Winston Whitaker Dies After Motorcycle Accident
Funeral held for Ernest Winston Whitaker 33 of Grandview at St Paul Lutheran Fort Worth. He died in a Fort Worth hospital from internal injuries after a motorcycle crash near Old Granbury Road and Trail Lake Drive. Whitaker born June 9 1938 in McRoberts Kentucky served in Navy 1958 1959 later attended Arlington State College. Survived by wife Martha Nell McCarthy two children mother two sisters and grandmother. Burial in Grandview Cemetery with pallbearers from Burleson Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Winston Whitaker
Grandview
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Fort Worth
Gerald Otte
Ing
Whitaker
Old Granbury Road
Trail Lake Drive
Winston
McRoberts, Ky
Ernest Whitaker
Louise Davidson
Hazard, Ky
Glen Rose
Navy
Arlington State College
Martha Nell McCarthy
Chamber of Commerce
Paluxy
Earl Wayne
Joann
Carol Dawn Jones
Lexington
Anna Louise Fugate
Hazard
Julia Hayreth
Walnut Springs
Grandview Cemetery
Benny McAllister
Danny Burke
Ted Lowery
Burleson
A. A. Petty
Ed Lampman
Pete McGlothlin
Girl Known Here Killed In Wreck
LeeAnne McKinney a 16 year old daughter of Jack McKinney Jr. of La Habra California was killed in an automobile accident in California Friday. Details were not available as the Reporter went to press. She was a granddaughter of the late Jack McKinney Sr. and Mrs. McKinney and was known by many here. She was visiting in the Harral and Layne homes when she learned of the death of her granddaughter. She was at a convention in Florida at the time and left for California with her son and the girl’s father. Survivors include her father grandmother a sister Dianne a brother Rickey and her mother.
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LeeAnne McKinney
Jack McKinney Jr
la Habra
Calif
California
Jack McKinney Sr
McKinney
Ed Harral
Sam Layne
Rainbow
Music Sessions Planned at Oakdale Park Skating Rink
Local musician Carl Simmons says Glen Rose will host monthly country and western sessions at the Oakdale Park skating rink. The third Saturday of each month at 8 p m is planned with free admission for musicians and the public to attend. The first event is this Saturday at the rink building in the park.
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Carl Simmons
Glen Rose
Oakdale Park
Simmons
Cars Damaged In Local Mishap
Two cars were badly damaged in a collision on Highway 67 in front of the Dairy King around 7 20 p m Thursday. Gerald W Walls of Hamilton drove a 1971 Ford into oncoming traffic, hitting Tom Rumph Jr s 1971 Lincoln Continental owned by William Robert Marrion of Alta Loma California. Rumph s car was leased from Kinnard Bros Leasing of Fort Worth. Walls received a ticket for illegal turn and careless collision.
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J. C. Montgomery
Highway 67
Dairy King
Gerald W. Walls
Hamilton
Tom Rumph Jr
Montgomery
Rumph
William Robert Marrion
Alta Loma
Calif
Kinnard Bros. Leasing
Fort Worth
Walls
Somervell Men Register For Draft In 42 Report
The 42 Somervell County registrants listed include Thomas Hatley Tommy Williams David Akins Julio Ortega Stephen Hewlett George Tribble Ethan Holcomb Jerry Hancock Lester Conger Randy Barber Joe Ridings and more. Local boards urge registrants to notify changes affecting classification. Hood Johnson and Somervell Counties are served from the courthouse in Cleburne with registrar M Wilson Loper in Glen Rose. Eleven lettermen headline Glen Rose Tigers 1971 grid squad starting two a day workouts with opener vs Hico. seniors include Dempsey Gibson Henderson Lewellen Martin May Rhodes Boren Brown Timmerman Talley. juniors Baker Flanary Trimble Wilson. sophomores Dooley Gosdin Harris Rhodes Stinson. freshmen listed led by Beck Cheek Gray Henderson Jordan May McKinney O Neal Morgan Rhodes Riddle Rumph Taylor Vineyard Wood Wright Yzaguirre. Judy and Candy Marks return from England with Warren and wife.
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Somervell County
Selective Service
Thomas Eugene Hatley
Tommy David Williams David William Akins
Julio Ortega
Stephen Randall Hewlett
George W. Tribble
Ethan Everette
Holcomb
Jerry Lynn Hancock Lester Paul Russell Dale Douglas Conger
Randy Gene Barber
Joe Dale
Ridings
Tigers
Hico
Ronald Dempsey
Neil Gibson
David Henderson
Mike Lewellen
Loyd Martin
Scott May
Ricky Rhodes
Gary Boren
Clifton Brown
Delbert Timmerman
James Talley
Letterman
Lonnie Baker
Mark Flanary
Jory Trimble
Mike Wilson
Ronnie Baker
Larry Smith
Thayron Hatley Jr
Mike Dooley
Larry Gosdin
Eldridge Harris
Keith Rhodes
Byron Stinson
Danny Beck
Leland Cheek
Joel Gray
Scott Henderson
Ronnie Jordan
Cliff May
Doby McKinney
Charles O’neal
Scott Morgan
Steven Rhodes
Billy Riddle
Kevin Rumph
Vernon Taylor
Jimmy
Tommy Thompson
Charlie Vineyard
Rusty Wood
Jay Wright
Ector Yzaguirre
Paul Schuelke
Weather report notes wet week and cool spell in Texas
National Weather Service observer Robert Mack reports 2.03 inches of rainfall over the past week with temperatures peaking at 95 degrees. Totals for the month reach 2.15 inches and yearly rainfall stands at 19.67 inches, well below the 33.04 inch average.
