Cameron Western Week planned with horse shows and parade
Cameron prepares for Western Week a three day celebration featuring the Cameron Saddle Club Horse Show July 7 and the Quarterhorse Show July 14 in gaited competition. A queen contest for Cameron girls 16 and older has a July 1 entry deadline along with a parade baggy rides street dance talent show and other events inviting visitors from nearby towns. The week includes a luncheon for travelers greeted by local officials and prize giveaways led by the Mystery Cowboy identification contest.
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Cameron
SPL
Chamber of Commerce
Cameron Saddle Club
Airman Completes Basic Training at Lackland
Shannon son of Mr and Mrs Fred N Shannon of Hico completed basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. He has been assigned to the U S Air Force technical training course for wire communications specialists at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls.
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Win ) Shannon
Fred N. Shannon
Hico
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
U. S. Air Force
Sheppard Air Force Base
Wichita Faillis
CYSTEX Offers Fast Relief for Urinary Irritation
Women over twenty one experience bladder irritation with frequent burning and pain both day and night. CYSTEX claims rapid relief by reducing germs, calming acid urine and easing discomfort while addressing tension and sleep disruption.
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Grugeists
Navarro Dam Progressing At Fast Pace
Navarro Mills construction is advancing rapidly and the $10,497 reservoir may begin impounding water in 1983. The western half of the earthen dam is near completion with a temporary dike to divert Rockland Creek through the spillway. The State Highway Department builds a new farm market road west of the reservoir and asphalt paving is set for the overlook drive. Administrative offices and shops are 3 percent done. A major recreational facility contract worth about $300,000 will be bid July 12 for 12.5 miles of roads, docks, restrooms, pads, parking, and boat ramps.
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Rockland Creek
State Highway Department
Applicants Sought For Postmaster Job In Crawford
Postmaster examination applications are open to Crawford residents until July 3. Salary listed at 4975 dollars per year. Applicants must be 18 to 79 years old. Further qualification details available at the Crawford post office.
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Crawford
SPL
Temple Boys Win Eagle Scout Ranks
Lewis Abel and Don Wayne Abel of Temple earned Eagle Scout ranks at a ceremony last week at the Temple VFW Post Home. Felix Matula Jr. of Troop 92 in Cameron led the ceremony and presented the highest scouting honor.
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Temple
Lewis Abel
Don Wayne Abel
Temple Vfw
Felix Matula Jr
Cameron
Belton College Hires Chemistry Teacher McCurdy
Donald W. McCurdy of Buena Park California has been named a new chemistry instructor at Mary Hardin Baylor College for the coming year. A Missouri native, he holds a BSc and MEd from the University of Missouri and is pursuing an MS in natural sciences at New Mexico Highlands University. He has studied at San Jose State UCLA City College of New York and will join the faculty this year.
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McCurdy
Surplus food program benefiting Navarro county down in June
Navarro county administrator Paul Bruce said the surplus food program served 783 residents in June, short of the usual 1,000 or more.
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Navarro County
Paul Bruce
Jaycees Seek Layman of the Year in Corsicana
Corsicana Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors a program to name the outstanding church layman for the year. Each city church will submit one layman, the Jaycees will cut the field to five, then the Corsicana Ministerial Alliance will pick the winner to receive the plaque.
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Corsicana
SPL
Rutherford Named to City Zoning Board in Corsicana
Robert F. Rutherford a bottler and bakery executive was appointed by Mayor R S Reading to the City Planning and Zoning Commission succeeding Elliott Middleton who requested relief Middleton is president of the Corsicana Chamber of Commerce The appointments were ratified by the city commission with F C Stewart and David Brown as holdover members and Mrs A G Elliott Mrs Bob Wheelock and Campbell Gillespie named for two year terms
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Corsicana
SPL
Robert F
Bob) Rutherford
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Elliott Middleton
Middleton
Corsicana Chamber of Commerce
R. S. Reading
Reading
A. G. Elliott
Bob Wheelock
Campbell Gillespie
City Commission
F. C. Stewart
David Brown
Hico Firms Move Into New Buildings
Two of Hico's oldest businesses the First National Bank and the Hico News Review plus an insurance agency relocate to new structures on Main Street. The bank building features air conditioning and a terracotta lobby with modern design while the News Review offices cover 200 square feet with a press room. Odis Petsick presides over the bank and Petsick Insurance moves into adjacent quarters. The project included contractor W H Barsh of Waco and local builder Boyd McClure.
