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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1959
Page
6
AMS surveys 500 schools show 3.5 million half pints of fluid milk and 170 million pounds of dairy products delivered to schools with lunch or milk services between 1957 and 1958. Projected nationwide, dairy products moved to public schools valued at about 267 million dollars with 12.43 dollars of dairy per child.
The share totaled $8.94 with ter at $1.67, ice cream 79 cents, cheese 70 cents, and all other processed items averaging 33 cents. The figures illustrate price distribution across items in the section.
Texas dairymen are urged to raise replacements to meet demand, with A M Meekma outlining calf care from colostrum to starter, hay, water, minerals, and gradual weaning. Emphasis on early life period and careful feeding to ensure healthy replacements. In a separate note, Pat Fox reports his bongo drums were recovered after three months following a tip from an anonymous caller.
A fill‑in crossword clue set listing across and down entries with definitions for terms from 1 to 50 including references to President's second wife Gardin and various word hints such as notches lariat and courage.
Secretary of Agriculture Evra T. Benson set June 1 as proclamation date for seventh consecutive wheat marketing quota and announced July 23 referendum on producer approval. Texas allotment 4,092,251 acres, national 55 million acres minimum. Eligible voters include growers with more than 15 acres in 39 commercial states.
Albert Palmer a 54 year old convict who escaped from jail six months ago in Savannah Ga turned himself in to police on Monday He claimed to have buried $100 in a jar before his jail term began and said the money ran out as inflation eroded its value The man described as a Negro said he surrendered when the funds were exhausted.
A six foot alligator named Maxie wandered into a Redondo Beach pizzeria startling patrons. Police removed Maxie and returned him to an aquarium but warned the locks on the enclosure may need changing as the reptile learned to open it.
Cottage cheese presented as an economical elegant dessert with Dutch roots. The article traces Dutch and German settlers introducing cottage cheese and the Smearcase method, sharing a recipe for Dutch cheese cake and noting rising per capita consumption since 1925.
The USDA Southwest Food Distribution Division announces July plentiful foods with fresh plums at the top of the list in College Station area. California’s new crop is up 64 percent year over year, with peaches lemons and limes also on the list. Eggs ice cream and small turkeys remain plentiful as summer vegetables appear in wide variety. Peanut butter and vegetable fats and oils round out the list as producers expect heavier supplies and planners seek economical options.
The Texas Agricultural Extension Service releases Growing Okra in Texas a leaflet on okra as a cotton like crop. It notes wide regional production from the Lower Rio Grande Valley to the High Plains and recommends soil practices to avoid root diseases. Clemson Spineless Louisiana Green Velvet Perkins Dwarf Green Long Poo are the noted varieties with L433 leaflet request through county agents.
Residents of Harrell Chapel hosted and visited relatives from Colorado City Borger Odessa to Memphis and Springlake. Visitors included Loyce Howard Richardson Jon Mark, Ruby Richardson, Loyd Widener J C Widener, T E Davis, J McElreath family, O S Callahan Glenn, Jester family in California, Ben Moore and Dewitt Phillips relatives, and Lester Hunter speaker at Memphis First Baptist.
George W. Rigdon a bus driver was officially commended by the City Transit System for carrying a wailing woman passenger across a mud puddle so she could board.
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