Texas DPS warns of Labor Day traffic death spike
Mael 27z Austin reports the Department of Public Safety estimates 41 people will die on Texas highways during the upcoming three day Labor Day weekend. Col Homer Garrison Jr. says Texas is ahead 15 percent vs 1965 and notes four months that typically yield the most deaths. DPS will run Operation Motorcide with 150 extra officers and tabulate each death for three daily updates.
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Department of Public Safety
Texas
Homer Garrison Jr
DPS
Garrison
United States
Motorcide
Highway Patrol
Texas Highway Department
Texas Safety Association
Texas Council of Safety Supervisors
Texas Motor Transportation Association
Six Hearne Students Attending Texas Youth Conference
Six Hearne High School students attended the 1968 Youth Crime Conference in Austin led by Attorney General Waggoner Carr. Participants included Phyllis Koch Elaine Ely Anita Martine Charlotte Porter Bill Sweet and the writer. The event featured films on teen crime narcotics theft and safety plus a weapon demonstration by Ranger Billy McElrary and a CBS Citizen Test presented by Harry Reasoner
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Austin
Hearne
Phyllis Koch
Elaine Ely
Anita Martine
Charlotte Porter
Bill Sweet
Waggoner Carr
Texas
Texas Department of Corrections
Gary Job Training Center
San Marcos
Billy McEzrry
Col
Homer E. Garrison Jr
Texas Department of Public Safety
Ranger McElroy
Calvert School Board Sets Budget Meeting and Open House
The Calvert School Board scheduled the 1966 67 budget presentation for September 8 at 8 p m in the High School. It also approved hiring two teachers, removing snack machines, and funding an $81 000 Title II program. Opening day is September 6 with two portable air conditioned classrooms planned for W D Spigner School. The board named Ben Westbrook as band director and announced scrimmages for the Calvert Trojans with Thorndale and Wortham.
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Calvert Independent
Ernest Stapleton
Rains County
Calvert
Eddie Grays
Georgia Briscoe
W. D. Spigner
Heritage Insurance Co
Calvert Schools
W. D. Spigner School
Westbrook
Calvert High School
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Philadelphia Academy of Music
U. S
Calvert Trojans
P T A Dues Rise Slightly At Hearne
Hearne P T A increases annual membership from 50 cents to 65 cents per member due to higher state and national costs. Local share remains 25 cents. Members urged to pay to Mrs. Ralph Brock at school registration. P T A adds popcorn for Hearne football games and meets every fourth Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the high school auditorium with officers Al Roberts Mrs Al Turner Mrs Brock and others listed.
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Hearne Parent Teacher Association
Byron Russell
Russell
Ralph Brock
Hearne
Locketts Notified of Brother-in-Law Lloyd Laughlin Death
Mr and Mrs H E Lockett heard by telephone on Wednesday of last week that Lloyd Laughlin the sister of Mrs Lockett had died in Sacramento California.
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H. E. Lockett
Lloyd Laughlin
Sacramento
Calif
Navy assignment prompts home leave for Oscar Chappell Jr
Oscar Chappell Jr. left Sunday for a new U. S. Navy assignment at Fort Hueneme California after a 14 day home leave with his parents Mr and Mrs J O Chappell and sisters Judy and Patricia.
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Oscar Chappell Jr
U. S. Navy
Fort Hueneme
California
J. O. Chappell
Judy
Patricia
Michael S Cobb Receives Bachelor of Science Degree
Michael S Cobb received a Bachelor of Science degree from Sam Houston State College in Huntsville during graduation on Prichett Field Sunday evening August 21. He was among 508 graduates. Attending were his wife, his parents, and his mother-in-law Mrs. Thomas Fleckenstein of Bryan.
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Michael Sherwood Tubb
Sherwood Cuby
Hearne
Sam Houston State College
Huntsville
Prichett Field
Thomas Fleckenstein
Bryan
District WWI Hearne Meet members of Veterans group
The Sixth District executive board of the Veterans of World War I met with Barracks 1461 and Auxiliary at Hearne Community Center on August 15. Members from Temple Waxahachie Mart and Centerville attended. The morning session adopted Every member get a member as the year’s motto and urged more participation in memorial services legislative programs and Americanism. A covered dish lunch followed. The Auxiliary will receive four state citations from the July Dallas convention for 100 percent membership and other achievements. The next Sixth District meeting is in Mart on September 4 at 1 p m.
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Davis Street
Temple
Waxahachie
Mart
Centerville
Dallas
Marlin Veterans Hospital
City Hall
University student visits Hearne during Texas DPS assignment
Bill Birdwell a University of Texas student employed this summer with the Texas Department of Public Safety in Austin visited Hearne friends on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. He enjoyed a home visit with his parents Mr. and Mrs. J B Birdwell Jr and his sister Betty.
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Bill Birdwell
University of Texas
Texas Department of Pulic Safety
Austin
Hearne
J. B. Birdwell Jr
Betty
Visits in Dotson Home Take Notable Guests
Mrs. John Moore of Houston niece of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Dotson stayed Wednesday through Friday. Sunday visitors included Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Dotson of Trinity and their guest Miss Ann Miller of Houston.
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H. M. Dotson
John Moore
Houston
Dotson
F. L. Dotson
Trinity
Ann Miller
David Green Returns Home After Hearne Visit
David Green resumed life in Houston Wednesday following a several day stay visiting his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. V. M. Newell in Hearne.
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David Green
Houston
Hearne
Mr. and
Mirs
M. Newell
Music Minister David Doty Visits Hearne Friends
David Doty, minister of music at Kessler Park Baptist Church in Dallas and former minister of music at First Baptist Church of Hearne, traveled to Hearne for visits with friends on Friday and Saturday.
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David Doty
Kessler Park Baptist Church
Dallas
The
First Baptist Church of
Hearne
Hearne Friends
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