Milam 4-H Sears Gift Show Held at Cameron Livestock Barns
Milam County 4-H held the Sears Gift Show at Cameron Livestock Auction barns on August 31. Judge T D Tanksley of A and M College demonstrated fat back probing of a hog and awarded prizes from $3 to $8 to eight placers led by Wayne McLerran of Cameron. McLerran and Bernard Jungmann of Buckholts will advance to the Area Swine Show in Waco on September 7.
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Ass't
Milam County
Sears
Cameron Livestock
T. D. Tanksley
A & M College
Wayne McLerran
Cameron
Carolyn Gonten
Buckholts
Sears Roebuck Foundation
Waco
Benard Jungmann
Norma Jean Rummell
Gwendolyn Jistel
Farm Bureau
Tanksley
Fayett T Finney Serves Aboard USS Henley
Fayett T Finney seaman USN son of Marion F Finney Route 1 Milano Texas serves aboard the destroyer USS Henley. Returning from duty with the U S Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean in May the Henley prepares for a September cruise to Northern Europe.
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Norfolk
Fayett T. Finney
USN
Marion F. Finney
Route 1
Milano
Tex
Henley
Mediterranean
Europe
Navy Sailor Bill Ray Reddehase Promoted to PO3
Billy Ray Reddehase of the U S Navy has been promoted to Petty Officer third class. He serves aboard the destroyer U S S Preston which recently sailed from Long Beach toward ports in China and Japan. He is a 1954 graduate of Yoe High School.
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Billy Ray Reddehase
U.S. Navy
Mr. Reddehase
U.S.S. Preston
Long Beach
China
Japan
Yoe High School
Milam Williamson Burnet voters approve San Gabriel flood water district
Milam County Williamson Burnet and Milam voters last week approved a flood control and water district along the San Gabriel River by 518 to 164. A 10 000 preliminary bond passed 561 to 175 and five directors were elected to govern San Gabriel Water Control and Improvement District No 1. A second bond of 140000 will be voted on in 60 days before construction of 50 small dirt dams can begin. Directors elected last week include Henry Fox chairman A C Weir D P Irvine C V Hutto and Henry Labaj who beat J L Stewart by one vote. Officials say the district will cut floods by 60 80 percent and aid water conservation once fully organized.
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Williamson
Burnet
Milam County
San Gabriel
Henry Fox
A. C. Weir
D. P. Irvine
C. V. Hutto
Henry Labaj
Labaj
J. L. Stewart
Lone Star Farmers Brief Houston Trip
Members of the Lone Star Farmer Degree of the Cameron Future Farmers of America traveled to Houston on August 21 with advisor Mr. Pat Kelly. New Lone Star Farmers named include Carroll Wayne Jungmann Acrian Richter Charles Moran Johnny Jedlicka Stanley Hubnik Joe Waitzel John Lawhon and Leo Glaser.
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Lone Star Farmer
Cameron Future Farmers of America
Houston
Pat Kelly
Lone Star
Carroll Wayne Jungmann
Acrian Richter
Charles Moran
Johnny Jedlicka
Stanley Hubnik
Joe Waitzel
John Lawhon
Leo Glaser
Social visitors from Galveston and Bartlett drop by
Guests at the Roy Griffith home over the weekend included Mrs. Griffiths sister in law Mrs. H M Sapp and Miss Julia Weber of Galveston. Mrs T A Crittenden and her daughter Janis of Bartlett were also visitors Sunday.
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Roy Griffith
Milam County 4H Members Submit Project Records
Three Milam county 4H boys filed completed records. Benard Jungmann of Yarrellton in Leadership. Jal Lester Senkel of Buckholts submitted a Field Crops record and James Edward Glaser of Buckholts entered a Meat Animals record.
