Brady City Issues Permits for 122000 Construction Boost
City of Brady issued construction permits totaling 122640 for June and July. Awards included Norman S Lawler's 25 000 supermarket project Brady Hospital eight room addition 25 000 and Mt Calvary Lutheran Church carport conversion 150. Other permits covered residences clinics and renovations with values ranging from 2000 to 112000.
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Brady Hospital
Brady
Norman S. Lawler
South Bridge
B. R. Sheffield Building Company
South Pine
Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church
Student Attending Science Institute at University of Houston
Nancy Templeton of Brady High School is among 41 Texas and Mexico high school students in a National Science Foundation summer training program at the University of Houston. The session runs July 16 to August 24 and provides intensive instruction and research in science and mathematics along with field trips to Houston research centers.
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Nancy Templeton
Texas
Mexico
National Science Foundation
University of Houston
Houston
Revival to Be Held at Liberty Baptist Church
A revival is scheduled at Liberty Baptist Church in Voca from August 3 to August 12 with Rev. Harold Bostwick as preacher. Services begin each evening at 8 p m.
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Liberty Baptist Church
Voca
Harold Bostwick
Bulldogs Meet Sunday Coach Owens Announces Call
Coach K Y Owens issued his first call for the Brady Bulldogs. The A team will meet at 2 p m Sunday with Owens and Assistant Coach Ed Whiteley at the BHS field house. Football workouts start Monday August 29.
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K. Y. Owens
Brady Bulldogs
Bulldogs
Owens
Ed Whiteley
BHS
Mrs Finlay Fife Resident Dies After Long Life
Mrs James Finlay Sr 85 longtime Fife resident died at Selmans Rest Home Brady at 11 p m Tuesday She was born May 24 1877 in Victoria Texas married April 1 1909 to James Finlay and lived in McCulloch County Funeral held at Wilkerson Chapel with Rev J J Jordan officiating burial in Fife Cemetery Survivors include her husband two sons James Finlay Jr of Fife and Robert Finlay of Austin a sister Mrs T Carlson of Brownwood seven grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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James Finlay
Fife
Selman’s
Brady
Victoria
Tex
Finlay
Mary Elizabeth Jordan
McCulloch County
J. J. Jordan
First Baptist Church
Wilkerson Chapel
James Finlay, Jr
Robert Finlay
Austin
T. Carlson
Brownwood
Rochelle School Cuts Tax Rate Hires Teachers
The Rochelle School Board reduced the tax rate from 1.70 to 1.45 after tax rolls rose. The fall semester starts Tuesday September 4. Hulon W. Duncan named high school principal replacing Dale Bageley. John Felts elected assistant coach to fill Willie Myers’ vacancy. Willie Myers now head coach after Kenneth Mitchell moved to Junction. Mrs. Elbert Doyal named head cook for the lunchroom.
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Rochelle School Board of Education
County Commissioners Court
Rochelle
Hulon W. Duncan
Brady
Dale Bageley
San Saba
John Felts
Benefield Family Visits Odessa Residents Travel Texas Sites
Here from Odessa Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Benefield and their children Jeff Mike Sally Susie Cyndia and Benjamin visited relatives and friends Wednesday and Thursday. They vacationed in Fort Worth Dallas Austin New Braunfels San Antonio Corpus Christi and Nuevo Laredo Mexico before returning home via Brady after several days away.
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Odessa
Malcolm Benefield
Jeff
Mike
Sally
Susie
Cyndia
Benjamin
Benefields
Brady
Texas
Fort Worth
Dallas
Austin
New Braunfels
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Jack Miner's Bird Sanctuary A National Canadian Treasure
The article recalls Jack Miner's early founding of his Kirgville Ontario Bird Sanctuary in 1904 and its rise to Canada's second greatest tourist attraction after Niagara Falls. It notes Miner's conservation ethos, a 1930s Kingston lecture with W. L. Mackenzie King praising him, and a national poll favoring the Canada Goose as Canada's national bird for its ubiquity and virtues.
