Yee Graduation Exercises Set For May 30 At 8 Pm
Seventy six seniors will graduate in Yee High School ceremonies on the athletic field May 30 at 8 p m. The program opens with Some Day My Prince Will Come and Triumphal March. Speakers include Yvonne Storey Lillie Ann Jekel John Carroll Russell Ann Wimberly Frances Michalka Wayne Fisher Sanford Layfield and others. diplomas to be awarded by Dr Clifford Swift.
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Yee
Prince
Morey Churchill
Yee High School
Francis Cox
Yvonne Storey
Texas
Lillie Ann Jekel
John Carroll Russell
Rimsky-Korsakov
Ann Wimberly
Frances Michalka
Wayne Fisher
Sanford M. Layfield
W. T. Hanes
Clifford Swift
Cameron School Board
Mendelssohn
Reverend Goertz To Speak At Yoe Baccalaureate May 29
Yoe High School plans baccalaureate on Sunday May 29 at 8 pm at the athletic field. The program opens with the Yoe Band playing Triumphal March led by Clark and directed by Francis Cox. Dr Mark C. Magers gives the invocation, the choir sings Holy Holy Holy, and the Norweigian Folk Song In Heaven Above is performed by the band with the high school chorus singing I Am A Poor Wayfaring Stranger. Reverend Bernard Goertz of St. Mary's Catholic Church Temple delivers the sermon, followed by Aubrey Russell giving the benediction and a Mendelssohn recessional War March of the Priests.
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Yee High School
Clark
Yoe High School
Francis Cox
Mark C. Magers
First Methodist Church
Halls of Ivy
Russell Knight
W. T. Hanes
Bernard Goertz
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Temple
Aubrey Russell
First Baptist Church
Mendelssohn
Drayton McLane Elected Director of FUSWGA
Cameron Texas resident Drayton McLane of The McLane Company was elected to the Board of Directors of the United States Wholesale Grocers Association at the group’s annual Miami Beach convention. The four day meeting featured leading speakers and exhibits from manufacturers and suppliers focused on helping independent neighborhood grocers offer low prices and strong service.
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Drayton McLane
McLane
Cameron
Texas
United States Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Miami Beach
Florida
August Kunz Attends Catholic Knights Convention in St Louis
Mr and Mrs August Kunz returned to Cameron after attending the 32nd Annual Supreme Convention of the Catholic Knights of America in St Louis Missouri The convention ran four days ending May 18 Kunz is president of the Texas State Council of Catholic Knights of America prior to the meeting the couple visited their son and his family in Chicago Illinois
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August Kunz
St. Louis
Missouri
Cameron
Supreme Convention of the
Catholic Knights of America
Kunz
Texas State Council of
Pool opens for summer with renovations and new hours
Managers Hawkins and Michalka report strong turnout at the pool as the season begins. The facility has been refurbished with paint and minor repairs and initial hours are 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. daily, expanding to 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays starting May 30 and 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Plans include a patio with umbrellas and redwood tables. Swimming lessons are in planning, with dates to be announced.
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Joe Hawkins
Lawrence Michalka
Chamber of Commerce
Hawkins
Michalka
Buckholts Graduation Held May 23
Buckholts high school graduates held Baccalaureate Services at Hope Lutheran Church on May 22 with Rev. John Pietsch leading prayers and student songs. Commencement followed May 23 in the Buckholts gym with Rev. H E Beseda Jr as speaker and a program featuring salutatory and valedictorian addresses, class history, and prophesy.
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Buckholts
Buckholts High School
Hope Luthern
Costa
John Pietsch
George Nelson
C. B. Schrank
Walter Hagemeister
H. E. Beseda, Jr
Rosenberg
Texas
E. J. Burkes
Council Endorses New Parking Rules
Councilmen unanimously pass ed the Police Committee recommendation report in its entirety. The $4.00 monthly parking permit is recorded and a special meeting was proposed to pass another amendment to the Parking Meter Ordinance allowing a 25 cent fine if paid within two hours. New mandatory restrictions include officers not handling violator coins, tickets issued at time of violation, mayor power to grant temporary parking privileges, legal department enforcement of unpaid tickets, and only the mayor may excuse any wrongly issued tickets. The meeting also covered surveying compensation for Mondrik property exchange and alleys opened with Postmaster John Hays for mail delivery near Highway 77 and Crockett street.
