Lightning Starts Blaze Destroys Market and Office
Firefighters battled a Tuesday morning blaze at the Felschinsky Grocery in Santa Fe Town after a lightning strike set the building and the nearby Negro county agent office ablaze. The flames destroyed both structures owned by Mary Lake Culpepper, with losses not yet estimated. Firefighters saved a third adjacent building as heat and live wires kept crews back briefly.
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Felschinsky
Mary Lake Culpepper
Frank Richter
Negro County
Folschinsky Grocery
Santa Fe
Last Rites for J H Angell Heart Attack Victim
Last rites were read for J H Angell Jr 32 of Cameron who died of a heart attack at his home. Services were at First Baptist Church with Rev Aubrey Russell officiating. interment in Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by wife Norma Louise two sons Linda Kay parents and siblings. Marek Burns handled arrangements.
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J. H
Jimmie) Angell, Jr
Cameron
Aubrey Russell
First Baptist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Knights of Pythias
Cameron Kiwanis Club
Marek-Burns Funeral Home
Norma Louise Angell
William
Stephen
J. H. Angell
Linda Kay
Edna Mer
Weather notes warm spell with mixed rain in Texas counties
Temperatures ranged from 64 to 100 over the past two weeks while 1.22 inches of rain fell Monday night. Forecast calls for continued warm weather with highs of 97 and lows near 65 in the Central Texas and Milam County area.
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City Hall
Texas
Milam County
Harwell Brothers Injured In Auto Accident
Tommy and Ernest Harwell sons of Mr and Mrs Sam Harwell were injured in a automobile accident near Hillsboro Friday evening. They were en route to Dallas to visit a brother family and were treated at Hillsboro Hospital with Ernest suffering a broken jaw and chin. They returned home Sunday.
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Tommy
Ernest Harwell
Sam Harwell
Hillsboro
Dallas
Hillsboro Hospital
Ernest
Milam Kids to Receive Free Tickets at Heart O' Texas Fair
Milam County school children will get complimentary gate tickets to the Heart O' Texas Fair in Waco on opening day September 28. A total of 64,000 tickets will be distributed through 18 Central Texas counties. The event honors the FFA 4-H FHA groups and features junior show judging, a Western parade at 10 a.m., and free daily attractions including Atoms for Peace exhibit, Sol Solomon dive, outdoor stage entertainment, livestock displays, and an Armed Forces exhibit.
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Milam County
Waco
Texas
FFA
FHA
Atoms For Peace
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Sol Solomon
Women's Department
Armed Forces
Cardinals Defeat Bryan 8-2 in Sunday Showdown
The Cameron Cardinals beat Bryan Lulacs 8-2 at Lulac Park. A 2:30 p.m. rematch is set at Colonial Field this Sunday. Winning pitcher was Jerry Marshall. catcher Marvin DeLa Rosa.
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Cameron Cardinals
Bryan Lulacs
Lulac Park
Bryan
Lulacs
Colonial Field
Jerry Marshall
Marvin DeLa Rosa
Public Schools Enroll 1388 After First Day
Cameron public school enrollment after day one totals 1,368 students across four city schools. A spring preschool census indicated 1,325 pupils would attend.
Cameron Legion Post elects Griffin to lead
R. J. Griffin is elected to succeed John Florida as commander of the Cameron American Legion Post. Edwin Kohutek is first vice commander and Wesley G. Fogle is second. Other officers include Carrol N. McElwrath, Edward J. Manning, John J. Boyce, W. R. Whitley, and Clarence E. Rummel. Installations planned Tuesday. Enrollment figures from local schools noted alongside.
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R. J. Griffin
John Florida
Cameron American Legion
Edwin Kohutek
Wesley G. Fogle
Carrol N. McElwrath
Edward J. Manning
John J. Boyce
W. R. Whitley
Clarence E. Rummel
Brenham Jaycees Plan Santa Pals and Train Fundraiser
Cameron and Brenham Jaycees unveil the Santa Pals toy repair project and the Brenham football train fundraiser. Tickets cost about 2 dollars. events include toy barrels around Cameron and a September 20 train trip departing at 6 pm. Proceeds aid about 500 Milam County children.
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Cameron Jaycees
Jaycee Brenham
Santa-Pals
Henry Schattle
The
Herald
Cameron
Jaycees
Milam County
Schuttle
Brenham
Cameron Drug
Cameron Herald
Caperton
Rockdale
F. E. Jackson
Rain Delays Cotton Harvest and Lowers Grading
Rain this week helped livestock and urban gardens but farmers with white cotton faced lower quality due to immature boll damage and extreme heat. Low grade samples may cost up to 15 dollars per bale, maize harvest is about halfway done, and cotton picking will peak next week as Earl Angell notes ample pickers through the Employment Commission.
