Sharp High School Banquet Has Paint Town Red Theme
The junior-senior banquet at Sharp High School was held at the Kyle Hotel in Temple with the theme Paint the Town Red using black and red decorations. Centerpieces featured phonograph records and program participants included Mary Belle Batte and others. Locals visiting relatives in Belton and Amarillo were noted along with plans to visit Austin for a weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharp High School
Kyle Hotel
Temple
Mary Belle Batte
Dorothy Hargrove
Florene Love
Ernestine Winfrey
Joyce Ann Dodd
Gwendolyn Taylor
Gloria Brown
Marilyn Petty
Maysfield Family Hosts Visitors Across Generations
Weekend guests visited from Freeport and San Marcos to Buckholts and Temple as Mrs Vina White hosted three generations. Relatives included Mr and Mrs Tommy Gleason with children, Mr and Mrs Nolan Womble, Mrs Dock Thweatt family, and guests from Philadelphia and Del Rio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vina White
Doris Gleason
Freeport
Tommy Gleason
San Marcos
Pat Gleason
Mercy
Ft. Worth
St Loum
Nolan Womble
Ed Couch
Dock Thweatt
Henry Ashcraft
Maude Bullock
Buckholts
Tommy McNeil
Temple
Dock
CYO Enjoys Hayride On McDermott Farm
Cameron CYO members held a hayride at McDermott farm near Marlow last week. About 55 youths participated in the event, one of several summer activities planned, with Father Alfred Kallus and Mr and Mrs Oscar Zotz accompanying the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Cyo
McDermott
Marlow
Alfred Kallus
Oscar Zotz
WSCS Cameron Meet Draws Tracy Attendees
Mrs Florence Spiegel reports Tracyites attended the Bess Triggs WSCS zone meeting at the Cameron Methodist Church. Guests staying with Mr and Mrs Lenza Caffey include Fred Green and family and Lenza Caffey Jr and family. Reverend Malford Heirholzer to preach at the Cameron church Sunday. Four Milam County 4H members accompany to the 1959 District 8 training camp at Pres Rio May 27–29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Modesette
Otie Charlies
Bess Triggs
Methodist Church
Cameron
Lenza Caffey
Fred Green
Lenza Caffey Jr
Lockhart
Bob Davis
Texas A&m
Jay Davis
Knippa
Berenice Charles
Milam County
Joyce Fuchs
LaNell Moran Cameron
Jeanette Fuchs
Buckbolts
Gloria Ely
Gause
Pres Rio
Glen Rose
Burlington Youth Recognized For Essay On Texas A&M
Stanley Wied of Burlington received a certificate of merit for writing one of the best essays titled Texas A M What It Means to Me. The award honors young writers for thoughtful reflections on education and future study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Wied
Burlington
Texas A&m
Wiley Garrett Earns Rockefeller Fellowship for Plant Pathology
Wiley N Garrett, Texas A&M graduate and Rosebud native, is named a Rockefeller Foundation Research Fellow. He pursues a PhD at the University of Minnesota, researching genetic variation in the wheat stem rust fungus. The fellowship provides 5880 dollars annually and allows six credit hours per semester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley N Garrett
Texas A&m College
University of Minnesota
Rockefeller Foundation
Garrett
Rosebud
Buckholts Runs Summer Homemaking Education Program
The Buckholts Homemaking Department under Mrs. C. P. Vickery will run a June summer program. Nineteen girls are enrolled for group and individual projects and will earn high school credit. The Homemaking Cottage opens Wednesdays and Fridays 9 am to 4 pm for adults and students to seek assistance or use equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckholts Homemaking Department
C. P. Vickery
University of Texas grants for 50 teachers summer institute
Adolph A Kretschmar is among fifty high school teachers awarded study grants to attend the fourth Summer Institute for Science and Mathematics Teachers at the University of Texas from June 16 to August 20. Each recipient gets 75 dollars weekly plus 15 dollars weekly per dependent up to four and travel allowances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Adolph A. Kretschmar
University of Texas
Baptist Pastor Attends Southern Convention in Louisville
The Rev. Melburn Sibley pastor of Little Miver Baptist Church attended the Southern Baptist Convention in Louisville Kentucky during the past week. The item lists social visits by local residents including Mr and Mrs T B Stidham and others visiting relatives in Marlin Cameron and Buck with brief notes on travel and recuperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melburn Sibley
