06 May 1963
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Newspaper
Mexia Daily News
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1963
Page
1
The text argues that pesticides deter pests like screwworms but stresses sampling for positive identification is essential. It warns that producers who skip proper testing doom their livestock to ongoing infestations and urges systematic action this year.
The Federated Church in Chicopee Mass held a 10:45 a m service for sinners only inviting saintly persons to stay home. About 135 attended versus the usual 105 to 115. The pastor Rev C W Kirkpatrick had announced the plan last week.
Funeral services for Mrs. Elsie Sims Carter 47 lifelong Limestone County resident will be held Tuesday at 2 30 p m in the Lamza Chapel Methodist Church Mexia The Rev A W Ford pastor will conduct the rites Burial will be in the Mexia Negro cemetery under direction of the Dorsey Keatts Funeral Home She died Friday night in Mexia Surviving are her husband J T Carter of Mexia a daughter Mrs Doris Forge of Dallas two sisters Miss Ella Mae Humphreys and Mrs Minnie Demus both of Mexia and seven grandchildren
The Mexia Daily News lists a weekend of deadly crashes across Texas totaling 35 deaths, 22 from traffic incidents. Victims include Mark Gibbs age 12 in Paducah, Porfirio Gutierrez 32, his wife Ertinda 28 and their baby Augustina, plus relatives Abel Placensio 16 and Ysabel Placensio 14. Additional fatalities span Dallas County near Greenville, an Abilene couple near Merkel on I 20, Rachel Galvan 59 in San Antonio, Martin Jassino Jr 12 near Edinburg, Clyde Sparks 46 on the Gulf Freeway in Houston, and Jo Stenley 17 in a Bay Anam crash.
A San Antonio Air Force captain died after a Sunday shooting at a friend's home. A Houston flight specialist, Laurence Christman, 45, died after an accidental self inflicted shooting. Dozens of drownings and fatal crashes are reported across Texas with names and ages of victims.
Five boys from Limestone County won registered Duroc gilts in the 1963 Sears Girls essay contest. Winners include John Emory Dawley Groesbeck Larry Hensley Forest Glade Bernard McGilvray Groesbeck Phillip Rivers Prairie Hill and Bobby Dowdle Prairie Hill. Pigs are bred for show this fall with breeding in November under Sears Foundation.
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