Texas Crop Prospects and Livestock Slaughter Trends
Statewide crop and livestock outlook ranges from good to excellent with good progress in grain sorghum cotton corn and soybeans. May cattle slaughter totals 311000 head up from last month and year while hogs 160000 and sheep 118000 head. Nearby fruit and citrus crops expand from tangelos lemons avocados to figs blackberries and pears across multiple counties.
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Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Blacklands
Low Plains
High Plains
Texas
Texas Citrus Mutual
Rio Grande Valley
Comanche
Montague
Gillespie
Calvary Baptist Hosts Gospel Singing and Vacation Bible School
Calvary Baptist Church will host an old time gospel singing at 7:30 p m on Saturday July 15. The church sponsors its annual vacation Bible School from Monday July 17 through Friday July 21 starting at 8 30 a m each day. Pastor Rev Jim Barnett invites the public to join worship services.
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Calvary Baptist Church
Calvary Baptist
Jim Barnett
Fourth of July Guests Across Bryan and Waco
Mr and Mrs J W Martine Jr and their son Mike hosted guests including Charles Schlieker and children from Bryan and Dr and Mrs Mitchel Jager with Karen from Waco for the holiday gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Martine Jr
Mike
Charles Schlieker
Bryan
Mitchel Jager
Karen
Waco
Hendrix Attends Dallas WWI Vets Convention
W C Hendrix of Hearne former District VI Commander attended the Department of Texas World War I Veterans convention in Dallas July 4 7. The gathering at Baker Hotel featured officers elected I W Goodwin of Midlothian as new District Commander and his wife as district Auxiliary president.
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Hendrix
Dallas
W. C. Hendrix
Hearne
Department of Texas
Foreign Service
Pacific
United States Navy
Ellis County
Ennis
Centerville
Mexia
Groesbeck- Mart
Waxahachie
Cleborne
Grandbury Barracks
I. W. Goodwin
Midlothian
Goodwin
Waxahachie Barracks
Baker Hotel
Wise
Texas
Auxiliary
Missing Facts in Trial Bias and Legal Duty
Two witnesses identified Harry as the supermarket robber and a jury found him guilty. After the verdict his lawyer learned two others had said he was not the man. The court voided the verdict, citing the aim to free the innocent and the prosecutor’s duty not to suppress evidence. It cites intoxication and FBI test omissions as examples with differing outcomes. Written by Will Bernard. 1972 American Bar Association.
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Harry
American Bar Association
FBI
Mrs. Anderson Buried Sunday in Calvert
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby H. Anderson of Calvert were held at 3 p m Sunday July 9 from Heartfield Funeral Home chapel with Dr Joe Weldon Bailey officiating. Interment followed at Mount Vernon Cemetery. Pallbearers were John W Nash Joe Middleton Irwin Conitz Cooper Wiese J L Dick and Larry Mosley. Mrs Anderson died Friday July 7 born February 20 1892 in Calvert aged 80 years 4 months 17 days. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Calvert. Survivors include her brother Joseph M Henderson of New Orleans and three sisters Mrs L R Manning of Mexia Mrs A W Marshall of Longview and Mrs W P Breeding of Hearne.
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Ruby H. Anderson
Calvert
Chapel of Heartfield Funeral Home
Joe Weldon Bailey
Calvert First Baptist Church
Mount Vernon Cemetery
John W. Nash
Joe Middleton
Irwin Conitz
Cooper Wiese
J. L. Dick
Larry Mosley
Joseph M. Henderson
New Orleans
Louisiana
L. R. Manning
Mexia
A. W. Marshall
Longview
W. P. Breeding
Hearne
Louis Gregurek Rites Saturday
Funeral services for Louis Gregurek of Bay City were held at 2 p m Saturday July 8 from Taylor Brothers Chapel with Father Martin officiating. Burial was in Bay City Cemetery. Gregurek, 75, died July 6 after a heart attack. He was a retired water well contractor and Catholic. Surviving are his widow, one son Edward Louis Gregorek of Hearne, four daughters in Edinburg Houston and Marlin, 13 grandchildren and one great granddaughter. Attending from Hearne were E L Gregurek and Kie Mushinski Jr. and daughter Koda, and Edward Louis Gregurek Jr.
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Louis Gregurek
Bay City
Taylor Brothers Funeral Home
Martin
Gregurek
Edward Louis Gregorek
Hearne
Violet Pierce
J. W. Wallace Jr
Edinburg
Willie Mae Killough
Marlingen
Dorothy Ray
Houston
E. L. Gregurek
Kie Mushinski Jr
Koda
Edward Louis Gregurek Jr
Little League All Stars To Play Wednesday
The Little League All Stars practice for playoff games with a Wednesday match against Bryan West in Hearne at 8 p m. Lions Club diamond hosts the contest. Read about the star lineup including Roach Johnson Moore and others from Dodgers Cardinals Giants Astros Reds with Joe Moore Jr. as manager and Buddy Chamberlain as coach.