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Robert Mack
National Weather Service
Mack
Texas
Pee Wee Gridders Organize Saturday
Boys in grades 2 through 6 are invited to report to the football field Saturday at 8:30 a.m. to form teams and assign coaches for Pee Wee football this fall. Mr and Mrs Monroe Oneal visited Arlington on Sunday with relatives.
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John Goldsmith
John Wesley
May Miles
Jim Hutcheson
Arlington
Pee Wee Gridders
Monroe Oneal
Arlington Sunday
Robert S. Newman
Commodities Distributed in Somervell County Program
Surplus commodities valued at 33307.09 were distributed to low income residents in Somervell County during the program's first year. County Judge Temple Summers received the figures from Beatrice Huff, Commodity Distributor in Fort Worth, covering Sept 1, 1970 to Aug 31 of the year.
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Somervell
Temple Summers
Beatrice Huff
Fort Worth
Glen Rose ISD prepares for first full day of classes
The Glen Rose Independent School District schedules a full faculty for the 1971 72 session with opening day Friday at 9 a.m. Buses run routes to deliver students for registration and lunch is priced at 35 to 60 cents for students and adults.
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Glen Rose
Glen Rose Independent School District
J. M. McCroskey
Yar
Evelyn Kincannon
Lillie Chandler
Sammye McPherson
Oleta Ramsay
Sarah Luttrell
Lou Ellen Mills
Laura Milam Riddle
Mary Jo McDonough
LaVerne Thompson
B. F. Luttrell
Hale Riddie
LaVerne Walker
Weldon Hart
Carolyn Holland
Vada Railsback
Helen Beoker
Sally Ann Dove
Charles Gibbs
Kelly Becker
W. B. Cowan Jr
Patricia West
Commercial
Hulan R. Mabery Jr
Bobbie Lynn Morris
Laurie Moseley III
Harold Parnell
Paul Schuelke
Mary Frances Waters
Robbie Crabtree
Wanda Jo Rozelle
Joy Brooks
Lillie Douglas
Claude McIntyre
Glenda Freas
Carolyn Douglas
Nellie Mae Morris
Gladys Eddy
Thelma Cheek
Youfama Stewart
Southwest
Virgil Aiey
Chalk Mountain
Laurie Moseley
the Paluxy
Rainbow
Georges Creek
Sweifel Bend
Nemo
Thayron Hatley
Long Distance Rates In Texas To See Increase And Decrease
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co announces Sept 1 rate changes for Texas long distance. Direct Distance Dialing gains lower daytime costs. operator assisted calls rise. 350 mile station calls drop to 93 cents direct, 1.25 with operator. after 5 pm 66 cents. Person to person rises to 2.30 from 1.90. Ron Purtell notes expected 2 percent revenue rise.
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Texas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Ron Purtell
Texas Texas Telephone & Telegraph Co
Southwestern Bell
Bell
Livestock Brand Registration Rules Updated in Texas
Texas livestock owners must record all brands with the county clerk after Aug 30 under a new law. Registered brands expire six months after Sept 1, 1971, with re registration required by Feb 29, 1972. Unrecorded brands become first come, first served and all brands must be re recorded every 10 years.
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Texas
Doyle Cooper
Firstcome
Free Chest Xrays for 192 Somervell Residents
During a Christmas Seal Mobile Health Unit visit in Glen Rose on Monday, 192 residents received chest X rays. Volunteers Joy Brooks, Mrs. Windell Rozelle, and Mrs. Scott Crabtree Jr. assisted aboard. The public service, run by the North Texas TB and Respiratory Disease Assn, aims to detect tuberculosis and other respiratory illnesses, funded by Christmas Seals and donations.
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Somervell County
Christmas Seal Mobile Health Unit
Glen Rose
Joy Brooks
Windell Rozelle
Scott Crabtree Jr
North Texas
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Winston Whitaker
Glen Rose High School
Kay White
Texas Local Board No. 76
Selective Service System
Hood
Johnson
Cleburne
M. Wilson Loper
Glen Rose Tiger
Judy
Candy Marks
England
Mrs
Warren Marks
Association
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