Local Attorne y Sends Missives From Mexico
Mahlon Walters, local attorney, visits Mexico for a wedding then stays to write several wish you were here postcards. He fusses at a stamp machine over twenty five cents for two ten cent stamps and ends up delivering a ten cent card to Ed Taylor. Marion Harris drives town seeking familiarization and almost misses a dead end street. Mickey Rabuka and John Patterson haggle over a picture price, split twenty five cents, and Fox halves a penny with clipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahlon Walters
Mexico
Mahlon
Ed Taylor
Rey
Marion Harris
Mickey Rabuka
John Patterson
Mickey
Jaycees Announce Projects in Jefferson
The Marion County Jaycees and their wives met at the V F W Lodge on Lake O the Pines for a barbecue dinner led by president John Taylor. Planned projects include a Charter Night Banquet Clean Up Campaign Pilgrimage Youth Programs and Santa's Visit to Jefferson. A Jaycee Wives Club was announced with an organizational meeting January 30 at Wanda Thornton's home. Next Jaycees meeting January 30 at 7 p m at the V F W Lodge inviting all members and interested persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County Jaycees
V.F. W. Lodge
Lake O' the Pines
John Taylor
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Santa
Jefferson
Jaycee Wives’ Club
Wanda Thornton
Jaycees
V. F. W. Lodge
Three Die In Car Train Crash At Highway 49 Crossing
Three Marion County residents died Saturday after a Missouri Pacific freight train collided with their auto at the Highway 49 crossing east of Jefferson City. Jewell M. Hardy 64 Lewis Winston Neely 55 and Bettie Frances Elizabeth Stephenson 69 perished at the scene. Hardy was driving. the Mercury Comet was dragged about 100 feet from impact. Neely’s funeral was held at Haggard Funeral Home Chapel while Hardy and Stephenson’s joint services followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Missouri-Pacific
Highway 49
Highway
Justice of the Peace
J. A. Starling
Jewell M. Hardy
Lewis Winston Neely
Bettie Frances Elizabeth Stephenson
Smithland
Jefferson
Robert Wooley
Hardy
Lewis W. Neely
Haggard Funeral Home
Jewel M. Hardy
Haggard Funeral Home Chapel
Baker Industries to Open Reel Plant Here
Raymond Baker, president of Baker Industries, Inc., announces a new Baker Reels plant in Jefferson Alabama to manufacture wood reels for the wire and cable industry. The facility will employ 50 to 75 people, start production by mid year, and remodel an existing building on U S Highway 59 near the Sherry Inn Motel. Baker operates plants in Hartselie Alabama Decatur Alabama and Temple Georgia.
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Raymond Baker
Baker Industries, Inc
Hartselle
Alabama
Jefferson
Baker
Baker Reels, Inc
United States
Canada
Hartselie
Decatur
Temple
Georgia
U. S. Highway 59
Revenue Sharing Checks For Marion County And Jefferson
Marion County received a revenue sharing check for the second quarter totaling 31254.00 and the City of Jefferson received 11850.00. This marks the fifth entitlement period for both entities according to city and county officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
City of Jefferson
AM General plant speaker outlines bus frame work
Jefferson Rotary Club heard Robert Myers discuss the AM General Corporation project at Woodlawn seven miles south. The plant will build two bus frame sizes for city transit buses, with frames shipped to South Bend for final assembly and a projected five frames daily once production stabilizes. About six key South Bend staff will relocate, with local hiring for other positions and a training program noted.
