Milam County Woman Celebrates 95th Birthday
Mrs. Mary Chapman of 1506 N. Houston marked her 95th birthday on the 20th with a party attended by about thirty friends and relatives. Her son Willard Chapman of Temple and daughter Mrs. R. A. Griswold joined the festivities. daughter Mrs. Ida Smith of Corpus Christi could not attend. Born in Alabama, she moved to Milam County in childhood and has resided there since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Chapman
North Houston
R. A. Griswold
E. 18Th St
Chapman
Cameron
N. Houston
Willard Chapman
Temple
Ida Smith
Corpus Christi
Mrs. Chapman
Alabama
Milam County
Youth Suffered Minor Injury In Roadway Incident
Thomas Acosta ten of Maysfield was slightly hurt when a truck driven by Charles C. Nelson of Morgan City Louisiana struck him as he crossed the road to get the mail. He was knocked into a ditch and taken to St. Edward Hospital for observation. He had no serious injuries.
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Thomas Acosta
Maysfield
Charles C. Nelson
Morgan City
Gilbert Smith
St. Edward Hospital
Liston Knocks Patterson Out In Record Pay TV Fight
Radio audiences and closed circuit viewers watched Sonny Liston stop Floyd Patterson in two minutes six seconds. Promoters touted the biggest gate in boxing history surpassing Dempsey Tunney. A nation of fans calculated the earnings as Liston earned about 3 300 dollars per second.
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Patterson
Liston
Sonny Liston
Scout Fund Drive Aims At 2500 In Cameron Area
About $500 had been turned in by Wednesday for the 1962 Boy Scout fund drive led by chairman John B. Henderson Jr. Half of the pledge cards from 12 teams remain outstanding as the drive seeks to support Tejas District and Heart of Texas Council programs in Cameron and Millam area including troops explorers and cubs. The drive began with a 40-member coffee for fund teams and urges donors to contribute promptly. Ellsworth Augustus of Boy Scouts of America praised Scouting as a serious life-focused program beyond recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Henderson, Jr
Henderson
Tejas
Heart of Texas Council
Cameron
Milam Area
Boy Scouts of America
Ellsworth Augustus
Rogers Junior High Elects Officers for New Year
Rogers Junior High School members elected officers for the new year. In eighth grade Kenneth Doskocil is president with Charles Jones as vice president Barbara Doskocil secretary treasurer and Shirley Harper reporter. Seventh grade leaders include Mike Mayfield president Ricky Raley vice president Vickie Ray Curtis Schneider reporters. Sixth grade officers name Jimmy Crawford president Gayle Kovar vice president Stevan Ward secretary Ginger Lesikar secretary and Marsha Guess treasurer.
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Rogers
Rogers Junior High
Kenneth Doskocil
Charles Jones
Barbara Doskocil
Shirley Harper
Mike Mayfield
Ricky Raley
Vickie Ray
Curtis Schneider
Jimmy Crawford
Gayle Kovar
Stevan Ward
Ginger Lesikar
Marsha Guess
DAR Opens Season Meeting With Mrs Criswell and Constitution Talk
The Sara McCalla Chapter DAR met with Mrs. T. F. Criswell as Regent for the season opener. After the Pledge and ritual reading, Mrs. Currie of Lott gave a Constitution talk. Refreshments followed.
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Sara McCalla
DAR
T. F. Criswell
Regent
Dr. Currie of
Lott
Inside News and Page Guide Notes
The snippet lists sections of a newspaper with page numbers for Church Classifieds Editorials Society Sports Town and Country and Herald Notebook. It reads like a contents page directing readers to pages 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 and 14 for various features.
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Herald
Rites Held for Fred Voltin 66
Funeral services were held for Fred Voltin 66 at the Church of Visitation in Westphalia with Rev. Arthur Michalka officiating. Voltin died Sunday in a Rosebud hospital after a long illness. Burial was in St. Marys Cemetery Westphalia. He was born in 1896 at Rockdale and lived in Falls County since childhood. He worked with Voltin Brothers Gin and Farming near Rosebud and was a member of St Michaels Burlington. Surviving are three brothers and four sisters plus nieces and nephews.
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Fred Voltin
Church of Visitation
Westphalia
Arthur Michalka
Voltin
Rosebud
Nicholson - Hoe Ischer
St. Mary's
Rockdale
Falls County
Wilson
St. Michael's Catholic
Burlington
St Anthony PTC Welcomes New Teachers and Sets Plans
The St Anthony Parent Teachers Club held its first 1962 meeting at Simon George Hall with about 65 attendees. Four new teachers joined the staff of six as Mrs Hollas named room mothers and volunteers for grades one through eight. New staff include Sister Marion Joseph and Sister Belindis. Dr. Tom Dooley's book was purchased and donated to Cameron Public Library.
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St. Anthony
Cameron Library
Simon - George Hall
George Hollas
al Schoppe
Wallace Small
Louis Hollas
Thomas Schigut
James Wessels
Ed McAtee
Oscar Zotz
A. F. Matula
Charles McDermott
Clarence Hanel
Barney McLerran
Raymond Kurtz
John Geiser
Marion Joseph
Westphalia
Belindis
Louisiana
Jerome Darilek
Mary Randolph
Euphronia
Raymond McLeod
Simon George Hall
Tom Dooley
Cameron Public Library
St. Anthony Pic
Salvation Army Campaign Opens With 1500 Dollar Goal
The Salvation Army fund drive kicks off Wednesday with a $1500 goal. Campaign chairman Don Humble heads the Special Gifts division and notes volunteer coordinators will gather at 9 a.m. at the Texan Cafe for the kickoff. Tolson leads ten captains recruiting at least four workers each. named captains include Porter Young Elvin Hoskins Forrest Sapp Barbara Smitherman Narvie Caperton and Mrs W K Leonard Jr.
