Community news notes from Jones Prairie area events
Mrs. S S Hickman and others visited relatives in Houston over the weekend. Local families hosted visitors from Cameron Maysfield Angleton and Waco. Mrs Walter Senkel recovered from pneumonia and returned home. Several residents traveled to Austin Temple and San Antonio for events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Martin
Ted
Hetzel Burnett
Houston
June Smalley
Benson
Clyde David
Brenda
Cameron
Rodney K. Fontaine
J. A. McKinney
Ethel McKinney
Preston Graham
Maysfield
S. M. Harrell
C. W. Neal Clyde
David
Angleton
Claude Ingram
T. B. Stidham
B. F. Stidham
P. H. Tindall
Calvert
John Thweatt
Bill Thweatt
Frank Angell
Walter Senkel
Cameron Hospital
G. W. Roden
Calton Valley
N. C. Erskin
Temple
Ethel
SHARP NEWS Mrs Florence Spiegel Weekend Visits
Miss Doris Gamble of Cameron spent the weekend at home. Mr and Mrs Jim Cryer went to Baytown Friday to visit their son Floyd Cryer and family. The Lafere couple visited Uvalde for a weekend with son Leslie and wife. Charles Duncan and Mrs Bill Brown visited T F Locklin in San Gabriel. Paul Graves hosted their Houston guest children B B Clark at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Hughes
Cleburne
S. S. Hickman
Donard Hickman
Grosebeck
Rex B. Jones
Lela Fae
Tish
Waco
I. R. Glenn
Newton Memorial Hospital
R. L. Clapp
Sulphur Springs
San Antonio
E. B. Yager
Temple
Oscar Richards
McClosky Hospital
Dolores Phipps
Houston
W. E. Phipps
Lex Daniels
Buckholts
Walter Senkel
Senkel
Ernest Stoebner
Raymond
Otto Schulz
Clarkson
Doris Gamble
Cameron
Jim Cryer
Baytown
Floyd Cryer
C. F. Lafere
Uvalde
Leslie Laffere
Charles Duncan
Bill Brown
T. F. Locklin
San Gabriel
Paul Graves
B. B. Clark
Harry Baldridge
Henry Graves
Albert Rinn
Arthur J. Rinn
Lexington
Bill Spiegel
Susan
W. L. Spiegel
Austin
Bob Ross
Floyd Hargrove
Annie W. Graves
F. A. Graves
Catala
Frank Gamble
William Backhaus
Linda Sue
Rockdale
Brenham
Harry Korthauser
Jerry Harbur
Waxacachie
Alice Brown
Taylor Hospital
Jack Dunham
J. L. Dowling
Killeen
Kenneth Springer
Rogers
Mary Reichert
Max Rinn
Emory Brokenbush
Agness Rinn
Louis Parker
Bobbie Kirchenwitz
Peace Lutheran Church
Weekend Socials Highlight Local Visits and Familiars
Weekend guests included Mrs. Harry Baldridge of Houston visiting Henry Graves, and a host of relatives from Lexington Austin Rockdale Rogers Fort Worth Killeen and Rockdale. many traveled to Brenham San Gabriel and Waco for gatherings clinics and open house events.
Twenty Farmers Meet On Soil Conservation Needs
Twenty Negro farmers of Milam County gathered at the AME church on February 6 1954 to discuss soil conservation. Rev C L Boyd led a devotional and R D Young described local sandy area needs while R B McDonald outlined Soil Conservation Service help and Agricultural Conservation Program support for practices including grass importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County
AME
C. L. Boyd
Minnie Ruth Dennis
R. D. Young
Hanover
R. B. McDonald
Soil Conservation Service
Soil Conservation District
Agricultural Conservation Program
PMA
C. R. Walker
McDonald
Soil Profiles Show Contrast In Row Cropped And Native Grass Fields
Two soil profiles were examined: one from a long row cropped field with dense structure and poor water and air movement. the other from a native grass field with soils that allow water and air flow and greater water storage for plants. After the meeting, McDonald planned farm visits to assess conservation needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonald
Mrs Tynes at Home in Maryland
M/Sgt. and Mrs. Robert M. Tynes with three children reside at Fort George Meade Maryland. M/Sgt. Tynes recently completed Launcher Crew Specialist Chief training at the Guided Missile School Fort Bliss Texas. He is with the newly formed Missile Battalion in Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Tynes
Ft. George
Mrs Tynes Former Minnie Williams Kin of Temple Family
Mrs Tynes is the former Minnie Nell Williams of Cameron daughter of Mrs Ernest Williams of Temple and the late Mr Williams. Mrs Tynes is the daughter of Lex Tynes and wife of Reverend Tynes of Marietta Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tynes
Minnie Nell Williams
Cameron
Ernest Williams
Temple
Williams
Mset. Tynes
Lex Tynes
Marietta
Mississippi
Cpl Ernest Batte Home On Leave
Cpl Ernest Batte is spending a fourteen day leave visiting relatives and friends in Cameron before reporting back to duty at Mineral Wells Texas. He is joined by Lloyd Albertson in Cameron during the leave period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Ernest R. Batte
Cameron
Mineral Wells
Texas
Local Man Batte Returns From Labrador Air Force Assignment
Batte, attached to a Corps of Engineers unit within the Air Force, previously stationed at Mineral Wells air base. He served in Labrador during a summer tour and has just returned. Before enlisting in December 1952 he lived in Cameron and graduated Yee High School. He was a former Battery C, 649th Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion National Guard member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corps of Engineer
Air Force
Batte
Mineral Wells
Labrador
Army
Cameron
Yee
National Guard
649Th
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