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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1964
Page
1
Supt G G Grant chairs the Executive Committee meeting of District 17 AA to be held in Hearne on Wednesday August 12. The panel includes school administrative officials and coaching staff. District 17 AA members this year are Navasota Caldwell Rockdale Cameron and Hearne.
Robertson County held its first bale of cotton auction Saturday at 10 a m with grower Sam Frank Loria receiving 45 cents per pound for the premium bale. Pete Thomas Seamardo Cotton Co bought the first bale. J B Young Cotton Co bid 40 cents and bought the 1964 premium bale. The first bale weighed 412 pounds and was gin ned at 3 30 p m July 27. Buck Porter brought a second bale that afternoon. Loria will receive a chamber of commerce check and free services from Wood Switch Gun Co and Conpora Aerial Service for 50 acres. Charles E Blake presided. bid-openers were Vince Campise George Wilson and Leon Tomlin.
A city sample of Yuletide decor was displayed by the Chamber of Commerce Trade Development Committee to show possible downtown decorations. The panel will meet on Tuesday August 11 at 3 PM to finalize plans, with aluminum garland decorations on display at the Post Office Pharmacy corner.
Twenty eight freight cars of a west bound Southern Pacific train derailed about three miles north of Hearne at 11 10 pm Wednesday night ripping up track and piling in accordion fashion. No injuries reported and damage unknown as rail officials investigate. Crews repaired line begun on Thursday with a temporary fly line and full repairs to take days. Seventeen cars were loaded with tinplate parts cereal pipe paper furniture and glass while ten were empties. The wreck involved a 17 car segment bound for St Louis California ro uled in front of the train where the last diesel’s lead truck jumped the track. Through traffic rerouted via Texarkana Shreveport and Houston. Hearne yards filled with mostly empty cars.
First Baptist Church of Hearne voters approved a 189999 dollar bid for a new auditorium and educational building. Chandler Construction Company won the contract with Hobbs Demolishing Company of Austin as the low bidder to raze and clear the site. Removal starts soon with sixty days for demolition and two hundred seventy working days for construction, during which services occur in the remaining building.
A Bryan company was awarded the 1.9 mile project on US 79 and US 190 in Robertson County. R. T. Clift Company submitted the bid. The contract covers grading, structures, stabilizer, subgrading, flexible use and asphalt paving from the Little Brazos River to the intersection with US 190 and State.
The School Board accepted the resignation of Tom A. Grissin of Carthage and hired Constance Young as an elementary teacher at Blackshear School. Three vacancies remain at Hemme Schools as district officials schedule a scout budget meeting and approve a $294,701.49 highway project on Highway 6 and Highway 79 West, with work by R. T. Chiff Company, including railroad considerations and traffic detours.
Charles Cox of Houston won the senior division with 12 points while Jerry Baker led the junior group with 12 points. James Black and Dean Tribbey followed with 11 and 9 points respectively. Jerry Elliott and Cary Hadaway also placed high as the day’s events listed winners across strokes and relays. The girls’ portion was postponed to a later date at director Troyce Williams’s direction.
Hearne Saddle Club members met August 4 at the Legion Hall and set August 22 for a play night. After routine business they enjoyed a venison and beef barbecue with all the trimmings.
Over the past week Gregg Sparks and Eddie Horne visited Cary Hadaway at the A. M. Hadaway home. Gregg Sparks and Eddie Horne were picked up by Gregg Sparks' father who flew in from Dallas to bring the youths back home. This week Errie May of Dallas is a guest of Charles Hadaway.
The City of Hearne will hold dog registration and vaccination day next Thursday, August 13, at City Hall from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dr. R. H. Brock will vaccinate. fees are 1.50 for vaccination and 0.50 for registration. Unregistered dogs after August 15 face impounding and disposal. Mayor Jack K. Ramsay urges owners to register and vaccinate to continue reducing rabies.
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