Farm Leaders Open Two Day Temple Meet
Roy Wright of the County FHA attends a two day conference for Farmers Home Administration personnel in Temple. Supervisors from 49 Central Texas counties meet at the Kyle Hotel with a tour of Blackland Experiment Station and Bluebonnet Farm, plus a Waco session to hear Secretary Charles F. Brannan speak at Waco Hall. Entomology expert E P Ewing and grasshopper control chief John Landrum lead agenda sessions.
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Roy Wright
FHA
Farmers Home Administration
Temple
Waco
McGregor
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan
Waco Hall
E. P. Ewing
Department of
John Landrum
Tion
Senate Finance Committee Approves Bills Amid Deficit Threat
The Senate Finance Committee approved appropriation bills totaling 126.449 million, risking a 4.3 million increase in the state deficit if all pass. Actions cover higher education, state departments, three new medical schools in Dallas Temple and San Antonio, soil conservation, and raising Lamar Junior College to a four year college. Subcommittee cuts were partly restored for Houston dental and atomic cancer research facilities and a Galveston Medical School enrollment increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Temple
San Antonio
Soil Conservation
Lamar Junior
Beaumont
Senate
Houston
M. D. Anderson Hospital
Galveston Medical School
Ensign William Woods Qualifies On Flying Tests
Ensign William L Woods Jr of Milano completes aircraft carrier qualification aboard USS Cabot in the Gulf of Mexico. A Buda High School graduate, he joined the Navy in 1944 via V-5 at Mississippi College and Rice Institute, training in Pensacola and advancing to fighter training for Navy wings of gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Woods
Cabot
Gulf of Mexico
Ensign Woods
W. L. Woods
Box 358
Milano
Buda
Navy
Mississippi College
Rice Institute
Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps
Ensign
Willard Skelton Member of STSTC Band at Festival
Cameron student Willard Skelton of Southwest Texas State Teachers College played in the college band during the second annual Music Festival at the college in San Marcos. The four day event included operas by the A Cappella Choir and the folk opera Down in the Valley set in Shadow Creek in the Kentucky and Tennessee mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Marcos
Willard Skelton
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
Cameron
Shadow Creek
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mrs Guy Burhus Visits Cameron from River Side Farm
Mrs Guy Burhus of River Side Farm was in Cameron Saturday to attend community events and meet local residents. She traveled from River Side Farm to Cameron for the day’s engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Burhus
River Side Farm
Cameron
Funeral services set for pioneer Cameron resident
Mrs. Dora Williams Oliver 83 died at 805 West Main Street at 6 p m Sunday May 8 after illness. She was wife of E A Oliver long time Cameron business figure born January 20 1866 in Calcasieu Parish Louisiana resident of Cameron over 25 years. Funeral 4:00 p m Monday May 9 at First Baptist Church Cameron led by Rev Percy A Corkern Marek Burns Funeral Home in charge. Surviving: husband three sons E A Oliver Jr Port Lavaca P B Oliver Leonard Oliver Houston one daughter Mrs Mra M W Toland San Antonio two sisters Mrs Mary Joyner Houston Mrs Della Willrich DeQuincy four grandchildren.
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Dora Williams Oliver
West Main Street
Oliver
E. A. Oliver
Mrs. Oliver
Calcasieu Parish
Louisiana
Mississippi
Cameron
First Baptist Church
Percy A. Corkern
Marek-Burns
E. A. Oliver, Jr
Port Lavaca
P. B. Oliver
Leonard Oliver
Houston
Mra M. W. Toland
San Antonio
Mary Joyner
Della Willrich
DeQuincy
Mr and Mrs John P Goodwin Visit Cameron
Mr and Mrs John P Goodwin of Nederland visited Cameron this week for a day, spending time with local residents and touring area sights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Goodwin
Nederland
Cameron
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Austin
Senate Finance Committee
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling CO
Cameron, Texas
The
Cago
Santa Fe Indian Village
Santa FE
W. Dubois
William Woods
STSTC
ABC
Carey
South Travis
Lees
Herley-Stedman Motor Company
North Houston
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