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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1950
Page
4
The Milam County PMA Committee announces premeasurement service for cotton acreage. Farmers must clear an area before Thursday March 23 1960. Measurements will occur as soon as cotton emerges to ensure compliance with allotment and quota rules. Contact the Milam County PMA Office for details.
Land Commissioner Bascom Giles said after March 14 the door will close on all but conditional veterans land program applications. He noted the $25,060,008 fund is nearly exhausted with no withdrawals and warned money may not be available to complete transactions. The board offered $16,006,000 of cas te im bonds for sale March 21, with purchases likely resuming by April 15.
The extension cotton expert Fred C. Elliott of Texas A&M promotes a seven step program to improve production on fewer acres amid reduced cotton acreage. Steps cover balanced farming air quality best variety labor efficiency disease control and high grade picking ginning selling. Local mentions include Houston residents Mr and Mrs L Slaughter and Edward Gandy.
Mrs. Joe Delaney and others visit in Galveston while Mrs. Filmore McCall remains seriously ill in W. A. Wilkerson’s home. A string of relatives from Camp Hood Oklahoma New Mexico Port Arthur Rosebud and Corpus Christi visitations cross several towns including Cameron Temple Glenrose and Cameron alongside routine social visits and shopping trips.
Thirty one Texas counties will gain access to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation program announced by Senator Connally. Cotton and wheat coverage expand in select counties with some overlapping programs. Johnson County is highlighted for multiple crop insurance access. An Easter Seal Parade of Stars event is listed for Sunday March 2 from 2 30 to 3 00 pm EST.
Texas congressional delegation urged continued support for veterinary and fourth year agricultural training for veterans. The protest, led by a large Texas group, demanded that veterans be allowed to enroll in advanced courses. Representatives Pickett Thornberry Patman and others accompanied Senator Johnson aides Shachter Shaffer and Shack attended in Waco last week.
Cpl Marcell L Washington of the 564th Transportation Track Company is certified in the heavy truck driver specialty. Stationed in Yokohama, Japan, he joined the Army in 1945 and arrived in January 1948. He is the son of Simon Klemings of Rockdale.
Reverend Wendell Carr of the First Christian Onereh participates in the Christian State Convention in San Antonio this week and plans to return late in the week.
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