Local church groups plan services and pledges in Mexia
A roundup from Mexia notes Mrs. John Stewart of Fort Worth will speak at First Christian Church on Sunday at 11 AM with basket lunches served. Eddie New to be ordained deacon at Calvary Baptist Church Sunday at 7 PM. Four Northside Baptist attendees report on Groesbeck Missionary Union. Pledge Day for the First Baptist Church Forward Program aims for a $60,000 budget with Sunday School group duties and final reports due December 8. Christmas plans loom at First Methodist with gifts to the Methodist Home in Waco and a joint Commitment Day observance. Men’s Fellowship at First Presbyterian meets Tuesday with Rev. John Donovan as speaker. officers to be elected. Ch M Church to host 11 AM service featuring Chaplain Bryan Keathley. Christ Episcopal Women plan a December parish dinner. Texas ranks fifth in national air passenger totals.
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John Stewart
Fort Worth
First Christian Church
Christian Women's Fellowship
Stewart
Brite College of the Bible
TCU
CWF
L. L. Spencer
Horace Sheffield
Eddie New
Calvary Baptist Church
Charles Holmes
Jimmy Hinton
Grady McKay
C. C. Herrington
First Baptist Church of
McGregor
First Baptist Church
Er Ok
First Methodist Church Commission On Education
Aubrey Franklin
Waco
First Presbyterian Church
Tr. J. Harper
John Donovan
Christ Episcopal Church
Jack Spencer
J. G. Coman
H. A. McGilvary
Edward Hudson
Bryan Keathley
Veterans Hospital
Marlin
Honored For 20 Years Service at Brown Clinic
Mrs. Maurice Robinson was feted for twenty years of service with a surprise party at the Brown Clinic Friday. Nurses and doctors attended as she received a silver pitcher inscribed in gratitude. Since joining on December 1 1937 she has served as secretary, office nurse, and today as business manager assisting Doctors Carrington Barger Brewster Williford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Robinson
Brown Clinic
Robinson
Agnes Robinson
M. M. Brown
W .L. Carrington
Charles Brewster
Carl Williford
Dr. Brewster
Dr. Williford
Barger
Carrington
Cold Front Drops Mexia Temperature to 30 Degrees
A Texas cold front drove Mexia temperatures to 30 degrees after a noon Friday arrival, with 18 below readings in Salt Flat and a 59 degree high in Mexia the previous day. Forecasters expect continued cold, fair through Sunday, then slight warming.
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Weather Bureau
Mexia
North Central
Texas Fair
Texas
Salt Flat
Brownsville
Gulf of Mexico
Phillip Maverick Jr
San Angelo
North Concho Lake
Midwest
Mississippi River
Rockies
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Georgia
Fraser
Colo
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Mercury
Idaho
Montana
Fourteen Marriage Licenses Issued In November
GROESBECK Spl Fourteen marriage licenses were issued in Limestone County during November according to County Clerk John Kidd. Licenses went to Robbie Joe Foley and Betty Jon Leach Lenoir Hobbs and Dorothy Chil dress Donnie Moran Hinchliffe and Carolyn Jane Stewart John Edward Cooper and Willie Ruth Mayfield J H O Pry and Barbara O Pry Clifton Ledell Anderson and Altha Lee McFerrin Lee Clewis and Charlie Bernice Johnson Price Slaughter and Ollie Pearl Blackburn Albert Frank Breiten and Carmen Martinez Billy Joe Waller and Patsy Bess Townley Glenn Thomas Henry and La Verne Elliott Larry Pitchford Smith and Lucy Ann Hicks Fred De Witt Mitchell Jr and Joye Hail Parker Howard Dale Boyd and Wanda Nell Prichard. District Clerk Cyril Budde reports two divorce cases filed in Novembers office Gerald E Coons vs Betty F Coons and Lafern Sanders vs Lloyd Sanders.
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Groesbeck
Spl
Limestone County
John Kidd
Robbie Joe Foley
Betty Jon Leach
Lenoir Hobbs
Dorothy Childress
Donnie Moran Hinchliffe
Carolyn Jane Stewart
John Edward Cooper
Willie Ruth Mayfield
J. H. O’pry
Barbara O’pry
Clifton Ledell Anderson
Altha Lee McFerrin
Lee Clewis
Charlie Bernice Johnson
Price Slaughter
Ollie
Seventeen Year Old Bride Committed To Gainesville School
A 17 year old bride identified as Mrs Jo Ann Husley was committed to Gainesville school for girls after she shot her husband five times when he refused to dance The Domestic Relations Judge J W Mills ruled she could not be tried for murder as she remains a juvenile and the case hinges on state law.
