Council Refuses Rate Increases
Glen Rose City Councilmen in regular session refused proposed rate increases from Lone Star Gas Co and Texas Telephone and Telegraph. They set August 22 for taxpayers to meet with the group on recent tax increases and heard Texas Electric Service Co discuss tentative plans for a lake and power generating plant on Squaw Creek just north of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Rose
Lone Star Gas Co
Texas Telephone & Telegraph Companies
Bob Martin
Kirby Sewell
Texas Electric Service Co
Squaw Creek
Gatesville Woman Pleads Guilty To Worthless Check
Dorothy Gregory of Gatesville pleaded guilty to passing a worthless check for 45.90 in County Court. She gave the check to Bob Miles. Judge Temple Summers fined her 5 dollars plus 40 dollars costs and ordered repayment by October 1.
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Dorothy Gregory
Gatesville
Bob Miles
Temple Summers
W G Rives Buried In Johnson County
W G Rives 56 of Cleburne died Saturday at his home after 25 years residence in the city. Born February 15 1916 at Brazos Point he was the son of William Thomas and Ollie Rives. He is survived by his wife two sons Kenneth and Curtis of Cleburne four sisters and three brothers. Funeral services were held in Cleburne Monday at 1 30 p m with burial in Baker Lain Cemetery. Pallbearers were George Sewell Jr Floyd Runnels Wade Blackstock N C Forsythe Cato Mullins and Cecil Lankford.
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W. G. Rives
Cleburne
Rives
Brazos Point
William Thomas
Ollie Rives
Kenneth and
Curtis
Lewis
Nemo
W. T
Troup
H. L
Gracie Horton
Fan
Local Couple to Appear on Waco TV Program
Mr and Mrs Charlie Moss of this community will be interviewed on a TV program originating from Station KWTX in Waco at 11 a m Wednesday of next week The show will feature the dinosaur tracks and other tourist attractions of the Glen Rose area Tune in Channel 10 Waco to view the program.
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Waco TV
Charlie Moss
KWTX
Waco
Glen Rose
Reynolds Employs New Mortician In Local Funeral Home
Reynolds Funeral Home owner Reynolds announces Charles Anderson of San Antonio has been hired as mortician and will take over duties. Local visitors, vacations, and extended family travel are noted, with trips to Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Reynolds
Reynolds Funeral Home
Charles Anderson
San Antonio
Charles Talley
Colorado
Utah
Grand Prairie Couple Welcome Son Donald Ray Hawkins
Mr and Mrs Russell Wayne Hawkins of Grand Prairie announce the birth of a son born Sunday at Memorial Hospital in Cleburne. They name him Donald Ray. Grand Prairie grandmother is Mrs Betty Hawkins and great grandfather A R Hawkins of Glen Rose.
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J. O. Spinks
Memorial Hospital
Cleburne
Grand Prairie
Russell Wayne Hawkins
Cleburne Sunday
Donald Ray
Betty Hawkins
A. R. Hawkins
Glen Rose
Frank Norton Buried At Georges Creek
Funeral services for Frank Norton were held Tuesday at 4 30 p m in Cleburne. Burial was in George Creek Cemetery. Norton aged 56 of Grover died Sunday at a nursing home near Waco. He was born December 19, 1915 in Hood County, son of Charlie C and Bertie Norton. Survivors include one son Charlie of Dumas, two daughters Connie Harrison of Ross and Frankie Golden of Athens, two brothers Jim Delmer Norton of Grover and W M Norton of Cleburne, two sisters Audie Hobson of Morgan and C W Rush of Cleburne, and five grandchildren. Mrs Maude Barclay and Mrs May Miles attended the Hayworth Clifton family reunion at Duffau Association grounds Sunday.
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Frank Norton
Cleburne
George Creek
Norton
Grover
Waco
Hood County
Charlie C
Bertie Norton
Charlie
Dumas
Connie Harrison
Ross
Frankie Golden
Athens
Jim Delmer Norton
W. M. Norton
Audie Hobson
Morgan
C. W. Rush
Kenneth Jones Returns Home After Heart Attack
Word was received this week that Kenneth Jones will be flown from Georgia to Dallas and then overland to his Meridian home. He is reported to be recovering satisfactorily after a heart attack suffered in Gainesville while attending a poultry inspection school.
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Kenneth Jones
Georgia
Gainesville
Dallas
Meridian
Local Boy Wins Fishing Contest
Kenneth Gene Mimms, 12, son of Mr and Mrs J W Mimms of this city, won second place in the Junior Sportsman Bream Tournament at Lake Livingston. His five pound seven ounce catch earned him a cane pole and a fish stringer. his parents and older brother James joined the outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Gene Mimms
J. W. Mimms
Local families visit from Fort Worth and Euless
Mr and Mrs Ray Orr and their daughter of Euless visited the Sam Orrs on Monday. Mr and Mrs Cecil Wood and their daughter Mrs Charles Cowser of Fort Worth spent Thursday at Seven Seas.
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Ray Orr
Euless
Sam Orrs
Cecil Wood
Charles Cowser
Fort Worth
Seven Seas
Duncan wedding ties Freas family to Ellis and Wagner
Mr and Mrs Sam Freas and family attended the wedding of Sue Ann Ellis and Don Wagner at First Baptist Church in Duncan Oklahoma on Saturday night. They also visited relatives including Mrs Freases mother during the weekend. The Arthur Vineyard family moved to the Highway 67 house vacated by the Bookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Freas
Duncan
Okla
Sue Ann Ellis
Don Wagner
First Baptist Church
Karl Booker
Waco
Arthur Vineyard
Highway 67
Bookers
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AUTO
Johnson County
David Jobe
Melanie
Bedford
Harry Bell
J. W. Dingler
Jerry Dingler
Alvarado
Mrs. Dingler
Sallie Hudgins
Harrah
Frankhoma
Sale
Betty's Gifts
Tt Imports
Texas
Reynolds
C. E. Bayley
Goldthwaite
Jack McCarty
Joe Umphress
J. C. West
Duncanville
Jack Stacy
Kelly
Tuxedo
Brad Gavit
Port Aransas
Bill Gavit
Ward Pinson
John Kincannon
Sephenville
Charles Gibbs
Paul Hancock Sr
Brownwood
W. M. Hancock
Mrs. Hoot Williams
Alvin
C. W. Bradshaw
Abilene
Martha Baxter
Son
Ennis
Mae Knott
Marshall Nabors
Albuquerque
N.M
Carlsbad Caverns
Juarez
Mexico
Joy Brooks
Damon
Irving
Terry Starnes
Six Flags
Charles Marsh
City
Jeff Sadderwhite
Clifton
Harold Leeman
Whitney
Laredo
Joe Buzan
DeLeon
Bell
Todd Hawthorne
Sherman
Mrs. Hale Riddle
Jim Bob
Glen Lake Methodist Camp
Susan
William Ward
J. E. Ward
Bill Ward
W. E. Meaders
Bradley Cain
Austin
R. W. Cain
Melissa
Georges Creek
ENCO
Wilson Bros. Station & Garage
Photography
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