INSIDE NEWS STORIES
Lewis plays in regioal warm-up tourney
Junior Devin Lewis prepared for the upcoming regional golf tournament in Baird by participating in a qualifiers event hosted by Jim Ned High School. The tournament was played at the
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Confederate marker dedication held Saturday
A group of Sons of Confederate Veterans, members of the Order of Confederate Rose, relatives and friends gathered Saturday at the historic Copperas Cemetery to observe Confed-erate Memorial Month and
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JHS band wins big at Llano contests
Last Wednesday found our JHS Golden Eagle Band traveling to Llano for the Region VII U.I.L. Concert & Sight Reading Contest, where they excelled once again! Mr. Wynn directed the
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Congratulations to the JHS Lady Eagles! These young athletes won the District Meet with six first place performances, including all three relays. They are, standing, from left, Molly Carpenter, Shea Herring, Kayley Eckert, Kelley Eckert, Megan Murr, Morgan Wellmann and Nicole Wellmann. Kneeling are Eva Beam and Jillian Haschke. All nine team members will compete in the regional meet in Abilene on April 27-28.
Third generation bridge and road man Dean Martin stands in the company’s yard among some of the equipment used to mix concrete. Dean and his dad, Harold Dean Martin, recently added the delivery of ready-mix concrete to the services provided by the company.
Debbie Cooper Kistler
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In years past, it was fairly common for a young man to learn his father’s trade and continue the “family business”. Although the tradition is less common these days, Junction’s Harold Dean Martin and son Dean Martin are the second and third generations building bridges and roads around Texas.
H. D. followed in his own father’s footsteps, starting Cherokee Bridge and Road Company in 1970. Dean started “helping” when he was a little boy, according to his dad, and came on board full time in 1986.
Now, they have expanded the services their company offers because they saw a need in the construction community. Cherokee has added the sale and delivery of commercial ready-mix concrete. The company purchased three drum-mixer trucks and is delivering concrete to work sites early in the mornings, after 5 p.m. and on Saturdays, in addition to regular 8 to 5 weekdays.
“We are seeing that our customers really appreciate these expanded hours,” said H. D. Martin. “This is a service we felt would help the general public. It makes their jobs a little easier.”
The company sells concrete, base materials, rock and other building materials. A volumetric mixer, for mixing concrete at a job site, has been available from Cherokee for the last four years and will continue to be an option.
The Martins employ between 60 and 75 employees. Several have been with C. B. & R. for as many as 30 years. In some cases, second and third generations are working for the company. The Martins said that treating their employees well is important and is the reason for the longevity of those employees.
Harold Dean has a collection of Indian arrowheads on display in his office and explained that he named the family business Cherokee because his great-grandmother was a full-blooded Cherokee.
The father and son partners agreed that they are proud of working together and worshiping together and look forward to continuing to build and expand their business as they see needs arise.
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