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Police Committee
City Legal
Corporation Court
Milton Schiller
O. B. Horstmann
Hillyer
Mondrik Exchange
John Hays
Highway 77
Crockett Street
Catholics Yee Graduates to be Honored Sunday
Twenty five Yee High School seniors who belong to Saint Monica's Catholic Church will be honored at the 7:30 Mass. Rev. George Duda will lead the service as graduates wear caps and gowns and receive communion.
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Yee High School
Saint Monica’s Catholic Church
George Duda
Rev H Brown Leaves Cameron for Los Angeles Job
Reverend Harsh J. Brown resigns after serving since August 1952 at the First Christian Church. He will become Program Director for the All Peoples Community Center in Los Angeles, an interracial center serving ages six to sixty with athletics crafts English classes and a day nursery. He recalls fond memories of Cameron Texas as he begins this new role in California.
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Harsh J. Brown
First Christian Church
United Christian Missionary Society of the
Disciples of Christ
All Peoples Community Center
Los Angeles
California
Brown
Texas
Cameron
Thirteen Graduate From St Anthony School
Thirteen eighth graders at Saint Anthony School received diplomas at the Sunday Mass led by Sister Paul. Rev George Duda presented certificates and awards with Roger Terry earning highest mark and first place. Patricia Anderla won second. Raymond Tepera and Albert Hoelscher took third and fourth. The class had ten boys and three girls: Albert Hoelscher Roger Terry Raymond Tepera Johnny Tepera Newton Barton John David Thompson Paul Winkler Anton Riesner Alton Moran Charles Matula Ellen Marie Zarosky Patricia Anderla Catherine Absnaider.
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Saint Anthony School
Paul
George Duda
St. Moniga’s Church
Roger Terry
Patricia Anderle
Raymond Tepera
Albert Hoelscher
Johnny Tepera
Newton Barton
John David Thompson
Paul Winkler
Anton Riesner
Alton Moran
Charles Matula
Ellen Marie Zarosky
Patricia Anderla
Catherine Absnaider
Michalkas Visit Parents During Weekend
Patsy and LaVerne Michalka visited their parents Mr and Mrs Ralph Michalka over the weekend. Patsy works as secretary for Herman Yezak in the Legislature and LaVerne is employed in the State Comptroller’s Office.
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Patsy
LaVerne Michalka
Ralph Michalka
Herman Yezak
LaVerne
State Comptrollers
Mrs Richter Attends Temple Hair Style Clinic
Mrs Bill Richter attended a noon luncheon at Temple where beauty operators from the area gathered for an all day Hair Style Clinic hosted by Temple operators. Richter owns and operates Richter's Beauty Shop in town.
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Bill Richter
Sharp Wins Soffball Games at Rockdale
Sharp defeated Christians 4 to 2 on Monday at Rockdale in a softball game. Sharp then beat Alcoa 2 to 0 Thursday at Rockdale, maintaining the win sequence.
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Sharp
Christians
Rockdale
Alcoa
Cameron Future Farmers Win Third in Poultry Judging
Cameron Future Farmer team won third place in the poultry judging division at the FFA contest at Texas A&M College. Members were Johnny Jedlicke Jimmy Smuth and Kenneth Harbor under R Thompson. Other division winners included Dairy Cattle Kyle Dairy products Pittsburg Meat Lubbock Livestock Stinnett. Kenneth Harbor placed ninth individually with a 649 score.
