Milam County Reports No Sorghum Midge Increase
County agent notes indicate no rise in sorghum midge numbers this past week though daily field checks are advised for the next two weeks. Migration is expected June 15 to 20.
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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1967
Page
9
County agent notes indicate no rise in sorghum midge numbers this past week though daily field checks are advised for the next two weeks. Migration is expected June 15 to 20.
The Texas Highway Commission approved 4.8 miles of Farm to Market roads in Milam County part of the 1967 program. The project runs from FM 487 at Lilac to FM 486 at San Gabriel with an estimated cost of $71,000, per district engineer Joe G Hanover.
The State Highway Commission announced that a San Marcos firm won a 4 056 mile FM road project 1786 in Milam County with the low bid of 64 761 47 dollars. Soil asphalt base and surfacing should take 50 working days under district engineer A G Hanover and resident engineer Delton A Kittrell who will supervise construction.
At Cameron auction Thursday about 800 cattle and 250 hogs crossed the block. Prices ranged with Good to Choice fed steers 23.00 to 24.75, fat cows 16.00 to 18.50, stocker cows 125.00 to 140.00, bulls 21.00 to 23.25, calves 24.00 to 32.00, heifers 23.00 to 25.00, stocker and feeder stock 24.00 to 26.10, cows and calves good 380.00 to 215.00, hogs No 1 at 23.60, sows 15.00 to 17.50.
Carolyn Wilson of El Paseo spends the summer in the J. T. Herring home with sister Mrs. Herring. Faye Currey visited the O. L. Sergelids in San Antonio. Charles H. Trotter and family visited Mrs. C. W. Trotter. Bill Crymes family from Grand Prairie stayed with Mrs. Dyer. Claud Dixon and son Marvin fished on the coast. Mrs. Dixon visited Bryan.
The 20th annual Texas Conference for Veterinarians will be held at Texas A&M University from June 14 to 16. Organizers invite veterinarians and students to attend, with sessions covering current practices and industry updates.
Wells Smith former Cameron water department superintendent named Man of the Month by the Central Texas Water and Sewage Works Association. Smith is Temple water and sewer department superintendent with a double A rating the highest in Texas and has held multiple leadership roles in the Central Texas Association for 13 years.
Private Ronnie William Good of Cameron enters intensive training at the U S Army Signal School in Fort Monmouth New Jersey. Lester J McCulloch of Cameron serves aboard the USS Eldorado during an amphibious operation near the DMZ in Vietnam.
Mrs Lanette Laffere Peters of Cameron earned a Bachelor of Science degree at Texas Tech commencement on June 3. Lt Gen W Austin Davis of Los Angeles, former vice commander of the Air Force Systems Command and a 1936 Tech graduate, gave the principal address.
Trinity Baptist Church holds Vacation Bible School starting June 12 with Preparation Day June 10. Rev. Frank Chapman serves as superintendent and Mrs. Audis Lott as assistant superintendent. Classes available for ages 3 through 16 and invitation extended to all children.
Daniel D. McDaniel of Cameron was named a member of the American Hereford Association, the world's largest purebred registry, headquartered in Kansas City Missouri.
Judson Smith received a gold key for publications at Schreiner Institute commencement exercises on May 29. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Niley Smith Jr of Cameron.
Prof. James W. Markham of the University of Iowa will attend a June workshop on international conflicts and mass media in Dalarna Sweden. The event, hosted by Stockholm's International Institute for Peace and Conflict Research, gathers 12 to 14 scholars. He will deliver a formal paper and later contribute to a institute book.
The article notes that he served as 1965 head and organizing officer of the International division of the Association for Education in Journalism. He becomes associate head and will lead the division in August for a two year term. He authored Voices of the Red Giants to be published by Iowa State University Press this summer, a monograph on foreign students attitudes this year, and a study of foreign news in South American prestige dailies.
Rockdale Country Club will sponsor a Youth Golf Tourney on Wednesday June 14. Thirteen trophies are planned for the third annual event. Bill Cooke of Rockdale Box 552 is in charge of entries.
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