The Navasota Examiner and Grimes County Review (Navasota, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 2, 1958 Page: 4 of 12
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L. Ripley of Waco. The only person surviving
the accident was 2^'j-year-old Suzanne Wbeel-
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NAVASOTA’S WORST TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
NAVASOTA’S WORST TRAFFIC accident dur-
ing 1957 claimed the lives of three persons Fri-
day. May 31. on highway 6 north. Just inside
the city limits. Fatally injured were Mr. and
Mrs. Bobby Leonard Wheeless of Bryan and B.
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Thursday. January Z 1958 i z Navasota. Texas
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SITE FOR PRESBYTERIAN HOME FOR AGED
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New Year
property was purchased from Jas. F. Martin of
Navasota for S20D00 and it is generally believ-
ed that construction will begin within the next
two to five yean.
THIS YEAR WAS a progressive on«. toe the
First Presbyterian Church of Navasota and the
Brazos Presbytery with the purchase of the
Templeman bamf. which is to be developed
into a Presbyterian Home foe the Aged. This
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CITY HAU BITES THE DUST
THE MOST OUTSTANDING NEWS picture to appear in the
fjavasota Excmiaer-Beview during 1957 is the shot of the 54-
year-oid city tower as it comes tumbling down. Thu picture
by Bob Whitten appeared in Associated Press papers through-
out the UlLted States and several foreign countries
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INUNDATED FARM LANDS CAUSED UNTOLD DAMAGE
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HEAVY RAINS FLOOD BUSINESS DISTRICT.
PRISONER JUMPS GUN
acroes the street Overloaded storm
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GOVERNOR AND HONOR GUARD
GOV. AND MRS. Price Daniel are pictured as they inspect
their honor guard at the. March 2 Tones Independence Day
it Washington-oa-the-Brazos. Member* of the Boy
guard are members ef Dean Brick Lowry's troop
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issue of tho Navasota Tablet contained thore^
in, the cornerstone laying ceremonies were de-
layed It/, hours because of the late arrival ot
a train from Madisonville, bearing Masons
from that city and Bedias
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AMA FABMEBS SUFFERED the full effects
of weather during 1957. With both tho Brazos
and Navasota rivers flooding tbo lush farm
lands of tho Brazos bottom, this scene at Ed-
die Sullivan's farm was typical of inundated
land between the two rivers. Flood water* cov-
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THE ZJirST BABY of 1957. born at the Bra-'
z>s Val’ey Eocp tal Wednevd-y. Jan. 2. at 9:30
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FIRST BABY OF 19C7 « »
a.m. was Fred Lee Joll|sant, son of Mr. and
Mr* Fred Jolllsant of Plantersville.
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ered thousands of acres in the rich farming
belt This aerial picture was taken by Everard
Xetcbum from a plane flown by Bill Strupp,
a cotton duster for Tom J. Moore. The farm
house shown here is located on f arm - to-mar-
ket road 159, two mile* north of highway 90.
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drained the area in approximately two hour*,
bat during tho flood period, wreckers had dp
field day poshing drowned cars in an effort '
to keep traffic moving.
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FLOODING AT THE intersection of McAlpine
and Farquhar streets Thursday, Nov. 7, at 3
pan. slowed traffic to Ji crawL Approximately
three tachos of rain within thirty min-
utes. Water rose to the bottom ef the post
Office steps while overflowing into btydneme*
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GBIMES COUNT/ SHEBIFF Dick Johnsen examines a rope
ladder made ot army blankets which O11to fi. Williams used
gun on demolition of the old county Jail in Anderson. The os-
cape ItWlOWl tailed. boWover. when Sheriff Johnson and H. M.
Bwctter, chief deputy, captured William* in front of the Jail
before he could leave tho area.
HISTORICAL PAPERS FOUND IN CITY HALL CORNERSTONE
<■ Or GREAT INTEREST to Navaeota citizen*
war tbo opening of the cornerstone of ’the old
Ndvasota city balL L. L. Banfol*, sei rotary for
the Masonic Lodge, opened the stone with City
Manager M. B. Themm and George Hssnrk*
looking on. Acoeedtog to « Soptetnbor 34. 1903 V_<.
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Whitten, Bob. The Navasota Examiner and Grimes County Review (Navasota, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 2, 1958, newspaper, January 2, 1958; Navasota, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1303232/m1/4/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Navasota Public Library.