Dinosaur Days July Fourth Parade Plans Face Uncertainty
Somervell notes incomplete plans for the July Fourth Dinosaur Days parade scheduled Saturday July 1. Co chairs urge sponsors and entries contact. officials warn of screwworms and urge caution in livestock areas as state vector work begins. Oakdale Park drew over 1,000 visitors this weekend boosting local economy and tourism remains Somervell County’s main cash crop.
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Wallace Dove
Glen Rose-Somervell County
Jolly Myers
Logan Starnes
Whimp
Pete May
Oakdale Park
Dinosaur Valley State Park
Somervell County
Weather Report Shows June Rain Totals and Heat
Rainfall last week 1.13 inches with .35 inches recorded this past week. June totals to date 1.13 inches in observer Robert Mack records for National Weather Service. Year to date moisture 12.74 inches. Summer began Wednesday with hot conditions prior. Gibbs family visited Idabell Oklahoma last week.
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Robert Mack
National Weather Service
Mack
NCHA Rally Draws 196 Camper Units to Oakdale Park
A weekend National Campers and Hikers Association rally at Oakdale Park brought 174 NCHA units and over 1 000 participants from 47 Texas towns. The event included a mini parade, poster and beauty contests, with a Tex as Teen Queen winner and multiple division winners advancing to the national rally in Indiana.
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Oakdale Park
Joy Brooks
National Campers & Hikers Association
Texas
Abilene Christian Church
NCHA
W. B. Cowan
Joe Umphress
Weldon Hart
Chris Karaff
Spindletop Camplighters Officar
Katie Sloan
Brenda Phillips
Alamo-Bexar
San Antonio
Donald Ragstad
Penthouse
Arlington
Alma Bozeman
Texas Sun Gazers
Texas City
Camp Attabury
Ind
Beth Hooper
D. G. Hooper
Hico Man Fined for Worthless Check Charge
A Hico man pleaded guilty in County Court to passing a worthless check for 5.61 dollars to Bob Miles. Judge Temple Summers imposed a 5 dollar fine and ordered restitution plus court costs totaling 40 dollars.
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Hico
Bob Miles
Temple Summers
FHA Expands Income Limits for Rural Home Loans
The Farmers Home Administration broadens eligibility in Texas by excluding half of a working wife’s gross income from the family total when both spouses are employed. The policy targets open-country or small-town buyers up to 10 000 population who lack access to conventional credit.
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Texas
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
J. Lynn Futch
James V. Smith
Smith
Bob Wells
Kopperl Sailor Serving Off Vietnam Aboard Berkley
Navy Petty Officer Third Class Tommy A. Forsythe of Kopperl serves aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Berkley off the coast of North Vietnam. The Berkley operated near Haiphong Harbor during the mining operation and conducted firing runs against coastal guns before remaining 25 miles offshore to warn merchant vessels.
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Navy
Tommy A. Forsythe
Lewis A. Forsythe
Kopperl
Berkley
North Vietnam
Haiphong Harbor
Haiphong
Screwworm outbreak reported in Somervell County
County Agent Doyle Cooper announced a confirmed screwworm case on the A. N. Newman place in Somervell County and urged livestock owners to collect samples from suspected worms. He urged halting bleeding stock work, castration, and branding until the outbreak is under control as officials plan aerial sterile fly drops and area spraying.
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A. N. Newman
Post Oak
Doyle Cooper
Somervell County
Cooper
Newman Place
Black Ranch
Hood County
Johnson County
Texas
Miss Loper Wins Clark Foundation Scholarship
Alice Loper, valedictorian of the recent graduation class, has been named a Clark Foundation scholar receiving $750 for the 1972 73 academic year. The selection cited her Texas Inter scholastic League activities high scholastic record and extracurriculars plus the principal’s recommendation.
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Alice Loper
Wilson Loper
Clark Foundation
Walter Kertel
Usaf Ret
Charles Gibbs
White Church to Hold Homecoming Sunday
Mrs. George Riley of Walnut Springs asked the Reporter to announce White Church's annual Homecoming set for Sunday. Morning church services precede a basket lunch at noon, followed by visits and a gospel singing session in the afternoon. All former residents and friends are invited.
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George Riley
Walnut Springs
Polleys Move to Temple for Eye Surgery
Mr and Mrs H C Polley traveled to Temple where he entered Scott and White Hospital for eye surgery. Friends wish him a speedy recovery.
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H. C. Polley
Temple
Scott and White Hospital
Annual 4 H Fun Nite Set Monday
The 4 H Tri County Fun Nite for Somervell, Erath and Hood Counties runs Monday 3 30 to 8 00 p m at Oakdale Park with a 125 charge including swim hamburger drink and ice cream cone 70c otherwise. The evening features a swim supper short program recreation and a second swim.
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Somervell
Erath
Hood Counties
Oakdale Park
Clyde Sextons Move to Ranch Home
Mr and Mrs Clyde Sexton moved last weekend to a ranch home in North Bosque County they bought from Benson Kretz meier. They traded their Farm Road 205 rural home in the deal. He will continue to operate Sexton Feed Mill here.
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Clyde Sexton
Benson Kretzmeier
North Bosque County
Sexton
Poage on Tax Loopholes Rethink
Congressman W R Bob Poage argues against sweeping tax loophole eliminations citing exemptions for the aged and blind and other deductions. He notes the inability to tax state and local bonds and warns against broad removal of deductions while urging continued review. See Poage Page 4
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Congress
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