Hospital stock sale ends year with live broadcast
Hospital backers wrap pre Christmas stock drive with a 2 30 to 3 pm climax Saturday. Buyers may call yg3689 or visit at 309 East Commerce to pledge shares in support of a new Mexia hospital. Minors may own stock via custodians under Texas gifts to minors act.
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309 East Commerce
Texas
State Park
H. M. Walton
James Murphy Walton
Robert Lee Walton
Robert J. Jorda
Austin
Kelly Lou Jorda
Leigh Ann Jorda
Robbie Lyn Jorda
It Commerce
A. T. Maden
Foint Enterprise
General Mexia Hospital
W. A. McCullough
Hospital Board
Maden
G. T
Ross, Gethro
Victor Maden
Jerry Miller
Little Girl Dies Saving Christmas Gifts
In Brownsville Tennessee a three year old girl Brenda Scroggins died after running back into a burning farm house where her Christmas gifts lay around a newly trimmed tree. Her mother Mrs Allen Bobbitt had carried her to safety but returned to the blaze driven by flames and smoke.
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Brownsville
Tenn
Brenda Scroggins
Allen Bobbitt
Bobbitt
Brenda
Thornton Native Dora Rogers Carlton Dies in Mount Calm
Funeral services for Dora Rogers Carlton of Mount Calm were held Thursday at First BaptistChurch Mount Calm with burial in Rosemound Cemetery Waco She was born in Thornton and moved to Mount Calm 20 years ago She is survived by sisters Mrs J L Compton Mount Calm and Mrs J R Barretto Dalhart and brother Joe Rogers Mount Calm A second item notes Hempstead County Arkansas yielding remains of plesiosaurs mosasaurs giant lizards turtles and fish.
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Dora Rogers Carlton
Mount Calm
Thornton
First Baptist Church
Rosemound
Waco
Carlton
Muton Rogers
Groesbeck
J. L. Compton
J. R. Barretto Dalhart
Joe Rogers
100 Year Old Woman Succumbs At Coolidge
Mrs. S. W. Hancock aged 100 died at her Coolidge home after a long illness. Born in Cedar Island during the Civil War, she was aunt and grandmother to local families and active in church life. Funeral at First Methodist Church with burial in Coolidge cemetery.
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Coolidge
Sps
S. W
Lucretia) Hancock
Hancock
F. M. Herring
Cedar Island
Limestone County
Guy Edd Herring
Wyatt Hayter
Mexia
First ‘Methodist Church
Coolidge City
McElroy Funeral Home
Ben Marney
First Methodist
Bered
Fort Sumpter
Mexia Daily News
W. B. Hayter
Mother Home For Christmas Delights Doyle Family Return
Mrs Winifred Doyle, bedfast from a crash, arrived home in Santa Clara on a private flight arranged after costs blocked hospital transport. Her husband Walster Doyle, in a wheelchair, praised the pilot, co pilot and nurse who ensured the Christmas Eve reunion for their six children.
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Santa Clara
Calif
Houston
Winifred Doyle
San Jose
Doyle
Doyles
Santa Claus
Mrs. Doyle
Stephen Peters
Floyd Matthews
John Clark
Clark
Winifred
Bernice
Eileen
Tim
Ann
Kathy
Chris
Little Girl Wins Pony After Determined Quest
Judy Lindsay a sixth grader in Cranford New Jersey sought a pony by writing to the state Department of Labor. After being refused for legal reasons she began private work and eventually received a pony with reduced stable fees free feed and local 4 H help. The pony was offered by Sky Top Farm Mountainside and the New Jersey Pony Breeders Association provided support.
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Cranford, NJ
Judy Lindsay
New Jersey
Department of Employment Security
Chile
Judy
Alli
Mandy
Ronald C. Weyer
State Department of Agriculture
Weyer
Ernest C. Bell
New Jersey Pony Breeders Association
Sky Top Farm
Mountainside
Plainfield
F Feed Supply Company
Judy Attends 4-H Club Meeting Marks Stock Market Day
In New York AP report Judy joins her first 4-H club meeting to learn horse care while markets show mixed moves. Pennsylvania Railroad and Bethlehem Steel lift. General Foods and DuPont fall. General Motors and Chrysler slip amid holiday plans.
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Judy
New York
Ruth
Rob
Lindsay
Pennsylvania
General Foods
General Electric
American Telephone
Bethlehem
Bell
Salem County
Ford Rose
DuPont
General Motors
Chrysler
Steel
Langston Builders Christmas Party Highlights Growth
Langston Builders Supply held its annual Christmas party with about fifty attendees in the Western Grill dining hall. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Langston hosted employees sub contractors and their wives and Mr. Langston spoke on Mexia progress and three years of growth noting attendance rose from three to fifty.
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Bob Langston
Langston Builders Supply
Western Grill
Langston
Langston Buildiers Supply
Mexia Rotarians View Tokyo Convention Slides
Dr. Norman P. Crawford of Jacksonville University gave an illustrated talk on Rotary International Convention in Tokyo at the Mexia Rotary Club noon luncheon. The program was chaired by Rev. M. C. Turpin. Bobby Roberts announced no meeting next week. John Bennett spoke as December Junior Rotarian with Lam Teel as guest.
