Kiwanis Radio Auction slated Saturday over KWBC
Navasota area residents can bid on 67 items valued at 2843.66 during the thirteenth Kiwanis Radio Auction broadcast live from 3 to 7 p.m. at Navasota City Hall. Bert Hansen notes proceeds fund youth projects including a $600 scholarship and local sponsorships.
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Navasota
Kiwanis
KWBC
KRA Central
Navasota City Hall
KRA
Bert Hansen
Grimes County Library
Weaver Apiaries
Lilly
Blue Bell
Borden's
Lilly Milk
Coca-Cola
Navasota Examiner
Navasota Telephone Company
Robert B. Curry Arco Bulk Products
Erv Bontrager
Schulz Mobile Home Corp
Gulf States Utilities Company
Examiner
Storm damage in Navasota area tops half a million
Paula Stephenson reports a June 6 GAB storm office set up in Navasota to handle wind and hail claims. Roughly 800 to 1,000 homes damaged, many roofs and autos ruined, roads, bridges, and crops affected. two months to repair roads, with worst damage south of Navasota and in White Hall.
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Robert Prinz
General Adjustment Bureau
GAB
Navasota
Washington
W. E. Gibson
The
Gibson Insurance Agency
Walter Borski
Grimes County
Borski
White Hall
Fire ant bait distribution set Saturday in Grimes County
The Grimes County Imported Fire Ant committee will distribute Mirex fire ant bait Saturday June 30 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at multiple points including Schroeder's store White Hall Greenwood Plantersville American Legion fair grounds Anderson William Thomas Richards Woods feed store Iola Jerry Dyer Feed Store Bedias J. D. Moody's Piedmont and E. J. Eberhart Shiro.
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Grimes County
Schroeder
Examiner Wins First in News Writing and Coverage
The Navasota Examiner earned first place in news writing and news coverage at the 94th Texas Press Association summer convention. Publisher Bob Whitten accepted the awards Friday at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Houston as judges from prize winning Arkansas newspapers presided over the event.
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Navasota Examiner
Texas Press Association
Bob Whitten
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Houston
TPA
Arkansas
Three Suspects Freed on Bond in $10,000 Theft Case
Three men arrested in Bellville for the June 6 theft of $10,000 from Navasota resident W. E. Reynolds were released on bond. Howard Smith Hackett saw his bond cut to 10,000 while Robert Taylor and Wesley Armstrong posted 25,000 each. Reynolds identified the trio and said he was coerced into a 10,000 bank loan for them.
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Bellville
Navasota
Bill Foster
Howard Smith Hackett
Robert Taylor
Wesley Armstrong
Houston
W. E. Reynolds
Reynolds
Conroe men held in Red Star Grocery burglary case
Two Conroe men, Jackie Reedy and James Cook, are jailed in Grimes County on 1000 bond each after a June 17 attempted burglary of Red Star Grocery on Farm Road 1774 between Anderson and Plantersville. They were charged with willful damage to property and were arrested June 19 in relation to a DWI. The incident included gunfire that damaged the store front. the owner Tommy Floyd provided a vehicle description.
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Conroe
Grimes County
Anderson
Red Star
Farm Road
Plantersville
Bill Foster
Jackie Carl Reedy
James R Cook
Red Barn
Foster
Tommy Floyd
Westland shuts in Apalonia gas well near Anderson
John Willis of Westland Oil Company Houston says the Apalonia well east of Anderson has been completed as a shut-in gas well. He declines to give depth or pressure details but notes the potential exists though there is no market yet.
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John Willis
Westland Oil Company
Houston
Examiner
Apalonia
Anderson
Mr. Willis
Thieves Steal Portable TV From Navasota Area Home
Deputy Sheriff Bubba Love investigated a theft at the J. T. Taylor residence seven miles south of Navasota off State Highway 6. Reported Sunday, a back door latch was broken to enter and only the portable television was taken.
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Bubba Love
J. T. Taylor
Navasota
Taylors
Trailer used for theft is abandoned
Thieves attempted to steal an industrial front-end loader from a rock pit near Shiro but failed. Deputy Sheriff Bubbalove on routine patrol found the abandoned trailer involved in the incident. Continued on Page 14.
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Shiro
Bubbalove
Retiring Mid-South director R P Trant honored
R P Trant of Keith retires after 34 years as Mid-South Electric Cooperative director. He helped organize rural electrification in Grimes County starting in 1939, served as secretary-treasurer, vice president and president, and was named honorary life member. By 1942 the coop had its first lines energized and now serves about 6,700 members on 1,700 miles of line across five counties.
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R. P. Trant
Keith
Mid-South Electric Cooperative
Mr. Trant
Rural Electrification Administration
Grimes County
Trant
Mid-South Electric Coopera
Curtis Maynard
Bond election planned for Bluebonnet Country district
A $7 million bond issue for Grimes County Municipal District No. 1 in Bluebonnet Country will be on Saturday, July 14 from 7 am to 7 pm at the Golf Club House on old Bridge Road. Funds cover water and sewer systems, a sewage plant, and drainage with detailed cost estimates including construction, planning, and bond issuance fees. Bluebonnet Country is a $50 million development on FM 2445, 11 miles east of Navasota off Hwy 105.
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Grimes County
Bluebonnet Country
Navasota
KWBC to Air at 6 30 A M For July Schedule
KWBC will sign on at 6 30 a.m. from Monday through Saturday for the month of July and will sign off at 6 p.m. Sunday hours are 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. The change aligns with FCC requirements and KWEC signs on for July at 6 30 a.m.
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Henry Fuelberg
KWBC
Federal Communications Commission
City to observe July 4 holiday in Navasota area
Navasota businesses and government offices including merchants, financial institutions, the Post Office and City Hall will be closed Wednesday July 4 in observance of Independence Day. The closure reflects a decision supported by the Navasota Retail Merchants Association.
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Navasota
City Hall
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Jos. Waldman
Sorrell Manufacturing Company
Eddie Martin
Security State Bank
Hansen
Navasota Federal Savings and Loan Association
Lou Hertenberger, Inc
Navasota Livestock Auction Company
Goodwin-Baker
By Paula Stephenson
Justice of the Peace
Bobby Wickey
the Texas Press
Westland
Mid-South
Old Bridge Road
KWEC
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