The Mexia Daily News from Mexia, Texas • Page 3

Published By The Publishing Company, Inc. Established Jftrroary3, 1899 Mexia, Texas BUSINESS HOURS- Mohday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 Saturday 1 a.m. to The Daily News is lished dally (except Saturday) and Sunday morning. Entered as second class matter February 24, 1912, at the post office In Mexla, Texas, under the act of March 7, 1897, Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or tation of persons, firms or cor.

poratiofis which may appear in the columns of this newspaper will be corrected upon being called to the attention of the publishers. Your Horoscope The Busy Bee Club Has Annual Picnic You can tell that summer vacation Is here. The Busy Bee Garden Club of Mexla State School had its annual picnic recently. The ladles went to Cameron Park and shopping in Waco for the special occasion. For a special treat, the sponsors accompanied the girls to the Waco Zoo and had a wonderful day.

The Busy Bee Garden Club was organized in 1952 and meet once a month with various types of interesting programs. The sponsors from the Mexia State School are Miss Elizabeth Williams and Mrs. Blanche Hawkins. The Mexia Garden Club sponsors attending were Mrs. W.

W. Bradley and Mrs. W. B. Rennolds.

Bus driver for the outing was Sam Jackson. The sponsors and girls are looking forward to a resumption of the Busy Bee Garden Club activities in September. General Mexia Hospital Admissions Taylor McReynolds, Dawson Mrs. Beulah Malnord, Mexia Mrs. Georgia Smith, Coolidge Mrs.

Ruby Brodnax, Coolidge Mrs. Oleta White, Groesbeck Robert Donald, Coolidge Dismissals Milton May, Mexia Mrs. Mattie Johnson, Jewett Personals Jimmy N. Arnold, husband of the former Miss Carol Ann Sham- blln, received an Associate in Art degree from Tyler Junior College, Friday night. Mrs.

Horace Shamblin and daughter, Leah, attended the graduation ceremonies in Tyler. GRADUATION CARDS When you care enough to very best 4. M. CU.ER Look in the section in which your birthday comes and find what your outlook is, according to the stars, FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1970, MARCH 21 to APRIL 20 (Aries) Certain limitations to your success can be overcome if you take time to re-define your aims, expand your program so as to make better use of your talents and emphasize your versatility. APRIL 21 to MAY 21 (Taurus) An auspicious day.

You can make a colorful showing if you stress good judgment and discretion especially in personal relationships. A void haste, carelessness, going to extremes. MAY 22 to JUNE 21 (Gemini) Fine Mercury influences encourage all your interests. This should be a day of great accomplishment IF you follow your course unswervingly and don't allow yourself to becomefoolish- ly involved in trivia. JUNE 22 to JULY 23 (Cancer) Some frustration indicated in certain areas.

Accept with equanimity. In your usual competent and unruffled manner, you can hurdle all obstacles. JULY 24 to AUGUST 23 (Leo) Review past successful procedures as guidelines for this day's action, but don't summarily reject new ideas and methods. You could couple past AND present experience to great advantage. AUGUST 24 to SEPTEMBER 23 (Virgo) Keep emotions under stern control so as to insure better judgment in trying situations.

Further admonitions: Don't overtax yourself; don't over-elaborate in handling details. New advantages in the offing. SEPTEMBER 24 to OCTOBER 23 Concentrate on substantial and pertinent matters. Avoid activities which interfere with obligations. A good idea from an unexpected source could prove extremely helpful.

OCTOBER 24 to NOVEMBER 22 (Scorpio) You may note an increasing tempo in some areas which will prove beneficial in the long run. Stress accuracy, good will, logic. NOVEMBER 23 to DECEMBER 21 (Sagittarius) Good Jupiter influences stimulate progressive ideas and tactics. Trigger all action to blend with the top offerings of the day and add finesse to make things run as smoothly as possible. DECEMBER 22 to JANUARY 20 (Capricorn) Unusual opportunities may be discovered by those who are imaginative and enterprising enough to seek them out.

And, certainly, the Capricornian is imaginative and enterprising. JANUARY 21 to FEBRUARY 19 (Aquarius) As with Virgo, don't give into emotionalism now. Dealings with others will be more pleasant and profitable if you emphasize reason, calmness and logic. Don't make moves which could startle and confuse associates. FEBRUARY 20 to MARCH 20 (Pisces) Emphasize precision and accuracy, but do not to the extent of being fussy or overbearing with those of slower mind.