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Norman P. Crawford
Jacksonville University
Jacksonville
Fla
Rotary Clubs
Tokyo
Mexia Rotary Club
Crawford
Rotary District
M. C. Turpin
Bobby Roberts
Rotary
John Bennett
Lam Teel
Sophie Loren Sues Producer Over El Cid Billing
Sophia Loren sues producer Samuel Bronston and others in New York over equal billing on outdoor signage for El Cid. She alleges she did not receive proper prominence beside Charlton Heston on a large promotional display.
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New York
Sophia Loren
Samuel Bronston
Charlton Heston
Red Tape and Tax Problems Delay Couple's Wedding
In New Holstein Wisconsin Barbara Hipke a 28 year old schoolteacher and Kenneth Driskill a 24 year old airman faced delays to their planned marriage. Red tape over the marriage license and Wisconsin blood tests kept the couple from marrying promptly as tests were sent to Madison and a five day waiting period loomed. Driskill faces early departure for Japan while Barbara hoped to accompany him as his wife.
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New Holstein
Wis
Wisconsin
Barbara Hipke
Kenneth Driskill
Tripoli
Barbara
Libya
Kenneth
Wheelus Air Force Base
New York
Milwaukee
Madison
Gilbert Hipke
Driskill
Japan
District Attorney Receives Live Boa Constrictor Surprise
After a office party in Dallas, Assistant District Attorney Homer Montgomery unwrapped a large package to reveal a live two foot boa constrictor inside a cage. Co workers stayed anonymous as the incident unfolded.
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Dallas
Asst
Homer Montgomery
Montgomery
Twist Proves Fatal for 78 Year Old Dancer
In Los Angeles Bernard Tamilin aged 78 collapsed and died of a heart attack while twisting at a ballroom. The incident occurred in view of the crowd and underscores the risks of strenuous dance activity for elderly participants.
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Los Angeles
la Dance Hallad
Bernard Tamilin
Christmas Day Notice Across Mexia Daily News
The Mexia Daily News will not publish on Christmas Day as staff take the day off. Local drug stores Kindrick and Horn, White and Gilles pie, will be closed, with phone access to pharmacists. Clint Reed runs a hospital stock sale contest with a cash prize for closest guess. 30 people bought stock last week and more this week. Mrs. Vassie Fate Richardson is being sought by Noel Hollingsworth in San Antonio for an important matter.
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Mexia Daily News
Menia’s
Kindrick
Horn
White
Gilles
Clint Reed
Clint
Vassie
Fate Richardson
Mexia
Houston
Noel Hollingsworth
San’ Antonio
Mr. Hollingsworth
Charlie S Sunday services pending at Corley’s
Funeral services for Charlie S Sunday 77 longtime Limestone County resident are pending at Corley Funeral Home. He died Thursday night at 9 50 at his Shiloh home after a lengthy illness. He was born in Conroe a retired farmer and Church of Christ member. He survived by his wife one son Jesse Sunday Mexia two daughters Miss Sallie Sunday Conroe and two others, five brothers, three sisters, nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Charlie S. Sunday
Limestone County
Corley
Mexia
Joe Sunday
Edgar Sunday
Otis Sunday
Edward Sunday
Conroe
Miss Sallie Sunday
Houston
Streetman Rites Held Thursday For A. R. Harris
Funeral services for 61 year old A R Harris were held Thursday in Cade Chapel Streetman with burial at trade cemetery The survivor list includes a widow a son Rayford Merle Harris of North Hollywood Calif five brothers a sister and two grandchildren The deceased was a Streetman native who died in a Lubbock hospital
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Streetman
A. R. Harris
Cade Chapel
HL. McBkissack
Clarence Yates
Harrtis
Lubbock
Brownsville
Rayford Merle Harris
North Hollywood
Calif
Woc Harris
Montgomery
Tt. Harris, Jr
Kansas City
Sipster
Ruth Cherry
Street
Weather forecast for Mexia and Bi-Stone area
The U S Weather Bureau predicts fair weather through today and Saturday with a touch of chill. Tonight will be cold with lows near 30 degrees and Saturday highs in the 50s.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Mexia
Bi-Stone
General Harris Gravely Ill at Walter Reed Hospital
Friends report Major General Charles T. Harris Jr. is rapidly worsening and gravely ill at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington D C. He was born in Mexia and underwent major surgery in October at the Washington hospital.
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Charles T. Harris Jr
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Harris
Washington Hospital
Dusty Walton Dies in Midland Former Mexia resident dies in Midland
Word has been received of the death of Dusty Walton, a former Mexia resident. He died in Midland Thursday night. He and his wife Betly Smith of Mexia are the parents of three children. Funeral services are pending.
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Mexia
Dusty Walton
Midland
Betly Smith
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