Milam County Among Six Texas Counties Under Quarantine
Governor Shivers announced a temporary pink bollworm quarantine affecting six Texas counties Brazoria Kerr Lee Milam Travis and Williamson at the request of the U S Department of Agriculture Infestation was found in Cameron and Thorndale No cotton seed may leave the county until infestation is cleared and seeds certified County Agent J D Moore said notices would be issued and gins must test and purify seeds as signs go up along highways The measure supports ongoing stalk plow efforts with Southland Cotton Oil Co and the Chamber of Commerce Two women visited their mother in St Edward Hospital
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Milam County
Allan Shivers
Austin
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Texas
Brazoria
Kerr, Lee
Milam
Travis
Williamson
J. D. Moore
Dan Tyson
Moore
Cameron
Thorndale
Mr. Moore
Southland Cotton Oil Company
Chamber of Comerce
South Texas
Brenham Student Pete Kunz Visits Relative Weekend
Pete Kunz of Brenham spent the weekend with his parents and relatives here. Pete is attending Blinn Junior College in Brenham.
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Pete Kunz
Brenham
Pete
Blinn Junior College
British Consul To Speak In Houston Tuesday
James Thyne Henderson the British Consul General will visit Houston Tuesday for ceremonies presenting the log of the Destroyer Cameron and relics to the city A Washington Navy attache and others may join the party Captain Leonard S Mewhinney of Rice Institute Naval Unit and a former submarine commander will attend He is son of Mr and Mrs Sam Mewhinney of Buckholts The Cameron was named for Captain Ewen Cameron a Texas Revolution hero and Meier expedition member Henderson educated at Sedbergh and Oxford University
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James Thyne Henderson
Houston
City
Cameron
Washington
Leonard S. Mewhinney
Rice Institute
Sam Mewhinney
Buckholts
Henderson
Scotland
Ewen Cameron
Meier
Mexico
Sedbergh School
Oxford University
British Foreign
British diplomat Henderson receives Texas post in 1949
A Scotsman, after training in the foreign office, serves in Tehran Athens and Helsinki before London postings and Tokyo and Santiago assignments. In 1949 he becomes British Consul General for Texas and New Mexico with HQ in Houston as his wife Cameron, Danish, and their five children are noted. Cameron is the only Texas city with a warship named for it as Britain honors 50 destroyers traded in 1941.
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Foreign Office
Tehran
Persia
Athens
Helsinki
British Foreign Office
London
Far Eastern
Henderson
Finland
George VI
Tokyo
Chile
Near East
Stockholm
Texas
New Mexico
Houston
Cameron
England
Injured Woman Warns About Using The Wrong Pot
Mrs Elizabeth Heintz of Route 4 Cameron suffered cuts on her bottom when an old fashioned pitcher shattered while she used it as a stop jar. Treated at a local clinic she improves and the doctor urged a warning to other women about pot choices. She has also had a prior dog bite incident.
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Elizabeth Heintz
Route 4
Cameron
Heintz
Newlywed Longa couple visiting relatives on honeymoon
Mr and Mrs Billy Longa of New York are spending several days at the home of Mr and Mrs Raleigh Lamb. The newly married couple are touring this part of the country on their honeymoon.
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Billy Longa
New York
Mr. Longa
Raleigh Lamb
Mrs. Longa
Bailey Family Weekend Visit From Houston and Greenville
Mr and Mrs B F Bailey host relatives over the weekend including Mr and Mrs Bob Bailey and Ben Hardie of Houston and Thad Bailey of Greenville with James Milton and Richard Boyd.
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Bob Bailey
Ben Hardie
Milton Lemberg
James Milton
Richard Boyd
Houston
Thad Bailey
Greenville
B. F. Bailey
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