Hood County News-Tablet from Granbury, Texas • Page 1

Hood County News- Volume No. 1 79 GRANBURY NEWS ESTABLISHED 1886 HOOD COUNTY TABLET ESTABLISHED 1919. CONSOLIDATED OLDEST CONTINUOUS BUSINESS IN HOOD COUNTY HOOD COUNTY NEWS-TABLET, GRANBURY, TEXAS. 76048 This That Sheriff' Office Open Fort Worth Cattle Sale Attracts Area This By is Norma such a Crawford wonderful Open Late Tonight Ranchers: Last Wednesday With the deadline here for time of the year. The in bloom is always such Japonica a lovely reminder that, spring is just around the corner.

I. believe it' arrives, officially Sunday night about There've been signs for several days, the trees budding, grass getting green. It's time to get to work in the yard and I haven't done a thing. Our dogs have done a little. They've rounded up some, of the strangest things, old gloves rags.

Don't, know they find, them but usually find them on the front porch or back steps. The Chamber of Commerce Centennial Committee and representives of various organizations met Monday night to talk about plans for a Centennial. Looks like we'll come up with something concrete by the April meeting. Right now it's sort of frightening. Breast Self Examination Film The women in Hood County will have opportunity shortly to learn how to safeguard their health and lives.

They will have a chance- to see a motion picture that doctors say already has saved the lives of a great many women and can be the means of saving thousands more each year. Showing of that film, entitled "Breast have been arranged by the Hood County Unit of the American Cancer Society. For five years that picture, teaching women to examine themselves for early signs of possible breast cancer, has been a vital SELF-EXAMINATION CONTINUED ON BACK PAGE Stanley Archer On Infocade Panel Stanley Archer, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.

C. Archer, represented the college level students at the West Texas Chamber of Commerce Infocade He spoke in Lubbock, Mineral Wells and San Angelo. Stanley is a Senior at Abilene Christian where his major is biology. The West Texas of includ the future leaders in the es panel discussions because of their stake i in the future. The Granbury-Hood County Chamber of Commerce made for Jimmy Berry Suzanne Weedon and Jackie Martin to attend the Mineral Wells meeting today.

George' Martin, Chamber of Commerce is accompaying them. president, registration under the new election code, the office of Hood County. Sheriff, Tax- Assessor and Collector will be open until midnight. That's the latest that registration can be done under the new election code. Everyone who has not registered is urged to do so at once.

Mother Daughter Tea at Tarleton STEPHENVILL, TEX. (Spl) The senior girls of Granbury, Tolar and Lipan Schools have been invited to attend the annual Mother-Daughter Tea at Tarleton State College. The tea will be held on March 22 from 3 to 5 p. m. in the parlor of the women's domitory on the Tarleton campus.

Individual invitation have been mailed, according to. Mrs. Stuart Chilton, who is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Chilton noted, however, that all senior girls are invited, although some names may have been overlook ed on the mailing list.

The program will include the Tarleton Singers, 16-voice Madrigal group, singing German and American folk songs and Negro spirituals. The Tarleton Singers are directed by William Hunt, assistant professor of music. The Mother-Daughter Tea is an' annual undertaking of the Tarleton. Campus Club. Last yea 241 senior girls attended the tea 'and 45 club members participated in the arrangement Tolar Homecoming Plans Underway Plans are being made for the Tolar Homecoming to be held May 8 this year.

The prog ram committee is scheduled to meet at the school building Sunday afternoon, March 20, at 2 p. m. to arrange the program. Sponsors are members of high school classes ending in 6. Program committee members are follows: Class of 1916: Della Dumas, Audrey Baker, W.

J. Browning. Class of 1926: Jack Giles, Nola Mienecke, Lois Wood Howard Jackson, Leonard Allen Gladys Underwood. Class of 19- 36: William Goforth, Leslie McIntosh Alvis O. and Imogene Neely, Carrie Mell, John H.

McLemore. Class of 1946: Jerry and Lometa Barton. Loraine McGregor, Ouida Campbell, Morris E. Gifford. Class of 19 56: Steve and Aline Wilson, Sue Nix, Kenneth Rose.

All members of the class of 1966 and their sponsor, Supt. T. D. Goodwin. Roy Pepper's Galiceno Grand Champion is shown here Roy Pepper with his two year old Galiceno Stallion, Senor "Rey, which was judged the Grand Champion Stallion of the 1966 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.

