Cat Ranch Investment Scoop From Amarillo Brothers
A letter from Amarillo insurance executive Don J Crumbley pitches a bizarre investment in a large cat ranch in Mexico. Proposed plan includes a million cats, ratfood cycles, and even crossing cats with snakes to double skins, with claimed daily profits and labor costs. The piece closes with the narrator hinting at continuing details on another page.
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Don J. Crumbley
Amarillo Insurance
Amarillo
Crumbley
Mexico
Bloomer Lohn Farmer Dies After Heart Attack
C N Bloomer, 56, a Lohn area farmer, died after a heart attack on US 67 near Talpa. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Ballinger Memorial Hospital. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Friday in Wilkerson Memorial Chapel with burial in Rest Haven Cemetery. Born July 27 1918 in Richland Springs he spent 45 years farming the Lohn community. Survivors include two sons Phillip and Dale, three brothers Willie Herb Deb, two sisters Jewel and Pearl, and two grandchildren.
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Talpa
Wilkerson Memorial Chapel
Rest Haven Cemetery
Richland Springs
Austin
Jewel Miller
Brady
Pearl Land
M H Turner Dies at 65 in Melvin Texas
Manuel Hughy Turner known as M H Turner, 65, of Melvin died Tuesday in a San Angelo hospital. Funeral services were held Thursday at Day Love Funeral Home in Eden with burial in Eden Cemetery. He was born April 26, 1909 and lived in Melvin most of his life as a farmer. Surviving are his wife, three daughters, a son, his father, a brother, two sisters and 11 grandchildren.
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Manuel Hughy Turner
Melvin
San Angelo
Eden
Eden Cemetery
Mary Tilson
del Rio
Joyce Jacoby
Linda Newman
Millersview
Harold Turner
Houston
T. R. Turner
Odice Turner
Ray Kerr
Cleburne
Otho Fortson
Mothers March Set For Feb 4 Door To Door Drive
Mothers' March volunteers plan a February 4 door to door solicitation as part of the March of Dimes campaign to fight birth defects. Chairmen note family involvement and ongoing science advances, with workers meeting at 4 30 p m at the Chamber of Commerce office to start canvassing.
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Ernest Sephus
Pete Lafuente
Boyd H. Pool
Mothers’ March
March of Dimes
Pioneer March
Chamber of Commerce
Annual GS Cookie Sale In Full Swing
Brownie Girl Scouts kicked off the annual cookie sale with four varieties priced at one dollar a box. The drive runs through February 8 with a case of 12 packages available for twelve dollars. Proceeds support troop projects and camp Wood Lake the Heart of Texas Council’s resident camp, offering reduced camperships and scholarships for girls attending national and international events.
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Girl Scout
Council
Camp Wood Lake
Girl Scout National Center
Rockwood
Washington, D. C
Heart of Texas
Girl Scout Council
Lake Brownwood
Pathfinder
Trailblazer
Explorer
Mariner
Heart of Texas Girl Scout Council
Brady Mayor Proclaims Dental Health Week
Mayor Norman S. Lawler proclaimed February 37 as Dental Health Week in Brady in a Wednesday ceremony. The observance aligns with proclamations from the American Dental Association the Texas Dental Association and the Heart of Texas Dental Society. Local citizens are urged to observe the week.
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Norman S. Lawler
Dental Health
Brady
American Dental Association
Texas Dental Association
Heart of Texas Dental Society
Brady Chamber to honor top citizen at April 10 banquet
The Brady Chamber of Commerce will award the Distinguished Service Award at its annual Membership Meeting and Banquet on April 10. A secret committee chosen by the chamber president will select the recipient from written public nominations due by March 1.
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Brady Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
East First Street
Brady
Texas
Red Cross Bloodmobile Visits Brady on Feb 4
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Brady for its first year visit on Tuesday February 4 according to McCulloch County chairman Col W L McDowell Donors are urged to come to the Church of Christ between 11 am and 5 pm Senator Grant Jones Abilene was appointed Vice Chairman of the Senate Economic Development Committee by Lt Governor Bill Hobby during opening day of the 64th Legislative Session He will also serve as Vice Chairman of the Subcommittee on Agriculture and member of the Senate Education and Natural Resources Committee McDowell thanks county residents for supporting the blood program last year expressing gratitude to donors whose gifts saved lives.
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Red Cross Bloodmobile
Brady
McCulloch County
Col. W. L. McDowell
Fourth
Bridge Street
Grant Jones
Abilene
Senate
Bill Hobby
Committee On Economic Development
Jones
Agriculture
Senate Education and Natural Resources Committee
McDowell
Brady city and school elections on tap with slow filings
Brady voters face city alderman races for places 3 4 and 5 with Clifford Grubbs Daymon McBee and Kenneth Young as incumbents. School board spots 4 and 5 for Brady Independent School District also on ballot with Dave Quinn and Rev Lamar Leifeste terms expiring. Absentee voting starts March 17 lasting to April 1. elections set for April 5.
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Brady
Clifford Grubbs
Daymon McBee
Kenneth Young
McBee
Danny Harp
Brady Independent School District
John Lewis
Dave Quinn
Lamar Leifeste
Lewis
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Lohn Farmer
Charlie Norman Bloomer
Ballinger Memorial Hospital
M. H. Turner
Fay Ellison
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Chamber
DSA
Grant
Church of Christ
The
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Brady Bulldog Band
Julie Probst
Susan Barron
Brenda Doyal
Kerry Blacklock
Mary Ann McLendon
Charlotte Rice
Nita Bierman
Derinda McDonald
Linda Owens
Judy Thompson
Sharon Suggs
Janie Deans
Cindy Fowler
Laurie Taliaferro
Liane Jones
Sharon Reeves
Judy Carson
Standing
Susan Gotcher
Kevin Shaw
Tommy Sanches
Wesley McFarland
John Tittle
Mark Jones
Gary Scott
Jamie Huffman
Caren Barnett
Olivia Ruiz
Debbie Craft
Kathy Smith
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