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Milam County
Benard Jungmann
Yarrellton
Jal Lester Senkel
James Edward Glaser
Courthouse Marriages and New Cars Featured in Local Notices
Court records list marriages including Billy Mark Hodges and Shirley Ann Skorpenske and several other couples. The item also catalogs a large assortment of new cars with buyers such as McLaughlin Materials Co and Cravens-Dargan & Co featuring Ford, Buick, Chevrolet, Plymouth and Rambler models.
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Billy Mark Hodges
Shirley Ann Skorpenske
John H. Ward
Odell
Stephen Jack Mauris Gray
Mary Catherine Watkins
Richard Orwell Chatterton
Rosemary McCormick
David Lee Krenek
Anna Marie Roschetzky
George Green
Bertola Price
Robert Alfred Clayton
Willie
NEW Cars
McLaughlin Materials Co
Ford
Miss Henderson Heads to University of Texas for Rush Week
Miss Jane Henderson departs Monday for rush week at the University of Texas in Austin. She will reside at the Delta Gamma house and begin classes on September 21.
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Jane Henderson
University of Texas In
Austin
Delta Gamma House
Obituary of Odus C. Tindall in San Antonio
Odus C. Tindall, 44, of San Antonio died August 27 in a city hospital. Funeral services were held August 29 at Trinity Baptist Church with burial at Sunset Memorial Park. He was a deacon, Lodge member, shrine rider, and former BBB director and car dealers association president. He lived 23 years in San Antonio and was born in Olney, raised in Cameron.
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Odus C. Tindall
San Antonio
Heber Tindall
Cameron
Sunset Memorial Park
Trinity Baptist
Tindall
Olney
Trinity Baptist Church
Lonnie Irvin Lodge
A. M. Alzafar Shrine Mounted Sons of the Dessert
Alzafar Temple
Scottish Rite
Better Business Bureau
Alamo Car Dealers Association
2030 Club
Tindall Family Rites and White Sands Church Picnic
Surviving are wife Mrs Wil lo Tindall and daughter Miss Pho ebe Tindall of San Antonio, his parents Mr and Mrs Tindall of Cameron, two sisters Mrs Juli an Harris and Mrs Louise of Waco, and four brothers Cecil Darrell Monroe of San Antonio and Finley Tindall of Orange. Twenty members of the Intermediate Training Union of the First Baptist Church and guests enjoyed a White Sands picnic Saturday evening with Mr and Mrs William Arthur Rev A F Russell and Mr and Mrs Jimmy Asher.
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Willo Tindall
Phoebe Tindall
San Antonio
Tindall
Cameron
Julian Harris
Louise
Waco
Cecil Darrell
Monroe Tindall
Finley Tindall
Orange
Intermediate Training Union of the First Baptist Church
White Sands
William Arthur
A. F. Russell
Jimmy Asher
Visit Recap from Mrs. Gerick Sr. Home Reflects Local Family Gathering
Sunday guests at Mrs. Joe Gerick Sr. included her children Pat Gerick and family from Waco, Ross Williams and family from San Antonio, Louis Gerick and son from Angleton, W A Schiller and Otto Gerick from Temple and Ketterman from Temple, Joe Gerick Jr. and family, Joe Zarosky and Jimmy Koranek from Cameron.
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Joe Gerick Sr
Pat Gerick
Waco
Ross Williams
San Antonio
Louis Gerick
Angelton
W. A. Schiller
Temple
Otto Gerick
Milk Cans Disappearing as Enk Handling Expands
Dairy farms rapidly replace milk cans as Enk handling spreads nationwide. The number of farm tasks reportedly doubled in 1959 and again in 1956, per A. M. Meekma extension dairy husbandman. Producers often grow their herd with this system.
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A. M. Meekma
Cork Acreage Surpasses Grains in U.S. Output
The report states that cork acreage in the United States exceeds the combined area under wheat oats barley rye and rice. It highlights cork as a major agricultural crop with growing prominence in national farming statistics.
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U.S
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Ann Stuart Morgan
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