Birds and beef and a round-the-world trip highlight local page
Cliff and Lil Evans of Flying E Stock Ranch in Bosque County adopt four orphans Billy Kathy Pandy and Stevie joining Gary in Dallas and Charlotte in high school. Freddie Pearce visits with friends from Hollywood en route around the world trip plan. Senator J P Ward of Meridian lands a second term on the Texas Legislative Council as he chairs the state senate committee See TRACKS Page 5.
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Cliff
Lil Evans
Flying E Stock Ranch
Bosque County
Highway 144
Gary Evans
Dallas
Charlotte
Billy
Kathy
Pandy
Stevie
Jetco-Shields Co
Freddie Pearce
Mineola Givens
Allie Finley
Mike Miller
Sam Vargas
Hollywood
Calif
New York
Young Vargas
Pacific
Young Pearce
Glen Rose
T— Somervell
Senate
J. P. Ward
Meridian
of Texas
Texas Legislative Council
Preston Smth
Coun
Kay Behren Named Home Demonstration Agent Here
Miss Kay Behren of San Saba is appointed Somervell County Home Demonstration agent, replacing Sue Brown who resigned. She will assume duties July 21 after earning a B.S. in Home Economics from Southwest Texas State College, San Marcos. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Behren, she attended local public schools.
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Kay Behren
San Saba
Somervell County
Sue Brown
Southwest Texas State College
San Marcos
Miss Behren
Harold Behren
Tarleton State College
Brenda Buzan
Glen Rose
Brenda
Harold J. Buzan
Glen Rose High School
13 Register For Selective Service Somervell County Names
The following men of Somervell County recently registered for the Selective Service System Benny Dale Brown Steven Millington Blaylock James Calvin Scott John Floyd Shackelford Jimmy Lynn Willey Kenneth Gene Williams Robert Austin House Ben Timothy Nabors Gary Albert Marks William Arvil Shipman Jr George Thomas Bunt Larry Dan Ratliff Kenneth Wayne Hulsey Men should notify their board of any classification changes. Local Board No 76 serves Hood Johnson and Somervell Counties and is in the courthouse at Cleburne M Wilson Loper registrar for Somervell County offices in Glen Rose courthouse.
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Somervell County
Selective Service
Benny Dale Brown
Steven Millington Blaylock
James Calvin Scott
John Floyd Shackelford
Jimmy Lynn Willey Kenneth Gene Williams
Robert Austin House
Ben Timothy Nabors
Gary Albert Marks
William Arvil Shipman Jr
George Thomas Bunt Larry Dan Ratliff
Kenneth Wayne Hulsey
Texas Local Board No. 76
Selective Service System
Hood
Johnson
Somervell Counties
Cleburne
M. Wilson Loper
Glen Rose
Navy trainee John W. Pugh in Dallas program
Airman Recruit John W. Pugh USNR, son of Mr and Mrs Albert S. Pugh of Glen Rose, is in Dallas at the Naval Air Station for the Recruit Summer Accelerated Training Program. The 8 day course offers quicker advancement than the normal system. For the first five weeks he will receive training akin to a regular Navy recruit.
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John W. Pugh Usnr
Albert S. Pugh
Glen Rose
Dallas
Naval Air Station
Navy
Mrs Currie Improving at Harris Hospital Fort Worth
Mrs. Lee Currie is slowly improving at Harris Hospital in Fort Worth where she has been under treatment since Wednesday of last week.
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Lee Currie
Harris Hospital
Fort Worth
Heavy rains soak region as Paluxy and Brazos rise
Slow soaking rains blanketed the area from early Saturday morning through afternoon with 2.57 inches measured on the official gauge. The statewide rainfall ranged from two to four inches across the county, boosting river flows and marking a year-to-date total of 15.38 inches. Some peanut growers lamented rain delays to germination.
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T. J. Davis
U. S. Weather Bureau
Paluxy
Brazos
Davis
Snake disrupts power at S G Bright home
S G Bright of Nemo reported a power outage to the REA after a four foot chicken snake climbed a 30 foot pole and touched a high voltage line, causing the transformer to trip. The reptile was killed and the Brights lost electricity briefly while workers restored service.
