Weed Control Meeting Set in Cameron
A pasture weed control meeting is planned for Tuesday night March 14 at 7 30 p m in the First National Bank meeting room Cameron. Rupert Plamer Extension Weed Control Specialist will cover weed control chemicals timing and application methods. Clyde B Starnes Jr Texas Department of Agriculture will discuss herbicide law and regulations for hormone type herbicides in Milam County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Cameron
Rupert Plamer
Bermuda
Clyde B. Starnes, Jr
Texas Department of Agriculture
Starnes
Milam County
Thorndale Boy Wins In Scramble calf scramble at Houston show
Billy Felfe of Thorndale won in the calf scramble at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo on March 2. He received a $200 gift certificate from Potter Investment Corp of Houston to buy a registered dairy calf. He will care for the calf until next year's show and compete in the Calf Scramble and Junior Breeding divisions. Vocational Agriculture teacher Bobby Scroggins will assist him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Felfe
Thorndale
Houston
Yager Family Celebrates 96th Birthday in Austin
Mr and Mrs E B Yager and H M Yager traveled to Austin to visit Yager sisters and honor Mae Smith who marked her 96th birthday. Nearby relatives Hope Atho Berniece and Malcolm Marion joined the gathering in Austin and Sequin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Yager
H. M. Yager
Austin
Mr. Yager
Mae Smith
Misses Hope
Atho
Berniece Yager
Malcom Marion
Seguin
Bell Announces Run for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture
Carl A. Bell, born on a Texas farm near Henrietta, campaigns in the May 6 Democratic primary for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture. He vows to work with farmers and ranchers and says public officials should serve the people. Late winter to early spring is a good time to plant trees to meet area needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl A. Bell
Agriculture
Henrietta
Texas
Ft. Lewis A&m College
Colorado
Bell
Austin
Commissioner of Agriculture
Bill Welch
Narrow-Row Cotton Adoption Expands in Texas
Texas agronomist Dr. Robert Metzer reports over 18 000 acres planted in narrow row cotton in 1972, mainly on the High Plains with about 3 000 in the Rio Grande Valley. He says 1971 acreage could reach 50 000 with 100 or more harvesters, and yields in narrow rows exceed conventional rows by 5 to 30 percent while costs stay similar or lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Metzer
Lubbock
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
High Plains
Rio Grande Valley
Metzer
Sunday Visits and Patient Notice Across Local Towns
Sunday guests and visits fill local households with relatives and friends from Maysfield Temple Cameron and Waco. Among those mentioned are Rev and Mrs Kindrick Mr and Mrs Ted Martin and baby from Temple Mr Milton Weems and Buster Weems with Dick Loftins of Navasota Mr and Mrs Todd Parcus returning from Houston and Anderson Hospital Clinic Mrs Bill Thweatt visiting Mrs Mary Boyd for a 42 club gathering Bertha Brooks visiting Eula Vaughan and Luther Todd Ted Barney and Bertha Brooks attending church Willie Phipps visiting family in Waco Fonzie Bryant visiting Oscar Hightower in Cameron Clyde Hensley Sr hospitalized in Rosebud Walter Senk el visiting Adolph Stoebner Travis Jack Black visiting his mother Etta Black
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Ted Martin
Baby
Temple
Mildred Martin
Milton
Buster Weems
Dick Loftins
Navasota
Todd Parcus
Houston
Parcus
Anderson Hospital
Bill Thweatt
Mary Boyd
Bertha Brooks
Arizona
Eula Vaughan
Luther Todd
Jack Black
Port LaVaca
Etta Black
Local Social Roundup From San Gabriel and Surrounding Towns
Mrs James Malone of Pampa Texas visited her mother Mrs Andrew Garner last week. The Pervis Black family attended a Fairfield wedding and many locals were guests of the Stigalls in weekend visits. Youth revival at San Gabriel Baptist Church is set for March 17 18 19 with speakers Conley Shelander Jimmy Muston and Randy Robinson.
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James Malone
Pampa
Texas
Andrew Garner
Pervis Black
Fairfield
San Gabriel Baptist Church
Conley Shelander
Jimmy Muston
Randy Robinson
Roy Walston
Houston
Walstons
Gregg Scardino
Vera Butler
Shrimp Farming Study Opens in Corpus Christi
A spring shrimp farming study will begin in Corpus Christi using Laguna Madre waters in man-made ponds. Participants include Texas A&M University Central Power and Light Co and Ralston Purina Co with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service guiding the research through Sea Grant Program and Center for Marine Resources support.
