The Mexia Daily News from Mexia, Texas • Page 1

WANT AD -tTME 63 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS WIRE SEBVICB tiXAS, MONDAY. MARCH 5, 1962 KEY TO key to the city of New Concord in his hand, Lt. Col. John Glenn Jr. waves to students of Muskingum College, where he and his wife attended school.

Telephoto.) CITY BEAT Men (if the Church of the First.him. He will be accompanied by FOR Mexia Store Gives Stock To Scholarship Duke and Ayres, today announced a welcome assist for the finance campaign to build a new hospital in Mexia. L. 0. Jones of Dallas, president of the 49-store Southwestern variety chain, has mailed a check to the town's Academic Scholarship Endowment for that non-profii fund to use in purchase of General Mexia Hospital stock.

His fifm cannot itself buy am hold the hospital stock, he ex plained, but since Duke anc Ayres definitely wants to have part in the local hospital effort they chose this way of supportin the worthwhile endeavor. Their gift, which makes $75C worth of hospital stock for th Academic Scholarship Endow ment, will help build the neede $385,000 hospital now. Then whe dividends begin to be paid on th hospital stock, the same gift wi annually add money to college scholarships for Mexi students. Jones, who heads 46 Texas an 3 Oklahoma Duke and Ayre stores, complimented what termed "the practical progran set up in connection with the nancing of the new hospua there." ACCEPT PROPO RENCE NEXT WE oday. The Soviet government sent the United States a message, delivered to the State Dtjjparifnent iunday, advising that Presbyterian Church will wife, a supper and devotional Tuesday! WASHINGTON SovietJMinister Andrei A.

Gromyko will remier Khrushchev baa reluc- antly accepted a U.S.-Brftteh pfr- to open the 18-nation dls- rmament conference at Geaeya ext week with a foreign gp to Geneva. Authorities said the first quick study of the note indicated Gromyko will also be ready to attend a preliminary session with U.S. sters meeting, officials reported Secretary of State Dean Rusk and British Foreign Secretary Lord Home, as the Western governments had proposed. U.S. disarmament negotiator saysi the West will insist that any nuclear test-ban treaty with the Soviet Union include a system of cross-inspection to guard against secret test preparations.

William C. Foster, who will head the U.S. team at the Geneva disarmament conference scheduled to begin March 14, said the West would not take Soviet Pre- WASHINGTON chief Imier Khrushchev's word that the U.S.S.R. would not test again. "A number of inspectors" would have to be sattioned in the Soviet Union, Foster said.

"Early in the game we would want American inspectors, as I presume they would want Soviet inspectors." The alternative to a treaty, he said, would be "a spiraling arms race which can only have one ultimate end, which is the de- struction of thd warld" Foster, who Heads the Arms Control and Dlsartttti Agency, spoke on a televfefem terview-Meet the discounted published reports flMre the West would offer looser trols than those proposed 1 Gary Powers by Russians In exchange for spy Rudolph Abel. wont storm a century" lashes Europe leaving hundreds dead, thousands homeless. mine explosion kith 298 German miners. Two rebellious army pilots bomb royal palace in Saigon, South Viet Nam. fives Glenn a hero Sortet MIGs butt ptanes In squeeze- ptay Berlin air cerridert.

welcome; he addresses Six days of heavy rains cause seas of mud in Southern California, kill 20. rejects Cuba's Turkey down revolt Lt. Col. John H. Glenn Jr.

successfully orbits earth three times in Mercury capsule. kited in leftists riot to terrorist killings Hi Algeria. President Kennedy orders complete trade embargo on Cuba, except for foods and medicine. ntish ny troops Georgetown, British Guiana, mobs burn city in protest against Jagan regime. at 7 o'clock in Fellowship 1 This i He also expressed best wishe jfor the success both of Mexia's is another reminder to raise $275,000 through the Hall.

Coman will present the World Day of Prayer to be the devotional, while C. Car- held at the First Christian Church ter will direct the lesson. "Way-! Friday morning starting at 9:30. Last Rites Held At LaSalle For Mrs. Mary Purtle of hospital stock and for the endowment fund to provide scholarships for deserving students.

