Pruitt And Cowan Earn All-Sports Banquet Honors
John Pruitt and Larry Cowan received the Pat Wachsmann and Optimist Youth Awards at the All-Sports Banquet hosted by the local Optimist Club at Glen Lake Methodist Camp. The event drew about 225 attendees despite bad weather and featured St. Louis Cardinals player Bobby Joe Conrad as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pruitt
Larry Cowan
Pat Wachsmann
Glen Lake Methodist Camp
Pruitt
Bill Pruitt
J. M. McCroskey
Cowan
W. B. Cowan Jr
Optimist
M. G. McConal
Bobby Joe Conrad
Clifton
St. Louis Cardinals
Paul Schuelke
The
Tiger
Bobby Williams
Philip Jones
James Moss
Wayne Stewart
Roger Garrett
Losey Timmerman
Bob Spencer
Larry Jackson
Calvin Boyd
Alan Thompson
Wendell Stephens
Jones
District 13 A Team Champs Advance To Regional
Alvarado district champions 18 A basketball beat Midlothian 41 36 in bi district action and advance to regional tournament in Denton. Mr and Mrs C E Whitt were business visitors in Fort Worth Tuesday.
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Alvarado
Midlothian
Denton
C. E. Whitt
Fort Worth
Tiger Baseball Schedule Set for District 13 A
District 13 A coaches met at Alvarado to map a two zone schedule with north zone teams Glen Rose Alvarado and Joshua and south zone Clifton Whitney and Itasca. The Tigers open at Alvarado April 15 and finish zone play May 3 at Joshua.
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Alvarado
Glen Rose
Joshua
Clifton
Whitney
Itasca
Tigers
Harlem Thrillers Ready For Local Cage Game
The Harlem Thrillers host a neighborhood basketball game Friday night February 25 at 8 00 in the local gymnasium. Coach Paul Schuelke announced Kenneth Jones joins the local team along with Jack Bridges Jr Paul Hancock Jr Weldon Hart Theron Hatley Loy Aston Royce Aston Floyd Swaim Mack Evans Gene Conway and Schuelke. Advance tickets include a free drink or bag of popcorn with admission set at 1 per person and free entry for preschool children. The school athletic department sponsors the event.
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Paul Schuelke
Kenneth Jones
Jack Bridges Jr
Paul Hancock Jr
Weldon Hart
Theron Hatley
Loy
Royce
Hunter at School
H. A. Hunter owner of Hunter's Jewelry and Appliances stores in Dallas Granbury and Cleburne is in Dallas this week attending a diamond setting school.
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H. A. Hunter
Hunter’s Jewelry and Appliances
Granbury
Cleburne
Dallas
Chicken Pox and Measles Hit Local School
An epidemic of measles and chicken pox among area school children was reported by School Superintendent J. M. McCroskey. Thirty students were absent that day as teachers and the school nurse monitor and send home suspected cases.
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J. M. McCroskey
McCroskey
Demo Executive Committee Sets Primary Filing Fees
Somervell County Democratic Executive Committee met at the courthouse to set assessments for candidates to defray costs of the Democratic Primary Elections in May and June. County Chairman Lynn O’Neal presided. precinct chairmen Gene Connally Clyde Stacy Earl Flanary Earl Cavasos Clyde Armstrong and C E Rhodes. The committee will reconvene March 21 to draw candidate name positions for the May 7 primary.
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Somervell County
Democratic Executive Committee
Lynn
Lefty) O’neal
Gene Connally
Clyde Stacy
Earl Flanary
Earl Cavasos
Clyde Armstrong
C. E. Rhodes
O'Neal Brothers Begin Welding Shop Project
The O'Neal brothers Lefty and Blackie started a new welding and blacksmith shop this past week. The 35 by 50 foot steel structure will be built on a lot next to their current building. After completion the old shop will be razed for a 20 foot storage shed.
