Garland celebrates 75th Diamond Jubilee with train visit
About 500 000 people observed the Cyrus K Holliday Train at Santa Fe Station Garland during the 75th Diamond Jubilee August 3 11. The train, a mobile museum with a Diamond stack and brass fittings, honors the railway founder. It will appear next in Purcell Oklahoma August 23 24 for Purcell 75th anniversary events. James C Nance of the Purcell Register chairs the anniversary program. Santa Fe service to Purcell began in 1887, the year Purcell was organized and its newspaper started November 23.
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Cyrus K. Holliday
Santa Fe
Garland
Purcell
Oklo
Purcell Register
James C. Nance
The
Register
Former Cameronites Visit Herald Man and Milam County Health Update
Former Cameronites visit the Cameron Herald honoring family ties to the paper. Mrs. Hugh Conway of Alexandria La and Dwight McAnally of Dallas recall editor Oscar F McAnally and co owner Rev James Peeler in the Heritage Centenial issue. Isaac McAnally of New York remains active in journalism. Milam County reports for August 11 include 42 cases of strep throat nine whooping cough and 12 measles per Dr T E Crump.
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Hugh Conway
Alexandria
Polly McAnally
Dwight McAnally
Dallas
Herald
Oscar F. McAnally
Cameron Herald
Conway
McAnally
James Peeler
The
Isaac McAnally
New York
Lelia McAnally Batte
Milam County
T. E. Crump
Courthouse Notes and Transfers Include Numerous Vehicle Listings
Courthouse News item lists new car purchases by Norman H. Sthele and others, with makes including Ford Chev and Buick. It covers marriages Gilbert Rodrigues Castillo to Oralia Campos and several deed transfers, lot parcels, and land board transactions. Also mentions Jerry Schiller’s birthday party and a Texas cattle on feed count of 216000 head on July 1 with 18 percent in large feedlots.
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Texas
Ed Uvacek
Extension Livestock Marketing
Students Urged Draft Deferment For Those In College
Col. Morris S. Schwartz, Texas Selective Service director, says students pursuing college or university courses will likely receive scholastic deferments if full time and earning passing grades. Local boards assess each case, with policy aiming to maintain a trained workforce.
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Austin
Morris S. Schwartz
State Selective Service
Texas
Col. Schwartz
Selective Service
Texas Draft Boards
National Guard
Miss Reid At National Meet
Beloit Wisconsin hosts the National Study Conference of the United Campus Christian Fellowship at Beloit College from Saturday to August 30. About 800 students including Helen Reid of Cameron join faculty and campus ministers from across the United States plus Hawaii and Alaska. The National Council of 100 delegates from 30 regional councils meets August 30 to September 2, following the Study Conference. The event marks the first Study Conference since the fellowship began in 1960 at Columbia Missouri.
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Beloit
Wisc
United Campus Christian Fellowship
Beloit College
Campus Christian Movement
Helen Reid
Cameron
United States
Hawaii
Alaska
National Council
Columbia
Missouri
Airman John N. Stoskopf Reassigned to Tech Training
Airman John N. Stoskopf, son of Mr and Mrs Chester R Stoskopf of CavillA Iowa, is reassigned to the USAF technical training course for aircraft maintenance at Sheppard AFB Texas. He completed basic training and was selected for the advanced course based on interests and aptitudes. a 1961 graduate of North Scott High School Eldridge Iowa.
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Lackland Afb
Tex
John N. Stoskopf
Chester R. Stoskopf
Cavilla
United States Air Force
Sheppard Afb
Stoskopf
North Scott High School
Eldridge
Iowa
County Agents Notes on Dry Cotton Harvest
Milam County Agent G B Reeves warns cotton should not be picked before 8 a m even on dry days. Moisture from humidity hides in seed cotton and raises costs by reducing grade, potentially costing growers $10 per bale or more.
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Fred Elliott
Texas
Determining Mechanical Picking Readiness for Cotton
The guide warns against excessive heat that harms bale fiber and notes over drying yields cotton mills avoid. It advises waiting for field humidity at bale height to drop to about 60 percent or less, roughly eight percent lint moisture, and describes a simple test with a handful of cotton to gauge dryness.
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Herald Man
Aubrey Foster Russell
Dorothy Annette
Grover Clay McCullin
First Baptist Church
Cameron, Texas
CHILI
Oxfords Red Goose
RED Goose
Lewis - Chili
Courthouse News
Norman H. Sthele
R. E. Dunn
A. Vanzandt
Willis Holton
Ford
J. D. Davenport
G. W. Williams
Monroe E. Smith
John Olbrick
G. H. Gersbach
H. M. Yager
John H. Green Jr
Gilbert Rodrigues Castillo
Oralia Neia Campos
Eddie Wilkerson
Edna Myrtle White Charles Delma Autry
Susana
Martha Pimpler
Veterans Land Board
Wm. Punchard League
Jerry F. Skala
J. A. Tivey
G. B. Erath
Antonio Moreno
John T. Richards
Tracy
City of
Rockdale
W. J. Wilson
Robert Clinton Ross
M. Davilla
Katie L. Ross
Albert FE Willie
Oxsheer Smith
Daniell L. McDaniel
WM Moore
Joe Humphk
Howard Hamilton Hurry
Woodlawn
Charlie Litzman
John T. Prescott
Burl
Ington
John J. Longmire
Clemmie L. R. Haggard
C. W. Morgan
Earnestine Ferrow
Michael Rivera Flores
Josephine Silas Lopez Deeds
Oma Weems Little
W. N. Burns
Reese
C. W. Hudson
Velma Dodson
Burlington
Charles Etta Walton
Eugene Walton, Jr
Camp
A. L.nichols
BE. C. Westbrook, Jr
Milano
M. W. Evans
W. P. Bennett
Praesel
Arthur T. McDaniel
N F. Duncum
Walker League
L. G. Gozenbach
Douglas R. Smith
Westwood
S. C. Robertson
Jesse T. Kirk
Gi. K. Bullock
W. W. Lewis League
R.A. Pratt
R. N. Summers
Jose Leal
P. C. del Barto
Veterans Land Board of Texas
F. Ariola
S. Cook
Veys
P. C
Charles H. Calloway
Willie Alemon
Louise Alemon
Chas. Patschke
Edwin H. Fuessel
Pick
Ollie Cook
Roy C. Thiele
Bodo Kraus
Robert Stow
Hogan and Co., Inc
W.E. Marburger
G. F. Dunston
Buick
United Evangelical Reformed Church of
Ben Arnold
Thomas S. Yager
J. P. Warnock
Eunice Alberta Sheguit
Mabel Moore
Tucker Add
City of Cameron
Jerry Schiller
Littleton Barrett
Barretts
Joe Krall
Buckholts
Miss Reid
Waco
A. E. Jones
Goldfarb
Wrangler
Rodeo Stars
Men’s Wranglers
America
Falstaff Brewing Corp
St. Lowis, Mo
Falstaff Distributing
G. B. Reeves
Reeves
Firestone Thrifts
Clinton
Firestone Tires
Horstmann Brothers
Buckholts Farmers Gin
Lummus
Buckholts Farm
Tem
GINCO
A. W. Lange
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