Farm Bureau Chooses Melvin Girl as Queen
Mary Helen Bratton of Melvini was named queen by the McCulloch County Farm Bureau. The Bratton daughter, intro duced by Gerald Huffman, will represent the local bureau in the district contest in Llano in September. Debra Ann Huffman was crowned as the future queen by George Johanson after a pageant with 15 contestants.
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Mary Helen Bratton
Melvini
McCulloch County
Farm Bureau
FFA
Mary Helen
John Bratton
Gerald Huffman
Llano
Brady High School
Jerrilyn Lohn
Brady
W. E. Lohn, Jr
Fritz Lehmberg
Oliver Grote
Mason
Debra Ann Huffman
Debra Ann
South Ward
George Johanson
Sue Hodges
T. L
Brady Bulldozers Begin Grid Workouts For 1961 Season
The Brady Bulldogs start workouts next Monday for the 1961 football season. First game expected against Ballinger on September 1 at home. Coaches K Y Owens Ed Whiteley Fletcher Fields and Tommy Starnes attended the Texas High School Coaches Association coaching school in San Antonio. Freshman coach Charles Brewster could not attend. Owens says the team is not big fast or strong but is picked favorites in District 18 AA.
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Brady
Ballinger
K. Y. Owens
Ed Whiteley
Fletcher Fields
Tommy Starnes
San Antonio
Texas High School Coaches Association
Charles Brewster
Bulldogs
Owens
Bird-Chaser Rex Lewis Solves Courthouse Bird Problem
Rex Lewis uses a secret formula to drive away starlings and other birds from courthouses in San Saba Hamilton and other towns. He sprays trees and continues treatment over two years to prevent re settlement. Local officials consider forming a company to market the method.
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McCulloch County
Rex Lewis
Lewis
Commissioners Court
San Saba
Prady
Hamilton
Stephenville
Oklahoma Youth Undergoes Surgery After Injury
Patch Coleman a 16 year old from Eufaula Oklahoma, who lived with his sister Mrs Deryl Griffith in Fort Worth while working at Heart of Texas Commission Co, underwent surgery there Monday for a broken cheek bone. He will be hospitalized about a week. The injury occurred July 27 when unloading stock at the commission company stockyards and an unruly cow knocked him against a truck.
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Patch” Coleman
Eufaula
Okla
Deryl Griffith
Heart of Texas Commission Co
Fort Worth
Butch
Commission Company
Street Lights On Whiteway Being Replaced
The City replaces incandescent lamps on Bridge and West Commerce Streets with mercury vapor lights. About 130 lamps on Highways 87 and 377 and around Brady square will be upgraded. New 400 watt fixtures use less power and emit a bluish green light. old lights will serve Brady residential areas.
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Bridge
West Commerce
James Feazelle
Bridge On Commerce
Brady
Out of Hospital Ledbetter Faces New Sanity Hearing
Rollie White Ledbetter, once found insane in a 1958 murder case, returned to Travis County jail after Rusk State Hospital release. A new sanity hearing is planned, with possible retrial for murder of his wife. The case moved from Mason to Austin. a 1960 verdict found him insane at the time, enabling later trial if declared sane.
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Associated Press
Austin
Prady
Rollie White Ledbetter
Travis County
Ledbetter
Rusk State Hospital
Mason
Criminal District
Mace Thurman, Jr
Miss Laurie Barfoot Visits Stephenville Guests
Miss Laurie Barfoot of Stephen ville stayed with Mr and Mrs Duke Mann from Wednesday of last week through Saturday as a guest in Stephenville.
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Stephenville
Laurie Barfoot
Duke Mann
Visits of Mrs. Cecil L. Davis in Killeen Family Circle
Mrs. Cecil L. Davis of Killeen visited her daughter Mrs. Jerry Wood and Dr. Wood along with their daughter Carrie from Sunday to Wednesday.
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Cecil L. Davis
Killeen
Jerry Wood
Wood
Carrie
Brady Junior Rodeo Set With No AJRA Participation
The Heart of Texas Junior Rodeo will be staged at 8 p m on August 18 and 19 at the Jubilee arena Brady with no American Junior Rodeo Association participation. Brady event features trophies and four events per contestant. Entries due noon August 17 with location details and sponsor McCulloch County Livestock Association.
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Heart of Texas
Jubilee Arena
American Junior Rodeo Association
AJRA
Prady
Mansfield
Sonora
New Mexico
McCulloch County Livestock Association
E. L. Ross
West 12Th Street
Brady
Hubert Moseley
Rochelle
Rudder Drug
City Begins Buying Land For New Brady Lake Project
The Brady City Land Purchasing Committee initiates land acquisitions for the Brady Lake project with surveys completed on all tracts except the north dam area where Santa Fe Railroad surveys are ongoing. The committee, chaired by former Mayor P. L. Ulstad, meets landowners Friday afternoon in City Hall to review property needs, with 2,500 acres across 24 landowners affected.
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City of Brady
Brady Lake
Santa Fe
P. L. Ulstad
Joe Bunn
San Saba Land Company
Voca
Frank Lohn
Internal Revenue Service
Schools Being Put in Shape For Opening
A summer cleanup repair project for Brady school buildings nears completion. South Ward classrooms in grades three to five, rest rooms and halls repainted. Four rooms floors sanded and refinished. Combination storage shelves installed in eight rooms. High school halls and rooms repainted with new student furniture in two math rooms. Bulldog Stadium press box concession stand and ticket booths receive new paint.
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Brady
South Ward
Bulldog Stadium
Hearing on Brady Independent School District Budget
A public hearing will be held at 8:00 p.m. Monday, August 21 at City Hall on the Brady Independent School District budget for 1961 62 totaling 425 467 with estimated receipts of 426 000. The largest outlay is 283 719 for teachers salaries. Local tax sources are expected to provide 152 500 while state funds amount to 268 739.
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Brady Independent School District
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Kenny Penn
Andy Hendley
Steve Kyzar
Fred McDonough
Larry Anderson
Ricky Ake
Billy Haynes
Dick Marsden
Hunter Ables
Oklahoma
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