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S. G. Bright
Nemo
REA
Cleburne
Bright Farm
Rumph Family Relocates to Glen Rose Area
Mr and Mrs Thomas G Rumph Jr and children Ruth Ann and Kavin moved to the GR Ranch near Glen Rose on the Tolar Road after selling their Fort Worth home. Rumph is an attorney based in Fort Worth and will commute. The children will attend Glen Rose Schools this fall.
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Thomas G. Rumph Jr
Ruth Ann
Kavin
Glen Rose
Tolar Road
Rumph
Fort Worth
CPS Mails Inquiries Seeks New Industry
Civic leaders in Glen Rose push for growth through industry. Community Public Service Co. distributes a questionnaire to uncover prospects. Louie Nickell says electric bills will include a copy next month and urges every resident to participate to aid town prosperity.
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Glen Rose
Community Public Service Co
Louie Nickell
Power Company
Red Cross Swim Program Is Set At Oakdale Park
Registration for Red Cross swimming lessons opens at Oakdale Park at 8 a.m. Monday. Four two week sessions run Monday through Friday with classes for beginners advanced beginners intermediates and life saving. Fees waived for students funded by Red Cross. only pool entry charges apply.
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Red Cross
Oakdale Park
Leslie Hart
County Red Cross
Pete May
Paul Schuelke
County Clears July 4 Without Accident
Holiday death toll in the nation through midnight July 4 totaled 640 with Texas at 67 as celebrants clogged highways. Glen Rose and Somervell County were lucky to escape death or accident during a weekend of four big celebratory days. Local law enforcement praised residents for a safe holiday period.
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Texas
Glen Rose
Somervell County
Cemetery Working Set At Brazos Point This Saturday
Mrs. Hattie Rhoads announced the annual summer cemetery working will be held at Brazos Point Saturday. All persons with an interest in the plot are urged to attend and bring tools to help with the work.
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Hattie Rhoads
Brazos Point
Toods
Parade and Rodeo Reset for September 2 in Glen Rose
Rain halted the July 4th Round-Up opening events. The Somervell County Livestock and Poultry Association and the Glen Rose chamber postponed the gala parade and junior rodeo to Saturday before Labor Day, September 2, as full weekend plans could not be rescheduled. A gospel session, street dance, and a busy museum and art show followed, with fiddling contests drawing about 1,000 spectators from multiple states. The Pet Parade drew crowds on Tuesday, aided by local club sponsors and prizes from 60 firms, capping the holiday with a Pony League game between Glen Rose and Granbury.
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Somervell County Livestock & Poultry Association
Glen Rose- Somervell County Chamber of Commerce
Bill Pruitt
The
Livestock Association
Dan McCarty
Chamber of Commerce
Oakdale Park
Historical Society
Sam Freas
Florida
Kansas
Arizona
Old Mexico
Texas
Shorty Chancellor
Dallas
Jessie Mears
Alvarado
Dale Morris
Fort Worth
Glen Rose
Granbury
Texas Veterans Affairs report on county monetary benefits
Somervell County beneficiaries received 10548.00 dollars in April 1967 as reported by the State of Texas Veterans Affairs Commission. The document lists death case benefits including burial allowances and insurance across five cases.
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Somervell County
State of Texas Veterans Affairs Commission
Origins of area place names in Somervell County
In the Reporter June 15, readers aid Dr. Fred Tarpley in tracing origins of Branch Creek Buck Creek Cross Creek Mitch ell Bend Montgomery Branch Nemo Paluxy Rock Creek and Rough Creek. Adams family notes: Paluxy River named by Biloxi Indians meaning Turkey. Nemo from No Name. Mitchell Bend for settler N Mitchell. Rock Creek formerly Flat Rock Creek. Rough Creek for rough terrain. Cross Branch named for Indian road crossing and early settler use.
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Somervell
Fred Tarpley
East Texas State
Texas
E. T. ‘Bull
Adams
Mitchell Bend
Brazos
N. Mitchell
Rock Creek
Flat Rock Creek
Rough Creek
Cross Branch
Seven Blue Knobs
Paluxy
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Jack McCarty
John W. Pugh
U.S. Navy
Mrs. Currie
Snake
Thomas Rumph
Glen Rose Red Cross
Oakdale Park Pool
CPS
VA Monetary Report
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