A 19-year-old Fort Hood serviceman became Fayette County’s seventh traffic fatality of the year early Saturday morning when he was killed in an auto- pedestrian accident just north of Kirtley on Hwy. 71. Highway Patrolman David Wansley, who investigated along with Patrolman Norman Ball and Deputy Sheriff Vastine Koopmann, said W/M David R. Britton was apparently lying in the west lane of the highway when he a 1967 Olds struck him. The Houston driver of that vehicle said the car immediately ahead of him had veered to the right, but he assumed it was because an approaching vehicle was moving across the center line. As soon as he saw a man on the road, the driver said he slammed on his brakes. However, he could not stop his car fast enough to avoid the accident. The victim was attached to Company C., 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry of the 2nd Armored Division.

That Little Voice I wonder about patience: when to have it and when to march on, not waiting for good sense to rule. I’ve never been particularly good at choosing the correct timing for either one, but I do believe there are times for both ways to approach decision making.

To the Editor: Most Fayette County residents and Texans, and Americans believe in our Constitution and democratic form of government. But many may not know what to look and listen for as indicators of fascist tactics in today’s Texas and America.

As Hospital Center of Excellence (HCOE) has been presenting the business case (of taking over St. Mark’s Medical Center) to potential investors, several investors have stated they would prefer to just buy it out of bankruptcy. While bankruptcy may very well be in the cards if HCOE is not successful in securing commitment for another $5 million in funding, bankruptcy is not a valid approach to saving the hospital. Why not?

C APITAL Highlights Forecasters for the National Weather Service are anticipating a more active hurricane season this year because of record-warm ocean surface temperatures, the Texas Tribune reported. Hurricane season runs through the end of November.

T EXAS History In the running war with Mexican bandits, six U.S. Army cavalrymen fought a brief battle with hit-and-run raiders on Aug.

Communications Director Animeals on Wheels Program Director When people start to make helping others a priority in their lives, they eventually reach the point when they realize that it becomes second nature, no matter if the soul in need is on two legs or four. Such was the case recently in a remarkable tale of care, cooperation, and charity of organizations in three local counties to help a dog in need named Mr.

City council formally approved rehabilitation treatment for the historic Muster Oak in downtown La Grange. A contract awarded to Columbus Tree and Lawn Service involved cleaning the large cavity at the base of the oak, as well as several other smaller cavities, sterilization, filling in the cavities to provide bases for new growth and cutting out decayed branches.

Everyone has one, maybe several embarrassing moments that are impossible to forget, no matter what age you were when they happened. There’s usually one that you classify as your ‘most embarrassing moment.” It stands out above all others. Sometimes these events end in laughter and sometimes they end in tears.

Is it possible to believe that in the mid 1960s, the State of Texas would allow 14 year old’s to have a driver’s license? Well they did. All that was necessary was proof of a hardship and living on a family farm was hardship enough. By the summer of 1964 I had my driver’s license, a car, and a need for the extra cash that working on our farm did not supply. “Borrowing” tractor gas and oil from the barn was no problem. What was needed was the money for insurance bills, road trips and the other necessities of life with wheels. I was a man about town in a ‘56 Mercury.