Open House at pastor's home for First Baptist Church
Members of the First Baptist Church and guests will attend an Open House at pastor Ed Spivey and his wife at 309 North Bonham Street this Sunday from 2 to 4 PM with refreshments. Spivey notes four and a half years of service and a hopeful year ahead. Bert Harrison remains in Hillcrest Hospital in traction for a ruptured disc. News employees will have a holiday Thursday for Christmas. the paper resumes Friday. Police Chief Walter Van de Weghe has taught Police Science with Navarro College for four years and local officers and firefighters pursue new degrees and certifications.
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First Baptist Church
North Bonham Street
Ann Spivey
Spiveys
Ed Spivey
Walter van Deweghe
Navarro College
Mexia
Roger Cotton
Dwain Huckabee
Mike Bell
Bill Broth
FHA Makes It Easier for Rural Bank Loans to Fund Business
The Farmers Home Administration announced new rules under the Rural Development Act of 1972 to let banks sell or assign guaranteed loan portions while keeping 90 percent loan guarantees. The plan aims to boost small rural banks by enabling secondary markets and reducing lender reluctance in financing business and industrial projects in open country and towns under 50 000 residents.
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Washington
Farmers Home Administration
Agriculture Department
Congress
Home Administration
Donna McKee Resigns as Youth Director at First United
Donna McKee the Youth and Education director at First United Methodist Church resigns effective January She, raised in Fort Worth, plans to return there and has not sung in Mexia due to vocal chord trouble She hopes to resume voice training and singing after recovery The Rev Henry Radde says a replacement will be sought as soon as possible.
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Donna McKee
First United Methodist Church
Miss McKee
Fort Worth
Donna
Henry Radde
Christmas Car a Ling lights requested Sunday night
Residents asked to turn on Yule lights Sunday night from 6 to 9 p m under the Chamber of Commerce Community Development Committee. The aim is for residents to drive around and enjoy illuminated decorations visible from the outside or in yards. Dick Flatt and James Stanford lead the committee.
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The
Chamber of Commerce
Dick Flatt
James Stanford
Verse A Day Reflection on Blameless Life and Human Destiny
A short devotional note cites Psalm 37 37 urging praise of the blameless and upright with a promise of posterity for the peaceful. Bertrand Russell reflects that humanity shapes its long term fate, choosing between disaster and great heights.
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Bertrand Russell
Wortham doll lady retires to craft repair shop and crafts
Willie Mae Beaver known as the Doll Lady of Wortham celebrates retirement by running a doll repair shop near her Wortham home. She organized Mexia State School’s Arts and Crafts Department for 16 years and continues making kits, repairing dolls, and teaching crafts with friends in a Wortham workshop.
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Willie Mae Beaver
Wortham
Willie Mae
Mexia State School
Willie
Mae
Walter
Doll Career School
Dallas
Fay Wooton
Mexia Memorial Hospital Trustees Approve 1975 Budget and Bonuses
The Mexia Memorial Hospital Board approved the 1975 76 operating budget and authorized a 1975 Christmas bonus for all employees. The hospital, operating since 1963, became a nonprofit community hospital in July of this year.
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Mexia Memorial Hospital
Christmas Homecoming for Two Echo Glen Brothers
Ike and Eldon, Washingtons youngest corrections inmates, return home for Christmas from Echo Glen Children's Home near Seattle. The 9 and 12 year olds faced theft and truancy charges and will spend holidays with a Spokane family before possible foster arrangements. Both express resolve to stay out of trouble as their mother hopes for a peaceful reunion.
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Associated Press
Fall City, Wash
Ike
Eldon
Washington State
Echo Glen
Seattle
Spokane
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Qeivis Myers
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Dub Winsett
Mesia Jaycees
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