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The Hearne (Texas) Democrat. Thursday, July 11, 1974 Every at By Tte HEARNE PRINTING COMPANY Leon Wilson Owner, Pvbltahcr JM S. Slunk Editor Lucille Stldhun Society Woodrow Tidwell Shop Foreman Tidwell Composition Jtmmjr L. Bonier Prlntet lUte for publishing leftl notices end lOf per word, minimum $1.90. National and local display per column inch.

Classified Advertising) forms close Monday, 12 noon. Display Advertising Deadline Tuesday 9 A. M. Dial 279-8411 or 3412 Childhood Landmark Tree Felled, Cut, Carted Off MATE. Per Year By Mail In Texas Per Year, By Mail Outside Texas Entered as second class matter May 2, 1911, at the Postoffice at Hearne, Texas, under the Act of March 3, 1Q79.

TBXAS MEMBER PER Attoclftlon Founded 1885 CHICK or NATIJMMl BY ACB MEMPHIS OFFICE TINN. MtOt Hearne, Texas, Thursday, July 11, 1974 E. Bartkowiak Services Held Funeral services for Miss Elba Bartkowiak, 73, of Bremond were held at 10 a. m. Thurdsay, July 4, from St.

Mary's Catholic Church with the Rev. Michael Krol as officiating priest. Interment in St. Mary's Cemetery, Bremond. Miss Bartkowiak, a longtime Bremond resident, died Monday afternoon, July 1, in Robertson County Community Hospital.

She was born December 20, 1900 in Joliet, Illinois and was a member of St. mary's Church in Bremond. Surviving are one sister, Mary Bartkowiak of Bremond; one niece and one great, nephew. Mrs. A.

Wren Services Held Funeral services for Mrs. Acrata H. Wren, 57, of Franklin were held at 10:30 a. m. Saturday, July 6, from the Methodist Church with the Rev.

J. Mack Endsley officiating and burial following in Franklin Cemetery. Mrs. Wren died Thursday, July 4, in a Bryan hospital. She was a member of the Church of Christ and a retired school teacher.

She is survived by a brother, D. J. Hamilton of Franklin; and two sisters, Mrs. Frances Hamilton of Lampasas and Mrs. Reba Hicks of Franklin.

READ THE CLASSIFIED ADS By BOBBY BATSON Old timers and not-so-old timers lost another childhood landmark this past week as the last of the big oak trees on old West Side campus, once Hearne High School, was chopped down, cut up, and carted away for fire wood. "The tree doctor told us it was too far gone to save," says Charles Miller, president of the Hearne Building and Loan Association that is preparing to build their new offices there. "I went to school there, and hated to see it have to go," he added. If you are one of the many hundreds of Hearne students who passed through the halls of the old three-story school building that stood like a fortress protecting Magnolia Street, you will remember that tree. It stood behind the in the middle of right field.

We didn't always like it there, but it was too big to move. Many of us, as youngsters, rested our weary souls beneath that tree. We enjoyed its shade during those hot and dusty days of school. Outside of the building, there just weren't that many places to rest. And if you played right field, you could always stand in the shade.

In our day at the old school, the grounds never knew the like of grass. Whoever did the landscaping back then must have felt that red dirt, gravel, goatheads, and grass burrs were items of everlasting beauty. They were in great abundance there. Probably more than parents and teachers, those things of "beauty" forced us to wear shoes to school. It was just too rough on the soles to stomp around in bare feet.

Only the tougher kids did that. I wasn't one of them. These surroundings were less than adequate. The trees were one of the few places a student could pause and relax in some kind of comfort. But time and progress have What would you live on if you suddenly lost your job? Be prepared with a Savings Account What would happen to you and your family if the company had to lay you off? Would you still be able to make your house payments? Could you pay the utility bills or even buy groceries? Experts say that you should have enough money in a savings account to last you at least six months, should you suddenly find yourself without income.

It's not easy to save that much money, but we can devise a savings plan to help make it as easy as sible. Talk to us today about your savings goals, First State Bank AN Accounts Insured Up To $20,000 HEARNE, TEXAS combined to force change on the school and its surroundings. The old building was first logo, back in 1963. It shouldn't have taken much to do it in. Your parents, and grandparents, probably spent some time there.

It's time was due. Several of the more than 100-year-old trees were felled to make room for the new road and overpass. Roads are not the friends of trees. Quietly, they passed unnoticed by the wayside. Now, the last of the old ones has been felled because of lack of attention and disease, but there is still a touch of pride left in its old hunks.

When the bitter blows of Texas northers come this winter, it will be still adding comfort. What once gave children relief from the hot Texas summer, will be giving them warmth from the cold Texas northers. That seems to be fair. I've got my though I don't have a fireplace. I just think maybe some barbecue would taste mighty good cooked over a piece of that tree.

A ray of future hope still remains. The cluster of younger trees on the northwest corner have weathered the storms. Building plans call for them to stay. That was the most popular sitting spot when we were there. Maybe the new owners will build some benches there so we can sit in the shade some summer afternoon and tell our children we used to go to school here and sit under these same trees to relax and keep cool.

WITH LEAVES WITHERING, and trunk uprooted, the last of the huge old oak trees on the former West Side School campus off Magnolia Street is now just a memory. Wheelock News L.K.J. The July oratory has been spoken, folded and laid away, but it was due those faithful men who fought, bled and died to make this an independent a foreign country. Wonder what they would think about it now, judging from cops, highway police, ambulance workers, over crowded hospitals, etc. when a celebration is held.

