Scout banquet honors Flatt and Martin with Silver Beaver
Leon Flatt of Mexia and Jim Martin of Teague received the Silver Beaver award at a Scout banquet in Waco. Maj. Gen. Bruce Clarke presented the honors, recalling World War II service with the Fourth Armored division. The event featured Bill Boyd Jr. and noted attention to Limestone and Freestone counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Leon Flatt
Mexia
Jim Martin
Teague
Mr. Flatt
Waco Morning
Mexia Daily News
Harry Provence
Waco News-Tribune
Scout Council
Bruce Clarke
Fort Hood
Fourth Armored Division
Europe
Fourth Armored
Bastogne
Clarke
Belgium
G. S. Patton
W. R
Bill) Boyd Jr
Fairfield
Freestone County
Bill
Harold Nussbaum
Nussbaum
Bill Boyd
Texas
Limestone
Freestone
High Court Hears Final Argument In Segregation Case
The Supreme Court heard final arguments on five cases challenging school segregation. Counsel for the District of Columbia argued Congress intended separate schools since 1862 to elevate colored people, not to badge them inferiority. Virginia warned abolition would ruin public schools. Thurgood Marshall noted Southern support for court decisions.
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Wshington
D. C
District of Columbia
U. S. Supreme Court
Congress
Milton D. Korman
Washington
Delaware
Kansas
South Carolina
Virginia
Korman
Federal
James M. Nabrit Jr
Sousa
J. Lindsay Almond
Thurgood Marshall
South
Penney's Employees Receive Sixth Annual Special Payment
J C Penney Company announced a special year end payment to more than 50 000 associates in 1 629 stores offices and warehouses nationwide. The amount equals two weeks pay for full time staff employed all of 1952 with proportional amounts for part timers and those employed less than a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C. Penney Company
United States
Penney
Mexia
John Latham
Penney Associates
A. W. Hughes
Funeral services for Alexander L Fisher in Mexia
Funeral services set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Assembly of God church in Mexia for Alexander L. Fisher 82 who died at his home on South Belknap Street. Rev A R Vaughn will officiate with interment at Sardis cemetery. Fisher a carpenter and farmer lived in Limestone county most of life and resided in Mexia 20 years. Survived by widow Martha Ellen and four sons and five daughters.
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Assembly of God
Mexia
Alexander L. Fisher
South Belknap Street
A. R. Vaughn
Sardis
Riddle Funeral Home
Mr. Fisher
Tennessee
Limestone County
Assembly of God Church
Martha Ellen Fisher
Fisher
George
Newby
Robert Fisher
Bellville
Aless Fisher
Gatesville
Ruby
Ae Mers Xin
Clarence Payton
Electra
Limestone County Farm Bureau Plans Ben Hur Meeting
The Limestone County Farm Bureau schedules a dinner meeting at 7 30 p m in the Ben Hur High School gymnasium. President Haskell Fife invites all farmers and their guests to join the monthly gathering with a turkey dinner at one dollar per plate. Marvin Cate of Groesbeck is the principal speaker. attendees should contact local organizers by Monday morning for headcount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limestone County Farm Bureau
Ben Hur
Haskell Fife
Ladies of the Home Demonstration Club
Fife
Marvin Cate
Groesbeck
Failies
Wayne Lucas
Shiloh
Levi Thompson
Mexia
E. B. Trotter
Tehuacana
Joe Fred Bennett
Coolidge
Imogene White
Mr. Fife
Four Texas girls in 1953 Maid of Cotton contest
In Memphis, a list of 21 contestants from 12 cotton states includes four Texans for the 1953 Maid of Cotton pageant to be held December 29 and 30. Texans Gloria Gillespie and Mary Lipscomb of Houston, Patricia Ann Horn of Taylor, and Greta Nissen of San Antonio advance after this week’s preliminary judging.