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O’neal Brothers
Lefty and
Blackie
Farm Road Program Discussed By Somervell Officials
County Judge Summers and the Somervell Commissioners met with State Highway Department district engineers to discuss future farm to market roads. Officials requested extensions from Paluxy River to Farm Road 204 and a Rainbow area loop, but no commitments were made.
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Temple
C. D. Barnett
R. W
Bob) Crook
Joe Bingham
Fort Worth
George Black
Stephenville
Highway Department
Paluxy River
White Church
Rainbow
U.S. Highway 67
Squaw Creek Cemetery
Summers
Commissioners’ Court
State Highway Commission
Seniors Hold Car Wash for Fundraising Trip
Senior class members hold a car wash at Wilson Bros. Station starting at 8 a.m. They will receive a percentage of related product sales and offer pickup service. Funds raised from the event go toward the senior trip fund with a top notch wash guaranteed for two dollars.
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Wilson Bros. Station
Tolar Meridan Set Game Here
Girls basketball teams from Tolar and Meridian clash in a bi district game at the local gym on Tuesday night March 1.
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Tolar
Meridian
Transportation earnings dip for Glen Rose schools
State report by M. McCroskey shows a 400 dollar drop in Glen Rose Schools transportation earnings from last year due to fewer riders on Routes 2 3 5 and 7. He plans to recommend new bus chassis for Routes 3 and 7 with the oldest 1958 model still in use on Route 3.
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Glen Rose
J. M. McCroskey
McCroskey
All-District Basketball Teams Named at Alvarado
Melba Beck and Mitzi Miller of Glen Rose High School earned places on the girls all district squad with Myra Boyd Marilyn Hammer Judy Littrell Jeannette Schrantz and other Itasca Clifton and Joshua players noted. Gary Marks received honorable mention in the boys division alongside Bobby Coffman Clifton Bill McLeroy Carlos Jarman Alfred Owen Roger Ballard and T. J. Terry.
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Glenn Elliott
Jack Miller
Eddie Stroud
John Shackelford
Ricky West
Bennie Nickell
Bob White
William Gartrell
Hank Pruitt
Bob Miller
Carl Ernst
Johnny Bybee
O. Z. Lemens Jr
L. Williams
J. Drake
D. Drake
J. Hawkins
J. McPherson
H. Timmerman
Paulette Wilson
Kathy Wilson
Glenda Stewart
Mitzi Miller
Mary Ann Strawn
Judy Page
Becky Whitt
Melba Beck
Jeanne McDonald
Judy Marks
Kathy Eddy
Paula Marsh
Alvarado
Glen Rose High School
Gary Marks
Myra Boyd
Marilyn Hammer
Itasca
Judy Littrell
Jeannette Schrantz
Clifton
Bobby Coffman
Bill McLeroy
Carlos Jarman
Alfred Owen
Whitney
Roger Ballard
T. J. Terry
Joshua
Commuter Scholar Juggles Railroad Job and OU Studies
L. C. Mansfield, a railroad switchman and engine foreman in Cleburne, travels 500 miles weekly to Norman to study geography at the University of Oklahoma. He maintains a 11-hour class load amid a 24-hour work week, supporting his wife Wanda and two children Christy and Bradley. He began at TCU, shifted to OU after options with UT and SMU, and aims for a PhD while teaching at the college level.
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L. C. Mansfield
Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Wanda
Christy
Bradley
Mansfield
Cleburne
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth
Elor
TCU
University of Texas In
Austin
SMU
Dallas
Santa Fe
Chicago
Texas
United States
Canada
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Tiger Baseball
Harlem Thrillers
Hunter
DEMO
O’neal Bros
Begin Welding Shop
Danny Smith
E. E. Brown
Walnut Springs
F. F. Stringer
Rock Creek
H. A. Jackson
Smith
Stringer
Brown
Morris Pollock
Roy Underwood
N. B. Tankersley
Liveoak Street
iPollock
Underwood
Mitzi Miler
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