Milam County Faces Federal Aid for Water Hyacinth Fight
Milam County officials consider a federal offer to fund 70 percent of a water hyacinth and alligator weed eradication program with the county supplying 30 percent. The inquiry from the Corps of Engineers raises concerns about government overreach and Big Brother imagery, amid questions of national versus local funding for aquatic weed control.
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Big Brother
Milam County
George Orwell
Orwell
Corps of Engineers
Department of Army
Nikita Khrushchev
Cameron FFA Members Attend Area III Convention at Blinn College
Cameron FFA chapter members attended the Area III Texas Association Convention at Blinn College on May 15 46. Attendees included Pat Kelley advisor Rudolph Mayer and Oscar Skala state farmer candidates.
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Cameron
FFA
Texas Association
Blinn College
Pat Kelley
Rudolph Mayer
Oscar Skala
Weather Notes Predict Fair Weekend With Scattered Showers
The weatherman forecasts continuing fair weather through Saturday with a chance of scattered showers by Sunday. Temperatures last week ranged from 59 to 91 degrees with highs near 80 to 91 and lows from 62 to 71.
Two Injured In Two Car Collision Near US 77
Police report a two car crash at the east city limits of US 77 injuring two Wednesday. Sheriff Luther B Person and Preston Amos Tyler collided as Tyler turned from US 77. Mrs Annie Tyler suffered facial cuts and a broken hip and was treated at Newton Hospital. The cause remains under investigation with no tickets issued. Tyler's 1949 Ford was totaled and the sheriff's car damaged.
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US 77
Chester Simons
Luther B. Person
Lampasas County
Preston Amos Tyler
Rt. 3
Cameron
Annie Tyler
Newton Hospital
Simons
Raymond Thornton
Bell County
Tyler
Person
Carl Black
Walter Malone
B. L. Miller
County Farm
Directors Reelect Schiller as NM United Fund President
The North Milam County United Fund directors re elected E G Schiller Jr as president and named Drayton McLane as first vice president Henry Schuttle Jr as second vice president and Henry Liebman as treasurer for the 1959 drive. Agencies include Red Cross Salvation Army Girl Scouts Boy Scouts Heart Fund Library and Area Charities. The drive begins in October with per capita figures comparing local and state averages.
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North Milam County United Fund
E. G. Schiller Jr
Drayton McLane
Henry Schuttle, Jr
Henry Liebman
North Milam County
Texas United Fund, Inc
United Funds
North Milam
Waco Golfer Wins Cameron Tourney
Jake Lagrove shot a 74 Sunday to win Cameron's 33rd annual Golf Tournament at Cameron Country Club. Waco players Bateman Newlam and Ox Darby took second with 75, while Red Cruse led the first flight with 77 and multiple Waco finalists rounded out early divisions.
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Jake Lagrove
Cameron
Cameron's
T. Bateman
Kenny Newlam
Waco
Ox Darby
Caldwell
S. Red Cruse
Arnold Cheday
Joe Browder
P. Baumgardner
J. W. Parker
Open House At St Edward's Hospital Cameron
About 200 Cameron residents attended an open house at St Edward's Hospital Cameron Sunday afternoon. Wives of staff doctors led tours through admissions records kitchen and labs to surgical obstetric and nursing areas ending with refreshments on the third floor. Hospital officials said such events let the public see hospital services without needing to be patients.
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St. Edward's Hospital
Cameron
T. E. Crump
S. H. Richardson
C. G. Swift
E. O. Smith
T. C. Green
Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
Negro Faces Charge After Break-Ins Near Cameron Airport
James Ray Holland, about 25, of Bryan, faces county court charges for entering the Airport Bar in Cameron and a Thorndale garage. Sheriff Black said breakins were reported May 13 in Thorndale with losses from Cameron Airport and Rodenbeck's Garage. About $27 in cash was taken from the Thorndale garage, and jukebox change and cigarettes were taken from the Cameron bar. Holland was picked up in Hempstead by authorities.
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James Ray Holland
Bryan
Thorndale
Carl Black
Cameron
Rodenbeck
Black
Cameron Council approves N Jackson and 10th 18th St paving bids
City Council awarded about 19000 for a three block street project on North Jackson from Sixth to 18th Street and two blocks on East 18th Street to Slough Construction Co. Walter Wallace to install curb and gutter on 10th Street. Paving costs set at 58 to 69 cents per square yard.
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Cameron
N. Jackson
10Th
18Th Sts
Slough Construction Co
Temple
North Jackson
18Th St
East 18Th St
10Th St
Walter Wallace
Cameron Cement
B.L. Miller
Bennie Archer
18Th
Jackson Streets
Sebesta Dies At Home and Rites Friday in Cameron
Emil Sebesta 67 died at his Cameron home May 13. Funeral services were held Friday at St Monica Catholic Church with Rev. Alfred Kallus officiating and burial in St Monica cemetery. Survivors include three sons Albert Bryan Alvin Ernest and daughters Mrs R W Texas San Antonio and Mrs Marvin Pos vital and Mrs Charles McDermott Cameron. Also a brother J J Sebesta Tomball and three sisters plus 11 grandchildren. Active pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers named from local community.
