TBSeal Drive Begins Milam Tuberculosis Campaign kickoff in Rockdale
Milam County Tuberculosis Association launched the Christmas Seal campaign with 25 members meeting at Singer's Grill in Rockdale to prepare about 9 000 letters and seals for mailing. LaVert McKinney chairs the 1981 drive with Dr. Alonzo Urban as co chair. Milano typing students aided by Mrs Theda McGee praised for their hours. Eighty two cents of every dollar stays in Milam County to fund medicine case finding clothing and public education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County Tuberculosis Association
Singer's Grill
Rockdale
E. O. Smith, Jr
LaVert McKinney
Cameron
Alonzo A. Urban
Smith
Angell Re-Elected Milam Farm Bureau President 1962
Milam County Farm Bureau re elects V L Angell as president at a board meeting last Thursday night. A T Swanzy named first vice president John A Smith second vice president and Lenora Bickett secretary treasurer. Twelve delegates chosen for State Farm Bureau convention in Galveston November 12 to 15. Representing Milam Bureau are V L Angell and spouses and other listed members.
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V. L. Angell
Milam County Farm Bureau
A. T. Swanzy
John A. Smith
Lenora Bickett
State Farm Bureau
Galveston
Milam Farm Bureau
O. G. Tu
No Mail Delivery Nov 11 In Area
John Hays Cameron Postmaster announced no city or rural mail deliveries Saturday Armed Services Day. The stamp window stays open until noon while the money order window closes. Government offices including Farmers Home Administration ASC and Soil Conservation close all day Friday. county offices close Saturday morning.
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John Hays
Cameron
Armed Services
Hays
Farmers Home Administration
ASC
Soil Conservation
Weather Notes Temperatures Range This Week
Temperatures ranged from a high of 85 to a low of 37 with rainfall totaling .68 inch. The tabulated highs and lows include November dates with figures such as 85 69 on the first day and 60 86 on the sixth, reflecting variable conditions.
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Hi Lo
City approves dam repairs and slurry seal test in Cameron
Cameron officials advance two dam related projects at Little River and a one block slurry seal trial on North Houston. The plan includes dredging river bed, end dam construction, and a 34 foot street width while relocating the library to 112 East First Street and wiring the new site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little River
North
Houston
Cameron
Young Brothers
Rockdale
Waco
Santa to visit Cameron parade and courthouse event
Cameron's annual Christmas parade is set for 4 p.m. Friday December 1 in downtown Cameron with Santa Claus making a 1961 Milam County preview. More than 50 units including bands and floats will join the parade and Santa will meet children at the Courthouse afterward.
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Cameron
Jack DuBois
Santa Claus
Milam County
Cameron Chamber of Commerce
Texas
DuBois
Cameron Chamber
Cameron A&M Consolidated football ducats on sale
Tickets for the Cameron versus A M Consolidated football game in College Station go on sale today and Friday morning in the Yee High Principal's office. Student admission is 25 cents and adult general admission is 1 dollar. Kickoff is 7 30 p m. A newborn son, Mark Stewart, weighs 3 pounds 0 ounces, was born to Mr and Mrs Joe Lee Heitman at Newton Memorial Hospital on November 2.
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Cameron Vs. A & M Consolidated
College Station
Yee High Principals Office
Joe Lee Heitman
E. 16Th St. Cameron
A & Pound
Mark Stewart
Newton Memorial Hospital
Night Patrol Report From Cameron Police Car 5
A reporter rode with Cameron Police Officers Edwin Brockenbush and Vernie Miller from 7 p.m. to 4 a.m. on a routine nine hour shift. Car 5 covered over a hundred miles answering complaints and patrolling Cameron seeking violators and keeping roads safe.
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Cameron
Edwin Brockenbush
Vernie Miller
Miller
Jefferson and
Butte
Library Move Day Set For Saturday
The Cameron Public Library will relocate to 112 E First St on Saturday morning with city equipment and electricity provided. Yee High School Library Club will aid in moving and shelving about 3000 volumes as Cameron officials and residents support the interim relocation to the new stand on the Courthouse Square north side.
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Cameron Public Library
First St
George Bowman
Cameron Library Board
Courthouse Square
W. Fourth St
Yee High School Library Club
Bowman
Cameron Library
Cameron Field
Cameron
Cameron School
Library Board
Quarterbacks Plan Ladies Night Fete
The Cameron Quarterback Club will host members wives at 7:30 p.m. Monday for an annual ladies night meeting. A Rockdale Cameron game film will be shown at VHS Ag Building with coffee and cake. Coach Bill Bates and his staff will address the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Quarterback Club
VHS Ag. Bidg
Robert Titsworth
Rockdale
Two Suits Filed In District Court
Two lawsuits totaling $101,973.05 were filed in district court last week. Robert Larry Scott and Ruth Ann Wafford Scott seek $40,000 from Commercial Standard Fire & Marine Co over Milam Theatre fire losses of July 22 in Cameron. Wanda Mae Decker's parents, Homer and Myrtle Decker, sue for $61,973.05 arising from her death in a July 13 collision with a vehicle driven by Wade Brooks and T. M. Sappington of Waco. they seek damages for losses including medical, funeral, and damages for partial dependence.