Day calls for initiative, a realistic viewpoint and stick- to-itiveness. YOU BORN TODAY are endow- Tar Gravel Composition TOWN COUNTRY Roofing Co. Cleburne, Texas Call Collect 645-9780 Or 645-7144 Insured 15 Yr, Guarantee ed with a keen, alert and trating mind; are original and highly imaginative in all that you undertake. You have many talents and could succeed as a designer, diplomat, organizer on a wide scale or but would probably achieve your greatest success and greatest happiness on the field of writing and-or journalism. If so Inclined, you could also become a financial expert.

You dote on music and travel; may spend as much of your leisure time as possible in these pursuits. Birthdate of: Jay Gould, business tycoon; Amelia Bloomer, early advocate of women's rights. FAIRFIELD By MRS. C.L. WILLIAMSON Mr.

and Mrs. Wood Fain of Woodville visited Mrs. C.P. Fischer over the weekend. Mr.

and Mrs. Har Ian Anderson and family visited their parents, Mr, and Mrs. Clifton Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. Randolph White and family over the weekend.

Mrs. Jewel Ivy of Angleton is visiting in the home of Mrs. Mattie Keaton and other relatives. Mrs. Clair Robinson and Mrs.

Edna Whatley spent last weekend in White Oak with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Watson Jr, and John Wiley of Waco visited Mr, and Mrs. Howard Watson Sunday, the occasion being his 79th birthday.

They were accompanied to Fairfield by Mrs. Wiley McFadin, who had been visiting them, Mr, and Mrs. J.T. McCombs of Denver City, Mrs. D.P.

Morton, Sugarland, and Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Marshall of Richmond, Mrs. L.H.

Delavan of Conroe visited in the home of Mrs. Letha Turner during the weekend. Mrs. Turner is recovering from a broken arm received at her home Friday when a calf knocked her down. Word was received by relatives and friends in Fairfield Friday of the death of Jyles Shaw in Los Angeles, California.

Mrs. Shaw is the former Louise Harrison of Fairfield. They have one son, Jack Shaw, of Los Angeles, California. Mr. and Mrs.

Henry Minchew and Mr. and Mrs, Hop Teer visited Houston County Lake near Grapeland Sunday afternoon. They also visited Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Cook in Palestine.

Mr. and Mrs. Reese Ellis and family of Dallas visited Mr. and Mrs. Clint Mullen over the weekend.

Mr. and Mrs. Billie Bonner and children attended a family reunion at Lake Mexia Sunday. Visitors at the Red Lake Cottage of Mr. and Mrs.

H.B. Steward during the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ramsey and Judge and Mrs. Jim C.

Langdon, Mrs. Warrin Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Flourway and Mrs. M.C.

Landrum of Wortham. were in Greenville and Wylia the first part of the week. Garfield Shanks and Mrs. Arthur Alegard of Waco visited relatives in Fairfield one day last week. At a buffet dinner Friday night at Sam's Restaurant, H.B.

Steward was presented the Masonic 50 year award. About 50 persons, including several out of town guests attended. Senator Jack Hightower, senator in the state legislature and grand senior warden in the lodge, made the presentation. C.R. Morgan was master of ceremonies.

The invocation was given by Condia Robertson. Mr. Steward was introduced by C.E. Childs Sr. Dr.

L.L. Bonner, deputy grand master of district 22, recognized seven more who have been in the lodge for 25 years and Joel Bonner and L.R. Boyd, who are 50 year men. He presented Ernest and Roger Steward, brothers of the honoree and then introduced the guest speaker, who gave a very Interesting talk. The Freestone County Art League met Saturday at the home of Mrs.

Marguerite Briggs on Red Lake for an all day paint out. The day was spent sketching and painting on the lake front. At noon a sack lunch was served Mrs. Mano Miles Is A Very Cheerful Happy Lady Devoted To Her Home fflexw Mexia, Texas-Tuesday, May 16, 1970-Page 3 Shop In Mexia May 29th During Western Auto KenwinsShop Duke Ay res Karner Phillips Penneys KWolens Percys BY FA YE MANNING Her friends call her Jo. She is a pleasant, warm woman with a history as interesting as her present life.

Mrs. Mano Miles was born Clara Jo Norton on a ranch near Quanah, Her parents still live there. Norton, Mrs. Miles' father, will be 83 years old in September, and he is still a handsome, active man. Moreover, he just returned from a trip to Haskell where he was honored on that town's annual Texas Cowboy Reunion.

He has been married to Mrs. Miles' mother, Maud, for 65 years. Not long ago, the Fort Worth Star Telegram wrote an article about the girl, Clara Jo Norton, who never was absent or tardy a day of her life in school. The way Jo tells it, this record got to be a big thing with her parents and she even went to school one time when she was so ill that she had to lay her head down upon her desk. She graduated salutatorian of her class.

