West Texas leaders meet for Chamber task force review
More than 100 West Texas civic leaders gathered Friday at Glen Lake Methodist Camp for the West Texas Chamber of Commerce Task Force meeting. The meeting urged citizen solutions and self-help to improve towns, praising local volunteers amid recent setbacks such as Hunter's bankruptcy and the Country Kitchen closure. The Glen Rose Reporter notes a new Linotype system installed at the paper and warns about stray dogs, reinforcing city ordinances to keep pets restrained or face three days impoundment.
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West Texas
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Glen Lake Methodist Camp
Chamber of Commerce
Glen Rose
Unexplained Inventory Loss in Fort Worth Bankruptcy
In U S Bankruptcy Court in Fort Worth Hobart A Hunter faced two days of testimony on a $70,000 inventory loss. Referee John C Ford recessed the hearing to Thursday Feb 23 as Leonard A Meador projected ending 1966 inventories at $155,924 versus $85,000 on filings. Hunter promised accounting analyses to be available to the trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Fort Worth
Hobart
Hunter
John C. Ford
Leonard A. Meador
Certified Public Accountant
Meador
Rufus S. Garrett Jr
Granbury
Cleburne
Jack Bryant
Abilene
Ford
Word of Meridian votes against pari mutuel wagering bill SB10
Senator J P Word representing District 12 opposes SB10 at a Texas Senate committee hearing. The bill to legalize pari mutuel horse racing passed committee 6-5 and awaits Senate action. Word backs SB42 creating County Traffic Court and SB123 establishing Family District Court to handle family matters.
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J. P. Word of Meridian
Austin
Senate
Ward
Family District Court
Commissioners’ Court
Sen
Word
Somervell
Fort Worth Funeral Attended by Local Residents
Local residents Mrs. E. R. Heath, Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Oneal, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Woodard, and Mrs. M. E. Henderson are in Fort Worth today to attend the funeral of Mrs. Thurman Oneal, who died in that city Tuesday after a long illness.
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E. R. Heath
Monroe Oneal
W. C. Woodard
M. E. Henderson
Fort Worth
Thurman Oneal
Snyder's Grandson Jack Womack Hospitalized in Lubbock
Jack Womack a Texas Tech sophomore and grandson of Mrs Maggie Snyder of this city is hospitalized in a Lubbock hospital with a recurrence of a virus-type infection that ... two years ago. Nancy and Ronnie Womack stay with their grandmother as their mother attends to Jack in Glen Rose School.
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Jack Womack
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Bill Waldrop
Monahans
Maggie Snyder
Nancy
Ronnie Womack
Jack
Glen Rose
Carroll Gann Named Glen Lake Camp Director
Carroll Gann of Azle aWhitman Publishing Co. commercial artist from Racine Wisconsin is named superintendent of Glen Lake Methodist Camp replacing Tom Voss who left to head Ceta Canyon Camp near Happy Texas. Gann will start March 1. He is a Stoneberg native who attended Victoria College. his wife is Henrietta born and a Glen Rose resident they plan to be active in civic affairs.
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Carroll Gann
Azle
Whitman Publishing Co
Racine
Wis
Glen Lake Methodist
Tom Voss
Ceta Canyon
Happy
Texas
Northwest Conference of the Methodist Church
Gann
Stoneberg
Victoria
Henrietta
Glen Rose
Grandson of Local Residents Receives Purple Heart
First Lt. Danny J. Watkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo F. Watkins of Fort Worth and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest E. Watkins of Glen Rose, earned the Purple Heart for injuries from a Vietnam action when his tank hit a mine. He called his grandparents from Hawaii where he rested with his wife. The Watkinses also hosted another grandson, Leo F. Watkins Jr., visiting from Homestead AFB, Florida, who recently returned from a 12 month Korea tour.
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Danny J. Watkins
Leo F. Watkins
Fort Worth
Forrest E. Watkins
Glen Rose
Vietnam
Hawaii
Watkins
Gant
Leo F. Watkins Jr
Homestead Afb
Fla
Korea
ACP Cost Limit Raised for Cost-Share Program
Iva E. Aston Somerville County ASCS office manager announced the ACP cost-share maximum rose from $700 to $1,000 per person or per farm. Farmers may apply at the ASCS office for cost shares up to this amount for approved practices anytime before starting work.
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Iva E. Aston
Somervell County
ASCS
10 Residents Summoned For Grand Jury
A grand jury will be chosen and empaneled in 18th District Court for the spring term. From a pool of 20 jurors including seven women, the first six-month term will begin. Summoned are Zack B Evans Doyle Thompson Thurmond Spencer Johnny Rhodes Mrs Cecil Parker Mrs J E McLemore Mrs Charlie Moss O Z Lemens Sr L P Jones Mrs Earl Jackson Kenneth Trimble Raymond Hulsey Mrs W E Baker John W Shackelford Mrs Walter Ernst Scotty Brown H E Brawley A J Barnes Donald R Flanary and Mrs Weldon Eddy. Mr and Mrs Robert Gaskill and Debbie visited the Fred Langston family in Cleburne Sunday.
