Glad to Be Home Jerry Finlay Returns From Polio Hospital
Jerry Finlay a 19 year old from Brady returns home at 203 East Marshall after a year in the Texas Institute for Research and Rehabilitation Houston polio hospital. He is paralyzed except for his right arm and uses a chest lung and iron lung to assist breathing. He can type with one finger and paint watercolors and hopes to stay home for months before a Houston checkup.
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Jerry Finlay
Houston
Texas Institute For Research and Rehabilitation
Jerry
East Marshall
Mickey McMurry
Wilkerson
Iris Finlay
Rain Falls Sparsely Across Brady and McCulloch County
Rain showers varied widely with Brady recording 1.05 inches total from Tuesday into Wednesday and other areas like Melvin Pear Valley Rochelle and Doole reporting 1 to 4 inches while Fife stayed dry. Local observers noted scattered rainfall across McCulloch County with pockets receiving up to five inches in recent days.
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Brady
McCulloch
J. R. Cochran
Luther Smith
Placid
A. P. Waldrop
Melvin
Waldrep
Salt Gap
Jim Schooley
Voca
Raymond Harrison
Rochelle
Lohn
George Reed
Waldrip
Pear Valley
Doole
Reed
Fife
Fairview
G. D. Bell
Brady Bargain Day Welcomes Co-op Members
Brady merchants plan a Bargain Day to greet McCulloch County Electric Co op members during the co op annual meeting in Brady on Saturday August 20.
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Brady
McCulloch County Electric Co-op
Co-Op
Brady dealer named as American Founders Life representative
Joe Ogden, former Chamber of Commerce manager and head of the Heart Of Texas Producers Co op, is named Brady representative for American Founders Life Insurance Company of Austin. He will operate through Abilene's Virgil Bernard agency while continuing his co op work. The Brady Retail Trade Committee hosts a morning co op meeting at the Brady Theatre with back to school bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Ogden
Brady
American Founders Life Insurance Company
Austin
Chamber of Commerce
Ogden
Heart of Texas Producers Co-op
Co-Op
American Founders
Legal Reserve Life Insurance
Texas
Oklahoma
Tennessee
New Mexico
Abilene
Virgil Bernard
Brady Theatre
Chamber of Commerce Retail Trade Committee
Ramond Wilensky
Roger Wheeler
CC. Dpd
Slick) Reed
Brunette Crowned Farm Bureau Queen
Cheryl Huffman was named queen of the McCulloch County Farm Bureau in Brady. She will represent the county in September at the district contest in Winters or Ballinger. Runner-up was Jerrilyn Lohn. Korky Steffens hosted with Bonnie Brook assisting. The event was at Brady High School with judges from Mason and other local families attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheryl Huffman
McCulloch County
W. E. Lohn, Jr
Brady
Korky Steffens
Bonnie Brook
Farm Bureau
Man Held Arson Charge After Fire at Wife’s House
J. B. Mc Nelly, a Brady man, was jailed in McCulloch County on a arson charge after fire damaged his wife’s frame house at 1308 Hackberry. Fire Marshal Howard Salter filed the complaint. bond set at 1000 by Justice Joe Myrick. The incident occurred last Sunday after his wife locked him out.
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J. B. McNelly
McCulloch County
McNelly
Hackberry
Howard Salter
Bond
Justice of the
Joe Myrick
Myrick
Salter
Navy Recruit Gary Canvus Heads to San Diego Training
Gary Canvus will leave Saturday from San Angelo for San Diego to report for Navy training. He plans to travel by air as his transport method.
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Navy
Gary Canvus
San Diego
San Angelo
Episcopalian Rector to Join Houston Church
The Rev. Sam Sizer, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Brady, will move with his family to Houston next week to serve as assistant rector at St. Martin's Church in the Post Oak area. St. Martin's serves about 15,000 communicants and has recently expanded. Rector Tom Bagbey leads St. Martin's, and the Sizers recall traveling from Austin to Brady since 1956 before settling in 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Sizer
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Houston
Sizer
St. Martin’s Church
St. Martin’s
Post Oak
Tom Bagbey
Sizers
Brady
Corpus Christi
Mr. Sizer
Washington FHA official visits Brady for lake loan talks
Frank Pollard from Washington D C directed the Brady negotiation conference on obtaining a Farmers Home Administration loan to fund Brady Lake. Officials from the Soil Conservation Service and local engineers attended as the city weighs a 1 million plus loan to reduce interest costs and secure eligibility through an extensive brief and documentation process.
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Washington
Brady
Farmers Home Administration
Brady Lake
Frank Pollard
D. C
FHA
Country Club
Soil Conservation Service
Water Board
Congress
Pollard
Clyde Graham
Temple
R. M. Priesmeyer
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City
Brady High
Hous
Jerry Bean
Crane
Mrs
M. J. Bean
Roy Dale Finlay
Jerrilyn Lohn
Ferm
Bareae
Brunette
Brady High School
Gerald Huffman
Mason
Joeen Johnson
Melenda Shirley
Billy Underwood
Bertha Murrah
Ira Murrah
Joan Fullagar
Sam Fullagar
Sohn
Juana Jo Estes
Joe Estes
George Jones
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