"There was all sorts of excitement on the ranch all around me, but my life was pretty dull until I met Mano and 1 haven't had a dull moment since then." She met the young, dashing Mano Miles when she went off to C.I.A. (now known as Texas Women's University) in Denton on a "blind date." And her life did change "We lived in four different states the first three years we were married." Their son and only child, Tommy, was also born in Quanah. In his boyhood, they lived on a ranch covering 90 sections of land in New Mexico. Jo's father owned the land and their part was forty-five sections therein. Mano was busy with the work of the ranch and was gone much of the time.

Due to the vastness of the area, Jo raised her little boy with books and an abundance of motherly love. Tommy graduated from Southwestern University in Georgetown before he was 20 years old. In 1950 lie left for Jordan as a cryptographer with the U.S. Diplomatic Service and he was there four and one half years. Jo's home is full of many beautiful gifts.

Tommy sent The Rudy Millers Announce Arrival Of A Baby Son Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Miller of Wortham announce the arrival of a new son, Marshall Ross. He was born May 24 at 6 a.m. and weighed 8 pounds 3 ounces.

Also proud of the new arrival were three other children, Douglas, six years old, Susan, age four, and Matthew 18 months old. The maternal grandparents are Mrs. Frank Hall of Ponca City, Oklahoma and Mr. and Mrs. L.J.

Taylor of Mexia. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Miller of Wortham are the paternal grandparents. on the lawn of the Briggs home and a business session followed with Mrs.

Mildred Burkhart, president, presiding. A new member was presented, Mrs. Evol Noble of Hamilton, a new comer to Fairfield. Ten members and three guests were present for the meeting. Hostess, Mrs.

Briggs, served cake, coffee and tea. Two persons were killed and five injured in a car-truck collision which occurred about 3:00 a.m. Thursday, May 21, at the intersection of US 75 and US 84 highways in Fairfield. Mrs. Marie Potter of Killeen, driving a 1961 Chevrolet with her five children, Joseph, Bobby, Connie, Wanda L.

and Edward Potter, was headed west on US 84 when struck by a Morton's Potato Chip Co. truck on US 75 driven by Rodney Bristol of Dallas. The car was carried approximately 150 feet south of the point of impact. Dead on arrival at the local hospital were Wanda age 6, and Eddie Potter, 2. The survivors of the Potter family were transferred to Hillcrest Hospital in Waco.

Mr. Potter is serving in the armed forces in Vietnam. Formal notification has been received by the Fairfield Post Office from the Dallas Regional Post Office that eity delivery service will be established festive June 27. This service will be one delivery trip day through Friday. No deliv ery will be made on Saturdays, Sundays or national holidays.

Miss Marsha Teal Feted With A Bridal Shower MRS. MANO MILES her from Jordan. Tommy now lives in Austin where he is the assistant administrator of Saint Davis Hospital. Last week he left for Germany where he will spend two weeks. "We lost the ranch in New Mexico and just about everything we had during the depression.

When we moved to Mexia, everything we owned we could load in a one-horse trailer." Mano Miles made the rodeo at Malakoff every Saturday night and he was a good enough calf roper to pay for their home with his winnings. Little Tommy would stand just outside the fence surrounding the arena and as Mano passed the barrier in pursuit of the calf he was roping, the little boy would run along the fence yelling "Catch 'em, Daddy!" Mrs. Mano Miles' life has been surrounded with rodeos and horses. Her husband brought the first registered quarter horse into this part of the country. That beautiful horse's name was Bubba McCue, the closest line bred to old Peter McCue, who goes way back to when horses were brought to this country from England.

Bubba was put to sleep in 1955, but his memory lives on at the Miles' home and a large portrait of the animal graces a wall in their living room. Mano Miles is, a well known name in the cowboy circuit. For 18 years he rode "pick-up" in the Huntsville rodeo. His name is recorded in the famous Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City where an extensive book collection bears the name of "The Mano Miles Collection." Jo is proud of her husband and she has every right to be. When they lost their ranch in New Mexico they moved to Denton where they lived for three years.

From 1933-34, Mano drove three separate herds of wild horses from New Mexico to Denton, He regrets not taking notes along the way and recording the unusual feat "I stopped all along the way and traded I gave boot, took boot and traded even." Mano manages a large herd of cattle for Kennon, which he has done since 1938. He still trades horses and has some he wouldn't part with. Pete's Billy, a beautiful sorrell stallion is a real favorite of anyone who sees him, including this writer. Jo Miles keeps the records for the large cattle operation in addition to the books on their horses. She has the complete set of quarter horse books and can trace a horse's linage back six generations.

