Brady FFA President Jerry Smith Leads Hog and Lamb Projects
Jerry Smith 16, Brady High junior and Brady FFA president, manages hog and lamb programs with his father and brother. Since 1950 the family built a hog business from a Sears Foundation Duroc gift, crossing a Hampshire boar with Durocs for faster, higher quality market hogs. He also feeds Rambouillet lambs, placing fourth last year and raising 50 head this season, while serving as San Saba district FFA president and aiding March of Dimes drives and a rural directory project.
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Jerry Smith
Brady High School
Brady Chapter
Future Farmers of America
Jerry
Sears Foundation
Bob
Smith
Robert L. Smith
Brady Ffa
San Saba
FFA
Brady Chamber of Commerce
Hampshire
Fort Worth
McCulloch County
FFA Chapter Names Officers and Farm In Rochelle
Jerry announces the chapter officers with Eugene Sellman as second vice president Clyde Mc Lean as third vice president Richard Rickman as secretary Vernon Ryan as treasurer W T McLean as reporter Jack Roddie as sentinel and advisers Mr Holcomb and Mr Hampton. He also helps his dad on a 1300 acre Rochelle farm with summer terracing work.
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Eugene Sellman
Clyde McLean
Richard Rickman
Vernon Ryan
W. T. McLean
the Sentinel
Jack Roddie
Mr. Holcomb
Hampton
Jerry Said
Jerry
Rochelle
Fort Huachuca Sergeant James J. Snodgrass Promoted
James J. Snodgrass has been promoted to sergeant while serving at Fort Huachuca Arizona. He joined the Army in August 1951 and is part of the Medical Detachment at the fort hospital. His wife Johnnie resides in Fry Arizona.
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James J. Snodgrass
John
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
Snodgrass
Johnnie
Fry
Fort’s Hospital
Army
Johnsons Visit College Station Doctor and Family
Mr and Mrs Don F Johnson spent the weekend at College Station visiting their son Dr Don F Johnson Jr and family They returned home with their grandson David who will visit here in a couple of weeks Dr Johnson is an instructor in pathology in the Veterinary School at Texas A M Pfc Kenneth R Hemphill 20 whose wife Shirley lives in Brady recently spent a seven day rest and recuperation leave in Hataka Japan Hemphill is normally stationed in Korea as a construction specialist with the 2d Engineer Combat Battalion s Company D He entered the Army in July 1953 His parents Mr and Mrs Carey Hemphill lived at Pear Valley
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Don F. Johnson
College Station
Don F. Johnson, Jr
David
Dr. Johnson
Veterinary School
Texas A&m
Kenneth R. Hemphill
Shirley
Brady
Hakata
Japan
Hemphill
Korea
2d Engineer Combat _Battalion
Army
Carey Hemphill
Pear Valley
Texan Leads Pentagon Team Designing Atomic Weapons
Maj. Gen. Alvin R. Luedecke, 48, of San Angelo, heads the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project in the Pentagon. His unit coordinates Army Navy and Air Force weapon designs, including atomic and hydrogen devices, loading transport and delivery methods. The AFSWP, created in 1947 and employing about 10 000, trained Joint Task Force 7 officers for tests in the Pacific and at Yucca Flat with AEC collaboration. Luedecke, a 1938 Texas A&M graduate and friend of Rep. Olin Teague, is noted for sharp problem solving. Also noted is Gen. O P Weyland, Langley Field commander and A&M’s only four star graduate, class of 23.
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Tex Easley
Special
Washington Service
Washington
Pentagon
Armed Forces Special Weapons Project
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San Angelo
AFSWP
America
Luedecke
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AEC
Yucca Flat
Nevada Desert
Texas A&m
Rep
Olin EF
Tiger) Teague
College Station
Teague
Randolph Field
Air Corps
Texas Aggie High
Gen. O. P. Weyland
Far East
Tokyo
Langley Field
Norfolk
Weyland
A A&m
Visit Brings Laredo Family To Brady For Two Weeks
Mrs. Hugh Bauer and daughter Kathy Gail of Laredo are visiting Brady for two weeks with relatives and friends.
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Laredo
Hugh Bauer
Kathy Gail
Brady
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