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Corpus Christi
Laguna Madre
Texas A&m University
Central Power and Light Co
Ralston Purina Co
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
A&m
Center For Marine Resources
Farm Bureau Leaders Attend Legislative Meet in Temple
Milam County Farm Bureau represented by John A. Smith District 8 Director Edwin Lehmann president and Mrs Edwin Lehmann at the Farm Bureau Legislative Conference March 2 in Temple The event gather county leaders from across Texas to map ways to implement policies at county state and national levels Discussions covered building legislative effectiveness forming committees responding to calls from Farm Bureaus and meeting candidates National and state issues included farm programs pay limits reserves agricultural chemicals minimum wage and farm labor regulations Local leaders anticipate further statewide meetings with aims to strengthen farm policy influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam
Texas
County Farm Bureau
Animal Health Conference At Waco Center
The Southwestern Animal Health Conference pageant in Waco announces March 18-19 at the new convention center. Over 60 speakers from TVMA and Texas A&M will cover equine swine poultry dairy cattle and bovine breeding. Registration is $20. Earl Butz is invited to speak. Open to Texas and neighboring states livestock producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco Center
Austin
Waco
Southwestern Animal Health Con
Texas Veterinary Medical Association
Texas A&m University
Wallace Larson
TVMA
Charles Boyd
Texas A&m
Southwestern Animal Health Conference
Scarbrough
Congress
Texas
Earl Butz
U. S
Secretary of Agriculture
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Gause News Highlights Weddings Deaths and Local Visits
In Gause and nearby towns events include the marriage of Marilyn Goode to Roger Thompson at the Gause Baptist Church with Byron Goode and Pete Lange as parents and James Loveless as best man. The ceremony featured an empire gown and church reception. Also noted are funerals, hospital stays, and family visits across Houston Tyler Temple and Cameron. Cameron FFA member Richard Dodd won a $200 calf purchase certificate at the Livestock Show and Rodeo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Goode
Roger Thompson
Gause Baptist Church
James E. Loveless
Bryan
Emmagene Goode
Richard Dodd
Cameron Ffa
Houston
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Thorndale Boy
Maysfield
Johnny Yates
C. L. Singharys
Chad
Herbert Thweatt
Herbert Thweatt Jr
Roy Newton
Lela Thweatt
J. P. Wise
Henry Hill
Col
Herbert Massengale
Elvis Mosley
Athens
John Peevehouse Jr
Jesse Peevehouse
Leroy Massengale
Bobby
Mike Hendersons
College Station
Bakersfield
California
Jones Prairie
Mrs
Kindrick
Mike Rogers
San Gabriel News
Zane Stigall
Michelle Lee
New Braunfels
Joe Adomek
Caldwell
William Stigall
Jim Stewart
Travis Evans
Chandler
Clyde Blackmon
Victoria
Hazel Clark
Mrs. Blackmon
Brother O. D. Blackmon
Billy Limmer
Pasadena
Buddy Limmers
Marvin Limmer
Bastrop
Flora Henry
Rockdale
Claude Mullins
Boswell Rest Home
James Terry
Rockney Terry
Buck Garners
Radford Fowler
W. W. Terry
Yoakum
Clarence Baird
James A. Smith
Salado
W. W. Smith
Buck Garner
Paul Mitchell
Hearne
Glenda McDaniel
Glenn McDaniel
Uncle Jay
Saturday Morning
Baychem Corporation
Kansas City
Missouri
Farm Bureau
Lehmann
Gause
James Harris
Tyler
Jimmy Harris
Edward Cox
Cortez Cox
J. T. Todd
Illinois
Buna Partridge
Hearne Hospital
Baptist Church
Louie Lange
Methodist Hospital
Kaye Cass
Louise Rogers
Scott and White Hospital
Mike Simmons
Henry Simmons
Gorman Kirk
Butch Walston
Cameron Hospital
Roy Gene Miller
Regina of
Milano
Phil Bowling
Jim Harlans
Bill Cunningham
F. D. Fowler
Winsborro
Mary Nell
G. R. Warners
Dallas
Ruth Evans
Doty
Louie Walston
Byron Goode
Pete Lange
Irmalie Goode
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