Rain Dampens Texas Town as Blizzard Fears Loom
A light morning rain measured about .2 inch in Mercury Texas as residents watch weather forecasts for a possible blizzard. Local events include Ray Dick of Howard Payne College conducting services at Mercury Baptist Church and visitors from Brownwood Midland San Angelo Coleman joining churchgoers and neighbors.
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National Guard
Jack Kimbrough
Bill Schaeffer
San Angelo
Margaret Jordan
Orville Beakley
Maria Lou
Luther
Coleman
Local Visists Drift To White Sands And Back
By Mrs D S Pumphrey Mr and Mrs L E Knutson drove to White Sands NM last Monday night and returned Wednesday night visiting their son in law and daughter Capt and Mrs C O Parker since a baby boy was born in the Parker home last November. Funeral held for Tina K Long at Mercury Baptist Church with relatives attending. Long died in Fort Worth after a heart attack. she was a former Mercury telephone operator and longtime resident of the area.
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L. E. Knutson
White Sands
N. M
C. O. Parker
Parker
Elwardo Jordan
Ernest Jordans
Elmer Foster
Frank Harkey
Calvin Deeds
George Veazey
Vancy Waddill
Midland
Leila Hardin
McCamey
Flora Waddill
Wesley Sansom
Brownwood Memorial Hospital
Mercury Baptist Church
Tina K. Long
Mercury and
Placid
Jerry Finnigan
Placid Baptist Church
Rochelle School Lunchroom Menu Monday to Thursday
The Rochelle school menu lists Monday meat loaf with tomato sauce and sides, Tuesday baked turkey with dressing and desserts, Wednesday grilled weiners with bun and potato salad, Thursday roast beef with rice and vegetables. The notice also notes strong north winds and light rain, with hostesses named in an earlier event.
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Mmes
Chester Penn
L. C. Underwood
Oma Teague
Leland Banks
Jesse Farris
Alfred Harris
Jance Adams
George Veazey
Lowell Smith
Flora Waddill
C. A. Turnell
John Lloyd Blauvelt
Grady Yates
Margaret Jordan
Rain delays farm work as rain halts cotton harvest
Fie Texas town reports continued field work stalling due to wet conditions. A few cotton bales were gathered last weekend but fields remain too muddy to harvest. Several local residents visit relatives and attend church events while students take exams at Texas University.
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Fife
Tex
Bob Finlay
Austin
James Finlay
Tommy Finlay
Texas University
R. L. Lewis
Brady
Bob Pearce
Bobby Pearce
Wayne Amarine
Odessa
Mason
Perry Kuhlman
Floyd Underwood
J. E. Amarine
Come and Get Em New 1961 1962 Texas Almanacs
Almanac sale notice from STANDARD-HERALD OFFICE advertising new 1961 1962 Texas Almanacs with price 1.65 postpaid 1.85 mail.
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Standard-Herald Office
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