Veteran Cameron mail carrier Paul Laake retires after 36 years
Cameron’s Paul Laake ends a 36 year postal career in Cameron on Saturday. He recalls ice water offers from neighbors, his 13 year Doberman companion, and helping during heart attacks while delivering mail. He will live at 605 E Fourth St and pursue gardening, ranch work, and leisure after World War I era service. Postmaster John Hays notes his faithful public service as successors take over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Paul Laake
Post Office Department
Postal
Laake
W. A. Bonds
John Mode
E. Fourth St
Splenau
Herald
John Hays
FFA Holds Annual Area Meeting At Blinn College
The 76 Area FFA from 3 high schools met at Blinn College in Brenham last week to elect area leaders and crown a queen. Margaret Walker, 18, of Houston won Area FFA Queen while Dickie Rosenthal was elected State Officer for Area 3 and officers from Pasadena, Hempstead, Schulenburg, La Marque, Sam Houston High, Rockdale, Danbury and Hearne were chosen. Jerry Johnson aided area officers as District FFA Advisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Future Farmers of America
Blinn College
Brenham
Margaret Walker
Houston
Mary Smith
Thorndale
Geneva Richardson
Wallis
Nancy Denard
Edna
Miss Walker
Phillip Swearingen
Rockdale
Moulton
Bellaire
Dickie Rosenthal
Area 3
Ben Cockrell
Pasadena
Chester Borski
Hempstead
Milford East
Schulenburg
Alex Creagh
la Marque
Robert Kutach
Sam Houston High School
Robert Crump
Sentinel
Water Penetration Depth On Local Farm Studied
Moisture reached 13 feet on Joe Coufal’s Hubam clover field east of Temple now planted to cotton and terraced. Across the row another farm with no clover shows moisture to 7 feet. Mrs. W C Bredthauer’s pasture near Temple, in conservation, rests one year with native grasses and Hubam clover. a new 15 acre pond drainage yielded little runoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Coufal
Temple
Soil Conservation Service
Coufal
Hutham
W. C. Bredthauer
Monroe H. Fuchs Receives Poultry Science Degree
Monroe H. Fuchs of Cameron received his degree in poultry science at the May 25 graduation at Texas A&M College in College Station Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe H. Fuchs
College Station
Texas
Cameron
Texas A&m College
Kunz Earns Baccalaureate Degree at A and M College
Charles William Kunz of Cameron received his industrial education baccalaureate degree at Texas A and M in College Station during the May 25 commencement.
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Charles W. Kunz
College Station
Texas
Charles William Kunz
Cameron
Texas A and M. College
Ex-Rockdale Citizens Invited Homecoming
Former Rockdale residents are invited to the 24th annual Rockdale Homecoming Association meeting on June 9 in Rockdale. Cards went to all former Rockdalians on the mailing list. the group meets annually at Fair Park on the second Sunday in June and gathers former residents from Texas and the United States.
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Rockdale
The
Homecoming Association
Fair Park
Texas
United States
Statue of Liberty Erected in 1886
The article notes the dedication year of the Statue of Liberty as 1886 marking its completion and public unveiling.
Sharp High School PTA Elects Officers For Next Year
At a Tuesday night call meeting Sharp High School elected officers: Mrs. Leon Laffere president, Mrs. E L Modesette vice president, Mrs. A L Hargrove secretary, and Mrs. Dwight Hine treasurer. Housewarming honors went to Mr. and Mrs. Lenza Caffey with co-hostesses and spring flower decor.
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Sharp Pta
Sharp High School
Leon Laffere
E. L. Modesette
A. L. Hargrove
Dwight Hine
Jessie Ray Applin
Cameron
W. E. Brown
Port Lavaca
Corpus Christi
Brownville
San Antonio
Tex
Tyler HS Class Valedictorian Heads 402 Graduates
Cameron resident Douglas Kay Shaffer, grandson of Mrs. Logan Green, led Tyler High School’s 402 graduates as valedictorian. Shaffer plans to attend Southern Methodist University in Dallas in September. Tyler held graduation ceremonies on May 22.
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Henry Johnston
Alcoa
Franklin Moore
Yee High School
Texas Chemical Council
George Childress
First
Houston Sts
Orien
Nals
FFA
Coufal Farm
Gerald W. Hobbs
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Korea
Una Manous
N. Fannin
Florence Spiegel
J. Courreges
Joyce Lynn
FE. J. Jr
Susan
Debra
Austin
Paul Green
Paula Sue
Linda Lou
Douglas
Patti
Green
Albert Rinn
Edison
Jimmy Piersall
Boston Red Sox
Ott Ela
Rei
Tony Perkins
Saturday Evening Post
Reader's Digest
Hehe
Anthony Perkins
Karl Malden
Fherumy Parcel
Hnemeng
Milam Theatre
Texas Power
Vood
Roddy Kilowatt
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