Plankowner Thweatt to Receive Pratt Ship Certificate
Thomas G. Thweatt Jr. will receive a plankowner's certificate at the commissioning of the USS William V. Pratt on November 4 in Philadelphia. The ship will feature modern anti air and anti submarine weapons. Airman R L Cannaday of Cameron Texas graduated from Sheppard AFB technical training and will be stationed at a permanent base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Thomas G. Thweatt Jr
USN
Gilford Thweatt
Maysfield
Navy
William V. Pratt
Pratt
Sheppard Afb
R. L. Cannaday
Ira Cannaday
Nolan
Cameron
United States Air
Tex
Cannaday
O. J. Thomas High School
Milam County Reports Week Disease Totals
For the week ending October 21 1961 Milam County lists 14 cases of strep throat and two of gonorrhea. Dr T E Crump acting director Milam County Health Department provided the figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County
T. E. Crump
Mrs Leo Fuchs Attends Texas Garden Clubs Meeting
Cameron resident Mrs Leo L Fuchs attended the thirty fourth annual Fall Board Meeting of the Texas Garden Clubs Inc in Waco for a three day convention. The host group was the Waco Council of Garden Clubs with Raleigh Hall as the venue and Brazos Bounty as the convention theme. Mrs Fuchs serves as governor of District 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo L. Fuchs
Cameron
Texas Garden Clubs, Inc
Waco
Raleigh Hall
Brazos Bounty
Waco Council of Garden Clubs
Fuchs
Texas Garden Clubs Inc
Halloween Parade Planned for Cameron Children
Cameron children in the younger age group are invited to the Halloween Parade on Tuesday night October 31. Chamber manager Jack DuBois extended the invitation. Meet at the Methodist Fellowship Hall and start time is 6:30 p.m. The parade proceeds through the business district and returns to the Fellowship Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Jack DuBois
Methodist Fellowship Hall
Deadline Oct 25 set for VA record corrections
P J Mims of the VA Regional Office in Waco says the Oct 25 1961 deadline applies to corrections of most military records from the Spanish American War through the Korean Conflict. He notes that the boards for correction of military records can alter any record to fix errors or injustices and have helped veterans and surviving dependents obtain benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Mims
Veterans Administration
Waco
Veterans Toady
Army
Air Force
Navy
Coast Guard
Mims
Titsworth Speaks On Civil Defence At Yoe Program
Yoe High School agriculture teacher C. Bo Titsworth spoke to students on protecting the nation in case of nuclear war. He showed WWII atom bomb footage and fallout charts from a 1957 test, stressing informed youth and preparedness. The article also notes the Rural Housing Act of 1961 taking effect October 15, outlining loan eligibility for rural borrowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bo) Titsworth
Yoe
Yoe High
United States
Titsworth
Community Guests and Local Visits Across Rosebud Burlington
A flurry of visits spans Rosebud Burlington including Mrs Myrtle Litzman of Waco staying with the Stuessels and Litzman families. Charlie and Henry Litzman show improvement after illness. Ronnie K Stuessel's illness at Mt Carmel I improves. Guests share travel to West Texas Arizona and El Paso. School officials visit public school and hospital news notes. Local families host relatives during homecomings and attend events with congressman Poage honored in Cameron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Litzman
Waco
Ed Stuessel
Rosebud
Charlie Litzman
Henry Litzman
Burlington
Charlie
Ronnie K. Stuessel
Mt. Carmel
Bill Reynolds
Durant, Okla
George Logan
Paul Moore
Germany
Killeen
Dock Swanzy
Ben Arnold
R. L. Schuetze
Jim Swanzy
West Texas
Marvin Pullin
Mission
Prescott
Arizona
el Paso
Bill
Herman Schulz
Prescott Arizona
Rev
Peabody
A. E. Hensel
A. EB. Hensel
Dallas
Leon Hensel
Bobby Benesh
Corpus Christi
Hattie Benesh
Bill Marek
Phil Krause
Aleta Marek
Walter G. Marek
Cameron
Congressman Poage
Faiths United in Cameron Area Church Listings
Local church listings provide multiple congregations in Cameron area with service times pastors and contact numbers including Milam area churches First Presbyterian First Baptist First Christian and more. The schedule covers Sunday school morning worship youth activities evening services and midweek meetings across many parishes and towns such as Buckholts Rogers Rogers churches Liberty and Yarrleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oma
