Hunt Co., TX - High Winds Cause Damage In Celeste
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High Winds Cause Damage In Celeste
    High winds with some hail did damage to some fourteen or more homes in
Celeste and area last Friday afternoon about 6:00 PM.  Two clouds from the east
and west uprooted trees and did more damage such as winds blowing over several
utility poles north of town.
    A seventy-five year old tree at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Staton was
blown down and the Staton home damaged.  Barns were unroofed at T. B.
Weatherley, Jr.'s and Billy Barnard's.  The front porch was blown from the Elmo
Jordan's home and a picture window broken at the O. H. Lee home.  A bath house
at the Lem Warren home was blown over and the pipes were broken.
    TV antennas were broken or damaged otherwise at the homes of Tom Mulkey,
Eddie Rowell, Lonnie Linton, Mrs. R. T. Baker, and Ronnie Lumpkins.
    The light power was off for some time because of trees falling on the wire.
Frank Ponath, Community Public Service Company serviceman, restored the power
in a few hours.  (August 11, 1967, The Celeste Courier)