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City Will Study Cost
Of West Main Paving
Group Requests
Consideration
0( Improvement
Budget Hearing
Set For Tonight
At City Schools
l.ttOO Cameron Students
1st School Week Packed
Th»* Cameron School Heard Urn- About I 6-hi Cameron school dis
rs.Jay night m*( a public hearing tncl students will no back to
fur the proposed I960 • 61 Cain- school September I. but n num*
cron School District huJget lor her ol pre • school activities for
7 .mi p m today faculty and some students is sch-
School otfictals will also o|)en cduled
bids on gasoline and ml lor school Supt Karl Kncbcl announced
YOEMAN COACHES — Shown above
are the four coaches for the Yoemen
From left, are Coaches Walter Johnson,
Jack Larrimore, Harrison McClerren,
and head coach Billy Bates. McClerren
is the only coach remaining from last
years staff. For the complete story
on Yoe football see page 5. —Staffoto
With
Y oeman Practice
Gets Underway
vehicles
l.ast Thursday the tioard approv-
ed a contract to assume operat-
iui ol the (orimr Ul Vocational
Building and equipment for use
in Cameron School system
supt Earl Knabel arid that io
typewriters used in the Gl school
would be used in the Cameron
system and that a typing course
would be installed in O. J. Tho-
lusts School with t^.g additional eq-
uipment.
Supt Knebel also noted that
that teachers meetings and indiv-
idual conferences with faculty and
principals will In* conducted Mon
day and Tuesday, August 29 • 30
And he said a school I acuity
meeting is sclieduUd 10 a. m Tues-
day. August so. lor all teachers at
Ben Milum Calctorium.
St bool officially opens Thursday,
September I First classes will
end Friday afternoon. September
2 until Tuesday. September 6. lor
the Labor Day Weekend
School Appoints
Coach, Principals
Two new principals and a new
Column 101 is anecodoteless.
Without question, this is a cata-
strophe for a column concerned
with anecodotes.
The fighting Yoemen football-
ers are at it again, thus goes the
yell from Yoe High School Athletic
Field, where Billy Bates and his
crew of 1960 Yoemen are well un-
derway with pigskin practice.
After three days of twice - a
day workouts Bates is learning
some action at the position last
years as an understudy to Carroll
Fikes
Fikes has been moved to the
halfback spot Douglas Parker, Fi-
kes. Earl Morgan. Amos Doskocil,
James Sew, II YUS industrial arts coac'1 haVt' ,H*en «l'P«'"'e<i >>y <-’«*
teacher submitted a letter of resig- meron St‘"wl ®««*,“l" ,n u wwk
of pre • school planning for open-
ing day September I.
Supt Karl Knebel said that the
school tioard had approved the up-
Supl Knebel reported that eon- PobXBMBt ol Arley Attawuy, 32,
struction on the new Yoe Field former ‘■lementary principal at
presshox and repair of bleacher Kockdale, as Ada Henderson pri-
seats was progressing on sched- nc4,*d
nation Saturday morning
And Ihc hoard adopted the amen-
< >i budget lor the I960 10 school
year
McClaren is at Baylor Univers-
ity (his summer working on his
master's degree with an English
major and administrative minor.
The new coach, Johnson, will
join the coaching staff in Dickey's
place He will teach mathematics
a( Ada Henderson and be assis-
tant coach, Knebel told The Herald.
He has been coaching 12 years
following graduation from Austin
The season's first lootbnil game
with West is scheduled ut West Fri-
day night, September 2
Another lirst week activity will
be the annual Cairu*rim Pnrenf
Teacher Association recep-
tion 7 30 p in. September 1 at
tin* YIIS tennis courts Supt. Kite
be I said (hat school putrons are
invited to attend.
Principal Max McClaren asked
that new lirst grade students and
those who have not pre - regist-
ered register at Ben Milam School
prior to the opening day of school
between hours of 9 to 3.
Officials said that 6 - year - olds
entering the first grade for the
first time and already registered
need not report.
Those yougsl ers reporting
should have their birth certificate,
and certificates
against small
These documents arc r e ■
quired before admission is grant-
ed to the first grade
Registration ol new students in
all other grades can be made with
principals in the various schools.
ule Wiese Lumber Co. is constru- Also appointed to the admini- College, Sherman und completion
hopes for the coming season.
