Spectacular Wreck Injures Two Brady Youths
George Spiller 15 and David Lewallen 20 escaped with cuts and bruises when a right front tire blew on the 1960 International station wagon they rode in. The car ran off FM 734 near US 87, overturned several times, Lewallen pinned, both treated at Brady Hospital then released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady
George Spiller
David Lewallen
Spiller
Jack Spiller
Lewallen
Amos Lewallen
Brady Spiller
Voca
E. E. Spiller
Young Spiller
John Black
Texas Highway Department
Ronnie Rodrigue
Brady Hospital
City Golf Tourney Sees Fresh Faces Rule Early
In the annual City Golf Tournament top locals fall as younger players shine Bob Archer of Odessa Junior College defeats last year’s champ Paul Huntington Skip Priess Brady High School beats Walt Stuhlmann and Jimmy Chewell Brady senior defeats Pete Newman. Final rounds set for Sunday with many first round results listed across the championship flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Bob Archer
Odessa Junior College
Paul Huntington
Skip Priess
Brady High School
Walt Stuhlmann
Brady
Jimmy Chewell
Pete Newman
Charles Dicker
Brady High
D. A. Harkrider
John Hughes
Jerome Wilkerson
Bill Archer
Brady schools set fall registration and routes
Brady district outlines first day procedures on September 3 with 8 30 a m registration for elementary and junior high students. North Ward serves those north of the Santa Fe railroad, South Ward for south, with East Ward for older Negro students. Transfers require records, vaccines and birth certificates. Bus routes resume with 11 30 a m return. lunch service starts Sept 4 at 30 cent meals. Physical education workshop Aug 26 led by Dr Lewis Spears. Willie Ray Fields hired as PE instructor. First faculty meeting Aug 28 at 8 30 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady
North Ward
South Ward
Brady Junior High
East Ward
Dunbar
Lewis Spears
Department of Health, Physical Education and Safety
Texas Education Agency
Supt. C. A. Reynolds
Willie Ray Fields
New Men's Store to Mark Opening at 1211 South Bridge
Brady's Gent's Store opens its doors at 1211 South Bridge Street with a formal opening this Saturday. Owners 8. H. and Thelma Park invite both men and women, offering free coffee and cookies, and a door prize drawing at 6 p.m. No purchase required. The shop will carry a complete line of sportswear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady
South Bridge Street
8. H
Thelma Park
Bradshaw Named B Team Coach at Ector High School
Johnny Bradshaw a former Brady High athlete is appointed B team coach and physical education teacher at Odessa Ector High School. He previously served two years as an assistant coach at Bowie Junior High in Odessa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Bradshaw
Brady High
Odessa
Ector High School
Bradshaw
Bowie
Houston
Theba
John Bradshaws
Thomas Kwells
Brady
Carroll Hemphills
Loha
Brady Schools Budget Heads Toward Record Total
A public hearing on the Brady School District budget for 1069-64, the largest in history, will be held at 7 p.m. Monday in the superintendent's office at Brady High School. The proposed budget totals 522,450, up 19,118 from last year, driven mainly by a 102 annual teacher pay raise under the State Minimum Salary Schedule, while the tax rate stays at 1.50 per 100 valuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady
P. m
Brady High School
Brady School Faculty of 69 Awaits Peak Enrollment
Brady schools prepare for a record enrollment with 69 teachers and administrators staffing the system. The staff includes seven newcomers and several with ties to Howard Payne College and McMurry, moving from Pettus Devine Ranger Dublin Vernon and other districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady
Visitor From Baytown Reaches Brady Kin
Guest of Sister Miss Ethel Henson who teaches at Baytown visits sister Mia Ben White and other relatives in Brady for the last two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Henson
Baytown
Mia
Ben White
Brady
Guests of Ben White entertain guests from multiple cities
Guests of Ben White entertained over the past weekend with visits from their three children, Dr and Mrs Ben White, Carl and Cappy of Austin, Mr and Mrs Jack White, Mike and Jeff of Hobbs NM, and Mr and Mrs Karl Warren with daughters Laura Beth and Sarah of Odessa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben White
Carl and
Cappy
Austin
Jack White
Mike
Jeff
Hobbs
N. M
Karl Warren
Laura Beth
Sarah
Odessa
State Highway Commissioner To Speak Here
Hal Woodward of Coleman, a member of the State Highway Commission, will be guest speaker at noon on Sept. 3 at a joint Rotary and Lions Club meeting in Brady. The luncheon in the First Methodist Church Fellowship Hall is expected to draw over 40 Rotarians and about as many Lions and guests. Woodward will discuss future plans of the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Woodward
Coleman
State Highway Commission
Rotary and
Lions Clubs
Brady
First Methodist Church
Woodward
Cool Rain Ends Texas Heat Wave After Long Drought
A cool front broke a July August heat spell across McCulloch County and West Texas with scattered thundershowers Tuesday and Wednesday. Brady recorded two day rainfall totaling .47 inches with local totals from Salt Gap Fife Waldrip and Lohn varying up to 1.5 inches. The damp spell brings relief to farmers and residents after 17 days of 100 plus degree heat, aiding cotton and late feed growth in the north and northwest areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Autgust
