Obscure Texas notes span Foster career and oil era
L B Smith notes Waco attorney W S Foster has released Observations detailing Texas history including Brady days and mentions of H F Schwenker and C D Slick Reed. The column contrasts modest McCulloch oil production with Gregg County output and jokes on mineral rights and air quality. Edgar Bergen joke closes.
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Mr. Foster
Texas
Brady
H. F. Schwenker
C. D
Slick) Reed
McCulloch
Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Gregg County
Beloved Brady Resident Mrs Davee Dies at 93
Mrs Bertie Della Davee 93 longtime McCulloch County resident died Tuesday 5 35 p m at Sheffield Rest Home after a long illness Funeral services were held Thursday at 3 pm in the Colonial Chapel Brady Funeral Home with minister Henry McBroom of the Fourth and Bridge Street Church of Christ officiating Burial followed at Rochelle Cemetery She was born April 5 1883 in Kempner and moved to Brady from Rochelle She married William Daniel Davee in 1904 in Lampasas He died in 1933 Survived by two daughters Mrs Eugene Sunvison and Mrs Roy Hammond two sons Aubrey and Bill Davee two brothers Levi and Ewing Shannon a sister Exa Shannon eight grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
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Bertie Della Davee
Brady
Sheffield Rest Home
Colonial Chapel
Brady Funeral Home
Henry McBroom
Fourth and Bridge Street Church of
Fourth and
Bridge Street
Church of Christ
Eugene Sunvison
Roy Hammond
Marble Falls
Aubrey Davee
Bill Davee
Burkett
Levi Shannon
Ewing Shannon
Brownwood
Exa Shannon
Brady ISD trustees renew contracts and adjust calendar
Brady Independent School District trustees extended contracts for Administrative Assistant Boyd Hunt High School Principal Al Chance Junior High Principal Grayson Wetzel Elementary Principals Paul Huntington and W. R. Fields through 1978 79 and gave Tax Assessor Collector John S. Lewis a one year extension. They also set the calendar from 180 to 179 days and approved a used school bus bid with the high bid of 603 dollars to the Brady Apostolic Church.
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Brady
Brady Independent School District
Boyd Hunt
al Chance
Grayson Wetzel
Paul Huntington
W. R. Fields
Brady Apostolic Church
Lake Basin Repair To Begin Soon
S. L. McAllister of McAllister Construction Co. said he would move in crew and equipment to repair the Brady Lake stilling basin. The Pittsburg based firm notified City Supt. James Feazelle that work could start promptly.
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Water Department
East First
James Feazelle
South Elm
Lake Basin
S. L. McAllister
McAllister Construction Co
Pittsburg
James
Soil Conservation Service
Brady
McAllister
Feazelle
Lawrence Schulz
Ben L. Dillon
Dillon
McCulloch County
Heart of Texas Band Festival seeks host homes in Brady
Plans for the 29th Annual Heart of Texas Band Festival on March 4-5 call for 238 students to be housed in Brady. Three bands Abilene Christian University Medina Valley Castroville High and Robinson Waco High will stay overnight. Citizens willing to host two or more students should call Mrs. Joe Warren or Mrs. Al Machen after business hours. Hosts to provide Friday supper and Saturday breakfast plus possible transport. ACU Band to perform Friday under Dr. Charles Traylor.
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Heart of Texas
Brady
Abilene Christian University
Medina Valley
Castroville
Robinson
Waco
ACU
Charles Traylor
W. E. Scott Dies After Long Illness at 78
Walter Lee Scott 78 of Lohn died Tuesday at Heart of Texas Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Services set for 2 p.m. Friday in Wilkerson Memorial Chapel with Rev. Richard Locke of Cherokee officiating. Burial in Marion Cemetery. Born Aug. 15, 1898 in Evansville Indiana he lived in McCulloch County since 1959. Retired banker formerly with El Centro California. Married Mary C Richter February 1 1942 in Yuma Arizona. Survived by wife, and was World War II veteran and Methodist member.
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Walter Lee Scott
Lohn
Heart of Texas Memorial Hospital
Wilkerson Memorial Chapel
Richard Locke
Marion Cemetery
Evansville
Ind
Scott
McCulloch County
el Centro
Calif
Mr. Scott
Mary C
Cassie) Richter
Yuma
Ariz
Methodist Church
Lake Park lease awarded to Odessa man Carl Pool
Brady City Council awarded the Lake Park lease to Carl N. Pool of Odessa after opening bids. Pool will operate the park starting April 1. Other actions include a Petrofina tank bid approval, planning a Brady Creek bridge project, and discussions on park supplies and emergency assistance programs.
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Council
Lake Park
Odessa Man
Brady Lake Park
Carl N. Pool
Odessa
James Feazelle
Pool
Texas Department of Highways and Transportation For Urban Systems
Brady Creek
Richards Park
Memory Lane
West Sixth Street
Sixth Street
Mason Man Burned in Water-Well Drilling Accident
Jon L. Vater of Mason, 29, suffered second degree burns over 25 percent of his body in a well drilling mishap on the Earl Behrens farm at Voca. He described gasoline-soaked threads igniting when a cutting torch was lit after setting the casing. He was treated at Heart of Texas Memorial Hospital and rested comfortably.
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Jon L. Vater
Mason
Earl Behrens
Voca
Vater
Heart of Texas Memorial Hospital
Brady Standard Seeks Recipes for Local Cookbook Tab
The Brady Standard plans a special April 29 tabloid for homemakers in McCulloch County featuring the McCulloch County Cookbook with ten categories. Donna Pittman urges submissions by April 4 at 5 pm to The Brady Standard box 1151 Brady TX 76825. first-come copies print in case of duplicates.
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Brady Standard
McCulloch County
San Angelo
Standard Office
Donna Pittman
P. O
Brady
Texas
Lonnie Kinney Dies at 70 in Brady
Lonnie Kinney 70, of Brady died at 1 15 a m Thursday in Hospital Services are pending at Wilkerson Funeral Home
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Lonnie Kinney
Brady
Heart of Texas Memorial Hospital
Wilkerson Funeral Home
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W. S. Foster
Brady Sentinel
Brady Foster
F. M. [Buck] Richards
Lohn and
Mercury
Jack County
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Charlie
Davee
BISD
John S. Lewis
Wanda Bokemeyer
Gloria Williams
Ira Mitchell
Joe Warren
al Machen
Becky Snodgrass
E. J. Snodgrass
University of Texas At Austin
College of Education
W. E. Scott
David Bratton
Petrofina
Leo
the Council
Curtis Field
James King
Cog
Chuck Thomas
E. W. Frost
Harold Underwood
San Saba
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