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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1923
Page
2
Advertisement rates listed for Hearne Texas with second class matter notice and post office filing details. Display advertising priced at 25 cents per inch and local readers at 10 cents per line, per the 1879 act.
A historical account recalls the Wheelock district building raised by early settlers around the old fort. It stood sixty by eighty feet, two stories, with a 40 foot belfry, quarried foundation, cedar and oak framing, and ox cart transport from Huntsville and Houston. It housed a masons hall, later a school, and a religious lower hall open to all faiths. Civil War losses led to its decline as a lodge space.
A reflection on a tall tower once serving the town for over seven decades. It rang at weddings and tolled for citizens as pioneers who built it are now gone. The dismantling of the feature ends a memory, and a wreath is wished for the founders when the roll is called.
An invitation for next Sunday at the Baptist church lists sermons at 11 a.m. on Worldliness the Curse of the Church from James 4 4 and at 7 15 p.m. on Will God Defend the Cause of Christianity Psalms 74 22. Baptism at 7 p.m. and Sunday School at 9 55 a.m. A Laymen's meeting and B Y P A at 6 p.m. Pray for Hearne’s illness and distress.
The regular annual election meeting was rained out and rescheduled for Wednesday afternoon. Mesdames Love and Whitehurst will host the Monday social gathering at Mrs Love's home with programs starting at 3 p.m. The topic is A Warless World and attendees are urged to attend in full.
The notice urges buying Red Cross Christmas Seals to aid tuberculosis relief. It also notes Miss Agnes Cole spent Thanksgiving holidays in Temple.
Calvert residents and guests share weekend trips and visits across Texas. Baylor College student Miss Gladys Dougan spent days with her parents, while Miss Ella Randolph and Miss Jewel Proctor traveled to Fort Worth. Families from Cameron, Hearne, Dallas, and Austin join in social events and bridge gatherings. The Sneed Memorial Methodist church gains a posthumous donor as the building committee receives a generous gift from Mrs. Lilian B. Sneed of Georgetown.
The Rev H R Ziegler will preach next Sunday at 11 am and 7 30 pm inviting all to attend. Bishop Kin solving led confirmation last Sunday amid praise for his discourse. The pastor visited fourteen families tending the sick and praised for care. The congregation is urged to join the nationwide Budget and Priority funds drive next Sunday.
Dr. Roberts of San Marcos, an eye ear nose and throat specialist, will spend December 10 and 11 at the Oscar Hotel in Calvert. He has visited Franklin and Hearne this year and will make regular trips to Calvert. If glasses are needed he will be at the Oxford Hotel in Hearne on December 12.
Through Christmas seal funds the Texas Public Health Association hires full time Mexican and Black workers across the state. Mrs. C A Griesenbeck is visiting Austin relatives as a guest.
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