McCulloch County
West Texas
Brady
J. R. Cochran
Salt Gap
Fife
Waldrip
Lohn
Melvin
Rodriguez Rites Friday
Jose Rodriguez Jr aged 73 of 504 West Walker died at 3 a m Wednesday in Brady Hospital. Born April 8 1890 in Brackettville he will be buried in Brady Cemetery after services at Wilkerson Chapel Friday. Survivors include two sons Manuel Odessa and Lupe Ozona a brother Fuscibel Rodriguez California two sisters Lucy Galindo Brady and Juanita Flores California and seven grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose Rodriguez, Jr
West Walker
Brady Hospital
Rodriguez
Brackettville
Wilkerson Chapel
Brady Cemetery
Manuel
Odessa
Lupe Rodriguez
Ozona
Fuscibel Rodriguez
California
Lucy Galindo
Brady
Juanita Flores
Gray Francolin Release Against Texas Habitat Hopes
The Texas Game and Fish Commission reports hopes that the Gray Francolin ridge may take root in Mc Culloch County. Swede Johnson and two Tyler Quail Hatchery workers released 276 birds in July, noting the species thrives in dry warm climates with limited water and multiple broods yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Game & Fish Commission
McCulloch County
Swede Johnson
Tyler
McCulloch
Colorado River
Joe Davidson
Texas Game & Fish
Texas
Draft Board Set to Induct Two Men in Brady
Selective Service Board No. 88 in Brady plans to call one man for induction on August 21 and another on September 25. The board also sets examinations of five men for August 21 and ten for September 25. Texas quotas for September aim at 60 percent of men for Army service, the largest since 1961. Colonel Morris Schwartz, state director, said the September quota applies to those at least 22 on September 1, with volunteers and delinquents allowed younger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Board No. 88
Brady
Texas
Morris
Engdahl Family Trips and Visits Across States
Mr and Mrs George Engdahl recently returned from a trip covering Houston Port Arthur and Vineville La They visited their daughter Mrs Eddie Simon and family in Houston where their grandchildren Kinny and Roxana had stayed since July 2 They also called on son Dr Perry H Peterson and family in Port Arthur and on Mrs Engdahls sister Mrs Alec Larson and Mr Larson in Pineville The Larsons accompanied them home for a short visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Engdahl
Houston
Port Arthur
Vineville
Engdahls
Eddie Simon
Kinny
Roxana
Engdahl
Perry H. Peterson
Alec Larson
Larson
Pineville
Larsons
Rotary District Governor Visits Brady Tuesday
Ernest W. Wehman of Pleasanton, district governor of Rotary District 584, will visit the Brady Rotary Club next Tuesday for a luncheon at Plateau Restaurant. He will confer with officers led by President George Purcell and discuss community improvement youth work and international understanding. Wehman is a wholesale gasoline distributor ranch owner and bank director, also a State Soil Conservation Board member representing 50 South Texas counties. He was elected district governor for 1968-64 at the Rotary convention in St. Louis last June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest W. Wehman
Pleasanton
Rotary International
Brady Rotary Club
Brady Group
Rotary Club
Plateau
George Purcell
Purcell
Wehman
Charlotte
Tex
First National Bank
Jonardanton State Bank
Jourdanton
State Soil Conservation Board
South Texas
Rotary
St. Louis
Marshall Guests Attend Medical Meeting Then Visit Brady
Guests of Dr and Mrs James H Hare of Marshall attended a medical meeting in Avetin Friday and Saturday morning before coming to Brady to spend the weekend with Mr and Mrs V L Ryan.
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Vol
Mrs Mohier Returns to Duties at Wilkerson Funeral Home
Mrs. R. KE. Mohier, who had been ill for a month, returned home from Dallas last weekend and resumed duties at Wilkerson Funeral Home on Tuesday.
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B. D. Geeslin
Jimmy Criswell
Tom Penn
Ernest Barker
Kenneth Anderson
Karston Steffens
K. K. Steffens
Buster Sayles
Kurt Otte
J. D. Bailey
Bert Harrison
C. A. Ethridge
T. A. Wilton
Roger George
Mevin Tittle
Lewis Jordan
Wayne Rawlings
John Lewis
W. T. Archer
W. C. MecHorse
George Carrithers
Norman Archer
Jim Harkrider
Johnny Rudder
Herbert Wood
David Barker
Glen Jones
Don Taylor
Sam McCollum
Ted Archer
Red Darley
Ramond Wilensky
Dr. R. W. Winters
Jim Feazelle
R. J. Gartman, Jr
Harry Priess
H. L. Gober
Dr. A. McCulloch
Ed Davenport
Herbert Huffman
Red Pearson
Joe McDonough
L. M. Helmer
M. G. Breckenridge
Don Pentecost
Royce Johansen
Emmett Herod
Donald Owens
Hymie Myers
Eldred Pruitt
Cliff Grubbs
John Ed Weaver
Bob Henry
L. A. Gotcher
Jym Tittle
Mildred Ferguson
Hettie Fae George
Pat Lewis
Reba Harkrider
Tommy Ruth Archer
Faye King
Marie Barker
Ector
A. Reynolds
Forrest Hanson
Howard Payne
Leon McMillan
Rockwood
McMurry College
Devine
Madel Lange
Brady Hitch
Pettus
Don Kirklin
Dublin
Ranger
Joe P. Fuller
Texas A & M College
Vernon
Robert Priest
Mrsa
Jack Hunter Wigginton
Htroward Payne
Danny Richter
Richter
Laredo
Danny
Dan
Buddy) Richter
Carlos Richter
Buck Richards
India
Ernest W. Werhmay
Dallas
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