The Cameron Herald (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 15, 1960 Page: 4 of 12
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AN EASY TO OWN
CAMERON
HOME
FOR
ONLY
for Closing
DOWN
ntYEK BEFORE---so EASY TO OWN A HOME11
house completely finished and painted outside
PUIS ALL MATERIALS TO FINISH THE INSIDE ^
yoo need to finish .he inside including p|umbing ond
eecfric fixtures. Rough-in plumbing and wiring material
NEVER BEFORE “ not finished.
This is • ravolutionory, rvew way t«
»>«y a Kama. Yaa sa«a kvndradi cl
dollars- House is <ompl«,t oufsido:
motoriols art furnishod to. you to *e„h
in$id«.
CHOICE OF PLANS
There or, 1) plan, to choose f.em h,
1. J ond 3 bedroom homos. No manor
wher, you l..e we w.U bui'd you c
CAME SON HONE.
NEED A LOT?
If yov do#»’f own a building lot we will
locate and Pnance ono.
INSURANCE PAID
With your CAMEION HOME you wilt
S»t an extended coverage insurance
doltcy paid up tor «ve year,.
PAY AS LOW AS
Per Mo. I $53.20
$48.72
Pete | CAMERON'. TEXAS' HERALD. SKIT. IS.
Editorials
Board Discusses Academics
Academic* and implementing their im- fur an adequate program They are look*
provement were important topic* di-*u**- ing into the pro*pert* for additional phy-
e<i at la*t week'* Cameron School Iioard anal education and athletic departm. nt
aeanion. *|*ace.
Administration official* auhmitted an The program of academic improve-
outline of the problem* of ability groui»- ment and physical education go band in
ing in Cameron Public School*. It point- hand.
ed out the advantage* of grouping *tu- Administration official* pointed out the
dent* by ability and achievement and the diffeiultie* of grading under a grouping
accompanying problem* of making theory’ system Understandably, student* taking
work. course* in various group* would some
school* are operating the time fall short of what might be expected
----'— 4W“ *V,-J--------1 of them in grade*.
Dateline... Austin
Complaints Of
Demo Platform
LITTLE RIVER
PHILOSOPHER
Which Note Udl IP- Right Enough
To Keep World From < ollap-mg
There is something basic there I* it
not po**ible, even likely that grade* have
l»ecome the object of education rather
than education itnelf?
A student’* performance i* reduced to
letters or number* comparing hi* work
Cameron ______ ___ ___________ ____
grouping program for the third year and
it* result* on achie\ement test* of the
student* have already shown it* merit.
The concensus of administrative peo-
ple indicated that studenta adapt to the
accelerated program more readily than
thHr parent*. teller* or numoer* corTijmriiuc HI* wyric
<.rouping by ability should make learn- with a group norm. This i* an indication
mg a challenge to nearly ad student*, of his progress, but sometime** has little
Seeing the possibility of moving into a relation to his capabilities. A student can
.aster group, a pupil produce* nearer hi* j*>int for a grade* level, de|**nding upon it
capacitv. _ acceptability to him, lu- family and
If pupil* in the faster classes fail to friends, and 'hoot for it Yet that js-rfor-
meet their known capabilities, there j* rnan< •* may exceed or fall -hort of hi'
the isuwlbility they would be moved out capabilities,
t i omj*- Ition until they • *
l>er*oiial standards. tage of latent academic talent goes uncle.
With proper instruction and study work. velo|»ed, either lacking a chance for high-
most students will la* motivated to garner **r education or going underdeveloped in
At'STIN He will not try to
nucule anyone* who want* to com
plain afxiut the* National Urines
ratic Party platform. aay» Gov
Price [lame!
