50 YEARS AGO
Negotiations are underway by the local housing authority to purchase land by a 70-unit public housing project. One tract already purchased is located behind the Houston Mill.
At its regular meeting, the chamber of commerce approved disbursement of $4,000 collected by the United Fund.
Stock purchases and pledges in a development company which hopes to bring a nursing home to Houston reached 92 percent of its $25,000 goal. Covert Brown was committee chairman.
The First Baptist Church approved a recommendation to relocate to its Hawthorn Avenue property. The site was purchased four years ago. The church is on First Street currently.
In grocery ads, Folger’s coffee was advertised for 19 cents a pound with the purchase of four light bulbs and grade A large eggs, three dozen for $1.