Local Chamber Dues and Glen Rose Science Fair Call
West Texas chambers report shows Glen Rose has competitive dues with Cross Plains. Glen Rose Public Schools set March 12 for the Science Fair with an estimated 500 entries. volunteers and trophy sponsors invited to contact Betty Ballard at 897-4186 after 4 pm. A parrot tale from Fort Worth praises veterinary caution, ending in a fatal mishap. Classified fishing store ad notes two youths opening at 906 Barnard St offering worms guaranteed to catch fish or die trying.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
West Texas
Glen Rose
Glen Rose School
Betty Ballard
Vernon Taylor
Bill Gibbs
Barnard St
Groups Plan Meet Here Tonight
Representatives of the Somervell County Livestock and Poultry Assn the Home Making division and the local Quarter Horse Assn will meet in the high school ag building here tonight at 7 00. Principal business will be discussion of the conflict of dates between the youth show and the horse show. Advance advertising has placed the horse show on Saturday March 9 while the Junior Livestock Poultry Homemaking Show has been set the following weekend March 15 16.
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Somervell County Livestock & Poultry Assn
Quarter Horse Assn
High School Ag
Camp Jack Mills Announces Water Sewer Work At Rock Creek
Camp director Jack Mills said a contract had been let for water distribution and sewer treatment for the Rock Creek encampment. C. R. Shaw Co. of Fort Worth bid $62,046.65 for both projects. Work will start this week along with three dormitories. Total camp cost to exceed $350,000 funded by the Tarrant Baptist Association. Camp opening planned on a limited scale in June.
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Jack Mills
Rock Creek
C. R. Shaw Co
Fort Worth
Mills
Tarrant Baptist Association of
Bible Study Series Held at Courthouse
A Bible study series began last Sunday at 4 p.m. in the county courtroom with Miss Judith Williams and Miss May Sutton lecturing. Future meetings are planned in the courtroom Tuesday and Friday nights at 7 30 and Sunday at 4 p.m.
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Judith Williams
May Sutton
Tigerettes Clinch District Title and Chamber Officers Named
The Glen Rose Somervell Chamber of Commerce elected W. B. Cowan president and formed a nine member board with three new directors Joy Brooks Carroll Gann and Mrs Joe Don Echols. Membership drive runs through Feb 17. Tigerettes win District 13 A girls crown 65 37 over Clifton led by Judy Marks 31 points.
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W. B
Bill
Cowan
Glen Rose- Somervell County
Gann
Joe Don Echols
Jack Bridges Jr
Echols
Bridges
Brooks
A. A. Abernathy
Sam Freas
Jim Hewlett
Dan McCarty
C. M. ‘‘Speck
Strawn
Chamber
Earl Jackson
Walter Ernst
Temple Summers
Eugene Connally
Chas. K. Jones
Jack McCarty
Joy Brooks
Glen Rose High School
Tigerettes
Clifton Girls
Clifton
Judy Marks
Jeanne McDonough
Melba Beck
Candace Marks
Colleen Reynolds
Mary Jo Young
Thi
Meridian
Tigers
Reynolds consolidates two firms into single brand
Lewis Reynolds, who bought Glen Rose Funeral Home and Carter Flower Shop, announced this week that both firms now operate under the combined name Reynolds Funeral Home & Flower Shop. The change is effective immediately, Reynolds said.
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Lewis Reynolds
Glen Rose Funeral Home
Carter Flower Shop
Reynolds Funeral Home & Flower Shop
Reynolds
Catholics Plan Mexican Dinner at Oakdale Park Rink
The Catholic Church group hosting masses at Oakdale Park Skating Rink announces a Mexican dinner this Saturday from 4 to 9 p.m. in the school cafeteria. Adults pay $1.50 and children under 12 pay 75 cents. proceeds support a local church cause.
