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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1962
Page
2
Dorene Chollett and Robert Brock wed in Ben Arnold in a ceremony attended by Chollett family members from Clarkson Abernathy and surrounding areas. Festivities followed with relatives visiting in Clarkson and nearby towns during the holiday season.
Lt Bruce H Harbour has returned to Pope Air Force Base North Carolina after holidays with his Rogers parents Mr and Mrs BF Harbour. He has been stationed at Pope since March in the finance division. Also visiting the Harbour home were Mr and Mrs A L Hampton and children of Chicago Illinois. Hampton a UT Austin chemical engineering graduate is a head chemist at the U S Gypsum Company plant in Chicago.
Douglas Williams leaves for New York to begin duties with Glen brook Laboratories Division of Sterling Drug. He will join wife Mrs Williams and their three children in Yonkers within two to three weeks. Others in the community include guests of Mrs Miles Peeler and visits from relatives across Texas as health updates are reported.
Mrs. Sibley and Mrs. Melburn Sibley of Karnes City were guests of Mrs. J. A. and Miss Ethel McKinney. Rev. Sibley, a former pastor, attended a Sunday School annex social for visiting. Several local families hosted holiday guests including Atkinson, Crook, Burnetts, and Ponds with Cameron and Dallas connections.
Thursday consignments totaled 205 cattle 153 hogs and 5 sheep. Prices paid cover steers cows calves hogs and sows with varied ranges for different grades and weights across fats canners and stockers.
Milam County ASCS outlines 1961 marketing year payments for shorn wool and unshorn lambs, using national incentive price benchmarks and a 70 percent import duty cap. It also reiterates Conservation Reserve requirements as several contracts expire, with farmers urged to refrain from grazing or harvesting and continue rental payments. Also notes newborn Chris Ann Richter and holiday visits by Mr. and Mrs. Grabein.
Milam County Extension Service hosts a two day Farm Management Short course in Cameron. Sid Jenkins and Cecil Parker lead a panel on the Future Role of Agricultural Credit in the Blacklands with officials from Production Credit F H A First National Bank and Citizens National Bank. Other leaders include Dr B D Cook Blackland Station Dr David Brown A M College and A C McGee of A and M College. Businessmen and farmers are urged to attend.
Texas broiler placements in 1961 rose 13.9 percent from 1960, with over 100 million broilers produced. Nationally, 1961 output may exceed 1960 by about 2 percent, while per capita consumption reached a record 25 pounds. Demand remains strong, and producers are urged to adopt efficient practices and soil sampling for fertilizer planning.
Voters in Williamson Burnet and Milam Counties within the San Gabriel River watershed choose six directors for the San Gabriel River Water Control and Improvement District on Tuesday January 9. Directors up for election include Irvine Weir Hutto Labaj Fox and Ross Cole becomes new member. Polls run 8 am to 7 pm at Georgetown court house PortrA m Legion Building Circleville center Gran ger city hall and San Gabriel school in Milam. Outcome of Laneport dam controversy looms as small dam project may start if dam is ruled out.
Mr and Mrs Tommy Thweatt and sons returned to Philadelphia after visiting his parents as he serves in the Navy. Roy Newton visited children in Austin while Douglas Gunn and Olin Sapp families visited their parents D B Sapp. Doris Gleason Freeport and the Giesson family Houston spent weekends with Mrs Wing White, and Bryan Floyds Rockdale and Dock Thweatt households hosted relatives.
Second Lt Frederick H. Pearce Jr. enters a year long flying training at Webb AFB Texas after high school and college in Thorndale and San Marcos. He will pilot T-37 and YT-33 jets, receive academic and military training, and earn silver wings upon graduation. His wife Carolyn previously lived in Rockdale.
A reminiscence recounts childhood in Texas and Arkansas with family, a dramatic gun incident, a first public singing, a solo train journey to Little Rock, and admiration for Christopher Morley's verse about a humorous newspaper column conductor.
Herman Yezak veteran Texas House member seeks a sixth two year term in the Democratic Primary for State Representative of Burleson Milam and Robertson Counties District 45 created after the 1960 census. He lives on a Bremond area farm and owns a small weekly newspaper.
The column lists numerous holiday visits and gatherings. Mrs. Dude Caldwell and Dana, Mrs. Joe Delaney and Terrie Lee of Texas City visited J. W. Clements. New Year events hosted by Frank Tomascik in Buckholts drew guests from Cameron Sherman Temple and beyond. Rev H. M. Bowley and family toured Lubbock. Out of town guests included Albert Richter Sr Austin Frederic Gene Richter San Antonio Johnny Andres and W. J. Brascher Cameron.
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