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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1963
Page
3
A nostalgic essay questions public opinion polls after a county tax election with a light mock survey of non voters and hypothetical reasons. It imagines voters saying they forgot to vote, disagreed with officials, or lacked transport citing a mix of trivial and serious motives for abstaining and hints at broader regional distrust.
Lyons Tom Foyt P A Reed Jr Emmett Ely Jr Bill Palmos and Guy Chandler managed tickets and food. E H Heartfield provided chairs and George Sisson ran the PA. A 1937 Elkhart Eagles bi district game film was shown.
A long string of personal names is presented, including Summerlin Winston Sanders William Douglas Billy Fleetwood Joe Brown Wilson Nowell Maxwell Demetre Palmos Dr Billy Blackstone Tommy Mooney Oliver Underwood G B Whitfield Harral Rose Col Lar ris Stansel Carl Johnson Bill Tom Cross Mathis Otten Harold Hill Zane Grey Wallace Dick Henderson Howard Edmonds George Thomas Smith Rupert Hamilton Paul Kingsley Earl Smyth Jr H L Tidwell Jr Henry Manton Dorrell Grady Griffin Don Reeder Dr Robert Allen Bob Cornforth Jr Pete Contella Jimmy Smyth Bernie Wright Lawson Jr Winfred Daniels R A Jones Jack Mathews and Ed Priestly.
Mr and Mrs A Ricketson and children Bubsue and Mark plan departure August 6 after a five week stay with I D McPhail in Hearne. They will drive to California to begin a two year tour of duty in Bangkok Thailand.
A small crowd attended the first Urban Renewal block meeting with Director Lewis McGuire noting the 5:30 p.m. start may have reduced turnout. He announced the next meeting would be Monday July 29 at 7:30 p.m. Invitations will go to directly concerned individuals, but any member of the public may attend.
Mr and Mrs Walter Van de Weghe announce the birth of a daughter Denise Yvonne on July 19 at a Rockdale hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Ralph Stubbs and Mrs Earl Hardcastle of Gause.
Among Wednesday evening visitors to Mrs. L. T. Hughes confined in a local hospital were Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Taylor of Bryan.
Sunday guests visited multiple households including Mr and Mrs E R Vaughan and Mr and Mrs John E Wood Jr and son. Guests came to see hosts and included Dr Billy Black Stone of Medford Oregon and Ralf Blackstone of Cushing plus the J C Wilkerson family of Port Arthur. Rupert Hamilton and Mr and Mrs Olen Herrington of Kilgore joined, as did Lamar Lessor of Smiley W E Chamberlain and Mrs Harv Chamberlain of Cameron.
Clark Gable flew home by plane on Sunday after a week with relatives in Alabama. He called on Mr and Mrs H C Abbott in Foley and on Mr and Mrs C H Quinn and Mr and Mrs Duke Chandler in Birmingham during the trip.
Mr and Mrs Tommy Vinton and sons Jeff and Miles of Odessa and Mr and Mrs C W Vinton of Somerville were Tuesday guests of Mr and Mrs Vester Boggan.
Miss Vivian Leeper of Houston is visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Luckey and their daughters Cindy and Dorothy this week.
Mr and Mrs A L Stanfield of Pasadena hosted relatives including his mother Mrs H N Stanfield and sister Mr and Mrs E M Herod. Dallas guests Miss Billie Jean Herod and Miss Kay Norton joined Thursday luncheon at the Stanfield home.
Mr and Mrs George Pharis and their children concluded a two week trip visiting London St Thomas Canada Niagara Falls and Cedar Falls Iowa They hosted visitors Mr and Mrs Lee Alexander of Houston after their return home.
Miss Daphne Tanner returned from a vacation visit with her sister Mrs. A C Nelson at Linden. They enjoyed an outing at Lake of the Pines. Mrs Nelson returned home with her for a short visit.
Mr and Mrs Bryan Russ and children Karen Becky and Rusty vacationed at Port Alto Bay last week on a seaside visit.
The Silverman family thanks neighbors and friends for sympathy after the passing of their beloved brother. Special thanks to the Dorcas Sunday School Class of Grace Methodist Church for their loving kindness. Mr. and Mrs. Jakie Silverman.
Tommy Lee Fisher of Hearne died at 12 55 a m July 22 from knife wounds after a fight in the 900 block of West Sixth Street. Justice of the Peace J E Mooney held an inquest. James Haynes was jailed after treatment for wounds and charged with murder. bond set at 2500.
City police investigated three break ins. L. C. Birmingham lost 15 sheets and various items from his garage. Brady's Super Market window was broken and a locked drawer emptied of about $75. King's Pick and Pay was pried open with $10 in silver, five ones, and six cartons of cigarettes taken.
Former Hearnites Mr and Mrs Burt Collins of Waco visited friends in Hearne Saturday before attending the Cochran reunion at Bucksnort Ranch Saturday evening.
Mr and Mrs Bob Jones and their sons from Waco visited their relatives Mr and Mrs M E Jones and Mrs Pete Lrentacost and son Pete Anthony Jr for the weekend. They also attended a reunion honoring Rev Anthony Morello of Houston.
Mrs Maggie Larned of Haskell spent the week visiting Mr and Mrs W R Tidwell.
Mr and Mrs G M Nevill of Bryan were overnight guests of their daughter Mr and Mrs Nick Turnham Jr and daughters.
Mrs. Alice Westbrook returned home Wednesday from a visit with her mother, Mrs John Grant in Houston.
