Milam County 4-H Winners Highlight 1953 Fair Achievements
Milam County 4-H members led 1953 Temple and Waco fairs with champion Duree barrow and litter, a registered dairy heifer, and poultry swine demonstrations. Hallester Senkel and Bernice Fischer head county honors, with J L Juhl noted for Electric Award Contest work. The piece also covers March of Dimes fundraising and polio vaccine trials as a national effort.
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Temple Fair
Temple
Ig County
Hallester Senkel
Edward Senkel
Buckholts
Bernice Fischer
Drcas Revue
Edwin Fischer
Bernice
Bruce Lindsey Jr
Bruce Lindsey
Maysfield
Houston
Milam County
Waco
J. L. Juhl
Val Verde
J. L
Local National Guard Unit Adds New Enlistment
Lloyd Albertson Battery C 649th Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion held a Sunday drill on December 13 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a noon lunch. New enlistment David L. Wilkins joined as Private. transfer Ste John C Kinane moved in from Austin. losses include Cpls Joe E Wardlaw and Harold H Loewe, the latter transferring to Cuero for proximity to Pawnee Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David L. Wilkins
Ste. John C. Kinane
Rockdale
Alcoa
National Guard
Austin
Joe E. Wardlaw
Harold H. Loewe
Loewe
Cue
Final Rites Held For Mir Brandenburg in Milam County
Funeral services were held at Green funeral chapel for Joe P. Brandenburg at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday December 17 1953 officiated by Rev George J Duda pastor of St Monica's Church. Interment followed in St Monica's Cemetery. Brandenburg a 75 year old World War I veteran and former salesman lived in Milam County eleven years after years in New Orleans. He survived by his widow and a daughter in New Orleans.
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Green
Joe P. Brandenburg
George J. Duda
St. Monica’s Catholic Church
St. Monica’s Cemetery
Brandenburg
McCloskey Hospital
Temple
Texas
LaCrogs
Wisconsin
Milam County
New Orleans
VFW
Joe Brandenlyirg
Roy Vaughan
Funeral Services Held For Simecek Infant
Funeral services were held Monday December 14 for Simecek infant age two days. The child died at 5 a.m. Sunday and was born December 11 at St. Edward Hospital. Survived by parents Aibyin and Simecek, sister Carylin Marie Simecek, grandparents Carol Ann and Bobby Vaughan of New Orleans and Mrs Criss Janssen of La Crosse. Burial at St Monica's Catholic cemetery. Sharp Lutheran Church Christmas program set for December 21 with tree and gift exchange.
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Simecek
Carol Ann and
Bobby Vaughan
New Orleans
Mrs. Criss Janssen
la Cross
Wisconsin
Joseph Simecek
Aibyin S. Simecek
Marek-Burns
St. Edward Hospital
Carylin Marie Simecek
St. Monica’s Catholic Cemetery
The
Sharp Lutheran Church
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National Foundation For
March of Dimes
Lloyd Albertson
Mir
Irving’s Department Store
Cameron, Texas
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