04 Jun 1962
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Newspaper
Mexia Daily News
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1962
Page
1
County Agent outlines pest control timing for cotton and recommends a heavy early April spray to curb overwintered boll weevils. Discusses rain impact on harvests, flood area hearings, and farm price trends with hogs, including spraying schedules and pest management.
The 1962 Britannica Book of the Year reports U S civilian sugar consumption at 98 pounds per person in 1961, reflecting trends in diet and domestic production.
Limestone County reports sixteen births in May at the County Clerk office. Names include Jennifer Williams and Wilber Williams of Coolidge, James Robert Bartlett, Bobby Bartlett of Mexia, Bryan Edward Brady and John Brady of Mexia, Davis family of Jasper, Ronald Dickerson of Ronaeki Joe Dickerson, Judy Dunn and Collie Dunn of Mexia, Franklin Jefferson and Tommie Jefferson of Kosse, Ricky and Tracy Jones of Groesbeck, Brenda Kukill and Freddie Kukill of Denton, Debra Lehrmann and John Lehrmann of Groesbeck, Ernest Martinez and Betty Owen of Donie, Larry and William Sims of Mexia, Linda Whaley and Robert Whaley of Mexia, and Roland Wilson and Gayland Wilson of Groesbeck.
Limestone County Clerk John Kidd reports fifteen marriage licenses issued in May. District clerk Mary D. Budde notes three divorce suits filed in May. Couples listed include L. J. Willis and Maggie Clifton. George Bell Jr. and Dorothy Ruth Bell. Joe Wayne Neason and Margaret Jean Towers, among others. divorces involve Pauline Kirton vs T J Kirton, J W Mabry vs Lillie Mabry, and Andrew Fleming vs Maxine Fleming.
Limestone County will be represented at the State 4 H Club Contests at Texas A M by Freddie Dawley of Groesbeck in the Tractor Operators Contest Lane Brown and Janie Croft in Beef Cattle Business Team Demuon stations from Groesbeck Glenda McFarland Janet Burke and Danny Stafford of Prairie Hill will compete in the Entomology contest Fred Sain of Prairie Hill Mr and Mrs M H Brown Jr will accompany the teams Rufus Peeples of Tehuacana will also participate in the program
When sorrow comes plans for funeral and burial must be made quickly in grief. We urge readers to ask about pre arrangement plans to leave full instructions kept in strict confidence and carried out in full detail.
Funeral home notice for Riddle Funeral Home Mexia Texas located on South McKinney at Glendale with contact numbers Downtown Office GY6 2381 and GY6 218 phone listing included.
The House approved H. R. 11737 authorizing 1963 NASA funding totaling 3.742 billion dollars plus a 71 million dollar 1962 supplemental. Astronaut Scott Carpenter completed three Mercury orbits as NASA pursues Gemini and Apollo.
Sargent Shriver reports nearly 6,000 Peace Corps volunteers will serve in 38 countries by year end. The director notes continued expansion as recruitment remains strong.
Itasca Texas Friday night head on collision on highway 8 killed Edwin Vernon Horton 26 and Raymond Douglas Younce 22 both of the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi. Ralph Felder 25 was critically injured.
Davis Oklahoma AP report says Robert Bregman of Houston died when his sports car hit a wheat truck on U S 77. James Stember, 28, truck driver, was uninjured in the fatal collision.
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