City Council seeks 187000 bond issue for streets and city hall
The City Council proposes issuing 187000 in bonds to repair business district streets and widen roads, with 112000 for street work, 25000 to repair the old Academy Building for a city hall, and related fiscal notes. The notice omits a fixed tax amount, stating the council may levy needed taxes, with projections showing varying rates and potential extra levies to retire the bonds over 20 years.
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Academy
Herald
McCullin
The
The Beginning or the End movie review discussion
A reader reflects on the atom bomb topic in film. The reviewer finds the subject awesome and terrifying yet considers The Beginning or the End a big entertainment draw with potential moral stakes for viewers and nations. The piece notes the film’s screen debut prompts public questions.
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Lana Turner
van Johnson
Hollywood
Molotov
Bevin
Marshall
England
Joe
Atom
Strong Market Price Will Prevail Here
J L Foster Jr of Foster Produce Company announced the 1947 tomato market will open in Cameron Wednesday. He reports a late crop with No 1 greens due by midweek and a price of 150 pounds for pinks, equating to 7.50 per bushel for tomatoes ready for consumption. A loading shed at the Santa Fe depot boosts handling capacity for car load and truck shipments.
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Cameron
J. L. Foster, Jr
Foster Produce Company
Herald
Foster
Santa Fe
Highway 77
Howell Street
Pension ceiling fails field meet for scouts
83 seniors here get diplomas. The Texas House voted 121 to 14 to submit a constitutional amendment to repeal the $50 million pension ceiling set two years ago. The measure awaits Senate action as criticism of the old age assistance limits grows.
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Texas
Milam Scouts Host June Field Meet at Coffield Diamond
Milam County BSA Heart o Texas Council organizes a ten event field meet for Boy Scouts on Monday June 2 at Coffield Diamond H Friendship ranch. Program starts 1:00 pm with Army truck transport drinks and eats provided. Court of Honor closes the day followed by an open air barbecue for all participants and invited Cub Scouts after.
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Boy Scouts
Milam County
Heart O’ Texas Council
Coffield Diamond H Friendship Ranch
Waco
Cameron School Board Votes for State Aid to Local Schools
The Cameron School Board voted Friday night to switch to state aid to gain higher appropriations and raise teachers pay. Dr. C G Swift said the move avoids steep local tax increases and provides greater state funds under the 1948 per capita apportionment of 55 dollars.
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Cameron
C. G. Swift
Snow and rain mix in new cold wave
Weather forecast says Cameron will be much colder by Thursday morning and Oklahoma will see notable changes as temperatures drop with mixed precipitation described as almost snow in June.
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Cameron
Oklahoma
Farm subsidy cut proposed by Republican committee
The House Appropriations Committee, now Republican controlled, recommended a 32 percent cut in agriculture appropriations raising total reductions to about 2.033 billion dollars of the planned 6 billion across the president's 37.5 billion budget for the coming fiscal year. Democrats led by Rep. Gore of Tennessee condemned the action saying they will push the fight to voters next year. The panel approved 805 million for the agriculture department versus 1.189 billion requested and 1.275 billion current-year outlays, including loan authority and transfers.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
House
Democratic Committee
Rep
Gore
Tennessee
Senate
Committee For the Agriculture Department
Water Works and Sew erage Meeting Draws 69 Delegates
Seventeen central Texas towns sent a delegation to the Central Texas Water Works and Sew erage Association meeting in Cameron at the Cameron Country Club. 69 delegates attended as Mayor McCullin welcomed guests. D. S. Wimberly of the Milam County Health Unit spoke in response, with Clayton Billings of the state health department addressing the group and motion pictures shown. The session was led by President Wade Wooten and the next meeting is set for Temple on June 18.
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Central Texas
Central Texas Water Works and Sewerage Association
Cameron
L. W. Smith
Community Public Service Company
Cameron Country Club
Temple
McCullin
D. S. Wimberly
Milam County Health Unit
Clayton Billings
State Health Department
Wade Wooten
Fox Movietone Film To Show Cameron Bridge Dedication
Fox Movietone will screen films of the Little River bridge and causeway dedication at Cameron Theatre. The Cambridge event opens to traffic on May 17, with the second movie record following Paramount screenings on Sunday and Monday.
