The Mexia Daily News from Mexia, Texas • Page 1

fUtxia fails Serving The People Of The Stone Area Since VOLUME NUMBER MEXIA, TfcXAS tllUKSDAV, NOVEMBER IS, AP and SifcA Hi rENtS 8 PAGES MAt city beat By Bob Wright MIKE BELL FUND The Farmers Stale Bank in Mexia has also set up a Mike Bell Fund, so named for the local police officer who was shot while attempting to make an arrest early Monday morning. Also accepting donations in the special fund are the First National Bank, KBUS radio station, the Mexia Police Department and The Mexia Daily KEELIN'GOOD Harold WALKER, the bubbly mayor up Wortham way telephoned this morning. Harold most generally looks on the bright side of the coin. "It's a big, wide, wonderful world and lots of good people are in it," proclaimed Harold. So be it, if the man sez DEATH REPORTED Billy HARMON, you'll recall, was a supervisor at the Mexia Textile Mills.

Billy, a friend of ours, died in Newberry, S.C., following a lingering illness. The family address is 2805 College Street, Newberrv, South Carolina 29108. SINGIN'TIME The Point Enterprise singing will be held Friday evening at 1 in that community's clubhouse, reminds Albert CERTIFICATE FOR JIM Jim REESE, an employe at Mexia Stale School, has been presenled wilh the Texas Stale Health Department's official certificate of competency from the Texas Water Ulililies Association. Reese has been studying effective ways for producing safe drinking waler and treatments to make wastewater into clean streams for public THE DANCER Mexia's Charles DANCER, quile a Fightin' Black Cat here and now quite a Fightin' Baylor Bear at Waco, is charging toward all-time Baylor records as a receiver. Dancer has 1,104 career yards to rank second for career yardage behind Lawrence Elkins' 2,094.

Dancer needs just one more touchdown pass to tie Elkins' season mark set in 1963 and only 232 yards to eclipse Elkins' seasonal mark of 873... I've Invested in Have Criteria set for awarding Mexia exes 9 scholarship Mexia Jaycees meet tonight to discuss plans for parade Mexia Jiiycees will discuss plans for the downtown Christmas parade they'll sponsor, when the organization meets tonight al 7:30 in Jaycee Hall. Numerous floats have been entered in ihis year's parade. Several bands are also due to march. Also at tonight's meeting, the team winners for Ihe membership drive are to be announced.

It was announced that all members should bring money and ticket stubs for the rifle raffle. MORNING STOCKS 47V. All Rich up 'i: Coca Cola 141 off '4; duPont 165 up 2'4; Eastman 124 off Exxon up '4; Gen Elec Penney 73'4 off' 2 Safeway off I Criteria for receiving Mexia Ex- Students Association scholarships has been established by officers and directors of the Association, at a meeting held in the home of Mrs. Jimmy Fisher, president, in Tehuacana. Other plans were set for the Saturday night dance, which is open lo Die public, and from which proceeds will be used in financing Ihe scholarship.

The Counlry Strangers will play for the Ex-Studenls Association-sponsored dance, lo be held al the National Guard armory from 9 'lil 1. In olher action, the officers- directors accepled the resignation of Mrs. Belle Beard, and named Mrs. Bobby Jack Liles lo assume her position as secretary. Criteria for the scholarship recipient, who will be a deserving graduate from Mexia High School, is as follows: Student must have an average of 85 or above; musl have financial need; musl be found to have desire and motivation; musl have at leasl moderate participation in school- related activities; must have a record of good conduct; and musl have ap- litude in the area which Ihey are sludying, be il scholaslic or vocational.

Just married They were just married-Capt. Mark Phillips laughs wilh his Royal bride, Princess Anne, on Ihe balcony of Buckingham Palace Wednesday in London. (AP Wirepholo) Trinisota District dinner set at Freestone Country Club Seoul leaders of Ihe Trinisota District, Heart O'Texas Council, Boy Scouts of America will be honored at The District's Concert scheduled in Fairfield church FAIRFIELD Warren, a full-lime evangelistic singer, will be in concert in the First Baptist Church sanctuary on Sunday at 7 p.m. It's hurry sunrise Saturday morning for area hunters Annual Recognition Dinner on Dec. 6, al the Freestone Country Club belween Tcague and Fairfield, at 7:30 p.m.

"This is our way of saying Thanks' lo (he many volunteer adult leaders who lead Ihe Cub Seoul Packs, Seoul Troops, and Explorer Posts in Limestone, Freestone and Leon counties," says Ross Maden of Mexia. General Chairman for the dinner. "In addilion lo presenting awards lo our leaders for training, tenure and conspicuous merit, we elect the officers of the district for the following year and have a speaker lalk on a timely and inleresling topic," Maden continues. This year's keynote speaker svill be Dr. Dave Johnson, Associate Dean of Students and Direclor of Ihe Heallh and Counseling Center al Baylor University.

