West Texas forecast hints at weather turn after dry spell
The column recalls past floods in Brady and droughts in West Texas, noting past water invasions and farm losses. It contrasts historic droughts of the 1930s and 1950s with current parched conditions, mentions angora goats and onion planting, and hints at a forthcoming Bicentennial edition. Mayor Sam Wright is asked to monitor pests and intruders.
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West
Texas
Fairview
Sam Wright
Divers Join Search For Drowned Odessa Youth
Brady Divers joined Odessa and San Angelo Emergency crews in a Lake E V Spence search for 18 year old Ernest Ray London who disappeared after his boat ran out of fuel near Robert Lee. The effort involved multiple divers and equipment teams but yielded no results as of Monday. Rocky West named to UT Austin Dean's Honor List in College of Business Administration.
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McCulloch County
Odessa
Lake E. V. Spence
Robert Lee
Ricky Campbell
Bennie Martin
Donald Pimm
Adrian Cooper
San Angelo
Ector County
Rocky West
Norman West
University of Texas At Austin
College of Business Administration
Brady welcomes new Olds dealer Dean Taff
Dean Taff, president of Dean Taff Inc., bought Campbell Motors Co. in Brady, an Oldsmobile Cadillac and Pontiac dealer. The deal closed Friday March 5, with Campbell family ending 39 years at the helm. The staff stays, new GM J R Shaw joins, fresh improvements planned, grand opening set within a month.
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Dean Taff
Dean Taff, Inc
Campbell Motors Co
Brady
Hicks Campbell
San Saba
Taff
Austin
Dallas
Jackie
Tana
Tisha
Richardson
Parkview Drive
Taffs
The
Baptist Church
Dozens of Cemeteries in McCulloch County Draw Attention
The McCulloch County area catalogs 22 cemeteries attracting genealogists and curious locals alike. Brady resident and deputy clerk Ann Johnson maps graves, dates, and families across Live Oak and other sites, noting veteran epitaphs, infant markers, and rare above ground vaults. A Perkins Theological guest preacher presents at First United Methodist Church as part of a regional field day.
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State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
McCulloch County
Brady
Ann Johnson
Live Oak
Rest Haven
Live Oak Cemetery
C. Wayne Banks
Perkins School of Theology
SMU
First United Methodist Church
Perkins
San Angelo
Brady Senior Vies For Appointment To West Point
Jerry Tyler Simpson Jr has been named a competitive nomination for West Point Military Academy for 1976. The appointment was effective March 8. Simpson, a Brady High School May graduate candidate active in campus life and church activities, is the son of Mr and Mrs Jerry Simpson of Brady.
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Jerry Tyler
Ty) Simpson, Jr
West Point Military Academy
Simpson
Brady High School
Fourth and
Bridge Street
Hopes High For 765 Construction
Lawrence Schultz and Ben Dillon met McCulloch County Commissioners to report low highway funds and promise effort to build Highway 765 from Fife to Brownwood. The court approved Water shed Work Plan Agreements for detention dams on the Southwest Lateral Watershed of the Colorado River.
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Lawrence Schultz
Texas Highway Department
Ben Dillon
McCulloch County
Southwest
Colorado
Jesse Tate
Alfred Schwertner
The
Soil Conservation Service
Jerry DeBord
McCulloch
Brownwood
Roy A. Cronenberg
Larry Carroll
Pat Newton
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Brady Lake
Thomas Dutton
Dean Taff New Olds
Campbell Motors
J. R. Shaw
Olds
BHS
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