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Fox Movietone
Cameron
Little River
Cameron Theatre
Dean White
Paramount
John Richter Dead Pioneer of Cameron Milam County
John Richter 78 longtime Cameron Milam County resident died in Newton Memorial Hospital at 12 30 a m Thursday May 22 after months of illness. Born in Austria in 1869 he came to Texas in 1885 and settled in Ad Hall area engaging in farming and stock raising until 1929. He married Annie Schank in 1890. she died in 1919. Survived by two sons John and Henry and a daughter Olga, all predeceased by him. Funeral plans listed with services at St Monica's Church and family residence in Cameron.
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John Richter
Cameron
Milam County
Newton Memorial Hospital
Richter
Mr. Richter
Austria
Galveston
Texas
Ad Hall
Annie Schank
John
Henry Richter
Olga
West Main Street
George J. Duda
St. Monica’s Catholic Church
Local FFA member wins national essay prize
Harvey Westbrook of Cameron FFA earned a $500 national prize in Swift & Company’s essay contest for high school vocational agriculture students. His 1500 word piece on The Marketing of Perishable Products placed him among 20 winners in the sixth group. judges were Oklahoma A&M agriculture professors.
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Harvey Westbrook
Swift & Company of
Chicago
Harvey
Cameron Ffa
United States
School of Agriculture
Oklahoma A&m College
Wilfred Polzer
Eugene Jekel
Wm. F. Arthur
Battery Reinforcements Arrive for National Guard Unit
Captain Rudolph Michalka announced five new recruits join the 239th Field Artillery Battalion, National Guard. Recruits Denson Crouch Jimmy McGoldrick Mainrad Mraz Henry Ford Roberts and James Leath will begin training immediately after a federal recognition inspection set for within a week to ten days. Drill will run two evenings weekly through June.
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239Th FA Bn
National Guard
Rudolph Michalka
Temple
Denson Crouch
Jimmy McGoldrick
Mainrad Mraz
Henry Ford Roberts
James Leath
Summer Activities Program Announced for Girl Scouts
Mrs C W Bradbury announces a summer program for Girl Scouts with swimming classes the first two weeks of June taught by Mrs Leland Denson, tennis in weeks three and four by Mrs Charles Craig, dramatics in week three by Mrs Bueford Harding and Miss Mary Ellen Cottle, drawing and painting in week three by Mrs Roy Hensley, leather craft starting June 1 at Scout Little House directed by Mrs Albert Collins and Mrs Bill Burns, and cooking July 7 to 11 directed by Lone Star Gas Company.
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C. W. Bradbury
Girl Scouts
Leland Denson
Charles Craig
Bueford Harding
Mary Ellen Cottle
Scout Little House
Roy Hensley
Albert Collins
Bill Burns
Lone Star Gas Company
Yee High School Graduation Inspires With Youth Trustees Theme
The Yee High Senior Class held graduation for 83 graduates Tuesday night with seniors directing the program. Beatrice Michalka, salutatorian, spoke on Trustees of The Home, and Mary Neil McClellen, valedictorian, addressed The Trustees of Education.
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Yee High School
Francis Cox
Ladis Marek, Jr
Beatrice Michalka
Posterity
Mary Neil McClellen
Trustees of Education
Benard Polter
Trustees of Health and Safety
Margaret Horstmann
Trustees of World Citizenship
Lt Billie Mitchell Graduates From Army Information School
Lt Billie Mitchell of Buckholts and former Chamber of Commerce manager graduated from the Army Information School at Carlisle Barracks Pennsylvania. He was one of 159 officers to receive commissions. General Eisenhower attended the ceremonies and presented the commissions. The course lasted three months and Mitchell is a World War II veteran.
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Billie Mitchell
Buckholts
Chamber of Commerce
Army School of Information
Carlisle Barracks
Pennsylvania
Mitchell
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Smith County Center of United States Highlighted
L G Smith chamber of commerce manager spent weekend with his parents in Bryan, Kansas, noting Smith County as the geographic center of the United States.
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Smith County
Kansas
United States
L. G. Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Bryan
Cameron Bond Election Promotes City Progress
The Cameron City Council urges voters to approve a bond package totaling 137000 for June 3 at City Hall. It splits into 25000 for Old School building work to serve as a Fire Station and municipal building, and 112000 to repair and construct streets with sidewalks and gutters in 30 blocks. Tax impact shows rising to 1.60 per 100 valuation for five years, then cuts to return toward 1.50, with potential annual costs explained to residents. Mayor A. W. McCullin appeals for informed votes in support of progress for Cameron.
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Cameron
A. W. McCullin
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Coffield Ranch
the Daily
Army Information School
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