Glen Rose school board relocates meetings to high school
Glen Rose Independent School District trustees vote to move regular and called meetings to the high school study hall to allow greater public attendance. The four day Glen Rose Round Up Days festival runs Friday to Monday July 14 with events including a pet show parade a Miss Teenage Central Texas contest and performances by Jim Hulsey and the Heartbeats.
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Glen Rose Independent School
Supt
J. M. McCroskey
Glen Rose
Bill Cowan
Glen Rose-Somervell County
Central Texas
James Anderson
Colorado City Record
Joe E. Davis
Tarleton Center
Tarleton State College
Mary Buenzel
Fort Worth
Optimist Club
Courthouse Square
Chamber of Commerce
Courthouse
County Historical Museum
Oakdale Park
Rodeo
R. D. English
Tiger Diamond
Cowan
Somervell County Museum
Dinosaur Valley
Somervell County Historical Society
New Home Economics Teacher Is Hired
Miss Julia Ann Huddleston of Springtown, a 1966 Texas Woman's University graduate, is hired to head the home economics department at the local high school. She will move in with Mrs. Zora Engleman after renting her home and starts when school opens.
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Julia Ann Huddleston
Springtown
Texas Woman’s University
Denton
J. M. McCroskey
Huddleston
Richardson High School
Zora Engleman
Ag Shop Plans Considered by Glen District Trustees
In a Tuesday night meeting Supt J M McCroskey presented a district financial outlook showing potential October surplus of about 9000 to 10000 dollars. Funding could support a new vocational agriculture shop building with a five year loan rather than a bond election.
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Board of ‘Trustees
Glen Rose Independent
Supt
J. M. McCroskey
Tional Agriculture Department
McCroskey
W. B. Cowan Jr
Fort Worth
Texas Education Agency
Poage and Wright Push Dinosaur Trails National Monument Plan
Congressmen Poage and Wright have introduced bills to create the Dinosaur Trail National Monument near Glen Rose, Texas. The measure would authorize land acquisition for a monument to protect dinosaur tracks described as highly preserved and publicly interpretable, with local support from Somervell County and the Chamber of Commerce.
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Washington
W. R
Bob) Poage
Jim Wright
Fort Worth
Dinosaur Trail National Monument
Glen Rose
Secretary of Interior
National Park Service
Department of Interior
Poage
Somervell
Wright
Parker County
Chamber of Commerce
Somervell County
Red Cross Swim Program Begins July 11
Mrs. Leslie Hart, Somerville County Red Cross Chapter chairwoman, announced Red Cross swimming lessons at Oakdale pool starting July 11 for two weeks.
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RED Cross
Leslie Hart
Somervell County
Oakdale Pool
YWCA Group Tours Dinosaur Country With Local Leaders
Eighty seven YWCA girls visiting Tres Rios enjoyed a Sunday tour of Dinosaur country. Wayland G. Adams president of Somervell County Historical Society and Mrs Adams led the outing guiding the group through the region and explaining its history.
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YWCA
Tres Rios
Dinosaur Country
Wayland G. Adams
Somervell County
Enrollment Report Shows 484 Students for 1965 66
Croskey presents school board with year end figures: total enrollment 484 students, average daily attendance 462.11, elementary 3839, high school 136, special education nine. Lunchroom ran a deficit of 1388.93, risk of larger losses due to reduced federal surplus. Board calls for higher lunch prices and cost controls. Two new bus chassis bought for September use.
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Supt. J. M. McCroskey
Eugene Ratliff
Superette Plans Eighth Anniversary Sale Event
Jackson's Superette owners announce their eighth anniversary celebration with an anniversary sale. Bargain prices gifts and prizes attract shoppers with every store visit. Mrs Jack Bridges Jr and children are visiting relatives in Palestine.
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Jackson’s
Superette
Jack Bridges Jr
Palestine
Planning Commission Formed For Somervell County
M. G. McConal and Jack McCarty named as two of three members of the new County Planning Commission. The third member will be named at the next county commissioners meeting. The panel will pursue federal funds for a water and sewer survey to guide future regional development.
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M. G. McConal
Jack McCarty
County Planning Commission
McConal
Glen Rose
McCarty
Temple Summers
Walter Ernst
Somervell County
Planning Commission
Ernst
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