The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 8, 1971 Page: 4 of 4
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4 — THE WORTHAM JOURNAL. THURSDAY. JULY I. It71
JACK HAWKINS
SAYS...
IN
THE GROESBECK JOURNAL
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND
seventy-one is centennial
year not only for Mexia, but also
for Wortham, Groesbeck, and
Thornton, for in 1871 the build-
ing of the Houston and Texas
Central Railroad caused the cre-
ation of each of these towns
Bremond was created two years
earlier in 1869 when it became
the booming terminal for the
new railroad. Kosse, named for
civil engineer Theodore Kosse
who made the H&TC survey,
was reached by the railroad in
1870.
★
gREMOND WAS NAMED for
Paul Bremond, one of the
organizers of the Galveston and
Red River Railroad in 1855. On
September 1, 1856, the name was
changed to Houston and Texas
Central Railroad. Construction
of the railroad stopped at Mil-
lican, 80 miles north of Hous-
ton, during the War Between the
States, with construction resum-
WANT-ADS
WE ARE PLACING wolf bombs
on all of our farms. W. F. and
M. B. Eckhardt.
FOR SALE: 8-room house two
story house, 2 boths. 765-3241.
FOR MONUMENTS see Will
Mathiteon, representing Central
Monument Works of Corsicana.
Wigs - Wigs - Wigs
ALL STYLES AND COLORS
SHAGS - GYPSY - BASIC
LONG AND SHORT
FROM $15.95
FALLS. CASCADES AND
WIGLETS TO ORDER
FROM S7.95
Christine LeFevre
765-3372
REWARD for information lead-
ing to the recovery of 18-
month-old Black Angus bull
strayed from my pasture about
the first week in May.—Mrs.
O. D. Williams, 765-3937.
HUNTERS train your dog in a
few days—electronically—with
Jetco’s Champ-Tronic Trainer,
as used by the U.S. Armed
Forces in Vietnam. For Jetco
Electronic Products call Mrs.
Roy Miller, 765-3241. A com-
plete line of Electronic Metal
Locators, Fish Finders, Dog
Trainers and Alarms.
WIG STYLING,
CLEANING AND
CONDITIONING
BY LICENSED WIG
STYLIST
In Building Next to
Washateria on West Comal.
CALL 765-3516
OR COME BY.
No Appointment Neceesary
mg in 1867. Bryan, 66 miles
north of Millican, was reached in
August, 1867.
★
QROESBECK AND WORTHAM
were also named after prom-
inent raliroad officials. Abra-
ham Groesbeeck (as the name
was originally spelled) bought
984 acres of the Elisha Anglin
Survey on August 25, 1869, from
H. J. Buddington. Groesbeeck
then transferred the property to
the H&TC Townsite Company,
which laid the town out and
named it Groesbeeck, and it read
that way on the depot for many
years, but the post office, estab-
lished April 12, 1871, has always
been listed by the Postal Depart-
ment as Groesbeck. However,
the Postal Department may have
just made an unintentional mis-
take in leaving one “e” out of
the name Groesbeeck. Wortham
was originally named Long-
botham from the forebears of T.
Elmo Longbotham of Groesbeck,
but the Postal Department list-
ed the town as Long Bottom be-
fore changing it to Wortham in
honor of the railroad man.
Mexia, of course, was named
after Jose Antonio Mexia, one
of the original large Mexican
landowners in this area and a
friend of early Anglo-Texas.
Thornton was named in honor of
Nathaniel Macon Thornton who
sold the right-of-way and town-
site to the railroad.
★
y^N INTERESTING FEATURE
of the creation of Mexia and
Groesbeck is that the first set-
tlers of these two new towns
mostly came from Springfield,
the original county seat of Lime-
stone County, located on the
Navasota River, halfway be-
tween Groesbeck and Mexia.
Springfield was first laid out as
a town in 1838. It was desig-
nated as the county seat of
newly created Limestone County
by the Texas Legislature April
18, 1846.
Springfield was a thriving
town when the War Between the
States broke out in 1861, but it
died when the new railroad pass-
ed it by. Residents of Spring-
field have always been blamed
for lack of insight in dealing with
the railroad organizers, but The
Journal has the opinion that the
railroaders did not want to come
through a town already estab-
lished, because the creation of
new towns in which the railroad
owned the townsite helped fi-
nance the construction of the
railroad. Soon after the coming
of the railroad, Groesbeck was
elected as the new county seat
of Limestone County.
