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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1958
Page
4
Bennie Eicher of Garbade Lumber Company and Mrs. Eicher of the Gazette Staff vacation near Dallas. Edith Welch of Denton returned home Tuesday after a brief visit with her sister, Mrs. Edgar Wolters.
Mr and Mrs Ed Whiston and children of Houston along with Mr and Mrs William Cunningham and children of Plainview attended the Weitzel Joseph wedding and have since returned home. Mr and Mrs John Porter and children also returned to Viola Kansas after two weeks vacation with Mrs Jos Struka and other relatives and friends.
The article discusses VD reporting and public health battles in Texas, urging case finding and poison control centers. It explains poison information services, outlines poison center functions, and promotes 24 hour operations and physician supervision. It also explains chigger itching, prevention, and treatment while noting limits of control. A child with hearing loss gains access to state health services for deaf and hard of hearing children through local health departments and the Dallas Society for Crippled Children.
Washington County farmers are warned to watch for grasshoppers as infestations spread from Lee County. County agent J W Stufflebeme Jr urges early detection to limit damage while spray control is discussed. In Lee County, Brown O Spivey reports increasing hoppers harming cotton and corn despite Toxaphone spray.
The Baptist General Convention of Texas approved a record 11.5 million co operative program budget for 1958 59 in Dallas. The plan earmarks 244 222 for Baylor Hospital in Dallas and Baylor College of Dentistry, with 140 000 and 84 222 respectively. Overall Christian education and healing receive 2 660 000 across eight hospitals and 11 colleges and universities. Special gifts include 150 000 for Biggs Geriatrics Hospital expansion in San Angelo and 25 000 for a San Angelo Hospital and a Texas mental institution. The drive includes 10 000 toward a chapel at the Austin state school for mentally retarded children.
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