The Yoemen saw scrimmage ac-
tion the first day on the grid-
iron and haven’t let up since.
Assistant coaches Jack Lari-
more and Wallace Johnson make
up the rest of the new staff. Har-
rison McClerren rounds out the
staff and ranks as the only veteran
from last year.
Forty - three boys have shown up
A short, entertaining account of f° far and Bate* hopes to have at
least 60 out when school starts.
The average weight of the 43,
which includes B team players and
freshmen is 152 pounds
Heaviest boy in the squad is 212
pound senior tackle. Bertie Shu-
mate. Eugene Schattle, sopho-
tips the scales at
196 pounds and all - district full-
back Ernest Bayer weighes in at
196 pounds.
Bates plans to operate off an
Iowa wing T formation. His roster
consists of 17 backs. 3 centers.
6 guards, 7 tackles, and 8 ends.
Pat Dillon, 120 pound senior and
Ed Michalka. David Walston. an<i cling the'new pressbox while school »*»« was.Max McClaren. of a master's at Sam Houston Stale Services Conducted
For Tom R. Crow
Craig Wallace head a list of speedy custodians arc installing new seat-
his material and already has high but small and mostly inexpericnc- ing to replace worn ones
It causes us to put out a semi-
annual appeal for anecodotes, old
and new, to keep the editorial cof-
fers from going bare.
Until help is forthcoming, we
are forced to turn to and remind
ourselves the proper definition of
anecodote, to wit:
some happening, usually personal
or biographical '' - Webster.
101 - 101 - 101
We are reminded of a system
explained by Bill Hayes, Temple
memory whiz, when we are unable cen^r
to remember those things that
ought to get into print.
ed backs.
Big Ed Lierman is in top con-
dition. tipping the scales at 171
pounds and showing his usual
speed on the field. David Barke-
meyer has moved from center to
end Bobby Griswold is manning
the other end Both are good pass
receivers and have the size
do-vnfioid blocking.
Bobby Hillman, Chris Gay, Bob
Dymke, Johnny Richter and Roy
Wohleb head the list that will
figure in this years team.
Hospital Fund
Total $55,000
Yoe High School English teacher,
who will be elementary principal
of Ben Milain School
And Wallace Johnson, 41, former
head coach at Ceder Hill, will re-
place Billy Kay Dickey, an assis-
tant coach for Yoe Hogh School
who resigned prior to the opening
of' school to take a similar post
al Alvin High School.
Attaway's appointment followed
College.
40 Attend First
Civil Defense Class
In Cameron Monday
KC’s Plan Picnic
For October 2
About 40 Cameron residents at-
tended the first Civil Defense meet-
ing Monday night at Yoe High
gave the first
three • hour class on Civil De-
fense procedures The group made
plans for additional three • hour
sessions to complete the course
He told Cameron Rotarians last
week how to remember 10 items
on a shopping list. He named the
10 items rapidly, then asked how
many could remember them after
40 seconds Showing it was diff-
The Newton Memorial Hospital
I’jr.d total reached $55,000 this
for wel'k
Officials said final letting of bids the unexpected resignation of Leon
was being delayed due to finances Brady, veteran elementary prin- School Ag Bldg
Consideration was being given cipal of Cameron Schools, due to James Luckey
to leasing out part of the present health reasons,
hospital facilities for about a year Attaway was elementary prinei-
to serve as additional income while pal at Rockdale for the past three
the new hospital is being built, principal experience at Calvert,
officials noted years and bas had high school
Officials were working with con He is a graduate of Henderson
tractors to see if building and site State Teachers College and holds will attend a lecturers course on
costs could be reduced to assure a master's degree from East civil defense to the group
The Knights of Columbus ann- construction of the hospital. Texas State College. giving lectures on the subject,
ual picnic is scheduled for Octo- Newton Memorial Hospital McClaren, a native of Cameron Luckey passed out handboods on
ber 2, according to Lincoln Mon- fund headquarters was closed last and English teacher at Yoe High civil deftnse to the group
drik, general chairman week and moved to the hospital. School last year, will continue to Three more classes for the grup
Plans include a sausage and Officials expressed sincere app- instruct English at YHS and direct will be held at Yoe High School
barbecue dinner and a dance that reciation to the contributors who administrative duties at Ben Mi- to complete the first civil defense
night. pledged or gave donations. lam, Supt. Knebel said. course.
