Father and Sons Build Steady Milking Dairy Operation
Brady Ridgman and his two sons Rob and Drew run a bulk milk business selling to Hill Country Creameries. They milk twice daily at 6 am and 6 pm using vacuum milking machines and manage about 386 head of cows on a 50 head herd with a 250 acre stock farm planned for expansion. They raise Holsteins Jerseys Guernseys and Brown Swiss, depend on Purina 16 percent Milk Chow, and credit Mayhew and Jordan Feed Store for service.
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Brady Ridgman
Rob
Drew
Bob
Brady Water and Light Plant
Brady
Bw&l
Rickmans
Pecan Street
Voca Highway
Iowa
Mayhew and Jordan Feed Store
Fletcher Marshall
For Rent and For Sale Listings Brady Area
Two furnished lower apartments and two furnished upper units available to rent. For sale find a good West Sweden farm with 165 acres, 115 cultivated. Address 1408 S High Brady. Call R685 for details.
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Good Farm
West
Sweden
S. High
Brady
Visit of Sim Gamblin Family Across West Texas
Mr and Mrs Sim Gamblin with Vicki visited relatives in Rotan Odessa and Pecos during their West Texas trip.
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West Texas
Sim Gamblin
Vicki
Rotan
Odessa
Pecos
Sommerville Dies in Melvin at 46
Melvin Leslie Orville Sommerville, 46, of Melvin died at his home Tuesday night. Born September 28, 1908 in Voca, he was buried in Voca Cemetery after services at Wilkerson Funeral Home Brady conducted by W. L. Fry. Survived by brother Floyd and sisters Mrs. Charley Yarbrough and Mrs. Roy Click. Pallbearers named.
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Leslie Orville Sommervivile
Melvin
Voca
Wilkerson Funeral Home
Brady
W. L. Fry
Fourth and
Bridge St. Church of Christ
Sommerville
Floyd Sommerville
Charley Yarbrough
Roy Click
San Angelo
Herman Ake
Burrell Ake
Herman Ake, Jr
C. L. Wooten
Jerry Blackwell
Alvis Yarborough
Storm Totals Reported Across County West of Brady
Rainfall measurements vary across the region with estimates from multiple communities. Carroll Colony west of Brady reports precipitation, Calf Creek tallying .6 inches, Fairview at 9 inches, Rochelle area 1.1 inches, Brady area around .5 to .9 inches, Nine community .5 to .75 inches, Dodge area .7 inches, Sleepy Bratton at Voca .2 inches, Sellman Brady Creek ranches .3 to .9 inches, Henderson and Ford ranches near Brady recording .5 to 1.1 inches.
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Carroll Colony
Brady
Tom Irvin
Calf Creek
Fairview
G. D. Bell
Rochelle
Bill Jackson
David Dutton
Dodge
Sleepy Bratton
Voca
C. T. White
Trilby and Her Beau Foot Beauty Noted
The column highlights Trilby famed for her beautiful feet and public fascination with her appearance.
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Trilby
Desegregation Plan Links Dunbar Attendance and Vaccines
Superintendency Reynolds announces Brady and Dunbar School changes for grade 1 through 12. Negro students will attend Dunbar at 703 East. all first graders must prove smallpox vaccination and birth certificates. Other Brady students require vaccination, a cleared book card, and a prior report card. Brady teachers will hold an Aug. 26 workshop at South Ward and a general faculty meeting at the high school that evening.
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Page One
Dunbar School
East
Supt. Reynolds
Brady School
Brady
South Ward
Community Chest Contingency Fund Set for October Drive
The Mc Culloch County Community Chest outlines a contingency fund plan six years into its existence. The drive is tentatively scheduled for October, and no drive occurred last year though agencies were paid from surplus built up in the fund.
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McCulloch County
Card of Thanks from Somerville Family
The sisters and brother of Orville Somerville thank friends and neighbors for acts of sympathy during their bereavement and express deep appreciation.
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Orville Sommerville
Tulsa Preacher Begins Revival At Nazaren Church
The Rev and Mrs C M Whitley of Tulsa Oklahoma arrived this week to start a revival at the Church of the Nazarene 708 North College St The local pastor Rev Geneva Kilgore said the revival started strong and is expected to grow before it ends August 28 She praised Mrs Whitley as an outstanding musician and said attendees will hear Rev Whitley and that free transportation is available by calling 2182.
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C. M. Whitley
Tulsa
Okla
Church of the Nazarene
North College St
Geneva Kilgore
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PHOE
Rear Brady Nat
Father and Sons
Papa Brady
Bob Rickman
TAN OA
Jeff Chandler
Jan Sterling
Cecil Kellaway
Drake
Judith Evelyn
Wtaeg Ney
Lovely Grace Kelly
Danger
Stewart Granger
Grace Kelly
Paul Douglas
Re, Fess Parker
Buddy Ebsen
Rowan
Dal All
Wayne Morris
John Agar
Margia Dean
Adele Jergens
Edgar Buchanan
Hudson Valley
M-C-M
Cinemascope
Cornel Wilde
Michael Wilding
Anne Francis George Sanders
L. C. Sommerville
Purina
Las Chow
Papa
J. W. Ragsdale
Optometrist
Brady, Texas
Dial
City Drug CO
Mayhew & Jordan Feed Store
Bae Hie Hn
Commercial National Bank
Roe A
CHEC
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