14 Dec 1966
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Newspaper
Mexia Daily News
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1966
Page
1
The article promotes safe Christmas shopping and home safety with practical tips. It covers electrical safety for decorations, tree care, and water needs, plus planting Crepe Myrtle, and a Pec an Cranberry Pie recipe. It also urges safe walkways, eyeing toys for safety, and mindful gift choices for children.
Tehuacana residents report a four inch rain last week enjoyed by all. Local gatherings include Tehuacana and Huntsville meeting with five Mexicanos and Dale Brown accompanying students. Several families from Houston Dallas Port Arthur Wharton Hillsboro Groesbeck Waco Arp College Station and College Station relatives visit and shop in the area.
Seaman James D. Wood USNR, son of Mr and Mrs James D Wood of Mexia Route 1, serves aboard USS Essex in mid Atlantic Caribbean waters for LAN FLEX 66. The exercise, largest Atlantic fleet drill this year, includes 94 ships 19 air squadrons and 42 000 personnel with Canadian destroyers.
Rain in the area benefits light dry fields aiding germination of grains and grazing crops. Farmers are advised to submit soil samples to Texas A&M University lab for testing with results mailed within ten days.
The town sees subsisting teens in the morning and prays for Mr. Clem Walker’s quick recovery at General Mexia Hospital. Families visited over the weekend, with some attending Elmo Owens funeral at Wilson Chapel last Wednesday.
The obituary notes novelist Zane Grey authored 50 novels and, by his death, these works had sold over 1.7 million copies in total.
The Prairie Grove congregation reports higher Sunday worship attendance despite bitter weather. The article notes visitors from Teague Mexia and Forest Glade, plus a pre-birthday dinner for Uncle Bud Alston and several local visits by Rev Walter Brown and Eugene Lee.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica credits Ancient Greece and Rome with laying the legal foundations that regulate modern pawnbrokers, framing the roots of pawn law in classical times.
Varo Inc reports a 58 percent rise in earnings and 37 percent higher sales for the first six months ending October 31. Earnings reach $426,553 or 47 cents per share on $14,463,897 in sales, up from $273,643 or 30 cents on $10,583,725 a year earlier. Backlog stood at $38,200,000 vs $21,591,000. Chairman Austin N. Stanton cites steady growth and meeting expectations.
Prince Bismark served as Germany's first chancellor and earned the epithet the Lion Chancellor for his strong leadership.
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