Cameron Yoemen Top Rockdale 28-14 in Season Opener
Cameron Yoemen opened the season with a 28-14 victory over the Rockdale Tigers. Rockdale scored first with a 14-0 lead before Cameron rallied in the second half behind Rettig and Thompson to seize control and seal the win. The teams meet Lampasas next Friday September 18.
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Cameron Yoemen
Rockdale
Cameron
Rockdale Tigers
Tigers
Leslie Doss
McFae
Tice
Lampasas Badgers
Lampasas
Yee High School
Cameron-Rockdale
Henry Ellison
Jimmy Hauk
Louis Patterson
Jimmy Rettig
Edward Grubbs
Patterson
Letterman Billy Cook
David Yount
Rettig
Harrison
Arnold Warren
Charlie Eanes
Grubbs
Buddy Thompson
Thompson
Warren
Leonard
Zotz
Camer
Cryer
Cameron Faces Several Friday Opponents After Winless Start
Except for Georgetown all of Cameron's future opponents played Friday night. Scores include Rosebud 6 Hearne 0 La Vega 7 Gatesville 0 Killeen 7 Belton 2 Waco B 7 Lampasas 6 Caldwell 14 Taylor 0. Denotes future Cameron opponent.
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Georgetown
Cameron
Rosebud
School Board Site Plan Sparks Street Closure Debate
At the city council meeting Tuesday the possible closing of Washington Street between 19th and 21st Streets was discussed to place elementary and high school buildings on one block. No final action. awaiting Cameron Independent School Board decision. Attendees included Mayor O. B. Horstmann and council members.
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Washington Street
Cameron Independent School Board
O. B. Horstmann
Roy Baskin
Joe Richter
Robert Weems
Gene Blake
Johnny Andres
B. Slocomb
Milton Schiller
Neomi Needham
Colored Woman Held In Sunday Shooting At Rockdale
Elizabeth Williams, colored, is jailed in Rockdale over a Sunday shooting at the Last Chance Cafe. Willie Franklin, colored of Thorndale, was shot in the leg. Bertie Porter fled with him. Williams admitted jealousy as the motive and faces disturbing the peace charges with possible assault with a deadly weapon later. Franklin is treated at Clinic in Rockdale.
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Elizabeth Williams
Rockdale
Willie Franklin
Thorndale
Franklin
Bertie B. Porter
Last Chance
Miss William
Bertie Porter
Miss Williams
Miss Porter
Carl C. Black
Jim Miller
Crowds at Youth Revival fill First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church Georgetown hosts the Youth Revival third evening with Rev. Edwin Mays and Miss Dodie Dorsett among about twenty young visitors. About seventy attended Wednesday's 7:30 am service, marking the largest turnout. An early 6:30 pm service on Friday will end at 7:15 to allow attendance at the football game.
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First Baptist Church
Edwin Mays
Georgetown First Baptist Church
Monthly Meeting of Milam County Farm Bureau
The Milam County Farm Bureau will hold its monthly general meeting on Thursday night September 17 at 8 p m in Simon George Hall. The program features films from a recent trip by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Dusek plus musical selections. All are urged to attend.
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Milam County Farm Bureau
Simon-George Hall
Alvin Dusek
Blood Donor Day in Rockdale Set For September 25
The Rockdale Chamber of Commerce Civic Affairs Committee and the Rockdale Red Cross organize a Milam County blood donation drive on Friday September 25. The Red Cross mobile unit will likely operate from the American Legion Hall for a one day event with co chairmen Mrs Sara Bankston and Mrs John T Hale coordinating volunteers. Previous visits collected 92 pints on February 25 in Rockdale and 79 pints on June 24 at Alcoa.
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Rockdale
Yoe Council Elects New Officers at Yee High School
Marguerite Hickman named president of the Yee High School Student Council with Anne Hinyard as vice president Ann Wimberly secretary and John D Reichert reporter. Elections also named class officers and queen candidates for Freshman Sophomore Junior and Senior classes with ongoing class meetings and a new flag ceremony project.
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Yee High School
Marguerite Hickman
Anne Hinyard
Ann Wimberly
John D. Reichert
Herbert Nance
Carolyn Russell
Nancy Lawrence
Henrietta Slavik
LaVerne Dodson
Lillie Ann Kekel
Nancy Kubish
Carroll William Boeecker
Edna Vybiral
Joyce Nicholson
Betsy Vogelsang
Nick Nabours
Carol Ann Sanders
Yee
Johnny Solomon
Franklin Moore
Billie McCall
Buddy Thompson
G. Childress
Allan Schiller
Donald Rose
Barbara Aigner
Bulldogs Schedule Sets Three Home Games This Fall
The O. J. Thomas Bulldogs reveal a 7 game fall football slate in District 7 A. Home games against Brenham College Station Rosebud Taylor Caldwell Rockdale share homecoming status. Co Captains Arthur Kelly and Bobby Freeman lead the squad coached by D F Poole and E L Ayecox.
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O. J. Thomas Bulldogs
Brenham
College Station
Rosebud
Taylor
Caldwell
Rockdale
Bulldogs
D. F. Poole
E. L. Ayecox
Arthur Kelly
Bobby Freeman
Nigerian cashew plantations fostered for revenue
The 1953 Yearbook notes large scale cashew nut planting in Nigeria as a revenue source. It cites the high value of phenol derived from cashew oil at 850 dollars per ton as a key driver of cultivation.
