School Board Holds Short Tuesday Session On Town Projects
The School Board met in a condensed session to address immediate school issues. Principals reported, street repairs and improvements for O J Thomas and Ben Milam schools were discussed, and plans for an open house, November 21, were set with Dr. Edgar to give the keynote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cc. L. Sadberry
Markahm
O. J. Thomas
Swift
Ben Milam
Herbert Colburn
Frank Reid
William Voglesang
W. T. Hanes
Hanes
Edgar
A. N. Green
Milam County Institute
Johnson Toe
Cormmethia
Methodist Church
Sriing
Teague Seeks Favor for Gentex Cotton Farms
Rep Teague requested special consideration in allocating next year's cotton acreage quotas for farmers who suffered crop losses from drought. He pressed the Agriculture Department for county by county quota figures for his Central Texas district and noted the 1955 Texas state quota at 7 612 779 acres with a Dec 1 readiness date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rep Teague
D-Tex
Teague
Agriculture Department
Texas
Agriculture
Benson
Mace
Milam County Farm to Market Roads Planned by Texas Highway Commission
The Texas Highway Commission announced a two year Farm to Market Road program funded by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1954 and matched with state funds. In Milam County projects include FM 437 from Bell County Line to Val Verde for about 7.1 miles, FM 485 from Yarrellton to Bell County Line for 2.8 miles, and FM 487 from Cavilla West to about 1.8 miles. Work will start after planning and right of way are secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Highway Commission
Texas
E. Y W. Thornton, Jr
John B. Blair
Texas Highway Department
Bryan
Milam County
Bell County
Val Verde
F. M
Yarrellton
Cavilla
Blair
Hanover
Joe Git
42 Leisure Club Celebrates 19th Anniversary
Members of the 42 Leisure Club celebrated their 19th anniversary with a gathering and reflections on past milestones. The event highlighted longtime members and club activities spanning nearly two decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
42 Leisure Club
Sara McCalla DAR Meets In Coulter Home
The Sara McCalla chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution met at the Coulter home in Rockdale on Thursday, November 4 at 3 00 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Freeman
National Defense
Gill McDermott
B. J. Baskin
Sara McCalla
Dar
Coulter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Rockdale
SMU Dedicates 29th Permanent Building Since World War II
The SMU School of Business Administration unveiled the $1,500,000 Joseph Wy lie Fincher Memorial Building on November 4, the 20th postwar permanent structure on campus. Funded through the will of Pearl Nore Fincher, who died in 1952, the building honors her husband, the late Houston financier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Methodist University
Joseph Wylie Fincher
SMU School of Business Administration
SMI
Pearl Nore« Fincher
Texas
Houston
Pvt Majors Serves With 4th At Alaska Base
Pvt Theodore R. Majors serves with the 4th at an Alaska base. his wife Emma Majors lives at 812 Oak St Columbia S C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska Base
Theodore R. Majors
Emma
Oak St
Columbia, S. C
Army units train in Alaska near northern approaches
At Ladd Air Force Base in Alaska the 4th Regimental Combat Team and other Army units perform intensive field training while guarding the northern approaches to the United States. Private Majors, son of Mr and Mrs Jim Majors of Cameron Route 2, entered the Army last May and completed basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
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Ladd Air Force Base
Alaska
United States
Jim Majors
Cameron
Army
Fort Jackson
8. C
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Watts- Switch
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George Childress
Gentex Cotton Farms
National Club
Alfonso Mikulec
Leo Laake
Leo Fuchs
Richard Hollas
August Kunz
Gene Mees
Mees
Henry Brown
August Gurecky
Mrs. Ryan
John Henderson
Eber Flinn
Gordon S. Baskir
Ar Iad
SMU
Olly Buy
Drs. Evans & Evans
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Minneapolis 2
Minnesota
Joe T. Howard
Live Oak Drive
Temple, Texas
Coment
Investors Mutual CO Investors
Oldsmobile
Business-Professional Directory
Consult
J.e.boyce
the Herald
Boyce Chiropractic Clinic
Cameron, Texas
Postoffice
Emory
Camp
PEXAS
A. Loars
E. A. Camp
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Joe D. Bass
Jack W. Prescott
First National Bank
Chas. H. Hightower
Earest
Oldsmobile Dealer “Motor Company
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