Former Elm Grove Woman Dies in Austin Hospital
Joy Crooks 26, born January 19 1928 in Elm Grove, died January 15 at Brackenridge Hospital Austin. She was a Richland Springs 1946 graduate, attended Durham's Business College, married A. E. Crooks in 1948, and worked five years with the Texas Education Agency. Funeral held January 16 at Hylton Manor Chapel. Burial Capitol Memorial Gardens. Survivors include her parents five siblings and two grandmothers.
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Joy Crooks
Austin
Noma Ford
Elm Grove
Brackenridge Hospital
W. H. Ford
Richland Springs High School
Durham's Business College
A. E
Jay) Crooks
Texas Education Agency
Crooks
Baptist Church
Billy Roland
Rosedale Baptist Church
Hylton Manor
Capitol Memorial Gardens
Hilary Ford
Port Lavaca
Garland Ford
Mercury
Renza Smith
Odessa
Wilma Bond
Cora Ford
Lometa
S. A. Burk
Brookesmith
Texas Veteran's Land Board appoints new executive secretary
Clark Diebel of the state auditor's staff has been named executive secretary of the Texas Veteran's Land Board to replace Lawrence C. Jackson who resigned. Diebel was appointed by Paul Redder the new land commissioner who succeeds Bascom Giles who also resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Diebel
State Auditor
Texas Veteran's Land Board
Lawrence C. Jackson
Paul Redder
Bascom Giles
Area schools face enrollment decline linked to drought
Local officials discuss why several area high schools may close due to shrinking enrollments since 1949 50 with no rebound amid drought. VA teachers report drought driven family moves while Ellington notes continued farm activity and Finlay warns of future population growth increasing food needs.
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McCulloch
Talpa
Eola
Zephyr
Star
Mullin
Blanket
Brookesmith
Cherokee
Harper
Rocksprings
Knipper
Bangs
Lometa
Frant
Sterling City
Blackwell
Garden City
Bronte
Melvin VA
T. Wood
Ellington
Finlay
U.S
Brady Hospital Admission for Pletcher Fields and Brady
Pletcher Fields Brady and Mrs. Sterling Fullagar of Ballinger entered Brady Hospital Tuesday morning for medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pletcher Fields
Brady
Sterling Fullagar
Ballinger
Brady Hospital
Ogden Recovers From Illness After Fredericksburg Event
Brady Chamber of Commerce manager Joe Ogden fell ill during a Fredericksburg testimonial dinner for the Texas Highway Commission. He stayed overnight in a Fredericksburg hospital, returned to Brady, and was back at work Saturday. Ogden and Chamber President T F Ereckson attended an Austin meeting Monday with others. E H Thornton Jr chaired the highway commission event.
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Fredericksburg
State Highway Commission
C. N. Avery
Austin
Robert Lee Bobbitt
San Antonio
Curtis Hancock
Dallas
Hancock
Bradyites
Nimitz Hotel
Tommy Ereckson
Brady Chamber of Commerce
Joe T. Ogden
H. D. Winters
L. B. Smith
Henry Ford International Memorial Highway Association
Joe Ogden
Texas Highway Commission
Chamber
T. F. Ereckson
United States Chamber of Commerce
Ereckson
Dick Winters
Ogden
E. H. Thornton, Jr
Highway Commission
Texas Tech Team Competes In Fort Worth Exposition
Johnny Jones, son of Mr and Mrs John G Jones of Mercury, joined Texas Tech College's junior meat judging team in Fort Worth this week at the Longenecker Exposition and Rodeo.
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Johnny Jones
John G. Jones
Mercury
Fort Worth
Texas Tech College
South western Exposition honors Brady's Lady in show
Brady's Lady a four year old Quarter horse mare was named grand champion for mares at the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth. Dee Gee earned reserve champion as second to Brady's Lady. Llano County reports rains shifting outlook from hopeless to hopeful with 2 to 2.5 inches recorded, pasture recovery still years away. Turkey growers plan to cut heavy breed numbers to 2,501,600 and light breeds to 541,000 this year, down from last year.
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Brady
Fort Worth
Hicks Campbell
George Tyler
Rebecca Price
Gainesville
Wanda Harper
Mason
Heart of Texas
McCulloch
Mason Counties
Llano County
T. D. Tanksley
USDA
Brady Girl Takes Third in Industry Essay Contest
Barbara Miller, a Brady High School senior, earned third place in the West Texas Chamber of Commerce essay contest on How My Town Can Attract Industry. She qualified by winning a local Brady Chamber of Commerce contest last fall. Winners were announced at a regional industrial conference in Abilene. First prize went to a Tulsa boy and a Coleman girl took second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Miller
Brady
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Roy Miller
Barbara
WTC
Brady Chamber of Commerce
WTCC
Abilene
Tulsa
Brady Hospital Welcomes Two Newborns
Mrs Wayne Powell at Brady Hospital announces the birth of a son Friday and Saturday. Mr and Mrs Hilly Joe Moore of Brady celebrate a son born Sunday at Brady Hospital. Mr and Mrs R V Huff of Brady rejoice over a Sunday birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Powell
Brady Hospital
Hilly Joe Moore
Brady
Mother Sees Son Get Army Commission at UT
Mrs. Evelyn Turner attended ceremonies at the University of Texas as her son W. M. Turner Junior received his Army commission as a second lieutenant. Turner is an ROTC student awaiting orders for duty. Accompanying Mrs. Turner were her daughter Mrs. Josephine Mille and Mrs. B B Wallace, who visited son Stanley, also a UT student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Turner
Austin
W. M. (Junior) Turner
University of Texas
Turner
Army
Josephine Mille
Stanley
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Jim McGrew
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