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Houston
Gainesville School
J. W. Mills
Beccause
Jo Ann Hulsey
Flynn Files $250000 Damage Suit for False Arrest
Hollywood film star Errol Flynn files a $250000 damage suit alleging false arrest over a drunken charge on Oct. 19 that damaged his reputation while in custody.
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Errol Flynn
Hollywood
Holiday Accidents Across Texas Produce Seventeen Deaths
United Press reports 17 holiday fatalities in Texas over the long Thanksgiving period with 13 traffic deaths, 3 from fire, and one drowning. Victims include Amarillo carrier bay employee Charles Wayne Sibley, 14, and Philip Maverick Jr., 42. Fatalities span San Angelo, Graham, Dallas, Pearland, Houston, Uvalde, Hondo, and Athens as families mourn multiple losses.
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United Press
Texas
Amarillo Globe Times
Charles Wayne Sibley
Donald Lewis
Amarillo
Sulphur Springs
Iowa
Dallas
George H. Hayes
Raymond R. Smith
Pearland
Tex
Houston
Betty Oglesby Tew
Jack Murray Fokes
Uvalde
Hondo
Millie Pearl Finney
Athens
Protection Kan Town First to Complete Polio Vaccine Series
Protection Kansas with 800 residents will have every person under 40 fully vaccinated with all three Salk polio shots. Dr. L G Glenn who serves as the town physician will administer the final inoculations to 388 people in the high school gymnasium with Basil O Connor from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis present.
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New York
Protection
Kan
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For
Radiation deaths rise as Hiroshima electrician dies
In Hiroshima Masao Tekeuchi a 41 year old electrician died today from radiation effects described by physicians as linked to the atomic bomb dropped 22 years ago. He is counted as the 35th A bomb victim in the city this year.
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Hiroshima
Japan
Masao Tekeuchi
Soldier to be tried by Japan for Yokohama murder
U S Army says S8C Gregory J. Kupski of Detroit surrendered to Japanese authorities and confessed to strangling Kazue Eikawa Wescott, wife of AD1 Robert L. Westcott, in Yokohama. Tokyo reports say he will face murder indictment and U S retaliation if not brought to trial. Westcott serves at China Lake Naval Air Station in California.
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Tokyo
Japan
U.S
Gregory J. Kupski
Detroit
Kup‘ski
Kupski
Kazue Eikawa Wescott
Adil
Robert L. Westcott
Yokohama
Westcott
China Lake Naval Air Station
California
Correction clarifies survivors of J A Hardison Sr burial
The obituary correction lists C R Hardison and Mrs Elvin Cooper among J A Hardison Sr survivors. It notes Mrs Cooper P was mislisted as Cruesheck and confirms burial at Lost Prairie on Friday.
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C. R. Hardison
Globe Wireless reports ship in distress off Philippines
Manila, UP: Globe Wireless said ISOS alerts were received from a Filipino vessel reporting it was sinking in the South China Sea with about 100 passengers aboard.
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Manila
Globe Wireless
Isos
South China Sea
Accident In Grain Tank Claims Mexia Man Life
Accident at Harvest Queen Mill and Elevator near Mexia Friday afternoon trapped Shamblin a 54 year old Limestone County resident inside an 80 000 barrel grain tank. Rescue efforts failed and he died after body removal. Funeral services set at Shiloh Baptist Church with Corley Funeral Home handling arrangements. Survivors include seven sons four daughters a brother a sister and 17 grandchildren.
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Harvest Queen Mill and Elevator Company
Mexia
Shamblin
Limestone County
Field Gang
Harvest Queen
Shiloh Baptist
Shiloh
Corley Funeral Home
Mr. Shamblin
Prairie Crowe Baptist Church
Raymond Shamblin
el Po
Joe Shamblin
Dallas
Horace
Donald
Doyle Wayne
William Thomas
Bobby Shamblin
Ilene Thompson
Waco
Gene Eubanks
Houston
Peggy Sue
Linda Nell Shamblin
Ters
Velma Morrow
Margie Douglas
Ida Beaver
Ada Morgan
Spain paratroopers lift siege at Ini enclave
Spanish airborne troops were used in combat for the first time, freeing the Ini outpost from Moroccan rebels as announced by the Army ministry. In other briefs, Thanksgiving weekend traffic deaths exceed 250, with a US tally at 251 by early Saturday. Churchill turns 83 amid aging form, and France backs Fe lix Gaillard on gradual Algeria home rule. US officials respond to British claims of American planes armed with live H bombs over Europe.
