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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1953
Page
2
Parma Radio Service offers repair and maintenance for radios and televisions regardless of make. technicians handle broadcast receivers, amplifiers, tuners, and set-top components with factory alignment and test equipment. customers include local households and small businesses seeking reliable service.
The notice identifies Milton F. Brown Jr as editor and publisher and states the Cameron Texas post office mailing rights. It lists publication cadence as every Thursday and outlines subscription rates: Milam County $1.75 annually, outside county $2.00, out of state $2.25.
Regional soil conservation official Louis P. Merrill urges 1953-54 wheat cutters to use the acreage allotment program to improve land use. He advises diversified farming with wheat sorghum grass and livestock, shifting land west of the 20 inch rainfall line to grass for six years, flexible rotations, cover crops and mulch to curb erosion, and placing noncultivable land into range or pasture.
Four enlisted men from Battery C 649th Anti Aircraft Artillery Battalion form the advance party to Fort Bliss. M Sgt Peter F Kunz Sgt Richard H Kamenicky Sgt Willie R Boecker and Cpl Pennie R Juergens depart from Temple airport at 9 a m for Biggs Field El Paso. The group will set up barracks for the main body arriving by train Monday for a two week National Guard encampment.
With over half a million votes cast, the Rago twins hold a slight edge in the Southern Select Beer Twin Contest. The race remains tight as the Rage and Dumas twins trail by a small margin, with Ridge and Leiter twins close behind as final winners are yet to be decided. Votes are cast in ballot boxes at dealers selling Southern Select Beer.
Submit soil samples from fields where legumes and winter pastures will be planted. A soil analysis should guide all soil building programs. The contest closes September 30 with winners announced after votes are tabulated.
Central Texas wheat farmers backed 1954 wheat marketing quotas with strong statewide support. Milam County had no votes. McLennan Bell Coryell and Hill counties reported majority for. Falls County not reported. Texas tally 92.8 percent in favor. national unofficial count 171,203 for and 39,951 against.
Milam County reports a cotton haul well over 2,000 bales by mid August, more than ten times last year's level. The labor point east of Cameron at Highways 36 and 77 will switch shifts with Max McClaren aiding workers and farmers in the morning and William Bickett handling afternoon duties.
The American Peoples Encyclopedia Yearbook for 1953 estimates 73 000 Buddhists in the United States. It lists 47 Buddhist churches and 74 Sunday Schools with 65 560 enrolled students.
Mrs Antonia Polter of Cameron and S H Penny of Waxahachie were admitted August 11 to St Edward Hospital for medical treatment.
The weather was hot and dry with scattered showers and limited rainfall. First base ginnings reach Dallas County as crops deteriorate in the central area. Boll weevils remain heavy in late fields of south central counties, while fleahoppers and bollworms show varying infestations across regions. Spider mites appear in bottomlands and some plains areas as conditions shift.
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