Texas A&M Turfgrass Program Expands Industry Reach
Texas A&M University advances a three point turfgrass program of research instruction and adult education amid a booming industry. New bermuda strains tolerate low light while herbicide fertilizer and management studies support growers in producing quality turf with less time and money. Extension specialists disseminate turf knowledge statewide.
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Texas A&m University
George G. McBee
Texas A&m
McBee
JeBee
A&m
Texas
Heart O' Texas Scouts Attend Camp Tahuaya
The Heart O' Texas Council, Boy Scouts of America, opens its third period of operation for 1967 at Camp Tahuaya serving over 1200 boys in eight weeks. Camp offers boats, canoes, rifle and archery ranges, nature and conservation activities in a fun learning atmosphere.
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Heart O’ Texas Council
Boy Scouts of America
Camp Tahuaya
Knights of Columbus
Cameron
Felix Matula, Jr
Jim Delaney
Raymond Fuller
David Hollas
Lane Horstmann
Leland Horstmann
Fred Meyer
Eugene Mitcham
Johnny Montez
Mike Mortimer
Michael Posival
Daniel Richardson
William Shegull
Douglas Storey
Joe Trdy
Michael Trdy
Lawrence Zotz
Baptist Mission of
Tim Kirkscey
Brian Rogers
Stephen Surguy
David Yett
Larry Zabcik
Stephen Yett
Kent Kahler
Owen Smith
Elias Velasquez
Roy Hailey
Mark Kirkscey
Bruce Mack
Calvert Lions Club
Calvert
Norman C. Shirley
B. W. Cain
Cannon Amos
Danny Barker
John Brein
Charlie Briggs
Ricker Cainell
Ernest Fuchs
Johnny Low
Steven To Willie Hudson
David Autry
Jerry Burden
Rex Richardson
Mervin Guthrie
Funeral Services for Riley F. Hooks in Houston
Funeral services for 70 year old Riley F. Hooks were held Saturday at Niday Funeral Home in Houston. Burial followed at Forest Park Cemetery. He was born June 18 1897 in Cameron and lived in Houston at his death. Survivors include his wife Delsie N. Hooks of Houston his mother Ella Hooks Dobbins of Cameron a brother George Hooks of Waco and two sisters Lucille Niblett of Waco and Martha Lou Gilbert of Toronto Canada.
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Riley F. Hooks
Niday Funeral Home
Houston
Forest Park Cemetery
Cameron
Delsie N. Hooks
Ella Hooks Dobbins
George Hooks
Waco
Lucille Niblett
Martha Lou Gilbert
Toronto
Canada
Savings Bonds Sales Reach All-Time High
Savings of Series E and H United States Savings Bonds reach new peak. Milam County sales totaled $58,000 in May. Five month total $322,726, reaching 53 percent of the yearly $610,000 goal. Texas May purchases up 9.7 percent from 1966. National May new purchases $438 million, up 6 percent from May 1966.
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United States Savings
Henry Liebman
Milam County
Texas
Austin Firm Wins Contract For New Rosebud Post Office
Rosebud gets a new one story post office building awarded to Laco Rentals Inc of Austin. The project costs about 54 thousand and will be completed by March 1968. Lease set at 5535 dollars for ten years. Location at Avenue D and Fifth Street near Highway 77. Enclosed net space 2850 square feet with 10774 for parking and maneuvering. Platform ramp 312 square feet and 5664 for sidewalks and access.
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Rosebud Cong
Bob Poage
Rosebud
Everett Bierds
Laco Rentals, Inc
Austin
Avenue D
Fifth Street
Highway 77
Ave. D
Cameron Livestock Auction Buys Feature Large Cattle Hogs
Cameron auction reports 650 cattle and 200 hogs sold. Prices ranged for steers 24.09 to 26.00, calves 24.00 to 26.50, stocker and feeder cattle 23.00 to 30.00, and hogs No 1 to 3 at 21.50 to 22.40 with sows 14.00 to 16.00.
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Cameron
Jones Prairie Birthday Gatherings Collate Family Visits
Mike Patzke celebrated a Wednesday birthday with grandparents Roy Weems Emil Patzke and others joining for cake and ice cream. Dell Jean Senkel stayed with Walter and family, Billy Thweatt visited in Rockdale, and several others traveled or visited Cameron Newton Hospital. Buster Weems returned home after surgery at St Edward Hospital.
