Hailstorm Lashes Stacy Area Damaging Homes and Crops
A severe hailstorm roared through Stacy and McCulloch County causing wrecked roofs, downed sheds, and lost grain as horses and sheep suffered injuries. Rain gauges failed except one reporting 5 inches. rainfall varied across communities, with Doole and Davis reporting notable amounts. The storm damaged outbuildings, fields, and livestock water sources, prompting hopes for more soaking rain to aid recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stacy
Tuesay
McCulloch County
Omer Hall
Doole
Eorge Garrett
Browning
Harold Brown Farm
Sar Angelo
McCulloch
Brady
Davis
Voca
Calf Creek
MecCulloch County
Mercury
Fairview
Carroll Colony
East Sweden
West Sweden
Whiteland
Melvin
Lohn
Pear Valley
Jury declares Ledbetter insane in wife poisoning case
An Austin district court jury ruled Brady actor Rollie White Ledbetter insane after a sanity hearing. He is to be confined to a mental hospital and cannot be tried for murder until a sanity decision is made. The defense cited a split personality and paranoid schizophrenia by psychiatrist Dr. David Wade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Brady Acter
Rollie White
Ledbetter
Ledbet
Ter
Gordon Griffin, Jr
Brownwood
Griffin
David Wade
Weather and local effort clash in San Angelo storm
Official forecast for San Angelo and vicinity promised clear to partly cloudy skies with rising temperatures but a historic storm hit the area. The piece also salutes the Oates Rockwell Sloane trio for their relentless work on a lake project despite repeated dead ends and obstacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Angelo
Hich
Oates
C. P. Rockwell
Sloane
Lake Project
Evergy
Oates-Rockwell-Sloane
Eoen
Two Men Held in Theft of Electric Wire
Two men face theft charges over mobile electric service wire taken from vacant McCulloch County homes. More than $300 worth of wire vanished during three days last week. Kempitz and Crawford, already jailed in San Saba on related charges, were arrested April 21 with a pickup full of wire and a saddle. Bond set at $1500 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCulloch
San Saba
David W. Kemmitz
Brady
Henderson
Roy Weldon Crawford
Kerrville
Kemmitz
Crawford
Brantley Barker
Luke Vogel
Hill Country
Vogel
Brownwood
Barker
Aubrey Davee
Rochelle FHA Girls to Get State Degrees
Rochelle High School seniors Mereta Eckert Marragene Creech and Patsy Engdahl will receive State Homemaker Degrees at the Texas Association of Future Homemakers of America meeting in Austin. The degree recognizes leadership in homeroom, school and community involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochelle
Mereta Eckert
Marvagene Creech
Patsy Engdahl
Texas Association of Future Homemakers of America
Texas Fha
Austin
Mereta
Elmer Eckert
Mercury
Betty Crocker
Marragene
Bill Creech
Placid
Patsy
W. T Engdahl
San Marcos
Lockett Bryson
Rochelle Fha
Sizer Appointed To Kansas Parley
The Rev. Sam Sizer rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church is named a delegate from the Seventh Province to a recruiting for the ministry conference. The Stockton Kansas meeting runs Thursday and Friday May 5 and 6. Appointed by Rt. Rev. Kari Dicus of San Antonio bishop suffragan of West Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Sizer
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Stockton
Kan
Sizer
Kari Dicus
San Antonio
West Texas
Church Homecoming at Millersview
The First Christian Church of Millersview hosts a homecoming this Sunday with 11 A M service, a noon dinner, and an afternoon service. Rev. Ervin Watson of Brady’s First Christian Church will speak at the afternoon service and Dr. B A Hallam Jr will sing at the morning service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church of
Millersview
Ervin Watson
Brady
First Christian Church
B. A. Hallam, Jr
Roberts Promoted With Dr Pepper
Bill Roberts raised in Brady is promoted to manager franchising for Dr. Pepper in Dallas. A Brady High and Baylor University alumnus, he joined the company in 1952 and became sales zone manager in 1953. He earned the title Mr. Dr Pepper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Roberts
Brady
Dr. Pepper Company
Dallas
Brady High
Baylor University
Dr. Pepper
Glenn Glenn leaving Coleman to join Abilene post
Ex Brady coach James Glenn departs Coleman Bluecats after a stint since 1956 to become line coach at a new Abilene high school under Clovis Riley. The school opens next fall with sophomores from Abilene junior highs and a rising Class B to AAA to AAAA schedule.
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Brady
James
Catfish
Glenn
Coleman
Abilene
Coleman Bluecats
Clovis Riley
Mason and Olney
Brady High
TCU
Judy Deaton
Exhibit of Texas Art Coming May 8
Brady's 20th Century Club sponsors a Texas art exhibit at the F. M. Richards Memorial Library on Sunday May 8 from 2 to 6 PM. The show features oil, media, and etching works by outstanding Texas artists judged by a Texas Fine Arts Association panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady
20Th Century Club
Texas
F. M. (Buck) Richards
Texas Fine Arts Association
Lohn Valley Officers Plan Retirement From Protective Association
Charlie Miller and James Finlay announce they will resign as president and secretary of the Lohn Valley Protective Association. The annual meeting is Sunday at B. A. Cornill ranch four miles northeast of Lohn on Cow Creek. They note 27 years in office and urge younger members to serve, while remaining association members.
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Charlie Miller
James Finlay
Lohn Valley Protective Association
B. A. Cornill Ranch
Lohn
Cow Creek
Miller
Finlay
Hubert Moseley
Luther Smith
Joe Hays
Wes Bratton
Hilton Moore
J. B. Horne
Tom Yantis
Guy Phillipe
Taylor Solsberg
Zane Carroll
Punk Snyder
Frank Corder
Ray Don Turner
Water Board Sees Path to Federal Loan for Brady Creek
The House passed a bill extending eligibility for federal loans to Brady Creek's municipal water project, with separate funds for the 11 original watersheds and PL 566 towns. Brady Mayor Priesmeyer and the Water Board met with Congressman Fisher and SCS to push the loan, contingent on congressional appropriation.
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House of Representatives
Washington
Brady
Brady Creek
The
Soil Conservation Service
C. C. Fisher
Senate
Eisenhower
Colorado
R. M. Priesmeyer
Water Board
Leo Oates
John Sloane
C. P. Rockwell
Congressman Fisher
Sai! Conservation Service
Farmers Home Administration
Congress
SCS
FHA
Fisher
Calf Creek Rain Gauges Three Inches This Week
H. A. Lawrence reported in town Thursday from the Calf Creek country that three good rains fell early this week and one inch was measured from the latest shower. He noted the rain soaked into the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Lawrence
Calf Creek
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Paty Engdahl
Poe
By Bob Wilson
Brady Junior High
Elene Corder
Richards Library
Brady Presbyterian Church
Howard Payne College
Dunbar
South Ward
KNEL
David Guion
MacDowell
Damrosch Music Club
Rossini
Bowie Theatre
Kansas
Lohn Valley
Priesmeyer
de Gaulle
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