Somervell Histori cal Society attends Texas survey meeting
Local residents representing the Somervell County Historical Society and Survey Committee joined the Texas State Historical Survey Committee and the Texas Historical Foundation at the Fort Worth gathering December 1 38. About 400 attendees heard Stewart Udall address preservation as progress while workshops covered history tourism markers archives and heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Abernathy
Eugene Connally
Jim Hewlett
Sam Freas
Somervell County Historical Society
Ing
Stewart L. Udall
U.S. Department of the Interior
Texas
Commissioners’ Courts
Chambers of Commerce
J E Brown Buried In Midland Rites
Funeral services for James Edward Brown were held in Glen Rose Funeral Chapel December 1 at 2 30 p m with Rev Noble Pierce officiating. Interment followed in Midland. Brown a Cottonwood resident for ten years was born December 7 1899 in Fannin County and died November 30. Survivors include his wife two sons Bill of San Angelo and Harold of Denver Colorado and one daughter Mrs Morgan Stewart of Midland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Edward Brown
Glen Rose
Noble Pierce
Cottonwood Baptist Church
Midland
Brown
Cottonwood
Fannin County
Bill
San Angelo
Harold
Denver
Colo
Morgan Stewart
Wood family visit to Shamrock from Houston and city
John Wood of Houston and his mother Mrs Daisy Wood of this city are visiting Shamrock with Mr and Mrs Harry Frye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wood
Houston
Daisy Wood
This City
Shamrock
Harry Frye
Weekend Visits and Hospital Checkups Mentioned
Rock Creek residents share weekend visits with neighbors from DeSoto Cleburne and Meridian. Earl Proffitt and Virgil Aiey connections noted with Memorial Hospital as well as Pearl Bramlett working at a Dublin hospital. Ray Parr and Mrs Parr remain in Stephen ville hospital with updates on condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Hamilton
DeSoto
Virgil Hawkins
F. F. Stringer
Cleburne
Johnny Cousins
Gary
Meridian
Earl Proffitt
V. M. Reeves
Virgil Aiey
Memorial Hospital
Pearl Bramlett
Dublin
Stephenville
Ray Parr
Parr
Jana Mann
Steiphenville
Claude E. Parvin Dies. Buried in Squaw Creek Cemetery
Claude E. Parvin of Somervell County was buried Wednesday in Squaw Creek Cemetery. Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. in Glen Rose Funeral Home chapel conducted by Rev. J. L. Glaze. He was born March 9, 1885, married Vera Bell Echols in 1913, and left a wife, two children, a sister, a brother, and five grandsons. Pallbearers included H. B. Platt and Clyde Sexton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude E. Parvin
Somervell County
Squaw Creek
J. L. Glaze
First Methodist Church
Glen Rose Funeral Home
Parvin
J. M
Sarah Parvin
Vera Bell Echols
L. R. Parvin
Fort Worth
M. W. Cruce
Beulah Bohannon
West
R. A. Parvin
Sweetwater
H. B. Platt
Clyde Sexton
E. H. Gaither
Lynn O’neal
Coll Davis
Bob Gibbs
Local Names Listed for December Event Participants
Michael Joel Merrill Michael Linch Jennie Olson Sherry Wheat Robert Reeves Kenneth Baucom and others are named for the December event. Teddy Starnes Buster Echols Mary Jane Armstrong Wanda Sparks Marian Pruitt appear in the same notice, indicating participant or attendee roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teddy Starnes
Buster Echols
Mary Jane Armstrong
Wanda Sparks
Marian Pruitt
Humble Releases 1967 Texas Museum Directory
The 1967 Texas Museum Directory, compiled by the Texas State Historical Survey Committee, lists 243 museums with travel information and plans for 70 more. It notes Texas has the most museums, with 15,561,700 visitors last year, and copies are available from Humble Touring Service and the Texas Highway Department centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
John Ben Shepperd
Odessa
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Houston
Humble Touring Service
P.O
U.S. Travel Service
Texas Highway Department
County Exceeds Savings Bond Goal in October
Doyle Cooper announces Somervell County October bond sales reached 870.00, with ten month total 34,152 at 114 percent of 1966 goal. Statewide October sales 13,520,322 with year to date 128,194,374 at 87 percent of a 147.5 million goal. Cooper touts gifts and inflation control linking Bonds to Vietnam support. Visitors Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Newkirk of Glennville, Calif., were here with relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Ramsay. Mrs. Newkirk is Helen Mosley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle Cooper
Somervell County
Vietnam
Cooper
Dewey Newkirk
Glennville
Calif
Kingsville
Doyle Ramsay
Newkirk
Helen Mosley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Walnut Springs Mill & Elevator
P. O. Box
J. E. Brown
Midland Rite
McCullogh
Black & Decker Power Tools
Black & Decker
Black & Decker Power Sander
Eveready
Thorsen
Stanley
Glen Rose Lumber Co
Charles K. Jones
Rock Creek News
Earl Cummings
Fred Langston
Gaskill
Sunlay
Happy
Cecil Parker
Marla
Tiwater Fain Ice
Jack Gilleland
Betty Ballard
Ella M. Watts
Jerry Ratliff
Glewdene Land
Benny Brown
Danny Holladay
Jerre Wayne Merrill
Patsy Prescher
Raymond Forsythe
Eva Weedon
David Henderson
Aldena van Kirk
Pop Adams
Shela Ann Locke
Shirley Glass Sammy Jo Merrill
Robert Townley
Michaeladel
Tamara Englis
Cynthia Seeds
Linda Watts
W. D. Stewart
David Woodruff
Judy Daniel
Humble
Conoco
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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