In closing the chapter on
Springfield, it is interesting to
note that it also at one time was
the county seat of the present
Freestone County, which was a
part of Limestone County until
created into a new county by
the Legislature September 6,
1850.
NEARLY EVER
COST MORE II
By BILL BOYKIN
Texas Press Association
AUSTIN.—July 1 turned out
to be a costly date for Texans.
Not only did the nearly $1 mil-
Hon-a-day ($604 million biennial-
ly) tax bill take effect, but prop-
erty owners got notice of hikes
of up to 25 per cent in their in-
surance rates. And just the day
before the State Insurance Board
staff recommended an average
2.8 per cent increase in private
auto insurance coverage effec-
tive September 1.
Tax bill raises the general
sales tax from 3.25 per cent to
four per cent statewide (five per
cent in many cities which also
levy a local sales tax); adds
three cents a pack to cigarette
taxes; increases liquor tax about
seven cents a fifth; raises beer
tax a fraction of a cent a bottle;
jumps sales tax on new cars to
four per cent (bringing in car
rentals) and jacks up corporate
franchise levy $1.25 per $1,000 of
capital.
A 10 per cent tax on mixed
TOMIBUVMG
mwn
drink sales went into effect last
month.
A new kind of “surtax" takes
effect September 1. It will cost
moving traffic violators $2.50;
other misdemeanors tried in
county court, $5, and those con-
victed of felony, $10.
Raise in homeowners’ and
other kinds of property insur-
ance came without formal an-
nouncement other than notices to
local agents.
Homeowners' rates rose 25
per cent along the seacoast (hit
by Hurricane Celia last August)
and in tornado-struck north-
northwest territory of the state.
Central area homeowners’ rate
jumped 22.1 per cent, too.
Extended coverage of all class-
es went up 26 per cent on the
coast, 24.6 per cent in north-
northwest and 19.7 per cent in
the central area. Extended cov-
erage for dwellings is up 25 per
cent on the coast and north-
northwest, 19.3 per cent in cen-
tral part of the state.
Fire insurance coverage in-
creases 5.2 per cent—or 7.1 per
cent for dwellings.
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You Are the Detective
DICK CORY SUCCEEDS
HOMER LEONARD IN POST
AUSTIN. (TPA)—'R. H. (Dick)
Cory, former Victoria legislator,
succeeds Homer Leonard as gen-
eral counsel and excutive vice-
president of Texas Brewers’ In-
stitute.
You have been listening this
afternoon to the radio reports of
the violent storm at sea and now
you receive a phone call from
the harbor where Paul Gardner’s
yacht has just come in and tied
up. Upon your arrival at the
harbor, you are told of the ac-
cidental death <tt the wealthy
Gardner during the-storm at sea.
“We were enjoying a real fun
cruise,” says Gardner’s niece,
Judy Gardner. “Then the storm
hit us . . . the worst one I’ve
ever been in and I was really
frightened . . . thought several
times we were going to be cap-
sized. Anyway, Uncle Paul had
been drinking rather heavily,
and as we were making our way
along the water-washed deck he
suddenly slipped at the top of
one of the stairways and tumbled
down. When we scrambled down
the ladder and reached him, he
was dead!" We left him just as
we found him.”
BANK CHARTER SOUGHT
AUSTIN. (TPA) — New state
bank charters are sought in Sat-
tler (Comal County) and Katy
(Fort Bend County).
The Soviet merchant fleet in-
cludes 51 U.S.-owned ships.
DR. WILLIAM D. PITTMAN
MEXIA, TEXAS
GENERAL OPTOMETRY ★ CONTACT LENSES
IN WORTHAM IT IS
BOUNDS HARDWARE
COMPLETE HARDWARE SERVICE — LIVE AND LET
LIVE PRICES — QUALITY MERCHANDISE!
Valm Tree*
Sixteen species of palm trees
flourish in the United States,
from North Carolina through
Florida and the Gulf Coast States
and inland to Texas, Arkansas,
and Oklahoma, as well as Califor-
nia. Fourteen are native to this
continent, the coconut and date
palm were imported.
After being conducted to the
spot where the tragedy occurred,
you look at the victim’s body as
it lies at the foot of the stairs,
one foot resting on the bottom
step, an ugly wound on his right
temple, a round pool of blood
on the wet deck next to his head.
