Community faces hospital plans and fire safety push
A Tuesday meeting will consider financing a modern hospital and clinic to attract surgeons and babies to our town with Medicare funding. Firefighters report multiple alarms recently and urge public support for their "fun fund" after fires caused by careless acts. County agents notePlano and San Saba football playoffs while remarks about Kay Behrens and Doyle Cooper add local color.
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Somervell County
Doyle Cooper
Plano
Henderson
Kay Behrens
San Saba
Daingerfield
Cooper
Kay
Three Accidents Investigated In Local Vicinity
Sheriff Strawn reports he investigated three accidents this past week with no injuries. A 16 year old, Darrell Meador, backed from the Food Center on Vernon Street into Lindy McFall's 1964 Oldsmobile. damages about 225 dollars and Meador cited for driving without a license. Mark Eakin's 1964 Ford station wagon rear ended Robert Smith's 1965 Chevrolet on Barnard Street. about 350 dollars damage to the Eakin vehicle. On Highway 67 near Brazos River bridge, Marion Stanley in a 1968 Oldsmobile rammed by William Warren in a 1962 Chrysler after West attempted to turn home. about 150 dollars damage to each vehicle.
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Darrell Meador
Food Center
Vernon Street
Lindy McFall
Mineral Wells
Meador
Strawn
McFall
Mark Eakin
Robert Smith
Granbury
Barnard Street
Howard Sego
Eakin Auto
Brazos River Bridge
Leon West
Marion J. Stanley
William Warren
Homes Selected For Pilgrimage In Christmas Event
Omega Psi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi announced the fourth annual Christmas Pilgrimage featuring six open houses on Tuesday evening December 17 from 6 30 to 9 30 Tickets are one dollar proceeds aid needy local school students Homes include Joy Brooks Earl Flanary Anita Wood Earl North Parker Weldon Hart and Paul Hancock Jr Refreshments and bazaar items will be shown at the Hancock home Details will run in next week's Reporter.
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Omega Psi
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Joy Brooks
Earl Flanary
Anita Wood
Earl North Parker
Weldon Hart
Paul Hancock Jr
Reporter
Hawkins Named Country Custodian After Ballard Resigns
Herman Hawkins of this city was named custodian at the courthouse by the Commissioners Court in a Monday morning meeting. He succeeds John Ballard who resigned due to health reasons last week. Judge Temple Summers commended Ballard’s tenur e and resignation was accepted with regret. Hawkins is now on the job.
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Herman Hawkins
Commissioners
John Ballard
Temple Summers
Ballard
Hawkins
Welfare officials attend Fort Worth meeting
Mrs. M. G. McConal and Miss Frances Summers visited Fort Worth on Monday to attend an area meeting of State Welfare Department employees and returned home that afternoon.
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M. G. McConal
Frances Summers
Fort Worth
State Welfare Department
Council Meeting Date Moved to Monday in December
Mayor Walter Ernst announced the City Council will move the regular December meeting from Tuesday to Monday due to a scheduling conflict. The change affects only the December meeting.
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Walter Ernst
Ernst
Buster Echols In Critical Condition At Local Hospital
J C Buster Echols a popular resident of this city is reported in critical condition in Marks English Hospital after a heart attack at his farm in Potts Valley Monday afternoon He drove to the hospital about six to eight miles away for emergency medical care.
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J. C. “Buster” Echols
Marks English Hospital
Potts Valley
Echols
Soaking Rains Highlight Local Weather and Enlistments
Two young men Ricky West and Keith Wilson, both natives of Glen Rose and graduates of Glen Rose High School, left for Lackland Air Force Base after enlisting for four years. They are married and will reside with families in Fort Worth and Johnson County. Rainfall in the area totaled 2.24 inches over three days with November bringing 2.83 inches and the year-to-date at 36.50 inches. Temperatures ranged from 27 to 58 degrees last week.
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Ricky West
Leon West
Rainbow
Keith Wilson
Elbert Wilson
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Glen Rose High School
West
General Dynamics
Fort Worth
Wilson
Highway Dept
Johnson County
Young
Oo Silar
Weather Bureau
T. J. Davis
Official
Weather Observer
Davis
Glen Rose
Christmas Lights Glow Across Courthouse Square
Christmas lights on the courthouse and streets around the square were turned on Monday night creating a festive after dark scene. Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, city workers and Hoot Williams of Community Public Service Co hung the displays as local stores decked their wares and urged shoppers to buy locally.
Mrs Flippen Hosts Annual Christmas Open House
Mrs. R. L. Flippen invites the public to her country home for a Christmas open house on December 17 from 7 to 10 p.m. Guests will view handmade decorations and enjoy a social, entertaining evening with friends.
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R. L. Flippen
Livestock Association to Meet at High School Today
Somervell County Livestock Association president Clyde Sexton announced a meeting at the ag building on the high school campus at 7 30 p m Thursday. Members and interested citizens are invited to plan the annual livestock show and other functions for the new year.
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Clyde Sexton
Somervell County Livestock Association
Lo Ag
C M Tidwell Suffering Stroke In Stephenville Hospital
Justice of the Peace C M Tidwell of Precinct 4 is listed in critical condition after a Sunday stroke. He was transported to Stephenville by Reynolds Funeral Home ambulance Saturday.
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C. M. Tidwell
Precinct
Stephenville
Reynolds Funeral Home
Sheriff Recovers Stolen TV from Broken Arrow Ranch Burglary
Sheriff Speck Strawn announced this week that a color television set stolen from Don Gamel's home on the Broken Arrow Ranch near here last July 10 was recovered. The set was found under a culvert in Johnson County on Tuesday of last week, part of a burglary spree at the ranch.
