Elections Set For Saturday And Tuesday In Glen Rose
Glen Rose voters head to the high school library Saturday April 4 to elect three trustees on the school board. Incumbents Maurice Marsh Dr Roger E Marks and Billy C Miller seek reelection while James Sparks and John L Sullivan Jr enter for first terms. County school board incumbents Gilbert H Modawell and Bert Willey are unopposed. City voters return Tuesday to choose three councilmen with incumbents Jack Bridges Jr Joe Den Echols and Paul Hancock Jr unopposed. Polls open 8 am to 7 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Rose
Maurice Marsh
Roger E. Marks
Billy C. Miller
James Sparks
John L. Sullivan Jr
Gilbert H. Modawell
Bert Willey
Jack Bridges Jr
Joe den Echols
Paul Hancock Jr
12 Year Old Sentenced to Reform School in Private Hearing
A 12 year old Denver City youth was declared a juvenile delinquent in a private court hearing and sentenced to the State School for Boys at Gatesville. District Judge Penn Jackson and County Judge Temple Summers presided over the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver City
Gatesville
Penn Jackson
Temple Summers
Junior High and Freshman Track Meet Set for Friday
Coach Paul Schuelke announced the Junior High District and freshman track meet will be held here Friday April 10 starting at 1 30 p m. Six schools Clifton Itasca Whitney Alvarado Joshua and Glen Rose will participate with admission 25 and 50 cents.
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Paul Schuelke
Clifton
Itasca
Whitney
Alvarado
Joshua
Glen Rose
Funeral Rites Set For Ross Leach
Funeral services for Ross Calvert Leach 83 longtime Glen Rose school superintendent are set for 2 30 p m today at First Baptist Church Glen Rose He died Wednesday April 1 in a local hospital after a short illness Born March 21 1881 at Allen Collin County he came to Glen Rose in 1918 and retired in 1949 He and his wives and seven survivors are listed with interment in Squaw Creek Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Calvert Leach
Glen Rose
First Baptist Church
Leach
Allen
Collin County
Gedley
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
Baylor University
Coll Fulfer retires after 20 years with Glen Rose
Coll Fulfer resigns after twenty years with the City of Glen Rose. Mayor Charles Gibbs awarded a one hundred dollar check and praised his service to the maintenance crew. Early Teague Jr. was hired to replace Fulfer and is now on the job. Dr and Mrs W E Meaders spent Easter holidays in New York visiting their son and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coll Fulfer
Glen Rose
Charles Gibbs
Fulfer
Gibbs
Early Teague Jr
Fuller
W. E. Meaders
New York
Sioner
Jim Langdon
Stephenville
G. M. Langdon
Nex
Langdon
John Tarleton College
Jack
Charles
Golden Arrow Cafe
Cleburne
Fort Worth
Jack Lanvilon
Hospital Notes from Marks English Hospital
Hospitalized Thursday morning were Mrs. C. A. Hulsey City T. B. English City Mrs. A. C. McWilliams City Mrs. Etta Howard City Jess Sapp Walnut Springs J. H. Marrs City Mrs. J. G. Daniels City W L. Camp Tolar Mrs. W. L. English City Mrs. Sylvia Brown City I. B. Willoughby City Dismissed from hospital the past week were Don Mauney Tolar Ricky Burns Koppers Mrs O J Coney City Gay Lee City Recent visitors here with friends and relatives were Mr. and Mrs L R Lane of Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marks-English Hospital
C. A. Hulsey
City
T. B. English
A. C. McWilliams
Etta Howard
Jess Sapp
Walnut Springs
J. H. Marrs
J. G. Daniels
W L. Camp
Tolar
W. L. English
Sylvia Brown
I. B. Willoughby
Don Mauney
Ricky Burns
Koppers
O. J. Coney
Gay Lee
Kin of Local Woman Escapes Alaska Quake
Mrs. O. L. Howard of this city learns that her daughter and husband, Gene Belcate, and three daughters of Anchorage survived the Alaska earthquake last week. The Belcate home suffered damage but the family escaped injury.
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O. L. Howard
Gene Belcate
Anchorage
Alaska
Belcate
Masonic Workshop Slated in Godley Central Texas
A Masonic Workshop for officers and members from eight Central Texas lodges will be held at the Masonic Hall in Godley at 7 30 p m on April 13. Guests include officers from Granbury Glen Rose Lipan Cleburne Joshua Rio Vista Burleson and Godley. S Steed of Joshua will conduct and chairs the four county workshop area. The session will address common lodge problems and operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Masonic
County HD Council Holds Recent Meet
The Somervell County Home Demonstration Club Council met March 18 with twenty members and nine visitors. Reports covered minutes treasury THDA funds and club plans including Oakdale Park booths May 16 and Civil Defense training April 27 to May 1 at the high school. New delegates were named Neva Lane Willie Flippin Ida Witt with Jewell Norton as alternate. Serpha Riddle becomes county THDA chairman.