A half-smoked pipe lies near his
outstretched right hand.
Judy’s fiance, George Sum-
mers, speaks up. “I was walk-
ing behind Judy, and between
watching to catch her if she
should slip and trying to keep
my own balance on the pitching
deck, I didn’t see Mr. Gardner
fall. It was only when Judy
screamed that I knew something
must have happened."
As you look at the remaining
two guests on the yacht, Susan
and Tom Harding, Tom says,
PARKING LOT PERILS
As part of its service, a neigh-
borhood market maintained a
parking lot behind the building.
Near one corner of the lot, the
stump of an old post jutted up
from the ground. One evening
a woman shopper tripped over
the stump and fell, dislocating a
hip.
Was the market legally liable
for her injury? In a court hear-
ing, the owner insisted that she
should have kept a sharper look
out for danger. But when the
woman pointed out that the light-
ing was poor at the site of the
accident, the court upheld her
claim.
The law places upon the own-
er of a parking lot a basic re-
sponsibility to keep it in safe
condition. Furthermore, he is
usually liable for injuries caused
by the negligence of his hired
help.
Nevertheless, the owner does
not guarantee absolute safety.
Some accidents are simply not
his fault. Thus: a man got hurt
in a parking lot when he slipped
on a gob of ice cream. Demand-
ing damages in court, he argued:
“It is up to the attendant to
keep the place clean. Since he
failed to do so, his employer is
liable.”
However, no one had any idea
how long the ice cream had been
lying there—or who had dropped
it in the first place. Rejecting the
man’s claim, the court said there
was “no evidence that the con-
dition existed long enough for
the (attendant), in the exercise
of reasonable care, to have dis-
covered and remedied it.”
Suppose the accident is caused
by someone’s careless driving
within the lot. May that be
blamed on the lot owner?
That question arose when a
motorist drove the wrong way
in a one-way aisle and knocked
down a small boy. The boy’s
parents tried to pin liability on
the owner of the lot, on the
theory that it was his duty to
‘'police" all drivers on his prem-
ises.
However, the court held the
owner not liable, because even a
watchful attendant could hardly
have acted quickly enough to be
. - helpful. Preventing this kind of
Susan and I had just reached an accident, the court felt, would
the door of our cabin when | can for closer policing by the
George yelled at us. We hurried management than the law could
back and found Mr. Gardner like
this. Having read a lot of mys-
tery stories and knowing some-
thing about police methods, I
advised everyone to keep hands
off, to leave him just as we found
him."
Exercise Good
Exercise improves blood and
cholesterol circulation, both im-
portant to maintain a healthy
heart The Family Fitness Coun-
cil says a daily personal regime
of exercise for 10-15 minutes is
the basic requirement and recom-;
mends use of scientifically-de-
signed equipment such as slant
boards, exercise bicycles, belt
managers and indoor joggers,
which carry the FFC tag of ap-
proval
Undersea Riches
Scattered through Earth’s 300
million cubic miles of seawater
are an estimated 10 million tons
of gold, 600 millions tons of sil-
ver, and 20 billion tons of ura-
nium.
Old Saloon
The box office for the restored
Ford’s Theater In Washington,
D.C. originally was the Star Sa-
loon. It was there actor John
Wilkes Booth had a last drink be-
fore going to the theater next
door to assassinate Abraham Lin-
coln.
This is
NEWSPAPER COUNTRY
WHERE COMPLETE COMMUNITY
COVERAGE COUNTS MOST...
(--- yoi can DEPEND on
THIS publication)
“Very commendable,’’ you re-
mark. “But I’m thinking there
has been just a little too much
care exercised here. Til have to
take all of you to headquarters
with me for further questioning.*
What has aroused your sus-
picions?
SOLUTION
If, as these persons claim-
ed, no one had touched or
moved the victim’s body af-
ter he fell, surely his body
would have rolled away from
the stairway and his foot
would not have remained on
the bottom step. That round
pool of blood you saw on the
wet deck wquld also have
washed away, and his pipe
would never have remained
near him on a pitching deck.
fairly expect.
Dote Set For
Land Loose Sole
AUSTIN. (TPA) — Leases <
97,726 acres of state-owned lai
in West Texas will be offered
public auction September
here by Board for Lease of Ur
versity Lands.
