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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1955
Page
13
New snack products from USDA Eastern Regional Research Laboratory include carrot beet and parsnip chips and dried pea and lima bean nuggets. The chips keep the vegetable flavor and the nuggets offer a nut like taste. Nuggets can be ground into quick reconstituting soup powders. No commercial production yet, but major processors show interest.
Miss Mary Randolph, Cameron Independent School teacher, received an invitation from Dr. Arthur K. Tyson, president of Mary Hardin Baylor College, to teach Art Education for Public School Teachers this summer. She would lead a six week session but plans to attend the National Education Association meeting in Chicago in July prevent acceptance.
extension pasture specialist E M Trew says continuous grazing wastes forage and only about half of produced grazing is eaten. Rotation grazing forces grazing in short bursts, allows regrowth, and requires cross fencing with portable electric fences to manage stock.
Mowing maintains vegetative growth and controls weeds during the growing season. Soil fertility must be adequate, confirmed by a soil test to determine fertilizer needs. When pastures grow lush, stockmen may mow strips so cattle can select dry hay as needed.
The St Rita Circle met May 3 with fifteen members. A board chairman telegram thanked the Circle for hospitality at the April 26 board meeting. Mass and Communion are urged for May 22, feast of St Rita. A May 18 social was planned. committees set menu for May 12 Junior-Senior banquet. A donation to St Monica parish funded a fence. closing prayers followed.
Wayne Hobbs former Cameron resident and Yee High School band member served as guest conductor at the Spring Concert on May 1 at Sam Houston State Teachers College Huntsville. He is a Huntsville junior majoring in music and past president of Kappa Kappa Psi.
Texas farmers are urged to start early insect control to reduce costly cotton pests. Extension entomologist Dr. F M Fuller says early season dust or spray treatments help cotton start faster, fruit earlier and yield higher, with initial applications recommended.
Fuller advises spraying cotton at two to four leaf stage or earlier to curb first wave pests such as thrips red spiders aphids fleahoppers and overwintered boll weevils. Limit early sprays about 30 days before bollworm arrival to foster beneficial insects.
Members of the Catholic Youth Organization boys softball team in the area CYO Softball League are reported to have entered the slaughtering business. The item notes a clash between athleticmanship aims and recent ball game reports.
The team opened the season by beating Westphalia 29 to 14 and then stopped Frenstad 29 to 2. The girls CYO softball squad remains undefeated after a forfeited game with Westphalia. Next boys game is May 15 at Brenham. girls play June 19. Coach Rev Leonard Buxkemper leads players Paul Hoelscher Albert Mondik George Absnaider Monroe Bayer Lincoln Mondrik Steve Polzer Joseph Michalka James Hollas Eddie Pavelek Lee Hollas and Jimmy Thompson. Public invited to all games.
Puzzling proverb notes that advice seldom helps when people feel they lack sense. The speaker questions the value of guidance for those who believe they cannot use it.
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