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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1970
Page
9
Official 7:00 a.m. readings show yesterday's high 63 and low 41. Temperature at 7 a.m. today is 32. November normal 2.23 inches. year to date 51.90 inches. Sunset 6:03 p.m. today. sunrise 6:43 a.m. tomorrow.
Police report several minor crashes on Love Olive and Jackson streets with damaged vehicles and failed yield of right of way. Names include Mary B Thompson Connie L Pickering and Ralph T Sannebeck. Also listed are numerous hospital admissions dismissals births and local court actions followed by Missouri livestock market updates.
National Stockyards AP summary shows hogs 200-220 lbs at 16.25-17.75, 240-260 lbs 15.50-16.25, 280-300 lbs 13.50-14.25, 170-180 lbs 15.25-15.75. Barrows and gilts down to 25, saws steady. Cattle 1,500 head and calves 300. steers 27.50 per 9275 lbs if available. cows 15.00-17.50, Holsteins 18.00, cann ers 12.00-14.50. Lambs uneven, 90-110 lbs 27.00, 80-100 lbs 25.00, ewes 4.00-6.00.
Soybeans, corn and wheat climb in early Chicago Board of Trade trading while oats dip. Multiple court actions include divorces for Deimeke and Wilson, sentences for check fraud, and various rulings on custody, appeals, and jail terms.
Chicago stock market notes cattle supply at 300 mostly cows with steady prices for utility and commercial grades from 17.75 to 19.00, high dressing cows 19.25 to 19.50, vanners and cutters 15.50 to 18.50. Sheep 100 head with limited loads of prime slaughter lambs 88 to 100 pounds. Death notices: Melvin Harrison 68 J B Angell 57 Dorothy M Green 59 Irene M Jarl.
Over the counter trading showed A B Chante Co and Commerce Bancshares bidding and asking prices. New York trading listed Robbie Brooks, Dresser, Interco, Kaiser Aluminum, U S Gypsum, and other issues with varied gains and losses. Market tone was fractionally lower at midday with the Dow around 770, as profit taking and GM strike concerns muted moves. Deaths noted include Peter II exiled king of Yugoslavia, TDlof Wallenius shipping magnate, and Rene Pinchart fencing coach. Grain export showed 19.2 million tons July 1969 through June 1970, up 20 percent from the prior year.
Irene M Jarboe 79 of 110 E Olive St Vandalia died 639 am at Audrain Hospital after strokes. Born Wellsville May 5 1891 daughter of Jacob and Francis Swope she married Joseph Elzen Jarboe Oct 27 1912 he died 1958. Survived by son Claude Middletown daughter Margaret Kleinsorge Lebanon Nadine Noland Lebanon sister Olive Jarboe Louisiana Mo grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral services at Waters Funeral Home Vandalia pending.
Funeral services for Artie Francis Lewis 77 of Route 2 Centralia will be held Saturday at 2 p m at Centralia Baptist Church with the Rev Howard White officiating. Burial will follow in Centralia Cemetery Friends may call at Meador and Son Funeral Home from 5 p m today until services He was born January 15 1893 in Audrain County to Albert Marion and Margaret Denton Lewis He married Mary Leu Whiteside on July 15 1934 and she survives He was a retired farmer of Centralia He is survived by a son the Rev Larry Lewis of Willingboro New Jersey a brother Sam Centralia a sister Mrs L P Mary Hubert and two grandchildren Preceding him in death were a brother Creed and a sister Mrs Sue Vest.
A note recalls that until around World War II a man could become a farmer for less than $1,000. The statement highlights the relatively low entry cost for farming in that era and contrasts with later affordability shifts.
Funeral services for Harold B. Doc Holt 54 of Vandalia will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Vandalia First Christian Church with burial in Auxvasse Cemetery. Holt died Wednesday at Harbison-Walker Refractories Co. Vandalia after an apparent accident at a mixer. He was a longtime worker at the plant and a deacon and Sunday School teacher at the Vandalia church. He is survived by wife Geneva Overstreet Holt two sons Ed and Wilmer a sister and several nieces and nephews. He was born July 29, 1916 in Montgomery County. The condolence and company investigation are noted.
James Buford Angell 57 of Columbia died Wednesday at Ellis Fischer Cancer Hospital after a short illness. Born December 21 1912 in Centralia he married Mary Winscott Forsee in 1962 and she survives. He worked for Columbia city public works and belonged to Christian Church Moose and Eagle lodges. Funeral Friday at 2 p m at Ballew Funeral Home Centralia with burial in Centralia Cemetery.
Funeral services for Earl Lee Rinker 26 of Laddonia will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Laddonia Baptist Church with burial in Laddonia Cemetery. He died Tuesday at Missouri Pacific Hospital St. Louis from injuries from an Oct. 22 automobile crash. Born December 12 1943 in Hannibal he was a son of Levi and Cora Rinker. Surviving are his wife Opal Snyder, his mother four children four brothers and three sisters. He worked for GMCO railroad. Rev Cleo Sexton will officiate. Friends may call at Wilkey Bienhoff Funeral Home Laddonia until noon Friday when body will be taken to the church.
The senior EastWest AllAmerica basketball game is scheduled for April 1 at here. The date was announced Wednesday by MidSouth Sports Action Inc which sponsors the annual event.
Briar Admire, 14 year old son of the Rev. and Mrs. Delbert Admire, is recovering satisfactorily in Boone County Hospital in Columbia after knee surgery. He remains in room 274.
Funeral services for Melvin Harrison 68 of rural Paris were held at 2 p m at Agnew Funeral Home Paris. Burial followed in Elmwood Cemetery Mexico. He died Tuesday at his sister Mrs Mary Major’s home where he had lived 15 years. Born in Missouri December 30 1901 he was a son of Crockett I and Florence Eaton Harrison. Survived by three sisters Mrs Major and three others, and three brothers Bert Joe in California and Glenn in Centralia. Preceded by parents two sisters and three brothers.
Ten horses have entered the 19th running of the Washington D C International at Laurel Maryland. Italian colt Bacuco with 18 wins in 22 starts joins the field for the 10 mile grass event. Carlos Astorga will ride the four year old, who is expected to arrive at Laurel Friday.
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