Sunday church services and programs listed across area churches
Local church notices list sermons by Rev O E Waldrip at Northside Baptist and Rev Lem Morgan absent for revival at Immanuel Fort Worth. First Presbyterian hosts Abundant Life talk by Dr Frank Taylor with music by Billy Parker youth choir and a film and Mission study review. First Methodist outlines Bound In The Bundle of Light sermon and youth group meeting with Jerry Spalding. Christian Science plans a Lesson Sermon featuring Luke 6 10 healing and Eddy correlative readings.
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O. E. Waldrip
Oletha Baptist Church
Northside Baptist Church
Lem Morgan
Rom Morgan
Immanuel Baptist Church of
First Presbyterian Church
Frank Taylor
Billy Parker
Fellowship Hall
W. J. Wright
Don Caldwell
Margaret Cook
W. W. Bennett
First Methodist Church
Cecil Ellis
Jerry Spalding
Christian Science Services
Luke
Christ Jesus
Mary Baker Eddy
Jesus of Nazareth
Prizes Accumulate For Fathers Event Draw June 20
Five more merchants add prizes to the Make Dad King for a Day event. A public drawing for four dads on June 20 occurs at Sherman and Commerce at 5 pm. Dads may register at any of 45 participating stores without purchasing. Family members may register on his behalf.
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Sherman and Commerce
Pam
Club Grill
Dad
Perry's
Maddox Cleaners
Brotherton’s Service
Jacobs Dry Goodie
Texas
San Jacinto
Limestone County May finances show 224000 in funds and $262000 total
The Limestone County May 1959 trial balance reports thirteen funds totaling $224,328.08 with receipts of $14,603.87 and disbursements of $37,723.27. public records and fund balances are detailed, including bank totals, bonds, and outstanding script.
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Limestone County
Office of
County Auditor
Nall Leach
Pony Webb
Leach
Mexia Daily News
Limestone
1&S
United States
Employers urged to list graduate job openings district wide
Marvin Wheat of the Texas Employment Commission announced a call for employers across the Mexia district to list openings for students. The program centralizes listings to screen applicants efficiently and reduce unnecessary interviews. Maurice Acers advised graduates to seek long term growth over immediate pay and stressed completing high school before entering the labor market.
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Mexia
Texas Employment Commission
Marvin Wheat
Maurice Acers
Texas
North Central Texas Weather Summary Report
Partly cloudy conditions persist through Sunday with scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures show little change with highs around 69 and lows near 65, and rainfall measured at .55 inches.
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Texas
Mexiao
Wreck Injures 2 On Teague Road
A Friday night crash at the Kirvin road intersection with Highway 84 involved two motorists. An ambulance spokesman said neither party appeared seriously injured.
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Teague Road
Wawensuicn
Kirvin Road
Highway 84
Ham Brothers
East German threat of blockade over West Berlin election plan
Berlin reports say East Germany threatens a total blockade of West Berlin if Parliament meets there to elect a new president. Propaganda chief Gerhart Eisler, a fugitive, argues workers back retaliation for West Germany’s July 1 presidential vote.
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Berlin
UPI
West Berlin
West Germany
Gerhart Eisler
U. S
Berliner Zeitung
East Germany
Konrad
Adenauer
Christian Democrats
Theodor Heuss
No Response To 500 Offer In Senator Moore Letter Claim
J W Elliott reports no reply from Senator William T Moore to his $500 offer for each letter proving misuse of Game and Fish Commission stationery. Moore charged Elliott after Elliott’s state board reappointment was rejected by the Senate nominations committee. Former Rep George W Winningham calls for an apology for Elliott’s ouster and supports his claim of nonpartisanship in last year’s race.
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J. W. Elliott
William T. Moore
Elliott
Bryan
Game and Fish Commission
State Board
Senate Nominations Committee
Moore
George W. Winningham
Limestone County
Fredericksburg
Senate of Texas
Parents Asked to Stamp Out Mail Pornography Menace
Postmaster G E Blair warns 700 000 to 1 000 000 youths may receive obscene mail this year as a nationwide appeal urges parents to watch mail, preserve materials and deliver them to the postmaster. Officials cite rising juvenile delinquency and new 85th Congress law enabling local prosecution of obscene material. Local post office urges citizen cooperation to curb dealers in filth.
