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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1963
Page
2
An analysis of last Tuesday's city election shows how voters can distort results by casting single shot ballots when multiple offices are elected. Of 657 ballots, 20 were mutilated, leaving 637 counted. If all voters had marked five candidates, the council race total would be 3,185, but actual votes totaled 2,843, a 322 vote shortfall.
Wheelock News covers community notes from L K J We. Talks rain chatter by Doug Brown of Ten 4cres TV show and cool dewy nights. Reports family visits, obituaries, club meetings, and local happenings including Suzy's of Townshire opening and Vanilla Crumb Cake recipe correction.
A fragmented column recounts experiences and observations from West Texas, noting gender roles in households and a cafe style street survey on who is boss. It also salutes Judge Wiley Kirk for soil conservation, details his 300 acre farm near Highway 79, and credits wife Claudia Miona. The writer recalls appearances in Tyler at a Farm and Ranch Club meeting and meets Hagar McCollough, a 1929 Franklin Lions end now a store owner and rancher.
In Athens the Chamber of Commerce dinner drew 390 guests. The town of about 10,100 people touts strong figures and notable natives and residents including Sid Richardson, Clint Murchison, and Toddie Lee Wynne among its prominent links to Texas history.
The narrator attends the National Secretaries banquet on the 43rd floor of the new Humble building in Houston's Petroleum Club. Dick Henderson, former Eagles back in 1938, appears in the audience looking grey and distinguished. he now works with Fish Engineers Co.
A quirky column cites UT Dental student Joe Denena and 1958 Eagles tackle as part of a chatty reminiscence. Observations touch on education funding, Elvis versus college pay, Port Arthur Justice of the Peace Jimmy Creed, and a Baytown family’s readers. Concerns about idleness and nostalgia mix with social commentary and light humor.
Congress Newsletter from Olin Teague details the Manned Space Flight program led by the House Science and Astronautics Committee. It covers Mercury, One Day Mission, Gemini, and Apollo with projected schedules from 1963 to 1970 and explains lunar landing concepts including the LEM and lunar rendezvous. It also notes the VA hospital funding process with Bureau of Budget and presidential concurrence steps.
Mrs Clifton Mandrell of Flatwoods Kentucky has been chosen Mrs Kentucky by the Mrs America Homemaking Council. She will represent Kentucky at the finals in Miami Beach April 22 to 29 where Mrs America will be chosen.
The Veterans Affairs Committee criticized VA changes to the long range hospital program and urged advance notice. A bill was reported requiring VA to justify major hospital construction or alterations to the committee, which must affirmatively approve such actions.
Rafael Trujillo died Sunday at a Hearne hospital after seven days of hospitalization from heart failure. A longtime flagman at the Davis Street crossing of the Southern Pacific Railway, he was born October 23, 1901 in Mexico and died at age 66. Funeral services were held April 1 at St Mary’s Catholic Church with interment in Spanish Cemetery. He is survived by his widow, seven sons, five daughters, fourteen grandchildren, two brothers, and two sisters.
Mr. and Mrs. Davitt Bain of Port Arthur visited Hearne this week as guests of his sister, Mr. and Mrs. Stoney Stubbs.
Mrs E M Stubbs travels Monday to Baytown to visit her daughter and family May and Mrs J R Boswell and children.
Hearne Sunday centers on golf as local golfers association hosts a thriving tournament. A tale circulates of a man known for “just nine more holes” driving a long day filled with flat tires and a friend’s on course death. Also noted are Linda Breck’s Dean’s Honor List achievement, Mrs Thomas’s Baltimore bridge ceremony, Humble sales meeting, Rafael Trujillo known as Sherry the Flagman, and Davis Street crossing echoes from S P Railway.
Mrs Davie Zoller of Grapevine is guest this week in the home of her sister Mrs W T Moe Williams and family.
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