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Jack Miner
Kirgville
Ontario
Canada
Niagara Falls
Dominion Methodist (United
Ottawa
W. L. Mackenzie King
Mr. King
King
Kingsville
Ont
U. S
Brady Power Plant Sets All-Time Daily Output Record
Brady power plant produced a record 78 400 kilowatt hours in a single day with a peak load of 4 450 kilowatts. Despite high demand the plant’s capacity of 6 000 kilowatts remains unused. This summer’s heat has driven water use to nearly 3 million gallons daily, with June 20 indicating continued high consumption.
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Brady
Nixon
Brady Water Usage Sets Record Despite Dry Summer
The Brady water system reports July 20 period total consumption at 81,362,000 gallons averaging 2,710,000 daily with a peak day of 3,609,000 gallons. Assistant City Superintendent E. H. Nixon notes no street runoff and strong reservoir levels while electricity use rises due to air conditioning and appliances.
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Brady
E. H. Nixon
Nixon
Shocklee Rites Held at Hext
Funeral services were held at the Church of Christ in Hext for Ervin Shocklee 64 a Brady High School custodian. Born Oct 20 1896 in Bastrop County he lived in Hext before moving to Brady in 1945 He married Beulah Glass Nov 23 1919 He died Saturday in Brady Hospital Burial was in Hext Cemetery Survivors include his wife a daughter Lola Cornel of Columbus Miss a sister Bertha Grubbs of Kenedy and two grandchildren
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Church of Christ
Hext
Ervin Shocklee
Brady High School
Shocklee
Brady High
Bastrop County
Brady
Beulah Glass
Brady Hospital
Hext Cemetery
Lola Cornel
Columbus
Miss
Bertha Grubbs
Kenedy
Exam for Rural Carrier To Be Given
An open competitive examination will be held soon by the Civil Service Commission to fill the vacancy caused by the death of A A Seal as rural mail carrier in the Brady Post Office. Applicants must be Civil Service eligible and the commission will certify up to three candidates for appointment.
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Civil Service Commission
A. A. Seal
Brady Post Office
Civil Service
Houn' Dawgs Meet Tuesday to elect officers
The Ol Houn Dawgs announce their first year meeting next Tuesday, July 31, at 7 30 p m at Simpson Lake. New officers will be elected and plans made for the coming year A barbecue supper will be served.
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Simpson Lake
Fifth Sunday Singing at Trinity Methodist Church
A fifth Sunday singing is scheduled at 8 p m Sunday at Trinity Methodist Church located on Zoudinotz and Grant with community participation expected.
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Trinity Methodist Church
Zoudinotz and
Grant
Cemetery Work Day Planned at Pear Valley Cemetery
A cemetery working will be held early Saturday morning July 28 at the Pear Valley Cemetery. Workers are asked to bring power mowers, rakes, and hoes.
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Pear Valley
Melvin Tittle Tops List in Golf Tourney
Melvin Tittle shot 71 to lead the fourth summer schoolboy golf meet at Municipal Golf Course. Jimmy Criswell, last event winner, shot 71 to finish one behind. Next tourney set for Aug 2 at 9 am with three divisions based on 1962-63 grades and 18 or 27 holes.
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Melvin Tittle
Tittle
Jimmy Criswell
Karlton Steffens
Paul Priess
Richard Roper
Aec Een Tames
Micklethlait
Ae Dave Cornelius
Garon Salter
Charles Dicker
Dayton Archer
Ted Archer
Boone Newlin
Ron Martin
Larry Smithwick
Joe Barekman
Mike Pellizzari
Larry Wilkerson
Bob Hayes
James Williams
Dave Ricks
Fire Damage Repaired at Brady High School
Painting and repair work on the second floor of Brady High School is nearing completion after a $10,000 fire earlier this summer. Supt. C A Reynolds said renovations should finish by week’s end.
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Brady High School
Supt. C. A. Reynolds
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