Milam County TB Control Program Outlined
Milam County TB cases after a May mass survey drew attention of the Milam County Health Unit. Dr. John B. Bryson reported 81 suspect or probable cases, with 52 followed up. 6 active, 10 inactive, 16 non tuberculosis, 9 afflicted. A school health plan and improved services are planned. August sees various communicable diseases and ongoing water and sanitation work in schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County
John B. Bryson
Milam Health
Cameron
Sanitarian
C.B Breedlove
Wolle Family Reunion Draws 125 Attendees in Austin
About 125 relatives gathered Sunday at Barton Springs Park in Austin for the George Wolle family reunion. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. George L. Schroeder Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Lange with guests Edmund Poller and Lawless Wolle Temple, Jimmie Brownstetter Channel View, Siegfried Wolle Sharp, and Linda Sarrell Baytown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wolle
Barton Springs
Austin
George L. Schroeder
H. F. Lange
Edmund Poller
Lawless Wolle
Temple
Jimmie Brownstetter
Channel View
Siegfried Wolle
Sharp
Linda Sarrell
Baytown
Lone Star Gas Moves Back To Old Office
Lone Star Gas Company employees will move back to their old quarters on West First Street the first part of next week. They moved to the Cheeves building on Main Street after their offices burned last month. The newly refinished offices will be in two colors with beige on the east wall and pale green elsewhere. An open house will be held as soon as furniture and equipment are placed. the exact date will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Star Gas Company
West First Street
Jack Slaughter
Cheeves
Main Street
Slaughter
Yoemen Face Badgers in District Title Split Battle
Yoemen clash with Lampasas Badgers in a Friday night showdown as Coach Leo Jackson’s team debates single and double wing plays. Lampasas, led by standout Albert Witcher and George Geddes, used a 19 to 7 win over Waco B, while Cameron backs Wing formations and primed Joe Lee Heitman and Jimmy Rettig to power the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Jackson
Lampasas Badgers
Waco B
Cameron Boys
Sam Fowler
George Geddes
Albert Witcher
Lampasas
Cameron
Joe Lee Heitman
Jimmy Rettig
Yoemen
Six Local Guard Members Attend College
Six members of Battery C 649th Anti air craft Artillery Battalion will attend universities and colleges across the state as the fall term begins. Cpl Otto G Zotz Jr and Pvt John C Green both Yee High School graduates departed earlier this week for college duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
649Th
Cpl
Otto G. Zotz, Jr
Pfe
John C. Green
Yee
Guards
Legumes Ordered By A. S. C. Now
Over 80 percent of winter legume seed and fertilizer costs are covered by the Agriculture Conservation and Stabilization Service this year. Farmers should contact local A S C officials this week to place orders. supplies available after this week. Last year more than 1000 farmers planted winter legumes and the program benefits soil and future crop yields. Also returning to North Texas State Teachers College are Linky Mondrik Paul Kunz and John David Matula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Conservation and Stabilization Service
North Texas State Teachers College
Linky Mondrik
Paul Kunz
John David Matula
Cotton ginning declines in Cameron area this season
Local gins in Cameron and Maysfield report a sharp drop in bales ginned this year totaling 3 768 versus 8 889 by the same date last year. Weems Gin shows 727 bales to date, down from 1 800 last year, while other gins report reduced outputs and ongoing receipts as government loans influence the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Maysfield
P. W. Davis
Cameron Compress
Triggs and
Flinn
Matyastik
Planters
House Fire After Kerosene Stove Explosion
A rental house on Jefferson Street owned by John Henderson burned to the ground Monday at 3 PM after a kerosene stove exploded. The structure suffered about $1,200 in damage. tenants were a Negro family. No injuries were reported.
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John Henderson
Jefferson Street
Pfc Daniel Hejl Joins 1st Marines At Inchon Korea
Pfc Daniel Hejl son of Mr and Mrs J C Hejl Buckholts has arrived at Inchon Harbor aboard the transport Marine Phoenix to join the 1st Marine Division in Korea. The division has fought since the outbreak of the conflict and earned Presidential Unit Citations for Inchon landing and the Chosin Reservoir actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Hejl
J. C. Hejl
Buckholts
Inchon Harbor
Marine Phoenix
1St Marine Division
Korea
Inchon
Chosin Reservoir
Den Mother Workshop Begins in Temple September 30
Cub scout den mothers and prospective leaders may join a five week workshop in Temple starting September 30. Meetings run Thursdays from 9 30 a m to noon with Heart of Texas Council officials covering program planning achievement plans conducting a den meeting pack meeting and den mother chief relations and theme ideas. Applicants contact Cub Master Wayne Mann or Neighborhood Commissioner Bob Able at the Chamber of Commerce to apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
Worksop
Heart of Texas Council
Eaders
Cub
Wayne Mann
Bob Able
Chamber of Commerce
Couple from Waco vacation in Eurecia Oklahoma visit relatives
Rev and Mrs Henry of Waco have returned from their trip in Eurecia Oklahoma and are visiting at the homes of their parents Mr and Mrs Vince Krupicka of Buckholts and Mr and Mrs John Sipple of Sharp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Stoebner
Buckholts
Bishop
W. P. Hogan
Rockdale
Cameron
Henry
Waco
Eurecia
Oklahoma
Vince Krupicka
John Sipple
Sharp
New Ben Milam Building Useful And Beautiful in Many Ways
