The Man Who Cannot Win and Cottonwood Postal Mixup
A note titled The Man Who Cannot Win mocks ministers for every flaw while a clipping recounts Judge Temple Summers answering a misaddressed letter. Action Line notes five Cottonwoods in Texas and explains no mayor exists for Cottonwood Erath County, with towns in Howard Callahan Freestone Somervell counties.
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Temple Summers
Cottonwood
Judge Summers
Action Line
San Antonio
Tex
Howard County
Callahan County
Erath County
Freestone County
Somervell
Lomax
Somervell County
Evans Hudson and Walker Board Picks for Chamber Directors
The Glen Rose Somervell County Chamber of Commerce elected three new directors from Zack B. Buzz Evans George Hudson and Logan H. Walker as top choices. J D Spinks was runner-up and others included Jerre Deason Helen Brown S L Mann Jr and J M McCroskey. New three year terms replace Sam Freas Jim Hewlett and Mrs A A Abernathy.
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Glen Rose- Somervell County
Sam Freas
Jim Hewlett
A. A. Abernathy
W. B. Cowan Jr
Frank Willey
Cage Games Near Completion At Baird Friday Night
Tiger cage teams travel to Baird for final conference games against the Bears with the boys closing their season and the girls to play a non-conference match at Abbott next week. Junior High squads meet Itasca Monday and Clifton on February 24 with girls at 6 p.m. Mr and Mrs Doyle Cooper visit Garland to see Mrs W B Cooper injured by a fall with fractured ribs and bruises.
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Tiger Cage
Baird
Baird Bears
Abbott
Itasca
Clifton
Doyle Cooper
Garland
W. B. Cooper
Optimists Schedule All-Sports Banquet at Glen Lake Camp
Don Trull former Baylor star and Oilers quarterback will headline the Glen Rose Optimist Club all sports banquet at Glen Lake Methodist Camp on February 27 at 7 30 p.m. Tickets are 150 for adults and 100 for children. Jim McLemore will introduce the speaker. Attendees include local citizens and high school athletes.
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Don Trull
Houston Oilers
Baylor University
Glen Lake Methodist Camp
Jim McLemore
The
Oilers
J. E. McLemore
Historical Group Meets Tonight in Somervell County
Sam Freas, president of the Somervell County Historical Society, said the group will meet at the society building at 7 30 p m today. Several items of important business and an interesting program will be discussed. All members and interested citizens are invited to attend.
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Sam Freas
Somervell County
Texas Park Sells 2500 Annual Permits for 1968
About 2,500 annual Texas State park entrance permits have been sold since October 1968 for around $30,000. The $12 permits and $1 entrance fees fund bonds by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to acquire and develop new park land. The automobile window stickers grant access for a full year to 63 of Texas 66 state parks and can be bought at park headquarters or regional offices.
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Texas
Texas Parks and Wildlife
FHA 4 H Club Girls Plan Style Show at Glen Rose
Future Homemakers and 4 H Club girls of Glen Rose announce a style show during the Livestock and Homemaking Show. They will model competition entries at a luncheon at Glen Lake Methodist Camp. Tickets cost 1.50 and go on sale Monday.
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Glen Rose
Glen Lake Methodist Camp
Glen Rose to Vote on Mayor and Two Council Seats
Glen Rose officials order the annual city election for April 5 to elect a mayor and two councilmen and place a 1 percent city sales tax on the ballot. The council also approves housing authority actions including cooperation and authority creation. Mayor Walter Ernst notes his term ends and he will not seek reelection. Estimated new revenue from the tax is about $8,000 annually.
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Glen Rose
Texas
Walter Ernst
Reporter
Ernst
Bill Mullen
H. A. Jackson
Pires
Landowners Seek Closure of Public Road in Precinct 1
A group led by Joe E. Marchbanks of Cleburne petitions Somervell County Commissioners to close a public road starting at Farm Road 205 near Highway 67. Thirty residents sign the request claiming private property use, trespassing, and nuisance concerns. The re routed road has existed for years and no action was taken at the meeting.
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Joe E. Marchbanks
Cleburne
Somervell County
Highway 67
Edward Perkinson
Moss
Commissioners’ Court
Glen Rose
Paluxy
Temple Summers
Commissioners Buy Crusher End Car Taxes
Somervell County commissioners approved a low bid of 34741 for a Telsmith portable rock crusher from Berry Bros Dallas. They also awarded a Humble Oil contract for fuels, renamed the county depository, and recommended discontinuing the county car taxes as unfair to most owners.
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Somervell County
Berry Bros
Dallas
Joe Noah
Granbury
Humble Oil & Refining Co
First National Bank
Richardson Recovering From Major Surgery at Scott and White
W M Richardson is reported to be recovering satisfactorily after major surgery performed Friday at Scott and White Hospital in Temple. Mrs Richardson returned home Monday night and said he is expected to leave the hospital early next week.
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W. M. Richardson
Scott and White Hospital
Temple
Weiner Roast Set For Cub Scout Pack
Cubmaster Carroll Gann announced a Pack weiner roast for Cub Dens at the Big Rocks Monday at 7 p.m. All Cubs and their parents in the area are invited as guests. Entertainment includes games and contests.
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Weiner
Cub Scout
Carroll Gann
Gann
Jury Commission Named For Spring Term
Judge John A. James empaneled a jury commission for the Spring term of the 18th District Court. Members are G. C. Gibbs Jr., Mrs. Wiley Lilly, Jim R. Hewlett, Doyle Wilson and Joe Russell. The commission will serve until June.
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John A. James
18Th District Court
G. C. Gibbs Jr
Wiley Lilly
Jim R. Hewlett
Doyle Wilson
Joe Russell
FFA FHA Chapters Plan Dance Tonight
Members of the Future Homemakers of America and Future Farmers of America chapters at the local high school sponsor a dance at Glen Lake Methodist Camp tonight.
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Future Homemakers of America
Future Farmers of America
Glen Lake Methodist Camp
Rural Committee Fights School Consolidation Moves
The Little Red School House Committee formed by rural Texans in Austin opposes Governor’s plan for forced consolidation of 1,218 districts into 353. Chairman Charles Schreiner III warns this would erase 865 community centers and argues bigger districts do not guarantee better education.
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Texas
Austin
Little Red
Charles Schreiner III
Mountain Home
Committee On
Schreiner
Little Red School House
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Jack McCarty
FFA
Durant Chevrolet Co
Randy Whitworth
Mike Modawell
Bobby Pollock
Charlies Wirt
Gary Jackson
Charles Russell
Danny Drake
Danny Thompson
Evans, Hudson and Walker Board Picks
Region XI Eucation Service Center
Bob Galvan
Texas Christian University
Ada Russell
Mitchell Wilkinson
Roy Warren
Frisco
Neva Lane
Fort Worth
Preston Wright
Historical Group
Park Department
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