Brady High football receipts exceed twenty thousand dollars
A winning Brady High School season produced a box office bonanza with gate receipts for 11 games expected to top $20,000 versus $9,315.78 last year. The bi district game against Rockdale in Round Rock is still processed, with Brady's share projected near $4,500 according to Round Rock officials.
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Brady High School
Rockdale
Round Rock
Brady
John R. Rudder
Fredericksburg
Llano
Christmas countdown and 1977 football gate yields
Readers are reminded there are 13 shopping days until Christmas and that a yearly subscription to The Standard and Herald makes a lasting gift. The piece notes Brady and other towns ordering papers for relatives, plus 1977 football gate receipts across several games, with Rockdale $3 admission and totals comparing to 1976 and 1975.
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Standard and Herald
Police Chief? Second Man Turns Job Down
Hal R. Dew 42 of Crane, a Crane Police Department captain, declined the police chief offer after attending council executive sessions. The council had previously hired another candidate who also resigned before taking the post. Dew agreed to the job at 900 dollars per month but canceled the commitment and left for Crane, prompting further council discussions.
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Hal R. Dew
Crane
Crane Police Department
Dew
Council
Billy Brandon
Kerr County
Kerrville
Burglary at Brady Sporting Goods Faces Funeral Footnote
Burglars entered Brady Sporting Goods at 802 S Bridge between midnight Tuesday and Wednesday morning. a funeral wreath remained on the door during the break in. Owner John Riley had just had a funeral at 10 a.m. Wednesday. little was taken according to Sgt. Freddie Williams as police and sheriff investigated.
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Crane
Barry Adair
Door
Brady Sporting Goods
802 S. Bridge
Karlton Steffens
Steffens
Sporting Goods
John Riley
Brady Police Department
County Sheriffs Office
Set
Freddie Williams
Cattlemen Name Bremond Man Inspector for TSCRA
Jack D. Andrews of Bremond has been appointed field inspector for the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. He and his wife Mary Jane will be headquartered in St John’s Otis Howard of Brady is a patient in St John’s Hospital San Angelo. Andrews oversees TSCRA District 20 covering McCulloch Brown Comanche Concho Kimble Liano Mason Menard Mills San Saba Schleicher and Sutton counties. He succeeds Jack H. Mims who died in San Angelo Sept 25.
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Jack D. Andrews
Bremend
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers
Otis Howard
Brady
St. John's Hospital
San Angelo
TSCRA
Sutton Counties
Marathon hires Ralph Bates as next season head coach
Marathon High School announces Ralph Bates will become head football coach for the Mustangs starting January 3. Bates, a Rochelle assistant for three years, will also teach science and is a 1961 Sul Ross graduate.
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Marathon High School
Ralph Bates
Rochelle
Mustang
Sul Ross
Drouth Relief Loans Okayed for McCulloch County
McCulloch County was designated a disaster area on Wednesday afternoon and added to drouth relief, along with Somerville and Williamson counties. Eligible local farm producers may apply for three percent loans up to $250,000 through the Farmers Home Administration.
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McCulloch County
W. R. Poage
Department of Agriculture
Somerville
Williamson
Farmers Home
Mrs. Hall 80 Dies. Service Set Sunday
Mrs. Mary Lou Hall, 80, died 8:20 a m Wednesday in Heart of Texas Memorial Hospital after injuries from a Fairview area auto accident. A memorial service is 2 p m Sunday at First United Methodist Church. Born February 3, 1897 in Gadsden Alabama, she married J Rockett Hall December 1 1915 in Brady and lived in McCulloch County since. Surviving: husband, Joe Rockett Hall Jr of Houston, sisters Kate Smith of Waco and Nannie Kirk of Brady, four grandchildren and a great grandchild.
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Mary Lou Hall
Heart of Texas Memorial
First United Methodist Church
Gadsden
Ala
J. Rockett Hall
Brady
McCulloch County
First United Methodist
Joe Rockett Hall, Jr
Houston
Kate Smith
Waco
Nannie Kirk
Mrs Dubose Transferred After Fall and Hip Injury
Mrs Mattie Mae Dubose fell near her home last Sunday suffering a broken hip. She were a patient at Heart of Texas Memorial Hospital until Monday and then moved by ambulance to Community Hospital in Brownwood. She underwent surgery Tuesday morning. Her friends may write to her at room 214 in care of the hospital.
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Heart of Texas Memorial Hospital
Community Hospital
Brownwood
Santa Claus to Visit Brady Courthouse Lawn
Santa Claus will make his annual pre Christmas visit to Brady on Saturday December 17 from 2 to 4 p.m. He will bring candy for the children and meet with his young friends on the courthouse lawn. The Brady Jaycees sponsor the event.
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Santa Claus
Brady
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