American Agriculture Day Observed March 21
The Texas Agricultural Extension Service joins national groups to observe American Agriculture Day focusing on understanding between agriculture and consumers. Leaders cite profit incentives and efficiencies that keep food costs reasonable while stressing farm and rancher contributions to national wealth.
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Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Daniel C. Plannatier
John Wayne
National Agri Marketing Association
Plannettel
U. S
Asia
Honor Roll Releas e by Hilady Principal Al Chance
Hilady High School Principal Al Chance released the fourth six weeks honor roll listing multiple seniors juniors sophomores and freshmen with numerous student names across grades. National Geographic notes ancient medicine wheels used as primitive astronomical instruments in ceremonial timekeeping.
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Hilady High School
al Chance
Wyoming
Bighorn Mountains
United States
Canada
National Geographic
Hampton Cited For Conservation Work In Leon SWCD
Lewis Hampton of Brady received the Absentee Conservation Farmer award from the Upper Leon Soil and Water Conservation District at Proctor Lake on March 2. The report notes his 258 acres of Kleingrass Coastal and Weeping Love grass, cross fencing to form 21 pastures, four new ponds, and annual sorghum plantings for deer and quail habitat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Hampton
Brady
Upper Leon
Soil Conservation Service
Hampton
Kleingrass
Bermuda
Mystery Solved in Downed Aircraft Near Brady
Brady and McCulloch County officers ended a two day search when a green and white Cessna 180 was found north of Brady on the Harry Curtis Ranch. The plane, owned by H Y Price III, was empty and minorly damaged with no injuries reported. Local units and FAA had earlier mislocated the craft.
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Coleman County
Brady
McCulloch County
Harry Curtis
Bill Strickland
DPS
David Graves
Bob Faver
Brown County Sheriff's Department
Department of Public Safety
Coleman Sheriffs Office
H. Y. Price III
Price
John Gill
Coleman
FAA
Brownwood
BPD
Thomas
Easter Seal Drive Runs To April 10
The 1977 Easter Seal Campaign began March 1 and runs through Easter Sunday, April 10, inviting support for funds to aid handicapped children and adults in McCulloch County. The appeal stresses personal giving as a humane act and explains how Easter Seals brings charity to a personal, human level.
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McCulloch County
Dusty March in Fife Area Brings Garden Plots and Local Visits
March in Fife sees regular dust storms with hope for rain and early garden plowing. Local residents share visits across towns including Odessa, Melvin, Brady, Austin, Mountain Home, and Richland Springs. A longtime resident Ira Hester dies, with funeral held in Wilkerson and sympathy offered to his family.
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Fife
Texas
Bert French
Odessa
Lynn Williams
Paula
Melvin
Dewey Tedder
Lola Alley
Brady
Alice Bunn
Austin
Woodrow Ranne
Mountain Home
Tedder
French
W. L. Robinson
Heart of Texas Memorial Hospital
Tom Hickman
Robinson
FE. L. Marshall
Gene Mattox
Brownwood
Mattox
Gene Mattox, Jr
Houston
Friends of the Marshalls
San Antonio
Barbara Agresti
Gainesville
Fila
Finlay
Robert Pearce
J. P. Lewis
Richland Springs
Ira Hester
Lohn
Wilkerson Funeral Home
Hester
Herbert Harkrider
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Chance
BHS
Janis Bucy
Matt Jeffreys
Ricky Machen
Sherrie Ellis
Ernest Garcia
Jack Hagan
Donald Hellah
Josephine Hernandes
Debbie Weeks
Denise Dennis
Barry Jackson
Yvonne Lira
Rosanna Otte
Sheila Rice
Sandra Rubio
David Shields
Wes Thee
Heth Bratton
Rhonda Cox
Karla Dodds
Dwain Hensley
Denise Myers
Tina Johnson
Teresa Matthiesen
Georgina Miller
Alice Powell
Debbie Probet
Mindy Quick
Karen Ricks
Marlin Roberts
Vinnie Roberts
Lioyd Robles
Tom Sammons
Marei Slocum
Lisa Stephens
Angi
Tenny Simpson
Jackie Smith
Frank Tomlinson
Carrie Wood
Eddie Baldwin
Marcia Brady
Betsy Bratton
Bill Brown
Lisa Cook
Gilbert Cortez
Danny Delos Santos
LaGrace Durham
Loretta Evans
Valixie Fields
Randy Gossett
Sherri Grubbs
Tony Haro
Jeanne Jeffreys
Jim Keeling
Darrell Reese
Linda Mitchel
Mike Morgan
Faith O'Briant
David Payne
Patricia Rankin
Clara Rubio
Robert Reeves
Lynn Rudder
Larry Sammons
Stephanie Siler
Calvin Schwertner
Craig Smith
Tina Smith
Marisa Taylor
Jeff Williams
Star Instruments
Leon
P. B.C
Sears
Jerry and
Monte Byas
W. Commerce
Johnny Rutherford
Carquest
Challenger
Oran Pan
Arquest
Valvoline
Good At T
Carquest Auto Parts
Pal Auto Parts
Auto Parts
North Church Street
Fender
K & W Card Cleaner
Fife News
Western Mattress
Austin Brownwood
Brady Call
Merle M. Ellis
Optometrist
Citizens National Bank
P.O
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