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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1972
Page
4
County agricultural notes say July rains helped grain sorghum harvest and upland cotton while posing wind risk on hot land. Boll weevils and boll worms remain a concern. overall cotton prospects look good. Peanuts, truck crops, and range forage benefit, and growers address tomato blossom end rot with calcium sprays, soil lime, and resistant varieties.
Four 4‑H club members from Milam County joined County Extension Agents for District 10 Citizenship Day in Austin on July 6. The program opened with an invocation by Mary Lee Graham and featured tours of the Capitol, Texas Wildlife exhibit, and the Texas Department of Public Safety facilities.
Maysfield residents report Mrs. Carroll McElwrath recovering at her parents home after surgery at Scott and White Hospital. Ned McElwrath is on the sick list. Mrs. Clyde Hensley returned home from Rosebud hospital. Visits mix with travels of Roy Newtons, Johnny Yates and Bob, Mike Rogers family, Rev. and Mrs. Frank Newton of Houston, and others to relatives in Austin Celina McKinney Tyler Coleman and Coleman last week.
Washington C C Parker Lincel Lew and Curtis E Parker of C C Parker & Sons were suspended as livestock dealers for 20 days starting July 4 1972 for violating scales and weighing requirements. The ruling by USDA Judicial Officer Donald A Campbell followed a consent to the order with no oral hearing.
A new 2000 dollar scholarship is established by CUNA International Foundation and the Texas Credit Union League Educational Foundation in the University of Texas Graduate School of Business to support an MBA student in finance. Congressman Wright Patman is honored as godfather of U.S. credit union legislation. first recipient is Bruce H. Fairchild of Dallas.
Two University of Texas ensembles the Longhorn Singers and the Jazz Ensemble completed a three week concert tour in Romania. They gave 12 performances behind the Iron Curtain as part of the Ambassadors for Friendship goodwill tour arranged by the Romanian government. The trip was sponsored by the American Council for Nationalities Service with a grant from DeWitt Wallace of Readers Digest.
A one year floral design program begins in September at the James Connally Campus of Texas State Technical Institute. Graduates will qualify as floral designers in retail shops and related businesses, addressing demand noted by the statewide florist advisory committee.
The International Trade Division of the Texas Industrial Commission and the Texas Department of Agriculture will sponsor a Texas exhibit at the fifth annual El Salvador International Trade Fair in San Salvador from November 3 to 20. The fair attracts numerous industrial and commercial firms from Central America.
Statewide crop prospects are good to excellent with grain sorghum and corn showing strong yields. Cattle slaughter in May reached 311000 head while hogs total 160000. breeding hedged at 175000. Fruit and nut crops include tangerines and lemons grown in the Lower Rio Grande Valley along with avocados peaches plums pears dewberries and blackberries across regions.
Jones Prairie visitors over the weekend included Carroll Harris and Rush Price of Pearland and Gene Phipps with son from Sherman visiting Mrs. Willie Phipps. Mrs. Clyde Hensley returns home after Halbert Hospital stay. Milton Weems ill at St Edward Hospital and others visit. Reverend Bailey to lead revival at Little River Baptist Church. several families from Cameron Calvert Maysfield and Temple appear in Sunday gatherings and dinners.
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