Cameron's Young Leaders Shine Across Texas and Nation
In Cameron Milam County youths emerge in diverse fields. Monty Humble earns Junior Fellow status at the University of Texas in Austin. Wayne Fisher becomes president of the Houston Trial Lawyers Association. Tim Titsworth joins 470 Future Farmers of America members with the American Farmer Degree. Melvin Hollas wins the Santa Fe 4-H Scholarship, the top 4-H award in Texas. Robert Mann named assistant city editor at the Dallas Times Herald, former night editor at the Fort Worth Star Telegram. James Hollas starts revamping the Corpus Christi Caller Times format, as Cameron showcases leadership potential and competitive drive.
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Milam County
Cameron
Monty Humble
Arts & Science School
University of Texas, Austin
Wayne Fisher
Houston Trial Lawyers Association
Tim Titsworth
Future Farmers of America
American Farmer
Melvin Hollas
Santa Fe
Texas
Robert Mann
Dallas Times-Herald
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
James Hollas
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
From Small Town Roots Come Leaders In Training
The piece notes that many corporate executives hail from nonmetro areas and small towns. It argues leaders are defined by action and responsibility, with young men from Yee High School showing motivation, broad views, and the willingness to stand alone and dare beyond mediocrity.
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Yee High School
Rural Loans Boost Home Construction
Milam County home construction expected to rise with 30 percent more Farmers Home Administration loan funds. FHA reports 80 new loan applications in Cameron and Milam. $643,350 channeled in the past fiscal year. Active projects include six homes completed or under construction, one remodeling, two home purchases. Cameron eligible after 1970 census.
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Milam County
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Cameron
Henry Ivey
Ivey
Sheriff Reports Negative Polygraph In Alfaro Death
Hearne Sheriff E. P. Elliott said he accompanied Mrs Joe Alfaro to Waco on Tuesday of last week where she voluntarily took a polygraph in the death of her husband on October 12. The test results were negative and Alfaro was found dead at his Mumford home at 1 a.m. October 12.
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Hearne
E. P. Elliott
Joe Alfaro
Waco
Elliott
Alfaro
Mumford
Temple approves condo plan for 120 townhouses
Central Texas Council of Governments directors back a $1.853 million project to build 120 townhouse units for middle income families on a nine acre site at Loop 363 and Stn Street in Temple. Contemporary Properties of Dallas seeks a $1.668 million HUD loan for construction.
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Temple
Central Texas Council of Government Directors
Loop 363
Stn Street
Dallas
Housing and Urban Development Dept
Announcement Starts Stampede at Georgetown Event
Don Scarbrough writes in the Williamson County Sun recounting a dramatic moment from an early season JV game. A loudspeaker announcement that only eight hotdogs remained triggered a rapid rush of about two hundred fans to the concession stand.
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Don Scarbrough
Williamson County Sun
Merger Proposal Draws Fire From CTCOG Officials
A plan to merge Central Texas and Heart of Texas Councils of Governments with the Waco Economic Development District faced strong resistance at a Belton city hall meeting. The tentative policy, from the Planning Coordination Division under Gov Preston Smith, sets August 31 1972 as the merger deadline, ahead of a pre-application conference for a 45000 planning grant.
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Belton
Central Texas
Heart of Texas
Proposals Placed for Rebuilding Route 53 Near Rosebud
State Highway Dept weighs three plans after Rosebud meeting with state county and city officials. Most of 72 residents favor improving the existing Route 53 with surface work and removing two sharp curves. Another option uses a new Rosebud to Route 53 junction to a new road meeting Highway 77 one mile north.
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Rosebud
Temple
State Highway Dept
Gem stew continues at First Baptist Church tradition
The Somerville event at First Baptist Church marked another year of the gem stew tradition started in 1924. Church volunteers used two large wash pots on the lawn to prepare chicken and beef stews with crackers coffee iced tea and donuts served for attendees.
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First Baptist Church
Waco Doctor Named Consultant to Milam County Outreach Clinic
Milam County Judge O B Harden announces Dr Zelig M Josephs of Waco as consultant to the Milam County Mental Health Outreach Clinic. Dr Josephs, head of the Mental Hygiene Clinic Day Treatment Center at the VA Hospital in Waco, will hold Cameron office hours on Wednesday afternoons with outreach staff and advisors meeting last week. Bascom Hodges of the Austin State Hospital discussed plans with Dr Josephs and the Outreach Clinic team.
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O. B. Harden
Zelig M. Josephs
Waco
Milam County
Dr. Josephs
Veterans Administration Hospital
Cameron
Bascom Hodges
Austin State Hospital
Hodges
Brazos County
W. C. Wallace
Nona Miller
South
Houston
Brazos Valley
Hightower Aubrey Hightower dies en route to Oklahoma
Aubrey Hightower 60 of Cameron dies of an apparent heart attack Friday near Temple while en route to visit a daughter in Oklahoma. He was a farmer and rancher born in Walker's Creek Community. Funeral was 2 p.m. Sunday at Green Funeral Home chapel with burial in Walker's Creek Cemetery. survivors include his wife Cora Mae, two daughters Peggy Dyer and Patti Kay Waters, mother Mrs. Tom Hightower, brother Harley Hightower, and two grandchildren.
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Aubrey Hightower
N. Milam St
Temple
Oklahoma
Walker's Creek
Green Funeral Home
Walker’s Creek
Cora Mae Hightower
Cameron
Peggy Dyer
Patti Kay Waters
Lawton
Tom Hightower
Harley Hightower
Theodore
Ala
Buckholts High to Hold Homecoming Festivities
Buckholts High announces a Saturday homecoming on November 6 with a turkey dinner in the school cafeteria from 4 to 6 p.m. Tickets are 1.00 for students and 1.50 for adults. The 1971 Homecoming Queen will be crowned before the 7:30 p.m. game against the Oglesby Tigers. Queen candidates include Marcia Barkemeyer Becky Bekhusen Jo Ann Beckhusen and Linda Marek.
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Buckholts High School
Buckholts
Buckholts Badgers
Oglesby Tigers
Marcia Barkemeyer
Becky Beckhusen
Jo Ann Beckhusen
Linda Marek
Diphtheria Tests Yield Few Positives in Milam County
Dr. C G Swift reports six positive diphtheria tests among contacts and siblings, four in the second grade and two at Ada Henderson School, with active cases limited to a Ricky Borgas brother. Milam health unit dispensed 3500 vaccine doses, a Borgas fund is set up, and Rockdale schools vote to exclude non immunized students by November 3.
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C. G. Swift
Milam County
Ricky Borgas
Cameron
Cedars of Lebanon Carry Ancient Legend Into Modern Efforts
Beiteddine to Becharre and Barouk host aged cedars amid Lebanon's revival push. Authorities protect remaining trees with patrols, licensing, and sapling plantings while tracing the species from Phoenician ships to Crusaders and both world wars.
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Cedars
Lebanon
Becharre
Malek Basbous
Agriculture Ministry
Egypt
Palestine
Syria
Lebanese Agriculture Ministry
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First and
Central
Farmers Home
Department of Agriculture
Humble
UT Jr
Don Humble
College of Arts and Sciences
University of Texas
David Kendrick
Georgetown
Somerville
Hightower
Borgas
Ricky
Citizens National
First National Bank
Rockdale
Mary Cook
Ibrahim Noori Reuter
Beirut
Solomon
Jerusalem
Mount Lebanon
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