50 YEARS AGO
Work started this week on a new addition to Texas County Memorial Hospital which will add 24 more beds, bringing the total to 58. The low bid of $117,950 was submitted by S & E Construction of Co. of Mansfield. Mrs. Nola Day, administrator, said the hospital had been operating at 99 percent of capacity, illustrating the need for more beds.
Cabool defeated Houston, 14-0, sending the season’s record for the Tigers to 5-3.
The Red Cross bloodmobile collected 91 pints in Houston, a record high.
Leslie L. McDaniel resigned as Houston School superintendent and accepted a position as area supervisor for the state department of education.
A new nursing home has opened at Thayer.
A million dollars will be spent by the highway department to improve U.S. 63 in Rolla.
In the want ads, threebedroom home on 10 acres, paved road, $4,500 with good terms. And a 1948 Jeep, in good condition, $350.