Lake Whitney Views (Whitney, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 1, 1959 Page: 3 of 8
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Information Licenses
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you saw it first in VIEWS.
farms
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BUY A LAKE LOT NOW
ENJOY IT WEEK ENDS
AND VACATIONS
WHILE BUILDING YOUR
RETIREMENT HOME
ROUGH FISH PRIZE
Bob Dillard is offering a rod
and reel for the biggest rough
fish weighed before Christmas
at Big Bob’s place at the Bos-
que County end of Whitney Dam.
Bob says the carp and buffalo
may be caught any way, so long
as the roughies are taken from
Lake Whitney or the Brazos just
below Whitney Dam.
ity
Elects 7
Upsets LW
Playhouse
A 20-foot rise upset the Lake
Whitney playhouse early in Oct.,
but the lake level returned to
normal by mid-month.
Water level was 517.28 (feet
above sea level) Oct. 1. Heavy
rains over the Brazos watershed
started the rise Oct. 3. Whitney
Dam’s sluicegates were closed
to prevent flooding downstream
about the same time Possum
Kingdom opened some flood-
LAKE LOTS $100
WOODLAND HILLS
Artesian Water—Electricity
Hundreds Have Built Lake
Cottages and Homes.
Scores Have Retired and
Are Enjoying Life At
Lake Whitney.
WHY NOT JOIN THE FUN
COMMUNITY
PUBLIC SilMCf
Meridian
BOSQUE CO. SEAT
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Ambulance Service
Brister
Funeral
Home
BURIAL INSURANCE
Meridian - Walnut Springs
FOR THE WIDEST
CHOICE OF
LAKE LOTS
BUSINESS '
SITES
COME TO OUR OFFICE
ON STATE HIGHWAY 22
Between Whitney and Dam
LET US SHOW YOU
AT NO OBLIGATION
ON YOUR PART
Our EASY TERMS Enable
You To
PLAY AS YOU PAY
or
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COTTAGE
MINNOWS
RENT BOATS
All Kind of Supplies
Licenses - Information
Charlie’s
BAIT & TACKLE
24-Hour Service
Phone TU 9-2375
KOPPERL, TEXAS
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Henderson & Caddo
CLEBURNE, TEXAS
Hill’s Tackle & Bait
“ONE STOP" FDR FISHERMEN
ON HIGHWAY 22 AT
EAST WHITNEY ‘Y’
Phone 3411, Whitney
LAWRENCE & FDY HILL
Lawton Ward
Texaco Station
SPORTING GOODS
DIAMOND TIRES
24 Months Unconditional
Guarantee
BLUM, TEXAS
in the water levhl. Main damage
was to boathouses and barges
where cables were not let out
soon enough.
The rise kept commercial op-
erators busy letting out cables;
LAKE WHITNEY
ENTERPRISES ,
REAL ESTATE %
NOW LAMP POST
The Lamp Post is the new
name for Durham’s Corner.
D. Holmes and Isabelle Smith
have purchased the business on
Highway 933 from Mr. ;and Mrs.
C. T. Durham. The Smith’s come
to Lake Whitney from Dallas,
where he was with Southwestern
Engraving Co. and she was in
real estate.
“We both like fishing and
hunting and dealing with sports-
men, so we thought life would
be more enjoyable at Lake Whit-
ney,” the Smiths report. They
plan to landscape and re-deco-
rate The Lamp Post. Mrs. Smith
will continue to sell real estate.
The Durhams have purchased
a home in the Cedar Creek re-
gion and will continue to make
their home at Lake Whitney. .He
is opening a guide service.
‘The Best Properties In Hill & Bosque Counties By A Dam Site’
LAKE WHITNEY ENTERPRISES
BOX 218 WHITNEY, TEXAS PHO. 2592
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SERVING
Lighthouse Village • Shore Acres
Cooney Cavern • Laguna Park
Kopperl • Blum • Morgan
OFFICES AT
Whitney • Meridian • Clifton
in Lake Whitney area
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ENTERPRISES
Has The Lot For You
Whether You Want To':
PITCH A TENT
PARK A TRAILER
BUILD A MANSION
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Robert Turner Jr., E. M. Austin, CONSISTANT — T. R. Bramlett, gates. This caused a rapid rise
J. Elmo Smith, R,., S. DillardjSr., Dallas, catches big bass every with the crest of 537.28 being
reached Oct. 8.
Fortunately the sun came out
was
will be appealed in the Tenth ber.
Court of Civil Appeals at Waco. The studio shortened Carel-
A recent interpretation of gean’s name to Carol; then she
state law permitting a political changed her last name to An-
subdivision in a dry county to thony. She reports being happily
hold a local beer-liquor option married to a man she met while
election is causing wide in- in California for the Miss Uni-
terest in Lake Whitney incor- verse.
poration. Bosque County recent-
ly voted to remain dry by an
overwhelming margin, but boxes
in the lake area went wet.
ed on the grounds the voters With less than two months train- 515.86 on Sept. 28. Normal is
Rainfall registered six days
CAREER BOOMING
Miss Texas movie career is then pulling them in as water
dropped.
Water level had dropped two
Pictures after placing second rjse was anticipated then. Ele-
re HOMES LAKE LOTS
13 CABINS EASY TERMS :
D. J. Pearce, William Lee, Rob- month because he fishes sev-
ert Hammack, L. R. Myers. eral times a month. He holds a
The incorporation election g Ib.-lO oz. bass he caught just before too much damage
was held Sept. 1. Results an- before the rise in Big Rocky by done and Whitney Dam sluice-
nounced were 36 for incorpora- fishing a golden eel on 12 foot gates were opened to check the
tion, 34 against, and two ballots bottom. (Cooney Cavern Lodge rise and start a steady decline
Photo) in the water levhl. Main damage
void.
Opponents of incorporation
filed suit in 52nd District Court
contesting the election.
District Judge R. B. Cross
ordered the ballot box opened;
ruled four ballots void because
he was unable to determine the progressing nicely,
intent of the voters, and an- Carelgean Douglas signed a
nounced results as 35 against 7-year contract with Columbia feet in September, although
and 33 for incorporation. P’ ' J
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were not residents of the Lake ing she was cast in a picture,
Whitney area. Five ballots—four “Strangers When We Met.”
against and one for-were ruled Miss Texas also has been jn September "arid totalled 4.11
out, leaving the tally 32 to 31 selected as one of 13 Deb Stars inches. Year’s total at the %
in favor of incorporation. in the motion picture industry. mark was 29.97 inches.
Lawyers for the opposition She is to be presented on the
group served notice the ruling Bob Hope TV show in Novem- high of 100 on Sept. 26 to a low
will be appealed in the Tenth ber. of 59 Sept. 12.
The newly-formed city
Lake Whitney—still under
test—elects its first officials Bt
November 3.
Candidates announcing before A
the Oct. 9 deadline include: ■
Mayor—Joe Bennett and Fred K
Boyd. H
Marshal—E. J. Willenborg and F
W. H. Rice.
Aidermen (five to be selected) H
—John Hruska, Marvin Crane, al
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Lake Whitney Views (Whitney, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 1, 1959, newspaper, October 1, 1959; Whitney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1322099/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .