62 McCulloch County 4 H Club Campers Head to Granite Shoals
Sixty two McCulloch County 4 H Club boys and girls depart for the LCRA Youth Center on Granite Shoals Lake near Marble Falls. They travel from the National Guard Armory with 12 adults including County Agent Jimmy Casenbary and Mrs Vyvien Duncan. They plan to return Friday afternoon with named participants listed by club and gender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCulloch County
Wedsday
LCRA
Granite Shoals Lake
Marble Falls
National Guard
Ounty
Jimmy Casenbary
Ome
Vyvien Duncan
Bill Nnett
J. H. Francks
de Gault
John Guice
Illy Ray Taliaferro
Floydarshall
Bill Huffman
Il Harwell
Dayton Boren
Sim Gamblin
Deadline Aug 5 Set for Farm Bureau Queen Contest
The Farm Bureau queen contest accepts entries until August 5 with a luggage prize for the winner and a gift for the runner-up. Contestants rehearse August 8 at 8 p.m. in the Brady High auditorium, and the event runs Tuesday night August 9. ICemetery Clean-up scheduled for Pear Valley Cemetery on July 27 with workers asked to bring power mowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Brady High
Pear Valley
W.H. Marshall
Burglars Target Brady Butane and Duncan Chevrolet
Prowlers broke into Brady Butane and Duncan Chevrolet on South Bridge Street early Wednesday. A window at Brady Butane was removed but nothing reported stolen. Duncan Chevrolet also entered by a back window. An alarm activated around 4 am may have deterred further thefts.
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Brady
Brady Butane
Duncan Chevrolet
Brady Butane Company
South Bridge Street
Ross Hoffman
Huffman
G. E. Duncan
Duncan Chevrolet Company
301 South Bridge
Duncan
Lohn School Homecoming Draws 1000+ Attendees
More than a thousand visitors from Oklahoma Florida Utah New Mexico California Michigan North Carolina New York Arkansas Indiana Illinois and various Texas locales attended the Lohn school homecoming last Sunday. Former students teachers and residents swapped memories as the committee led by Fred praised volunteers and donors who supplied food goats ice tents and containers. Funds after expenses will support the Cemetery Fund.
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Lohn School
Oklahoma
Florida
Utah
New Mexico
California
Michigan
North Carolina
New York
Arkansas
Indiana
Illinois
Texas
Dred
Arrangemen
Fred
Ranch Worker Killed by Bull Near Pontotoc
James Red Polk aged 37 of Pontotoc died Tuesday after a Brown Swiss bull on Henry Taylor ranch attacked him. His body was found near his pickup by brothers J P and Woodrow Polk after a long search. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Willow Creek. Survivors include his father Ramsey and four brothers and two sisters. Also noted is the birth of John Weasley Mugford on July 14 in Denver to Mr. and Mrs. John Wesley Mugford. the mother Yvonne Benson is from Melvin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Red) Polk
Pontotoc
Henry Taylor
Polk
J. P
Llano
Woodrow Polk
Willow Creek
Ramsey
Woodrow
J. W
FFA Honors Melvin Ag Teacher Melvin ’T’ Wood Memorialized
T Wood, longtime Melvin vocational agriculture teacher, is praised in Texas Future Farmer for 24 years in VA education with 18 at Melvin. The Melvin FFA chapter under his leadership produced 26 Lone Star Farmers and two American Farmers and won Area sweepstakes. Wood notes he never saw a mean boy as he mentors students on trips and daily.
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FFA
Melvin Ag
Mean Boy
T. Wood
Melvin
Texas Future Farmer
Texas
T’ Wood
Talmage Wood
Doole
Tarleton State College
Little Country
Neri
Knee-Rye
Hood County
Ophelia
Tee
Mra. Wood
Wood
New Band Director to Start Brady High School
James Mallow, new director, will begin Monday overseeing both Brady high and junior high bands. Retiring director Boyd Hunt will assist briefly before handing over control. The summer band school runs 9 to 10 a.m. for full band and 10 to noon for entrance work, ending with a Garner State Park trip August 16 to 18 and election of next year’s majorettes.
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Brady High
James Mallow
Boyd Hunt
Mallow
Garner State Park
Hunt
Santa Anna
Jury awards ten thousand in truck collision case
A 12 member jury awarded 10 000 damages to Lee Walker Turnell of Placid after a three day trial in 35th District Court. The Feb 1959 two truck wreck near Rochelle involved a county pickup driven by Turnell and a trailer truck owned by Fay McMahan and driven by Melvin Pierce. The verdict cited negligent following and failure to maintain control by Pierce while noting Turnell’s lasting injuries and reduced earning capacity.
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Lee Walker Turnell
Placid
Turnell
Earl W. Smith
San Angelo
U.S. Highway 190
Rochelle
Foy McMahan
Melvin B Pierce
Lometa
Smith
M. Hendricks Brown
Fort Worth
Pierce
Fay McMahan
Election Called To Close Street Near Wool Plant
City Council votes to hold a special election on Monday August 22 to close Magnolia Street near the Roddie Wool Scouring Plant for expansion. Also bids planned for pavement seabooting Curtis Field runway and Richards Park road repairs.
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Magnolia Street
Curtis Field
Richards Park
James Feazelle
Brady Open House Showcases Plant Expansion Plan
Brady officials past and present gathered at the Water and Light Works during an open house Tuesday afternoon to discuss expansion of the plant with two new engines. Front row includes Aubrey Townsend and ex-Alderman Hart Fowler among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady Water & Light Works
Brady
Aubrey Townsend
Harry Priess
Hart Fowler
Edward Geeslin
R. M. Priesmeyer
G. C. Kirk
D. A. Harkrider
J. Gordon
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Brady South Ward
Susan Bridge
Pam Francks
Pam Uice
Linda Simpson
Cissy Gault
Eanie Criswell
Nancy Hahn
Jita Bennett
Brady Junior High
Edna Ane Morrow
Kathy Malone
Shaun Sellman
Wanda Thomas
Jean Siman
Billa Miller
Lou Donnajuice
Pat Malone
Jerrilyn Lohn
Cheryl Huffman
Nancy Templeton
Sally Miller
Nancy Duncan
Margie Cantu
Mary Helen Rios
Gayle Taliaferro
Sandra Marshall
Mary Helen Bratton
Rochelle Club
Janet Huffman
Karen Burk
Sue Montgomery
Betty Waddill
Judy Mathews
Chery Knight
Vickie Gamblin
Carol Creech
Jeanie Ranne
Kathy Doyal
Sylvia Huffman
Cogelye Huffman
Cheryl Howard
Boren
Becky Burk
Elas Boren
Gayla Ruth Boren
Conrad Appleton
Johnny Bratton
Dugan Calliham
Buddy Corder
Tobe Hubbard
George Kidd
Lanier Lohn
Tommy Miller
Johnny Quinn
Larry Henderson
Bob Bratton
Lewis Bratton
Eddie Burk
Don Dennis
Kirby Huffman
Curtis Kidd
Donald Malmstrom
Ronald Malmstrom
Jimmy Marshall
County 4-H Club
Granite Shoals
Lohn Homecoming
Conner Scott
Joe H. Foy
Aubrey Davee
Brown
Charles J. Murry
K. C. Ellington
Foreman
Granville Bryson
W. C. Hutto
Mra
C. H. Coggin
R. C. Benefield
M. M. Virdell
Jack Garner
Lincoln Lohn
George Kidd, Jr
George Dutton
L. C. Hargrove
L. B. Russell
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