All scout leaders and their wives (or husbands) are cordially invited to atlend. The reservation deadline is Nov. 2G. For further informalion, contacl Ross Maden, Dinner Chairman, in Mexia al (817) 5625957, or J.K, Waddell, Dislrict Scout Executive, at 562-6333. Middle School band to present program for band boosters The-Mexia Middle School band, under direction of Jerry Thomas, will present a program Monday night at 7 in (he Mexia High band hall during a meeting of the Band Boosters Club.

A brief discussion and plans for a Band Boosters project svill be held, says President Hubert Austin. Everyone is invited lo all parents who have children in the band programs. Austin says. "We can be proud of the Mexia Black Cat Band and the Middle School band, under direction of Steve Fleming and Thomas," the president concluded. Verse A Day Hebrews we oughl lo give the more earnest heed lo Ihe things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

Groesbeck trustees vote okay on play equipment GROESBECK and playground equipmenl were among topics discussed al a meeting of the Groesbeck school board. The board voted to buy playground equipment for the elementary school and approved purchase of a new riding lawn mower and a new motor for a school bus. Supt. E.S. Ellis was authorized by the school trustees to investigate the possibility of blacktopping a portion of the student parking lot at the new high school, Fair tonighl and Kriday.

Mild Friday. Low tonighl about 47. High Friday near 71. by PATTERSON News Staff Writer Deer hunters started getting that buck fever several weeks ago, and many began seeing a buck "step out in front of them" a long time ago. But the fever started gelling worse this week as the annual deer season opens Nov.

17, Salurday morning at sunrise. Hunters began buying some new clothing this week (if the ones Ihey had been hunling in for several years had been worn oul), and the guns were taken out of the closet and cleaned up for opening morning. With many of the deer hunters being able to say "I've killed one before," there are still those who will sit in a stand for the first time Saturday morning and hope to see one "with horns" take a stride across their oat patch or the right-of-way where they're hunling. I suppose Ihe heart can't beat much harder and faster than the first time any type of deer, whether doe or buck, steps out in front of you. You have always been told to sit perfectly still and move very slowly when you absolutely have to.

But when that buck steps out there, and your big old heart starts pounding away, you wonder if the deer could possibly hear it beating at a rate that feels like it's going to jump out. The big hunt will begin Friday evening usually as the hunters gather at one of the party's house and wrap things up just before leaving for the lease. Cooking utensils, sleeping bags, warm clothing, and. the usual hunting necessities are packed into the back of the truck or car. Then the weekend journey begins.

Some hunters prefer the hill country to hunt, others prefer just laking a leap over around Fairfield where some folks say only a few deer roam, but others run into them by the herds. Guess it's just one of those things where you have to be in the right place at the right time. Upon arrival Friday afternoon at the hunting lease, the cars are unpacked and the tent is set up, or the camping trailer is set, or the sleeping bags are stretched out in the seats of the car, or jusl out under a big tree. But with the weather we've had this week, hunters may nol need much cover opening weekend, and some say the hunting is not going to be loo good. As many say, "The colder the weather, the better the hunting.

You may think you're going to freeze the night before and when you're sitting in the stand the nexl morning but the results are always beller." But then some hunters will tell of their kill when it wasn't cold at all. There again, the right place at the right time might have played an important part in the killing of this hunter's deer. Another factor which makes a difference whether or not the good hunting place will be on the oat patch or back in the woods is the condition of the moon the night before. With a bright moon the night before, deer will feed during the night, with it obviously being safer at night for the hunted animals to feed when enough light supplies them, ralher lhan the next morning, the bright riighls hurl considerably. The results are fewer, and as a matter of fact, there will be a half moon the first weekend of the season.

When you come down lo the fact of the matter, aren't we all hoping to get one opening morning, and the following morning, and every other time we load the oP .243 for whatever size you shoot? As far as statistics go for deer hunting, Walt Daniels, a Stale Game Biologist from Fairfield, stated that approximately 950 bucks were reported killed last season in Freestone County. "An estimated 700-900 bucks are expecled lo be killed ihis year," noled the biologist. "As far as population goes, there was a slight decrease from lasl year's population, but still plenty by far lo have a fine county 'wide kill this season." Another factor Daniels said would determine how many bucks will be killed this year would be the wealher and progress of the rut. "The bucks have been rutting pretty heavily the past three or four weeks, so the deer should be moving fairly good opening weekend even though the wealher will nol be as cold as it should be," continued Daniels. Spike bucks are again legal this year with doe asain bring illegal to kill.

No permits were issued as they have not been for the past 10 years. Pipeline bill passes Sen. Henry M. Jackson, left, lalks with Sen. Mike Gravel, D-Alaska' in Washington after the Senate passed a bill aulhorizing private construction of an oil pipeline across Alaska.

Jackson predicted that President Nixon would sign the measure. (AP Wirephoto).