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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1954
Page
2
Public notice record for Milton F Brown Jr and Peggy Florida appears in a Cameron Texas Post Office entry. It lists second class mail status under act of Congress dated March 8 1879 and publishes weekly with Milam County rates 1.75 yearly and outside Milam 2.00 and out of state 2.25.
The Castor Bean outlook is poor with yields down from 300-400 pounds per acre last year to about 100 pounds or less this year. Robert Glenn of the local ASC office notes the drought caused discouragement but expects better farm programs next year. ASC reports cotton measurement completed with 60 000 acres in production this year from 17 to 1800 farmers, down from 85 000 last year. Quotas are expected to be proclaimed by the secretary of Agriculture.
Radio and television service provider Parma Radio Service advertises repair capabilities for all makes, highlighting maintenance on radios and TVs. The brief note emphasizes broad expertise and customer convenience in Parma.
State fairs attract large crowds with the Texas State Fair drawing 2,380,000 visitors in 16 days. Sugar is highlighted as essential to life and a major natural commodity. Dairy cattle records are urged as key tools for herd management, with warnings against relying on bulls alone for inheritance and notes on cattle feeding efficiency. The piece also mentions Korea war period timing and 14,570 inducted by August 1954.
W H Ochterbeck of Dallas is appointed distribution engineer for Lone Star Gas in the Waco division to assume office October 1. He succeeds William R. Rield, now manager of industrial and commercial gas sales for Lone Star in Fort Worth. Ochterbeck oversees distribution facilities across 18 districts including Waco and 100 towns, with headquarters in Waco. Evelyn Hearne of Cameron is in Austin as house mother at the Texas School for the Deaf. her daughter Marie attends the University of Texas in Austin.
The state draft quota for November calls for the induction of 1 062 Texans into the armed forces, Brigadier General Paul L. Wakefield said Tuesday. The October quota was 1 122, as part of a national call for 23 000. A total of 2 565 men are scheduled for combined physical and mental examinations in November, compared with 2 630 in October.
Legumes and grasses are presented as key tools for building and maintaining soil fertility, improving nutrient balance and soil health through biological fixation and cover cropping practices.
Baptist leaders from across the state travel to Belton on October 1 for Mary Hardin Baylor college fall convocation marking the 110th opening. Dr. A C Gettys receives the honorary doctor of humane letters degree. Dr. E S James speaks. Dr J Ralph Grant cites.
Mr and Mrs Frank Hodges of Theoma Washington spent several days visiting their aunt Mrs N H Butts and family Before returning home Mrs Butts accompanied them to Houston where they were guests in the home of her daughter
Bobby Balhorn of A. & M. College spent the weekend visiting his parents Mr and Mrs W W Balhorn in Cameron. He is majoring in Aeronautical Engineering.
Bonnell Depew and her children have returned to Cameron to establish a home. She is employed by the Kirk Grain Company in the area.
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