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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1965
Page
7
The August 17 meeting continued work on elderly survey report forms from local churches. Suggestions included an organized road-to-the elderly club, craft programs, and improved nutrition. seniors urged staying active, visiting friends, enjoying life, walking, and exercise. The most outstanding suggestion from a senior was noted.
The meeting covered possible Golden Age meetings in surrounding cities for October and the formation of Senior Citizen Clubs in Milam County. Sub-Committee on Aging members present were Mrs. Lloyd Lamere, Mrs. R. W. Newton and Mrs. George Young. The Yearbook Committee held its second meeting on August 18 and selected programs for 1965 from club checksheets. Members were urged to contact Miss Ramke if clubs had not chosen programs, and the proposed topics include clothing for the older woman, fabrics, nutrition, home management, etiquette, housing, and family life with emphasis on aging communities.
The plain cotton housedress fades from popularity as homemakers adopt washable cottons and versatile outside-the-home styles. New garments include A line suits, culottes, knee-length jumpsuits, and smocks in easy-care materials like poplin and chambray, praised for minimal ironing and no shrinkage.
A sharp blade axe or hatchet is dangerous around camp. Keep tools covered by sliding ordinary garden hose lengthwise over the cutting edge so it stays in place when not in use.
Milam County cotton defoliation guidance from J D Moore notes arsenic acid as common in the process. Apply when 60 percent or more bolls are open for defoliants and 75 percent for desicants on dry land, 80 percent under irrigation. Early use harms yield and fiber quality. 2 4 D may be used without restrictions during the period.
Mrs. Wanda Meyer of Texas A&M University explains families should evaluate a wife's monetary value to the household when considering life insurance. She notes the cost of replacing a wife’s caregiving and domestic tasks could be high, and about six in ten women nationally own some life insurance.
State Rep Milton Schiller will join an August 31 livestock leaders meeting in the State Capitol House Chamber. Invitation came from Agriculture Commissioner John C White for his role on the House Livestock and Stock Raising Committee. Speakers include Dr Jim Stevenson Armour and Co director and Dolph Briscoe with Ben Barnes among others.
Four Milam County 4-Hers and their parents joined 303 riders at the State 4-H Horse Show in Dallas August 12 14. Although none placed in the top ten per class, they performed well. County 4-Hers also submitted 55 record books for judging with many awarded in Junior Dress Review Senior Dress Review Clothing Foods Home Economics and other projects. An August 28 swine show at the live stock auction barn will be judged by Henry Richter C A Smith Jr and Joe Walzel.
An extension engineer at Texas A&M notes leaking ponds may occur where soils are certain types and offers two fixes using bentonite clay or sodium compounds. The article also recalls that early Spanish soldiers in Texas supplied their own uniforms horses arms and feed as government employees.
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