The firm's gift of hospital LaSalle Church of Christ to the scholarship fund was 2 i oc this afternoon tor Funeral services 770 Killed In. Crash British Airliner were held at! YAOUNDE. Cameroon in Japan in 1953, has Showers and Road Builders," of Mexia churches will food committee is comprised ollin charge. Mrs. M.

C. Turpin Mrs Barnett. Mrs. of the special proyr CS the band hall, manager since 193H, in personals died in a Houston hospital Satur-, Ihe Rescue parties reached the 1 taken a bigger Two col UlhiftVI Wll ot i IT Texas Childrens Hospital at vmxK.w of planes in the United ea(llpriav HA virtim nf John H. DeBorde Funeral Rites In Mexia Tuesday John Harrison DeBorde, 9, formerly of Mexia.

died in the year. If anything, he said, "it WOlM be desirable in the national intetfe est to perhaps increase than decrease the amount of iife spection." Poster made clear that West would continue to oppose the system of self-inspection; urged by the Soviet Union. he said the West was ready to discuss some ment in international or bilateral inspections. As Foster spoke, reports werjs circulating in London that thft West was believed ready to the Soviet Union a test-ban ment with looser controls than those in the treaty proposed by the West last year. Because many tests could be detected from outside the Soviet Union, the Sunday Times said, "the West may be prepared to consider fewer control posts in Soviet and Western territory, and to place greater emphasis on verification of results reported by instruments at home." Last year at the United States and Britain offered to reduce the number of permanent control posts on Soviet territory and to give the Soviets complete partnership in Western nuclear research for peaceful programs.

The U.S.S.U. stood firm on three inspections a year while the West wanted 20. That the West will follow a similar course at Geneva this month was indicated by Foster Lucy Purtle. a longtime itisli airliner in a swamp near! found all 111; aboard dead. We have a note on the news desk stating that the Bi-Stone Hammond Organ Society will: meet in the home of Mrs.

Bob; i in Groesbeck Thursday; (tonight at 7:30 in H. R. Martin, president, reminded today. A meeting of the Brotherhood of the First Baptist support oi the civic effort. Frank-! Iin, an active civic worker who is incoming Chamber of Commerce president, only last week was honored here as Mexia's 'be held in the church parlor lo-istanding man of the year by the tii- public is invited to night at 7:30 accorcfin to he jVeterans of Foreign Wars post.

4 president, Del Bowden. Those at-! will hear a tape recording the highlights of the National the Mex.a Little League Baptist Men in Ten- tion, said that group will meet tonight at 7: lit) and elect new officers. The meeting will be held in; the Modern Cleaners. tend. A.

O. Orehibald, president nessee. The building program ol First Methodist. Church was A number of well known visitors will be in Mexia during lour-day period in late March i-1 and early April. Louie Throg-; re-j morion will speak at the annual: Charges Filed After Stabbing In Mexia Sunday Charges of assault with intent day.

in history involving The services were conducted by 1 Forcei Sunday gh States took 134 and 128 lives, respectively. said the seemed to make a normal then suddenly Malcolm Smith, minister of the Southside Church of Christ iii 135 Plastic Bomb Explosions Rock Troubled Algiers plummeted into a swamp less ithan two miles from the airport ton Saturday. He was a victim of leukemia. Funeral services will be held the Corley Chapel in Mexia Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. Holland P.

Smith, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. when he said, "We will need to have some kind of inspectors or verifiers along the line of the 12 to 20 inspections or perhaps more that were discussed in April In a Washington dispatch, London Observer said the United States would be willing to negotiate on the basis of fewer inspections and a less complex inspec- land burned fiercely. i The plane carried Elvis DeBorde, Ivory DeBorde, Cecil DeBorde, Rudolph DeBorde, jsengers-among them three a De Borde, and Calvin De- 101 pas- Groesbeck. Burial was in LaSalle cemetery with the Riddle al Home in charge of arrange-! ments. Mrs.

