Giant Machines Speeding Work on Brady Creek Dams
Giant earth moving equipment accelerates construction of the first two detention dams No. 40 and No. 41 on Brady Creek flood control project. Freeman & Ansley Co. of Muskogee builds them under one contract with Glen Freeman supervising on site. Dam No. 40, elbow shaped, is built in two sections with a core trench and two large push-buggies loading dirt at high speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady Creek
Noble Johnson Ranch
Brady
Freeman & Ansley Co
Muskogee
Oklo
Glen Freeman
Noble Johnson
The
Soil Conservation Service
Concho County
Eden
UT Students Return For Geology Studies
Geology 660 participants from the University of Texas arrive in Brady for a summer field course. Dr. Keith Young leads a 30 student crew with assistants Don Winston and Robert Alexander. They plan fieldwork around Mercury and Winchell and the Long Valley area, sleeping in the junior high gym and eating at the high school cafeteria. The program runs second term July 19 to August 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Texas
Brady
Brady Junior High
Keith Young
Don Winston
Minneapolis
Minn
Robert Alexander
Austin
Young
Mercury
Winchelland
Long Valley
Brady Watershed to Elect Officers at June Meeting
Brady Creek Watershed Assocation members will gather at the Community Center in Melvin next Wednesday June 16 at 8 p m. New officers and directors will be elected. Sam McCollum III of Brady serves as secretary treasurer with a slate including Ed Carter Jess Stephens Noble Johnson Warren Harkrider Red Floyd L V Ruffin Richard Jessee and Walter Pfluger of Eden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Winters
Brady Creek Watershed Association
Melvin
Sam McCollum III
Brady
Ed Carter
Eden
Jess Stephens
Noble Johnson
Warren Harkrider
A. H
Red) Floyd
L. V. Ruffin
Richard Jessee
Walter Pfluger
Doctor to Jacksonville Post Chief of Neuro Psychiatric Dept
Dr. Harry F. Schwenker, stationed in Philadelphia for the past two years, will be detached on June 93 to report to the USN Hospital Jacksonville Florida as Chief of the Neuro Psychiatric Department. The hospital sits on Naval Air Station grounds 17 miles from Jacksonville with its own commissary shopping center pool officers club and golf course. The quarters are single story with 3 4 bedrooms a spacious yard built in gardens and river views along the St Johns River. The air station is active and his background as a former flight surgeon likely influenced the assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry F. Schwenker
Philadelphia
USN Hospital
Jacksonville
Florida
Naval Air Station Grounds
St. John’s River
Schwenker
Winters Family News at Love Field Arrival
Mr and Mrs Dick Winters greeted a New Orleans flight at Love Field Dallas this week bringing grandchildren Kathryn and Dick III and their father Dr Dick Winters Jr to Brady. Mr Winters Jr continued to Chicago. The children will stay with the Winters for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Winters
New Orleans
Love Field
Dallas
Kathryn
Dick III
Dick Winters, Jr
Brady
Mr. Winters, Jr
Chicago
Beakley Appointed to Rochelle School Board and June Bond Vote
Oscar Beakley was named to the Rochelle School Board replacing B. J. Neal. A combined school tax and bond election for Rochelle and Mercury is scheduled for June 19 following district consolidation May 15. The tax rate is 1.50 with 500 bonded indebtedness.
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Beakley
Rochelle
Oscar Beakley
Mercury
Rochelle and
County School Board
B. J. Neal
Neal
Bill Huffman
Chester Penn
Harvey Knight
Rochelle Supt. C
Eens
Jubilee barbecue set at Lake Jubilee by Simpson Lake
Lake Jubilee hosts this year’s July Jubilee barbecue on Thursday night June 17 with serving from 7 p.m. Parker Pumphrey chairs the event. Barbecuing will be by Jim Chafer John Henry Campbell and Frank Jones. Tickets cost 1.50 and go on sale this weekend at City Drug and Rudder Drug.
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Simpson Lake
Parker Pumphrey
Jim Chafer
John Henry Campbell
Frank Jones
City Drug and
Rudder Drug
Ex Brady Man Stricken With Bulbar Polio in Fort Worth
Leo L. Moore former Brady man and student at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is seriously ill with bulbar polio at City-County Hospital Fort Worth. His brother Leycester Moore sister in law and mother Mrs Leo Moore of Brady left for Fort Worth Thursday. Moore became ill last Saturday and is reported in very serious condition. He is married with two children.
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Leo L. Moore
Brady
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Fort Worth
Leycester Moore
Leo Moore
Moore
Lohn Well Offset To Be Drilled Near Lohn Texas
Morgan and Thomas of Ballinger filed with the San Angelo office of the Railroad Commission to drill an offset to the J A Cox No 1 T L West in the Big Chief field one mile east of Lohn. The 1 8 mile northwest offset will be the No 1 W M Land and drilled to 1975 feet on a 160 acre lease. Operations start when the permit is approved. The discovery well was completed January 14 with daily production 26 barrels of 38 gravity oil and 27 percent water from 962 to 969 feet.