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Bryan West
Hearne
Lions Club
Charles Roach
Milton Johnson
Gregg Moore
Dodgers
Floyd Byrd
Cardinals
Jimmy Johnson
Jack Deason Jr
Giants
Teofilo Ortega Jr
Dennis Dick
Joe Barker
Daryl Kyle
Astros
Michael Groholski
Manuel Cantu
Larry Bielamowicz
Patrick Zan
Redegs
Joe Moore Jr
Buddy Chamberlain
Gibson Earns Place in Who's Who in High Schools
William Charles Gibson a 1972 Calvert High School graduate has been accepted into Who's Who in High Schools Honor Society for excellence in scholarship character and activities. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Eugene Gibson Jr of Calvert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Charles
Bill) Gibson
Calvert High School
Eugene Gibson Jr
Calvert
Henry Harris Rites Tuesday
Funeral services for Henry W. Harris 94 were held at 2 p m Tuesday at the First United Methodist Church of Teague with Rev. Bill Webb officiating. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery Teague. Harris died Sunday night at home. He was born in Little Rock Arkansas, moved to Teague as a child, married Mittie Wheelis in 1903, who preceded him in death last year. He worked for Burlington-Rock Island Railroad and ran a grocery store and service station in Teague. He was the last surviving charter member of the First Methodist Church of Teague and a member of Woodmen of the World and Odd Fellows. Surviving are two daughters Mrs R G Jenkins of Waco and Mrs A J Tuggle of Hearne, five grandsons and seven great grandchildren.
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Henry W. Harris
First United Methodist Church of
Teague
Bill Webb
Longview
Greenwood Cemetery
Mr. Harris
Little Rock
Arkansas
Mittie Wheelis
Harris
Burlington-Rock Island Railroad
First Methodist Church of
Woodmen of the World
International Order of Oddfellows
R. G. Jenkins
Waco
A. J. Tuggle
Hearne
Graveside Rites For Henry Hall Held In Texas
Graveside services for 61 year old Henry Hall were conducted Thursday afternoon at Rosse Cemetery with Rev Bob Hutcherson officiating. Hall formerly lived in Franklin and had resided in Abilene recently where he died July 4. He was born and raised in New Baden and is survived by brother Clint James Hall of Franklin.
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Henry Hall
Rosse Cemetery
Bob Hutcherson
Hall
Franklin
Abilene
New Baden
Clint James Hall
Calvert City Council Considers Future Plans
Calvert City Council meets on July 6 to discuss future projects including a playground, downtown community center, and sewer expansion. They delayed a 10 percent Lone Star Gas rate increase while awaiting Gulf States Utilities settlement, set ambulance rates, permit TD enforcement on Highway 79, and consider a government grant survey for sewer work.
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Calvert City Council
Lone Star Gas
Gulf States Utilities
Wiese
Calvert
Lions ‘Club
Tax reform plans spark calls for termination dates
Congress faces multiple tax reform proposals as Ways and Means Chair Wilbur Mills and Senator Mike Mansfield back setting sunset clauses on 54 Internal Revenue Code provisions to force review of tax preferences. Critics warn this could shake business confidence and unsettle personal planning while noting past reforms and the unaddressed issue of rising government spending.
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Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Rep
Wilbur Mills
Mike Mansfield
Bremond Names F White Mayor After Death of Parsons
Frank White an alderman for 25 years and owner of Lloyds Drug Store was chosen mayor at a June 30 special Bremond city council meeting to fill the post and pay monthly bills. The council scheduled the next meeting for July 12 and, with FHA representatives, finalized a sewer extension project with Smith Pump Company to begin by midweek. The project spans 120 days to complete sewerage and two pump stations.
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White
Emory Scott
Doug Reeves
Federal Housing Authority
Watson Shaffer
Orville Fretwell
Franklin
Mr. Gaddis
Bonding Company
Dallas
Fred Soles
Smith Pump Company
Hearne Hosts Radio School for Dispatchers
A teletype and radio school for police dispatchers was held at the Hearne fire station on June 30. Participants included Hearne’s four women dispatchers Mrs Earl Hardcastle Mrs Shirley Franklin Mrs Mary Sisson and Miss Debra Tidwell along with Bryan PD Bryan DPS Brazos County Sheriff s Department College Station PD Cameron PD and sheriff s office Rockdale PD and Navasota PD.
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Hearne
Brazos Valley
Bryan PD
Bryan
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