Optimist Club announces youth baseball program and July Fourth plans
The Optimist Club unveils a summer youth baseball program with 12 squads and inclusion of girls for the first time. Chamber directors set July 14 for festivities with co chairs Jolly Myers and Logan Starnes calling for business and organization participation. Activities include a pet parade show and street dance, with Wallace Dove coordinating.
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Chamber of Commerce
Jolly Myers
Logan Starnes
Working Set At Post Oak Plot Saturday
Ant Newman announces a burial plot working at Post Oak Cemetery this Saturday. All interested persons are urged to attend and help with the job. Mrs Roxie Cheek of Cleburne and Mrs Dan Griffin of Arlington visited Mrs Nancy Love Sunday afternoon.
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Post Oak Plot
Ant Newman
Post Oak Cemetery
Job
Roxie Cheek
Cleburne
Dan Griffin
Arlington
Nancy Love
Pre School Pupils Start Summer Classes
A total of 37 of 41 enrolled preschool pupils begin six week summer classes taught by Mrs. Wallace Dove and Mrs. Wendell McPherson from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesdays through Fridays. Attendance includes 23 girls and 14 boys with four additional girls set to enroll next September. Names listed include Clayton Baker, Jennifer Bridges, Edith Brown, Susanna Bulloch, and others.
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Wallace Dove
Wendell McPherson
Clay
Weather snapshot shows hot dry week and May rainfall
National Weather Service observer Robert Mack reports four consecutive days reaching 90 degrees or higher and no measurable moisture. May rainfall totals 5.31 inches, lifting year to date moisture to 11.61 inches.
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Robert Mack
National Weather Service
Mack
Summer Ball Programs Open With Busy Week
Six games marked the opening week of the summer baseball program sponsored by the Optimist Club. Five Little League and three Pony League teams plus four girls softball squads competed. Par nell & Associates beat Red & White Food Store 21 8. Oakdale Park defeated Starnes LP Gas 11 0. Oakdale Park beat White's Auto Store 41. Glen Rose Auto Parts beat Jerry's Self Service 7 2. In girls softball Team No 1 defeated Team No 2 17 4. Team No 4 beat Team No 3 11 4.
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Optimist Club
Parnell & Associates
Red & White Food Store
Oakdale Park
Starnes LP Gas
White’s Auto Store
Glen Rose Auto Parts
Jerry’s Self Service
Bill Mullen
Frank Laramore
T. W. Eakin
Charlie Vineyard
Reunion and family visits span Stephen ville weekend
Clay Lackey attended a Lackey family reunion in Stephen ville with about 50 relatives. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Goff and their family returned from visiting Mrs. W. F. Wood in Vero Beach Florida and other Wood relatives.
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Clay Lackey
Stephenville
Lackey
C. J. Goff
W. F. Wood
Vero Beach
Fla
Local Voters Favor Briscoe Hobby in Somervell Runoff
In Somervell County 884 residents voted in the Democratic Runoff Primary. Dolph Briscoe won the governor race by about two to one over Cissy Farenthold, while Bill Hobby and Barefoot Sanders were elected Lieutenant Governor and U.S. Senator. Tom Creighton led for State Senator District 22. Bill Davis and Frank Willey won County Commissioner seats. Buck Bridewell carried Precinct No. 4 against Vera Johnson.
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Dolph Briscoe
Vern Johnson
Somervell County
Bobby West Competes in UIL Piano Contest
Bobby West, recent Glen Rose High School graduate, performed in Austin on Monday for the State UIL piano contest. He earned a Division III rating with accompaniment from High School Principal Charles Gibbs.
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Bobby West
Glen Rose High School
Charles Gibbs
Austin
Hutcheson Back To Local Church
Rev. John Hutcheson, popular pastor of the First United Methodist Church, was reappointed to the local pastorate by the Central Texas Conference in Fort Worth this week. Friends in and out of the church welcome his return.
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John Hutcheson
First United Methodist Church
Central Texas Conference
Fort Worth
Screwworm outbreaks expand across Texas and Southwest
Record 1,563 Texas cases in week ending May 27 amid 16 new counties added for a total of 109 in Texas. Arizona reports nine new cases. United States weekly total reaches 1,574 with broader Mexico activity. Officials urge producers to inspect cattle, avoid wounds, and send samples to Mission Screwworm Laboratory for identification.
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Mission
Concho
Lampasas
Nolan
Stonewall
Howard
Jack
Knox
Comanche
Runnels
Brown
Coke
Grimes
San Saba
Wilbarger
Young and Reeves
M. E
Cotton) Meadows Jr
Arizona
United States
Num
Mexico
U.S
New Mexico
California
Oklahoma
Meadows
Rainbow Baptists celebrate 75th anniversary at Rainbow Church
Plans center on a Sunday program at Rainbow Baptist Church marking 75 years since its 1896 founding. Activities include Sunday School 9:45 AM worship 11 AM a 12:30 PM lunch with special music and a film The Return. Rev. C Edward Shipman invites former members and friends to attend at FM 200 off Highway 67.
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Rainbow Baptist Church
Christ
C. Edward Shipman
Old Porter School
Rainbow
Oak Grove Missionary
Golf Tourney Won By Mr Mrs Ernst at Dinosaur Links
Mr and Mrs Walter Ernst won the Husband and Wife tournament at Dino saur Golf Links on Sunday afternoon. Eleven couples competed with Mr and Mrs Lynnwood West finishing as runners up.
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Ernst
Walter Ernst
Dinosaur Golf Links
Lynnwood West
Musical Schedule at Hill City Center
A musical program is planned for the Community Center at Hill City on Saturday at 8 p.m. All area musicians are invited to attend and the public is urged to turn out and enjoy the music. There is no admission charge. A concession stand will provide refreshments.
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Hill City
Glen Rose Rainfall Chart Recorded by Robert Mack
Official U S Weather Service rainfall chart for Glen Rose compiled by observer Robert Mack. Daily totals and cumulative figures document precipitation levels at local station. Data reflect measurements used for regional climate records and weather analysis.
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U.S. Weather Service
Robert Mack
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