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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1975
Page
8
Official 7 a.m. readings detail forecast for Ledgerland and Missouri with cloudiness and rain chances. Reports cover admissions at Audrain Medical Center, births, dismissals, deaths, and public safety items from Mexico and area towns, plus highway patrol incidents and ongoing traffic notes and public notices.
A county market report lists numerous individuals with ages and residence addresses, all dated between October and November. Names include Virgil Atchison, James Henry Elzea, Lumir Mika, Grace Conover, Martha Drew, Ollie Fox, Nora Maiden, and many others, with residences in Mexico, Wellsville, Vandalia, Centralia, and surrounding towns.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. for Herbert B. Plunkett of Mexico at the United Methodist Church with Rev. J C Montgomery officiating. Organist Mrs H L Neifert led the music. active pallbearers and many honorary pallbearers were listed. Arnold Funeral Home of Mexico handled arrangements.
Emporia Kansas AP reports Bob Zukiec a homeless folk singer was filmed in a boxcar while a Music Project for Television crew recorded his performance for a PBS program. The segment seeks 3 4 minutes of nationwide exposure as director Allan Miller describes the film as exploring the American experience through song.
Reno reports show Nevada's 24 hour gambling never sleeps on Christmas Day with families at Harold's and Harrah's filling tables and slots. Keno supervisor Tom Schach notes busier, friendlier crowds and better tips as Christmas gambling becomes a normal holiday activity.
Mrs Laura McKenzie 80 died Friday at Audrain Medical Center after a 14 day illness. Born Sept 28 1895 in Adrian County she wed Clarence M McKenzie Sept 23 1913. Survived by husband son Junior four grandchildren five great grandchildren one brother and two sisters. Funeral Monday 2 pm Meadow and Son Chapel Centralia burial Centralia Cemetery visitation tonight 7 pm.
Henry L Carver 80 a Vandalia resident and former postal worker died at Audrain Medical Center Mexico at 1 15 am He served overseas in World War I and retired from the Vandalia post office about 15 years ago He married Ada Doyle in 1921 and they lived in Vandalia He survived by seven nieces and nephews and several great nieces nephews with two brothers and two sisters gone He was a member of Vandalia Baptist Church and the American Legion Services are planned Monday at Waters Funeral Home in Vandalia.
Mrs Esther Mix 72 of Everett Washington died at 11 15 am Friday at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico She was mother of Mrs James Dorothy Porter of Wells Services set for 2 pm Jan 2 at Schaefer-Shiman Funeral Home Marysville Washington Born Sept 16 1903 in Kansas daughter of Sylvester and Harriette Wells Body to Myers Funeral Home then to Washington funeral home
Funeral rites for Everett Fuhrer are held at 3 30 p m today at Arnold Funeral Home Mexico with Rev J C Montgomery of Mexico United Methodist Church officiating Burial follows in Eastlawn Cemetery Pallbearers include William Ray R W Ray Louis Luckner William Gifford George H Rosenthal and Glenn Maxwell
Mrs Patterson Bain 81 lifelong Columbia resident died Thursday in Dimmitt Texas where she and her husband had moved to be with their only daughter Graveside services will be held Monday at Columbia Cemetery She was born Sept 3 1894 in Columbia She was formerly Marjorie Jones daughter of John C and Clara Thompson Jones Her father was University of Missouri president 1921 to 1923 She married Bain in 1920 a University of Missouri graduate member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Kings Daughters First Presbyterian Church She leaves her husband daughter Mrs George Rush three grandchildren and two great grandchildren
J Edwin Powell 71 of Odessa died of an apparent heart attack overnight while he and wife Charlotte Erdel stayed at the Stephenson Motel in Mexico. Audrain County Coroner Connie Pickering said cause was likely a heart attack. Powell a retired chemical salesman. Body to Husman Sparks Funeral Home in Odessa.
Twenty leftist guerrillas attacked the 601st army communications base at City Bell near Buenos Aires but were repulsed by sentries. Two attackers were killed, two women guerrillas were captured, and the rest escaped. The raid followed a prior clash that left at least 156 dead and many wounded.
Civil War figure William Clarke Quantrill is revisited in a Kansas lecture by Prof. Albert Castel. He charts Quantrill’s life from Ohio schooling to Kansas moves, Lawrence massacre, and later burial, exhumation, and bone history tied to the Kansas Historical Society.
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