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Oakdale Park
Tales of Area Bank Heist and Cotton Trade in Glen Rose
The 1917 First National Bank of Glen Rose robbery is set against a county with unpaved roads few autos and key gins in Glen Rose and nearby towns. Milam Sr. led the bank and a regional trading era, with cotton buyers, freight wagons and mule teams moving bales to rail, crowding the square during October marketing season.
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First National Bank of
Glen Rose
C. A. Milam Sr
N. J
R. J. O’neal
Tom O’neal
Rainbow
W. E. Riza
Nemo
Bunch
Mambrino
Hill City
J. R. Milam Co
Somervell County
Milam
Lewis Gresham Sr
Glen
Walnut Springs
License Examiners Moved To Center
County commissioners in special session voted to permit the state drivers license examining team to use the Community Center on the first and third Tuesdays each month. They also approved allowing the Justice of the Peace and the constable to serve in all precincts of the county.
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Justice of the Peace
Accident Victim Is Known Here
Thomas Tuck a Texas Highway Department employee was reported much improved at a Stephenville hospital after being struck by a car last week while surveying on U S Highway 80 near Thurber. He was dragged 30 feet and pinned 40 minutes. injuries include broken ribs lacerations and possible lung injury. He is husband of Joy Reeves of Glen Rose and is known locally.
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Thomas Tuck
Texas Highway Department
Stephenville
Thurber
Tuck
Glen Rose
Joy Reeves
O. C. Reeves
Jean
Ann Moss Leads Glen Rose Art Club President
Ann Moss was elected president of the Glen Rose Art Club at a recent meeting. Officers for the year include Novella Wilson as vice president Rosemary Rheinlander as secretary and Fayrene McPherson as reporter. Members visited Fort Worth sites last Wednesday including Heritage Hall Carling Galleries and Kelly Pruitt’s show.
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Ann Moss
Glen Rose Art Club
Novella Wilson
Rosemary Rheinlander
Fayrene McPherson
Fort Worth
Heritage Hall
Carling
Fort Worth National Bank
Kelly Pruitt
Continental National Bank
Students donate 31.24 to MOD fund in local drive
Doyle Cooper, County Chairman for the March of Dimes, announced that student dime cards yielded 31.24 this week. He will keep coin containers in local stores until mid February and urges residents who have not contributed to drop donations in containers at prominent local business locations.
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Doyle Cooper
Public urged to fund Paluxy Dinosaur Tracks preservation
The Paluxy Riverbed dinosaur tracks fund seeks broad public support as the option on land near Glen Rose extends for a year at 150 dollars a month. The Whittakers had extended the option at no cost and the Chamber of Commerce has paid January and February. contributions can be left at First National Bank or with The Glen Rose Reporter or Echols Cleaners.
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Paluxy
Winston Whittaker
Alvarado
Chamber of Commerce
First National Bank
Glen Rose Reporter
Echols Cleaners
School Committee Inspects New Glenn Junior High in San Angelo
A study committee looking into Glen Rose Schools visited San Angelo last Friday to tour the new John H. Glenn Junior High School. Members accompanying Supt. J. M. McCroskey were L. P. Jones Dr. Roger Marks Earnest Drake Jr. and Board President Eugene Ratliff.
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Glen Rose
San Angelo
John H. Glenn
Supt
J. M. McCroskey
L. P. Jones
Roger Marks
Earnest Drake Jr
Eugene Ratliff
County Registers 1414 Voters In Somervell County
Somervell County residents 1414 secured voting certificates at the office of C. M. Speck Strawn before the 1968 deadline. The new registration law requires all eligible voters to sign up, revealing the true voting strength of small counties for election planning. Lincolns Birthday observance will close First National Bank all day Monday February 12. Dewane Taylor and family visited Mrs. G. C. Brooks. 14 years since last visit.
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First National Bank
Lincoln’s
Somervell
C. M. “Speck” Strawn
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Seldon Tay
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Scoot May
Blum
W. A
Doc” Sands
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