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Mexia
G. E. ‘Blair
Arthur Summerfield
Terial
Post Office
Eisenhower
Hight recalls D-Day and his long Texan life in Mexia
The piece profiles W. D. Hight born January 8, 1878 near McKinney Texas. It traces his career from First National Bank to Home Insurance Agency and notes his community service. It mentions his wife Linnie May, three children, six grandchildren, and plans to convert a garage into a dormitory for visitors. It ends with a vivid D-Day reminiscence aboard a landing craft near Omaha Beach and a nod to the E Boats.
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W. D. Hight
George Peyton
First National Bank
First Lance
Cash
Collins
County National Bank
McIlife
Kinney
McKinney
Tennessee
Knights of Pythias
Travis Lodge No. 20
Linnie ‘May
Carey May
Worstham and
Mexia
Billie
Houston Light and Power Co
Carey
Zale Jewelry Co
Dallas
Linnie
Olin T. Seely
Alexandria
U. S. Soillé Conservation Service
South
Texas
East
Carthage
Hight
Paris
Mewsia
Burial at Corsicana For Worthamite
Funeral services for Evelyn Murphy Adgate 45 a native of Wortham were held Saturday in Corsicana. The Rev Robert Wooddy of Corsicana First Baptist conducted burial was in Oakwood cemetery in Corsicana She died in Galveston after living in Corsicana Surviving are a son Thomas M Adgate Galveston three brothers Curtis Eldon and Derwood Murphy Galveston and other relatives
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Murphy Adgate
Wortham
Corley
Corsicana
Robert Wooddy
First Baptist Church
Oakwood
Adgate
Galveston
Thomas M. Adgate
Curtis
Eldon
Derwood Murphy
Week-Long Summer School Starts Monday at Mexia High
About 90 Big Stone area students will begin an eight-week summer session at Mexia High School with a 7 30 a m assembly. Courses include English history mathematics remedial reading bookkeeping and typing for adults. Sixty one students enroll in drivers education under Lloyd Wasserman supervision.
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Big Stone
Mexia High School
Tom
Cameron
Lloyd Wasserman
Don Stephens
Lillie Johnson
Minnie Ruthsmith
Groesbeck
Teague
Fairfield
Wortham
Tehuacana
Thornton
Beasley
Texas
Flood Threat Looms Over Central Texas Creeks
A storm system brings new thunderstorms and potential floods across Central Texas with heavy rain and strong winds. Dust storms reduced visibility in Colorado City and Big Spring while two inch rainfall totals spread through Central and East Texas and the Panhandle. Flood warnings remain along Richland and Chambers creeks today.
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Richland Creek
United Press International
Texas
Colorado City
Big Spring
East Texas
Vastern Panhandle
Richland
Chambers Creeks
Norstad Warns Red Threat at Atlantic Congress
Gen Lauris Norstad told Soviet Premier Khrushchev that the West would not be frightened by Albania based threats. He said Khrushchev used his Albania trip to stage a brisk display of long range weapons as a bargaining tactic.
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London
UPI
Lauris Norstad
Nikitai Khrushchev
Albania
Europe
Atlantic Congress
Khrushchev
Strauss Waits Washington Ups Senate Vote Key
Senate strategists say a small group of uncommitted senators hold the deciding votes on the controversial nomination of Commerce Secretary Lewis L. Strauss.
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Strauss
Washington
Senate
Commercce
Lewis L. Strauss
Mrs. Owens Rites Held Sunday in Sandy
Funeral services for Mrs. Alma Owens 55 are set for Sunday at 1 p.m. in Echols Elementary School Sandy with Rev. J S Loud officiating. Burial will follow in Sandy cemetery. She died Wednesday in a Houston hospital. Surviving are her husband Charlie Owens a daughter a sister two brothers a grandson eleven nieces four nephews and several aunts and uncles.
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Alma Owens
Echols
Sandy
J. S. Loud
Union Memorial Methodist Church
Dorsey-Kealts Funeral Home
Owens
Coolidge
Houston
Realization Court Order of Eastern Star
Charlie Owens
Eliada Byers
Oljeana Johnson
Sarah Taulton
Zeno Johnson
Henry Johnson, Jr
Kansas City
R. L. Johnson
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