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J. D. Moore
Earl Angell
The
Employment Commission
Cameron Council Commended Over Telephone Company Stand
Congressman Poage praised Cameron City Council and City Attorney William C Black for resisting a merger with Southwestern Bell Telephone Co and protecting local citizens rights. He cited Bell's cost cutting via mechanization and FCC notes on rate bases and depreciation in a Tuesday night council meeting.
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Cameron
William C. Black
Ot McRéage
Southwestern Bell ‘Takewhone Co
Cameron Black
Poage
Bell Telephone Co
Black
Federal Communication Commission
FCC
August Fines Totaling 353.50 In Cameron
Cameron Chief Byers reports August traffic and other fines reached 353.50 as violations included no license, speeding four cases totaling 184, red light and stop light offenses, illegal parking, stopped in street, disturbances and drunk in public view. July fines totaled 467 with June at 724.55 for speeding 194.20.
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Maynard Byers
Byers
Henry Pelzel to Celebrate Birthday and Heart Operation Anniversary
The 42nd in nation Henrys Birthday Cirics Operation on September 14 marks a magic birthday for infant Henry Pelzel who turns 2. The child of Mr and Mrs Adolph Pelzel Rt 1 Burlington will also observe the first anniversary of a rare heart operation.
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Henry Pelzel
Adolph Pelzel
Rt. 1
Burlington
Petrel
Apitie Henry
Judy Flaine
Pamela Jane
Milam County Finishes Post Polio Census
Milam County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis completed a month-long survey listing 83 former polio victims. Data on treatment and recovery will aid rehab plans, with ongoing medical follow up promised as needed.
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Milam County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Jack W .Tumlinson
Tumlinson
Tomlinson
Cameron PTA Plans Lawn Party at YHS
Cameron PTA opens its nine program year with a lawn party at 7 30 pm Thursday on Yee High School tennis courts. YHS Band provides music and Mrs E O Smith chair invites parents teachers and school board members to attend this first program. Cameron PTA serves parents and faculty of Ben Milam Ada Henderson and Yoe High Schools.
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Cameron Public
Wiley
Yee High School
J Thomas
Loughmiller
the Herald
Milam County
Cameron Parent-Teacher Association
YHS
E. O. Smith
Cameron Pta
Ben Milam
Ada Henderson
Yoe
Quarterback Club To Organize Monday
The Cameron Quarterback Club will hold an organization meeting at 7 30 p m Monday at Yee High School agriculture building per 1956 57 president Bob Nelson The club boosters invite all old members and Cameron Yeemen boosters to attend They will elect new officers plan a membership drive and urge old members to bring prospective members
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Cameron
Yee High School
Bob Nelson
City awards filtration plant bid to Hoffman & Borders
The City Council awarded the $172,200 filtration plant contract to Hoffman & Borders of Waco, the low bidder among 15. Construction should start in October with 210 working days to completion. Officials also planned a $187,250 trickle water sewer system and kept the $1.60 tax rate with a revised fund split.
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Waco
Tuesaday
Hoffman & Borders
Public Works Supt
W. D. Bighoe
Joe J. Rady
Fort Worth
the Herald
Owel
Cameron
Little River
Sanders
Maynard Myers
Jim Fridstein
W. Brandenburg
City Hall
Ensign Henderson Leaves Norfolk for Strikeback Exercises
Ensign John B. Henderson Jr. departed Norfolk on the destroyer Allen F. Sumner to join NATO Exercise Strikeback. The six week Arctic and Norwegian Sea maneuvers will include about 300 warships from six allied nations, testing the greatest naval striking power assembled.
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John B. Henderson, Jr
Norfolk
Virginia
Allen F. Sumner
Sumner
U.S
Arctic
North Atlante
Norwegian Sea
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Harwell Brothers
Milam
Cardinals
Cameron Fire Department
Carl Black
Cameron Department
Richter
Cameron Firemen
Cameron Legion
Griffin CO
Milton Brown
Jaycee Brenham Train Project
New Cameron Drug
Court House
James Kahler
Brown
Poage Commends Council
Black Rm
Henry
Henry Telzel
Lite Henry
U. S
Quarterback Club
J. Henderson
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