First Baptist Church
W. Main
A. F. Russell
First Christian Church
Kenneth C. Haley
First Methodist Church
W. 2Nd OX
E. Jewel Strong
Minerva Methodist Church
Eugene Browder
Aldersgate Methodist
D. T. Davis
Burlington
Burlington Baptist Church
Bob Parker
Espe Ieee Se
Maysfield Methodist Church
Calvin Beckendorf
Maysfield Presbyterian Church
Eugene Strickland
Rogers
First Baptist
Edmund Lazy
Buckholts Baptist Church
W. L. Harris
Rosebud
Theo Binford
Yarrellton Baptist Church
Wes Miller
Parker and Burnett Families Attend Baptist Meeting and Visits
Jones Prairie Parker and Burnett kin visited Mrs. A L Burnett. Cameron Associational Baptist Meeting attendees included Nora McKinney Ethel McKinney and others. The weekend featured visits to Hearne Briary Waco and Sour Lake as relatives gathered and celebrated Mrs Jack Stidham’s birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Lee Parker
Austin
Nadine Parker
Rockdale
A. L. Burnett
Nora
Ethel McKinney
E. B. Yager
Harry White
Cameron First Baptist Church
T. B. Stidham
Jack Stidham
Hearne
Jack Stid
Ethel White
John
Briary
Julian Burnett
Newton's Memorial Hospital
Stanley
Nora McKinney
Ethel
Pearl McLerran
White
Cameron
Waco
Verne Pentecost
Sour Lake
Roy Burnett
Clute
PTC Discusses Fall Carnival and Home Safety Plans
The St Anthony Parent-Teachers Club outlined its 6th annual school carnival for late November and a Home Safety talk at the October meeting in Simon-George Hall. Club president Mrs George Hollas will form committees. Guest speaker Charlie Burke of Lone Star Gas Co spoke on home safety. Reverend John Geiser announced first grade students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Anthony
Parent - Teachers Club
Simon - George Hall
PTC
George Hollas
Charlie Burke
Lone Star Gas Co
John Geiser
St. Monica's Church
Mrs Celia McSherry Heads to Dallas to Visit Family
Mrs Celia McSherry left Sunday morning for Dallas to spend a week with her son Billie Glenn McSherry and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celia McSherry
Dallas
Billie Glenn McSherry
Milam County September Bond Sales Reach $49,286
Bond sales for Milam County totaled $49,286 in September as chairman Henry Leibman reports. The monthly figure pushes Milam 1961 year-to-date to $376,111, reaching 99.0 percent of the $380,000 goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County
Henry Leibman
Milam 1961
Lampasas priest ends assistant pastor stint at local church
The Rev. Alfred Kallus, administrator of St. Mary's Catholic Church at Lampasas, met the group for the last time as assistant pastor here and praised the PTC. Report cards arrive in the second six weeks and conferences between teachers and parents will cover beginners' progress. The fourth grade won the attendance prize as about 40 enjoyed refreshments hosted by Anton Hollas, Oscar Zotz, and Clarence Hanel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Kallus
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Lampasas
PTC
Anton Hollas
Oscar Zotz
Clarence Hanel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leo Fuchs
1St Street
Temple
VA Corrections
Ed Stuessels
William Spicek
Abernathy
The
Baptist Church
Gerald Foshea
Mrs. Terrel Prescott
ALL Saints Episcopal Church
Eo B. Gudger, Jr
Milam Area Churches
ST. Monica.s Catholic
First Presbyterian
Assembly OF God
Houston
H. Bradfield
WOME
Battetown Baptist Church
Dean Oien
Church OF Christ
Third OX
Don Frasier
Preacher
the Church OF the Nazarene
E. 13Th OX
Floyd Hawkins
Spiritualist Church
Buckholts
Buckholts Methodist
Rice Hoyte Baptist Church
Rice
J. H. McLerran
Trinity Lutheran Church
Travis L. R. Kreut
Pastor Caiay Booms
Oka Ake
Gospel Tabernacle
H. M. Bowley
Jehovah's Witnesses
Milano
Claude W. Ellis
Aie
Somone
Eas
Liberty Community Church
BEN Arnold Baptist
Jim Robinson
United E & R Church
Gerald Cobb
Sharp Presbyterian
Fred Brooks
Sna Se RE
Little River Baptist
James Stanley
Marlow Marlow Baptist Church
Weldon Price
Morning Services Training Union
Evening Services
E- Rogers Churches
Carroll Burcham
Okee
Methodist
Joe Lamb
Tracy Methodist
Senate
Odell Crouch
A. Z. Fuller
Brethern
John Baletka
Hope Lutheran Church
J. A. Pietsch
First Lutheran
L. R. Krout
Charles G. Burke
Sunday Bible School
ST. Ann’s Catholic Church
Ben Goertz
O. A. Fritz
Jones Prairie
Parkers
Mrs
James M. Wiggs
Burkes
Howard Chevrolet
Cameron, Texas
Mack’s Oil Company
Marek - Burns
McLane
Fune&cal Home
Hornung Hatchery
Markham Cleaners
Texas
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