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Nigeria
Mrs Lyle McDermott of Cameron Recovers After Surgery
Mrs Lyle McDermott of Cameron is recovering from surgery at Newton Memorial Hospital.
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Lyle McDermott
Cameron
Newton Memorial Hospital
Farm Bureau Plans Resolutions Meetings Across Milam County
Milam County Farm Bureau Resolutions and Membership Committees met on September 10 to schedule 8 p.m. meetings in Buckholts Rob ert Jungmann presiding September 21 Ben Arnold September 24 W D Swanzy presiding Gause September 28 Joe Moore presiding Thorndale September 30 D M Phillips presiding The aim is to discuss the agriculture program and draft resolutions for the State Farm Bureau Convention November 9 10 and 11 in Mineral Wells Texas Attendees included Dennis Klein president John A Smith 1st vice president S W McClaren Jr district 8 director Mrs W H Wimberly secretary Mrs S W McClaren Jr Resolutions Committee chair Lenora A Bickett office secretary and William F Arthur service agent.
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Milam County Farm Bureau
Dennis Klein
John A. Smith
S. W. McClaren, Jr
Texas Farm Bureau Federation
W. H. Wimberly
Robert Jungman
D. M. Phillips
Lenora A. Bickett
William F. Arthur
Cotton Ginning Falls. 20129 Bales In Mi lam County
Mi lam County gins report a weekly total of 20129 bales, down from last year. The Texas Employment Commission Rockdale office predicts harvest activity will wind down in ten days as migrant labor demand drops and workers move away. Contact William M. Bickett at Highway 36 and 77 for crop and labor information statewide.
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Milam County
Texas Employment Commission
Rockdale
Cameron
Buckholts
Matyastik
Weems
Farmers
County
Burlington
F. H. Wied
Will Davis
Sharp
Val Verde
Worley
San Gabriel
Maysfield Gin
Ben Arnold
Thorndale
TEC
Bickett
Texas
Local businessman Frank W. Dink dies suddenly in Cameron
Frank W. Dink age 40 died Monday about 11 45 a m in Cameron He owned Dinks Second Hand Store and was a World War I veteran Born August 20 1900 in Schulenburg Texas he is survived by his widow Roberta and a son Frank Joseph Dink Funeral services were held at the Church of Christ with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery Pallbearers named cremains at Marek Burns Funeral Home and friends from Cameron and Richmond attended Amalia Vasques of Edinburg was a hospital patient in Newton Memorial Hospital.
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Mr. Dink
Schulenburg
Texas
Cameron
Dink
Church of Christ
Mr. Floyd
Galveston
Oak Hill Cemetery
Marek- Burns Funeral Home
Albert Horstmann
M. C. Duncum
Homer McLane
M. T. Sparks, Jr
Thurman Dodson
Will Bur
Roberta Dink
Frank Joseph Dink
Joe Falber
Rudolph Dink
John D. Dink
Houston
Fannie Thomas
San Antonio
Two Charged With Assault in Friday Night Stabbing
Aaron Johnson 18 Willie Lee Johnson 21 and Elbert Tindell were charged after a street fight on West 15th Street in front of Brown Stinnett's. Aaron Johnson stabbed Baker in the chest and back, Baker was treated and released from Newton Memorial Hospital. Tindell was fined and the Johnson brothers jailed. they had prior fines for fighting.
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Oran Zaker
Aaron Johnson
Willie Lee Johnson
Elbert Tindell
West 15Th Street
Brown Stinnett's
Johnson Brothers
Tindell
Baker
Aaron
Newton Memorial Hospital
Lampasas Family Hosts Son Back From Korea
Mrs. George Bales and her children Johnnie and George Ann of Lampasas visited Gordon and Mrs. Miller this Sunday. Johnnie has just returned from Korea and will report to Fort Bliss in El Paso after more time with his parents.
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George Bales
Johnnie
George Ann
Lampasas
Gordon Miller
Korea
Fort Bliss
el Paso
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Council
Farm Bureau
Shirley Scarborough
National Guard
By Lloyd Albertson
649Th
Battery C
W. J. Brod
Louis W. Hollas
Dodge
Schiller Motors
Scarborough
Eugene A. Mees
Milton Brown
Cameron Herald
Glass
Billy Joe Parrish
Rainbow Bread
Miss Scarborough
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Coca-Cola
McAfee Sinclair
Richter’s
Katherine’s
New Cameron Drug Store
Matula Cash Grocery
Mack’s Oil Co
Cannon
Cameron Cafe
W. A. L. Robinson Texaco Station
Dr. Pepper Co
Dr. Pepper
Cate’s
Berniece
Markham’s
James T. Terry
Johnny W. Elsenberg
Clifford T. Boswell
Lawrence J. Kostrom
Henry C. Hubnik
Cecil W. Baker
Donald W. Mees
Elsenberge
Nino Sanchez, Jr
Nino Sanchez
Joyce Edmonds
Jane Pitts
Fred Petmecky
Albert Mondrik
Joyce Wallace
Wayne Wisher
Marilee Hughen
Pullde
Dunbar High
Temple
Clarkson
Frank W. Dink
S. College
R. B. Rylander
Clanton Rylander, Sr
Richmond
Mrs. Clanton Rylander
Jo Ann
Cynthia
Amalia Vasques
Edinburg
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