I ,ie City Council Tuesday called
lor a cost analysis of paving West
Main St. from the Southern Pac-
ific Kuilroud to Orcliurd St.
City officials asked for the fig-
ures alter u delegation of West
Main St. residents asked for pav-
ing along Main from Crockett to
Orchard,
Lincoln Mondrik, a spokesman
for the group, asked that the coun-
cil follow up with a committ-
ment on paving and pea graveling
made by the City Council in Feb-
ruary.
Mayor Coleman Duncum said
the city wus working on a master
drainage program that included
plans for regrading Main Street
between Crockett and the SP
of immunization Docks He said this would mean
pox diptherla delay of Pavin8 that section
until a new grade is completed.
But he said that costs would be
figured for double penetration and
pea graveling the street from the
railroad tracks to Orchard.
The Council also discussed a pet-
ition signed by about 20 residents
of North Karnes in northeast Ca-
meron seeking installation of sew-
erline service in that area
Councilman discussed earlier
plans for looping north Cameron
Funeral services for Tom R with a line to serve that area or
Crow, age 75, who died of a heart providing a lift station to connect
attack at Pendleton Monday morn- that area with lines in the north-
ing were held from the Marek - west part of the city.
Burns Funeral Home Wednesday Mayor Duncum also read a re-
al 2 p m, ply to a letter from several Cam-
Services were conducted by Rev cron Latin American citizens ex-
A C. Lane of the Assembly of plaining thaf the City of Camer-
God church in Waco. Burial was on had no jurisdiction over Cam-
in the McDowell cemetery near cron Field, built this year for Lit-
Belton. Crow was a retired far- tie League and Babe Ruth base-
mor having lived around Cameron ball by a concerted community
most of his life. effort.
Survivors include two sons, Ho- In other action the Council:
ward Crow of Waco and Homer ONE--Approved transfer of
He said Cornelius Titsworth, UHS (jrow 0f yan Antonio. Four dau- *2470 from city contingent funds
vocational agriculture instructor
to street gas, oil and labor funds
to cover additional expenses in-
curred in current drainage and
street work.
TWO -Set a Council meeting
for tonight to study the proposed
Poe of Kerens, 27 grandchildren city budget and work out final
ghters, Mrs Mary Clark of Waco,
Mrs Lucy Donaldson, Waco Mrs
Pearl Moseley, Penelton and Mrs.
Birdie Clinard of Cameron.
One brother Robert Crow of
Dallas one sister. Mrs Maggie
and 13 great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were grandsons.
budget requirements prior to a
public hearing on the budget early
in September,
icult to remember lists of things Jimmy Woodum, 140 pound jun-
without a system, he then repeat-
ed the list, drawing a mental pic-
ture of the 10 items in action.
He asked Rotarians to picture
(mentally a large table with a
pen balanced in the middle, upon
which there wa S cake covered with
syrup, matches burning all around
the edge of the table, a mouse-
trap on the Hoor and other listed
items in disarray throughout the
image.
Some of the Rotarians got all
10 items, thus imagined. As you
can «ee. I can remember only
about five of the original 10 And
I am not sure how many I rem-
embered during the demonstra-
tion.
The same problem applies to re-
ior are the top competitors for the
quarterback spot. Despite his size
Dillon is an excellent ball handler
and has good speed. Woodum saw
Trip To The Holy Land
Quarterback Club
To See Grid Film
In First Meeting
Pastor Sees Biblical Sites, Scenes
Mr McGregor reports this
week on Jordan though his
story is datelined Venezia, It-
aly an Italian port city La-
ter reports trace his travels in-
to Greece and Italy — Ed.
By A. W. McGrrgor
VENEZIA. Italy - We proceeded
A movie on “Holiday Bowls”
will be shown at the first meeting
of the ( amoron Quarterback Club (0 old Jerusalem from Damascus,
7 30 p m Monday at the YHS Syria anq Amman, Jordan.
