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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1961
Page
2
Robertson County residents discover Pelton Lake draws crowds while litter spoils beaches. Officials note funds limit cleanup and urge personal responsibility as the nationwide anti litter drive, “Every Litter Bit Hurts,” asks individuals to start the tidying effort.
Western Week brings Western clothes and seasonal farm tasks into focus as cotton chopping dusting and hay baling keep farmers busy. Mrs M M Ottes notes community spirit and ongoing preparations.
Mrs. M. M. Otten Jr and her daughters Justina Louise Monica Marie and Felicita Michelle returned home after a two week visit in Houston with her mother Mrs Callie Jackson Kenneth Merle Jackson of Houston accompanied Mrs Otten on the return to their home busy with canning and freezing
Last week in the Rasco home guests included Mrs Homer Holton of Wellington Mrs Faye Johnson of Lubbock Mrs Jack Lester of Pampa Mrs D J McFarland of Prairie Hill and the Booter Rasco family of Bremond.
Guests at the home of Mrs G W Moss include Moss Jr and son G W III Jimmy Kelly Mrs Eddy Baldwin and daughter Barbara of Houston Mr and Mrs M N Brumblee of Roanoke Alabama and Mr and Mrs E H Taylor of Corpus Christi for Western Week.
Miss Tracy Blackstone 16 of Medford Oregon visits relatives here. Her father Dr Billy Blackstone played tackle for Coaches Cochran Meyers teams and lettered with Dutch Meyer's Horned Frogs. Journal notes insist Tracy be photographed on Wood Field turf before returning home. Jim of the week puns on pessimism.
Local notes from Benchley recount visits among neighbors including Mrs Lee Pursell and Mrs Louis Parnell from Hearne visiting Marguerite Peyton and Henry Bowman. References to farm rains and crop prospects, family travels to Austin and San Antonio, birthdays, anniversaries, and condolences for Lyndell Bell and W G Curry, with social visits in Port Arthur noted.
Mr and Mrs Randall Broadus and Gary visited her parents Mr and Mrs Veil Bullock in Palmer Sunday. That afternoon Mrs Broadus attended a reunion of the 1941 Ferris High School graduating class at the Community Center in Ferris.
Local golf column notes abundant play from out of town visitors over a long weekend. Belton Hill and Bill Morrison are highlighted as improving players. Recommends J T French as a new golf professional. Mentions Jackie Burke winning the Buick Open in Flint Michigan and links practice to prize money. Gives personal scoring and swing advice for readers.
A proposed rise in prices paid to the Game and Fish Commission for sand shell and gravel will be studied in Austin on July 6 during a special commission session. The hearing room at the Highway Department adjacent to the commission building will host the meeting per executive secretary H D Dodgen. In 1955 shell price rose to ten cents per cubic yard. sand and gravel currently eight cents. Permits are required by the state before removal from public waters. LA&T YEAR, the state received.
The article notes the sale of products totaling 1.2 million with 425 thousand refunded to governments for material used on streets, highways and sea walls. It mentions new regulations requiring hearings before dredging permits. It also records weekend visits by Mr and Mrs Bill Henderson of Tyler to Mr and Mrs C E Smith.
Mrs. W. L. Lakey and Mr. Arch Reddick with his wife and children Nora Sue and Clyde Leonard visited Mrs. Nezzie Sisson on the Fourth of July in Henderson.
Mr and Mrs J C Komar Jr and their children from Cameron visited Mr and Mrs Jack Stidham and their children and their sister on Monday in Cameron.
Lonnie James Jr. is on a 30 day leave from the U S Navy in Bermuda. He is visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Lonnie James before returning to Bermuda at the end of the leave.
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