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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1962
Page
2
Residents learned no written report would be issued after a month long grand jury inquiry into Henry Marshall death. The probe drew heavy media coverage and raised public questions about county officials and jurors secrecy rules. A petition for a report is suggested for court review.
Congress moves a new version of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 through the Ways and Means Committee authorizing tariff reductions and new safeguards from 1962 to 1967. The measure ties tariff cuts to interagency review, with expanded National Security provisions and altered rules for agricultural and tropical commodities. House votes to recommit the Farm Bill, signaling likely no broad farm legislation this session, amid strong farmer opposition to controls and dairy and feed grain provisions.
The reminiscence extols colorful railroad workers from Hearne Texas and nearby towns. Norman McCarver highlights Dick Mundine old time engineer and Big Fiddle Shepler plus Sam Adkins. The narrator favors H H Red Hardy of Ennis as the most colorful, recounting his speed and a town chase. Hardy died in the early fifties and is buried near Mingus. Also mentions a new 22 apartment building near the University of Texas tower in Austin by Frank DeStefano and sons with two more projects planned.
A collage of notes mentions Sammy Altimore joining Texas freshman football, Robert Neff signing with Stephen F. Austin in Nacogdoches, and Rostello Carsons returning from a West trip via El Paso Phoenix and Colorado. It notes Glenn McCarthy’s latest dispute and hints attorney Bryan Russ may join the McClellan committee in the Billie Sol Estes inquiry in Washington.
Mrs Jim Stogsdill and daughter Stacy from Houston arrived last Thursday to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Roy Henry and brother's family Mr and Mrs Roy Larkin Henry and sons. Mr Stogsdill joined for the weekend and they returned home Sunday.
Mrs. R. H. Ballinger traveled back to Hearne on a five week trip through the East and Southeast visiting Capt. J. M. Ballinger and family in Annapolis Maryland and calling on relatives in Georgia South Carolina and New Orleans ending her journey in Hearne.
Wheelock notes a good Tuesday afternoon rain easing heat. Corn remains strong after a wet spring, unlike last May when only half an inch caused crop failure. Local visits include Martha Campbell, Helen Blair, and many others from Bryan, Grand Prairie, Mexia, and New Baden. New arrival is a son to Rev. and Mrs. Clifford Edge Jr. plus church updates and organ donation. Santa Rosa Roundup memories close the piece with a vivid horse parade scene.
Mr and Mrs B M Casey and children Terry and Mack from Danciger visited Mrs and Mrs R E Leslie over the weekend Terry stayed longer with his grandparents.
Mr and Mrs Roy Jones visited with their parents Mr and Mrs Tom Jones and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Batson during the weekend en route to Houston after a vacation at Lake Travis. They were accompanied by Mr and Mrs Bob Hall of Houston.
Mr and Mrs G F Porter returned Tuesday from a week in Houston and Pasadena where they were guests of Mr and Mrs Frank Gibbs and Mr and Mrs Glen Rushing in Houston and Mr and Mrs Norman Rushing and family in Pasadena Miss Ronda Rushing accompanied them home for a visit here and in Calvert with her grandparents Mr and Mrs A A Nance
Calvert week long visitor notes list Mrs J D Hucks and John Fisher family guests in Kingsville and those visiting from Houston Dallas Winnetka and Lorena. Local trips include weddings in Nashville Corpus Christi and Houston with relatives and ministers hosting church founding events.
Mr and Mrs Ruben Bonilla of Corpus Christi announce the engagement of their daughter Esther to Nolan K Read of Fort Worth Both graduates of Baylor University.
Mrs Joe S Sturgis Jr and Mrs Inez Ward were visitors in Bremend on Thursday morning, according to local notes.
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