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Robert Myers
AM General Corporation
Woodlawn
Jefferson Rotary Club
Buddy Strode
Tommy Whaley
Marshall Industrial Foundation
Myer
Gilbert Shivers
AM General
Highway 59
Jefferson
City Transit
Myers
City Tansit
South Bend
Indiana
Jefferson Downtown Restoration Plans Revealed at Expo
Architectural designs for Jefferson downtown restoration were shown at the Expositor House. Wayne Bell and UT architecture students presented exterior improvements, a tourist center on Austin Street, a restored Jefferson Hotel, a park by the Big Cypress River, and a crafts shop plaza. The First National Bank building and Planter's Bank area anchors were noted, with support from the Chamber of Commerce and local committees. Dan Bowker said the plan boosts tourism and downtown real estate values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Excelsior House
Wayne Bell
University of Texas
Bell
First National Bank
Richard Collins
Austin Street
Jefferson Hotel
Big Cypress River
Planter’s Bank
Jefferson Plaza
Vale
Lafayette
Polk
Austin
Walnut and
Polk Streets
Lafayette Street
East Texas
East Texas Council of Governments and the Horizons Committee
Dan Bowker
Marion County Chamber of Commerce
Series of Break-Ins Reported Sunday-Monday
A spate of robberies affected the city this week with entries at the Sherry Inn on Highway 59 South Sunday night. Between 30 and 40 dollars and the cash drawer were taken. Police report forced entry at Value Mart on Polk Street with watches stolen. clock radio taken from a teacher's office at the Middle School on Highway 42 West. No suspects named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherry Inn
Highway 59 South
George Whatley
Whatley
Ben Thurman
Value Mart
Polk Street
Highway 42
Thurman
Free TB Tests at Texas Health Department in Jefferson
Mrs Nina Conger a registered nurse and administrator announces free Tuberculin skin tests will be given Fridays from 8 to 5 at the Texas State Health Department 107 Walcott Street Jefferson All interested persons are urged to visit the Health Department office to take advantage of this free test.
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Nina Conger
Texas State Health Department
Walcott Street
Jefferson
Office
The
Health Department
Tax Deadline For Northeast Texas Municipal Water District
Tax deadline to pay 1974 district taxes without penalty is January 31 1975. Afterward a 10 percent penalty and 6 percent annual interest apply. Pay at the Water District office on Linda Drive Daingerfield or mail to P O Box 680 Daingerfield. Payments can also be made at the bank in each Water District town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeast Texas
First National Assets Up 1.6 Million For Year
Richard Collins and Oneal Parker report year end call by Comptroller of the Currency. Assets rose to 16.007 million, up 1.664 million from 1973. Deposits reached 13.345 million, up from 12.489 million. Liabilities stood at 14.707 million with loans at 9.945 million. Surplus listed as 309 thousand and undivided profits 569.31. Officers include Connor, Joseph, Bowker, Johnson, Bass, Smith, and Grubbs. Directors include Collins, Parker, and others, with advisory and women’s boards named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Collins
Oneal Parker
First National Bank
Comptroller of the Currency
Marion Co. Bank
L. Johnson
Imogene Bass
Jo Smith
Louise Grubbs
Baskett
J. H. Benefield
R C, Connor
L. R Fitzgerald
George E. Haggard
Elmer Jones
George Ramsay
2 M. Rose
W. S. Terry
E. Milton Jones
William Westbrook
Lucille Bullard
Sadie Faviell
Franey
Gladys A. Meisenheimer
Lucille Terry
Florence Names His Legislative Staff in Austin
State Representative Buck Florence announced the appointment of his legislative staff in Austin. John M. H. Ulrich was named Administrative Assistant and Barbara Smith as executive secretary. Ulrich, 24, UT graduate and former UT football player, served in the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and is married to Patricia Turner. Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Smith, was Hughes Springs High School valedictorian and Tyler Junior College graduate. Both will work from Florence’s capitol office and can be reached at P O Box 2019 or (512) 475-2019. Florence took the oath January 14 in the Texas Capitol with attendance from Governor Briscoe and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck Florence
Austin
John M. H. Ulrich
Barbara Smith
Mr. Ulrich
Heinz Ulrich
Capitol
Texas House
Ulrich
University
Florence
Miss Smith
P. O. Box
Texas
District Two
Texas Capitol
Marc C. White
Dolph Briscoe
John Hill
Bob Armstrong
Texas Supreme Court
Joe C. Greenhill
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Baker Industries
Art Rotary Meet
First National
Mr. Collins
Mr. Parker
R C. Connor
Edward Joseph
Larry
Rep
Mr. Florence
Pat
Craig
Kirk
Florence, Page Co
John M. Ulrich
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