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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1969
Page
4
Ducks Unlimited reports a strong southward flight with large numbers of mallards and other species forming on prairie lakes. Weather fronts in Saskatchewan and Manitoba sustain water and food supplies, guiding the migratory pattern and promising favorable water conditions into next spring.
Cameron 8 beat Elgin Juniors 24 to 6 in a home game Thursday night. Top players on offense were Ernie De La Rosa John Barron and Steve Lopez while Paul Vaculin Ricky Williams and Don Ald Townsend starred on defense. Coach Max Morgan said seventh and eighth graders will host Caldwell here Thursday night.
Rogers Eagles defeat Franklin 24 to 8 as Mike Rinehart scores from the one yard line and T J Griffin adds a one yard TD. Brenek adds two extra points and a 27 yard TD run. Rogers improves to a 316 rushing yards and 142 passing yards performance.
Texas International Can-Am race draws Porsche entries led by Jo Siffert and Tony Daneman from Porsche Audi of Teaneck New Jersey. Can-Am favorites Bruce McLaren and Denis Hulme return in McLaren Chevrolet with Hulme fresh off Mexico Grand Prix win. Practice set for Nov 8 from 9 30 a m to 4 30 p m with race honoring start at 1 p m Nov 9 tickets at Ramada Inn Texas State College Station.
Robinson defeats Rosebud 18 16 and Georgetown tops Round Rock 21 8. Del Valle upends Rockdale 25 13 while Rogers beats Franklin Buckholts 38 20. Cameron edges Elgin 26 0.
The Temple Civic Theatre presents Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams with performances October 30 November 1 6 7 and 8 at 8 15 p m at the Cultural Activities Center 318 West Avenue G South 7th Street Temple Tickets are 2 for adults and 125 for children and military at the door
The Rev. Carl A Heckmann will deliver the sermon Let There Be Light as Trinity Lutheran Church Cameron joins Missouri Synod churches in observing the 452nd Reformation anniversary. Clifton Hillsboro Mart Marlin Malone Riesel Rosebud join three Waco congregations for the service at Trinity Lutheran Church 6125 Bosque Boulevard Waco on October 26 at 6 30 p m
Yeomen open 194A play with a 26-0 win over Elgin led by Halfback James Laury who caught a Brashear pass for a TD and ran for another. Brashear, Steamer and Laury keyed a 21 first down, 195 yard rushing attack as Georgetown and Yoe gain ground in district title race.
In a homecoming district opener, the Buckholts Badgers defeated the Milano Eagles 38 20. Norman Badger scored four touchdowns and a PAT, while Gordon Badger ran 19 times for 109 yards and added a TD on a one yard plunge and multiple third down conversions.
In a district matchup the Badgers beat Milano 28-20 as Norman connected for a 35 yard touchdown pass and Zajicek added a 235 yard reception. Buckholts leads district with 4 0 record while halftime crowning of Miss Dottie Abel as Homecoming Queen capped the event.
Major Mozart E. White of Sumter South Carolina earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and his second through fourth Air Medals for aerial achievement in Southeast Asia. The DFC honors his July 12 1968 mission when he flew an electronic countermeasures mission under attack by two MIG interceptors in North Vietnam.
The mayor designates November 2 to 8 1969 as Texas Nurse Week and November 5 1969 as Student Nurse Day, honoring nurses of Cameron and Texas for their health care efforts. The proclamation is signed October 27 1969 by Mayor fk A Perrin.
Bobby W. Jones of Cameron was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in Army ceremonies at Ft. Benning Georgia on October 16 after six months at Officer Candidate School He is the son of Mr and Mrs George Jones of the Marlow community He will complete Jump School training November 7 then a 30 day leave before duty in Germany A 1964 Yee High School graduate and BA from Stephen F Austin College in June 1969
Townsend recalls helping recover the Apollo 10 command module from the Pacific as a highlight of his early Navy years. He leaves for Charleston to train as a Naval Corpsman after re-enlisting, with Vietnam Service Medal honors and letters from ship officers noting his outstanding handling of the mission.
Richard Brumbelow USN Gunners Mate Second Class son of Mr and Mrs A W Brumbelow Rockdale is serving aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier Enterprise at Newport News Virginia The Enterprise largest warship is under overhaul with eight nuclear cores being replaced New cores will have a life of more than ten years.
Extension economist Johnny R. Feagan says the CO OP Month theme Cooperatives: Progress Through People pays tribute to the greatest asset of cooperatives—people.
Arlie W. Tuttle son of Mr and Mrs Leland Title of Calvert is returning from a Vietnam deployment aboard the heavy cruiser Boston This marks the ship's third deployment to Vietnamese coastal waters since 1967 The Boston homeport is Boston Massachusetts Since June the ship has completed nearly 75 gun fire missions against enemy targets.
Seaman Ronald L McWilliams son of Mr and Mrs Logan McWilliams of Cameron retires from a Vietnam deployment aboard the heavy cruiser The Boston. The ship completed 75 gun missions and was credited with destroying enemy base camps troop locations and bunkers from the Demilitarized Zone to south of Danang.
Temple Junior College Gavel Club selects members to compete at Baylor University festival on November 14. Kathleen Jones and Mary Jean Schlezinger from Temple, Tom Ivey from Cameron, and Y Temple and Morgan from Belton will enter poetry and prose readings. Club also votes to alternate Temple Junior College news on the weekly Central Texas College and University News on KYLE FM.
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