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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1975
Page
1
Sam Kindrick recalls his Brady visit and a goat cookoff invitation while recounting a Brady murder case from 1958 and noting local letters from Alamo City readers. The piece highlights McCulloch County pride and spelling debates as rainfall data appears at article end.
Brady Bulldogs defeated Lampasas Badgers 3-1 in goals and 304 rushing yards to 124 for Lampasas while showing a strong defensive effort. Key players include Roy Don McBroom, Abel Moreno, Mike Hughes, and Billy Ragsdale guiding the offense, with Lampasas’ Johnny Jones limited to 22 rushing yards. Brady hosts Anson next in a final tune-up before Ballinger opener.
Entries for the second annual Worlds Championship Bar B Q Goat Cookoff keep coming in. Cook-off chairman Dr. Richard Lane said 60 entries were received by noon Monday. Richards Park will be filled.
Mrs. Decia Kyzar 78 longtime Brady resident died Sunday at Heart of Texas Memorial Hospital. Funeral Monday at Wilkerson Memorial Chapel with Burial in Rest Haven Cemetery. She was born May 22 1897 in Mason County and survived by a son four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. The Brady Jaycee festival includes a cookoff at the livestock barn with cookery handwork and hob bies displays a pie baking contest and a goat related program with judging at 3 pm an auction of meat and a 630 pm goat barbecue supper followed by a dance at the National Guard Armory.
Brady City Council and Brady Municipal Gas Corp agreed to hire an energy industrial engineer shared by both to tackle fuel and electrical problems. Two representatives from each side will sit in on meetings, with the engineer reporting findings and recommendations to the council and gas company directors. Budget concerns and prior engineering costs were cited, and eight city employees were laid off as part of cutbacks.
R. F. McSwain, 73, former county agent for Morris Gregg and McCulloch counties, died after a sudden illness at his Brady home. He served as probation officer for four years and taught science at Brady High School 1951 57. He was a World War II veteran, a church deacon, and survived by his wife Elizabeth and other relatives. Burial was in Rest Haven Cemetery with Brady Funeral Home directing.
Longtime Brady resident Mrs. Waddill remains active at 84 driving her 1954 green Chevy and visiting hospitals. She taught reading to Brady children for 50 years and has played piano at First Baptist Church for over six decades. Her family includes Sheriff Otis Waddill and son Otis Jr who served in World War II and died in 1967.
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