The Ben Milam School campus adds a new ultra modern facility housing first through third grade classes. The red brick building features spacious classrooms with wall windows, low desks, color themed interiors, and integrated libraries. Bright hallways with accessible drinking fountains and asphalt tile floors reduce noise and aid comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Milam
Ben Milam School
Cameron School
Leroy Sanders Promoted to Corporal in 135th Combat Battalion
Private First Class Leroy Sanders of Cameron promoted to Corporal. He serves as supply clerk with Headquarters and Service Company, 135th Engineer Combat Battalion, a unit of the 44th Infantry Division at Fort Lewis Washington. The 44th has a long combat history in Europe and Pacific theaters and was demobilized after World War II before reactivation for the Korean War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division of Public Health Education
State Health Department
Rockdale
Cameron
James E. Poore
Extension Service
A. M. College
Thorndale
Industrial Generating Company
Alcoa
C. B. Breedlove
Texas State Department of Health
Ell Faulkner
James Poore
Texas A & M College
College Station
Texas
Charles O. Blalock
Texas Education Agency
Austin Texas
Leroy Sanders
Sanders
John Sanders
135Th Engineer Combat Battalion
44Th Infantry Division
Fort Lewis
Wash
44Th
Europe
Pacific
Markham-Williams Accident Causes Vehicle Damage
No injuries were reported after Booker T. Williams Jr. of Cavilla failed to yield while attempting to pass Mrs. Florence Markham of Cameron on the Little River Bridge. Both cars sustained extensive damage. Mrs. Markham was with Mrs. Mattie Houston of Cameron when investigated by Highway Patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Markham
Cameron
Little River Bridge
Booker T. Williams, Jr
Cavilla
Dr Byron Bassel Opens New Cameron Dentist Office
Dr Byron A Bassel D D S opens a Cameron dentistry practice above Citizens National Bank in the Zellner building. A Rice Institute graduate previously from Dallas he also holds registration as a pharmacist. He is joined by Ethyl Drjac former Zellner nurse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron A. Bassel
D.D.S
Cameron
Citizens National Bank
E. R. Zellner
Bassel
Dallas
Ethyl Drjac
Zellner
Dr. Bassel
Cameron Yeomen edge University High in 1954 opener
Cameron Yeomen beat University High 6 to 0 in Waco. Heitman scored the only touchdown on a 22 yard run with 92 seconds left in the third quarter, as Cameron dominated with 279 rushing yards and strong blocking. Rettig and Beale produced key gains while Michalka connected on two passes for 35 yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trojan
Vacoans
Yoes
University
Jimmy Rettig
Joe Lee Heitman
Wacomen
Burt Barr
Joseph Michalka
Rettig
Heitman
Michalka
Leon Beale
Cameron
Waco
Sneek
Endibert Mondrik
Monroe Bayer
Laddie Dohnalik
Captains Organize Winter Bowling League
Eight women bowling teams met at Cameron Alleys to organize for the Winter League and study enforced rules. President Mrs. Leo Laake announced they would follow the men’s league regulations for trophies with Dr John Boyce providing rule data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Alleys
Leo Laake
John Boyce
Angie Mondrik
Lone Star
Felix Matula
Mable McGoldrick
Falstaff
Irene Mees
Pearl
Laake
Lnake Drug
Bennie Meyer
Oak Club
Audrey Boyce
Greens Funeral Home
Milady Hollas
Coca Cola
Milam County farmer Steve Polzer known for cover crops
Steve Polzer, a top Milam county conservation farmer, leads in using cover crops to protect land. He owns about 108 acres with roughly one third under legumes each year, including hubam clover, winter peas and summer peas, as described on page 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Polzer
Milam County
Steve
Polzer
Roy Weems Displays Granddaddy Diamondback in Cameron
Roy Weems of Belmena presented a four and a half foot nine rattler in downtown Cameron on a Wednesday afternoon. He estimated the snake’s girth at about seven inches. Weems claimed the event ties to a local saying about sun and rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County
Roy Weems
Belmena
Cameron
Weems
Postal Receipts Rise in First Eight Months of 1954
Postmaster John P. Hayes reports postal receipts reach 50000 for the first eight months of 1954, up about 19 percent from 1953. He notes the office still uses old street numbers until city re numbering is done and outlines planned route extensions to serve new and existing areas. The three letter carriers and one parcel post carrier cover about 25 miles within city limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Yays
Hayes
Jesse Kirk Jr Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Jesse Kirk Jr. is resting at home after surgery at St Edward Hospital. He was a patient for almost three weeks and is now improved enough to receive visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Kirk, Jr
St. Edward Hospital
Kirk
Pvt Streicher Enters Eight Weeks of Army Basic Training
Pvt Billy G. Streicher son of Mr and Mrs Walter Streicher 405 South Crockett Cameron began eight weeks of Army basic training at the Antiaircraft Artillery Replacement Training Center Fort Bliss Texas He drove a taxi in Cameron before enlisting and will receive a fourteen day furlough after completing training to visit family and friends.
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Pvt
Billy G. Streicher
Walter Streicher
South Crockett Street
Cameron
Fort Bliss
Texas
Pvt. Streicher
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wolle
J. C. Marek
Pfc
D. L. Hejl
1St Marines
den Mother
B. Bassel
Trojans
Cameron Yeomen
University High Trojans
Robert Pryor
Wacoans
Cameron University
Milams
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