Lonnie Sansom Found Dead in Live Oak Creek
Lonnie Prestle Sansom age 74 was found dead face down in Live Oak Creek near Brady after a note indicated the spot. Authorities report throat cuts and a razor found nearby with his hat and glasses, and an inquest verdict awaited further investigation. Survivors include his wife Pearl Sansom and children Woodrow Allen and six others. Funeral services set for 2 p m at Wilkerson Funeral Home with burial in Cox Cemetery Mercury.
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van Sansom
Brady
Liveoak Creek
North Brady
Rhine
T.at Creek
Jordan
Wesley
Mr. Sansom
Lone
Wood
Luke Vogel
Walter Jordan Ranch
Justice of Peace
Joe Myrick
Gonzales
Lonnie Prestle Sansom
Eden
James Daniel
Pearl Sansom
Woodrow Allen
Mercury
Harmon
Hall Valley
Milton Sansom
Abilene
Cora Lane
Maude Deeds
Belle Roberts
Dallas
Nora Beasley
San Antonio
Ethel Kilmer
Placid
Lottie Penn
Ewell Teague
Wilkerson Funeral Home
Cox Cemetery
Water Struck by Endless Colorado Colorado Rain
A travel vignette through Lake City and Gunnison with heavy rain and unpaved roads. The narrator extols abundant water in Texas and Colorado while seeking lodging in Lake City, finding few vacancies, and receiving help from local merchant Mike Pavish who phones for shelter.
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Mike Pavish
Lake City
Lohn High appoints Maynor new coach as Knutson resigns
Charles Maynor of Zephyr is hired to replace J D Knutson as Lohn High School Eagles coach. Knutson resigns to teach vocational agriculture in Wall while his wife teaches sixth grade. Maynor, a Howard Payne College graduate, coached six man football at Toyah last year and reports to Lohn August 25.
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Charles Maynor
Toyah
J. D. Knutson
Lohn High School
Eagles
Knutson
Wall
Tom Green County
Rochelle High School
Southwest Texas State College
Lohn
Maynor
Zephyr
Howard Payne College
Reeves County
Howard Payne
D. E. Edwards
Harold Humber
Brownwood High School
Brownwood
County Tax Rate Boosted 7 Cents
The McCulloch County Commissioners Court votes to raise the county tax rate by seven cents per $100 valuation from $1.29 to $1.56. The higher rate will not become effective, however, until conditions or approvals are met.
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McCulloch County
Love Kimbrough
Funeral Held for W T Harris at 78
Funeral services for Wilam T Harris 78 were held at 10 a m Thursday at Brady Presbyterian Church with burial in Brady Cemetery. He died Tuesday at home 501 West 13th Street and is survived by his wife sister and nieces and nephews. Harris born in 1879 in Birer Sr moved to Texas and practiced law before public service on the McCulloch County Ration Board in World War II. His family lived in Brady since 1937.
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W . T. Harris
West 13Th St
M. S. Pinkerton
Brady Presbyterian C Harris
Brady Cemetery
Directir Wilkerson Funeral
Harris
Birer, Sr
Evan W
Jane Johnson Harris
St. Louis
Washington Law School
Texas
Winifred Sheridan
Margaret Elizabeth
Indianapolis
Ind
Brady
McCulloch
Marriage license fees rise in Texas counties
Effective August 23, the cost of a marriage license in the County Clerk's office and throughout Texas increases from two to three dollars. Other clerk’s office fees rise as well with higher charges for filing suits, as approved by the last Legislature.
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Texas
Brouillette Found Guilty in Otte Killing and Detained
Brouillette and Nye Walter Brouillette were found guilty of the fatal shooting of O. C. Otte of Fife last February. The jury returned the verdict and Brouillette was brought to Mc Culloch County jail this week. He faces transfer to the state penitentiary likely next week.
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Walte Broutte
Tuly
McCulloch
Brouillette
Brady
Ross Hoffman
Edgar Lashly
Hoffman
O. C. Otte
Fife
March of Dimes sends $2500 to local chapter
The McCulloch County March of Dimes chapter received 2500 from the national foundation to aid local polio patients. Chapter chairman Roger George said funds from January’s drive covered county needs, with over 4000 spent this year on six patients for braces nursing care and doctor bills. He noted the national group backs chapters to finish the year and urged vaccination for under fours to curb polio.
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McCulloch County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Roger George
March of Dimes
George
Hottest July Day Since 1954 Reaches 106 Degrees
Weather records show 1166 degrees heat on a July day tied to 1954 when 108 degrees was reached. Mrs. Jake Cochran, the official weather observer, notes Monday reached 104 and Wednesday 103 with Thursday likely over 100 as no rain fell.
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Jake Cochran
City considers Brady Creek lake plan to fund city water needs
A chamber of commerce committee led by Hardin Jones proposes building a Brady Creek lake three miles west of Brady to supply municipal water for 48, with recreational use possible. The plan outlines funding, tax and rate impacts, and cites two-year SCS flood-control work and conflict with two remaining SCS dams, urging a timely yes or no decision.
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Brady
Brady Creek
Water Resources Development Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Hardin Jones
Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Nni Brady
Junior High Band School Set Next Week
Band school for Urad Junior High runs one week from Monday August 5 to Saturday August 10. Seventh and eighth grade students meet at 9:00 am and sixth graders at 1:00 pm in the junior high band hall. All new and returning students are urged to attend, band director Joe McDonough said.
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Urad
Joe McDonelly
McDonough
Too Hot Go Ake a Swim Pool Opens for Paid Swimmers
City pool opens daily from noon to six for paid swimmers with Sunday hours 2 to 6 pm. Pool keeper K Y Owens says water is changed twice a week, Tuesday and Friday nights, to stay clean. Admission 60 cents for others, free for under two. receipts fund free summer swimming. Pool remains open until about August 22.
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Sp. i
Owens
Cso
Owers
Power Co-op Meeting Set at Brady Theatre
The McCulloch County Electric Co op will hold its annual membership meeting in the Brady Theatre on Thursday August 15 from 1 p m to 4 45 p m The session will occur in the air conditioned Brady Theatre building.
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Power
McCulloch County Electric Co-op
Brady Theatre
Farm Bureau Queen To Receive Lugeage
The Farm Bureau in McCulloch County will crown a queen at a program August 20 in Brady High School auditorium at 8 p.m. Gifts will be given to other contestants. The county queen may enter the district contest August 23 in Fredericksburg at the Junior High School auditorium. A parade is planned for 4 p.m. followed by the contest at 8 p.m. The state contest will be in November at the Baker Hotel in Dallas.
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Whl
Gueen
McCulloch
Farm Bureau
Brady High School
Fredericksburg
Baker Hotel
Dallas
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Colorado
Gunnison
George Hardin, Jr
Supt. Edwards
William T. Harris
Wilam T. Harris
Oken ‘Ury
Nye
Farm Bureau Queen
Katy
Florida
Melvin
Carroll Potter
Gary
T. J. Potter
Potter
Zallwood
Fla
Gladys Sherman
Jess Sherman
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