13 Jun 1975
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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1975
Page
1
Old Jupiter Pluvius delays harvests as rains flood fields near Hillsboro and Penelope. L. B. Smith recounts local visits to Mexia Groesbeck Thornton and Marlin, notes Brahman cattle dream and Vivian’s June birthday gift a Brahman bull.
A free immunization clinic for pre school children will run June 18 from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at South Ward Elementary School auditorium. Nurse Mrs. James Dale Carson says vaccines for DPT polio rubella and measles will be available. Parents urged to bring children to receive free vaccines.
The Rev. Lamar Leifeste will take a one year supernumerary leave from First United Methodist Church Brady after 12 years as pastor. He will work as assistant funeral director and pre need counselor at Wilkerson Funeral Home while reevaluating his ministry and supporting his daughter Sue’s Brady High School senior year. Leifeste has been a longtime civic leader and church board member, with roles in Boy Scouts and local fundraisers. He is a Castell native and Southwestern University graduate, WWII veteran, married to Joan Sturman with three children.
Dr Richard Lane of the Brady Jaycees says preparations for the World's Championship Goat Barbecue Cook-off are well in hand with over 17 paid entries and daily increases. Chefs come from Brady Abilene Eldorado Melvin Sonora Dallas Austin Wichita Falls Buchanan Dam Brownwood and Odessa. write Brady Jaycees Box 806 Brady Texas 76825 for entry. Jaycee Wives sponsor a county fair with 18 exhibitors signed up and room remains for more.
Brady Independent School District trustees rescinded the policy requiring physical exams for teachers. Three new teachers were hired: Tommy L Hodges to junior high math, Deborah Lynn Ross to high school Spanish, and Ray Johnson to plan A special education. One math vacancy remains. Superintendent notes attendance up and insurance settlements finalized.
Elizabeth Harkrider, a Brady High School senior, will travel from Detroit to Copenhagen on June 25 to live with the Garon Kjerstadius family in Trollhättan, Sweden for two months under Youth For Understanding. She will work part time in a flower shop and join family activities near a lake, missing the first week of school upon return in August.
McCulloch County Commissioners notified the Texas Highway Commission that all right of way for Farm to Market Road 765 from US 377 to US 283 is purchased. The ROW cost about $200,000. The court approved school tax collection on a fee basis for Lohn ISD and burial of cable by General Telephone along a county road east of Brady.
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