Purtle was born in Geor-i gia on March 23, 1879, and spent! UUUICU HIIJ1CI route from South Africa, most of her life in the LaSalle; and Mozambique to Eu community. She was a member of i ALGIERS A record-: rope had a crew of 10, includ the Church of Christ. breaking wave of 135 plastic bomb! ng three hostesses. Besides her husband. Ed rocked Algiers for 90 The passengers included 42 tie of LaSalle, she is survived ult( )0 ore dawn today in many of them living in! one son, Clyde Thagurd of Hous-; demonstration of strength by Rhodesia, 40 South Africans, Burial will be in the Prairie! tion system if this would lead to jat Douala, largest city in the West Glwe cemetery with the Corley treaty.

The Observer said that republic of Cameroon. Funeral Home in charge ar- -greater emphasis would be The plane exploded on impact ingeme Pallbearers will be placed on preventing one side ton; a daughter, Mrs. Ludora European Secret Army 10 grandchildren; ported as on schedule" joint banquet of the Chamber ofl to murder have been filed against Cain of Houston: 10 grandchildren today. The architectural firm in (Commerce and Jaycees on thei Johnson. 32.

of Mexia. fol-iand 11 great grandchildren. Twelve pei Ausl'in is shaping final details and i night of March 30. The next lowin a stabbing at the Mexia Other surviving are two sisters, bu dl a(1 Borde. John moved to Houston about three years ago with his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Kenneth De- He was stricken with 21 and a he is specifications for the educationaljSmiloy Burnette will be in lowni javcec arena Sunday after-jMrs. W. R. Burleson ot Houston thunderin building and fellowship hall 0 a program of 110011 and Mrs Mattie Curlee liidding not far away, accordingi()n April 2.

at the annual banquet; Bil Dllke 23 of Tehuacana.jsonville, and a brother, to Dr. Carl E. Williford. building the Limestone County Farm; uas Cabbed in the stomach and Jourdan of Dallas. chairman.

John P. Neece, the guest speaker will ls at Christoffer andj of tlie Noecr Lumber Company. JS'GOV. Price Daniel. Edgar Hospital.

The injury is not currently constructing the par-j believed serious, according to the Or- a sprinkling of Dutch, Danes, Australians, Irish andj i sons 1 injured. Halian. The nationality of three ,1 were reported from 1 passengers was not known, vTlvecl II Joyce Ann: three brothers, blasts. the airline said it knew ot no Police headquarters said Americans aboard, men were arrested either tleeing: Rescue efforts during the night the seem from having a running start on the other through secret preparations while the test-ban treaty is in force." Pack 66 Plans Blue and Gold Banquet Tuesday if the blasts ur pre- were hampered by darkness and sonage on Main Street. The heating and cooling contact for the parsonage was awtafded to G.

D. Boyd, of the Western Auto Associate Store of Teagne, it has been announced. The bid was for $1,55:5.75. A Cub Scout leaders' roimdta- ble will be held at the Gibbs Me- Hotel Manager Dies In Mexia; Services Friday attending physician. Mexia Police Chief Dave Claridge said that he and Patrolman Steve Campbell arrested Johnson and put him in the city jail.

He was later transferred to Groesbeck and released on bond. County Attorney Holloway Mar- Mexia Will Host Delegates From 29 Area Churches paring to oil new the swampy terrain. iThey formed three ot what worst previous crash in i lice estimated were a score ot Africa was that of an Air France jteams that vaiiied out the at-'Super Constellation in which 79 tacks. were killed in the Sahara on May Most of the blasts were aimed; uj, 19(11. and Mite, and Blue and Gold banquet of Cub Scout Pack 66 will be held at the First Baptist Church Tuesday night at 7 o'clock.

grandparents. Mr. and Mrs W. Tom Eubanks, who will be the VanWinkle of the Shiloh community. PRESIDENT'S WIFE WILL VISIT POPE WASHINGTON Mrs.