Three other: Galicenos raised and bred by Mr. Pepper were also. winners. El. Rey Pepe, now owned" by Mrs Fay McKandless to to to Tablet JUNE 15, 111 East 1945 EIGHT CENTS PER COPY NO.

26 Bridge EIGHT PAGES THURSDAY MARCH 17, 1966 SINCE JANUARY 1 1966 IN HOOP COUNTY Traffic Injuries Traffic Fatalities To Attend Governor's Conference On Libraries, March, 23 In Austin Final program plans for the, First Texas Governor's Conference on Libraries, March 23 in Austin, were announced today by state Libarian. Glynn Evelyn Van Zandt, president, of the Hood County Library Mrs. Lecil Meyer and Janis White, board members plan to attend. Governor John Connally will deliver the keynote address on the Conference theme, "Library Excellence: Today's Necessity." Robert Vosper, UCLA librarian, and. president of the American Library Association, will speak on "Library Support, A Shared As Prayer Groups for Hood County Crusade Prayer groups will begin meeting this week praying for the Hood County Crusade to be held in May.

Granbury has been divided into five areas. Mrs. Virgil Bond is chairman of Area 1 and has scheduled a prayer meeting for Thursday, March 24 at 7:30 in Fellowship Hall of the First Baptist Church. Helena Endsley, chairman of Group IL, will hold the first prayer meeting on April 5 with Mrs. R.

A. Armstrong and Mrs. J. C. Buck as leader.

Mrs. Vallie Smith, chairman of Area III, will announce her meeting later as will Bruce Price, chairman of Area V. Mrs. H. O'Neal, chairman of Area IV, is inviting residents in that area to attend the pray er -services tomorrow evening at.

7:30 in her home. Much preparation has gone into plans for the Hood County Crusade by churches of all nominations. Those working on the crusade feel that the prayers of Christian people will do much to insure its success in reaching many people for Christ, and urge all who can to, attend these group meetings. Baker H. D.

Club Met With Tintop The Baker H. D. Club met with representatives of the Tintop Community in the community center there to assist them in organizing an H. D. Club After the business meeting, Mrs Nannie Mae Atwood directed the recreation.

Get Medicare Blanks at Granbury Post Office Postmaster J. T. Maness of Granbury announced today that application blanks for supplemental Medicare benefits are a- vailable at the window of the Granbury Post. Office. The application blanks are being.

made available as the Social Security Administration seeks to contact 3.1 million senior citizens before a March 31 deadline imposed by the Med icare law. President Johnson has proclaimed March as "National Medicare Enrollment Month." He urged all federal agencies and citizens to cooperate in enrolling senior citizens in the program. Initially, some two and onehalf million applications blanks were distributed nearly 34, 000 main post offices, throught the 50 states. Additional forms are available as needed. Through direct mailing and other means, the Social Security Administration has had contact with 16 of the 19.1 million citizens who will be 65 or over on July 1.

Of the 16 million who replied, less than one million said they did not want to sign up for the supplemental program The supplemental program cost $3. a month and provides doctor bill and other benefits. Everyone 65 and over is eligible for the basic hospital' fits under Medicare. A copy of the application blank is displayed on the lobby bulletin board of the Post Office Senior citizens who reached before 1966 face a two year delay it they do sign up by March 31. The application forms are preaddressed to the Social Security Adminstration in Baltimore, Maryland.

Temple Hall Robert I. Jones Fairview 4-H report Died Saturday Club met Monday night, March 7, 1966. at the Monroe home, with Diane Gray presiding we gave the pledge, prayer, and motto. Gray Bennett gave the council report. We received the new 1966 yearbooks.

Mr. Hillman gave the times for judgings of the different classes at the County Fair, which is to be held March 24-26. Then he told how to groom and prepare animals for the show and showed some color slides. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Waunell Bennett and Mrs.

Betty Monroe. Steve Monroe, Attended Meeting In Austin Sunday 341 pounds, sold Leonard Farms of Leonard Bend. Seven head of short -yearlings, averaging 539 pounds, brought $30.70 to Donald Ray Campbell of. Maypearl. These were the highest prices recorded at the Stockyards since the summer and fall of 1959.

The overall sale market ranged from .50 to $1.50 higher with extremes up to $2.00 higher. The sale attracted a large of sellers throughout Texas Oklahoma. It was held to take advantage of early cattle coming off wheat, oat and grain fields, on the final day of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association annual metting in Ft. Worth. Other prices included choice fer calves 300-475 pounds, good and choice bull calves, 400-500 pounds, $28.50 and good to choice stock cows with varying size calves at side, bringing per pair.