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Madrid
Ini
Army Ministry
Spain
Dallas
Midwest
United Press
Washington, D. C
U. S
Amer
Europe
State Department
Marine Convicted By Court Martial In Sailor Death
NAHA Okinawa A Marine private Wilber L. Jones of Raleigh North Carolina was convicted by a general court martial for the death of Navy Hospitalman Adrian R Nobleby 19 of North Dakota. He received 15 years imprisonment and discharge. The case followed another conviction of Robert Allen Dr for 12 years. Jones Allen and four other Negro Marines were charged with murder and assault and conspiracy. Jones led the mob described as savages who attacked Nobleby and Sgt Adolfo Carrillo.
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Naha
Okinawa
North Caroling
U. S
Pie
Wilber L. Jones
Raleigh
N. C
Navy
Adrian R. Nobleby
North Dakota
Pfe
Robert Allen
Jones
Allen
Nokleby
Adolfo Carrillo
el Paso
Tex
Corsicana Judge to Speak at Mexia club meeting
Judge Kenneth Buck Douglas of Corsicana will be the principal speaker at the Mexia Business and Professional Woman's Club meeting Tuesday evening. The gathering begins at 7 30 in Gibbs Memorial Library with public invited. topic will cover the Legislature.
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Kenneth
Buck) Douglas
Corsicana
Gibbs Memorial
Lois Majors
Mexia Theatre Unveils Last Minute Cartoon Change
Mexia Theatre manager Bob Scott announced a Sunday change in the program. The new cartoon shown will be Rudolph, the Bednasect Herotecr, replacing the previously listed feature.
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Mexia Theatre
Bob Scott
Rudolph
Marathon Walker Halts 387 Mile Trek From Galveston
Mrs. Manuel Carreon 46 begins from Galveston for Mission de San Juan 387 miles away. Cold 40 degree air and 30 mph north winds force a stop near Angleton after 10 miles from Alvin. She agrees to rest in her husband’s truck until weather passes.
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Manuela Carreon
Alvin
Tex
Galveston
Mission de San Juan
Rio Grande Valley
Angleton
Manuel Carreon
Newsmen Outnumber Senate At Thanksgiving Week Session
In Austin a brief Friday Senate session with four of 31 members and a 19 minute run concluded with a back to work recess until Monday amid a newsmen majority. The body approved a resolution congratulating Charles A. Schnabel, Senate clerk, on the birth of his son.
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Austin
Senate
Price Daniel
Hore
Charles A. Schnabel
Farmers' expenses reach all-time high in latest report
Farmers faced inflation in the month ended November 15 as commodity prices rose while expenses hit an all-time high. The report notes steep costs across farming operations despite higher commodity returns.
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Washington, D. C
Auto Show Proposal To Be Studied In Mexia
Mexia merchants will discuss a possible December automobile show at a 10 am Monday meeting chaired by Aubrey Franklin of the Chamber of Commerce Trade Development Committee. The plan originates from Waco after a similar event in Austin Avenue. Tentative date is December 12, with potential follow on events including a regional band meeting and a Santa Claus parade on December 3 and 5.
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Mexia
Aubrey Franklin
Chamber of Commerce
Southwestern Electric Service Company
Waco
Austin Avenue
Trade Development Committee
Merching and
Swiring Contlest
Dallas Man Faces Murder Trial In Groesbeck Court
Sid McKissack former Dallas deputy constable will face murder charges in Groesbeck 7th District Court for J J Booths death after deputies served a court summons in Arcadia Park on January 8 Harold Rhoden will be tried separately at a later date Judge Clarence Ferguson presiding Judge J Prauls Wilson granted move from Dallas due to pretrial publicity and defense fairness concerns.
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Groesbeck
Sid McKissack
Dallas
Croesbeck
McKinsack
J. J. Booth
Arcadia Park
Booth
Justice Court
Harold Rhoden
Rhoden
7Th District Court
Clarence Ferguson
McKissack
J. Prauls Wilson
Pramendt
Wilseh
Dalas
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