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Salvation Army Fund
Hill Tolson
Don Humble
Special Gifts
Salvation Army
Tolson
Porter Young
Elvin Hoskins
Forrest
Cameron Lauds Fall Clean Up Initiative In Cameron Texas
The City of Cameron and the Cameron Chamber urge a two week fall clean up from October 1 to 15 with a five point health and sanitation plan. Officials advertise leaflets and a nominal fee for extra pickups while detailing rules on waste disposal and container use.
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Cameron
Cameron Chamber
George Bowman
Chamber Health and Sanit
Bowman
SH 36
Fourth Street
Chamber
Resolutions to be Considered at Milam Farm Bureau Convention
Resolutions developed in community meetings will be considered at the October Milam Farm Bureau convention. John A. Smith chairs the Resolutions Committee. Meetings were held last week ahead of the October 18 county convention. A slate of directors will be presented for election. Nomination committeemen are H. M. Yager, Ernest Dodd and Henry W. Abel. A membership drive will start at a kickoff meeting in October.
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Milam Farm Bureau
John A. Smith
Milam
Milam Farm Organization
H. M. Yager
Ernest Dodd
Henry W. Abel
Farm Bureau
Bloodmobile Visit Planned for Cameron R T
The Waco Bloodmobile will visit Cameron on Wednesday at the Methodist Fellowship Hall from noon to 6 pm. The quota is 70 pints, with about 96 donors needed to meet it. Milam County residents 18 to 60 in good health may donate. those 18 to 21 require parental consent.
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Methodist Fellowship Hall
Milam County
United States
Waco
Cameron
Central Texas
Safety Program Set For Rogers School Students
Rogers Public Schools work with Patrolman Bill Harrison of the Texas DPS to present safety assemblies for bus drivers and riders. Awards of Merit were given to nine drivers for clean records in 1961 62. Harrison will show safety films at Rogers High on Sept 28 with Learn and Live participation planned for Oct 20.
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Rogers
Rogers Public Schools
Bill Harrison
Texas Departent of Public Safety
Harrison
B. F Harbour
Texas Safety Association
Ben Adams
Kenneth Beverly
C. §. Cobb
Wayne Cobb
Dal E. Coleman
Eugene Kaltwasser
A. A Kretschmar
Jack Mauldin
Wess Murphy
Rogers High School
Department of Public Safety
Thorndale Airman Serves In Space Detection Unit
Airman Second Class Olin F. Biar of Thorndale serves at ENT AFB Colorado with the 1st Aerospace Control Squadron a radar specialist in the Air Force’s space detection and tracking unit. The squadron processed over 130000 observations last three months including orbits of Soviet cosmonauts. Son of Mr and Mrs Henry Biar, he graduated from Thorndale High School and entered service in July 1958.
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Ent Afb
Colo
Olin F. Biar
Thorndale
1St Aerospace Control Squadron
Airman Biar
Air Force
Henry ©. Biar
Thorndale High School
Cameron Soldier In Iron Fist Exercise At Fort Hood
Edwin H. Kurtz, 31, Cameron, was among 3,500 Aggressors testing the 1st Armored Division’s combat readiness during Exercise IRON FIST at Fort Hood Texas. Dr and Mrs C G Swift returned from a trip to Macon Georgia visiting Dr Swift’s aunt and their son in law T Glenn Collins in Greenville Mississippi where he serves in the AFNG.
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Fort Hood
Edwin H. Kurtz
Edwin A. Kurtz
Cameron
1St Armored Division
Tex
C. G. Swift
Macon Ga
Dr. Swift
T. Glenn Collins
Greenville
Miss
AFNG
Dividend Day sets sales push in Cameron region
Cameron announces Dividend Day on Monday October 1 as part of a monthly First Monday promo. Local stores from Ben Franklin to White's Auto offer three to four door busters and Christmas layaways amid window banners and in store ads. The event, run with the Cameron Chamber and media partners, targets Milam shoppers with wide merchandise discounts and coordinated promotions.
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Cameron
Little River
Cameron Chamber
Doctors Favor Previous Plan Defer Type II Sabin
Milam County doctors at the Milam Medical Society meeting opted to continue the Sabin oral vaccine program with Type I and awaiting Type II developments. Oct 21 shows three Cameron centers, two in Rockdale and one each in several towns. Canada reports linked Type II to polio cases while officials back Type III for December rollout.
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Milam Medical Society
Canada
Cameron
Rockdale
Thorndale
Rogers
Rosebud
Cavilla
Milano
Sharp and
Gause
Burlington - North Milam
National
Texas
Remodeling at First Christian Church Cameron
Construction starts this week on the sanctuary and parsonage of the First Christian Church in Cameron. Workers brick in a new entrance and plan a new roof over the auditorium stairwell at 411 West Main Street. A two car carport is added to the parsonage on South College. Pastor is Rev. Kenneth Haley.
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First Christian Church
Cameron
West Main St
South College
Kenneth Haley
Milam GOP Plans Cox Headquarters In Cameron
Milam County Republicans announce a Cameron campaign headquarters for Jack Cox for governor. Dr. E. O. Smith Jr. says space in downtown buildings is under consideration. Volunteers will staff the office to share information and literature. The site will also serve the Democrats for Cox unit. Plans include highway billboards and radio and newspaper ads.
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Jack Cox
Cameron
Milam County
Republican Party
GOP
E. O. Smith, Jr
Democrats For Cox
Reserve Seat Tickets For West Game On Sale
Tickets for the West game are available until 1 p m Friday. Purchase at the principal's office of Yoe High School.
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Yoe High School
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