City Receives Sales Tax Check as Utilities Use Rises
Hearne City reports a $9,076.13 net sales tax share from January to March plus $10,388 for October to December 1968, totaling $19,464.13 for the first four months. June electric generation rose 22 percent with a 12 percent peak demand increase. water pumping reached 47 million gallons, up from 28 million in June 1968, with July rainfall at 0.1 inch and daily pumping around 2.2 million gallons.
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Hearne
State Comptroller's
Austin
Cummings Suggs
Local Subscribers List Grows Across Towns
New subscribers include Leroy Willard Gause C. Lh Trice Cameron Ed Skubal Wheelock Mrs Billie Huff Sharon Pa Mrs Willie Mae Henson Hearne B J Miller Hearne O D Leystra Milano Jerry L Theiss Covington Ga Thomas Mathews Corpus Christi Miss Dorothy Sills Denton Mrs Mary Lou Mitchell Franklin.
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Leroy Willard
Gause
C. Lh. Trice
Cameron
Ed Skubal
Wheelock
Billie Huff
Sharon
Willie Mae Henson
Hearne
B. J. Miller
O. D. Leystra
Milano
Jerry L
Theiss
Covington
Thomas Mathews
Corpus Christi
Dorothy Sills
Denton
Mary Lou Mitchell
Franklin
Mrs Jesse C Smith Visited Baytown by Hearne Couple
Mrs Jesse C Smith spent the weekend in Baytown living with her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Clarence Phorpe Jr and their children Steve and Jo Ellen while visiting her husband in Methodist Hospital. Mr Smith returned to Hearne Sunday afternoon with his wife.
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Jesse C. Smith
Baytown
Clarence Phorpe Jr
Steve
Jo Ellen
Methodist Hospital
Mr. Smith
Hearne
Family Visits From Texas and Michigan
Visiting in the home of Mr and Mrs Bryan Russ this week are their mothers Mrs Charles Lunsford of Center and Mrs Frank Russ of Somerville. On Sunday the Russ family plus Becky Bryan Jr Charles and Karan Russ and houseguests took Mrs Russ nephew Mark Lunsford of Midland Michigan to Friday Mountain Boys Camp near Austin. Becky stayed in Austin with Karan for a visit.
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Bryan Russ
Charles Lunsford
Center
Frank Russ
Somerville
Russ
Becky
Bryan Jr
Charles
Karan Russ
University of Texas
Austin
Mark Lunsford
Midland
Michigan
Friday Mountain Boys Camp
Becky Russ
Karan
One Killed In Car Wreck South Of Hearne Sunday
One person died and six others injured in a two car collision Sunday July 6 at 5 p.m. one and eight tenths miles south of Hearne on Highway 6. Zella Cook of Victoria died at the scene while the Garrett and Softly cars sustained heavy damage. The crash occurred after a light shower with slick pavement cited as a factor.
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Hearne
Jimmy Luecke
Zella Cook
Victoria
Rose Flowers Softly
Ivory C. Garrett
Dallas
Luecke
Garrett
Miss Cook
Fred Forsthoff
Ardell Castello
Yvonne Ewell
School Seeks Bids For Bus Supplies Hearne School District
Supt. Garland G. Grant invites bidders to supply oil gas and related materials for school buses in the Hearne School District for the 1969 70 year. Bid forms are available at the superintendent's office and must be returned by 4 p.m. Monday July 14.
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Garland G. Grant
Hearne
Dr Brady Jr Ends Army Tour Returns Home
Dr Alfred B Brady Jr recently completed a two year U S Army tour of duty and is now making his home in Houston with his wife and sons Fred and Patrick Captain Brady's last post was at Fort Monroe in Hampton Virginia He serves on the staff of Hermann Hospital as a resident in internal medicine.
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Alfred B. Brady Jr
U.S. Army
Houston
Alfred Wi
Patrick
Captain Brady
Fort Monroe
Hampton
Virginia
Hermann Hospital
Hidalgo County Pre trial For Scamardo Set July 16
Hidalgo County pre trial for Pete Thomas Scamardo of Hearne set for July 16 in Judge Tom Hartley’s 92nd District Court in Edinburg at 9:30 a.m. The defense may seek postponement due to a July 28 legislative session. Scamardo is free on $80,000 bail and charged as an accomplice in the killing of Sam Degella Jr. near McAllen on July 6, 1968.
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Oscar McInnis
Hidalgo County
Democrat
Pete Thomas Scamardo
Hearne
Tom Hartley
92Nd District Court
Edinburg
McInnis
Preston Smith
Neil Caldwell
Anniecton
Caldwell
Scamarda
Sam Deerella Jr
McAllen
Degella
Thomas Sharpe Jr
Brownsville
Scamardo
Charles VI Harrelson
Degela
Harrelson
Jerry V. Wateki
Sam Degella Jr
GATX promotes Spence to Sharon plant role
Virgil Spence of Hearne was promoted July 7 to the Sharon Pennsylvania office of General American Transportation Corporation as a coal estimator. Bily Hancock said Spence, 19-year Hearne plant veteran and former general foreman, will move with his family after securing housing. B. F. Warren succeeds him as Hearne plant general foreman.
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Virgil Spence
Hearne
Ran
General Onertean Rransportation Corportion
Sharon
Pennsylvania
Bily G. Hancock
Spence
GATX
B. F. Warren
Hearne Couple Announce Birth of Son Michael Eugene
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene White of Hearne report the birth of their son Michael Eugene June 20 at St. Joseph Hospital in Bryan.
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Eugene White
Hearne
Michael Eugene
St. Joseph Hospital
Bryan
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Arthur Turner Jr
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Daniel DeStefano
Bob Hardcastle
John Byrd
David Lund
Melvin Bates
Suggs
Gary Bradley
K&b
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Lake of the Ozarks
Missouri
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Softly
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A. B. Brady Jr
Hearne Girl Scouts
Girl Scouta 1
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Livingston
Woodville
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Liying
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Kathy Payne
Lisa Cotropia
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EF. West
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J. S. Chambers
Carl Miller
J. Po Fleming Jr
Lean Zeig
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Larry Crook
Steve Bishop
James Townley
Mark Bishop
Benny Johnson
Rusty Russ
Steve Doherty
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James Chandler
Rick Autrey
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Delton Kittrell Jr
Fred Kennedy
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