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18Th District Court
Delorees Fuller
Zack B. Evans
Doyle Thompson
Thurmond Spencer
Johnny Rhodes
Cecil Parker
J. E. McLemore
Charlie Moss
O. Z. Lemens Sr
L. P. Jones
Earl Jackson
Kenneth Trimble
Raymond Hulsey
W. E. Baker
John W. Shackelford
Walter Ernst
Scotty Brown
H. E. Brawley
A. J. Barnes
Donald R. Flanary
Weldon Eddy
Leadership Is The Real Need Of Small Towns
West Texas communities gathered at Glen Lake Methodist Camp to hear six speakers as the West Texas Chamber of Commerce Small Town Task Force wrapped six hearings on small town assets and needs. Leaders were urged to enlist youths, study town strengths, and pursue excellence with active local leadership guiding bankers, preachers, and newspapers toward town prosperity.
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West Texas
Glen Lake Methodist Camp
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
WTCC
C. L. Cooke
Fort Worth
Community Public Service Co
John Connally
Austin
Louis Woodall
Hamilton Insurance
Reagan Brown
Texas A&m University
Texas
Brown
Terrell Blodgett
Blodgett
D. D. McClatchy
Clony Federal Savings & Loan Assn
Roger Pettit
Crane
Winter weather brings rain sleet and cold snap
A report from Glen Rose records .20 inch of moisture from sleet and rain on Saturday. Combined with .10 inch from January 27, the year to date totals .30 inch. A low of 21 degrees was logged Sunday morning before warming returned Sunday afternoon.
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Glen Rose
Weather Bureau
T. J. Davis
National FFA Week Observance Planned By Local Chapter
Senior Class members plan a car wash at Bill Mullen Texaco Station this Saturday with pickup and delivery. Proceeds will help defray senior trip expenses as Glen Rose FFA joins Texas chapters in National FFA Week from Saturday through Feb 25 proclaimed by Gov. Connally. A special assembly is planned with a large billboard bearing the slogan Agriculture- Strength of America.
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Bill Mullen Texaco
Glen Rose
Future Farmers of America
Texas
John Connally
Glen Rose Ffa
O. Z. Lemens Jr
Stacy Outdoor Advertising Co
Historical Group Meets Tonight in Somervell County
The Somervell County Historical Society holds its regular monthly meeting at Snyder Sanitarium at 7 30 p m with Miss Betty Ballard guiding a program including a film strip from the New York World’s Fair Rise of the Dinosaur All society members and interested locals are urged to attend The Reporter thanks Dr and Mrs W E Meaders for providing meeting room facilities at Snyder Sanitarium.
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Somervell County
W. E. Meaders
Snyder Sanitarium
Tarleton Ex-Students Set Evening Meeting at School
Tarleton College Ex-Student Association President Mrs. Weldon Hart announced a 7:30 p.m. gathering tonight in the new classroom of the vocational agriculture department at the high school. All members and former Tarleton students are invited to attend. Eddy H. Stout, Itasca police chief, and his wife visited Stout relatives on Sunday.
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Weldon Hart
Tarleton College Ex-Student Association
Somervell County
Vocational Agriculture Dept
Tarleton
Eddy H. Stout
Itasca
Jim’ Stout
John
George B. ‘Adams
Peanut Producers Meet Next Thursday In Glen Rose
Somervell County peanut growers are invited to a 730 PM Thursday meeting in the new Vo-Ag room at the high school. B C Langley of West Cross Timbers Station will discuss increasing yields, weed and leaf spot control. County Agent Doyle Cooper and Doyle Bridges of a chemical firm will present findings and a film on peanut profits. Sponsored by Glen Rose Young Farmers, Extension Service and local FFA chapter.
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Somervell County
Vo-Ag
B. C. Langley
West Cross Timbers Experiment Station
Stephenville
Doyle Cooper
Doyle Bridges
Glen Rose Young Farmers Chapter
Extension Service
FFA
White Auto Store Storage Shed Damaged By Hit and Run Vehicle
Mrs. L. Dene Stephens of Fort Stockton formerly of Glen Rose underwent surgery in a Fort Worth hospital Saturday of last week and friends will be pleased to learn that she is believed recovering satisfactorily. Mrs. Ronnie Shackelford of this city has been with her mother since she was admitted to the hospital.
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White Auto Store
Ronnie Shackelford
Houghtelling Admitted To V A Hospital Dallas
A A Houghtelling was admitted to the Veterans Hospital in Dallas Thursday of last week for medical treatment. He and Mrs. Houghtelling recently returned from Jacksonville Florida where they visited their son Patrick and family. Sheriff Speck Strawn reports a vehicle ran from the curb early Sunday crashing into a chain link fence in front of Jerre Deason storage shed and lot. two heavy steel posts were bent and a cedar post broke. The fence was ruined, a nearby used refrigerator suffered minor damage. No vehicle trace was found as of press time. Copy deadline for Reporter is 2 p.m. Tuesdays.
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A. A. Houghtelling
Veterans Hospital
Dallas
Mrs. Houghtelling
Jacksonville
Fla
Patrick
Speck Strawn
Jerre Deason
Strawn
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Jack McCarty
Hunter's
Country Kitchen
Tan
Robert Gaskill
Debbie
Fred Langston
Historical Group
TSC Exes
Area Peanut Producers
Red Cross
Leslie Hart
Hart
V.A. Hospital
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