Brady Post Office to Undergo 60000 Remodeling Bid Date Set
A telegram from Congressman Fisher says bids for a 60000 remodeling of Brady Post Office will be opened February 18 with work to include central air heating lighting and roofing. The project covers downstairs offices of the Soil Conservation Service. Bid opening is March 18 and a contract will be awarded by March 31.
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Standard
Cong
C. Fisher
General Services Administration
Brady Post Office
The
Soil Conservation Service
George C. Seibert
Mabel Francks
Texas Exes to Hear UT Coach Ellington at Founders Day Banquet
McCulloch County Texas Exes president Stanley Wallace announced Bill Ellington, UT offensive backfield coach, will be the principal speaker at the Founders Day banquet on Tuesday March 2 at Plateau Restaurant starting 7 30 p m. Tim Schmidt of Mason will be an honorary guest. Ellington, a Garland and Amarillo Tascosa alum, joined UT in 1959 and coaches backs and recruits in North Texas.
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Stanley Wallace
McCulloch County
Texas U. Exes Association
Bill Ellington
University of Texas
Plateau
Ellington
Texas-Baylor
Texas
McCulloch
Mason County
Wallace
Tim Schmidt
Mason
Fror
University
Eillington
Longhorns
Garland
Amarillo Tascosa High School
North Texas
McMurry College
Bernice
Million Dollar Rain Bets Brady McCulloch County
General rains Tuesday through Thursday brought 1.44 inches to Brady per gauge observer Mrs. J. R. Cochran while McCulloch County recorded intermittent showers. Temperatures dipped to 32 degrees once but no ice formed and driving remained clear in the Heart of Texas.
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McCulloch Couny
Texas
Brady
J. R. Cochran
Bulldog Band Enters Six Flags Festival in May
Brady Bulldog Marching Band plans to attend the Six Flags Over Texas Band Festival in the first week of May. Director James Mallow will enter the group after earning a first division rating the previous year. The trip replaces a cancelled Del Rio Band Festival. Stay in Grand Prairie hotels with two school buses and private cars. Entry fee covers gate admission at Six Flags opened for visiting bands.
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Bulldog
Brady Bulldog
James Mallow
del Rio
Manuelita Tells Own Heart Month Story from Lohn
Manuelita Mitchell recounts living with a congenital heart defect from birth. Born with an open valve, she endured limited activity until heart surgery became possible. After Mayo Clinic tests, the operation succeeded, and she returned to barrel racing within weeks. She praises medical research aiding countless patients.
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Manuelita
Jym
Manuelita) Mitchell
Lohn
Dutch Woodward
Sohn
W. E. Schulze
San Angelo
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Fort Worth
Blue and Gold Banquet Honors Brady Cub Scouts
The annual Blue and Gold Banquet for Brady Cub Scouting is set for Thursday Feb 26 in the First Christian Church Fellowship Hall at 7 PM. Jim McFarlin will show films of an Alaskan hunting trip after the banquet. Out of town guests include Buddy Wyman John King and Mr and Mrs Archie Miller with Mr Miller serving as Scout Executive for the Concho Valley Council. The event marks the 1910 founding of US Scouting and notes five Brady dens totaling 42 boys ages 8 to 10 1 2. Wayne Rawlings invites all Cub families to attend.
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Brady
First Christian Church
Jim McFarlin
Buddy Wyman
Camp So Mayer
John King
Archie Miller
Ballinger
Miller
Concho Valley Council
United States
Webelos
Boy Scouts
Wayne Rawlings
First New Lake Home At Brady Lake
The first new home at Brady Lake is under construction for Mrs. C. L. Davis of Killeen, mother of Mrs. Jerry Wood. It features a first floor with garage and screened porch, a second floor with bedroom bath closet kitchen and living room, and a half story sleeping loft. The house faces east toward the lake in Simpson Lake Club's addition.
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Brady Lake
C. L. Davis
Killeen
Jerry Wood
Simpson Lake Club
Men Bowlers Meeting At Parkway Lanes Friday Evening
All men bowlers in the area are invited to attend a meeting at Parkway Lanes at 7 30 p m Friday. Leagues will be organized at that time officials said.
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Parkway Lanes
Coin Club to Meet in McCulloch Electric Co-op Hall
The Heart of Texas Coin Club will meet Tuesday night February 23 at 7 30 in the McCulloch Electric Co op meeting hall.
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Coin Club
Heart of Texas
McCulloch Electric Co-op
Brady Council OKs Lakeview Lots On Time Payment Plan
City council approves sale terms for Lakeview Brady Lake waterfront lots at 1500 dollars with 200 down and 10 dollars monthly payments. Inside lots 200 dollars cost 100 down and 10 dollars monthly. 6 percent interest, contracts only, repossession after two missed payments. Council also extends no parking near West Wall Street School, renews dog catcher contract, and opens bids for garbage truck and packer.