\ o - Ag Bldg. Our party's first stop was at the
The mo\ie >how -, outstanding Good Samaritan Inn We found the
plays of the TCU - Clemson. Ark- remains of what once could have
ansa* - Georgia Tech and Texas- served as an inn It is doubtful
rr.emth ring ancedates. jokes, fun- Syracuse New Year's Bowl games this was the actua| p|ace wherc
°f the Good Samaritan aided the man
walk'd city a cool, invigorating climate. cient city. Eight ancient olive trees
North of tht present city is Can- In this significant city, now div- still adorn the garden and bear
aanite Jericho, Joshua's city Here ided from the state of Israel by a fruit
we viewed some of the recent ex- “r:o man's land", I visited Mount Although I visited the Church
cavations concentrated on the Moriah where Abraham prepared of the Holy Sepulchre, erected up-
mound of Tel Es - Sultan, which to sacrifice his son, Isaac (Gen on the traditional site of the Cru-
have proven the existence of an 22 2* which David brought and up- cifixion, burial and resurrection
extensive and highly developed on which he erected an altar, lat- Jesus, 1 found i t difficult to In*.
Neolithic civilization, earliest yet er superceded by Solomon’s Tem- lievc this was the actual spot
known in the world pie. where these events occut/ed I was
Services Held For
Herschell Longmire
Funeral services for Heirschell
Longmire, age 54, who died near
his home of a heart attack while
hunting late Sunday were held fr-
om the Marek - Burns Funeral
Home Tuesday at 2 p, m.
Services were conducted by Dr.
(' H Morris of the First Christ-
ian church of Camern and burial
was in the Oak Lawn cemetery in
Rockdale
Longmire was a retired chief
Milam To See
Wildcat Tried
To 1,000 Feet
Milam County had another shal-
low wildcat scheduled to get under
way within the next few days -
the second shallow test to be drill-
ed in the county during the past
Before going to Jerusalem, we Today, over the great rock there, far more satisfied with the site of years For the past 7 years he by the Summers - Shannon
ny sayings, etal Our intentions
are good, but our memory system
is not. ,
That may be why this week's
column went unremembered. And
were it not difficult to explain
blank spaces on a front page, it
could be a reason why this col-
umn should have gone unwritten
Mrs. Monroe Named
Methodist Secretary
The Board of Stewarts of the
First Methodist Church named Mrs
Dana Monroe Church secretary' at
last weeks meeting according to
Dr. Gus Evans, Jr. president
New office hours announced by
Rev E Jewel Strong will be 8 a
m to 12 noon Monday through
F riday.
hopped by the Dead Sea, lowest stands a Moslum Mosque, th e the Garden Tomb. Excavated in
spot on earth at 1.297 feet below Dome of the Rock, built in 690 1883 by General Gordon, this site
sen level We could see Khirbet by the Umayyad Caliph Abdul Ma- better fits the description given of
Qumran. on the shores of the lik Ibn Marwan It is considered the Tomb in the Gospels. Our par-
Dead So. where recent excava- to he one of the world’s most beau ty arrived at the site at 4:30 a.m.
Fkction of officers and intro- beaten and robbed and left for (ions hate brought to light an Es- tiful monuments. and we remaimd outside the tomb
duct.on of new coaches Bill Bates, dead, as told in tre Biblical story, sene * ;ttiement and where the now I visited the Fool of Bethesda during the sunrise.
Wallace Je nson and Jack Lar:- a tourist learns quickly in this famous Dead Sea scrolls have where Jesus healed the man My visit to Jerusalem Was con-
ir ore will be on the agenda part of the world to be slightly been found. "which had an infirmity 38 years." eluded by two side trips - one to
Johnson. 41, formerly head coach reluctant to believe all that is said In the Palestine Archaeological and then went to Bethany, a small Hi bron and another to Jacob's
a' Ceder Hill, was hired to replace about the authenticity of historic Museum, a gift of John D Rock- village southwest of Jerusalem, the Well Hebron, located 28 mile*
Bill Ray Dickey, who resigned be- spots . Such places as the River efeller. Jr., we were permitted to home of Jesus ' friends, Mary and south of Jerusalem surrounds the
fare school opened to take a po-t Jordan and the Dead Sea do not see some fragments of the scrolls Martha, their brother Lazarus and Cave Makpelah. where Abraham,
as assistant coach at Alvin High change for move But because drtmg back to or near the time of Simon the Leper. Here Jesus call- his wife, Sara. Isaac. Rebecca.
