Mexia Homes and Weddings Highlight Turn of Century Life
Candid observations describe Architect Jesse Denning’s ornate house and two earlier residences in Mexia. The piece recalls Felis Robertson and Miss Fannie Robertson, local weddings, and era crafts, candles, and public art as the city welcomed electricity and social gatherings around 1900.
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Robertson-Ball-Chatham
Lamar Rows Chatham
Waller ‘Coltin
Colton
White House
Felix Robertson
Mexia
Number Calling: ANC Begins in Mexia August 4
Mexia will switch all telephones to All Number Calling on August 4. The new directory has 19 pages of listings and 48 pages of classifieds, with Mexia numbers becoming seven digits. About 6,580 directories printed for subscribers and future needs.
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Mexia
T. A. Geib
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Geib
Geily
ANC
Southwestern Bell
Gelb Sak
Jaycees Aid Chapel Fund Drive in Mexia Texas
Jaycees from 37 Texas towns join Mexia State School effort to fund a new chapel for mentally handicapped students. They will sell records made by the school's Sunshine Group as part of Area 8 fundraising push.
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Jaycees
Texas
Mexia
Denton
Sunshine Group
W.B. Hammond
Bowie
Graham
Area 8
Royce Gilmore
Area 3
Pollowing
Ares Wy
Arealis
Areal 1
Nordaya
Aen Wi
Breil
Seu Joo Vaycees
State School Receives Second Year Foster Grandparent Grant
A federal grant of 112025 dollars has been approved for the Foster Grandparent program at Mexia State School for its second year. Officials announced the funding today and noted continued support for elderly volunteers serving students.
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Mexia State School
Genater Rabb Yarhoray Sprgrari. Jaal
Wing failure blamed for Braniff crash near Dawson
An NTSB hearing heard expert testimony that a wing failure caused by stresses from pilot control inputs and turbulence led to the Braniff Electra crash near Dawson killing 85. Witnesses cited lightning in front of the plane but investigators found no lightning strike or explosion. flames may have started from damaged wing wiring.
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Dallas
Dawson
L. W. Nelson
T Lockheed California
National Transportation Safety Board
Nelson
Edward Kessler
National
Fort Worth
Braniff Plone
Houston
Mexia Fans Travel to Fort Worth for North-South All Star
Mexia readers follow local players Darty Hill Brian Haenigh Mickey Stubbs Cook ie Childress and Sharry Smith as they head to Amon Carter Stadium in Fort Worth for the North South All-Star game. Fact notes include incident updates on Curtis Fountain injury recovery and a witness recount in a Dawson Rancher case. a mix of local chatter and a Dallas hearing context appears in fragmented lines.
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Darty Hill
Brian Haenigh
Mickey Stubbs
Cook ‘Ie’ Childress
Sharry Smith
Fort Worth
Amon Carter
Dawson
Bob Primm
Mexia
Soas
Alpliner
Dallas
Last Rites Held In Wortham For Mrs Henderson
Funeral services for Mrs. Alex M. Henderson, 79, were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church in Wortham. The rites were conducted by Reverends Lloyd Sansom and Frank Turner Jr. Burial followed in the Wortham cemetery with Walker Funeral Home in charge. Mrs. Henderson had lived in Franklin County most of her life and was a member of the Wortham Methodist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star. She was preceded in death by her husband on October 26, 1981.
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Wortham
Spl
First United Methodist Church
Alex M. Henderson
Wortham Hospital
Ray
Lloyd Sansom
Wortham Methodist Church
Frank Turner Jr
Mexia
Walker Fisneral
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Reneeee
Jesse Denning
Cotton
H. L
Kauf
Ressman
Aaron B. Reynolds
Milam
Red Ri- Tho
Felix Roberson
Feiix
Robertson
Fannie
Felix ‘Robertson
Ry Roy Bass
Sation
Cook
Jaduil
J. H. Park
Anita
Edward Arne
Black West
Sankey
Sev
Xan Rami
Perter McKenzie
Thelpink Fauntleroy
McKenzie
Ay Jackson
Rine
Lamar
Ross Chatham
Peter
Walter Cotton
Frank Covert
Austin
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
Robertson-Basé-Chatham House
Gelb
J“Sourda Sitillar
Aesephantaba
Bransit Internaonal
Herman Rumsey
Kessler
Aly
Terry “Pette
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Bearth
Speal Braniff
Tebo
Henderson
Rae
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