John F. Kennedy will have an audience against Moslem stoi or parked 1 The propeller-driven airliner Sunday morning with Pope John automobiles belonging to Mos-! crashed alter leaving the Portu-i at Vatican City. i ings were damaged. Baptist Training Union workers Thousands of Europeans Hems. Police said no public build- guesi? colony of Mozambique.

Its I destination was Luxembourg but in most of the passengers were mortal Library tonight at 7 30,:, Funeral services will be i i at Cleveland, Ohio, on with the main theme of study bc-i ing "The Den Meeting." Themei Warch 9 for John un crafts will also be discussed by'manager of the Texas Hotel at the leaders from throughout Sherman Street in Trinisota District. This will be r. Ryan died Sunday afternoon' Lim llllt the last roundtable led in this Irict by Ken Pearson. tin stated this morning that char-j from 29 Baptist churches in Free-i night clothes crowded to tlieirj bound for Britain. It had been of assault with intent toj stone and Limestone counties and onto balconies.

Us- chartered by another British out; sione ana Mimsione U1 ynd ountin Tnins Air Coach Ltd. up in the Bab-; Caledonian Airways, with of- every ex- fiees in Prestwick, Scotland, went Friday, murter against John-j mee here a the First to the bias (son this morning and his bond was' Chlu ch Tuesday, March 111. for a them Cheers i a. jone-night depth study on how 'Oued lotel at. The charges will be the Training Unions Mexia.

at the next session of thej their churches. il She will visit the pontiff during her brief stopover in Rome on her way to India and Pakistan. AUSTIN The 36th Texas Division will train this sum- jmer at North Ft. Polk. Brig.

Gen. Everett Simpson, its com- real (esUval, one; or leas.ng Officers and directors of jin a local hospital. He had been iin the hospital for five weeks. 10! Burial will be in the Calvary Mexia Hiding Club will meet in cemetery in Cleveland with executive session at 7 o'clock to-! Kiddle Funeral Home of Mexia night at the Gibbs Memorial Li- charge of arrangements. brary.

The club's regular Mr Uyan was born in Cincin- ly meeting will start at 7:30 withinati, Ohio on Nov. 1, and Glenn Returning To Space Duties At Cape Canaveral Six Training Union leaders horn the Baptist General Convent ion of! Texas will conduct the association-; wide one night clinic, with classes slated for Baptist church workers in six age-group bracket European woman said beaming. European settlers close to DONIE RESIDENT'S BROTHER BURIED mto operation last December aft- my rf sajd today The division two Douglas DC7C s. lroin the Belgian airline, Funeral The clinic will feature special Vernon WASHINGTON Aslro for workers in nursery. be-j Ml nan! John H.

Glenn Jr. to form the nucleus of a charter The Cameroons, captured from 'Germany in World War divided between the French in the south and the British in the northjU Simpson said. toastmaster, will present the charter, which will be accepted on behalf of the pack by Cub- master Charles i Sonny Turner. Around 100 persons are expected to attend the banquet and to enjoy a program of entertainment by the Oglewanagi Indian dancers. SEVEN CHILDREN DIE IN APARTMENT FIRE NIAGARA FALLS, N.

Y. Seven Negro children, ranging in age from 3 months to 6 years, died today in a early morning fire that swept their second-iloor apartment near the city's old business district. back to Cape Canaveral, i i uwv i 11 iild i (.11, 1 IU i President Buckly Ferguson presid-jhad lived in Mexia since 1947. He day () resume vvor un he MtMT Union departments, with vt nHJU ul for ames. 7tl.

brothi- ie Huffman of primary, junior, in.erme-! uei M( 0 (rom Fl 1IK in 19flo was in Riisemotind! young people and adult B(11 ju ing. a Catholic. and A native of Trenton. Mr. ury man in space project after a ecial meeting for pastor Survivors include two sons, Tom i wwk l)f paraf i eSi banquets eneral Training Union 1 am es was a retired cafe opera- John Connally.

a candidate for Ryan ol Dallas and Pat Hyan of awards. His boss says the space! The fosses will teach Training! He (1k jn hospital, governor of Texas, will be at the Houston; three daughters, iero no plans to enter on principles and methods to. Western Grill at 2 o'clock Tues- Ann Wacker of Walnut xhe first American to orbit thej tne local church workers. day afternoon for an informal cot-1 Mrs. Jane Lauderbach of lee and get-acquainted Park Ridge, 111., and Mrs.

