Lighting Winners Named In Glen Rose FFA Contest
Officers of the Glen Rose Chapter FFA announced winners of the Christmas Lighting and Decorating Contest. Top business prize went to Joe's Drive In, with Glen Rose Furniture & Appliance second and Gresham & Co. third. Home winners were L. D. Faulkner in Nemo, Earl Farney in Rainbow, and George Crump, with several honorable mentions. Prize money totaled $5 for grade prizes and $25, $15, $10 for home winners, plus plaques for business winners. Judges were FFA officers.
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Glen Rose
Future Farmers of America
Joe’s Drive In
Glen Rose Furniture & Appliance
Gresham & Co
FFA
Red & White Food
Kubes Jewelers
Community Public Service Co
Williams Dry Goods
Food Center
Jerry’s
Glen Rose Auto Parts
White’s
Vogue Beauty Shop
Charlie’s Beauty Salon
Follis
Bill & Butch’s
Hammond’s
Harry Bell
Vernon Eddy
J. O. McClister
Ada Deason
Doyle Russell
Henry Stacy
J. B. Griffin
Jack Miller
Kincannon
Lloyd Wirt
Chamber of Commerce and
Texas Electric Service Co
Erath County Electric Cooperative
Johnson County Electric Cooperative
A D Dooley Jailed On Theft Charge
A D Dooley was returned to Glen Rose by Sheriff Frank Laramore and charged with felony theft after writing a $100 hot check to Kubes Jewelers on November 15. He is jailed with bond set at $2,500. Miss Iva Aston attended Henry Sargent’s funeral in Granbury.
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A. D. Dooley
Glen Rose
Frank Laramore
Laramore
Fordyce
Ark
Kubes Jewelers
Dooley
Iva Aston
Granbury
Henry Sargent
Holidays Set In Community Christmas Closing Schedules
Glen Rose firms will vary Christmas closing hours with some remaining open Sunday December 24 to aid late shoppers. Schools close today at 2 30 p m and resume January 2. Fire department warns against fireworks dry trees candles and heat from decorations. Law enforcement expects heavy holiday traffic and urges safe driving with no drinking.
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Glen Rose
Basketball Games Planned This Week Tigerette Teams Host Stephenville
Tigerette cage teams will tangle with Stephenville here today. The B team game starts at 6:00 followed by the A team at 7:30. Friday night local teams host Huckaby with play beginning at 5:45 the B team boys followed by the A team girls and boys.
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Stephenville
Huckaby
Christmas Pilgrimage of Homes Tour Praised in Glen Rose
The Omega Psi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi organized the Christmas Pilgrimage of Homes in Glen Rose and Somervell County. Six homes were showcased including two new builds and two with year-end additions, featuring elaborate lighting, decorated interiors, and festive displays. Proceeds benefit local needy children.
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Omega Psi Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Glen Rose
Somervell County
Local Christmas Cheer Fund Grows to 395 33
Twelve more contributions this week raise the local Christmas Cheer Fund to 395.33 dollars. The appeal urges readers to donate now to aid needy children and the aged for a merry Christmas. Contributions this week include:
Open House Event Well Attended in Rainbow Community
A large crowd attended the annual Christmas Open House at Mrs. R. L. Flippin’s rural Rainbow home on Saturday evening. Guests enjoyed elaborate lighted decorations, a soap fruit nativity, and handmade ornaments while socializing in the den and dining rooms.
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Crump
England
Crumps
J. O. McClister
Squaw Creek
Gerald Cope
Cope
Melody
Rainbow
Earl Flanary
Flanary
Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
R. L. Flippin
Ben Ratliff
Joshua
Virgil Bunt
Crossville
Tenn
Santa Claus
Readers Digest
Mmes
Ratliff and
Bunt
Bob Gibbs
Coleman Pugh
Bethel Bunt
Gayland Pugh
Scotty Brown
Connie Pugh
Patti Manonge
Cleburne
Gay Gibbs
Mozelle Pruitt
Somervell County Meets to Review Budget and Reports
In a called session replacing last week’s meeting, the Somervell County Commissioners’ Court examined the 1973 budget, heard aging program reports by Mrs. Shackelford Engieman and Sue Brown, and discussed maintenance for the county clerk IBM typewriter. The court approved a $52 yearly service contract, $100 annual dues to the Basque Resource Conservation Development Project, and requested budget revisions to raise pay for a commodity supervisor and a clerk-typist. A public hearing on the budget was set for December 29.
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Somervell County
IBM
Dwain Sandlin
Commodity Distribution Division
State Department of Public Welfare
Somervell
Hood
J. D. Martin
Paul Schuelke
Gibbs Family Hosts Holiday Visitors
Miss Marilyn Gibbs spends the holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Gibbs and family. Miss Cherry Norm of Longview accompanied her home and visited in the Gibbs home until Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Gibbs
Charles Gibbs
Cherry Norm
Longview
Gibbs
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George Crump
Eddie Pollock
Charles Marsh
Stadium Drive
Jim McClister
Georgia Bennett
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Buck Creek
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Earl Jackson
Ween Ewenna
Spinks & Green Garage
Seeee
Oakdale Park
Logan Starnes
Raymond Stewart
Weldon Baker
Faye Owens
Lewis Reynolds
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