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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1963
Page
2
Milam farmers and ranchers are spotlighted for their interests and activities this period. Local growers discuss crop choices, livestock updates, market concerns, and community programs shaping agricultural life.
Milam County reports welcome rains in the north and south areas bringing needed moisture for corn and maize. Harvests continue with Johnson grass and oats. tomatoes, watermelons, pecans, and fruit trees show good progress though casebearer damage to pecans remains moderate. Sudha Bhagwat Haley of Mumbai India will speak June 9 at First Christian Church and perform a classical Indian dance afterward.
National 4 H Service Committee offers eight $800 and three $600 scholarships to college juniors majoring in home economics. Applicants must be enrolled in a 4 H Club or 4 H alumni, with records and a statement on interest and financial need.
Prices paid for steers cows calves hogs and pigs listed with weight ranges and quality categories Good to choice fed steers and yearlings common to medium calves and stockers. hogs sows and boars shown with price per hundredweight and weights asread from the sale figures.
Milam County ASCS reports start of measuring for the 1963 allotment crops and acreages under the feed grain and conservation reserve programs. Operators or their representatives assist field reporters, verify boundaries, land uses, and ensure correct deductions before final designations.
Dennis A Ingram and Rodney A Thorpe of Cameron will be delegates to the Regional Nine Explorer Conference at Bevier University. Also attending are Gene James Gary Allensworth Lonnie Williams and other Tejas district representatives from Oklahoma New Mexico Texas Arizona and Arkansas. The theme is Supersonic Citizenship with sessions on physical fitness mental alertness and moral integrity amid space age concerns.
Funeral services for John T Hause aged 78 of Cameron were held at 3 p m Sunday at the First Baptist Church. Burial followed at Walkers Creek Cemetery. He was born in Alabama and lived 77 years in Milam County. He worked 15 years at Cameron Compress and was a member of the First Baptist Church and Woodsmen of the World. Surviving: his wife, one son Durward Hause of Austin, one daughter Frances Hudson of Chicago, one brother Gene Hause of Cameron, one sister Mrs Dave Link of Cameron, two grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Mrs WL Josephine Crook 87 of Waco died at a Waco Hospital Tuesday night. Born in Mississippi January 31 187? she lived in Waco years and was member of Seventh and James Street Baptist Church. Surviving are two daughters Mrs C J Peel Houston and Mrs C F E Permenter South Houston, three sons J F Crook Cameron G T Crook Palo Cedro Calif and Winford L Crook South Houston, 1 grandchild, 2 great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren.
Funeral services for Jom Ver non Nelson, 55, formerly of Cameron, were held Monday at Green's Funeral Home in Cameron. Burial followed at Corinth Cemetery near Buckholts. Nelson died in Odessa Friday. Surviving are his wife, his parents Mr and Mrs Jim Nelson of Odessa, and two brothers Jim Nelson of Houston and James E Nelson of Odessa, plus a sister Mrs Lille Loftin of Odessa.
The Southwest and South Central Area edition features Cameron along with 124 Texas cities and towns. It includes ratings for 520 motels and motor hotels, 19 restaurants, 2 cafeterias, 10 resorts and 68 hotels and inns.
Crop prospects look good in Austin with adequate moisture and advanced winter garden and upper Costal Bend crops. Some irrigation attempted to head off infestations as thundershowers drenched certain localities and temperatures cooled. market activity was limited to NOC-22 sales and new crop sales progressed slowly.
A fragment notes 95 000 fire and extended coverage costs per year for a brick dwelling with a $12.06 annual rate. Mentions a George Ford reference and address-like numbers 9-£ 112.
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