Mr and Mrs M L T Jackson attended a White Auto Stores toy and gift show at the Statler Hilton Hotel in Dallas over Sunday Monday and Tuesday of this week.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Luke and their son Tommy of Houston visited Hearne last weekend to attend the Cochran reunion and see his parents Mr and Mrs E W Luke.
Mrs Robert M Smith returned home Tuesday after a week at the Baptist Assembly in Glorieta New Mexico.
Mr and Mrs Charles A Greenwood and their children Jim and Linda of Mercedes spent last weekend in Hearne visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Greenwood.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Reeder and children Andy and Donna visited Hearne over the weekend as guests of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Orts Jr. and daughter Georgia, and Mrs. Paul Reeder and Jimmy. Also visiting was her brother G. B. Whitfield of Houston, staying in the Orts home.
Miss Linda Hume of Dallas spent last week in Hearne visiting her grandmother Mrs. W. A Lynn and other relatives. Miss Georgia Orta accompanied her back to Dallas Sunday to visit this week with Linda and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hume.
Sara Sue Wilson appears on the University of Texas Dean's honor list as an Ample Cum Laude student for the semester. Five area residents enroll at Sam Houston State College for fall: Ramona Andrews, Lawrence Collie, Thomas Lund, Thomas Wilkins of Hearne, and Billy Todd of Gause. Major Rex Michael Jr. visits Franklin from California for the Boyo Cochran reunion, greeted by Mary Dell Wood and Mrs Locke Wood Mons. Elaine Lund named to Mary Hardin-Baylor College Dean's honor roll for spring. Dorothy Young, one of four of fifty, earns an award at Kilgore Junior College Twirling School. Shop First Monday Specials In The Democrat Next.
Troop 107 members met at Mrs Zeig’s house on July 1 at nine in the morning. They toured Tony Corltemelia’s farm to learn irrigation, visited the Corte melia home, and shared water melon and refreshments at Mrs Zeig’s home on July 17, 1963. Linda Cortemella collected dues and Nancy Kelly served as scribe.
Major and Mrs. Jack Nixon and their Sacramento son visited weekend at Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Herod. Also Mrs. Nixon’s daughter Miss Billie Herod and her roommate Miss Kay Norton of Dallas were guests for two days last week.
Mr and Mrs Jon Shaw of Charleston South Carolina are visiting their parents Mrs H D Smith and Mr and Mrs Wayne Shaw while on leave from the Navy.
Joe Smith of Dallas stays as a guest in the home of his mother Mrs H D Smith. The brief item notes a family visit showing Smith residing with his mother in Dallas.
Tom Saffo president of the Bell County Farmers Union urges all members and friends to attend a watermelon feast at Belton City Park on Tuesday July 30 at 8 p m. Robertson County F U president Sam Depelia Jr announced this week.
T. F. Dolney and his daughter Miss Sharon Dolney returned from a two week vacation to Houston Canada and Chicago. They started in Houston and visited Ottawa where Sister Monica at One Lady of Good Council Academy hosted them. They then toured Montreal before visiting the John Ryan family in Chicago. On return they visited relatives in Houston and Galveston.
William Whiteley Smith known as Uncle Bud was funeralized last Saturday with out of town attendees including Mrs. David White of San Marcos Rev W S Highsmith and Mrs Highsmith of San Antonio John R Smith of Houston Harold and Mrs Norman and T H Minor of Killeen Bill Smith and family of Gatesville Frank N McMillan Jr and son of Corpus Christi Mrs Frank N McMillan of Calvert James Martin Jr and children of Baytown attended.
Mrs Joe N Santos of Homeland California visited her niece and family Mr and Mrs E C Gable and son last week. Also visiting were her sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs A L Stanfield of Pasadena. During the stay Mrs Gables mother Mrs George Palmos came home from Austin to be with the family a few days.
A metropolitan daily reports no breaking news while noting substantial local aviation activity. Bay Cruses return to land after weeks at sea as Clark Gable flies in from Florida. John Hall arrives from San Antonio and heads toward Waco. Ladd Purl departs without a set destination, landing at Conroe Crockett and Palestine. Roy Tribbey flies to Lake Belton. an Army helicopter refuels en route to Fort Polk. Joe Grey offers a spar repair for a Paylorcraft under a tree, and J T Enterprises plans to modify a Super Cub into a dual role aircraft for sprayer or passenger use. an Houston inspector is expected. James Franks pursues a Chemical Engineering degree, hoping flying aids his work, with a grocery run hinted for future help.
Jack Whitlow of Waco spent the weekend as a guest of Mrs. Nezzis Sisson and the George Sisson family. On Saturday Mrs. Sisson escorted Whitlow to Houston to visit the A. W. Sisson and Jack Ellis families.
Overnight guests at the Crowders' home were Col. Larris Stansel from Hearne and Col. John Crego arriving by plane from Washington D C for the Boyo Cochran reunion. The Crowders visited in Temple earlier in the week with their daughter Mrs. John Cox and family including Jimmy and Johnny.
Mr and Mrs Edward Baldwin and their daughter Barbara of Pasadena were weekend guests of Barbara's grandmother Mrs Pearl Moss.
Carl Johnson and his son Carl Taylor Johnson of Houston were overnight guests of the Paul Kingsley family on Saturday, sharing a social visit and hospitality.
Mr and Mrs Jimmy Genova and daughter Rena Kay and Mr and Mrs Bill Genova of Kansas City Missouri visited Hearne relatives last weekend. The Genova family were houseguests of Mr and Mrs Sam Degelia and daughters while Mr and Mrs Bil Genova stayed with Mr and Mrs T C Cangelosi.
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