Little Miver Baptist Church
Southern Baptist Convention
Louisville
Miss McDermott Named Editor Of Baylor Lariat 1959 60
Miss Madeleine McDermott of Texas City has been elected editor of the Baylor University Lariat for the 1959 60 term. She is a Baylor junior to begin in September and serves on the publications board and in national journalism circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeleine McDermott
Texas City
Lariat
Baylor University
Miss McDermott
S. H. McDermott Jr
S. H. McDermott
L. L Blaylock
Cameron
Faculty of
Baylor
School
Board of Publications
Publications and the Publications Board
National Journalism Organization
Alpha Omega Club
Burlington LeRoy Gralls Visit Family
A string of visits and relatives marked the Burlington LeRoy Gralls in town and surrounding areas. Houston guests LeRoy Grall and family were joined by Henrietta Hagerty for a time in Burlington. Cowboys and kin from Dallas, Cameron, Tyler, and other cities appeared for church, reunions, and college events. Relatives sent invitations for John Stoebner of Dallas to graduate from the UT Medical Branch in Galveston May 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Grall
Houston
Henrietta Hagerty
Celia McSherry
Dallas
Bobby Krause
Temple
Scott and White Hopital
John Stoebner
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston
Alfred Stoebner
Sharp Students Tour Houston Pasadena Area
Fifth to eighth grade students from Sharp school toured Houston and Pasadena last Wednesday. They visited Hermann Park Zoo and the Battleship Texas at San Jacinto Battle Grounds, then passed through the Washburn tunnel on the return trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharp
Houston
Pasadena
Sharp School
Hermann Park
Texas
San Jacinto Battle Grounds
Insecticides Save Cotton Despite Lack of Modern Chemicals
The U S Department of Agriculture reports that without insecticides cotton growers would lose almost one pound of seed cotton for every three pounds produced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S Department of Agriculture
Newman Club Honors Mary Ellen Richter
Miss Mary Ellen Richter has been honored by the Newman Club at the University of Texas for contributing most to the club. A second semester pharmacy major, she was elected secretary for the fall semester and is active in the Pharmaceutical Association the Legion of Mary and other campus groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newman Club
Mary Ellen Richter
University of Texas
Miss Richter
The
Pharmaceutical Association
Legion of Mary
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W. E. Brown
Ronnie
Lane
Belton
Charlie Dunran
E. C Brown
Hicks Garner i
Maysfield
Richard Haynes
del Rio
Johnny Yates
Arsene Reider
Philadelphia
Penn
J. P Wise
H. G. Newton
Susie Butts
Tyler
Shreveport
Atlanta
Billy Newton
Cyo
McDermott Farm
Tracy
Florence Spiegel
Burlington Youth
Pearl Brewing Co
San Antonio
Wiley Garrett
Adolph A. Krestschmar
Jones Prairie
Kentucky
T. B. Stidham
Ernest Ballerstolt
Wayland Atkinson
E.S. Corley
Marlin
Clarence Crook
Ray Tucker
Tucker
V.A
W. A. Atkinson
Susie
Henry Church
Grace Rogers
Thomas Burnett
A. L. Burnett
Harry White
Walter Senkel
Les Daniels
Buck
J. W. Drennan
Charles Burnett
Bryan
W. B. Burnett
Jehn Caplan
LeRoy Gralls
John Ward
George Logan Sr
J. S. Logan
Axtell
Rob Logan
Gurdon, Ark
Lee Logan
Curtis, Ark
Clifton Logan
Ross Carter
Gurdon
Fritz Wied
Otto Wied
Fritz Schwarzing
Ben Arnold
College Station
A&m College
Stanley
J. J. Foshea
Jeff Foshea Sr
Gerald
Terrel Prescott
Waco
Prescott
Robert Bayles
Baptist Church
Blas Ozona
Herman Schulz
Lanier Schulz
Killeen
John Martin
Hugh
Charlie Aigner
Edmund Aigner
Ruth Driscoll
Bobby Wied
Encinal
Tim Gleason
Randy Gleason
Frank Gleason
Mary Gleason
St. Louis, Mo
Studebaker
America
Harper's Bazaar
Rosenberg Motors
Studebaker Trucks
Cameron, Texas
Washburn Tunnel
Bill Perce
A. C. Hamten
Ray Green
Nelson Davis
E. B. Baggett
L. L. Worley
Raymond Rochter
Leroy Laffere
Robert Ottmer
Ervin Taylor
Garlon Lawrence
Cameron Herald
Dodson
Eddie Dodson
Yesteryear
Sevpes
National Bank
Svee.us
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