Peanut Crop Brings Growers 500000 in McCulloch County
The largest peanut harvest in years boosts McCulloch County and nearby farms with more than 500000 dollars. Brady Mills manager A E Sanders cites about 4.5 million pounds from local growers and roughly 9 million more pounds from other regions for processing into meal oil and hulls.
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McCulloch County
A. E
Skinny) Sanders
Brady Mills
Voca
Camp Air
Katemfy
Fredonia
Pontotoc
Woman Charged With Forgery And Passing
An out-of-town woman who gave several forged checks to Brady merchants was charged in justice court with forgery and passing. Bond set at 1200 dollars. case bound over for grand jury action. Checks totaling about 500 dollars were written on an Amarillo bank. address given in Brady was fictitious.
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Brady
Justice Court
Justice of the Peace
Joe Myrick
Grand Jury
Luke Vowel
Amarillo
Superior Rating to Melvin FFA Chapter
W. O H. Pittard Jr supervisor of Area VI presented T. Wood with the Superior rating at the Vocational Agriculture Teachers In-Service Training program in Liano Monday afternoon. The award, originally to be given at the State TFA Convention in San Antonio in July, was delayed due to a typographical error that omitted Melvin's name. Pittard apologized to Wood and to the Chapter members. Melvin also received the Superior Award for the 1962-63 school year.
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W. O H. Pittard
Area VI
T. Wood
Liano
TFA
San Antonio
Melvin
Pittard
Wood
Sheffield Birth: Russell Glenn Debuts at Brady Hospital
Mr and Mrs Buford Sheffield announce the birth of a son named Russell Glenn on Wednesday December 16 at Brady Hospital. The baby weighed nine pounds 12 ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs A J Ricks and Mr and Mrs B R Sheffield.
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Sheffields
Buford Sheffield
Brady Hospital
Russell Glenn
A. J. Ricks
B. R. Sheffield
Plans Form For McCulloch Stock Show
The McCulloch County 1-H and FFA Livestock Show will be held in Brady at Richards Park show barns on Saturday January 9 with 120 lambs 22 hogs and five calves entered. County Agent Lovell Kuykendall says 4 H clubs and FFA chapters from Brady Melvin and Rochelle will participate. Weighing begins early and judging by Billy Kidd will follow after weights are set.
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McCulloch County
FFA
Brady
Richards Park
R. S. Moseley
Rochelle
Gerald Huffman
Brady Chamber of Commerce
Lovell Kuykendall
Melvin
A.m
Billy Kidd
San Saha County
Inneh
City Offices To Close Christmas Week
City offices close for Christmas from 3 p m Thursday December 23 to Monday morning December 27 by council action. Some employees will be on emergency call in all utility departments while the power plant fire and police departments stay fully staffed on straight time throughout the holidays.
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James Feazelle
Last Rites Held Thursday For Renny Young
Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church in Brady for Ronald M. Young 28 who died after an auto accident near Kountz on Dee. 9 at a Beaumont hospital. Rites were led by Rev. Charles Masaree with burial in Rest Haven Cemetery. Survivors include his wife of Dassetta a daughter from a former marriage a brother Kenneth Young and a sister Anita. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers included Carl Young Richard Young and others from Texas and New Mexico.
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First Baptist Church
Brady
Ronald M
Renny) Young
Beaumont Hospital
Kountz
Dee. 9
Charles Masaree
Ranger
Rest Haven Cemetery
Wilkerson Funeral Home
Dassetta
Young
Cindy
Kenneth Young
Anita
Abilene
Richard Young
San Angelo
Gary Turner
Midland
Ed Jordan
Jake Massey
Houston
Jerry Irby
Hurst
Paul Boldt
Fort Worth
Lonnie Shelton
New Mexico
Dickie Sellman
Cherokee
Gene Sellman
Ralph Ereckson
Lloyd Monson
Austin
License Examiner to Visit Brady for Examinations
David Lawrence of the Texas Highway Patrol, license examiner, will not be in Brady the week of December 21 to 25. He will be at the courthouse for license examinations on December 31.
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David Lawrence
The
Texas Highway Patrol
Brady
Settlement Accepted In Anti-Trust Suit In Brady
The Brady City Council agreed to accept 580,000 as settlement from five major electrical suppliers in an anti trust suit begun in 1959. The council also approved Layne Texas Company to furnish pump equipment for water well No 2 and adopted a work able plan for a public housing project. A Taiensteen architect will draw plans for low cost housing units.
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Brady
Layne-Texas Company
Tiensteen
FAA Approves Brady Airport Remodeling Plan
The FAA approved Brady’s participation in a dollar for dollar local airport remodeling project at Curtis Field. City Superintendent James Feazelle said $22,600 would fund repairs or renovations, with five phases and possible City Council approval. Key items include a night landings wind tee estimated $1,200, ramp repairs $5,000, a cross runway and a $2,000 warm up circle, all subject to deadlines and council approval.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Brady
James Feazelle
Curtis Field
Feazelle
Anl
Feavelle
PAA
Standard Herald To Be Printed Early Next Week
The Herald and Standard will print a day early due to Christmas. The Herald goes off the press Monday afternoon while The Standard prints Wednesday afternoon. Advertising deadlines are Monday 10 a.m. and Tuesday 5 p.m. News copy accepted until 1 p.m. Monday and 1 p.m. Wednesday.
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Herald
Standard
Lynda Hemphill Named Sweetheart of Melvin FFA
Lynda Hemphill daughter of Mr and Mrs J W Hemphill is the Melvin FFA Chapter sweetheart. An 18 year old senior and former cheerleader she also served as past president of the Future Homemakers of America and was football sweetheart this year. She was named to the all tournament team at Santa Anna over the weekend and plans to attend college next year. Her hobbies include horseback riding and swimming.
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Lynda Hemphill
J. W. Hemphill
Melvin Ffa
Lynda
Homemakers of America
Santa Anna
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