel Through Cameron for Louisiana Vacation
Roy Crittenden his wife and two daughters of Arlington Texas visited his grandmother Mrs Maude Crittenden in Cameron on Wednesday en route to Lafayette Louisiana for a two week vacation planned there.
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Roy Crittenden
Arlington Texas
Maude Crittenden
Cameron
Lafayette
Denson Rubac Promoted to Sergeant in Alaska
Denson D. Rubac 21 of Buckholts Route 1 has been promoted to sergeant in the 93rd Anti Aircraft Artillery Battalion stationed in Alaska. He entered the Army in June 1953, trained at Fort Bliss Texas, and arrived in Alaska in December 1953 for cold weather defense duties.
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Denson D. Rubac
F. J. Rubac
Buckholts
Alaska
93Rd
Alaskan
Rubac
Army
Fort Bliss
Texas
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