Jubilee Boosters Tour Across 425 Miles Inviting Brady Fourth
Brady boosters traveled over 425 miles Friday and Saturday to invite neighbors to the Fourth of July Jubilee in Brady. The eight-car motorcade used loudspeakers and a sound truck to attract attention, stopping in towns like Brownwood and San Angelo and promising discounts for Family Day. Local police and sheriffs facilitated traffic while the Brady High Band supported the effort.
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McCulloch County
Brady
Sheriff's Department
Eugene Roper
Scott Kine
J. P. Williamson
Boosters
Brownwood
Bangs
Santa Anna
Coleman
Ballinger
Lawake
San Angelo
Eden
Menard
Delma Bell
Brady High Band
Robert Osborne
Janet Rudder
Pat McShan
Johnny Hendley
Kenneth Anderson
CleAnn Ethridge
Carolyn Ingram
Patricia Wood
Jerry Irby
Mason
Llano
Lake Buchanan
Burnet
Lampasas
San Saba
Richland Springs
Rochelle
Jim
Jim Harkrider
James Early
Rain Delivers .31 Inches In Brady And Half In Melvin
Rain fell across the southern half of McCulloch County Saturday night totaling .31 inch in Brady and a half inch in Melvin. Official observer Mrs. Jay Cochran logged .31 inch in Brady following a 12 inch record on June 22. Other rainfall reports were gathered by the Southwestern States Telephone Co. with several lines obscured in the text.
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McCulloch County
Brady
Melvin
Jay Cochran
Southwestern States Telephone Co
Final Rites Held For Mrs. A. J. Ricks
Funeral services were held at First Methodist Church for Mrs. A J Ricks 76 a Brady pioneer born Bertie Hall died at her home on South China Street Survivors include husband two sons a daughter 11 grandchildren four great grandchildren and a sister with burial at Rest Haven Cemetery under the direction of Wilkerson Funeral Home
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First Methodist Church
A. J. Ricks
South China St
Bertie Hall
Bertram
Brady
Glenn H. Ricks
A. J. Ricks, Jr
Ben Shelton
Brownwood
Virginia Grant
Liberty Hill
Swenson Receives Shrine Ring at Suez Temple
Eric E. Swenson is shown wearing a diamond Shrine ring presented by Suez Temple of San Angelo for outstanding service during the past year. Swenson, longtime in local Masonic circles, has helped many Masons advance Shrine work and notes Suez Temple now has about 50 members in McCulloch County.
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Eric E. Swenson
Suez Temple of
Suit Filed for $50,200 After Brady Wreck
Louis P. Schaffer filed a $50,200 damage suit in 149th District Court in San Angelo against Charles Howard Longley son of Edgar Longley former Brady resident who moved to San Angelo. The suit stems from an auto collision on March 12 injuring Schaffer and damaging his car. He seeks $50,000 damages for injuries and auto damage.
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Louis P. Schaffer
149Th District Court
San Angelo
Charles Howard Longley
Edgar Longley
Brady
Schaffer
Young Longley
Box Seats Still Available for Jubilee Event
Pat Ryan Jubilee ticket chairman said Monday that a few box seats remain while the best seats are going fast. Reserve seat tickets are on sale at City Drug and Rudder Drug.
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Pat Ryan
Jubilee Ticket
Ryan
City Drug and
Rudder Drug
Brady Homecoming Highlights Bumguardner Family Return
Mr and Mrs Homer Bumguardner and son Jimmie return to Sidney Nebraska after visiting Brady with his mother Mrs Pearl Bumguardner brother Louis Airheart sister Mrs Lillie Barker and aunt Mrs Clara Farren of Brownwood This was Homer's first Brady visit in eight years and he notes the old town has grown.
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Homer Bumguardner
Jimmie
Sidney
Nebr
Pearl Bumguardner
Louis Airheart
Lillie Barker
Clara Farren
Brownwood
Homer
Brady
Calverts to Visit Here This Week End
Robert S. Calvert Texas state comptroller and Mrs Calvert will be house guests of his brother Paul Calvert and Mrs Calvert this weekend in Brady. They will attend the Jubilee races on July 4 as guests of Sam W Moffatt.
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Robert S. Calvert
Texas
Bulldog Band Rehearsal Set for Jubilee Appearance
Bulldog Band Director Boyd Hunt calls Denton area musicians to a Thursday 8 am band hall rehearsal for one hour in preparation for the July Jubilee opening Friday. Seniors and freshmen invited. ex members urged to bring instruments if possible.
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Bulldog
Boyd Hunt
Thursda Funt
Denton
Jim Finlay Retired Monument Builder Dies at 82
James Finlay of Brady dies at 706 Marie St. after long Llano and Brady career in monument making. Born February 29 1872 in Carthage Mo he lived most of his life in Llano moving to Brady in 1923. Survived by wife Annie Wyatt Patton five sons Earl Malcolm J W Roy Ralph and W A Finlay seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral at Wilkerson Funeral Home officiated by Rev John G Wallenburg with burial in Rest Haven Cemetery.
