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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1954
Page
8
The writing notes a planned visit to Washington near the Pacific coast with rain at Melvin reported as about a full inch. Locals Benny Ivy and Alvis Wal discuss the weather and the hoped trip, while Wes’s invitation remains open despite unspecified duration.
Norman Bell of Memphis Missouri, a Bradyite, notes a two inch rain last week in his area. His ten acre timothy and lespedeza patch yielded 350 dollars for timothy and 600 pounds of lespedeza valued at 15 dollars per hundred. Redtop seed sold at 25 cents per pound. Other nearby farmers, Dorman Gibbs and K J Turner, report light showers and dry soil conditions.
Solidad Rodriguez Valdez 65 of 504 West Walker Street Brady died Thursday in Austin. Born March 18 1888 in Brackettville she was survived by husband Anastacio Valdez four daughters Lucy Gloria Adelade Villarreal Mela Valdez Anastacia Valdez two brothers two sisters and five grandchildren. Funeral was conducted by Rev H A Seitters at Guadalupe Catholic Church with burial at Brady Cemetery. Funeral home was Wilkerson Funeral Home.
The report notes John Slaughter and Dale Watkins measured locally on Saturday with inched and three quarters of an inch respectively. Doole, Stacy, and near Stacy saw totals from 1.5 to over 2 inches with Talmage Lankford recording 3 inches near Stacy Friday night into Saturday morning. Frank Campbell from Fairview remains skeptical while weather watchers await meaningful rain.
Heart of Texas Rabbit Breeders Association hosted a Friday night barbecue at Richards Park attended by Mr. and Mrs. Luke Vogel Gill Dikes Edgar Gressett W. E. Lari more Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Baker and many others including Edna Peterson Nancy Willis and Brenda Bratton among a large group of members and their families.
A wildcat oil well one and a half miles north of Salt Gap, named Robert Kamon et al No. 1 Ira B. McNeely, Strawn sand discovery, was completed at 1,781 feet with pay at 1,728 feet and a potential of 108 barrels daily of 34 gravity oil plus 25 percent water and a gas oil ratio of 600 to 1. The operator seeks a discovery allowable and proposes naming the field the McNeely field in the 1327 Doris Jordt survey.
The Pear Valley Church of Christ will host a revival from August 6 to August 15. Bobby Poynor of Lubbock will preach and Gaston Moore of Melvin will lead song services. Dinner will be served at the church each Sunday during the meeting.
Mr. and Mrs Larry Fisher recently married in Winn Arkansas have moved to Brady. They reside at 1101 S College St where Mr Fisher is a partner in the Frank R Fisher Construction Company.
The agency outlines a 60 day window through Sept 30 for hay and feed assistance under the drought relief program. Purchases at regular prices do not qualify. rail shipments may be subsidized only half the transport cost, with trucks allowed at rates based on railroad equivalents. Stockmen may order a 60 day supply minus on hand, under continued drought provisions.
Readable portion notes a for sale dwelling with seven rooms and two baths recently decorated. Contact numbers 2392 and 7212 appear, likely listing agents W. Ralto U or Parker Pumphrey. Local details are incomplete but indicate a residential real estate listing.
Warren D. Sligar of San Angelo seeks a 3 to 8 mile stepout to a producing oil well one mile quarter east of Lohn. The No. 1 M. Shelton well would be in the Big Chief field which has one existing well Cox No. 1 West completed January 12 with 26 barrels daily from 38 degree oil. Drilling to 1,250 feet using combination tools on a 62 acre lease begins after permit approval. The test sits 150 feet from the north and 2,300 feet from the east lines of 115 H&TC Survey.
A Texas run off campaign unfolds as citizens are urged to vote. Historical examples show how a single ballot decided crucial ties and policies, from Indiana state races to U S decisions on Texas annexation and war. The message: voting is a moral obligation and every vote counts.
Robert Lee Roberts 76 a farmer from Fife died at his home at 1 15 a m Thursday He was born in 1878 in Liberty Hill and married Nora Bell Adams in 1900 Funeral services were held at 4 pm Friday at the Fife Church with burial in Fife Cemetery Survivors include his wife eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren plus four sons and four daughters and several siblings Pallbearers named were Cecil Cochran S J Purcell O C Utsey W W Tedder Sidney Coonrod and Ed Mitchell
Infant Mary Dee Hargrove daughter of Mr and Mrs John Hargrove of Voca was given graveside rites at 2 p m Saturday at Voca Cemetery. Rev Thomas Brower of Brady Presbyterian Church conducted the service with Wilkerson Funeral Home handling arrangements. Survivors include the parents a brother Dolan and sisters Shirley Dale Reva Gaye and Peggy Denise.
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