'-00* of one civilization building upon Christ Even better specimens were ed 1-azarus from the tomb. 1 went Leah and Jacob lie burn d.
Quarterba k f tub members ex- another, there is little proof avail- -hewn us on our visit to the He- into the deep, dark tomb and was Because a mosque now encloses
tended an invitation to everyone able except the evidence of tri- brew University in New Jeru«a-
*o attend the first meeting of the dition. |<*m. Israel
season. Officials expected an entbu- We went on to the River Jor- Finally, w? began our journey
siastic year as Yoe High School s dan and the place where John the to Jerusalem While f had always
grid booster club Baptist likely baptised Jesus. This believed the famous city was a
A goal of 125 members for the lonely spot, to the east of Jor- high point in the Bible Lands. I
year has been set Membership icho, fulfills all the scriptural re- never ones conceived of it as be-
last year was over 100 . quirements and was very imprev ing on top of a mountain
Present officers are president sive We climbed from 1 297 feet be
Jerico was our next stop The low sea level to 2,466 above sea
me Jem city. 24 miles northeast of level at Jerusalem What a glor-
Jenisak-m. stands upon the ruins toes change of climate we found
of Byzantine and Crusader Jeri- there' From the sweltering hea*
cho. the world s oldest inhabited, of the arid desert we came into
permitted to take a flash photo- this area, we were obliged to re
graph move our shoes while viewing t es<
Bethlehem, about 11 miles south fornbs
of Jerusalem, is a charming litt-
Dr S H Richardson; vice-pres-
ident. Joe Humplik: secretary. Ja-
mes T Terry and directors Cha-
rlie Burke W O Rinn and Jim
Edwards
le town with olive groves and
green terraces It is the birthplace
of David and Jesus Beneath the
Church of the Nativity. I was
shown the traditional sit e of Jesus'
birth.
All who visit this city are im-
pressed with the beautiful Garden
Jacob's Well is famous to Chris-
tians because of the conversation
of Jesus there with the Samaritan
woman It still contains
of which I took a drink
gunner- mate of the United States *w0 weeks.
Coast Guard having served 26 The new wildcat will be drilled
Oil
ha 1 made his home in the Jones Company of Houston and is per-
Prairie community. mitted to 1,000 feet. Location is on
Survivors include his wife, Mrs a 100 acre lease on the R W.
Ethel Longmire of Cameron: his K'Uison land in Levi Taylor Sur-
mother, Mrs Gertrude Longmire, vey in the north part of Milam
Houston; One brother, Pete Long- County.
mirt, Houston, one* sister . Mrs. jt is in the old Baileyville Field.
William K Howard of Dover N. which produced some oil several
years ago. but is now depleted.
Operations on the No. 1 Ellison
are scheduled to get under way
this week.
Earlier this month another sha-
llow test - this one to go down to
3,100 feet -- was set by two Gran-
ger operators.* Marinets and Nai-
var, to be drilled in another area
of Milam County about three and
one - half miles northwest of Rock-
dale.
The Martinets and Naivar wild-
cat will be located on the Walter
H. Holliman tract on a 215 acre
lease in the Maria J. Delgado
H : two nephews and one niece.
Pallbearers were Stanley Hugh-
es. Bert Nicholson. John Davis.
Car! Black. Bill Becker, and Edi-
son Fikes.
Marlin Scouts
Win Swim Meet
Troop S3. Presbyter*in Church.
Marlin won Boy Scout Swim.
Meet for the second year in a row.
Tr -ip 52. Knights of Columbus,
water Cameron, came in second and
Troop 51, Methodist Church. Rose-
NFXT WEEK - Mr McGre
gor recounts his visits to Israel.
of Gethsemane To me. this was Greece and Italy, including a pub- <jat«. fifth and troop 191 American test in that area northwest
the Toveltst spot m all the an- lie audience with Pope John XXIII. Legion, Buckhoits sixth. Rockdale earlier this year.
bud Third Troop 191 Episcopal Survey.
(lurch, Cameron was fourth. Tro- This will be the second try for
op 90 Methodist Church. Rock- Martinets, who drilled a shallow
of
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