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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1963
Page
1
The 104 thousand or so jobs would restore full production on all Alcoa sta porlines and boost employment across Milam County. Cameron reports new fertilizer operations and road improvements as the county edges toward an industrial foundation, with Rockdale and Rosebud also benefiting from the Alcoa payroll.
Cameron Fighting Yormen travel to Caldwell for a fourth district game at Caldwell Stadium. Caldwell’s defense is noted as top in the state with a 73pm kickoff and a strong offense led by quarterback Jimmy Jancik and fullback Charles Dubcak.
Milam County residents will vote at 39 polling places on Saturday to decide four proposed constitutional amendments. The measures include repealing the poll tax with voter registration changes, expanding state welfare programs with flexible funding and residency rules, allowing Jefferson County subdivisions to establish retirement funds, and boosting the Veterans Land Fund by bonds. Major changes would affect voting eligibility, state aid limits, local retirement options, and veterans land purchases.
The Cameron Library Patrons will meet November 18 to discuss a fund raising drive for a proposed $40,000 library on E Fourth Street. Miss Mildred Thornton urges residents to view the scale model by the Citizens National Bank and McIntosh's while inviting all to attend the Methodist Fellowship Hall meeting at 7 30 p m. The plan includes 6 000 volumes, a reading room, records for the blind, a painters projector, and a brick arched glass design to house the new city library.
Rosebud requests water from Cameron granted by Mayor Coleman Dun cum. The decision aims to relieve Rosebud's present drought conditions and stabilize local supply.
Funeral services for Douglas Barron a former Milam County deputy sheriff were held Sunday at Green's Funeral Home with Rev. Kenneth Haley officiating and burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Barron died in Houston after a long illness he was born August 25 1907 in Bell County and moved to Milam County as a youth. He married Fannie Terry in 1935 and served as deputy sheriff for ten years. He is survived by his wife three brothers Curtis N E Peanut Barron of Cameron and Raymond Barron of Corpus Christi. Pallbearers included Sheriff Carl Black Clifford Marburger and others.
The Cameron Independent School District appoints Bob Wells to the Equalization Board joining Edwin Brod and two others. The board plans to review appraisal data from Southwestern Appraisal Company as part of tax assessment work.
The PTA plans a Thursday meeting with Franke M. Luecke presenting a program to clarify family responsibility in education. A panel from the Education Committee will discuss and a Fund Raising Committee report notes success of the birthday calendar sale.
Alcoa’s Rockdale Works restarts the sixth potline to resume full capacity production for the first time since 1958. Hiring adds 87 workers, lifting total Aluminum Smelters staff to about 1,024 with payroll exceeding seven million dollars annually. The line, added in 1952 and expanded in 1956, helped raise smelter capacity by three percent before closure of two lines in 1958 and reactivation returning about 65 employees in 1959.
Principal Jack Hughes announces Yee High School homecoming queen nominees by class Sounora Puller senior Becky Graham junior Nancy Schiller sophomore Inez Evans freshman Each candidate will be escorted by a listed student The queen will be chosen November 7 and presented at the Rockdale Cameron game halftime on November 15
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