Both husband and wife can answer just about any question dealing with horses. Mrs. Miles' home is tastefully decorated and the bright, airy rooms depict her own ful personality, Beautiful scarlet carpeting covers the floors of her home. The living and dining room windows are draped with pretty light blue denim which blends in with the soft gray walls of those rooms. In the dining room is a very beautiful china cabinet with a curved- glass front that dates back to about 1870.

The valuable pieces of furniture, another gift from Tommy, came from one of the famous old Bremond homes in Austin. The cabinet is completely filled with an elaborate collection of cups and saucers, some very old and some from foreign countries. It is difficult to separate Jo Miles the woman from Jo Miles the wife and mother. One must write about her husband and son because every other word she utters is either Mano or Tommy. Her home is indeed her castle and she is completely devoted to her family.

In answer to a question about her hobbies she replied, "My hobbies are Mano and Tommy." She thought a while and then said, "I also love to cook." Miss Marsha Teel, the elect of James Hardison, was honored with a lovely bridal shower Friday evening, May 22 in the Fellowship Hall of the Calvary Baptist Church. Hostesses for the grand occasion were Mrs. tommy Johnson, Mrs. C.A. Tackett, and Mrs.

Robert Bayless, church coworkers with Miss Teel. Receiving guests were the bride-elect, her mother and the prospective groom's mother. Miss Teel and Mrs. J.G. Hardison were presented with white carnation corsages and Mrs.

C. Kerzee, Sr. Hove Reunion With Their Children With nine children and their families, Mr. and Mrs. Alton Kerzee, Sr.

of Mexia had a wonderful family reunion this weekend. Mr. Kerzee said "this is a time we will long remember. For the first time since 1952 all our nine children and families were able to be together." Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs.

Alton Kerzee, Jr. of Mexia were hosts for a delicious dinner. Sunday, the families were entertained with a covered dish luncheon at the lake home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Beene of Mexia.

Mrs. Kerzee replied "we had lots of reminiscencing to do." Those enjoying the special occasion were Mr. and Mrs. Alton Kerzee, and children, Liza, Bennett, Lori, Mike, and Linda of Mexia; Mrs. Louise Prather of Portland, Texas; Mr.

and Mrs. John Fowler and children. Vicki and Ricky of Mexia; Mr. and Mrs, Rollin Kerzee and son, David and his family of Lima, Ohio; Jerry Kerzee of Gainsville; Mr. and Mrs, Wilmer Kerzee of Kansas City, Kansas; Mr, and Mrs.

Richard Kerzee of Houma, Louisiana; Mr. and Mrs, Elmer Beene Jr. and son, Brett of Mexia; and Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Kerzee and Richey of Bay City.

Other relatives visiting were Mr. and Mrs. Bowden Bond of Teague; Mr. and Mrs. 'Elmer Beene, Sr.

of Groesbeck; and Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Cox of Mexia and granddaughter, Kathy. Teel was given a corsage of pink carnations. The bride's chosen colors of blue and white were used in the church.

Covering the table was a white damask cloth highlighted by a beautiful blue and white arrangement, Cascading from the lovely floral display were streamers embossed with "Marsha and James." Miss Toni Teel, sister of the bride-to-be, presided at the crystal punch bowl and individual cake squares were served by Miss Laura Beldin. Registering the guests was Miss Brenda Beldin and others of the house party were the members of the Reapers Sunday School class. Miss Teel opened many nice gifts in view of those attending the occasion. Approximately forty guests attended. Miss Teel of Mexia and James Hardison of Lost Prairie are to be married Wednesday evening, May 27 in the Calvary Baptist Church with Rev.

Lowell Skaggs officiating. Goodwill Club Meets Thursday The Goodwill Club of Point Enterprise will meet Thursday, May 28 at 2:30 p.m. in the Comr munity Club House. The program will be about "Beauty Secrets" by Mrs, Riba Ford, a retired cosmetologist of Houston. Everyone is invited.

STEPHENS Redi-Mix, Inc. Delivered Anywhere College Mexla Bus. 56Z-2549 Res. 562-5279 Stated meeting of Springfield Lodge No. 74, A.F.

ti A.M. Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Visiting Masons cordially inylt- ed. DAVIDR. JERRY MILLER, Sec'y.

Throughout our history, men of America have fought for the ideals and way of life they treasured. With their lives, they have kept our country strong and preserved our freedom. Remember them this Memorial Day. ALUMINUM SIDING Budget Payments Free Estimates MEXIA BUILDING SUPPLY.