Belle All who are interested in hearing JD'Aurora ot Dayton, Ohio; 10 Ihe candidate express his views; grandchildren are invited to go by and meet grandchildren. and two great earth spent a quiet Sunday with The chnic vvil! his family at their nearby thc Bi-Stone Baptist Associa- ton, home alter attending tlon and the Trai de- Which of the Following is Spelled Correctly? verbos verbose verboze (meaning wordy) See CltMiiltd Page for Correct Answer services at the Little Falls Presbyterian church. Several hundred people were UN TROOPS LAUNCH ATTACK IN KATANGA EL1SABKTHVILLE, K'Uanga, Pri'sident Mt)ise partment of the Baptist General! Ts hombe claimed today 1.200 Convention of Texas, said the Rev. Ulljted lons nMI tn R-G. Morgan, pastor ol the mina au hlM i a surprise waiting on the church lawn when vai Baptist Church, and a 1 a ttack this the near- tul llu Bl "iby town ot Kaminaville.

COOLER the Glenns left. He smiled and 111 1 011 director waved, then led his family quick- Stone Association, ly to their car. LITTLE BOY DIES IN CAR COLLISION HOUSTON Gregory Wayne Foster. 4-month-old son of i Mr. and Mrs.

Merwyn Hay Foster of Houston, died today in a car collision. Mrs. Foster was injured critically and Foster was treated for shock. Six state Baptist leaders who! will teach classes diu'ing the clin-j ic include Wekkrn Vogt, Mrs. liam Hendricks, and Miss Inez Balentine all of Fort Worth; Mi's Kuby Howell of Dallas; and James Neyland and Mrs.

James Hoggins both of Waco. Former Thornton Resident Buried Sunday At Marlin Funeral services for Andrew Clay Rochelle, S3. former resi dent of Thornton, were held Sun day at Marlin. Burial was in the Marlin Hillcrest cemetery. Mr.

Rochelle came to ifrom Tennessee in 1896 and settl- ed in the Thornton area. His wife 'was Ihe former Miss Pewrlie Mei Daniel, whom he married at Thornton in 1905. He farmed at Jehovah's Witnesses plan Mexia Meeting The Watchtower Bible i Tract their lives and to train them more efficient ministerial Hong Kong meuns "Fragrant Harbor" Chinese, fire. U. S.

Weather Bureau fore- for Mexia and Bi-Stone area: pair today and Tuesday. A coUfcr today and to- Warmer Uw 10 near M. Thornton until the family moved to Marlin. Surviving are four sons, Henry Kochelle and Ottte HocheUe, both of Marlin, Oddie Rochelle of Waco, and A. C.

Rochelle of Houston; a daughter, Mrs. Jewell Bardin of Clevis, N. and IS grai' children. is sponsoring a three-day circuit assembly in Mexia, Texas, April 6-8, 19G2. and the Mexia congregation will be hosts to over 700 Jehovah's Witnesses coming from IB different congregations in Central Texas.

Jehovah's Witnesses will be here irom Belton, Temple, Waco. Llano. Lampasas, Coleman, Hamil- on. Hillsboro, McGregor, liates- ville. Brownwood and Comauche.

The thenn; of the convention is 'Faithfully increasing Our Praise to Jehovah" and all will be conducted in the City Auditorium loc-ated on S. McKinney at Main. The purpose of the meeting to provide Bible instruction and vity. For this reason whole gregatkms attend. The featured speaker on program will be Mr.

R. as. District Supervisor tor 10. As a special the Watchtower Society of be wUl liver the featured BQito senaM i Sunday, April 8Ui, at P. II.

entitled 'Who Will Rule World?" Mr. Edwin Norris, minister of batter enab WtmiMi Md; tbt vw janisie tbfl rooming and wiU tiw will.