Old Fashioned Living Called for in Energy Crisis
A Pennsylvania Dutch farmer urges old fashioned living to curb fuel and energy shortages. The piece notes idle Pecos Valley acres due to high irrigation fuel costs and suggests methane gas research plus readying home gardens with tomato and pepper plants. It also shares local planting notes and fishing recollections from South Padre Island with travel plans to Alaska.
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Senate
Pecos Valley
Voca
Katemey
Pennsylvania
Lefty
C. A
Lucille Reynolds
South Padre Island
South Padre
Mose
McCook
Reynoldses
Vivian
Alaska
Fairbanks
Seattle
Wash
First Methodists Observe 100th Anniversary Sunday
Brady born Methodist history celebrates 100 years with Bishop J Chess Lovern of San Antonio to preach at 10 55 a m March 13. Former pastors and spouses invited, lunch fellowship planned, parsonage open 2 to 4 p m. The Brady church records note early pastors and circuits dating to 1877 with details on Tucker Potter and Potter’s preaching origins.
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Brady
J. Chess Levern
San Antonio
First United Methodist Church
Jon D. Lowry
Lovern
Fellowship Hall
Lowry
Brady Church
J. H. Tucker
Corpus Christi
Mason and Brady
Abe Mulkey
J. T. Bludworth
Lockett Adair
Mr. Tucker
Brady City
W.T. Thornberry
A. J. Potter
Thornberry
Potter
Tucker
Star
Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church of
Hardin H. Jones
Jones
Texas
Chess Lovern
Downed Aircraft Found No Sign Of Occupants
A two day search ended at 3 09 p m Wednesday when Brady pilot Richard Garey and Police Chief Chuck Thomas located an empty Cessna 180 a mile north of the Colorado River in Coleman County Ground units from the Sheriff DPS and Ranger found the plane in a plowed field three miles east of Waldrip and three miles south southeast of Rockwood FAA investigators were to arrive by noon Thursday The search praised Garey and Wayne Rawlings who helped without pay and Brady Band Boosters meet Monday at 730 p m in the high school band hall
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Brady
Richard Garey
Chuck Thomas
Colorado River
Coleman County
Bill Strickland
DPS
David Graves
Bob Favor
Waldrip
Rockwood
Thomas
Brown County Sheriffs Department
Department of Public Safety
John Gill Ranch
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Brownwood
Wayne Rawlings
Garey
Wayne
Richard
Absentee Voting Opens for City and School Elections
Absentee voting for the April 2 City and School Elections begins Monday March 14 and runs through Tuesday. City ballots show candidates for Places 1 through 5 led by Charles H. Newlin, Bill Brown, S B McCleskey, Evans I Burleson, Larry Shields, Darrel G Cleven Ger, Kadhrann Jones Hallmark, Ted E Archer, W C Otis Stewart, and Ed Davenport. Brady School ballot lists candidates for Positions 1 through 3 including F J Green, Jesse McAnally, Richard I Lane, and James R K Griffin.
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City Hall
Charles H. Newlin
Bill Brown
S. B. McCleskey
Evans I. Burleson
Larry Shields
Darrel G. Clevenger
Kadhrann Jones Hallmark
Ted E. Archer
W. C. (Otis) Stewart
Samuelson Elected President of Local Chamber
Samuelson was chosen president of the McCulloch County Chamber of Commerce at a Monday meeting. Ed Keeling Grayson Wetzel and Barbara Smith were elected officers. Directors include Dean Taff Grayson Wetzel Jewell Jones Steve Black and Vernon Waddill Jr. Banquet tickets for April 14 are on sale at $5 from directors or the chamber office.
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Charles Samuelson
McCulloch County
Chamber of Commerce
Brady Gas Co. hires Miller as consultant
Brady resident George H. Miller, a Certified Petroleum Geologist and member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, has been hired by Brady Municipal Gas Co. as a consultant. Miller, with degrees from Texas Western College and Texas A&M, has three schoolgoing children and is reported by manager Dayton Boren to have three additional wells drilled and soon tied into the system.
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Brady
George H. Miller
Brady, Texas Municipal Gas Co
Dayton Boren
Miller
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Texas Western College
Texas A&m University
Brady's Sidewalk Sale Opens This Weekend In McCulloch County
Brady's Annual Sidewalk Sale runs today and Saturday offering winter closeouts and new spring fashions at bargain prices for McCulloch County shoppers. Advertisements from participating merchants are listed on pages 6 and 7.
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Brady
McCulloch County
Cotton Production Short Course Set for Lohn Tuesday
A one night Cotton Production Short Course will be held at Lohn Tabernacle Tuesday at 7 30 p m Four Extension Service specialists will assist Dr Robert Metzer State Cotton Specialist will discuss promising new varieties and products Robert Kensing Area Economist will cover the cotton outlook Dr Willis Gass Area Agronomist will discuss weed problems and herbicide uses Dr Nick Wilson Area Entomologist will cover early season boll weevil control Presentations will be brief and to the point All cotton producers and interested persons are welcome to attend.
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Lohn
Lohn Tabernacle
Robert Metzer
Robert Kensing
Willis Gass
Nick Wilson
Former Bradyite Mary Reed 63 Dies in Big Spring
Mary Reed 63 of Big Spring formerly of Brady died at home Tuesday from an apparent heart attack. She was a former Brady beauty operator, later ran a florist shop and funeral home in Muleshoe before moving to Big Spring. Funeral 2 p m Thursday at Nalley-Pickle Rosewood Chapel Big Spring with burial in Westbrook Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Mrs Jerry Foust and grandson Jason Reed Foust both of Big Spring. Attendees from Brady included niece Patricia Brown and nephew Bill Brown. Mrs J A Woosley attended from Amarillo.
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Mary Reed
Big Spring
Brady
Jason Reed Foust
Patricia Brown
Bill Brown
J. A. Woosley
Amarillo
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L.B. Smith
Kiplinger
Kith
First Methodists
John T. Williamson
Galveston
Old Brady Sentinel
Christian Church
Rev
Andrew Jackson Potter
Missouri
Joshua
Marthe Potter
Kentucky
Andrew Jackson
Andrew
Christ
George T. Freeman
R. M. Leaton
M. A. Black
J. M. Stevenson
William J. Sims
R. J. Deats
Waddill, Jr
Local Gas Co
The
Boren
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