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Cameron Future Farmers
Cameron Future Farmer
Future Farmers of America
Texas A&m
Johnny Jedlicke
Jimmy Smuth
Kenneth Harbor
R. Thompson
Yee High School
Cameron
Kyle
Pittsburg
Lubbock
Stinnett
Leon Eckhoff
San Saba
Don Colby
Abilene
Dale Burnett
Sweetwater
Jimmy Stewart
Llano
Teddy Jackson
Decatur
Duda Assists in Conferring Ad Altare Dei Honors
Rev. James J. O'Brien, CSC, conferred the Ad Altare Dei Cross on eleven Explorer and three Boy Scouts at St. Edward's University High School Chapel in Austin. Assisting was Rev. George J. Duda, Diocesan Scout Chaplain and St. Monica's Cameron pastor, with Benediction led by Father Duda and the Vincent Hall Schola Choir providing music.
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James J. O’brien
CSC
St. Edward’s University High School
Father O’brien
Louis J. Reicher
Austin
Father Duda
Vincent Hall
St. Edward’s University
Twenty Five Businesses Join Cameron Chamber of Commerce
Twenty five firms have joined the Cameron Chamber of Commerce in the past two weeks. With only half the membership contacts completed, the drive extends to May 27 to finish outreach and bolster local progress. Members listed include Cameron Modern Courts, Mc Atee Service Station, Michalka Service Station, Irene's Beauty Shop, and others.
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Cameron Chamber of Commerce
Cameron
Cameron Modern Courts
McAtee
Michalka
Irene
J. D. Matula
Holloway Laundry
Loraine Arnold
John A. Smith
S. M. Layfield
Pat Sanders
Fred Carroll
Longmire
Central Butane Co
Bush Construction Co
Wiederman
Harris
Ivan Creek
Kathrine
J. D. Moore
Cameron Livestock
Wiley Loughmiller
Young Texans
A. L. Raymond
Clements Heating
Cotton insect control payments at Lubbock Station 1954
In 1954 the Lubbock Experiment Station paid up to 108.33 dollars per acre for early-season cotton insect control. The note highlights experimental funding levels and regional agricultural practice in Texas.
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Lubbock Experiment Station
Stolen Money Recovered By Sheriff Black
Sheriff Carl Black arrested sixteen suspects last week to recover about $900 stolen from Mrs J F Martin on Friday the thirteenth. The gang leader allegedly directed the theft while a two man car crew used ruses to gain entry at North Crockett. Martin said a work crew companion waved in and they fled toward Beaumont after the theft.
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Carl Black
J. F. Martin
Black
Ada Henderson Promotion Slated May 30
Ada Henderson eighth graders will be honored at promotion exercises on Monday May 30 Principal Wiley Loughmiller announced the program begins with a student led prayer followed by a United Daughters of the Confederacy award of 5 to one student American Legion awards will be presented by Robert Glenn and are voted by the student body perfect attendance certificates will be handed out before promotion certificates and honors are announced
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Ada Henderson
Wiley Loughmiller
United Daughters of the Confederacy
American Legion
Robert Glenn
the Legion
S. M. Layfield
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Jean Bradbury
Mary Helen Braden
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Hazel Annette Butler
Maurene D Carlisle
Lela Rae Clark
Martha Dodson
Yvonne Gill
Nancy Grabein
Imelda Hanel
Joyce Hertenberger
Rudolphine Hoelscher
Nan Hubert
Emily Ann Hubnik
Marilee Hughen
Rose Marie Janek
Ethel Mae Jistel
Barbara Johnson
Billie Nell Johnson
Catherine Krenek
Wilma Dean Kruemcke
Eunice Kleiber
Nancy Kubish
Alice Lucko
Joyce Lavern Magee
Frances Ann Michalka
Patsy Ruth Mullinax
Nita Nabours
Joann H. Petmecky
Mary Ann Pilling
Billie Price
Bobbie Price
Goertz
Fuswga
Jesus
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DeMonte
Marche Pontificale
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Charles Lee Obermiller
Grace Stoebner
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Corrine Mekush
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the Commission
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Snell Tomasek
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George Weide
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Dorothy Handle
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Helen Svetlik
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Safeway
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Lawrence John Kostrom
Donald William Mees
Oseph Michalka
Albert Frank Mondrik
Newcastle
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St. Anthony School
Mrs. Richter
Blinn
Blinn College
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