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Carthage
Finlay
Lfe
Llano
Brady
Earl
Annie Wyatt Patton
Llano Dee
Wilkerson Funeral Home
John G. Wallenburg
First Christian Church
Rest Haven Cemetery
Malcolm Jordan
Fredericksburg
W. A
Coleman
J. W
Roy L
Ralph Finlay
Raymond Roberts
Edna Finlay
John Finlay
Field Creek
Walter S. Finlay
Camp San Saba
BE. McLean
J.D. Finlay
Austin
Lewis Hampton
Jim Duncan
Chas Huff
Gordon Miers
L. B. Scott
David Bratton
Ira McNeely Named Precinct Chairman At Salt Gap
The County Democratic Committee appointed Ira McNeely as precinct chairman at Salt Gap to replace Raymond Murray who has moved. County Chairman Henry Bradley announced all but one candidate paid filing fees by Saturday deadline. Paul Lohn was the remaining candidate whose fee could be accepted if paid before ballots are printed. Fee is $6.30.
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Democratic Committee
Ira McNeely
Salt Gap
Raymond Murray
Henry Bradley
Paul Lohn
Bradley
Lohn
Hoffman to Lead Brady Rotarians
Ross Hoffman will become president of the Brady Rotary Club next Tuesday succeeding Tom Davis. New officers include Hardin Jones as vice president Odis Cox secretary treasurer Henry Hodges cashier Glenn Kittle sergeant at arms Jack Ragsdale song leader and Burnel Davis pianist The new Rotary board lists Hoffman retiring president Davis Jimmy Francks Bert Hughes Jones James Walton and John Morrow.
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Ross Hoffman
Brady Rotary Club
Hoffman
Tom Davis
Hardin Jones
Odis Cox
Henry Hodges
Glenn Kittle
Jack Ragsdale
Burnel Davis
Rotary
Jimmy Francks
Bert Hughes
Jones
James Walton
John Morrow
Mrs Louis Burns Visits Brady From Sweetwater
Mrs Louis Burns of Sweetwater visited in Brady on Monday and Tuesday at the Emmette home with family and friends.
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Louis Burns of
Sweetwater
Brady
Emmette
Brady’s Jubilee attracts near 100 horses for weekend racing
Jubilee racing manager Jack Locklear reports almost 100 horses booked early this week for the 27th Brady’s Jubilee opening Friday with entries from Oklahoma New Mexico and several from Louisiana. Last year drew about 130. Feature races include Inaugural Buck Richards Purse and a grueling Brady Derby.
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Brady
Jack Locklear
Jubilee Racing
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Louisiana
Flying Dutchman
Nelda K
Indian Chick
Red Chick
Buck Richards
Four New Oil Tests Planned in McCulloch County
Bomjack Oil Co of Austin to drill two 1,700 foot rotary tests for Harry L Curtis on an 8,000 acre lease twelve miles northeast of Brady starting July 12. No. 1 Curtis well 220 feet from north and 1,320 feet from west lines. No. 2 Curtis 330 feet from north and west lines. elevations 1,592 and 1,730 feet. F H Carpenter Sour Lake to drill No 1-A McCollum 2,500 foot rotary test on 554 acre lease, 150 feet from south and east lines. location 12 miles northeast of Mercury. C H Havelka Brady to drill No 1 J T Woodward 2,000 foot cable tool test in McCulloch County two and a half miles north of Lohn starting July 10. elevation 1,516 feet. Location on 1,715 acre lease 1,830 feet from south and 990 feet from east lines. Koenig survey 11:3F. project near Big Chief site. 2½ miles north-northwest of Yoder and Taylor Bray. prior wildcat abandoned in 1950 at 2,450 feet.
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Wildcat
McCulloch
Bomjack Oil Co
Austin
Harry L. Curtis
Brady
Bbb&crr
Zahn
F. H. Carpenter
Sour Lake
McCollum
Mercury
Ernst Gruene
C. H. Havelka
McCulloch County
Lohn
J. T. Woodward
Koenig
Big Chief
Yoder and
Taylor Bray
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Lynn Brewer
Stephenville
Paymaster Feeds
Brewer
Ernest Martin
Harkrider
Martin
Bell
Fred Bryant
Mac Slaughter
Jack Roddie
Frank Roddie
Harold Deaton
D. A. Harkrider
Henry King, Jr
James Anderson
J. G. McCall
J. S. Anderson
D. W. Jordan
B. A. Hallam
W. K. Cobb
Leo Humphreys
Julian Behrens
Jim McFarlin
Pruitt Garner
Edward Geeslin
M. Kitchen
Boyd Commander
Alfred Martin
Wilson Jordan
Marion Bradham
Ira Duke
J. E. Williams
L. B. Smith
Emmette Mohler
Nash Duke
A. W. Moseley
Vaughn White
W. N. White
Harry Curtis
Earl Rudder
Charles Lane
Lubbock
Sylvia Shelton
Don Carroll
el Paso
W. A. Hall
Lawrence Smith
Libe
Hill
Laura Hall
Eliza
Shrine Ring
Brady Wreck
Lek
Calverts
Jim Finlay
James
Jim) Finlay
Marie St
G. R. White
Lucky William
White
Locklear
Charlie Samuelson
Tim Jones
Jack Deaton
L. A. Gotcher
Charles Samuel
Buck Denton
Houston
Jubilee Grandstand
Merlin Lemons
Billy Hughes
B. King
C. A. Pennell
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