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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1975
Page
1
A collage of notes includes a Forbes excerpt The Ranchers Problem about livestock costs and market swings. It also recalls San Angelo editor Tucker Sutherland’s defense of proofreading and page one content while sharing a child’s spider tale ending with a girl’s affection.
The Heart of Texas Historical Museum announces its old county jail, McCulloch County’s former structure, has been nominated by the Texas Historical Commission to the National Register of Historic Places. The notice explains benefits, grants, and preservation plans along with donation categories and current directors’ names.
Clarence Willis Rowell 81 of Brady died at 8 15 a m Monday in Heart of Texas Memorial Hospital after a long illness Funeral services were held at 3 p m Tuesday in Brady Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Bruce Anderson officiating Burial was in Holt Cemetery He was born October 10 1893 in Brath County and had lived in Brady ten years a retired farmer most of his life in San Saba County World War I veteran and Baptist Church member Survivors include his wife Edith four sons Stanley and William both of Fort Worth C W Rowell of Iowa Park Jack Rowell of Brady two sisters Iris Lee Stewart of Fort Worth and Martha Myers of Brady two other sisters Callie Rippetoe of Denver and Olia Yost of Monday three brothers Hom Rowell of Tulsa Carl Rowell of Breckenridge and Earl Rowell of Wichita Falls 17 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren
Fred Suggs owner of the Club Cafe teams with Easter Seals for a Coffee Day fund drive. Donors before February 28 receive a Coffee Day button and a free coffee on Good Friday while wearing the button. Waitresses will collect donations and issue the buttons.
John R. Eastman age 86 of Brady died at 5 10 p m Sunday in Heart of Texas Memorial Hospital. Services were held at 11 a m Tuesday in Wilkerson Memorial Chapel with Bob Ishman officiating. Burial followed at Rest Haven Cemetery. He was born April 3 1888 in Lavaca County and married Leona Phillips June 16 1918 in Junction. A former Mason County resident and four year Brady resident, he was a retired rancher and a Christadelphaa Church member. He is survived by his wife a daughter Mrs Ewell Jones of Brady four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
A Friday morning blaze at the Farmers Ranchers Co-op hay barn near the elevator caused estimated damages around 8 000 dollars. Vernon Lively spotted the fire at 6 45 am as flames spread along the tin barn. Brady Volunteer Fire Department responded while workers removed smoldering hay, seed wheat, and feed with aid from Kenneth Young's front-end loader.
Dr Bill Boswell pastor of the First Christian Church will speak at a Brady Jaycees Easter Sunrise Service to be held Easter morning at the Brady Lake pavilion The Jaycees invite the entire community to participate In other news FR elevator operations resumed after a fire The cause is suspected to be a spark from a motor or switch Fire Chief Howard Salter notes the blaze may have smoldered for hours before flaring.
Brownwood representative Lynn Nabers receives invitation from Secretary Kissinger to a Washington DC conference on April 14-15 at the State Department. The event features a reception and two days of seminars, with participation expected from top State Department officials and conferees. Nabers says the program will inform citizens about U.S. foreign policy and foster dialogue.
A limited number of tickets are available for the Brady Chamber of Commerce annual membership banquet to be held April 10 in the school cafeteria. Dean Rippetoe, praised as The Will Rogers of West Texas, will speak and entertainment includes country music by Jack Williams and others. The program will feature a Distinguished Service Award to a local benefactor. Tickets are $4 and may be purchased from listed local directors.
Brady hosts its annual Relays on Friday with 23 teams in two divisions. Field events begin Division II at 1 p.m. and preliminaries start at 2 p.m. Finals are at 6:30 p.m. Division I features smaller Class AA and below. Division II includes larger Class AA and AAA teams. Participating teams include Mason, Dripping Springs, Menard, Junction, Eldorado, Iraan, Rochelle, San Saba, Richland Springs, Ozona, Wall, Sohn, Miles, Sonora, Big Lake, Eden, Brady, Fredericksburg, Lake View, Colorado City, Llano, San Angelo Central JV, and Lampasas.
DPS Patrolman David Graves arrested three juveniles Sunday night for possession of a stolen car. A boy and two girls were stopped on U S Highway 283 North and detained until Monday afternoon before being returned to Corpus Christi. The trio were found to be driving a stolen vehicle after authorities traced the stop to a traffic violation. Graves was aided by Sheriff Luke Vogel and Deputy Gerald Gossett.
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