Calvert Breaks Ground For 32 Bed Rest Home
Calvert broke ground at 10 a m Saturday for a 32 bed nursing home to serve aged residents. Fort Worth firm Care Homes Inc will supervise construction with Richard Morris of Midland operating the facility. The two acre site on the Franklin Highway will include air conditioning recreation space a beauty shop and 24 hour nursing staff with an integrated communications system. Completion expected in 60 days with operation by mid September.
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Calvert
J. L. Crouch
Ronald A. Boswell
Care Homes, Inc
Fort Worth
Boswell
Richard Morris
Midland
Texas Department of Health and Welfare
Earch
Calvert and
Robertson County
Three Men Sentenced In Huntaville Guilty Pleas
Judge John M Barron sentenced three men after guilty pleas in Huntaville on Monday. Two faced burglary charges with terms from two to five years and two to four years, while one was jailed two to five years for forgery. Fines included 50 dollars and court costs plus three days for DWI and 25 dollars for another DWI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Barron
State Penitentiary
Huntaville
Tee
Enigh
Berron
Brimberry Recovering From Back Injury
John Brimberry of Blake Malone Insurance Agency is recovering at home after hospitalization for a slipped disc. He was injured while reaching for papers from a desk last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brimberry
Blake- Malone Insurance Agency
Brimberry
Mosses Visit in Marlin With Whitaker Family
Mr and Mrs John Moss visited Marlin during the week with her son Albert Whitaker in attendance at local activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Moss
Marlin
Albert Whitaker
Hearne Chamber Backs Robertson County Tax Increase
The Hearne Chamber of Commerce endorsed a 30 cent per $100 valuation county tax hike to support Robertson County road progress. The tax would fund a new FM Road program including 3.5 miles in Robertson County from Elliott Community to F. Xi Road 2549, under the Texas Highway Commission. County officials noted tax revenue would begin in November, with funds earmarked for an FM Road fund to aid highway improvements and reduce deficits.
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Texans Highway Commission
Robertson County
C. B. Thames
Bryan
Texas
Texas Highway Commission
Elliott
Hearne Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Jack Ramsay
Hearne
O. H. McCullum
MecCullum
Gervase Reagan
Reagan
Commissioners Court
Lamar Closs
Closs
Lions Install Tom Brashear as Hearne Club President
Thomas E. Brashear was installed Tuesday night as president of the Hearne Lions Club at Grace Methodist Church. He was among twelve officers installed by Lion Bill Palmes, with Carol Ann Rogers presenting a gift to outgoing president Floyd Tippit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Brashear
Hearne Lions Club
Grace Methodist Church Recreation Hall
Brashear
Lion Bill Palmes
Nick Turnham, Jr
B. K. Doherty
Fred Ferrara
Dan Brewer
Ernie Herod
John Brimberry
John Otts
Otis Little
J. L. Bell
George Pharis
John Childers
Carol Ann Rogers
Floyd Tippit
Tippit
Miss Rogers
Mike Jones
Jimmy Timmons
Hearne Building Permits Near Half Million in First Half 1963
Hearne issued 478 530 in building permits in the first six months of 1963, nearing the 500 000 mark and signaling a potential record year. School construction dominated with 296 721, while new home and business permits reached 116 260 and repairs plus additions totaled 65 549.
John R. Shearer Dies In Accident
John Robert Shearer, 36, a Bryan cropduster and flight instructor, was killed when his car overturned nine miles west of Bryan on Farm Road 50 near Mumford. He suffered multiple head and body injuries and died at a Bryan hospital. Highway Patrolman David Birch investigated. He was associated with Corporaterial Service in Hearne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Robert Shearer
Bryan
Mumford
David Birch
Shearer
Corporaterial Service
Hearne
Temple Visit for William W. Smith at VA Hospital
Mr and Mrs Jakie Silverman spent Tuesday in Temple visiting William W Smith who is a patient at the V A hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jakie Silverman
Temple
William W. Smith
The
V. A. Hospital
New Arrival for Ellis Family in Local Hospital
A daughter named Nealie Bell was born to Mr and Mrs W W Ellis in a local hospital on June 28.
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Nealie Bell
W. W. Ellis
Chili Pursley Moves to New Phillips 66 Service Station
Announcement in the Democrat reports E A Chili Pursley relocating his filling station from Market and Moss Streets to the newly completed Phillips 66 Service Station at Market and Third Streets. He will keep his existing staff and continues with the same personnel.
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Democrat
E. A. (Chili) Pursley
Pursley
Market
Moss Streets
Phillips 66
Market and
Third Streets
New Vitro-tech Names Retired Air officer as Administrative Manager
Ray H. Locke, a retired Air Force Lt Colonel, became Administrative Manager at Vitro-tech Corporation Hearne Texas this week. A former wing officer at Bryan AFB, he directed about 100 GI personnel and helped operate Hearne air strip before moving to Alabama state work. Locke, from Mason City Iowa, will reside in Bryan with wife Pauline and children Patricia and Jim.
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Ray H. Locke
Air Force
Vitro-tech Corporation
Locke
Bryan Air Force Base
Hearne Air Strip
Alabama
Alabama State Employment Service
Texas
Mason City
Iowa
National Guard
Pauline
Patricia
Jim
Bryan
Sam Maguire
Dallas
Verson Manufacturing
J. Kelleher
McGuire
Yarka Vondrecek
Maguire
Hearne
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Crouch
Milton J. Schiller von
Rep. Schulgg
Rep. Schiller
Franklin Highway
C. W. Brown
Ree
Hearne Chamber
County FM
Carol D. Zeigler
A. V. Andrues
Barton and
Pine Streets
New West Side
Lions
Tom Brashear
Annette Tippit
John R. Shearer
Chili Pursley
Ray H. Locke Vitro
Tech
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