Total of 316 tracts will he so
to the highest bidder in A
drews, Cooke, Crane, Croeke
El Paso, Gaines, Pecos, Reaga
Terrell, Upton, Ward and Win
ler counties. Oil and gas leas
are being offered for the fii
time in El Paso County (block
12,000 acres). More than 44,0
acres in Deep Gas Trend in tl
Delaware and Val Verde Basil
also will .be up for bids.
have 376,950 Negro pupils.
BUY — SELL — TRADE
USE
JOURNAL WANT-ADS
FEEL SECURE
SEE US FOR THE
PROTECTION
OF MONEY LOSS
AGAINST MANY
KINDS OF
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HAZARDS.
E. A STRANGE
Complott Loon and Inturnnca Sarvica
(Fkw ow 35 Teen)
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*
ACROSS
1 - Land of ths
Norse men
10 - Grain
11 - Thun
12 - ftibllc notice
14 - Oldtime ‘you"
li - Exist
17 - Foe
18 - Consume
19 - Either
20 - Individuate
21 • Conceited
22 - To work
persistently
23 - Musical note
24 - Prohibit
25 - Eggs
27 - Ancient king-
dom of Croesus
29 - Pre position
30 - Those In
office
31 - Girl's name
32 - Indefinite
article
33 - Bathed (poet.)
34 - 'Big ..."
35 - International
Meteoric Society
(abb.)
36 - Bone
37 - Mimic
39 - . ...rasse
40 - Labels
42 - Has being
43 - Greek god of
shepherds
45 - Girl's name
46 - kalian river
47 - Melody
48 - College degree
49 - Parent
50 - Part of a pair
of trousers
si - Inhabitants of
a southern
U.S. stain
DOWN
2 - Native of •
Greek [aland
3 • Affirmative
vote
4 - Compass point
5 - Tenet
6 - Never!
7 - Weathercock
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8 - Ancient Roman
time of month
9 - Indian tribe
13 - Natives of an
Asiatic country
15 - West Indies cap-
ital city (poas ■)
16 - Argon (chem.)
17 - European
nation (poss.)
19 - American
Indian tribe
20 - Old English
(abb.)
22 - Parent
23 - Inhabitant of a
Floridian city
24 - Italian city
26 - Opposed to, la
•porta (abb.)
28 - outline "the"
30 - 'That Is "(abb.)
31 - Pronoun
34 - Exist
35 - To assail by
words
38 - Correspondence
afterthought
40 - Huge plant
41 - Prayerful end
42 - Mythological
girl loved
by Zeus
44 - Profit
46 - Dance step
47 - Beverage
49 - Pronoun
50 - Football pos-
ition (abb.)
This is the Year of the Boar
in the Chinese lunar calendar.
Mexico produced 1,740,000
bales of cotton in 1970.
WORTHAM METAL WORKS
PHONE RO 5-3203 or RO 5-3405 — WORTHAM
CHOOSE A AIR MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST MOO
THE FINEST AIR CONDITIONING FOR LESSI
FOOD BARGAINS
AT
KEELINGS
d We Deliver
— 765-3931
X No Deliveries After 4:30 P. M.
* FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, JULY 9-10
>f BURLESON
BAMA
e HONEY
APPLE JELLY
“ 8 Ox. Jar - 29c
Jar - 35c
1*
MELLORINE
GRIFFIN
Cream
CORN
1/2 Gal. - 39c
2 Cans - 45c
STUFFED OLIVES
......7 Ol Jar 32c
MRS. TUCKER'S
GOLD MEDAL
SHORTENING
FLOUR
3 Lb. Can - 79c
5 Lbs. - 69c
UNDERWOOD'S
ARMOUR
Corn Beef Spread
CORN BEEF HASH
4Va Oz. - 35c
1514 Oz. Can - 49c
DATES
CRACKERS
0 Os. Box
1 Lb. Box
29c
39c
COFFEE
1 Lb. 99c
O MEATS O
Spare Ribs........
1 Lb. 49c
-tfGa
L.............55c
1 Gallon ...........98c
1 Gallon - 2%......95c
Blsailfs......?...
......SCans 49c
- i-Thk Jk•* 2Sk*. ifcrlt *•
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Beirponch, Dolores. The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 8, 1971, newspaper, July 8, 1971; Wortham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1106603/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fairfield Library.