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Emil Sebesta
Cameron
St Monica Catholic Church
Alfred Kallus
St. Monica
Marek-Burns Funeral
Albert Sebesta
Bryan
Alvin Sebesta
Giddings
Ernest Sebesta
Fort Worth
R. W. Texas
San Antonio
Marvin Posival
Charles McDermott
J. J Sebesta
Tomball Texas
Joe Ulric
Wiemar
Emelia Mikus
Callahan
Henry Marhart
Bill Crenan
Willie Mees
EL. Wied
Carl Black
Henry Richter
C. O. Angell
Joe Hickman
Roy Barmor
Bartle Crenan
Erskine McDermott
H F. Smith
A. K. Gurecky
Seraphine Wobb
Jaycee Dinner Installs Cameron Officers and Awards
Harold Lehrmann regional vice-president of the Texas Jaycees installed Cameron Junior Chamber officers at a Friday dinner at The Texan. Surprise awards went to John Schigut for Rookie of the Year and Don G. Humble for the Santa Pals project. Guests included delegations from Waco and McGregor.
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Harold Lehrmann
Texas Jaycees
Cameron
The
Texan
John Schigut
Jaycee
Don G. Humble
Lehrmann
McGregor
Jaycees
Richard Williams
Texas Jaycee
Schigut
Robert Zarosky
Frank Luecke
Frank Reed
Bill Crockett
Henry Schuttle
Williams
Crockett
Humble
Waco
Last Rites Held For G. W. Baskin
Funeral services were held for G. W. Baskin 77 at the Chapel of Green Funeral Home with burial in Walkers Creek Cemetery. Baskin a retired farmer lived in Milam County all his life born in Alabama May 31 1881 survived by a wife two sons Hicks and Jake Baskin four daughters A L Miller Lola Brashear Annie Burnette and Barney Brashear two brothers Frank and Clarence Baskin a sister Mary McCoy 21 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
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G. W. Baskin
Chapel of Green
Baskin
Houston
Walkers Creek
Milarm County
Alabama
Hicks Baskin
Jake Baskin
A. L. Miller
Lola Brashear
Cameron
Annie Burnette
Kingsville
Barney Brashear
Frank Baskin
Clarence Baskin
Mary McCoy
Knox Miller Is New Test Near Davilla
The Milam County wild cat drill near Davilla, in the Miguel Davilla Survey, has a new test named Knox Miller Jr. No. 1 Clyde H. Moore reports in the San Antonio Express editor Nancy Heard’s Friday column. Permit depth is 1500 feet.
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Milam County
Knox Miller, Jr
Clyde H. Moore
San Antonio Express Or
Nancy Heard
Davilla
Cameron Chamber Maps Storefront Modernization Plan
The Cameron Chamber civic improvement committee met with Binswanger Co. consultants to study storefront modernization for downtown Cameron. Dallas Fauser outlined a plan to talk with proprietors, sketch ideas, and present designs using slide images, with free architectural service and follow up meetings.
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Cameron Chamber
Cameron
Binswanger Co
Houston
Binswanger
J. B. Harris
Austin
Frank P Fauser
J. E. McHenry
Libby- Owens-Ford Glass
Dallas Fauser
Chamber
Richard Moseley
St Anthony Grade Graduates Set for Sunday Mass
St Anthony School will close for the summer with eighth grade graduates receiving their diplomas at 7 30 a m mass at St Monica Catholic Church Sunday.
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St. Anthony School
St Monica Catholic Church
Hog Breeders Field Day Set Saturday in Cameron
A hog breeder field day will be held in Cameron on Saturday May 23 with a tour starting from Simon George Hall from 8 until 11 30 am.
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Cameron
Simon George Hall
Play Begins Monday in Summer Baseball League
Eldon Butte announces a meeting set last Friday to organize the Summer Baseball Program with the Babe Ruth and Little League divisions. Five Little League teams and four Babe Ruth squads feature named coaches and players as financing plans, seating upgrades, and a field supply outline the season.
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Eldon Butte
Ioof Colts
Cats
Owls
Batte
Cameron Coca Cola Bottling Co
Ernest Green Dies After Long Illness in Rosebud
Ernest E. Green a Rosebud resident of 60 years died after an extended illness at 7 30 am Wednesday in Rosebud Funeral services were pending at presstime He is survived by two daughters Ernestine Green and Mrs Bill Bailey of Tulsa and four brothers A N Green Leland Green John C Green and Leslie Green of Lubbock Cameron and Rosebud locations not specified in full.
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Ernest E. Green
Rosebud
Ernestine Green
Bill Bailey
Tulsa
Okla
A. N. Green
Leland Green
Cameron
John C Green
Leslie Green
Lubbock
Frame House Burns On Twelth Street
A frame house at 805 W 12th Street burned to the ground Tuesday evening at 6 05 pm. Miss Minnie Wesley escaped with an oil stove that started the fire while she was cooking. The house was owned by the Cox estate.
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12Th St
Minnie Wesley
Inside Editorial Special Features Graduates Spotlight
A school feature showcases graduates from Cameron Buckholts Sharp and Milano High Schools with portraits and brief bios. The piece highlights alumni achievements and post graduation plans in a period newspaper tone.
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Cameron, Buckholts
Sharp
Milano
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Earl McGoldrick
Richard Wilkinson
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Charles Staley
James Packer
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Carol Kennon
Greg Wallace
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