Inspector Platt Urges Car Owners To Have Autos Checked
Milam County vehicle inspectors report progress of the state program and urge owners to have cars inspected before Christmas. With 1953 already ten months in, Texas shows 106 highway deaths fewer than 1952 for the period, and most cars inspected need some adjustment or repair while the average cost is about 1.77 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coley Platt
Milam County
State of Texas
Platt
Texas
Sand Grove Church Bible Study Sunday Service
The Sand Grove Church of Christ meets at 2 p.m. each Sunday for Bible study, song service and communion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sand Grove
Church of Christ
The
Church of
Christ
Poll Tax Exemption for Disabled Vets in Texas
Disabled Texas veterans with 40 percent or more disability who served during a foreign war may vote without a poll tax. The 1941 act specifies exemption for any disabled veteran of a foreign war, regardless of overseas service, as long as disability reaches 40 percent.
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Texas
H. B. McClellen
Veterans County Service
Benson Calls Cotton Acreage Cut Too Severe
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson criticized the cotton acreage reduction as drastic and too severe in a radio interview. He said he will ask Congress to modify the law to ease the adjustment and to include hardship provisions. The report also notes a family visit in Buckholts and Burlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Ezra T. Benson
Congress
Benson
Republican State Executive Committee
Texas
Secretary of Agriculture
Scholarship Award To Honor Former Milam Deputy Sheriff
A letter to the Cameron Herald details the Capt. N. C. Kennedy Scholarship Award in Corpus Christi. The Texas Jaycees fund an annual $165 scholarship sending one city policeman to the Texas Municipal Police Training School at Texas A&M College, honoring Noah Kennedy for his community service.
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Milam
Carroll Gregory
Robstown
Cameron Herald
Enterprise
Tom Herring
W. M. Cobb
Noah Kennedy
Milam County
Corpus Christi
Kennedy
Drew Rogers
Corpus Christi Jaycees
Capt. N. C. Kennedy
Texas Municipal Police Training School
Texas A&m College
Capt. Kennedy
Jaycees
Chief of Police
Texas A&m
Texas Eligible For Drouth Aid Through 1954
Washington Nov 30 The Agriculture Department extended for all of 1954 the designation of Texas as a drouth disaster area. The move makes farmers hard hit by drouth eligible to obtain loans for farming operations for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Washington
Agriculture Department
Drouth
Drought Strains Texas Farmers Prompt Emergency Credit Call
The department notes general rains have fallen over most of Texas but drouth persists in many areas. Farmers suffer substantial crop losses and a serious feed shortage, necessitating emergency credit assistance for next year’s operations across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Department
TP&L Wins Sherman Power Plant Purchase
Sherman votes 1,357 to 48 approving sale of the city's municipal electric power system to Texas Power & Light Company for 150000 dollars plus other considerations. TP&L plans improvements including mercury vapor street lights in business districts and 2500 new residential street lamps.
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Sherman
Texas Power & Light Company
Tp&l
Burlington News Social Roundup and Thanksgiving Events
Local families from Burlington and nearby towns visited relatives in Dallas Tyler Houston and Rosebud over the weekend and Thanksgiving. School programs included a Thanksgiving event and a Korea relief clothing drive planned by the Women’s Missionary Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Hodges
Ellen Driscoll
Waco
Ed Stuesser
Hurlington
Billie Lewis Stuesser
Temple
Houston
Women’s Missionary Society
Korea
Fred Davenport
Fritz Wied
Rosebud
Cameron
Wied
Sallie Davis
Lanier Schulz
Phyllis
Francis
Killeen
Lanier
Herman Schulz
Burlington
Pvt
Bill Matyastik
el Paso
Community Socials and Visits Highlight Maysfield Week
Rev Comer Aldin dined at Walter White's home Sunday. Mrs Fred Jackson hosted a party for 28 women. Visitors included Mrs Katie Nesbit of Salem and families from Austin Dallas Hearne Georgetown Cameron Houston Milano Branchville and Cameron. Local residents attended church and hospital visits were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comer Aldin
Walter White
Fred Jackson
Katie Nesbit
Salem
Jackson
Paul Kieke
Baby
Austin
Hal Ormstod
Dallas
Jimmie Thweatt and Sons
Hearnt
John Thweatt
Frank Lyon
Jodie Ketchum
Georgetown
Bill Tyson
Paul Freeman
Cameron
J. C. Freeman
Elbert Martin
Houston
Cameron Hospital
Ewell Walston
Linda Thweatt
Tom Reiff
Danny
Larry Thweatt
Jeannie McClarran
Milano
Ena Stegger
Branchville
Weekend Gatherings Highlight Local Families
Mr and Mrs Albert Triggs and son from Lubbock spent the weekend here. The Thweats from Oyster Creek visited and travelled to Austin to see relatives. Families from Houston Austin Dallas Port Arthur Laurel Mississippi and West Texas are mentioned with hospital visits and homecomings.
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George Logan
Charles Davis
Dallas
Hugh Davenport
J. B
Phil Krause
David An
Judy
Tyler
Dick Woods
Roswell
N. M
le Roy White
Houston
William Krause
Emil Kessler
San Antonio
C. H. Slone
Malakoff
Henderson
Allen Benesh
Corpus Christi
Allen
Frank Benesh
Lin
Mélba
Jimmie of
Velasco
J. J. Foshen
Roy Lee
Rosebud
Mrs. Albert Triggs
Lubbock
Billie Thweat
Oyster Creek
Austin
Hall Martin
Forrest Smith
Bol Newton
Roy Newton
Gilford Thweatt
Thomas Thweatt
Lady Jackson
J. D. Martin
Walter White
West Texas
Billie Freeman
David Mahony
John
Port Arthur
William Freeman
Carrit Bell
Laurel
Misissippi
Jesse James
Theo Thweatt
Wayne Thweatt
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Inspector Platt
Leon Kleypas
Douglas
Gary
Buckholts
Billie McSherry
Bargain Mail
Waco News-Tribune
Waco Times-Herald
Waco, Texas
News-Tribune
Times-Herald
Central Texas
Ok’d
Burlington News
Jake .Futschik
Frank Futschik
Emil Rainer
Mary Louis Bludau
Weimer
Roy Lee Frank
Fritz Stoebner
Julius Lange
Max Schuetze
Highway 77
Lewis Newman
Oklahoma
Herbert Engbrook
Frank Trepolina
Ed Olbrich
John Olbrich
Paul Olbrich
Jake Olbrich
Jim Gausmith
Westphalia
WMS
Ft. Worth
Bahama Islands
Baptist Church
Frances Dorner
Herman Dorner, Jr
Dennis Davenport
Maysfield News
Cameron, Texas
Jersey
Kid
Kangaroo
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