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Treasury
THDA
Oakdale Park
Neva Lane
Willie Flippin
Ida Witt
Jewell Norton
County
Serpha Riddle
Flippin
Barbara Gill
Bridges Boys Register Registered Livestock
Jack W. Bridges Sr. of Glen Rose bought 11 registered Angus cows and two Aberdeen Angus bulls from C. E. Howell of Mexia. Mrs. Emma Ogle of Dallas and Mrs. Roy Edwards of Oklahoma City visited here with Mrs. Neva Lane.
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Jack W. Bridges
Jack W. Bridges Sr
Glen Rose
C. E. Howell
Mexia
Emma Ogle
Dallas
Roy Edwards
Oklahoma City
Neva Lane
New Parcel Postage Rates Now In Effect
Postmaster G C Gibbs Jr reminds Glen Rose residents the ICC approved parcel post rate hike, averaging 13.1 percent and raising six pound local parcels to 37 cents. Catalog rates up about 13 percent may add $2.4 million annually. air and international parcel post unchanged.
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G. C. Gibbs Jr
Glen Rose
Interstate Commerce Commission
Air Parcel Post
International Parcel Post
Gibbs
John A. Gronouski
ICC
Post Office Department
Federal Treasury
Glen Rose Man Killed in Cross Plains Car Wreck
A Glen Rose man, Cecil Gale White, 22, died when his 1964 Chevrolet Impala veered and rolled near Cross Plains on FM 880. Four other occupants were injured lightly. White, son-in-law of Glen Rose residents, worked recently in the Glen Rose Reporter office. Funeral held at Cross Plains First Methodist Church. burial in Cross Plains Cemetery. Survivors include wife Kay and two sons, John Preston and Billy Charles, plus parents and siblings.
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Hannah
Cleburne
William Russell
Ruby Todd Gresham
Glen Rosa
Dorothy Leach
Maxie Leach
Fort Worth
Clarence Moore
Kamay
Lizzie Turner
Lubbock
John Anderson
Amarillo
Charles Gilbreath
Alice
Will Leach
Hyattsville
Bob and
Jack Leach
California
Charles S. Leach
Denver
Colo
Milton Leach
Kingsville
Squaw Creek Cemetery
Cecil Gale White
Cross Plains
H. P. White
Jack McCarty
Glen Rose
First Methodist Church
Charles J. McAfee
White
Mike Bowden
Brownwood
Hanna Sue Lippe
Mary Josephine Crider
Kathleen Holston
Hendrick Memorial Hospital
Abilene
Bowden
Coleman
McMurry College
del Mar
Corpus Christi
Borden Company
Kay
John Preston
Billy Charles
la- Homa White
Kenneth L
Odessa
Donald E
Tripoli
Libya
Richard L
Jerre Deason
Bruce Baker
Tom Voss
Lloyd Locke
Bill Cowan
Glen Rose Seniors Honored on Southern Pilgrimage
Twenty members of the Glen Rose High School senior class visited Vicksburg Natchez Baton Rouge New Orleans and Lafayette on a week long trip. They received keys to Vicksburg and Natchez honorary citizenship in Natchez and toured the French Quarter. Sponsors Betty Ballard Bill Cowan and Mrs Clyde Armstrong J D Spinks and J D Martin accompanied the group with Mrs Clyde Armstrong serving as chaperone.
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Glen Rose High School
Vicksburg
Natchez
Ronnie Shackelford
O. J. Bori
Frank Edward Shanahan Jr
Arren County
Mississippi
Paul B. Johnson
Texas
John Connally
Glen Rose
Thompson Pounds
John J. Nosser
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
First Baptist Church
Mississippi River
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Betty Ballard
Bill Cowan
Clyde Armstrong
J. D. Spinks
J. D. Martin
County Petitions State For Brucellosis Testing Program
Somervell County officials call for state support to establish a brucellosis testing program. W A Buck Bridewell chairs the committee appointed to study aims, funding, and implementation efforts.
Pentecostal Revival Opens Here Saturday Night
Rev. Hubert McFarlin announces Glen Rose United Pentecostal Church spring revival starts Saturday at 7 50 p m with Evangelist Rev. Travis Timmons of Pauls Valley Oklahoma. public invitation extended. Also local visits noted and brucellosis control committee seeks county participation with May 1 hearing in Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert McFarlin
United Pentecostal Church of
Glen Rose
Travis Timmons
Pauls Valley
Okla
District UIL One Act Play Meet Here
Three district schools Alvarado Clifton and Glen Rose compete in the annual UIL One Act Play Contest at the high school auditorium. Glen Rose presents The Highway with cast Jeanette Martin Judy Bandy Roger Armstrong Chuck Gibbs Tim Stewart Robert Walker while Clifton offers The Purple Doornob and Alvarado performs Four Hundred Nights. Admission is 25 and 50 cents.
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U.I.S
Alvarado
Clifton
Glen Rose
Denton
Glen
Roger Armstrong
Chuck Gibbs
Tim Stewart
Robert Walker
John
Hester Engels
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Ross
Masonic Workshop
Godley
County HD Council
Somervell County Home Demonstration Club Council
Johnnie Griffin
Dwayne
Weldon Eddy
Griffins
Trans-Texas Airlines
RR Commission
W.A. (Buck) Bridewell
Somervell County
Clint McCarty
Jerry
Mrs
Raymond Young of
Baird
The
Commission
Austin
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