Two Brady Teachers Retire After Long Careers
Brady High School will see two veteran educators retire at year end. Mrs. E. J. Powell has 44 years in Brady Schools, teaching at the elementary and high school levels and coaching in many UIL events. Alonzo Reed Jr. leaves after 43 years, including 17 at Dunbar and six at Brady High, with coaching stints in basketball and track. Both plan travel and relaxation, with Powell noting the high value of a democratic, education minded community.
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Brady High School
E. J. Powell
Brady
Alonzo Reed, Jr
Powell
Southwest Texas State University
San Marcos
Hardin Simmons University
C. A. Peterson
D. A. Newton
W. E. Whitten
C. A. Reynolds
Joe A. Adkins
The
Baptist Church
Powells
E. J
Reed
Dunbar School
Dunbar
Belton
Brownwood
Wiley College
Marshall
Prairie View A&m
Howard Payne
Hardin High School
Blackshear
San Angelo
Irene Hammond
Sandra
Texas Women’s University At
Denton
Dallas
Alonzo III
BHS
Methodist Church
Boy Scouts
Brady Little League Organization
Brady Housing Authority
District XV Teachers English Workshop
Mild Interest In School and City Elections
Absentee voting shows mild interest in city council and school trustee races. City Secretary Groves cites 26 city ballots cast with a March 28 deadline, while tax assessor Lewis reports 29 school trustee votes, also due March 28. Voters traveling April 1 should vote early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Groves
John Lewis
Brady Council Purchases Fire Truck and More
The Brady City Council vote funds a new fire truck and separate equipment totaling 22 703 including a jack. Joe Myrick becomes election judge replacing J J Seals as he is out of town. The panel also renews marina park lease with Dewey W Young and buys a greens mower for the golf course. Vernie Pike to work full time at the cemetery and water well No 4 pumping equipment repairs approved at 8502.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady Volunteer Fire Department
Joe Myrick
J. J. Seals
Seals
Dewey W. Young
Brady
C. B. Groves
Love Kimbrough Former Judge and Sheriff Dies
Love Kimbrough former Mc Culloch County Judge and Sheriff died at 4 55 a m Thursday in Heart of Texas Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Funeral services are pending at Wilkerson Funeral Home. Further information was not available at press time.
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Love Kimbrough
McCulloch
Heart of Texas Memorial Hospital
Wilkerson Funeral Home
Seminar Attended by Mrs Underwood and Mrs Hagler
Mrs Lou Underwood and Mrs Jack Hagler attended an educational seminar in San Angelo on Sunday. The event was conducted by Joe Oliveri named hairdresser of the year. Styles for 1972 featured the curling iron and lamp cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Underwood
Jack Hagler
San Angelo
Joe Oliveri
Four-County Meeting Delves Into Underground Water District
A Brady McCulloch Mason and Concho County delegation met in Austin with Texas Water Rights Commission officials to discuss forming an underground water district for the Hickory Land formation. They learned legal barriers, timing, and that any district would require state study and alignment across the four counties.
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The
Texas Water Rights Commission
Austin
McCulloch
Concho
Menard
Mason
San Angelo
Brady
McCulloch County
Roger George
Jim Feazelle
George Purcell
B. C. Broad
Larry Smith
Harold Schmidt
Lansing Rothmann
Bob Rasberry
Buddy Clark
Men
Hickory Land
Texas
Schleicher County
Texas Water Development Board
Carter
Hickory Sand
Bloodmobile comes to Brady for blood drive at church
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be in Brady on March 28 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Fourth and Bridge Street Church of Christ. W. L. McDowell praises McCulloch County and another county for meeting the year’s quota and urges 18-year-olds to donate as age requirement lowered to 18.
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Red Cross
Brady
Fourth and Bridge Street Church of Christ
McCulloch County
W. L. McDowell
License Plate Deadline Near McCulloch County Office
The McCulloch County Tax Assessor-Collector’s office will close at noon on Saturday March 25 and April 1. It will also stay open during the noon hour the week before April 1 for license plate purchases. Tax Collector Vernon Waddill Jr. reports 1,462 passenger car plates sold as of Monday, about half of the typical 3,000.
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McCulloch County
Vernon Waddill, Jr
Bulldog Band Seeks Seventh Straight UIL Sweepstakes Award
The Brady Bulldog Band directed by James Mallow travels to Ballinger for UIL concert playing and sight reading. They aim for a seventh straight Sweepstakes Award after already earning a Division I marching rating and an AI in concert and sight reading would secure the top honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulldog Band
Brady Bulldog
Ballinger
James Mallow
Dr Kerr to Keynote Brady Chamber Banquet
Dr Walter Kerr, director of the National Youth Foundation at Tyler, will be the keynote speaker at the Brady Chamber of Commerce annual meeting and banquet at 7 30 p m April 13 in the Brady Schools Cafeteria. Tickets are limited and may be bought from Chamber directors or the C C office. the Distinguished Service Award will be presented at the event.
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Walter Kerr
Brady Chamber of Commerce
Brady Schools
Dr. Kerr
National Youth Foundation
Valley Forge
America
Chamber of Commerce
C of C
George Purcell
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Mark Jones
John Tittle
Douglas Jeschke
Curtis Martin
James Reeves
Butch Bracy
Ben McCulloh
Rod Harrell
Albert Pearson
Ricky Gary
Ricky Jackson
Darryl Huffman
Jym Tittle
Greens
Vernie Pike
McCulloch Group
Water Commission
Deman
New Mexico
Colorado
Bloodmobile
Tyler
Abilene
Kerr
New York City
Times
Beauford Jester
Texas Training School Code Commission
Texas Youth Development Council
Youth Development Council
Jester
Allan Shivers
Whitehouse Conference On Children and Youth
Boy Scouts of America
Freedoms Foundation
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