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Newspaper
Glen Rose Reporter
Location
Glen Rose, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1968
Page
1
A proposed 90000 dollar appropriation may fund land purchase on the Paluxy River in Somervell County to establish a state park preserving ancient dinosaur tracks. Rep J E Ward and Sen J P Ward have pushed the idea. local Cham ber of Commerce supports the optioned land.
Capt. W. J. McCroskey, en route to Sunnyvale after presenting at the Army Science Conference, was praised as one of 16 top reports among 96 presenters. He received a $250 cash bonus and a commendation from Assistant Secretary of the Army R. D. O’Neal. He plans to complete active duty at Moffett Field this month.
Linda Nix a year‑long English and Spanish teacher at the high school has tendered her resignation and will join Tolar schools. Superintendent J M McCroskey said a replacement will be sought immediately.
J M McCroskey of the North Texas Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Assn announces a mobile x-ray unit will be in Glen Rose on Tuesday from 10 a m to 2 p m giving free chest x rays to all persons 15 and older. Adults in the area, including food handlers, public workers and school personnel, are urged to be scanned. Funded by Christmas Seals and voluntary donations.
Annual Pet Show and Parade sponsored by the Dino saur Valley Home Demonstra tion Club will be on and around the courthouse square on Friday July 5 at 10 a.m. Entry rules limit one pet per child 14 and under with exceptions for mother and babies. Judges limit two classes per pet. Prizes include best home-made cage and a Grand Prize for the Best dressed Animal. Pets must be leashed or caged as appropriate and entered by July 3.
The front-page Tracks column by Publisher Jack McCarty is a Division VI second place winner in the Texas Press Association annual contests. The certificate of merit hangs on the wall beside honors for Cross Plains Review and Douglas Meador.
Construction began Monday on a Church of Christ on land bought from Bill Gavit just south of the Ben Nabors residence on Highway 67. The 4000 square foot brick veneer building will include a 2500 square foot sanctuary for 200 plus, eight Sunday school rooms, a fellowship hall with kitchen, central heat and air, pew pads, and a PA system extending to Jameson Nurs-O-Tel for disabled residents. Occupancy is hoped within 90 days. the 75 member congregation meets in the AG building on Sundays and Wednesdays.
Bill Clark of Capital Silica Products, injured when his left arm entangled in a conveyor at the plant around 5 15 a m last Monday, was brought home yesterday and is reported doing fine. He stopped the machine, called an ambulance, and was treated at a Cleburne hospital then Fort Worth where surgery lasted four hours. Doctors say his recovery is miraculous. Mr and Mrs W S Polley of Blanco visited here over the weekend with his brother and wife H C Polley.
Temple Summers announces the film The Bible at the Palace Theatre showing nightly through Saturday June 29 with one showing per night. Adults pay 1 and children 50 cents, reflecting a long running presentation. Mr and Mrs Ray Miles of Cleburne visited Summers family Sunday evening.
Bob H. Slaughter of Shuler Museum of Paleontology SMU Dallas will speak at 7 p.m. tonight at Glen Lake Methodist Camp dining hall. He advocates a Track Museum in a proposed state park led by the Glen Rose chamber. A few tickets remain at Echols Cleaners and the Reporter office for 1.25 dollars.
The store formerly owned by B. W. Hamill on the square sold its entire grocery stock to Jackson's Superette Tuesday afternoon and the stock was moved Wednesday. Eugene G. Connally, who bought the store, will move his abstract and title insurance business into the stand after the fixtures are sold and removed and plans to remodel the interior for his business.
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