Big Doings at Menard Weekend of Rattlesnake Roundup
The Menard Jaycees host the second annual Rattlesnake Roundup with snake shows on Saturday and a free Texas Wildlife exhibit. Guided tours of Fort McKavett and the Presidio de San Saba run Saturday and Sunday afternoons, with a Friday tour for 72 Girl Scouts. Fort history highlights include 1852 base for emigrants and 1874 Palo Duro Canyon battle role.
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Jaycees
Texas Fish and Wildlife
Fort McKavett
Presidio de San Saba
Menard County Historical Society
Austin
Presidio
California
Ranald S. Mackenzie
Palo Duro Canyon
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Satuday
McDonald Wool Co
Club Victoria
Johnny Dutton
San Angelo
Gentry honored at Placid church gift party
Mr and Mrs George Buck Gentry to be feted at a gift party Saturday March 4 at 7 00 p m in the Placid Baptist Church annex following their February 25 marriage at the Claude Knight home in Brady Invitations extended to friends and relatives.
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San Antonio
Burney McBee
Hugh
Ray
Mike Holton
Rochelle
Mason
Curtis Jones
Bill Eeger
Odessa
Homer Egger
Indian Creek
Chester Penn
Jim Willborn
Kennedy
Aaron Chastain
Richland Springs
George Myers
Buck Gentry
Placid
Herman Corvan
Sweetwater
George (Buck) Gentry
Lou Ella Clardy
Claude Knight
Brady
Crales A. Johnson
Henry Davis
Davis
Fairview
Calvin Deeds
Frank Harkey
Austin
Joe Martin
James Deeds
Flward Jordan
A. E. Jordan
L. W. Turnell
Kathy
Robert Carroll
Carrolls
Luling
Kate Deeds
Nelson Browns
Corpus Christi
Jarvis Brown
Debbie
Susan
Mercury Baptist Church
California
W. S. Lee
Brown
Baptist Church
Elvera Jones
de Lana
Brownwood
Jessie Farris
Joe McDowell
Menard
Young Gamb
Pecos
Gamblin
Vicki
Young Gamblins
Mr. Gamblin
ASC
Cheryl Kruckemeyer
Vicki Boren
Hilmer Kruckemeyer
Dayton Barens
Vicki Gamblin
Lee Moseley
Hubert Moseley
Allan McNicol
Abilene
Church of Christ
Ronald Penn
Brett
Ronda
Chester Penns
Ronald
Harbon Neal
San Angelo
Ida Free
Brady Rattlesnake Rodeo tops list with Hartcraft wins
Mr Hartcraft won three trophies and $50 in prize money at the Brady Volunteer Fire Dept annual rodeo capturing 42 snakes. He took first in greatest total weight 115 lb, longest snake 6414 in and most rattlers 14. Nelson Adams and Van Long aided in the catches. Other local notices cover visits, family gatherings, and a wedding in Brady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda
Lisa
Brady Volunteer Fire Dept
Mr. Hartcraft
Nelson Adams
van Long
Two-Day Trial Ends In Acquittal In Brady Case
A two day trial in the 35th District Court ended with an all male jury finding Bobby Lee Williams not guilty. Judge Joe Dibrell instructed the jury after final arguments. Williams was charged with theft over fifty dollars involving a forged cashier's check for 150 dollars linked to Buddies Supermarket around August 5 1965. The Brady jury list included M M Bradham as foreman and others from Brady and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
35Th District Court
Bobby Lee Williams
Joe Dibrell
M. M. Bradham
Williams
Een
Buddies Supermarket
Brady
Clifford Grubbs
George Veazey
Placid
Gene Bratton
John
Abner Trigg
Bart Finlay
Bill McDonald
Rochelle
Henry Pimm
Joe Cervantes
Elred Pruitt
Dudley C. Mason
Billy J. Robinett
Bradham
Social notes of Brownwood area visitors and gatherings
Local column lists weekend visitors and visits across Brownwood Elmira Rochelle Coleman Weather man families. Notables include Dee Dee Rhone Elaine Moss Kathy Brownwood guests with Bratton Garrett Murray and Young families. Community 42 Club meets March 4 with hostesses King Beakley Garrett Weatherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee Dee Rhone
Dwain
Rhonda Coleman
W. G. Weatherman
Baptist Church
Elaine Moss
Buffy
Brownwood
T. E. Bratton
Joe Green
Kathy
Edward Garrett
Mercury
Tracy Townsend
Hazel Gilbreath
Charles Ray Gilbreath
Fort Worth
Fannie McBee
Mae Chamberlain
Elmirove
B. A. Jones
Jones
Rochelle
Wade Nowlins
Pulled Muscles Hit Bulldog Sprinters Ahead of Santa Anna Relays
Track Coach Fletcher Fields reports several Bulldog sprinters are sidelined by illnesses and pulled leg muscles. Puddin Jones misses school with a cold but aims to compete. Mike Leifeste Leroy Johnson and Dennis Snodgrass also injured. Mason meet soreness noted. Dorman Moore high jump 6-0 and John Lee Davenport vaults at 11-0. Team enters 2A and A division events in Santa Anna Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alway
