1960 Shaping Up As Very Dry Year
A very dry year is developing in McCulloch County with Brady recording 8.10 inches in six months. A Wednesday shower offered little moisture while Mrs. J. R. Cochran noted only .07 inch. Voca and Camp San Saba reported heavier rain in Wednesday’s thunderstorm.
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McCulloch
Brady
J. R. Cochran
Voca
Camp San Saba
Don Jordan
Henry Behrens
Babe Oles
W Ranch
H. L. Braly
Homer Haley
Calf Creek
Melvin
Doole
Lohn and
Pear Valley
Bill Smith
Rochelle
M. A. Gainer
Richland Springs
Indies
This Corner Ranks Debate and Jubilee in Town
The column mocks a presidential nomination, notes Senator Johnson’s sportsmanship, and recalls a Jubilee with a bustling Scrambler ride system turning a tidy hourly revenue. It then relays local rainfall totals across multiple towns and ranches, naming several observers and places.
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Johnson
Roads Committee to Study Bypass of Brady Square
The Highway and Roads Committee of the Chamber of Commerce will study a proposed bypass of Brady Square by U S Highway 87. Leo Oates’ committee will review a Milligan plan to prevent bypassing the entire city in the future. The panel will confer with Milligan, the Commissioners Court and city officials. It also plans to sponsor the opening of the new San Angelo highway bridge, aimed for late August or early September.
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Chamber of Commerce
C C
Leo Oates
Robert J. Milligan
Milligan
Commssioners Court
Farm Bureau Picks County Queen Aug 9
The McCulloch County Farm Bureau will hold its queen contest Tuesday night in the Brady High School auditorium. Contestants must be daughters or sisters of Farm Bureau members active in agriculture, single, 16 by Sept 1, and under 22 by Sept. Out of town judges will evaluate poise personality and appearance. Previous county and state winners and daughters of state directors, FB employees, and county presidents and secretaries are ineligible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCulloch County Farm Bureau
Brady High School
Farm Bureau
Eisenhower Signs Lake Bill For Brady Project
President Eisenhower signed a bill appropriating loan funds for Brady’s proposed lake Thursday afternoon. The Brady Water Committee learned of the action by a call from staff of Congressman D. C. Fisher in Washington. The committee said the federal money chapter is closed for now and pledged to resolve minor remaining details.
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Eisenhower
Brady
Brady Water Committee
D. C. Fisher
Washington
Water Committee
Jubilee Float In Coleman for Rodeo Parade
The July Jubilee float from Brady will join the Coleman Rodeo parade on Thursday afternoon as the second of four daytime parades. James Isbell chairs the Jubilee Float Committee. the float departs Brady at 11 30 a m and returns there after the event. Local escorts include Anita Young Miss Heart of Texas 1960 and runners up Glenda Cornelius and Brenda Schaeg, plus Gerald Huffman and Bob Henry.
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James Isbell
Brady
Coleman
Isbell
Gerald Huffman
Bob Henry
Anita Young
Heart
Texas
Glenda Cornelius
Brenda Schaeg
Ballinger
Rocksprings
Abilene
San Angelo
San Saba
Brownwood
John Norman
Winters
Dugan Barnett
Santa Anna
Guest Speaker at First Christian Church Sunday
Mrs. Geraldine Walker from Indianapolis will speak Sunday morning at the First Christian Church. She serves as associate executive secretary of Home Missions for the Christian Church Disciples of Christ, with headquarters in Indianapolis. Mrs. Walker is visiting her sister Mrs. Gene Samuelson in Brady.
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Geraldine Walker
First Christian Church
Indianapolis
Ind
Home Missions For the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ
Rochelle Cemetery Cleanup Planned by Residents
Rochelle residents schedule a Saturday morning cleanup of the Rochelle Cemetery starting at 7 o'clock.
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Rochelle
New Engines At Brady Open House To Showcase Plant Expansion
Brady residents are invited to tour the City power plant next Tuesday at 10 a m to view two new engines rated 1 250 kilowatts each. Installed late last fall the engines cost 334 759 and were built in St Louis A broader expansion has added four other engines bringing total capacity to 7 300 kilowatts. Officials note expected fuel savings and emphasize public ownership dating to 1912.
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City of Brady
Brady
James Feazelle
Nordberg Manufacturing Company
Milwaukee
Wis
St. Louis
Fairbanks-Morse
DeLaverne
Worthington
Cooper-Bessemer
J. Gordon Greenwood
Abilene
Jack K. Covington
R. M. Priesmeyer
G. C. Kirk
D. A. Harkrider
Feazelle
Edward Geeslin
Hart Fowler
Aubrey Townsend
Louis Bierman
Harry Priess
E. H. Nixon
Brady Water & Light Company
J. H
Joe”) White
G. R. White
Leave Crop Stubble It Protects the Soil
With the small grain harvest finished farmers choose land preparation methods. Deep breaking buries residue and uses nutrients, while shallow plowing and chiseling leave more cover. A chisel plow keeps about 90 percent of litter on top, cooling soil and reducing wind erosion.
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San Saba- Brady
Concho
Navy Bomb Man Back Home Opens Fix It Shop on High Street
Brady resident Jack Womack, a former Navy demolition expert who disarmed explosives from a .230 shell to hydrogen bombs, has returned home and opened a repair shop on High Street across from Campbell's Olds Cadillac Co. He plans to tinker and fix almost anything using his Navy experience.
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Navy
Jack Womack
Brady
High Street
Campbell
Olds-Cadillac Co
Jack
Okinawa
Stag Magazine
Milt Miller Family Moves to Missouri for New Angus Role
The Milt Miller family leaves Brady August 21 for St Joseph Missouri where Miller is promoted to director of 10 full time field representatives for the American Angus Association He becomes sale manager of the Western Angus Bull Sale in Denver Miller has long worked as a fieldman in the Angus industry and is a Penn State graduate The family will retain Sweet Briar Farm and Danny will run the herd with other children remaining in Brady for schooling and ranch duties
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Milt Miller
Brady
St. Joseph
Miller
American Angus Association
Association
Southwestern
Millers
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Sweetbriar
San Angelo Highway
Country Club
Walter Jordan
Danny
Texas Tech
Turner Hall
Fredericksburg
Hill Country Angus Association
Angus Association
Denver
Colo
Southwest
Texas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Pennsylvania State University
Briarcliff Farms
New York State
Canterbury
Warrenton
Killbuck Farms
Ohio
U. S
Pete
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Jimmy Hoffa
Bobby
Massachusetts
Los Angeles
Harvard
Frankie Randolph
Brady Square
County Queen
Ike
Lake
W. H. Carter
Lohn
Leon
Missouri
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