New hydroponic factory grows veggies year round
A Brady firm Scientific Farms, Inc., is building a hydroponic plant on Calf Creek road to grow tomatoes cucumbers peppers and more without soil. The system uses gravel beds flooded with nutrients, controlled by automatically fed climate and lighting, aiming for continuous harvest and supply to Chicago St Louis and New York.
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Calf Creek
Charlie Dodds
Brady
Scientific Farms, Inc
Charles Dodds
Tom Cruse
San Angelo
City Advises Stop and Waste Water Cutoffs for Freeze Relief
City officials urge residents to install stop and waste cutoffs between the house and the meter to prevent frozen pipes. Feazelle notes costs 7.50 to 15 and says city crews cannot routinely shut off water during freezes. We can still respond to emergencies, but two trucks and seven dozen calls show the strain.
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James Feagelle
Feazelle
Brady Cagers Open Home Stand Tuesday
Brady High hosts Fredericksburg Hillbillies in the first of four consecutive home games in District 18 AA play. The Bulldogs beat San Saba 59 43 in Llano to improve to two district wins. Pupettes won 38 35 in overtime over San Saba.
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Dogs
Brady
Pupettes
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Brady Girls
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Lynfred Joe Otte
Nancy Templeton
Tresha Appleton
Jeannette Sorell
Mothers March Opens 1962 Dimes Campaign in County
The Mothers March to kick off the 1962 March of Dimes drive is set for 6 p m Saturday January 27 with Norman Archer as campaign director. The drive runs through January 31 and aims to fund research and patient aid tackling crippling birth defects arthritis and polio.
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Mothers
March of Dimes
Norman Archer
McCulloch County
Archer
National Foundation
Consumer Day on Ranges Held in McCulloch County
A consumer information day on ranges will be held next Tuesday from 1 to 4 30 p m in the McCulloch County Electric Co op building. The event is free and open to the public with demonstrations by Mrs Abbey Andrews a home economist with Frigidaire.
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Dodds
McCulloch County Electric Coop
Co-Op
County Extension Program
Abbey Andrews
Frigidaire Corporation
McCulloch County Junior Livestock Show Draws 100 Entries
More than 100 entries are slated for the McCulloch County Junior Livestock Show at Richards Park show barns on Saturday. Edwin DuBose of San Angelo College will judge all classes beginning at 9 a.m., with exhibitors asked to arrive by 8 a.m. The event, sponsored by the McCulloch County Livestock Association, offers over $20 in prizes plus ribbons and rotating and showmanship trophies from local groups.
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Richards Park
Edwin DuBose
Agriculture Department
San Angelo College
Norman Drake
McCulloch County Livestock Association
Brady Rotary Club
KNEL
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association
Angora Billie
Angora Nannie
Bulldogs A Squad Feted By Methodists in Brady
The Brady High School Bulldogs A squad, semi finalists in the 1960 Class AA schoolboy football race, were honored Wednesday night at the First Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. The Men's Fellowship hosted a barbecued chicken supper and aired the Humble Oil Highlights of Southwest Conference Football in 1960 film.
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Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
Brady
L. B. Smith
Humble Oil & Refining Co
J. D. Bailey
Harry Bamberger
Cattle Thief Sentenced to Two Years in Penitentiary
George T. Plummer, 33, was sentenced Wednesday to two years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty in 35th District Court to cattle theft. The ex-foreman on the John Yantis ranch near Lohn took four calves on June 30 and sold them in San Angelo. Yantis, a Brownwood banker, learned of the sale in the San Angelo Standard-Times. Plummer lacked counsel at his appearance. District Judge Joe Dibrell appointed Ben Davis Geeslin to defend him.
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George T. Plummer
State Penitentiary
35Th
John Yantis
Lohn
Plummer
San Angelo
Yantis
Brownwood
Watkins Brother Named Mozelle School Superintendent
Harroll Watkins, formerly of Lohn and Reagan County High School science head at Big Lake, is named Mozelle School Superintendent in Coleman County. He resigned December 31 to begin January 1, twin brother of Carroll Watkins, current Lohn superintendent.
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Lohn
Mozelle
Coleman County
Reagan County
Big Lake
Harroll Is
Carroll Watkins
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