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Morgan & Thomas of
Ballinger
San Angelo
The
Railroad Commission
J. A. Cox
T. L. West
Big Chief
Lohn
W. M
J. W. Barnet Survey
Brandy Woman Discharged From Medical and Surgical Hospital
Janie Brando of Brady was discharged from Medical and Surgical Hospital on Thursday after treatment.
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Janie Brando
Brady
Medical
Two Rochelle Boys Win Cham ber of Commerce Feeding Awards
Jon Lloyd Blauvelt and Kirby Huffman topped the Chamber of Commerce commercial feeding program in McCulloch County. Blauvelt, 962 points in calves, and Huffman, 965 in lambs, earned first place in their divisions amid a prize scheme emphasizing profit per dollar invested and record keeping.
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Rochelle
Chamber of Commerce
Jon Lloyd Blauvelt
FFA
E. L. Blauvelt
Kirby Huffman
Bill Huffman
Jon Lloyd
Kirby
McCulloch County
John Holcomb
Brady High Vocational
Brady Man Will Advise Koreans On Agriculture
T A Parker former Brady High School vocational ag teacher and former Sixth Army agronomist at San Francisco has accepted a civilian agronomist specialist post with the commanding general in Korea. He will work with Korean officials to improve crop output soil conditions and coordinate agricultural programs.
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T. A. Parker
Brady High School
Sixth Army
San Francisco
Calif
Korea
Parker
Walter Jordan
van Horn
Seattle
Wash
Brady
Army
United Nations
South Korea
Office Building To Open Monday at 214 South Blackburn Street
Cesil Yerner will open his jewelry store Monday in a remodeled office building at 214 South Blackburn Street. The building owner M. M. Bradham will relocate his insurance and real estate office there. A third tenant will be J. H. Behrens.
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Cesil Yerner
Blackburn St
M. M. Bradham
J. H. Behrens
Chest X-Ray Unit Arrives Saturday in Brady
A mobile chest X-ray unit comes to Gartmans on the square in Brady this Saturday for three days next week Monday through Wednesday. The service, sponsored by the City Council PTA, offers free X-rays to Brady residents to check for tuberculosis.
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Brady
Gartman’s
PTA
Winners List Calves and 4-H Entries By County FFA
The list names winners in calf and 4-H divisions from Rochelle Brady Lohn Melvin and other counties. Top names include Jon Lloyd Blauvelt Richard Rickman Barber Hext Wayne Booher James Espy Jackie Wallin Gilbert Steelhammer Clyde McLean David Moseley Miles Massey Leon Nance Kirby Huffman Jon Virdell Lamar Curtis Ronnie Gassiot Tommy Taylor R L Hargroves Loyce Dale Jordan Billy Patterson Larry Davis Willborn Myers Larry Walker Orneay Browning Griffith ph Young and partners Tommy and George Kidd. Scores next to each name show placement and points.
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Jon Lloyd Blauvelt
Rochelle Ffa
Richard Rickman
Brady Ffa
Barber Hext
Wayne Booher
James Espy
Brady
Jackie Wallin
Gilbert Steelhammer
Clyde McLean
David Moseley
Miles Massey
Leon Nance
Lohn Ffa
Ealh
Kirby Huffman
Rochelle
Jon Virdell
Lamar Curtis
Larry Davis
Willborn Myers
Larry Walker
Tommy
George Kidd
Orneay Browning
Oe Griffith
Ph Young
Local Youth Plans Naval Reserve School Trip
Pat McShan Jr leaves Browan wood Saturday for Maryland to attend a Naval Reserve school for three weeks. He will then spend the rest of summer in Brady with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Pat McShan Sr.
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Maryland
Pat McShan
Browanwood
Naval Reserve
Brady
Pat McShan, Sr
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Ralph C. Duchin
Benny Buongiorno
James L. Minahan
Barry Layton
H. L. Sprague
C. C. Booth
William R. Ellis
Curtis C. Mason
James H. Rucker
Douglas Howard
Albert F. Muller
Baytown
Jim Riker
Selman City
C. D. Atchison
James A. Rowell, Jr
Minden
Max Thornhill
Columbia
Miss
Curry Hall
Corpus Christi
Bob Wood
Gallena Park
Leslie Dedeke, Jr
New Braunfels
Laurence P. Maher
Bloomfield, N. J
Fred W. Geisendorff
Bellville
James Caruthers
Robert Doyal
E. T. Baker, Jr
San Antonio
Brady Watershed
Harry Schwenker
Brady Man
Richards Park
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