Bui the* elate democratic con
tent mm in Dalla. Sept 20 ia not
the place, taut the governor, to
debate the pro* and con* of the
national platform Thi» convent.
mm, he »aid ia traditionally for
flu* purpose of writing a state
platform and certifying Demotra
lie nominee* for stale office
Dear editor
oola that are not under federal There s one thing about hutorv
court order and integrate witnout ,h,t • vr ne\er been able to un-
approval in a local election would ler.tand Well, (hat t .mat a man-
still lose Mate aid aral accredits "r «* uy.ng it, jituai y there
tion
Immediately affected were two
large school systems - in Hous
ton and Dallas - both of whom
sie thousands of Mingy about his-
'ory I’ve never understood, und
even more | don t even know
about, but the thing that I'm re
— —- own os wnom ---- — — ••*■*•» ■<
are under court order to begin ‘rr,n“ ,0 no* ** this
----How is U “■-* * *-
load* in history' always looms up
get a little out of touch with real-
ity The world is not nearly as
collapsable as some people think
These are critical times all right
and something ought to he done
•bout it. but so far I haven t been
abb* to find anybody who know*
exactly what
more than we might anticipate from
their educational opportunities.
The board also discussed the prospects
for improving the physical education pro-
gram in the high school. And members
agreed that additional shower and dress-
ingroom space for YHS boys i „ mu.,
Yoemen Sparkle
C ameron * football Yoemen have* the
spark and zeal of boy* wanting to get
things done on the gridiron. This attitude
apeak* well for the efforts of the YHS
coaching staff.
There was a noticeable drive for excell
ence in the Yoemen'.* performance Friday
er education
public school.*.
Grouping probably is not the final ans-
wer Hut it is assaying the value of stu-
dent exposure to a fuller measure of
their (suabilities and identifying their
capabilities before student* go out into
the world.
hdward J Drake, chairman of
tie Dallas f ounty delegation, wr
ofe the governor that the Dali-
autes would like to have a “full
and factual divcu sion of the nut
tonal platform at the Sept 2o meet-
ing
Governor Daniel said there are
plankv in the National tierncM-ra-
tic platform to which he is de-
finitely opposed Hut he said he
didn't feel there was enough dif-
ference between the Democratic
and Keptiblican platforms lo jus-
tify criticizing one without apply-
ing the same criticisms to the ot-
her
simultaneously with a Presidential
election’
As long a* I can remember, I
general or selective, to keep * ,,m* v hen'
msmi af!n»i lourtb year along in September
'be fate of
gradual integration plans
SAI.KS TAX NEED SEEN
Next year's money need- will
he so staggering the Legislature
will have to resort to sales (ax-
ing
the boat afloat
This predication is made by Sen
William S Fly of Victoria, cha
irman of fie Texas Commission
on State and Local Tax Policy
Fly was defeated in his race for
re election last May but conten
ded his tax stand had nothing to
do with it
Those who do come back, said
Fly. may face the need to raise
as much as $108 000.«» in new
money This is the estimated new
revenue need if the Legislature
U» to raise tear1!! pay
and provide medical aid for old-
both program
40 Years Ago
A Milam Bankers Association
h*» been organized in f'ameron
with A V Green president of (lie
Ftfet National Bank a* president
a- d 1. T I • .4
tne Citizen* National Bank, sec-
retary
Fire completely destroyed the
home of Melvin Weems Monday
morning about ten o’clock
There were 10.571 bales of cotton
1 (Hinting round as halt bales•
Winner in Milam County as of
September 1. l»2t)
The Rev B B Blaylock, pwa-
lor of the First Baptist Church lor
more than 5 years, resigned to
assume new duties with the South
For example, take Cuba and
— **■■” ... v ,u" *nu assume new duties with the South
ttxsxvtszs. ;,r “•*“ s~~’ -
tion that any expert cares to go
on record with is this The United
Stati t takes a very .serious view
of the Cuban Situation
as evangelist.
20 Years Ago
The Yoemen had a decisive win
,u‘rs - both program^ with wide
Governor Daniel said he was de- popular support
niyrht. They played four-quarter football,
hitting as hard at the gun as at the otien-
ing kickoff.
This team spirit frets things done. !*
vould he certain to say that Cameron's
football fortunes are on the rise.
