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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1976
Page
8
Brady Junior High seventh graders place third in the Junior High District Meet held April 7 in Liano. Liano hosts win across seventh, eighth, and girls divisions. eighth grade finishes fourth with 65 points to Liano’s 159.
The snippet lists girls track events with placements and names: 880 Run-4 Rosanne Otte, Shot Put-1 Melinda Alexander, Triple Jump-5 Diana Deans, Broad Jump-4 Ann Peterson, Discus-5 Brenda Hodges, 80-Yard Low Hurdles-4 Clara Rubio. Relays include 440 Relay-4 Loretta Evans Fannie Hayes Stephanie Siler Emma Valdez, 880 Relay-3 Ann Peterson Susan Valliant LeGrace Durham Emma Valdez, Mile Relay-4 Stephanie Siler Fannie Hayes Dana Atchison Loretta Evans. Also mentions Bicentennial / Centennial Edition and Ford Slocum’s life as a West Texas pioneer, with promise of reading about his life experiences.
Tom Sammons announced an Aggie Muster for A&M people from McCulloch Mason and Menard counties to gather April 21 at Brady Schools Cafeteria. The 6 15 p m start includes a viewing of the A&M Centennial movie That Certain Spirit at South Ward auditorium followed by a covered dish supper. Mrs Earl Rudder will speak at the Master. All Aggies and friends are invited.
Absentee voting in the Democratic Primary set for May 1 will begin with ballots ready next Monday. R S Moseley chairman of the McCulloch County Democratic Primary Executive Committee said printing was delayed awaiting a court ruling on a candidate name. Absentee ballots will be cast at the county clerk office in the courthouse.
The article recounts visiting the Ford Slocum family in Brady and features the elder Slocum’s tales of West Texas cattle ventures and early associations with notable ranchers like G. Rollie White Bill White Johnny White Jamie Brook Curtis Norman Buck Richards and G. C. Kirk with his complete story to be published in a forthcoming issue.
Congressman W. R. Poage plans a rapid three day automobile tour of France to study agriculture, followed by two days with European Union officials in Brussels. He and aide C. Doyle Henington will depart for Washington after Brussels, aiming to return to Texas by Friday April 23.
City police report two juveniles were arrested Sunday after a Saturday night theft series. Patrolman George Brawn helped solve the case as officers recovered five CB antennas a rifle and scope two .22 rifles and several CB radios. One youth was held for the Texas Youth Council on parole revocation.
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