Spirit of 76 drives Mexico town pool bond drive
A 1987 editor’s note praises Mexico’s civic spirit as Junior Chamber members push a bond issue for two new swimming pools. The piece critiques passive attitudes, recalls past progress, and lauds youth activism while noting sewer and housing concerns alongside the pool plan. It frames the effort as essential to modern town life and contrasts old fears with progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menice
Chamber of Commene
Thes
Mexico
Andi sHiame
Anny Dateet
Cew
Pheir Eheb
Bob Marty
Bald cypress trees shine in Missouri landscape nod
In southeastern Missouri early statehood linked bald cypress to the lumber boom. A. P. Green planted 25 trees about forty years ago on his estate. two specimens near Huntingfield Road in the Green property are visible this week for winter identification. The trees, Taxodium distichum, shed needles in fall. cypress knees sit in swamps but not uplands. The Staley home nearby hosts visitors and the piece urges tree planting for future generations.
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Missouri
Bootheel
A. P. Green
A. P
Green Refractories Co
Walter Staley Jr
Walter
Kathy
Franklin
Gills
End Of TimeBay Blessing In Giving Verses
A religious reflection cites Acts 20 35 asserting happiness comes from giving not receiving. The text emphasizes generosity as a virtue and links it to personal and communal fulfillment.
Vanishing Wilderness Fight Urged by Local Citizen
Mrs. Pierce Turner laments the decline of wildlife around Mexico over the past decade. She urges tree planting, bird-friendly landscaping, and conservation education, highlighting Bennington, Hardin Park, and the city forester Bill Thompson. She calls for community action to protect birds, habitats, and long term green spaces, including school-site conservation studies.
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Conversation Commission
Mexico
Missouri Conservationist
al Palladino
Bill Thompson
Hardin Park
Thompson
Ledger
Pierce Turner
Ann Landers Letters on Health and Honesty in Love
A reader recounts a decades old medical misdiagnosis of a husband with a supposed heart problem and how Mayo Clinic found no heart issue. Advice urges seeking second opinions and preserving personal autonomy. Includes comments encouraging women to pursue independence and motorists to yield to ambulances, with a grim fatality noted.
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Ann Landers
Harvey
Ded
Mayo Clinic
Deac Ann Landers
Green
Ptosis of the colon and related medical queries
A reader reports colon ptosis seen on abdominal X rays and asks about seriousness and treatment. The doctor says ptosis is common in slender individuals, causes few symptoms, and needs no treatment unless discomfort occurs. The column also discusses spanking and constipation, breastfeeding after implants, and adhesions with no definitive solutions.
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Dr. Thesteson
Vince’ Gaye
F.R.P
Mexico paper notes managerial moves and campus pledges
The Mexico news page records Merlyn Anderson arriving as the new J C Penney store manager in Leon Iowa after 18 months there, replacing retiree Peter Todsen. It also notes John M. Kemp pledging Sigma Nu at Missouri and Miss Margaret Love becoming Mexico Chamber of Commerce office secretary.
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Merlyn Anderson
J.C. Penney Co
Leon
Penney
Peter Todsen
John M. Kemp
Maurice P. Kemp
University of Missouri
Sigma Nu
Margaret Love
Ray Love
W. Emmons Jr
Mexico Chamber of Commerce
Gay Mattiesen
University of Missouri, Columbia
A. P. Green Fire Brick Co
Mexico High School
David Bunch
James F. Bunch
Harwood A
Missouri School of Art and Metallurgy
Dizie Gray
New York
Mexico
Greig Ritchie
City
Missouri Council of Churches
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John McDonald
Larry Roberts
Sidney
Ke Deesie
Jeemane
Ier
C.W. Wilson
Joyce Barrett
Regie Buresh
Joyce Martin
James Riley Nunnelly
Open Forum
Bennington
Boy Scouts
Ann
George C
M.D
S.R
Charles Saylor
Pike County
Audrain County
Chal Blur
Edgar D. Lee
Christian College
Columbia
Henry Lee
Laddonia
Joe Bomar
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Audrain
Sen. Reed
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