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Memphis
Tenn
Texas
Gloria Gillespie
Mary Lipscomb
Houston
Patricia Ann Horn
Taylor
Greta ‘Nissen
San Antonio
Pat Mullarkey
Dallas
Barmaid and rifle end sailor's threat
A 190 pound longshoreman who threatened to beat his estranged wife died after two shots from her .22 rifle. Marguerite Milner, 26, a waterfront barmaid, said she had argued with her ex-husband and was questioned but released without charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Marguerite Milner
Mexia Coaches Receive Two Year Contract Renewals
Mexia school board renewed contracts for head coach Truett Little and assistants Bobby Parker and Holmes Ellisor for two years and appointed a textbook committee. The committee includes LeRoy Thomas Dale Brown and several teachers. Also noted were holiday dates for white and Negro students and attendance at the monthly meeting.
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Mexia
High Schol
Truett Little
Bobby Parker
Holmes Ellisor
Supt. C. S. Hereford
Lay
Little
Mexiao High School
Seymour
Parker
Ellisor
Hereford
Herefords
LeRoy Thomas
Dale Brown
Ciara Mitchell
Lillie Johnson
Beamie. Little
Elsa Hamill
Lela McGowan
Lemets. Saltsman
Eisenhower MacArthur Korea visit stirs European fear
Washington dispatch says Eisenhower's plan to consult MacArthur on the Korean war unsettles Europe. Editors applaud his restraint while Britain and continental papers weigh possible shifts in policy and the pending Ike MacArthur conference. The outcome remains uncertain.
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Washington, D
Truman Calls MacArthur Duty to Reveal Korean Peace Plan
President Truman urged Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Gen. Dwight Eisenhower to present any workable solution to end the Korean War. He criticized MacArthur for not reporting back since Wake Island and said no meeting is planned, while noting MacArthur remains on active duty. Chinese forces pressed UN lines in Korea as major assaults targeted Little North Hill and other western front positions.
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Washington
London
Paris
Mecarthar
Korea
Eisen
Hower
Washington, D. C
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Gen. MacArthur
Dwight Eisenhower
Gen
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Wake Island
Germany
Pacific Command
United States
New York City
Pacific
Independence
Boren
Saenaee Ie
Gen.MacArthur
Eet
Little Nori Hill
Jonehon
White Horse Mountain
Arrowhead Ridge
Stork Delivers Sixth Child for Mexia Couple En Route
Mrs. Andrew Schuster welcomed Rosa Marie eight pounds as she gave birth during ambulance-free transport to Mexia hospital. Mrs. B L Walkup of Mexia aided, race against a fast car to the hospital. The Schusters, new to Mexia from Europe in 1950, previously had two children born in Czechoslovakia and two in Austria.
Ten Texans Killed While Hunting This Autumn
A Texas Game and Fish Commission survey reports ten sportsmen killed while hunting this fall. Eight gunfire deaths, one drowning while retrieving a wounded duck, and a small-boat collision with a propeller craft account for the fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Texas Game and Fish Commission
Vernon E. Skaggs
Skaggs
Chinese Baptist Missionary to Speak at Mexia Church
Miss Mao Ying a Chinese Baptist missionary will speak at 11 a m Sunday morning services at the Northside Baptist Church Mexia She studied at a Shanghai mission school before leaving during the Communist era and plans to return to China when possible The public is invited to hear her message on foreign missions
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Mao Ying
Theportheide Baptist
Mexia
Miss Ying
Shanghai
China
United States
Rayford Lasseter
Ying
Frost Slightly Damages Texas Valley Crops
Frost and cooler weather were reported across the Lower Rio Grande Valley with some crops showing minor damage. Temperatures fell to the mid 30s in multiple towns as forecasters warned of a dry cold front moving into Texas tonight and USDA called for more moisture and warmth to improve wheat prospects.
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Rio Grande Valley
Harlingen
Weslaco
Edinburg
McAllen
Mission
Falfurrias
Rio Grande City
USDA
Texas
Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Salt Flat
Brownyville
Mexia
Josie Newman
Formal Showing Of New 53 Ford Set For Tomorrow
A formal showing of the 1953 Ford models will be held tomorrow in Mexia at Dick Scott's showroom. Owner R C Dick Scott will keep the showroom open until 3 30 PM to accommodate workers who finish late, featuring Crestline Victoria Crestline convertible Customline four door sedan with Fordamatic Customline club UPS and Mainline two door.
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Ford
Mexia
Dick Scott
R C
Dick) Scott
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