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Speck Strawn
Don Gamel
Broken Arrow
Here
Johnson County
Mrs T E Lail Moved To Local Hospital
Mrs T E Lail, hospitalized here after eight weeks in Fort Worth for treatment, was moved Saturday to the local hospital for continued medical care.
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T. E. Lail
Fort Worth
Pati
Tuesday Meet Will Plan New Hospital
An industrial foundation in Glen Rose will form December 10 to arrange financing and build a new hospital. A 7:30 p.m. meeting at the school auditorium invites all residents to join, with Dr. R. D. English and Dr. Roger Marks backing a $350,000 project needing 10 percent local funding.
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Glen Rose
Ter Ernst
Cecil Parker
J. E. Ward
Jack W. Bridges Sr
Lyle Henderson
Tom Rumph
Sam Freas
Chas. Gibbs
Roger Marks
Robert D. English
40 City Street Lights Shot by Vandals
Mayor Walter Ernst said 40 city street lights were shot out Wednesday and Thursday nights last week. Louie Nickell of Community Public Service Co reported lineman Hoot Williams found BB gun damage in several bulbs. Sheriff Specky Strawn and City Marshal Millard Rountree investigate and expect arrests soon.
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Walter Ernst
Louie Nickell
Community Public Service Co
Hoot Williams
Specky Strawn
Millard Rountree
Burglars Hit School Lunch Room and Bert Willey’s Dairy King
Thieves broke into the school lunch room and into Bert Willey’s Dairy King on separate nights, Sheriff Speck Strawn reports. At the lunch room they stole two frozen turkeys six pounds of frozen fish sticks 10 pounds of hamburger meat four small pots a 20 gallon trash can and $2.00 in change via a window. At Bert Willey’s Dairy King they took $40 in change from the cash register after entering through a window.
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Bert Willey
Dairy King
Speck Strawn
Behrens To Judge Granbury Pecan and Food Show
Miss Kay Behrens Somervell County Home Demonstration Agent travels to Granbury to judge the annual Pecan and Food Show this weekend. The event is a regular yearly showcase.
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Kay Behrens
Granbury
Somervell County
Infant Burned In Trailer Blaze
Four month old Eugene Gregory, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gregory, suffered severe burns when their trailer home on West Highway 67 caught fire. He was taken to a Stephenville hospital. The trailer belonged to Robert Gaskill and was parked behind his building.
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Little Eugene Gregory
Thomas Gregory
Stephenville Hospital
Robert Gaskill
M K Keenum Rites Are Today
Marvin Kee Keenum 63 of Rock Creek died of a heart attack in a Mullen Texaco driveway. Born July 25 1905 he was a farmer and county employee. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. at Reynolds Funeral Home Chapel. Other details unavailable. Nearby relatives returned from Midland after holiday visit.
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Marvin Kee Keenum
Rock Creek
Mullen Texaco
H. K
Mary Ann Hargrove Keenum
Somervell
Reynolds Funeral Home
Honor Roll List For Local School Totals 44
School principals Hale Riddle and Charles Gibbs report 44 students on the second six weeks honor roll. Elementary tally includes 24 names across grades four to eight and high school lists 20 students among freshmen to seniors.
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Hale Riddle
Charles Gibbs
Riddle Thomas Lopez
James Teague
Sandra Baker
Zoe Eakin
Peggy Oldham
Donna Riddle
Mills
Molly Timmerman
Ronnie Beck
Janis Lemens
McDonough
Bettie Broadway
Pamela Drake
Tina Spinks
Patricia de Leon
Jeanne Williams
Cynthia
Ricky Rhodes
Lloyd Martin
David Henderson
Neil Gibson
Jan Whitt
Debra Schuelke
Nancy Miller
Alice Lopez
Carol Gosdin
Gay Gibbs
Tamara English
Mary Lou Cromeans
Rites Held for M. H. McCarty at Glen Rose
Milton H. McCarty 58 died after a lingering illness in a local hospital. Born June 19 1910 in Llano he lived in Port Lavaca and later Glen Rose. Survived by wife Pearl three sons a daughter his mother a brother and a sister. Funeral at Glenview Church of Christ conducted by Kenneth Arrington and Lipcomb with interment at Nancy Smith Cemetery.
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Milton H. McCarty
Llano
Port Lavaca
Pearl Wilburn
Glen Rose
Pearl McCarty
Milton Earl
Litchfield
Lola Smith
Mineral Wells
D. P. McCarty
Ottis McCarty
California
Otto Schuelke
Fort Worth
Eric
Terri Kay Smith
Shelly McCarty
Glenview Church of Christ
Kenneth Arrington
Abilene
Lipcomb
Rites Held Friday For Mrs Keeling
Funeral rites for Maggie McDowell Keeling 92 were held at Springtown Church at 10 a.m. Friday with burial there. She died Wednesday in Marks English Hospital. She was the widow of Rev M L McDowell who once pastored Field Street Baptist Church in Cleburne. Survivors include son Ward McDowell Fort Worth, four grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
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Maggie McDowell Keeling
Springtown
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Uncle Sam
Gabe Elke
Jack McCarty
Sherif C. M. “Speck” Strawn
Buster Echols
AIR Force
The
Chamber of Commerce
Lineman For Community Public Service Co
Mrs. Flippen
Cc. M. Tidwell
R. D. English
Earl T. Royal
Wal
M. K. Keenum
R. T. Ratliff
Jim Ratliff
Midland
Tracy Ratliff
Mrs. Gatewood
Steven Crump
Calvin Conger
Judy Flanary
Mr. Starnes
Harold Parnell
Jory Trimble
Kathy Smith
Candy Marks
Dorothy Cowan
Dale Conger
Danette Whitt
Larry Cowan
Lisa Gibson
Lalla English
M. H. McCarty
Mrs. Keeling
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