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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1968
Page
1
Cameron United Fund Drive began this week after a kickoff dinner at Cameron Country Club Tuesday. Chairman Forrest Sapp said businesses would be contacted and the house to house drive set for Tuesday October 22. Pledge cards may be turned in at Texas Power and Light Co.
Yoe High School exstudents invite all Class of 1958 members to a homecoming dance after the Yoemen versus Hearne game on Friday at the National Guard Armory from 10 30 p m to 1 30 a m Bill Mounce Orchestra will provide music A family picnic is planned Saturday at City Park with a Class of 1958 banquet and dance at Cameron Country Club Cameron coaches note key players may play through injuries and the game could set the tone for the district clash
Milam County Clerk Wayne Wieser reports more than 100 advance absentee ballot requests signaling high turnout for November 5. The deadline to vote absentee is November 1, with military voters and new residents eligible for limited ballots. Limited ballots require pre registration and voting must occur in the county clerk’s office. On November 5 voting occurs at 29 sites after law cut five boxes Clarkson Walkers Creek Friendship Salty Sand Grove were closed for under 50 voters per box.
The St Edward Hospital Development Fund moved beyond 110000 in gifts and pledges toward a 250000 goal, financing a new 49 bed facility with a $500000 Hill Burton grant and a 1969 groundbreaking. The Sisters of Charity operate the hospital since 1946.
Wallace Smalls leads St Anthony School PTC carnival plans on October 26 at Simon George Hall. Funds aid upgrades for the school with a 14 ft aluminum boat prize and whole beef. activities include horror house, fish pond, games, bingo, cake walk and spaghetti supper beginning 5:30 p.m.
The piece notes Cameron ministers toured Milam County Jail as a museum idea and contrasts love and respect. It mentions a state fair showing of Man of La Mancha and references Cervantes invention of Don Quixote and the Impossible Dream within the play.
Congressman Poage will dedicate the Newton Memorial Hospital expansion on Sunday October 27. The 22 new rooms increase capacity to 44 beds across three wings and include hydrotherapy pacemaker cardiac monitor defibrillator whirlpool baths and added physical therapy equipment. Groundbreaking for the addition was November 3 1967 funded by private donations.
Cameron City Council unanimously approved the Urban Renewal board plan for a 24 block downtown renewal costing 541 111 with no bond issue. The three year program includes selling block parts, creating a mall parking center and street work west of Courthouse Square. Public hearings are set in six weeks then final approvals flow to Fort Worth regional and Washington offices.
Bloodmobile donations on Wednesday October 9 totaled 56 pints, well under the 71 pint goal as Waco Blood Center reports a regional shortage. Sister Aloysius cites confusion over donor social security number requirements as a possible factor. Stormy weather likely reduced turnout, with the next visit planned for January.
The Buckholts FHA girls host a Powderpuff football game on May 21 at 7 30 p m on the high school field. Seniors and freshmen coached by Hauk face sophomores and juniors led by Vargas with exciting halftime entertainment. Admission is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for students.
Chamber of Commerce directors voted to sponsor an employment listings program and appoint a committee to study a building for permanent offices. Monroe Fuchs chairs. members include Hil liard Thomas Richard Williams Ed Magre Charles Matula Dana Kestenbaum and Henry Ivey.
Frank Vybiral 61 died at his Temple home at 4 55 p m Monday He was born May 1 1897 in Fayette County and lived in Temple 12 years He worked for Chupik Woodwork Funeral services were at Marek Burns Funeral Home with Rev Jam Esslinger officiating Burial was Corinth Cemetery He is survived by a wife four sons seven daughters two brothers four sisters and grandchildren
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