Cameron School System Faces Antiquated Plan and Budget Pressures
Superintendent W T Hanes addressed the Lions Club outlining Cameron’s growing enrollment, stagnant tax base, and Gilmer Akin funding limits. He noted teacher pay gains from the act but argued the district still relies on state aid and carries increased insurance costs while the system remains tied to a 1846 city configuration.
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Cameron
W. T. Hanes
Lions Club
Hanes
Gilmer-Akin
Last Train On T&NO Capped By Wire Recording
J T Parma recorded the final run of the Dinkey on the Texas and New Orleans line from Yoakum to Waco on August 12 at 7 20 P M The 55 year passenger service era ended with the Dinkey’s last trip Parma set up at the station and included crew interviews and ambient sounds for posterity.
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J. T. Parma
Texas & New Orleans
Parma
Mr. Parma
Dinkey
Yoakum
Waco
T&no
Milam County Motor Transport Pays Its Share Of Government Costs
A Texas Motor Transportation Association study shows Milam County received benefits from state and local government funded by motor carrier taxes. Milam’s 1948 contributions include licenses and registrations 25106 dollars state highway construction 26367 dollars highway maintenance 35740 dollars road debt 7272 dollars road bond fund 12821 dollars per capita school support 27179 dollars and intangible tax 470 dollars.
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Austin
Milam County
Roy Sanderford
Texas Motor Transportation Association
Sanderford
Charlie Modisett Buried in Pleasant Hill Wednesday
Funeral services for Charlie Modisett age 82 were held at 2 p m Wednesday at Pleasant Hill Cemetery for burial. Modisett a longtime Bartlett resident and former business partner in Modi sett Howell Music Co died in a Temple hospital after long illness.
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Charlie Modisett
Pleasant Hill
Modisett
T. A. Howell
Yeomen Face Opener After Rigorous Prep Ahead of Friday
Yoemen practice hard on eve of 1949 season opener against West from McLennan county. Coach Paul Smith and line coach Dick Young push drills as team fixes defense after Friday scrimmage with White Oak. Melroy Bixman out with mumps. rest of squad reports minimal injuries. Conference season starts later with home game vs Georgetown in September.
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West
McLennan Coun
Yoemen
White Oak
Yeomen
Acorn
Paul Smith
Dick Young
Melroy Bixman
Georgetown
Five Escape After Car Is Overturned Near Maysfield
A 1929 Chevrolet sedan driven by Lester Turner overturned on Highway 190 near Maysfield after a rear tire blew out. Passengers Mr. and Mrs. Earl Pool Burrell Turner and Carroll Gregory escaped with only scratches and slight bruises.
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Highway 190
Maysfield
Lester Turner
Turner
Earl Pool
Burrell Turner
Carroll Gregory
Aggies Meet Villanova After Texas Pageant Tease
At College Station on September 17 A&M aims to prove the beauty of Texas girls in a high school hater twirlers contest with Tanya Schmid of Brenham cited as a key factor. After the pagesant the Cadets face Villanova in a big football game.
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College Station
Texas A&m
Texas
Tanya Schmid
Brenham
A&m
Villanova
TCU Graduate Gene Williford to Lead B and C Squads
Gene Williford, a Texas Christian University graduate and former multi sport athlete, will report Monday as the new Bo ard C Squad coach. He will lead the B and C football teams this fall and coach baseball in spring, after high school in Houston and college at Fort Worth.
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Gene Williford
Bo Ard
Paul Smith
Williford
Houston
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth
Mass murder on Camden street shocks city
In Camden on a busy street, former soldier Howard Unruh killed 13 people and wounded four before barricading in a second story room. Police used tear gas to flush him out. he surrendered after hours. Prosecutor calls it the worst Camden crime.
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Camden
N. J
Camden Street
Howard Unruh
Unruh
Cooper Hospital
St. Batthew
Marshall Thompson
Mitchell H. Cohen
Philadelphia
Cameron Public Schools Opens With Record Enrollment
Cameron Public Schools opened for the 1949 fall term with a likely record enrollment. Superintendent W. T. Hanes reported Ada Henderson grammar school at 1175 on day one, O. J. Thomas negro school at 201 and high school at 93, with growth expected to continue as details unfold.
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Parernits
Cameron Public Schools
W. T. Hanes
Sanford M. Layfield
Pioneer Raley, Milam County Resident, Dies in Taylor
L. W. Raley, Rosebud farmer and Polk County native born Feb 10 1874, died at his daughter Mrs. O H Schram in Taylor after a period of illness. He married Margaret Frances Duncan on Aug 26 1897 and is survived by his wife and nine children including Dr. John W. Raley and six sons in military or religious roles.
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Schram
Taylor
F. N. Griffin
Washington, D. C
B. A. Spiller
Pharr
John W. Raley
The
Baptist College
Shawnee
Okla
Leroy W. Raley
Chaplain’s Corps of
the Army
Birmingham
Ala
Frank I. Raley
Pawhuska
Maj
Claude M. Raley
Westover Field
Mass
Coleman L. Raley
Belton
Floyd W. Raley
Berkeley
Hatfield Receives Compromise Verdict In Wife Murder
W A Hatfield 67 and Cameron carpenter, received a 25 year compromise sentence for murder of his wife Minnie Elizabeth Hatfield 59 mother of ten. He shot her at their East 17th Street home after a July 20 quarrel, then pled guilty under court appointment of counsel. He cannot appeal and will be 95 at release.
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Thompson
Unruh
Maurice Cohen
Cohen
Cohen Drug Store
Rose
Charles
Unrah
Minnie
W. A. Hatfield
Cameron Carpenter
Texas
Minnie Elizabeth Hatfield
Hatfield
East 17Th Street
W. A. Morrison
Camp
Rockdale
O. D. Graham
Thorndale
Ed Gunn
Yee High School Enrollment Rises to 335
Sanford M. Layfield reports Yee High School opens with 335 students, 30 more than 1948. All faculty are present and new activities will form, including a Student Council. Class officers will be elected next week and singing will feature a mixed chorus instead of a girls chorus.
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Yee High School
Sanford M. Layfield
Layfield
Veterans Told How to Estimate Service Life Insurance Dividend
A simple method for estimating the dividend from a veteran’s service life insurance is outlined: total premiums paid to the Veterans Administration from policy start to the 1948 anniversary, take one third, and that approximates the dividend. Payment blanks are available at veterans service group offices.
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Veterans Administration
Veterans Service Groups
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