School Calendar December Events and Plays Notices
School assembly and senior play at City Auditorium on December 18 7:30 PM. Class parties December 17 1:00 PM with room changes and bus schedules. Band dance December 19 7:30 PM Rainbow Dance December 20 8:00 PM. Church of San Miguel Santa Fe NM drawing room note mentions withdrawal room and Colt era history.
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Sokauless Chricenas Assembly
Reshmar
Rainbow Dance
Church of San Miguel
Santa Fe
N. M
Colt
Beumbus
America
Ann Pendleton
Claudia Moss
Rainbow Girls Dance Set in Mexia for Christmas Season
Rainbow Girls in Mexia announce a formal dance on December 20 at 8 pm at Ross Avenue School. Decorations will feature blue and silver with a Christmas tree centerpiece. The Rainbow Beau will be revealed, with identity kept secret until the event. Tickets cost 75 cents per couple and one dollar for a stay.
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Rainbow Girls
Mexia
Claudia Moss
Dolly Pinson
Mary Clark
Lance ‘Baty
Alma Janne
Mexia Girls and Boys Basketeers Poised for Tough District Race
The Mexia teams show progress after early losses and big wins. Boys have defeated Groesbeck Catholic of Waco and Iola in Buffalo tourney, while West appears strongest with four returning starters. Girls led by Coach Don Stephens have one game, with promising effort and Jerri Bishop scoring 30 in the latest effort.
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John Black
Athens
Cats
West
Don Stephens
Mexia
Jerri Bishop
Crider's Top Ten Plays On The Radio List
Smudged OCR lists top ten songs and artists with partial titles and names. It mentions Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Cinderella My Happiness Lonesome Town The Black Eyed Gypsy The Chipmunk Song Pussycat Crazy Some Kind of Hop Sixteen Candles and notes upcoming acts Ballad of 7 The Platters Conway Twitty Four Preps Connie Francis Nolan San ANAL AS pre Mark Denning David Seville Ames Brothers Johnny Otis The Crests and Robert Mitchum.
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Ballard
ANAL
Mark Denning
David Seville
the Ames ‘Brothers
Johnny Otis
Crests
Ler Read
Robert Mitchum
Horn
Jamie Lou Confuses Basketball With Football in Senior Play
A Kansas or Tennessee high school scene blends sports and mischief as Jamie Lou misinterprets basketball terms, confusing touchdowns with baskets. The piece ends noting a federal moonshining case where Robert Murphy received two years probation after claiming innocence.
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Mary Anne
Janie
Jamie Lou
Igirl
Knoxvelle
Tenn
Robert E
Murphy
Almost Summer Presented by Senior Class at 1959
The senior class of 1959 stages Almost Summer on Thursday December 18 at 7 20 pm in a student theater production. The Drama Publishing Company of Chicago presents the play with the Jones family at its center and seniors scramble to find props and tickets for a Christmas party surprise.
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Marlis Ellis
Hollywood
Unil
Metro-Fox
Lfex
Louella Graham
Lishing Company
Chi- Jones
Student Council Candy Sale Cannvass At Mexia High
Mexia High School Student Council organized five teams to canvass neighborhoods for a candy sale last Tuesday night. Teams covered their districts then returned to the school at eight. Remaining candy sold at school and in town booths later in the week. A large crowd watched posters tallying team totals as a huge chocolate bar prize went to the top sellers. Attends senior play December 15.
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Mexia High School
Mexia Teachers Honored At School Cafeteria Party
Teachers of Mexia High were honored with a Tuesday December 10 party in the school cafeteria hosted by cafeteria workers. Refreshments included turkey sandwiches pimento cheese pie and coffee. Red holly decorated the tables and a miniature Christmas tree appeared. A. B. McBay attended as a guest. The note also mentions Otis invention of the elevator in 1852.
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Mexia High
A. B. McBay
All-State Band Tryouts Reference At Mexia High
Mexia High students compete for All-State and All-Regional Band spots with seven earning All-Regional and two All-State honors. Reed Jackson Don Sunday Joy Bates James Parten Mike Leary Melinde Mansell Ina Cooper seek chair placements while Parten and Cooper advance to All-State. Joy Bates faces ineligibility for area tryouts. Christmas party But held by FFA and FHA at the Cottage with gifts for Mexia State School and student activities.
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Reed Jackson
Don Sunday
Joy Bates
James Parten
Mike Leary
Melinde Mansell
Ina Cooper
Bates
Aml
Mexia High
FFA
FHA
HE Cottage
Mexia State School
Diane Ballard
Sanetationes
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Sopa Fountain
Kendrick& Horn
Texas
Tyimer
Lokey
Gordon Tyner
Bill Lokey
Sinclair
John H. Lewis
P Department Store
June
Fred MacMurray
Qas
Lone Star Land
ONE Star Gas Company
Frank Taylor
Baske
Yee
Crider’s Top
Conway Twitty
Connie Francis
Bini Nolan
San
Gladys Fisher
Gamrie Lou
Ytreno
Princess Gardner
Benrus
Mexia Jewelry Co
Floyd Whine Owner
Comemere
Elisha Graves Otis
Marlin
Onj
Penn
Fowler’s Majestic Cleaners
Beeee A
Leon Flatt
East Commerce Street
Sunbeam
Western Auto
Green Corner
E. Commerce
Perry Como
NBCTV
Apie
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