Mac McConal, Hood County rancher, sold 16 steers averaging 636 pounds for $27.70 cwt at the Ft. Worth sale. Peanut Production Short Course All peanut producers are invited to attend a Peanut Production Short Course to be held at the School Cafetorium in Granbury Tuesday night, March 22 at 7:30 p. Specialists from Texas Extension Service will discuss insect and disease control I fertility, weed control, irriga-65 ition, varieties and harvesting. Keith Hillman, County Agent says all interested in peanut production will be glad they attended.

Milton Meyer, D. Rockwell W. C. Martin and Rep. Tom Holmes attended a meeting at the Commodore Perry Hotel in Austin Sunday for workers in the Crawford Martin campaign for Attorney General.

The business meeting was held during the afternoon and later friends of Mr. Martin honored him on his 50th birthday. Toni Harris Won Tri-County Contest Toni Harris is the winner of the Tri-County Electric Cooperative Speech Contest in Granbury High School. As the winner she receives $150 scholarship and will comI pete with other winners in Azle later this spring. The winners of that contest will have a free trip to Washington, D.

C. The subject matter dealt with rural electric cooperatives, ticularly Tri-County and the tremendous impact that electric ity has upon the lives of people living on farms and ranches. sloT sloT FORT WORTH-- (Special)-Highest prices at the Ft. Worth Stockyards since 1959 were recorded at the special "Big 9" cattle sale here Wednesday, March 9. More than 3,700 cattle were sold through the auction and by private with top price of $37.70 paid a group of 10 head of steer calves, averanging Granbury School Trustee Election Election of two trustees for the board of the Granbury Independent School will be held Saturday, April 2 from 8 a.

m. until 7 p. m. in the High school library. Those on the ticket include A.

L. Berry, for re-election and Richard T. Bennett, with two to elect. Effort to Fence Tolar Cemetery Being Made An effort is being made to raise enough money to fence the Tolar Cemetery with a chain link fence and to have every lot in the cemetery cleaned by May 8, date of Tolar Homecoming this year. At a meeting Saturday a great deal of interest was manifested and those attending contributed $395.00.

There are 177 lots in the Cem etery and the committee feels that if those lot-holders and others will give generously, the hoe amount needed can be raised. Donations may be mailed to Mrs. Jennie Davis, Route 1, Tolar. Checks may be made payable to "Tolar Cemetary Law Firm Opens Office Here The law firm of Dixon, Alley and Petrovich of Ft. Worth is announcing the opening of an office here in the State Bank Building.

Members of the firm are Jimmie C. Dixon, Travis Alley and George J. Petrovich. Jr. David Farris is an associate of the firm.

Mr. Dixon told the Tablet that in all probability he would move to Granbury in the future. He's already a property owner in the county, owning property near Lipan. Services Saturday for Mrs. Addie Fant Funeral services.

for Mrs. Addie Fant were held Saturday, March 12, 1966 at 2:00 p. m. at the Assembly of God church. Rev.

J. F. Owen of Austin, Rev R. C. Parren of Weatherford and Rev.

J. M. Buck pastor here, officiated. Mrs. Fant died Thursday, March 10 at her home on Doyle Street.

She had been ill for several weeks. She was born Oct. 31, 1881 in Tennessee. Her family moved to Hood County in 1902. re She lived in Weatherford in recent years, returning to make her home in Granbury in 1963.

Survivors are a daughter, Mrs Myrtle Barnhill of Weatherford two son, Ewell Fant of Thorp Spring and Rochell Fant of Granbury; three sisters, Mrs. Cora Allen and Mrs. W. R. Har vey of Texarkana and Mrs.

Alma Burns of. Bossier City, La. two brothers, Andrew Parker of Lincoln, Arkansas and Jim Parker of Ft. Worth; thirteen grandchildren and 21 great gran dchildren Burial was in the Granbury Cemetery, Terry Funeral Chapel in charge. Grandsons were pall bearers.

head of the nation's number one professional organization for librarians, he- maintains heavy speaking schedule and will leave Austin immediately after the Conference for Honolulu. Vosper will be introduced by the president of the Texas Library Association Heartsill Young. C. Stanley Banks, Sr. chairman, Texas Library and Historical Commision, will deliver the official welcome.

