14 Sep 1967
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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1967
Page
1
A survey of available female workers aims to interview hiring prospects on September 23 as Cameron eyes its first new industry in years. School enrollment figures rise across several campuses while city and county boards approve budget hearings, pay raises, and library funding.
Cameron Industrial Foundation urges women in Cameron Milam area to join a job survey on Saturday September 23. Pamphlets solicit 400 to 509 female applicants for employment with a proposed dress factory described as one of the Southwest’s largest.
Mrs. Bernadina Garcia Baca, 54, of Rockdale was injured when her car left US 77 north of Minerva, struck a 40 foot culvert and trapped her for 45 minutes. She was taken to Scott and White Hospital with a broken leg and lacerations after a tire blew out. She was en route to work at Scott and White Hospital at the time.
The Cameron United Fund plans four drives in October 9 through 14 city wide and a house-to-house drive October 16. Partners include American Red Cross, Salvation Army, Boy Scouts, and Girl Scouts. Red Cross blood program supports local and regional services, with 685 pints valued around 23975 dollars, yet Cameron receives only a fraction of that total.
The Cameron Chamber of Commerce trade and development committee will meet to study downtown parking. Porter Young and Jerome Friesenhahn will survey merchants and coordinate with the City to create an off street plan that preserves open spaces and fits merchant needs.
The Social Service Department asks Cameron school to provide clothing for all students through high school. Needed are shoes in all sizes and boys jeans sizes 6 to 12. Donations of good used clothes may be taken to the school tax seat at the corner of Ist and Main Streets.
James T. Hairston Jr a 17 year old of Route 1 Milano sustained injuries when his motorcycle hit a car at W 4th and Crockett Streets. Car driver Jim Mathews Rt 2 Buckholts was uninjured. Hairston treated at St Edward Hospital and released. cited for failure to control speed.
Miss Beth Sprague regional administration director for the Red Cross Blood Program will meet Milam County workers and others at 10 a.m. Wednesday September 20 in the Episcopal Parish Hall to outline donor recruitment. Volunteers from Cameron and Rockdale will attend.
Cameron meets Rockdale Tigers Friday aiming to reclaim the Bell after last year's 20-13 loss. Rockdale, led by two new coaches Jim Gray and Marvin Agnew, features a large senior backfield and a strong line but depth concerns. Cameron hopes better ball control and defense will counter the Tigers, who face possible absence of backfield starters Kirk and Dohnalik.
A $40,000 urban renewal planning grant for Camer on awaits approval in Washington. The request trails a Brenham grant approved last week. The plan envisions reworking the near empty block opposite the courthouse with new streets and paving.
Mrs. Charles M. Hicks died in an Austin hospital Sunday after a career in Cameron Public Schools through 1951. A UT graduate, she earned an MA in 1955 and served as Del Valle School librarian, curriculum coordinator, and assistant superintendent until retirement in 1966. Funeral held 4 p.m. Tuesday Weed-Corley Austin. burial in Austin Memorial Park. Survived by husband Charles M. Hicks and sister Miss Anice Jenkins of Austin.
Cameron Public Library unveils a winter timetable adding evening hours this week. The hours are Monday and Wednesday 10:30 to 12:30 and 1:30 to 5:30, Tuesday and Thursday 10:20 to 12:30 and 1:30 to 8:30, Friday 10 to 1:30, and Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Milam County reports a new Edwards Lime wildcat in the Tracy Sharp area, Edwards Lime test drilled by Joe Thompson of Waco with a 2000 foot depth target. Drill site on the Hawke 50 acre tract, Corsicana rig moved in, spudded last week. Clyde Bolding is drilling contractor. Thompson has 4000 acres under lease. A second wildcat, Luling No 2 Coldiron, is planned in south Milam on the same 43 acre Smith Vincent lease, 933 feet north of No 1, an 80 barrel per day producer already in operation. Additional wildcats planned include Huber/R. E. Smith No 5 and Clark/R. E. Smith No 1 in Milbur field.
The Haight Ashbury scene is explored through Joan Didion’s Post cover story and local tabloids like The Maverick The Barb and Berkeley Barb. Vendors in downtown and Chinatown sell colorful two and three color tabloid extras while riders on skeleton mounts symbolize apocalypse like imagery.
A collage review of three San Francisco counterculture weeklies headlined by Berkeley Barb and The Maverick. It notes confrontational cover art and anti establishment themes, touring hippie types, tourist readership, and critical takes on traffic, marijuana advocacy, and LSD culture.
A full page sketch shows Alice in Wonderland smoking a joint amid flowers with the Cheshire Cat and a rabbit. The piece sits among bold art and ads for psychedelic catalogs and free rides, alongside CULTURE reviews, quirky poems, and a wide array of unusual classifieds.
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