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Robert Larry Scott
Milam Theatre
Ruth Ann Wafford Scott
Commercial Standard Fire & Marine Co
Plantiffs
Cameron
T. M. Sappington
Waco
Wanda Mae Decker
Texas City
Harold Wayne Decker
Homer C. Decker
Myrtle E. Decker
Decker
Cameron Lions Club to Host District Governor Visit
District Governor Herbert A. Schroeder will visit Cameron Lions Club to review club activities and projects including wheelchairs eye glasses and a scholarship. He will address the noon meeting at the Texan's Western Room and meet club officers and directors. Schroeder heads the 47-club 2-S3 district and is Colorado County schools superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Lions Club
Herbert A. Schroeder
Cameron Civic Club
Milam Countian
Colorado County
George Schroeder
Sharp
Audrey Mitcham
James Mitcham
Cameron
Schroeder
Lion
Tom Boyd
Monroe Fuchs
Kerrville
City Lions
Texan
Lions
New Auto For ce i City Patrolmen
Cameron Police Department to receive a 1962 Ford patrol car early this week. The car will be fully equipped with radio and police gear and was purchased from Hefley Stedman Motor Company in Cameron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Hefley - Stedman Motor Company
Secrest Seeks Texas Lt Governor Nomination in 1962 Race
Temple Republican Democrat Secrest announces candidacy for lieutenant governor in the 1962 Texas primary. Milam McLennan Bell Counties state senator since 1952, former FBI agent, and Temple community leader with roles in Chamber of Commerce Jaycees Lions Club and Community Chest. He attended Georgetown Southwestern Baylor and UT Law, married with two sons.
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Jarrard Secrest
Temple
Texas
Secrest
Milam, McLennan
Bell Counties
Georgetown Public Schools
Southwestern University
Baylor University
University of Texas Law School
Temple Chamber of Commerce
Temple Jaycees
Lions Club and Community Chest
Brazos River Authority
Boy Scout Fund Drive Kicks Off in Cameron
Russell Wilson and Hinton Pruitt announce Cameron area Boy Scout fundraising drive with a kickoff meeting on Tuesday November 14 at 7 45 p m at The Texan Cafe Coffee and donuts provided Rotary Club and Lions Club sponsor and co sponsor the appeal Citizens National Bank has pledged 500 from bank president Oxsheer Smith and other gifts are already in motion
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Wilson
Tejas
Hinton Pruitt
Boy Scout
Cameron
Texan Cafe
Cameron Rotary Club
Cameron Lions Club
Citizens National Bank
Oxsheer Smith
Bank
Funeral Services Held For Dr Gus Evans Sr
Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p m for Dr Gus Evans Sr 85 retired Cameron optometrist who died Sunday after an extended illness Burial followed in Woodland Cemetery Rosebud Evans a Spanish American War veteran was a longtime Cameron resident church deacon and Sunday school teacher He was the first person baptized in the old First Baptist Church sanctuary in 1896 The building was replaced by a new colonial sanctuary where his funeral was the first service He is survived by his wife two sons two daughters four sisters and 11 grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Evans, Sr
Cameron
Aubrey Russell
First Baptist Church
Woodland Cemetery
Rosebud
Evans
Clark County
Miss
Masonic Lodge
Baptist Church
Milam Herald Debuts Expanded Church Feature and New Columns
The Cameron Milam area newspaper introduces an enlarged church feature with artwork and a weekly church message covering Cameron Buckholts Milano Rogers and other Milam churches. A new Dear Sister women’s column and brighter page headlines accompany editorials farm and county news.
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Tam County
Grc
Cameron
the Herald
Buckholts
Milano
Rogers
Milam
Herald
Maysfield School Damaged By Fire in Cameron Area
Firefighters prevented total loss of Maysfield School after a blaze that started about 5 30 a m Tuesday. Estimated damage was 10 000 to 15 000 dollars to the lunch room recreation hall and auditorium. About 40 students moved to two east end classrooms as reconstruction plans await adjusters verdict.
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Cameron Fire Dept
Maysfield
Vaughn
Doc” Thweatt
Maysfield School
Thweatt
Cameron
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Association
McKinney
Albert Abel, Jr
BHS
Glenda Weber
Buckholts High
Miss Weber
Jesse Weber
Buckholts High School
Wanda Mitcham
Judy Wall
Betty Hanke
Wanda Janes
MFB
Frank Perrin
State Water Board of Engineers
Sixth Street
Orchard
Eighth Street
Crockett
Vogelsang
Austin
Fourth Street
West Main St
Oak Hill Cemetery
College Avenue
Public Works
J. B. Earle
Harding Avenue
Lamar
Alvin Hefft
E. First St
ST. Nick
A&m
By Robert Mann
Brockenbush
Pat McCall
Jack Straley
Straley
Rockdale - Cameron Y
Cameron City Limits
Desoto
McLane
Santa Fe
Wagon Wheel Inn
Nca
Force
Cameron Business Institutions
Boyd
Special Mission Lions International
Boy Scout Drive
Cameron Area
J. B. Tardy
Grady Cooper
Roy Burkes
F. H. Scarborough
C. E. Curtis
R. J. Woodward
Roy Griffith
C. B. Ford
J. F. McCrory
Harold Love
Travis Williams
Marek - Burns Funeral Home
New Columi “Sa
Milam Area
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