Fletcher Fields
Puddin Jones
Bulldog
Fields
Santa Anna
Mike Leifeste
Leroy Johnson
Dennis Snodgrass
Mason
Dorman Moore
John Lee Davenport
Bulldogs
Brady Square Dancers Attend Regional Festival
Six Brady couples joined a square dance festival at the Ector County Coliseum in Odessa. Friday and Saturday callers included Marshall Flippo and Bob Fisk. Brady attendees listed Messrs. and Mines, Raymond Calley, Ted Bratton, Bud Samuelson, Allison Gotcher, Tom Wiley, and J. D. Patterson. The Brady Swinging Squares plan a March 4 armory event with a covered dish supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady
Odessa
Ector County Coliseum
Marshall Flippo
Bob Fisk
Messrs. and Mines
Raymond Calley
Ted Bratton
Bud Samuelson
Allison Gotcher
Tom Wiley
J. D. Patterson
National Guard Armory
Public School Hobby Show and Open House Schedule
Public School presents a hobby show with Monday refreshments and an award for the most visited class. China Elementary hosts an open house Tuesday at 7 30 pm with a poster display downtown and a Texas themed program with refreshments. Wednesday focuses on special education and remedial reading at South Ward with badges for guests. The week ends with Lions Honor banquet for BHS students with 90 averages. School dismisses Friday March 10 for a district teachers meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China Elementary
China
Texas
South Ward Elementary
Supt. Reynolds
North Ward
South Ward
Jerry Simpson
Fletcher Fields
Herbert Nicholas
R. F. McSwain
Mrs Shelton dies at San Antonio at 79
Mrs Beas Shelton 79 of Rt 1 Atascosa died Feb 24 in a San Antonio hospital. Funeral services Feb 27 at Riebe Saunders Chapel with burial at Rose Lawn Memorial Park. A retired teacher and president of Kearney Lake Home Demonstration Club, she is survived by a son a daughter three sisters and three grandchildren. Local relatives attend rochelle services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beas Shelton
Rt. 1
Atascosa
San Antonio
Riebe-Saunders Chapel
Roselawn Memorial Park
Kearney Lake
Sister of Bradyite Dies In Los Angeles
Mrs. J. W. Watkins of Los Angeles died February 25 after an extended illness. Funeral services were held Monday at 1 p.m. Survivors include I. L. Herrington of New York, Mrs. R. Wilson of Mississippi, four sons and two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Watkins
Los Angeles
J. B. Herrington
Mr Herrington
I. L. Herrington
New York
Mra R. ¥. Wilson
Mississippi
Bradyite's Kin Mrs R A Collins Dies At Abilene
Funeral services for Mrs. Robert A. Collins aged 75 are set for Friday at 10 a m in the Little Chapel of First Baptist Church Abilene. Officiating will be Rev James Flamming with Dr Elwin Skiles and Dr Robert N Richardson assisting. Burial follows in Elmwood Memorial Park under Riker Warren Funeral Home direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Collins
First Baptist Church
Abilene
James Flamming
Elwin Skiles
Hardin-Simmons University
Robert N Richardson
HSU
Elmwood Memorial Park
Riker-Warren Funeral Home
Collins
Hardin-Simmones Education Department
Obituary for a Midland resident, 2:45 a m death
At Hendrick Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness, a Midland woman sister-in-law of the late Dr Posey Collins died. Survived by husband of 1924 University Blvd, two Dallas daughters Mrs John A Herronland and Mrs W D Jeter, brother Frank H Lanham of Midland, sister Mrs George Jones of Mineral Wells, and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I Hendrick Memorial Hospital
Posey Collins
Uni
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Mercury News
Willie Kilbourn
Ina Mae
Independence
Missouri
T. E. Tillman
Francis Harris
Junction
Sim Gamblin
Sam Dennis
Gerald
Scottie
Denise
Big Spring
Leon Lee
Elgin Dennis
Sam
Dennis
Dallas
Jon Paol Underwood
Texas A & M University
L. C. Underwood
Jerry Dennis
Terri
Terance
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Billy Hartcraft
Mr. Harteaft
Ktbc-Tv
Uncle Jay
Channel
City Drug Co
Dial
O. L. Weatherman
Medical Arts Hospital
Weatherman
D. S. Pumphrey
W. H. Matthews
George Murray
J. W. Ragsdale
Optometrist
Brady, Texas
Cliff Robertson
SUN
Nile
Khartoum
Laurence Olivier
Richard Johnson
Ralph Richardson
Bradyite
R. A. Collins
Butane Co., Inc
Gartman’s
Dan Blocker
Michael Landon
Lorne Greene
Chevrolet
Nbc-Tv
Creag
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