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HICO
SPL
First National Bank
Hico News Review
W. H. Barsh
Waco
Bilheimer and Calmelet
Odis Petsick
Main Street
Boyd McClure
E. V. (Buck) Meador
Petsick Insurance Company
Highway 281
Highway 6
Wright elected president of Fairy Ex-Students Association
Ray Wright of Waco was elected president of the Fairy Ex-Students Association at the annual homecoming. He succeeds B A Gleason of Fairy, with Mrs Gleason named treasurer and Mrs Frank Hanes secretary. About 270 former residents attended the reunion and special honors went to Mrs Claude Brunson, Mrs Sam Burney, and Mrs Jean Hutton Henderson for long-ago ties to local schools.
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FAIRY
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Ray Wright
Waco
Fairy Ex-Students Association
B. A. Gleason
Gleason
Frank Hanes
Carl Ray Selers
Claude Brunson
Hico
Falls Creek
Sam Burney
Mt. Pleasant
Jean Hutton Henderson
Newfoundland
Miss Anita New Weds Eddie Wood in Fairy Baptist Church
Miss Anita New daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie New of Fairy married Eddie Wood son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Wood of Fort Worth in a Fairy Baptist Church ceremony officiated by Rev. Walter Reid. The couple, both Fort Worth graduates, will live there and work in the city.
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HICO
SPS
Anita New
Leslie New
Fairy
Eddie Wood
Edward L. Wood
Fort Worth
Fairy Baptist Church
Walter Reid
Leon New
Harlingen
Local area events and notices in Centex region
Local ex students return for homecoming with registration at 10 a.m. and a basket lunch. Red Cross offers a water safety course at Hamilton pool starting Tuesday. Navarro County cancer drive kickoff Tuesday. Bosque County forms American Cancer Society unit chaired by Mrs. T. N. Foster. Copperas Cove council changes city secretary and clerk. Pioneer Days set for Aug 10–11 in Copperas Cove. Riesel fair planned for July 6–8. Salado reunion set for July 21. Rosebud awards Rosebud school gym expansion contract to Bruce I and Son Lumber for 9514.
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Red Cross
Hamilton Municipal Pool
Bell Baptists Set Meeting For Monday
The Bell County Baptist Association will hold its June meeting at First Baptist Church of Rogers on Monday. The program focuses on youth and the associational encampment at Highland Lakes July 12 through 15. Speakers include Rev. Marshall Edwards Rev. Bob Green Ben Carter and Brian Harbour. The program starts at 7 p.m. A youth choir will sing and Frank Brown of Baylor University will preach. The executive board WMU meet at 5 p.m. dinner at 6 p.m. Rev. Leroy Kemp will preside.
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Baylor University
WMU
Leroy Kemp
Rev Schliesser to Leave Temple for LaPorte Church
Rev Raymond Schliesser, pastor of First Lutheran Church of Temple, will leave with his wife and two daughters in June to lead a new church near Houston. Since arriving in 198 in Temple, he grew the congregation to 800 baptized members with a 50 000 dollar annual budget and oversaw a 1955 parsonage and a 1958 church dedication. He has been active in Kiwanis and United Fund and led the Temple Pastors Association.
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Schuesser
Temple
Kiwanis Club
United Fund Worker
Temple Pastors’ Association
Hico Church Plans Revival This Week
Rev Rance For son of Dublin will conduct a revival at the Hico Congregational Church from Sunday evening June 24 through the next Sunday. Services begin at 7 45 p m with Pastor Rev Dean Bradley assisting in the services.
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HICO
SPS
Rance Forson
Dublin
Hico Congregational Church
Dean Bradley
Barry Masons Will Install Officers
Barry Masonic Lodge in Corsicana will install officers Tuesday led by C. D. Poss as worshipful master and Wayne Elrod as secretary. Also listed are A. L. Russell senior warden N. H. Livingston junior warden Leone Reed senior deacon L. C. Boswell senior steward J. E. Watson junior steward L. O. Mc Graw chaplain Lowell Reed treasurer and G. W. Watson tiler.
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Corsicana
SPL
Barry Masonic Lodge
C. D. Poss
A. L. Russell
N. H. Livingston
Leone Reed
L. C. Boswell
J. E. Watson
L. O. McGraw
Lowell Reed
Wayne Elrod
G. W. Watson
Killeen Welcomes New Cowhouse Hotel Manager Moran
William L. Moran, 31, arrives as manager of Killeen's Cowhouse Hotel from Kewanee Illinois where he ran a 76 room property. He begins accepting job applications Monday and interviews daily this week. The 80 room hotel with dining, club, pool and banquet space will hire 40 to 45 people and opens in September. Moran and his family will reside on Fairview Drive during construction.
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William L. Moran
Killeen
Kewanee
Hul
Moran
Fairview Drive
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