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Bill Thweatt
Mike Patzke
Roy Weems
Emil Patzke
Dell Jean Senkel
Walter Senkel
Buster Weems
St. Edward Hospital
Willie Burnett
Julian Burnett
Newton Hospital
Wedding Ties Linda Devine to Robert Sterling Miller
San Gabriel relatives attended the wedding at University Baptist Church Chapel with a 10:00 am Saturday ceremony. Officiating was Reverend Bill Buckner as families and friends gathered for the double ring rite.
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Linda Devine
Robert Sterling Miller
Hugo Linke
Jim Stewart
L. L. Worley
Bobby Evans
F. W. Worley
Emily Linke
University Baptist Church Chapel
Bill Buckner
Weldon Gilchrist
Florida
Joe Gilchrist
Frank Brown
Winston Brown
Lake Jackson
Gordon Brown
San Antonio
Jess Wilson
Kenneth Wilson
Ingleside
Buddy Wilson
Riviera
Harry Gambill
Georgetown
Andrew Garner
Frank Ditmore
Dalas
John Treuthardt
John III
Richardson
Bill Stigall
Dale
Brian
Houston
William Stigall
H. W. Clark
Walter McDaniel
J. C. Payne
Michal
Bobby
Calvin
Round Rock
Oklahoma
Donna
Jo Ann Henry
Fort Worth
Rockdale
Joe Henry
Hamblin (Dimp) Seaton
Ralph Heisch
Area School Bus Drivers Training Workshop at Blinn College
Blinn College Brenham hosts the second annual Area School Bus Drivers Training Workshop on Thursday August 24 inviting Buckhol's Milano and Cameron districts. The one day event, sponsored by the Texas Education Agency and Texas Department of Public Safety with local superintendents, trains drivers maintenance and staff in transportation duties. R M Cummins TEA chief notes fewer accidents where drivers receive training.
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Cameron
Buckhol's
Milano
Blinn College
Brenham
Texas Education Agency
Texas Department of Public Safety
R. M. Cummins
Seed Testing Program Expands Across Texas Statewide
Texas A&M University’s seed testing program advances with test plots across the state. Corn and grain sorghum performance tests are under way, said Har vey Walker of the Soil and Crop Sciences Department. Twenty eight seed companies have entered hybrids in the tests, with one company contributing seventy entries.
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Texas A&m University
Harvey Walker
Soil and Crop Sciences Department
Milam County Crops Tour Set for July 12
Milam County agriculture group plans a July 12 tour leaving Cameron Post Office at 7 30 a m and returning by noon. Attendees will visit farmers Joe P Mueck Frank Kratochvil Hugo Aigner Eugene Klein Leonard Pelzel Donal Arnold and Wilburn Beckhusen to view irrigation trace mineral tests cotton and maize trials and soil sampling across 13 farms.
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Milam
Cameron Post Office
Joe P. Mueck
Frank Kratochvil
Hugo Aigner
Eugene Klein
Leonard Pelzel
Donal Arnold
Wilburn Beckhusen
Sacajawea Guided Lewis and Clark Expedition
A Shoshone girl Sacajawea, meaning Bird Woman, guided the Lewis and Clark Expedition through the northwest region, aiding the expedition with travel and diplomacy along rivers and camps.
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Sacajawea
Bird Woman
Northwest
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Tahuaya
Federal Land Banks
Vv. G. Forrester
Federal Land Bank Ass'n. of
Temple 406
First
Nat'l Bldg
Temple, Texas
Houston Services
Riley Hooks
Jones Prairie
Billy Thweatt
Harry White
Charlotte
Ralph Poteet
Mesquite
Tp&l
Texas Power Light Company
San Gabriel
H. H. Linke
J. D. Moore
Erals
Edwin Davis
Caldwell
Heart of Texas
DHIA
Milton Sturm
Holland
Jerry Rek
R. E F. Leighton
Texas A&m Dairy Science Department
J. W. Davis
Joe Scharinger
Barney McLerran
James Engbrook
Christine Laws
Ronald Bailey
Heart of Texas Association
Bell
Burleson
Falls
Butane & Propane Service
Tappan Ranges
Central Butane CO
N. Travis
Cameron, Texas
MR. Cattlemar
Cameron Livestock Auction
Ben Franklin
Ruth Barry
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