Little River Farmers Study Brazos Irrigation near Hearne
Representatives from Farmer's Home Administration the Soil Conservation Service and Extension Service joined Little River farmers on a Brazos bottoms tour near Hearne to observe irrigation methods. The group visited cotton watering borders row irrigation and a completed conservation system at Joe Crotopia farm while learning practical points and potential challenges. Local Cameron participants included Clayton Barton Lawrence McClaren Joe Mueck Wallace Culpepper Herman Mueck H L McClaren and L W Mueck with his two sons L F and Ben.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer's Home Administration
Soil Conservation Service and Extension Service
Burkes Howard Implement Company
Little River
Brazos
Hearne
Joe Crotopias
Mr. Crotopia
Cameron
Clayton Barton
Lawrence McClaren
Joe Mueck
Wallace Culpepper
Herman Mueck
H. L. McClaren
Lord's Prayer Wood Carving Delights Cameron Herald
Joe Kuhn, local painter, crafted a wood carving of the Lord's Prayer in a Cameron Herald window. It required 72 hours of careful sawing in white maple, with the saw and sample of wood displayed alongside the framed artwork. The piece has drawn notable attention and may leave viewers quietly moved by the ancient prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Herald
Joe Kuhn
Volunteer Firemen Donations Urged For Bereaved Families
Sunray and Dumas firemen who died were praised as heroes in a State Fire Marshals Association letter. Cameron volunteers gathered funds and city officials ask residents to donate at City Hall to aid the families, with Kiwanis bulbs sold to raise funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunray
Dumas
State Fire Marshals Association
Austin
Carmteron Department
City Hall
Cameron Volunteer Firemen
Cameron Volunteer Fireman
Farmers Over 65 Urged to Contact Social Security Office
More than 353 self employed farmers over 65 in 21 Austin district counties filed 1955 tax returns and self employment tax, with $800 farm income in 1956. They may file now for early coverage, with checks later if net 1956 earnings may exceed $1200. Present 1955 tax return and payment proof when applying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
James B. Marley
Marley
Austin Social Security Office
Milam Ag Teachers Attend Houston Livestock School
Milam County vocational agriculture teachers Pat Kelley of Cameron and Dwight Hine of Buckholts will attend the ninth annual Houston Livestock Marketing School August 27 to 29. The program at Port City Stockyards, Houston Packing Company, and University of Houston covers livestock marketing practices with Edgar Hudgins delivering the keynote at the luncheon opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Kelley
Cameron
Dwight Hine
Buckholts
Houston
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Port City
Houston Packing Company
University of Houston
Edgar Hudgins
W. W. Bailey
Houshton Packing Company
Perry Boxersox
USDA
Native Cameronite Returns Here To Practice Dentistry
Dr. F. Barnes Bever, a Cameron and Milam County native, returns to Cameron to open a dentistry office in The Citizens National Bank Building after seven years in Caldwell. The Bever family resides at 501 North Crockett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Barnes Bever
Cameron
Milam County
Citizens National Bank
Bever
Caldwell
Mrs. Sarah Turner Bankston Visits Rockdale Kin
Mrs. Sarah Turner Bankston of Rockdale recently visited her parents Mr and Mrs Tom Turner in their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Turner Bankston of
Rockdale
Mee
Tom Turner
Emergency Feed Applications Filed At FHA
Emergency feed applications are arriving at the Farmers Home Administration at about 16 per day. By August 6 a total of 353,520 pounds of grain were applied for, with purchase orders possible by August 10. Applications run through August 31, with a 60 day feeding period and potential extension. Eligible livestock include breeding herds of beef, dairy cattle, sheep, and goats. feeds include corn oats barley and grain sorghums with range cubes or pellets. hulls meat and cake are ineligible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Home Administration
Roy Wright
Wright
ASC
Coach Tompkins Departing Yeomen for Irving Hire
Homer Tompkins leaves the Yeomen after mid 1955 to join the north. Jim Speer, 26, from Seminole and Baylor University alum, replaces him after a phone talk with Superintendent Wiley Loughmiller. Speer is married with three children. the school seeks another coach to replace Principal Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Tompkins
Yeomen
Jackson
Dick Young
Jim Speer
Lubbock
Wiley Loughmiller
Yee
Young
Speer
Seminole
Baylor University
George Sauer
G I Home Loan Extension Bill Adds Noted Provisions
The new GI bill extends the WWII loan deadline to 1959 and broadens protections. Veterans may be relieved of liability if a purchaser assumes full loan responsibility and VA approves credit. Entitlement restoration is allowed under public use loss, destruction, or compelled disposal. The law extends guarantees to July 25 1958 and applications by July 25 1959. It also allows entitlement restoration for transfers due to military orders and requires live-in intent at application and closing. VA retains final value determinations of property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petty
