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Newspaper
Glen Rose Reporter
Location
Glen Rose, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1971
Page
9
The Santa Claus visit at Somervell brings laughter and a lesson as a boy challenges him about being fake, Santa asks the boy who told him, and the child replies he believes in the spirit of Christmas. The paper wishes readers a Happy Holiday Season and reviews Christmas trivia and a note about 1972.
Gifts to the local Fire Department were received to equip a new rescue unit totaling 75 dollars in the past week. Donors include Temple Summers five dollars Bercha Underwood ten dollars Lewis Reynolds Joe Gordon Whitworth ten dollars.
Officers of the Glen Rose Chapter, Future Farmers of America, announced winners in the Christmas Lighting and Decorating contest. The Bell home won the residential prize of 25 dollars, Glen Rose Motel won the business plaque, with 88 homes entered and 32 firms competing.
Mrs. W. E. Bill Porter longtime city resident and mother of Mrs. Walter Ernst is hospitalized in critical condition. She is under intensive care treatment.
Holiday closing in Glen Rose will conform to that observed nationwide. The county courthouse will be closed Thursday and Friday, Dec. 23 and 24, but will remain open on New Year s Eve, Dec. 31. State and federal offices will all be closed all day Dec. 24 and 31. The First National Bank will be closed all day Dec. 24 and 31, and the post office window service will close at 1 p.m. Dec. 24. Virtually all businesses will be closed Christmas Day, with several opening afternoon.
Billy Wayne Knight listed Burleson as home but residing on Oliver W. Fannin farm was arrested Saturday night on Highway 67 East by Patrolman Dewey Watson and charged with Driving While Intoxicated. The charge was filed in County Court here Monday. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Deason visited Hamilton relatives on Sunday. Mrs. B. J. Morris and children and Mrs. Monette Hewlett were in Cleburne Thursday.
Glen Rose Somervell County Volunteer Fire Department reported three calls last week. A brush fire near Ed Mimms place was possibly lightning started. Mrs Bercha Underwood’s auto fire was contained to the engine bay. A chimney fire at B Davis place west of town caused total loss. The department’s new rescue unit is now operational and offered radio support for for future incidents.
National Weather Service observer Robert Mack reports Somervell County had a balmy spell with only .09 inch of rain in three showers. Temperatures ranged from the middle 40s to 70s, with a season-low of 26 degrees recorded Saturday.
Johnnie W. Parker 44 died after burns from a gas tank explosion while work on an old car. He died at Parkland Hospital Dallas Friday night. He operated a used car yard on Highway 67 ten miles west of town. Funeral at Reynolds Chapel Sunday. He was born November 7 1927 at Alba and married Delores Brown in 1947. Survivors include wife, three sons, two daughters, two brothers, three sisters, and a grandchild. Burial at Ward Branch Cemetery. Pallbearers named Gartrell Gartrell Grimsley Parr Taylor.
A Christmas Open House at Mrs. R. L. Flippin’s Rainbow home attracted 414 attendees, the largest 14 year history of the event. Guests included Virgil Bunt and Ben Ratliff couples from Crossville and Joshua, with Mozelle Pruitt in charge of music and Kim Mullen, Lisa Ragland and others assisting upstairs.
Mark Flanary son of Eddie Flanary leads the Tigers with a top tackle spot on the 1971 All-District football squad. Ronald Dempsey Jory Trimble and eight others receive honorable mention on both offense and defense while Dempsey Trimble Lewellen Henderson Thompson earn defensive honors. Three local men also face charges after a break in at-Raymond Stewart Grocery in Nemo and are released on bonds.
The Glen Rose Goodfellows thank donors for cash totaling 135 and a box of home canned food from the Junior Class of First Baptist Church led by Kenneth Gibson and Mrs. Joe G. Whitworth. Contributors include Mrs Zora Engleman Temple Summers Logan Walker Grady W Trantham W M Richardson Bill Ward Hale Riddle Lewis Reynolds Red White Food Store George C Hudson Joe G Whitworth and others. Contributions support local needy families with a deadline at the First National Bank or the Glen Rose Reporter.
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