Local notes include hospital visit and civic updates
City beat reports Mrs. Louise Glover faces surgery at MD Anderson in Houston. Carroll McMahon and the Water Department receive thanks for prepping the swimming pool for summer. Bob Barnes resumes Social Security outreach at the National Guard armory and courthouse in Groesbeck on set Tuesdays. Elmer Thompson’s family travels to Germany. Coach Elmer works toward football season. Charley Holmes chairs Rotary lunch with a Red Cross speaker. Point Enterprise singing Thursday at 7 30 in the community building. Elder L C Goff invites rides and notes revival at Rising Star Church of God in Christ near Tehuacana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll McMahon
Water Department
Carroll
Bob Barnes
Social Security
National Guard Armory
L.C. Goff
Goff
Rising Star Church of God In Christ
Tehuacana
Highway 171
Market Ticker Shows Mixed Movement Across Major Stocks
AT&T slips 54 points to 44 while Coca Cola rises to 78 times base with gains. DuPont falls 145444 and Gen Elec dips 5244 while 14 points. Sears climbs 637 and RCA reaches 2512 as Safeway moves up 40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
At&t
AU Rich
Coca Cola
duPont
Gen Elec
Great A&p
Penney
RCA
Safeway
Sears
Mexia Lions hear how news travels from event to page
Vicki McNew Mexia Daily News editor demonstrated the path a news item takes from event to page using the Compugraphic system. She described headlines page makeup proofs and final presses and shared classroom experiences with humorous headlines. New News Publishing Company officers to be installed next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicki McNew
Mexia Daily News
Lions Club
The
News Publishing Company
Daily News
Coolidge Herald
Hubbard City News
Wortham Journal
Farm and Ranch Weekly
Waco Dispatch Press
Buffalo Press
Leon County News
Fairfield Recorder
Teague
Comanche Crossing Highlights in Limestone Bicentennial
Joseph Cotton Jr profiles Comanche Crossing and its ties to Limestone County history as the Juneteenth celebration at Booker T. Washington Park approaches. The piece highlights local museum exhibits and figures connected to Black heritage and the 1776 era founding in a Bicentennial context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Colton, Jr
Groesbeck
Limestone County
Comanche Crossing
Cotton
Joseph Cotton
Limestone
Lake Mexia
Booker T. Washington Park
Abraham
Crispus Attucks
Boston
John Adams
Bunker Hill
Breed‘s Hill
Prince Hall
America
Breed's Hill
Peter Salem
Colleen Longbotham
Lillian Plummer
Walter Collan
Astor Baty
Mexia Studio
Mexia Trustees Plan Thursday Session With Architects
Mexia school trustees schedule a Thursday meeting with architects. Band director John Ke praised for organizational ability. band to travel April 22 to Corpus Christi for the Buccaneer Music Festival with fundraising through Band Boosters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexia School
John Ke
McBay
Corpus Christi
Central Texas
del Mar College
Padre Island National Park
Shoreline Drive
Pound Gains on 5.3 Billion Foreign Loan Boost
London reports the British pound rising over four cents to $1.80 after a $5.3 billion foreign loan strengthens confidence in the currency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Court ruling may revive small Lund High School in Nevada
Nevada Supreme Court ruled rural schools deserve saving, reversing White Pine County Board to close Lund High School. It cited the 80 mile round trip to Ely as harming student participation and upheld reopening for next fall, stressing school home ties over budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson City
Nev
Nevada Desert
Lund High School
Ely
Nevada Supreme Court
Lund
Phil Carter
White River Valley
Louise Reid
Senval
Tim
Karla McKenzie
Miss McKenzie
White Pine County School Board
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City Beat
Bob Wright
Marcus
Louise) Glover
M.D. ‘Anderson Hospital
Houston
Bob
Barnes
Elmer Thompson
Germany
Elmer
Charley Holmes
Rotary
Waco
American Red Cross
Point Enterprise
Alton Kerzee
Mexia Lions
Isola Echols
Collorum
Elwood Enge
Limestone Museum
Rexburg
Idaho
Teton Dam
Building Trades School
Building Trades
J.W. Wilson
Wilson
Mexia State School
Wilson Construction Company
Bob Tresh
State School
Texas A&m University
John
Mexia High
Sela
Tom Plath
Dlp
Frost
Bill McClure
Rainbow
Metzgar’s
Baird
J.N
Peter Robinson
Austin
Jack McCreary
Jerry Lemon
Grovsbeck
Brenda Ball
ESAA
Bobby Driver
Lucille McClendon
Forest Grade School
Ball
Arlington
University of Texas
Lemon
Seymour
First Baptist Church
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