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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1971
Page
2
Mr and Mrs Joe S Sturgis Jr spent the weekend in Trinity visiting his mother Mrs Joe S Sturgis in Trinity Memorial Hospital They traveled to be present for Mrs Sturgis 90th birthday celebration on May.
Dear editor the writer questions why the Post Office does not adopt modern road speed for mail within 600 miles proposing a PICKUP TRUCK stamp for near customers and an AIR MAIL stamp for faster routes. He urges readers to write to the Postmaster General before mid-summer.
Mrs C M Altimore spent the weekend in Waco visiting her daughter and the family of Mr and Mrs O M Pierce Jr.
Fragment from a classified page presents a crossword with entries for clues such as 1 Requirements 5 Forgive 9 Nautical destination 10 Gardening implement 12 Employer and more including Turkish pipes and a lifeguard service abbreviation likely. The note indicates SEE ANSWER ON CLASSIFIED PAGE.
Ten years ago Hearne moved library assets to city control after a library association request. The budget rose from 1300 to 1800 dollars. Councilman Dr. Jack Lyons became mayor pro-tem. Speed limits for Southern Pacific trains were removed, a 2 mph restriction lifted at the railroad's request by A L Springfield and S A Findley. The 19AA district baseball contest ended in a dead heat with Rockdale defeating Hearne 16 6 to determine advancement in a three game playoff at Legion Field Bryan.
Hearne High School students competed in a Taylor High School twirling contest on Saturday May 1 earning four Division I ratings and four Division II ratings across solos duets trios and a sextet. Solos went to Luanne Jentsch Carla Cotropia Donna Mullinnix and others with multiple group entries. Division II covered solo twirling dance twirling trio and duet events with Deb b ie Kenamer Mullinnix Langford Chandler Cotropia and King among those recognized.
Rilene King accompanies Mrs Ken Kennamer and students to Taylor. Visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs Noble Aliphin last week included his cousin and family James and Jeannie Phillips of Lawndale California. James Phillips recently graduated from Berkeley College in Oakland California.
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