Milam WMU Association Hears State President At Burlington
Milam WMU Association met February 9 at First Baptist Church Burlington where Mrs. Clem Hardy state WMU president spoke on Let your light so shine before men. She noted four million dollars for Foreign Missions in 1954 and Texas approaching one million by January 15 1955. Reports from five standing committee chairmen covered community missions mission study stewardship and young peoples director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam Wmu Association
Burlington
Clem Hardy
Woman's Missionary Union
Milam Baptist Association
First Baptist Church of
Hardy
Brazil
Southern Baptist
Texas
Baptist Women of Texas
Perry Holder
Cameron
Jimmie Asher
WMU
Gib Terry
Community Missions
A. L. Gatewood
Mission Study
Helmet Pearce
San Gabriel
Stewardship
A. B. Jones
Young Peoples
News From Jones Prairie Community Notes
Jones Prairie residents report visits and travels to sub district and church events. Mrs. B F Stidham visits Calvert. Mrs. S M Harrell visits Angleton. Mr. and Mrs Yager attend a Workers Conference in San Gabriel. Will Black, pioneer of Jones Prairie, dies at 91.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Thweatt
Maysfield Methodist Church
Yarrellton Methodist Church
B. F. Stidham
P. H. Tindall
Calvert
S. M. Harrell
C. W. Neal
Angleton
B. Yager
San Gabriel Baptist Church
Homer Crook
Cameron
Muleshoe
Will Black
Jones Prairie
St. Edwards Hospital
Blacks
Local Notables and Community News From Maysfield
News From Maysfield reports Alfred Masengale’s serious car wreck near Freeport with injuries not yet detailed. It notes youth fellowship attendance at Tracy Methodist church and visits among families including the Massey, Newton, Massengale, and Thweatt households. Roy Newton has returned home from Cameron hospital, with Mrs. Newton recovering at home. sister Mrs. Ralph Massengale of Freeport joins them. Dock Thweatt and Mrs. Herbert Thweatt visited Austin. J. P. Wise and Rev H. R. are also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maysfield
Alfred Masengale
Freeport
Tracy Methodist Church
Bobby Weathers
Mable Ruth Tipon
Peggy
Roy Newton
Cameron Hospital
Alaska Exercise Moose Horn trains Majors in arctic drills
Corporal Theodore R. Majors, 22, of Norfolk Virginia married to Emma, participates in the Army’s Exercise Moose Horn in Alaska’s Big Delta area. The four week maneuver tests tactical operations and cross country movement in extreme cold with arctic supply methods including airdrop and giant snow tractor trains. Majors serves as a squad leader with Company I, 4th Regiment, 71st Infantry Division, entered service May 1954 and trained at Fort Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore R. Majors
Emma
Norfolk
Moose Horn
Big Delta
Arctic Circle
71St Infantry Division
Army
Fort Jackson
8. C
Waterways to Be Sodded or Seeded with Grass
Central Texas Soil Conservation District offers Bermuda grass sprigging machine and grass drill for rent to simplify seeding and sodding waterways and pastures. Bermuda grass or King Ranch bluestem will be planted to improve land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Ranch
Central
Texas Soil Conservation District
Now Is The Time To Sod Your Waterways In Bermuda Grass
Temple Work Unit personnel with the Central Texas Soil Conservation District assisted land owners in staking 86 waterways in preparation for terrace construction this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermuda
Temple Work Unit
Central Texas Soil Conservation District
Burlington 4-H Girls Take Chicks In Growing Contest
Betty Foshen and Carol Jean Helpert join the Burlington 4 H Club in an eight week growing contest sponsored by the Cameron Chamber of Commerce. At a meeting on February 9 club projects were discussed, including a half acre garden with a hot bed and seeds planned for onions cabbage tomatoes radishes lettuce carrots mustard greens turnips beets squash beans and potatoes. Fifty five chicks will be furnished by the county agent Mr Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Younster
Betty Foshen
Carol Jean Helpert
Burlington 4-H
Cameron Chamber of Commerce
Burlington +H
Schonhoeft
Moore
Colbert
Buckholts News Roundup Highlights Local Visits and Campaign
Local notes report visits by military families and residents including Sgt. Kaatz returning from Ipswitch and heading to Connally AFB. Graveside rites for L. G. Moore observed in Temple. Campaign totals show MOD collections at Buckholts reaching 328.36 with various groups contributing. local schools and communities supported the drive. Public notices include Baptist Women’s Missionary Union events in Burlington and local social visits at Blue Ridge State Farm and with families in Caldwell and Caspar, Wy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph R. Kaatz
Corrine Joyce
Rudolph Jr
Rusty
R. F. Kaatz
Sgt. Kaatz
New York
Ipswitch
England
US Air Force
Connally Afb
Waco
Tal Woodward
Blue Ridge State Farm
Houston
Marazer
R.C. Hopkins
Buckholts
Harold Fuchs
Willie Glaser
Alvin Stalmash
Laddis Marek
Leon Kleypas
Joe Zajicek
Edwin Lehmann
Anton Svetlik
Edwin Gandy
Doyle Arnold
Bill Lang
Adolph Fischer
Czech Moravia
Milam County
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8S. S. Hickman
Jon Hughen
Denson Ingram
Roy Burnett
Dow Chemical Company
A. L Burnett
J. A. McKinney
S. Hickman
Ethel McKinney
Burlington Baptist Church
Jesse Black
Walter Black
Roxie Allday
Marvin Hickman
M. P. Carroll
Roy Weems
Whilie Phipps
Charles Russell
Yarrellton
J. D. Martin
Newton Memorial Hospital
J. H. Burnett
J. A
C H. Massey
T. R
Alaska
J. W. Meyer
John R. Meyer
Bryan
Beverly Zalmanek
Caldwell
Annie Lou Obermiller
Charles Obermiller
Temple Junior College
A. R. Walschak
Lester Heath
Penny
Chi
Casper, Wy
Heath
Genevieve Walschak
Amarillo
San Antonio
el Paso
Dodge
Tp&l
Texas Power
Morton
Dembe
Maton Foods
Oan
Cameron Herald
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