Nuclear plant planned near Glen Rose by three electric firms
Texas Electric Service Company with Dallas Power & Light and Texas Power & Light announces a nuclear fueled generating station to be built four miles north of Glen Rose. A 1150 MW unit is slated for 1980 with a second in 1982, creating hundreds of construction jobs and about 100 permanent positions. The project requires Atomic Energy Commission and state approvals and will involve about 5,000 acres including a large reservoir to cooling water from Squaw Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Electric Service Company
Dallas Power & Light Company
Texas Power & Light Company
Here
Atomic Energy Commission
Texas Regulatory Agencies
Texas Electric
Burl B
Hulsey Jr
Squaw Creek
Brazos River Authority
Nuclear powered plant proposed for Squaw Creek area
The Glen Rose Reporter reports a multi million dollar project to build a nuclear powered steam generating plant on a 5000 acre tract four miles north of Glen Rose with a 3200 acre lake on Squaw Creek. It will open by 1980 with a second plant planned for 1982. financed by Texas Electric Service Dallas Power & Light and Texas Power & Light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squaw Creek
Texas Electric Service Co
Texas Power & Light Co
Dallas Power & Light Co
Cemetery Working Set at Post Oak Saturday
A cemetery working will be held at Post Oak Cemetery Saturday and all interested persons are urged to be present and to work, according to Aut New man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Oak
Post Oak Cemetery
Aut Newman
Beer election called by court for Sept 9
Somervell County Commissioners Court calls an election in Glen Rose to legalize beer sales for off premises consumption. Registered voters will ballot on Saturday September 9 at the city hall between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. The call follows a petition signed by 194 qualified voters presented at the monthly meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwain Sandlin
City Hall
Glen Rose
City of
Somervell County Commissioners’ Court
Demonstration Clubs Enjoy Camp Meeting at Tres Rios
Home Demonstration Club women nearly 24 strong attended the HD Camp at Camp Tres Rios last Tuesday. Officers elected included Mrs. Dale McPherson sheriff and Mrs. Ken Trimble deputy sheriff. The program featured a review of The Get-Away Box by Hilary Milton and a vesper service led by Mrs. John Shackelford. Buck Creek and Dinosaur Valley Clubs performed skits after dinner with many local members present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Tres Rios
Dale McPherson
Ken Trimble
Weldon Baker
Bob Russell
David Brown
O. L. Moore
Hilary Milton
John Shackelford
Buck Creek
Dinosaur Valley
Mmes
James Mullen
Don Baker
Weldon Eddy
W. T. Riddle
W. W. Riddle
Sam White
Melvin Gambrell
Curtis Gossett
Pruitt Sparks
Scot Fretwell
F. D. Gartrell
Earl Jackson
H. L. Lilley
L. B. van Winkle
Oran Page
Nell Hudson
Dot Hudson
Local 4 H Riding Club Seeks New Members
Somervell County 4H Riding Club meets every Tuesday at the rodeo arena led by Jack Miller and County Agent Doyle Cooper invites area youth to join. Horses are a major 4 H project in Texas with over 15 000 horses already signed up. interested youths should report Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somervell County
Rodeo Arena
Doyle Cooper
Cooper
Jack Miller
Texas
Altus and Dallas women visit Mrs. Stout
Mrs. Marie Hamilton of Altus Oklahoma and Mrs. Patty Barner Hill of Dallas visited Mrs. Olene Stout on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Hamilton
Altus
Okla
Patty Barnerhill
Dallas
Olene Stout
Somervell County lowers tax rate for 1973
The Somervell County Commissioners vote unanimously to cut the tax rate from 1.15 to 1.04 per 100 valuation for 1973. The $1.00 goes to the general fund and .04 to the sinking fund to retire the 1965 fire truck debt. Late thundershowers drop .29 inch countywide, with heavier totals in some areas per Robert Mack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somervell County Commissioners’ Court
Robert Mack
Glen Rose Students Register For 1972-73 School Year
Students in Glen Rose Independent School District report to register for the 1972-73 year with buses arriving at 9:00 a.m. Classes begin Monday with a full day from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Immunization requirements include polio, diphtheria tetanus, measles, and rubella with two religious or medical exemptions allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Rose Independent Schol District
Glen Rose
Homecoming Planned Sunday At Cottonwood
Cottonwood celebrates an annual homecoming with a large anticipated turnout. The event opens with morning church services followed by a sumptuous basket dinner at noon, then gospel singing and a visitation period in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cottonwood
Third Youth Claimed As Accident Victim
Funeral services for Bonnie Sue Medeciks 15 of Burleson were held at the First United Methodist Church with burial in the local cemetery. She died Thursday in a Fort Worth hospital from injuries from a two car collision eight miles east of here on Highway 67. Two Walnut Springs youths Gary Lamb 15 and James Ed Dagley were killed at the scene. Larry Lamb 16 and Kurt Medders 16 drivers of the cars were listed in fair condition in Fort Worth All Saints Hospital. Other Burleson youths in Cleburne hospitals were reported as improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Sue Medeciks
Burleson
First United Methodist Church
Fort Worth
Here
Walnut Springs
Gary “Boo” Lamb
James Ed Dagley
Larry Lelan Lamb
Kurt Byron Medders
All Saints Hospital
Cleburne
Tolar Schools Register Tomorrow
Students of the Tolar Public Schools will register for the new school year Friday from 8 30 to 10 a.m. Buses will run their routes and have students home in time for lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurie Moseley III
Tolar
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hulsey
Kirby Sewell
Reporter
Somervell
Jack McCarty
4-H Riding Club
Mack
Charles Gibbs
J. M. McCroskey
McCroskey
Tiger Band
Lovelies
Glen Rose High School
Teree Hatley
Thayron Hatley
Diana Dove
Wallace Dove
Nikki Weedon
Lovell Weedon
Virgil Wood
Roy Parker
Stephenville
Roxie Parker
Wood
Cecil Wood
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!