The Cameron Herald
Frank Luecke, Don Scarbrouirh and John Cardwell
__ PUBLISHERS
Managing Edit, r Fr.nl, j
Entered a* second-class mail matter at the Post Office in Cameron. Texas, under the art of Congress of
March 1, 1879 Published every Thursday
f M11 „ SUBSCRIPTIONS
In Milam ( ounty
Outside County
Out Of State
$2.50 per year
$.‘1.00 per year
$1.50 |M*r year
/960--
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finitely opposed to freeing the Ie
xas la mocratic electors, as prop-
osed by some, to vote for whom
they please He said he fell if was
a matter of “simple integrity'', for
the Democratic electors to vote
for (he Democratic candidates if
the party carries the state
Since the las Angeles conven-
tion, the governor' 1 position has
h.*en to work for the Democratic
ticket without endorsing the total
platform.
SCHOOLS NOT PENALIZED
A ruling by Ally Gen Will Wil-
son has provided a way out for
Texas schools faced wiih conflict-
ing stale and federal orders re-
garding integration
State law provide* that a school
system which integrates without
approval of local voters loses
state aid. Wilson ruled that this
does not apply if the school is
complying with a federal court or-
der to integrate
However, the ruling did not
knock down the state law
in question. Wilson said that sell-
Proclamation
I, Coleman Duncum, Mayor of
Cameron, Texas do hereby pro
claim OCTOBER 2. i<#>0 through*
OCTOBER 8 1%!) to be
NATIONAL HI SINK'S
WOMEN S WEEK
I his annual Week, sponsored
throughout the United States by
The National Federation of Bus-
iness and Professional Women's
Clubs. Inc is set aside to pay
ribtite to women in business and
the professions, and the contribu-
tion they make to the nation The
them, of I960 National Business
Women's Week" is “symbol of the
Sixties - More Women at Work
Coleman Duncun
Mayor, City of Cameron
Latest report by the tax study
group shows that Texas families
are now paying less state taxes
than the national average Annual
state lax bite on a theoretical “Av-
«*rge“ Texas family is *115 80 a
y.ar Nationally, the “average''
family pays a state tax bill
of *2.35 51 a year
the world wasn’t con-
sMlered to be hanging on the out-
< ome of the election ,n November
I dan't understand how this co-
mo, about, but it doe- and what
is even more surprizing is how
tne Ameri an people alv ays -eom
1 make tin* right chj o. At least
liicy always must have a
Mi- 'vi rt*i never has cc.'apsed yet
»5e.- an e'ution .n the L'r.ded
Mute1. <n I havi n had a.i<-
thing else to do. Eve often sat
nd ponderd what •culd have
•' ''pined to the wo :1 if aJI the
oea'. d I I dido!' - for pres dent
had been e:ected anj the s .c
•'“fu! on had been tic jited. 1
.-rare tic world would have col-
lajised fifteen or twenty elections
ug.i. D„t low it codi have cm-
’( u.;.*d cj collapse ever, four years
'her.■,*■; r is a puzzling inought
Understand. I'm not belittling
the Importance of the President! ,1
race, but I sometimes think thi
eandHjtes and thei. -utqioi-tt -*■
The only trouble with this u that °'er 1 J*“‘‘rt hriday and are ex-
- *- J peeled to meet tough competition
f riday night in their contest ag
ainst McGregor Cecil Tindall is
team laptain The Santa Fe has
scheduled a special football tram
for the Cameron McGregor game
over Calvert Friday and are ex-
program will get underway Mon-
day when the city begins the first
unit of construction according to
Mayor Charles C Smith
A total of 5.129 bales 01 cotton
were ginned in Milam County from
the crop of 19-10 prior to Sept-
ember 1st
Castro doesn t seem to take a
very serious view of our serious
view This makes the situation
even more serious, but no nearer
solution Or take the Congo, or
China, etc.
I will do my best in November,
to keep the world from collapsing
»o tar wfwn I go to vote, but it’s an aw-
ful responsibility to put on my
shoulders, and 1 may not have the
materials to do it with
Yours faithfully.
J. A
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Luecke, Frank M. The Cameron Herald (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 15, 1960, newspaper, September 15, 1960; Cameron, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth577972/m1/4/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.