Dr. McMahan
Milam County Food Program Faces Delays In Distribution
Milam County pays $200 in administrative costs for surplus food distribution while recipients wait. Judge Charlie Smith Jr. oversees operations, a warehouse is idle, and officials warn distribution may be delayed as bureaucratic hurdles persist. Verbal assurances cite changes July 15 to streamline eligibility, with shortages in shortening anticipated and broad needs rising among rural residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County
State Department of Public Welfare
Commissioners Court
Charlie Smith Jr
Santa Fe
Veronica Michalka
Miss Michalka
Cameron
Texas
Lee County Public Welfare
Moore
Milam
Wilkie E. Moore
First Milam County cotton bale fetched premium in Cameron
Merchants of Cameron paid $128.32 premium to Mr. M E Mitcham of Rt 2 Buckholts for the first Milam County bale baled at Matyastik and Sons Gin in Cameron. The 535 pound bale sold to a cotton buyer for 30 cents per pound. seed valued at $20.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
M. E. Mitcham
Rt. 2
Milam County
Matyastik and Sons
Hood of Milano Named Apprentice Petty Officer
Jerrell A Hood of Milano Texas was chosen at the Naval Training Center San Diego as apprentice petty officer second class. Selected from seaman recruits, he joins the company commanders to graduate August 4 based on aptitude and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Calif
Jerrell A. Hood
J. A. Hood
Milano
Texas
Fire destroys Kirk Grain Company Warehouse near Santa Fe
A fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Kirk Grain Company Warehouse measuring 150 by 75 feet near the Santa Fe Railroad. The two alarm blaze caused about 25000 dollars in damage, about half insured, and was declared out at 630. A gasoline tank was found near the burning structure and removed by firefighters. A nearby truck was damaged and salvageable grain was lost to water damage. The fire was reported by the Santa Fe Tower man and extinguished by volunteer firemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirk Grain Company
Santa Fe
Jean Kirk
Santa Fe Tower
Goobers Parity Dip Compared With Last Year’s Crop
The 1956 peanut crop will be supported at a national average price of 227.04 a ton versus 244.80 last year. Parity is 86 percent, down from 90 percent last year, as a standard measuring farm prices fair to farmers.
School Open Registration Rules for 1956 Opening
The document lists registration requirements for Ben Milam Ada Henderson Yoo High and O J Thomas schools. It specifies which pupils must register based on attendance last year and grade level and notes registration hours from 8 to 12 and 1 to 3 daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Milam
Tered
Ada Henderson
Yoo High School
Yoo High
O. J. Thomas Colored School
C. J. Thomas High School
Reinstatement Offer for GI Term Insurance
Dr. George T. McMahan of the VA Center in Waco announced a new law allows thousands of World War II and post Korea veterans who lost their five year GI term policies since July 23 1953 for missed premiums to reinstate. VA will search records and send reinstatement applications with steps, asking veterans not to inquire for about a month to avoid delaying the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. McMahan
Waco
George T. McM Han
Annual FFA Barbecue At Coffield Ranch
The Sharp FFA chapter and sponsor Dwight Hine hosted a family barbecue at the Coffield ranch Friday night with Willie Schwarz and helpers cooking the meat. Kathryn Kubecka weighed eight pounds three ounces born July 28, 1956 in Downey California to Mr and Mrs Leroy Kubecka. Grandparents listed include Wesley Holman of Armstrong British Columbia and Mrs V A Kubecka of Cameron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharp Ffa
Dwight Hine
Coffield Ranch
Willie Schwarz
Kathryn Kubecka
Leroy Kubecka
Downey
California
Mary Ann
Carolyn
John
Wesley Holman
Armstrong British Columbia
Canada
V. A. Kubecka
Cameron
Cameron City Council Dissolves Standing Committees
A Cameron Texas resolution dissolves city standing committees and transfers authority to department heads as required by the charter. The measure, adopted by Councilmen Thompson Stidham and Brady, shifts duties to department heads who report to the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Cameron
Thompson
Stidham
Brady
Griffith
Mondick
Agend
Dallas man named teacher coach replaces principal at Yee
Murray Webster age 26 of Dallas has been hired as teacher coach to replace Principal Dick Young completing the Yee coaching staff. Webster, married with one child, coached one year at Haskell and played six years of Jr. and Sr. College basketball including four years at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi. He plans to move by August 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray Webster
Dallas
Dick Young
Yee
Webster
Haskell
del Mar
Corpus Christi
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kiwanis Club
S. S
Milam Ag
Coach Tompkins
Irving
G. I
Uble
Loughmiller
Tompkins
Charlie Smith
Taylor
F. L. Gregory
Public Welfare Department
Farm Home Administration
John Steinbeck
KMIL
J. A. Hood of
Kirk Grain
G.I
Robert Weems
Roy Griffith
Heart-O-Texas
Keller
Bill Burns
Buletin
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