Chancellor Ransom of The University of Texas will discuss "Library Development in Texas" as part of the morning program. A luncheon will feature an address by Mrs. Weldon Lynch, Oakdale, Louisiana, nationally known lecturer on library problems, and past president of the American Library Trustee Association. Her topic will be "Libraries Need Citizens Mrs. Lillian Moore Bradshaw, director of the Dallas Public Library, and immediate past president of the Texas Library Association, will preside at the luncheon.

The afternoon session will hear an address on "Library Financial Sources," by Price Daniel, Liberty, former and. member of the Texas Library and Historical Commision. James L. Dove, past president of friends of Friends of Texas Libraries and the Texas Library Trustee Association will preside. Invocations will be delivered by the most Reverend Louis J.

Reicher, Bishop of the Diocese of Austin, and Dr. Edmund Heinsohn. Minister Emeritus, University Methodist Church, Austin. Conference participants will have an opportunity to raise individual problems in one hour discussions groups under the general chairmanship of Kenneth Jackson, Director, F1- eld Services Division, Texas State Library, Fifty laymen and 50 professional librarians will be co-leaders of the groups. Governor Connallyy will grethe invited participants at the 4 p.

m. reception concluding the one-day meeting. More than 1,500 Texas civic leaders, who have received formal invitations, will attend the Conference, called to discuss improving Texas library service. The state now ranks 37th in the nation in per capita public expenditure. and has 28 counties with no public library service.

Robert I. Jones, 87 died in Ft. Worth hospital Saturday. Mr. Jones, who lived at 3704 Bunting in Ft.

Worth, was the father of Mrs. Roy Giles of Granbury. He had been in critical condition for several weeks. Other survivors are his wife, Crew of Ft. Worth and a son, another daughter, Mrs.

0. H. Robert, three grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday at Owens Brumley chapel with burial in Mt. Olivet Mr.

and Mrs. Ray Cathey and children visited friends in Coleman, offer the weekend. Womens Division of Hood County Fair Located in Strain Hotel The Home Clubs of Hood County are sponsoring a Fair in which' all citizens are urge to take part. There will be something for everyone. The Fair will be held in the Strain Hotel this year so it will be convinient for everyone.

There will be a Senior Division for ages 15-20, and a Junior Division for those 14 years of age and under. Men and boys are urge to make entries as well as women and girls, Division I is Applied Arts in which is 1 included handwork of many kinds: Rugs, Quilts, Knitting, Crochet Embroidery, and accesories for the bedroom and. bathroom as well as arts in which you can show your skills in painting and all kinds of crafts. Division II is Clothing in which the seamestress can demonstrate her skills with the needle in clothing of every discription. Division III-The Home Canner can shine in the foods Division with her canned foods, There will be prizes offered in this Division as the Kerr Glass Company is offering 9 dozen quart jars in the three divisions of vegetables, Fruits and Meats.

The Home Baker is included in this Division to show her baking of Cakes, Pastry, Cookies and Home Baked Bread. Division IV is for Special Exhibits in which you or your club, community or any commercial firm can show Special Projects or Collections: These will not be judged. Division is Tables for Special Occasions in which you can show your skills in setting la pretty table for the holidays. Almost all Holidays are included. Division I is Horticulture and you can bring your pet pot plant or that special blossom you are proud of.

If you have a dried arrangement or even an artificial one that is pretty, bring along also, we have a place for them all, Enthusiam is evident in all who are working on the plans for the Fair and we are hoping everyone will have at least one entry. Bring your entries in by Five O' Clock Thursday afternoon, March 24 for everything except Horticulture, Baked Goods and Special Occasions Tables, and have these entries in by 10:00 O'Clock Thursday morning as the judging starts at 10:30. We will have a safe place to lock your entries at night so they will be safe. So bring your entries for us to see and who knows You might go home with a blue Ribbon. We will be given some worthwhile Door Prizes at the close of the Fair so at least come see us and drop your name in the box.

Mrs. R. D. Griffith Fair Superintendent of Ft. Worth was second in his halter classes, first in reining and second in western pleasure stallion, Jig Star, owned by B.

J. Giles of Godley was secand in aged stallion class and third in western pleasure. A mare, Juaquin Gray, was 3rd. in halter and fourth in western pleasure. MUSICAL SATURDAY AT BRUSHY There will be musical at Brushy Saturday night to which everyone is invited.

The attend ance and the music get better all the time the community TOports, uring music lovers to plan to be there Saturday night.