As the story goes two men were talking and one said, "Do you think God would have made this world if he had known how it was turning out?" The other replied, "If he hadn't known he wouldn't have made it. God doesn't balance the books until the year is gone." There is a song, "Everyone Needs A Rainbow." We would settle for a rain for it is really dry, dry over here. We listen from five o'clock to six o'clock every morning to hear what the weather man has to say. For the past week he has predicted 20 percent rain in this area. We are going to try to figure out in what area we are living.

They have had rain in Bryan, Franklin and Hearne and we are in between, but no rain. It will come, it always has. Grass is getting dry and farmers and ranchers will be forced to sell cheap cows. Sometimes, unfortunately, we must collide with the bad before we can totally appreciate the good. R.

L. Gooden, who has lived on the Killough Ranch since he was 11 years old (he is 57 years old now) had his other leg amputated one week ago in a Galveston hospital. He is much disturbed, but will return to the hospital in a week to have the fitting for a leg on the one first amputated. Don't forget, neighbors, to cheer him. Visiting in the home of Mrs.

Lila Ruddle have been her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Leighman and children from Willis. Leighman had been in the hospital and was resting up before going back to work. On June 30 the Duncan family held their reunion in Kosse.

This year there was someone from each member of the family present and a grand and glorious time was had by all. Mrs. Wilma Ethridge came from Florida and Mrs. Mary Alice Guess came from Beau- For Sale All Sizes and Dimensions of: Posts, treated Poles Nails Lumber, treated Grader Blades Prices and Quotations subject to availability of material A. BALL 1700 Highway 21 West BRYAN mont and both of these ladies visited with Mrs.

Ruddle. This was the first time to have had them in the home since her parents passed away. These ladies will be remembered as sisters of her father, C. P. Duncan.

Such a short visit but many memories and good times were relived with their visit and we hope that soon this can be done again. Mrs. May belle Loosier passed away on July 2 at her home in Calvert. Funeral services were held on July 5 at First Baptist Church at Wheelock with the Rev. Clifton Barnett and the Rev.

Paldrack of McAllen in charge. The Melton reunion was held Sunday in the beautiful back yard of the Jesse Miller home at Wheelock. The oldest Melton surviving is Mrs. Myrtle Melton Cobb of Denton. She was present along with many descendants of the early Melton family.

People from Dallas, Denton, Clute, Baytown, Waco, Killeen, Hearne, Franklin, Houston and other places attended. Brazos Bottom Bits Mrs. M. M. Ottea Mr.

and Mrs. T. E. Foyt of Houston were recent guests of his mother, Mrs. Frances Foyt.

Our sincerest congratulations' to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Collier, who on July 3, observed their fifty-seventh wedding anniversary.

Both are a joy to the community and we love them! Yes, Mr. Collier was in his usual place, in the office of the Collier's Store, early Wednesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Ami Kol of Israel, presently living in Louisiana where Mr.

Kol is studying farming practices, were overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Nigliazzo on Tuesday of last week. The group toured the University farm and observed farming practices while Mr. Kol gained some knowledge of these practices through "in field" study.

Mrs. John Saunders and son, John Michael, of El Paso have been visiting in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C.

Merka, for the past two weeks. The Stak-Pacs, the newest in hay storing, can be seen all along the highway. They look a little like a yellow igloo and are stacked in neat rows. Maize is maturing and harvesting can be expected by the end of the month, if all goes well. Rain is badly needed as farmers continue the irrigation process in the cotton fields.

Many of us are concerned about the state of the world. Well, we could start by doing what we can in our own small way in the world about us, our own little part of the world. By doing the good things and helping others. Yes, by cleaning out our own little corner, ridding it of all that is especially displeasing to God. We can do it.

What are we afraid pray that, Dear God, let it start with me. So much can be done with this one little thought and some persistence. In an average year Texas has 1,850 forest fires which burn 26,000 acres. James McCreary Marlin Service Funeral services for James D. McCreary, 51, of Marlin were held at 2 p.

m. Sunday, July 7, from the chapel of Adams Funeral Home in Marlin with the Rev. A. Bratcher officiating. Interment was in Hillcrest Cemetery of Marlin.

Mr. McCreary died Friday, July 5, in a Marlin hospital with death attributed to an apparent heart attack. He had been a resident of Marlin since 1949 where he was a compliance supervisor with the U. S. Department of Agriculture.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ida McCreary of Marlin; four sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Elliott of Hearne, Mrs. Wanda Sen wake and Mrs. Mary Pomykal of Lott and Mrs.

Lorena Ellison of Dickinson; and two brothers, Jack McCreary of Lott and Claude Lee McCreary of Austin. DANCE FIREMAN'S HALL Friday, July 12 8 P. M. to 12 Midnight MUSIC BY Moe Bandy The Mavericks Mr. and Mrs.

T. H. Stotts and children, Connie and Kevin, are at home after an enjoyable week's vacation in Galveston, Houston, Livingston and Dallas. The family motored to Galveston on Sunday and spent two days drinking in the sun, sand and sea along the Gulf beach and enjoying a visit to Seaorama. Wednesday was spent visiting with Mrs.

sister, Miss Peggy Alexander in Houston where Connie and Kevin remained for a longer visit while their parents travelled to Dallas. A highlight of the couple's stay in Dallas was attending the Roger Miller show at the Fairmont Hotel. On the Fourth of July, Mr. and Mrs. Stotts joined their children and Miss Alexander at the home of Mrs.

Stotts' parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Alexander, in Livingston to enjoy the day and return their children home with them that afternoon.

Mrs. Al Grocke and children, Dennis and Holly, of Fort Davis were visitors with her mother, Mrs. W. W. Pope, last week.

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