Middleton Family Celebrates 50th Wedding Anniversary
The Middleton family marked their 50th wedding anniversary with a June 13 open house at the home of Virgil Middleton Jr. in Brady. Over 80 guests attended the reception with host and honorees Virgil Middleton Sr. and Jr. honored, four children, 11 grandchildren, and friends in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Middleton
Virgil Middleton, Jr
Middletons
Brady
Arch K. Jacobson
San Francisco
Calif
A. G. Hardin
Irving
Sam Builta
Del
Brady Couple's Kin Recipient of Merit Award
David Oliver, installer-re pairman for Continental Telephone System of Burnet, received the 1975 Texas Independent Telephone Pioneers Life Saving Award for reviving William Pritchett after a 7200 volt line shock. Oliver will also receive the Continental Merit Award. His wife Ann is Hoover family kin. The Marion-Chaffin Cemetery Association meets at 8 p.m. Monday at the Lohn Tabernacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Oliver
Continental Telephone System of
Burnet
Texas Independent Telephone Pioneers Association
William Pritchett
Pritchett
Oliver
Burnet Hospital
Ann
A. D. Hoover
Marion-Chaffin
Passing Parade Continues With Local News Humor
The article notes a September 1972 subscription renewal to The Standard and Herald for five years, totaling 35 dollars, with plans to preserve the paper through 1981. Willie Hurd of Brady, a retired civil service employee, shares a Western Hemisphere collection of art, gems, and memorabilia along with a diary of service years and photos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Standard and Herald
Willie Hurd
Brady
Civil Service
Japan
West Indies
Mexico
Central America
Western Hemisphere
Senior Nutrition and Easy Family Recipes From County Extension
A county extension bulletin advises seniors to eat from the four food groups with two milk servings and two meat servings daily. It emphasizes fruits and vegetables, enriched breads, and water intake, plus simple recipes for squash and tomatoes and a two-serving meatloaf with macaroni and cheese.
First Baptist Church to mark 70th anniversary in Melvin
In Melvin Texas on June 22 the First Baptist Church will celebrate its 70th anniversary with morning worship and a covered dish dinner on Sunday July 4. The article also notes multiple weekend visits and relocations among local families including Vaughn Potters Engdahls and Duboses with several relatives traveling to Cloudcroft Ruidoso and other Texas towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin
Texas
First Baptist Church
Bill Vaughn
San Angelo
Ralph Sherman
Jim Mahon
Jenifer
Odessa
Dewey Jenkins
Kenneth Jenkins
Brownwood
Homer Echols
Houston
Jack Cauthen
Jimmy Atkinson
Jackie Cauthen
Fern Seale
Arlington
Harvey Blakeway
Eldorado
Vaughn
Quinton Lyckman
Brady
Y. E. Swenski
Floyd Marshall
Jerry Marshall
Rotan
Jerilyn
Cloudcroft
Ruidose
N. Mex
Local Notes From Lohn Texas Community News
Nice county showers praised after week of rain. Mrs. G W Moore returns from visits with the Russell and Curry families in Rockwall and Fort Worth. A birthday party honors Patty Smith of Brady at the Smiths in Pear Valley. Cemetery association to meet at Pear Valley Cemetery Saturday. Various visits, hospital stays, travel, and a school face lift noted among local residents and families in Lohn and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lohn
Texas
G. W. Moore
Don Russell
Rockwall
Jack Curry
Fort Worth
Charles Smith
Pear Valley
Tommy Smith
Scott
Brady
Mike Smith
Paul and
Stacy McGuffin
Carrollton
Pear Valley Cemetery Association
Pear Valley Cemetery
Rain shortfall slows work on Texas crops and tanks
Summer brings sparse rainfall across Fife Texas with only about an inch in some areas last week. Farmers seek more rain to fill tanks and sustain crops and pastures while residents visit relatives and attend weekend outings at Brady Lake and along the Colorado River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fife
Texas
Elizabeth Howard
Charles
Houston
Golda Jordan
Anson
Teresa Jordan
Abilene
C. C. Utsey
Brady
Utsey
Floyd Tedder
San Antonio
W. W. Tedder
Bill Tedder
FE. L. Marshall
Tedder
James Foster
Kemah
Paul Moore
Forrest Roberts
Brownwood
Julia Montgomery
Lometa
Raymond Montgomery
Lampasas
H. D. Roberts
Becky
Steve
Kent Finlay
San Marcos
James Finlay
Becky Roberts
Janice Galloway
Nancy Turner
Don Jackson
Austin
Jackson
Jacksons
Galloway
Turner
Richard Ruff
Mike
Mesquite
H. D. Bradley
Local visit roundup highlights Brady and San Angelo connections
Numerous social visits span Abilene to San Angelo with brady lake waterskiing and hospital calls noted. Families from Dallas and Houston join kin in shared meals and outings as cross city hosting continues. The piece closes with thanks from the Turn family for condolences and hospital care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Walker
Abilene
Tim Siler
Warren Harkrider
August Steelhammer
Brady
Allan Ledbetter
Diane Williams
Chester Engdahl
C. V. Siler
St. John's Hospital
San Angelo
Bobby Argo
Kay
Sam Day
Ben Dillon Jr
Brady Lake
Seldon Farris
Dallas
Bertie Sutton
W. O. Akins
J. N. Day
Ben Dillon, Sr
Ben Dillon, Jr
L. T. Mitchel
Houston
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Jan Jacobson
Karen Hardin
Cathy Builta
Juanita Jacobson
Billye Sue Hardin
Bettye Lou Builta
Mark Middleton
Gina Hardin
Rio
County Extension Agent News
Mrs. Vyvien Duncan
Times
Melvin News
Glenn Smith
Jan
Waco
John Hardy Dubose
Paul Dubose
Tomball
Herbert Bond
Munsey Potter
Bandera
Nanette
Lohn News
Bill Powell
Kirby
Jana
Levelland
Smith
Vernon Smith
Kaynette Tackett
Imperial
E. D. Solsberg
Ivan Fischer
Lyla Lohn
Cleve Looney
Brady Hospital
Dublin Hospital
Shields Norwood
Ruidoso
Patti Wolfe
David Mitchell
Ovella Davison
Roy L. Ferris
Azle
Bob Davis
Euless
Seldon Ferris
Billy Joe Ferris
Lane
Jason
Theran
Iran
Kay Day
Ranchlander Inn
Grady Peters
M. P. Renfroe
Kodak Paper
S. Church
St. Brady
Our
Jon Ed Weaver
Maxine Marylan
Ricky Dale Crawford
Vernon Crawford
First United Methodist Church
Brady High School
Commercial National
Erty
Western Auto
Commerce
Fife News
United States
World
National Geographic
Sheffield No. 1
Eula Estelle
Richard J. Lane
Blackburn Brady
Go Sponge
Mons
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