Three-Night Rodeo Brings Strong Prizes for Local Contestants
Billy Peters of Salado led the money with 272 dollars as the top bull rider. Kyle Herrera and Neely Adair won major calf roping and steer events, with Herrera earning 243.60 and Adair 324 total. Other winners include Monty Elms and Don Shields from Salado, and riders from Gatesville, George West, Llano, Killeen, Temple, and El Dorado. Attendance was down versus past years, but the event secured a success label, especially on Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Peters
Salado
Kyle
Anthony Herrera
Gatesville
sLynes
Herrera
Hine
Bob Johnson
Buddy Ingram
el Dorado
Jaycees
Northview residents face zoning shift and city projects
The Gatesville council reclassified six tracts between Dixie Service Station and the A and P Store from residential to commercial. They discussed issuing $30,000 in warrants for water system bills, with possible $20,000 now and $10,000 in reserve, plus costs for a new reservoir well, pump, and line upgrades totaling about $72,143. They approved mercury vapor lights on Hwy 36 and exterior courthouse lighting, and considered a master plan for Gatesville. Council members noted architectural fees of $14,309 for the library project and debated sales tax changes proposed by Governor Connally with potential municipal rebates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Salter
Dixie
A and P
Main ‘Street
Jerroh Street
Saunders Street
Lovejoy
Hwy. 84
Golf Course
Stallaion
23Rd Street
Acci
Community Public Service Co
Hwy. 36
Lovers Lane
Mike Blanchard
Damon Wicker
Jaycees
Salter
John Connally
Gatesville
Building for sale includes old junior high on College Hill
The school placed the College Hill junior high building used for mechanics in 1967-68 up for sale. Bids open Tuesday with the board reserving basement use for 1968-69. A 150 by 440 foot land plot accompanies the building. Possible administration building tax office construction also discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Hill
Dallas visitor Charles Shepherd with parents over weekend
Charles I Shepherd of Dallas spent the weekend here with his parents Mr and Mrs C C Shepherd. He is visiting the area and staying with family during a short trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles ‘I. Shepherd of
Dallas
Mrs. C. C. Shepherd
Committees Named for Ewing Homecoming July Fourth
Planning begins for the 1968 Ewing Homecoming to be held at the North Fort Hood picnic grounds. Ex-Ewingites meet led by Bill Easley appointing program, lunch, and decorations committees with many local volunteers. A planning session is set for June 27 in the county courtroom with film presentations of past reunions.
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Nuas
North Fort Hood
Bill Easley
Ewing
Joyce Easley
J. M. Price
Joe Brown
John Bales
Joe ‘B.rauschenberg
W. B. Cummings
Esteen Williams
R. L. “Woodson
Billy Cooper
Clyde Worthington
Frank Cummings
Sybil Price
J. W. (Casey) Brown
Jim Powell
R. T. Rauschenberg
J.B. Martin
Milton Price
A.H. Wilkins
Grounds
Windy Cummings
Frank Woddson
Molly Montgomery
Joe B. Rauschenberg
Harold Drake
Tommie Lee Powell
J. C. Byrom
Clyde
Worthington
Wood
Otha Thompson
Ralph Spence
Bill Worthington
Carl Eubanks
The
Homecoming Association
Strike lawyers seek letters. July 1 deadline set
Gulf States United argues for extending a temporary injunction into a permanent one and seeking damages at the mer its hearings. Company contends real losses from walkout, while defense notes wage adjustments under dispute. Testimony says no violence since May 23 but ongoing picketing in Athens Gainesville Stephenville Groesbeck to deter workers. Defense asserts peaceful picketing is a constitutional right and within legal limits.
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Gulf States
United
Gulf States United
IBEW
Roberts
Athens
Gatesville
Stephenville
Groesbeck
Home on Leave Seaman Donnie Sellers Visits Family
Seaman Donnie Bucky lers of San Francisco has been spending a week with his parents Mr and Mrs Harmon Sellers during leave from duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donnie
Bucky) Lers
San Francisco
Mrs
Harmon Sellers
Observations highlight Gatesville business, rodeo mishap, and float crash
Observations note Anchor Plastics moving toward international markets with a Tahiti deck boat shipment. Colvin's sno-bone stand and Lions League games sell fruit ice, cotton candy supports rodeo concessions, and a rattlesnake incident rattles a park visitor. A Beta Sigma sorority parade float was damaged when struck by tree limbs, replaced by a convertible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gatesville
Anchor Plastics
Tahiti
Colvin
Bridge Street
Lions League Park
Ballyard
Karl Wiegand
Beta Sigma Phil Sorority
Regina Balch
Junior
Gatesville Notes Include Loan Talk and Lively Town Council
A Gatesville meeting discussed the Gatesville Country Club seeking an 857,760 recreation loan as state approval of its incorporation documents is awaited. City council debates featured a protester who admitted residency and voting, prompting a sharp rebuke about tourists. The First Baptist Church plans a memorial for Bill Nesbitt with gifts accepted at the church office.
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State Farmers Home Administration Office
FHA
Vance Stephens
Floyd Murray
Rip Cummings
Murray
First Baptist Church
Bill Nesbitt
Gatesville
Robert Francis Kennedy
St.Patrick’s Cathedral
Ted Kennedy
Andy Williams
New York
Washington
Collision on Leon River Bridge In Gatesville
A pickup driven by Louis Henry Hobert of Ireland collided with a car driven by David H. Calihan Fort Hood soldier at 11 30 p m last Friday on the Leon River bridge in Gatesville. Both drivers uninjured and each vehicle sustained 200 in damage. City Patrolman Fabian Klecka filed three charges against Callihan including leaving the scene. The soldier paid 69 in city court fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Henry Hobert
Ireland
David H. Calihan
Fort Hood
Leon River
Gatesville
Fabian Klecka
Callihan
Youth jailed after minor alcohol charge at Gatesville
A Gatesville youth was arrested Monday night by Police Chief Gene Goins and charged as a minor with consuming alcoholic beverages. He drew a $25 fine in city court and is serving the sentence in county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gatesville
Gene Goins
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Don Shields
Brownwood
Edwin Black
Hiro
Phil Lynes
George West
C. E. Shirey
Sonny
Berry
Austin
Bill Dunlap
Hasty Kidd
Prater Gibbs
John Wilson
Holland
Donnie Warrack
Aphony Herrera
James Sheppard
Frank Pate
Killeen
Royce Kitchens
Cisco
Irving Phillips
Corsicana
Neely Adair
Paul Herrera
Curtis Dickie
Darrell Bishop
Jody Jones
Jim McCorquodale
Llano
Linda Schaub
Lampasas
Joby Tatum
Susie Oglesby
Hamilton
Karen Walls
Evant
Billy Gibbs
Clifton
Northview
Shepherd
Cory Sales and Service
Holconcrete
E. R. Black
Airlihe
Black
Gatesville Country Club
Bauman's
North Latter
Folger’s
Ishbone
Lipton
Kraft's
Hormel
Arizona
Mexico
Dinty Moore
Sun Valley
Garine
Swanson
Elgin
California
Frosty Acres
Imperial
Kellogg's
Ajax
ORDEN
Charlotte Freeze
Prench
Nabisco
G. L. Derrick
Kenmore
SEARS
A. J. Gordon
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