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Brady City
Lakeview
Brady Lake
James Feazelle
Wall Street
West 11Th Street
Hobbs Trailer Co
Brady C C Names 5 New Directors To 3 Year Terms
Five new directors of the Brady Chamber of Commerce were elected to three year terms beginning April 1. New members are Murray Jordan Lowell Kuykendall Dr Albert McCulloh Jean Williams and Kenneth Young. Roddie will remain an ex officio member for one year as retiring president. The new directors meet in March to elect officers.
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Brady Chamber of Commerce
Murray Jordan
Lowell Kuykendall
Albert McCulloh
Jean Williams
Kenneth Young
Gerald Huffman
Bill Robinett
Andy Allen
Richard Winters
Frank Roddie
Roddie
Fire-shattered Brady Family Seeks Household Goods
After a Thursday morning blaze at the Victor Garcia home in Brady the family lost all furnishings clothing and household goods. Walter Gray Salvation Army local representative urges donations of furniture and clothes and can be reached at Ben Franklin Store or State Welfare Department 219 West Main Street.
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Victor Garcia
Brady
Joe Canto
Garcias
Walter Gray
Salvation Army
Garcia
Gray
Ben Franklin
State Welfare Department
West Main Street
Cen-Tex Farm Hogs Dominate Yorkshire Class at SA Stock Show
Cen-Tex Farm of Voca swept honors in the Yorkshire hog division at the San Antonio Stock Show. Winners included Senior and Junior Fall boar pigs, Champion and Reserve Bear pigs, Champion sow pigs, and top entries in the Diet of Sire category. Owner M F Deans is a noted Texas hog breeder who has shown many animals statewide.
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Cen-Tex
Voca
San Antonio
Cen-Tex Farm
Cen- Tex Farm
M. F. Deans
Nomination Deadline For Chamber DSA Nears
George Purcell secretary of the Chamber of Commerce says time is running short for Distinguished Service Award nominations with March 1 set as the deadline. Eight or nine nominations have been received. The winner will be kept secret until the April 1 banquet at Fellowship Hall First Christian Church with Dr. Charles Jarvis as speaker. Tickets go on sale March 1 from Chamber members.
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George Purcell
Chamber of Commerce
Purcell
Fellowship Hall
First Christian Church
Charles
Bitsy) Jarvis
San Marcos
Jarvis
New Brady Pastor Named for St Patrick's and Our Lady of Guadalupe
Father Bernard Verbrugge is installed as the new pastor of St Patrick's and Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Churches in Brady. He succeeds Father C M County who served here for three and a half years and moves to Fazle Pass where Father Conaty will take over at Fagle Pass.
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Safeway
S. Blackburn St
Reagan
Federal Building
Bradyhad
Sarah A. Duke
Doole
Father Bernard Verbrugge
St. Patrick's
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic
Rainfall totals show soaked ground across county
County precipitation reached near 3 inches with Rochelle at 2.85 and Voca at 2.75 inches. Lolin totals rose to 17 inches since last November as rains eased with little runoff. Brady Lake holds a small rise. City Supt. Feazelle notes the ground is well soaked after days of drizzle.
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County
Rochelle
Voca
Lolin
Brady Lake
Brady Creek
James Feazelle
Melvin Council Calls election
The Melvin City Council called an election for Tuesday April 6 at the Community Building to elect a City secretary and three aldermen. Candidates must file 30 days before the election with T. Wood or Shields Norwood. Morgan Haynes and Willie Anderson were appointed to hold the election. The council said books are audited and open to the public at the City office.
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Melvin
Purose
T. Wood
Shields Norwood
Morgan Haynes
Willie Anderson
Barnett Ranch Ships Young Bulls to Idaho
The Barnett Ranch of Melvin shipped two registered Polled Hereford bulls to the BTW Ranch in Reubens Idaho. Caren Ann Barnett 7 cried goodbye to her pet Shorty as the bulls traveled in a 40 foot car with sand bed and fed for eight days. The trip marked the third shipment to the BTW Ranch and the fifth to the Pacific Northwest in recent years.
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Barnett Ranch
Idaho
Ter
Carroll Barnett
Melvin
Shorty
BTW
Reubens
Brady
Barnett
BTW Ranch
Pacific Northwest
Buford Webb
N. M. Barnett
R. R. Woodward
Portland
Oregon
Caren
Heart of Texas Mining Corporation
Northwest
Carl Barnett
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