Cotton harvest quickens in Cameron County as gins hum
By August 22 the Cameron compress reported 6395 bales received with picking under way countywide. Dry weather and strong labor demand push farmers toward rapid ginning and early harvest, with outlooks of up to 20000 bales for 1951 and 90000 acres planted in Milam County this year. Some fields show insect damage and labor migration from Mexico is noted.
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Cameron
Texas
Tete
Milam County
Margaret Cochran to Attend Business College in Austin
Margaret Cochran, who recently resigned as secretary at the First Baptist Church, will attend Durham's Business College in Austin starting with the September term. She served as church secretary for the past year and previously spent one year at Mary Hardin Baylor College.
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Margaret Cochran
First Baptist Church
Miss Cochran
Durham’s
Business College
Austin
Mary Hardin Baylor College
McClaren brothers visit grandmother Mrs Mitcham
Johnny and Jimmy McClaren visited at the home of their grandmother Mrs Mitcham on Friday.
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Johnny
Jimmy McClaren
Mrs. Mitcham
Campaign Launched To Enforce Cattle Ceiling Prices
The Houston District Office of Price Stabilization launches a nationwide effort to enforce cattle price ceilings. Investigators in 38 Southeast Texas counties inspect slaughter plants for above ceiling cattle purchases and dressed beef sales after complaints from packers.
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Houston District Office of Price Stabilization
Rex L. Poston
Houston
OPS
Texas
Mr. DiSalle
DiSalle
Congress
County Defense Bond Drive to Run September to October
County Chairman Nathan Adams announced the Defense Bond Drive will run from September 3 through October 27. He said there are no dollar quotas and urged selling as many bonds as possible to back the armed forces and curb inflation, challenging local committees to set a high county goal. Volunteers will lead the effort.
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Nathan Adams
Dallas
Adams
Henry Liebman
Milam County
Treasury
John W. Snyder
U. S
Campaign to Increase Chamber Budget Progress
Dr. Gus Evans Jr says the drive to raise the Chamber of Commerce budget to 10000 is advancing. City firms and Jaycees have joined in planning meetings to reach the target as citizens recognize the value of an active organization. In recent days donations rose by 2942 toward the goal from a past level near 5000.
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Gus Evans Jr
Chamber of Commerce
The
Jaycees
Evans J Jr
Truman Pembroke Recovers after Surgery in Corpus Christi Hospital
Truman Pembroke, a surgery patient, is recovering nicely at the U S Naval Hospital in Corpus Christi Texas. He is confined to Surgery Ward No 2 at the facility.
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Truman Pembroke
Corpus Christi
U. S. Naval Hospital
Texas
Ft Worth boy Holly Hairston Jr returns home after tonsillectomy
Holly Hairston Jr of Fort Worth has returned home from St Edward Hospital after undergoing a tonsillectomy.
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Holly Hairston Jr
Ft. Worth
St. Edward Hospital
Garth Family Visiting Cameron Grandparents in Illinois
Mr and Mrs Guy S Garth and their sons Jimmy and Johnny from Jackson Mississippi are visiting Mrs Garths parents Mr and Mrs J C Martin in Cameron They plan to leave for Mexico soon and the boys will remain with their grandparents.
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Guy S. Garth
Jimmy
Johnny
Jackson
Mississippi
Mrs. Garth
J. C. Martin
Cameron
Mexico
Campaign drives organize bond sales during Korean War era
Communities statewide mobilize for intense campaigns as the first drive since the Korean War began aims to boost bond purchases. Emphasis will be on the payroll savings plan allowing wage deductions to buy bonds and the Bond-A-Month Plan enabling automatic purchases through banks.
McKee Couple Visits Austin Over Weekend
Mr and Mrs L M McKee visited in Austin the past weekend. Mr McKee is manager of J C Penney Co here.
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L. M. McKee
Austin
Mr. McKee
J. C. Penney Co
Miss Virginia Dale Horstmann Visits San Antonio Grandparents
Miss Virginia Dale Horstmann of San Antonio visits her grandparents Mr and Mrs August Horstman in their home during a family gathering.
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Virginia Dale Horstmann
San Antonio
August Horstman
Cox family returns from Colorado vacation
Mr and Mrs Francis Cox and daughter Kay have returned from an enjoyable vacation in Colorado.
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Francis Cox
Kay
Colorado
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Seaton
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