Davy Crockett inspires Texas Boy Scout summer camps surge
Texas Boy Scouts report a record spring into summer with over 30 000 youngsters expected to enroll in 38 camps across six councils. Camps run June to July offering outdoor skills, hiking, swimming, and leadership training while ensuring medical checks and emergency services.
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Boy Scout
Texas
McCulloch County Boy Scouts
Camp Sol Mayer
Menard
Concho
Davy Crockett
Texas Boy Scouts
Hal Lewman
Cal Regional Scout Executive
Lewman
Texas Scouting Movement
Sol Mayer
Sheep referendum debate shines in West Texas output
West Texas sheep producers face a Friday deadline to vote on an agreement between the American Sheep Producers Council and the U S Secretary of Agriculture. The ballot asks whether to deduct 1 cent per pound of wool or 5 cents per hundredweight of lambs for a promo fund, with critics fearing funds would favor New York promoters over local interests.
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McCulloch County
American Sheep Producers Council, Inc
U. S. Secretary of Agriculture
Sheepman
Ezra Taft Benson
McCulloch
West Texas
Brady Standard
New York City
Placid Rites Set Wednesday for Mrs Crocker 75
Mrs. W. E. Crocker aged 75 was found drowned Sunday in Brady Creek on the Crocker farm west of Melvin Concho County Justice of Peace Zack Davis ruled death by drowning She had been in ill health The former Alice Stephens born December 23 1879 in Cheokee County Survivors include husband a son Rueben Gault of Chicago four sisters four brothers four grandchildren and eight great grandchildren The Rev R L Herring will conduct the funeral at Placid Baptist Church at 1030 a m Wednesday Wilkerson Funeral Home directing burial at Placid Cemetery Pallbearers Tim Siler Roger Lockwell Willard Kyzar Joe B Gault Stacy Stephens and Bob Moseley
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W. E. Crocker
Brady Creek
Crocker
Melvin
Concho County
Zack Davis
Eden
Alice Stephens
Cheokee County
Rueben Gault
Chicago
Til
Lula Leach
Brownwood
Cook Sheffield
Bangs
Laura Collins
Kirkland
Sadie Porter
Lubbock
Rufus
John Stephens
Light
Placid Baptist Church
Wilkerson Funeral Home
Placid Cemetery
Tim Siler
Roger Lockwell
Willard Kyzar
Joe B. Gault
Stacy Stephens
Bob Moseley
Depth of Pacific Ocean near Mindanao Reaches 35400 Feet
The shallow or deep sea measurement notes the ocean off Mindanao in the Philippines reaching a depth of 35,400 feet. The finding highlights the extreme depth of the surrounding western Pacific waters.
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Island of
Mindanao
The
Philippines
Central Texas farms and ranches tour interpreter named
George Bolshakev, a center mass correspondent, served as interpreter on the Central Texas farms and ranches tour. The report notes his role as translator during the fact gathering phase of the visit.
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George Bolshakev
Center
Mass
Central
Texas
Hospital Stays Include Several Local Women
Mrs. Joe Corriger of Hext spent Thursday to Saturday in Brady Hospital with Thursday and Friday as stay days. Mrs. O. L. Neve of Kempner was a Brady Hospital patient. Mrs. Willie Mae Burk of San Angelo was treated from Friday to Monday. New admissions on Saturday include Miss Doris Thorn and Mrs. Billy Crawford of Brady, Mrs. Ed Gault of Pear Valley, and Mrs. Grace Smith of Réchelle.
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Joe Corriger
Hext
Brady Hospital
O. L. Neve of
Kempner
Willie Mae Burk
San Angelo
Brady Hosptal
Doris Thorn
Billy Crawford
Brady
Ed Gault
Pear Valley
Grace Smith
Réchelle
Visits by Skelly Oil employee and service member return home
Miss Janie Glenn of Corpus Christi visited her parents Mr and Mrs Jesse Glenn and Biddy last weekend. Ale Jarvis Stewart, home on a 15 day leave from Brooks AFB San Antonio, returned to his parents Mr and Mrs J D Stewart after three and a half years in service, including two years in Japan.
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Janie Glenn
Skelly Oil Company
Corpus Christi
Jesse Glenn
Biddy
Ale Jarvis Stewart
Brooks Afb
San Antonio
J. D. Stewart
Jarvis
Japan
Brady Woman Discharged From Hospital After Short Stay
Mrs. S. V. Osborne of Brady was dismissed from Brady Hospital Saturday after a brief stay as a patient beginning Thursday.
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S. V. Osborne
Brady
Brady Hospital
For Sale Items Listed in Melvin Area Ad
Used Oliver power reaper ten foot cut in A-1 condition offered by N M Barnett in Melvin. Also for sale a Duroc Jersey sow with eight six weeks old pigs, contact by phone 72420 or 7214.
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Oliver Power Reaper
N. M. Barnett
Melvin
Duroc-Jersey
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