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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1955
Page
3
The report lists Edwin Fischer A W Butts and Paul C Graves as Supervisors for the Soil Conservation District in a local governance update.
Harvey Bacon maintains terraces and grows alfalfa and hubam sweet clover to improve soil texture and moisture retention. Central Texas Soil Conservation District officials plan monthly meetings while farmers like J H Grossman Walton Worchak and Mary Geiser estate implement Harbers method, canning barnyard manure and legume crops to raise maize and cotton yields.
The Texas Employment Commission will again place men at the labor shed to contact cotton pickers as they arrive in the county and direct them to local farms. Farmers needing pickers should call the Farm Bureau office at telephone 920 to pass the information.
Evelyn Swanzy daughter of Mr and Mrs W D Swanzy of Burlington married Pfc Leander Sukup, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Sukup of Rosebud. They will reside in El Paso as Sukup is stationed at Fort Bliss after overseas duty. Both roosebud high graduates.
Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Karnowski included their daughter-in-law Emilie Karnowski and her daughter Emilie Karnowski. Also visiting were Carmine Sprague and two daughters and son of Toledo Ohio. Relatives from San Antonio Victoria San Diego Westphalia and San Antonio joined the gathering along with Sister Mary Andreus Sister Mary Silverious and Mr. and Mrs. James Karnowski.
List of relatives and friends visiting for Mrs. Bet tie Lewis funeral services on Sunday. Names include Nealy Laird Mack Nicholson Floyd Hill Weichert Ivy Hill McDaniel Houston Clifford Shelley Waco Ruth Lewis McFarland California John Hill Brownwood Mary Chapman Willard Cameron Myrtle Johnson Belton Floyd Lewis Lewis Brady Newton Gilbert Oliver Newton Austin George Holland Ralph McGee Lone Grove Leon Lewis F D Lewis Lewis Love Michael Hickman Lewis Ft Worth L T Lewis Dallas David Lewis Houston John Douglas Lewis Jr Howard Lewis Bill Gause Gause Lettie Hailes Oakdale La Benge daughter from Oakdale La
Mr and Mrs Frank James and children Annette and John Roy of Lawton Oklahoma spent Tuesday and Wednesday with relatives in Cameron and returned home Wednesday night.
The Texas Angora Goat Raisers Association presents the world’s largest registered Angora goat sale during its Kerrville show. The note on winter pastures emphasizes minerals vitamins and proteins to ease the cost-price squeeze and support pasture management. The College Station Soils Laboratory processed 9 415 soil samples last year and now invites samples for fall grains legumes and winter pastures.
At the J. D. Kress farm southeast of Temple proper use of crop residue management controlled erosion and kept soil movement to a minimum. Mulching crop residues into the topsoil provided cover and splash protection from rain, a key conservation measure.
Mrs. Cecil Criswell of Buckholts visited Cameron this week. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Thompson and daughters Gail and Denese and W. M. Whitaker have returned from a few days visit with relatives and friends in Houston.
Mr and Mrs Clive Green and daughter of Rockdale were recent visitors in the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Rosenberg.
W T Pearson Jr of Rockdale is in Louisiana for a four day fishing trip and expects to return home by the weekend. He runs the Rockdale Flower Shop.
Second inoculations with polio mylitis vaccine are under way or completed in all but 17 Texas counties. About 70 percent of children who had the first dose reportedly received the second. The foundation urges rapid completion to ensure protection beyond refrigerated vaccine. Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Howard and son Chip returned from a two week eastern states trip. Dr. Howard is with the Denson Clinic.
Vacationing couples and visitors are noted in Cameron and Hearne with reports of hospital stays, travels, and family visits. E A Perrin undergoes surgery at Scott and White Temple and expects to return home Thursday. Dairy days draw over 14 000 attendees in Texas, backed by extension service.
Mr and Mrs Ben Edmonds Mr and Mrs Roy Wright and Mr and Mrs A D Lagrone accompanied the youth group at First Church for a community outing.
Mr and Mrs Jimmie Asher attended the event. M N Peters of Winchester visited friends here en route to Wichita Falls to stay with his sister Miss Louise Peters. J B Ryan of the Texas Multiple Sclerosis Foundation spoke at the Milam County Medical Society meeting at Cameron County Club about MS research.
Mr and Mrs Alvin Heft with son Al arrive in Las Vegas New Mexico for a two week Water Department vacation. Jim Short acts as manager replacement during Heft absence as department head prepares leave.
YARRELLTON residents share visits across Port Arthur Rosebud Temple Hospital Cameron Calvert El Paso and Stephenville. Families gather for weekend fishing at the river and dinners with kin while Yarrellton Gin reports its first bale signaling a local milestone.
Cotton Saturday guests included Mrs W it Mopper and grandchildren Chrys and Mark Anson Hopper of Houston along with Mrs Lee Lock and Mrs Leonard Warren and Gloria of Sharp. The Russell family hosted a fish fry with Mr and Mrs Lee Lock and visitors from Austin Cameron and Oklahoma City at various family homes. Yarreilton Church hired Bro Veal of Waco as pastor and Sunday services were held. Delia Barrett’s sister Dock Walker of Oklahoma City visited Tuesday though Barrett remains ailing but not seriously ill.
The Little River Philosopher on a Johnson grass farm in Marlow vents frustration at a Washington outfit's spending. In a reader letter, he says recent news left him distracted from work and reflects on the national budget remarks.
The speaker reflects on Congress in turmoil over three hundred million dollars allocated to the defense department not spent the prior year and rushed to be used in the final 24 hours. He notes many officials who could spend freely and jokes about trying such a tactic, concluding with a sign off.
The text notes large early quarter indicators reflecting boom times but warns Americans rely heavily on credit to buy goods. It also points to over-extending inventories with concerns voiced by President Eisenhower and Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks about excessive credit and outsized inventories.
Extension agronomist Ben R. Spears urges farmers to plan seed and fertilizer needs for winter legumes. In most regions the best fall planting window is mid September to early November, with hairy vetch Single tary peas and Austrian winter peas recommended for East Texas Timber area.
Regional legume recommendations outline which clovers hairy vetch and winter peas suit areas from the Blackland and South Texas to the High Plains. Fall planting preferred south of a line, spring planting north. Deep root sweet clovers and Hubam favored where root rot is a risk. Irrigation expands options for biennial sweet clovers and Austrian winter peas.
A humorous riff notes that divorces show women retain property and independence, while a husband is not among the kept. The quip reflects evolving views on marriage, gender roles, and legal outcomes in contemporary culture.
The Commerce Department reports U S production and income rose to new highs in Q2 1955 while Americans ran up record debts in the largest spending spree in history. The data show stronger national output alongside escalating consumer borrowing.
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