Going to Mexico City: Melvin seniors head settler trip
GOING TO MEXICO CITY: These Melvin High School seniors plan a settler trip to Mexico City this year. They depart Friday morning after commencement. Baccalaureate is scheduled for Sunday May 25. The photo identifies students Margaret Akins Frances Jacobson Sharon Smith Rachel De Los Santos Betty Swensk Adrian Cooper Charles Martin Reynold Lee Hargroves Guillermo Lopez and Lonnie Parks with Principal Floyd Mershall.
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Mexico
Melvin High School
Mexico City
Margaret Akins
Frances Jacobson
Sharon Smith
Rachel de Los
Committee Okays Schools Urges Dunbar Improvements
A Hale-Aikin study in McCulloch County finds standards high and classrooms adequate. It recommends adding more Dunbar School courses to meet state requirements and projects a need for more teachers. Textbooks are adequate except in vocational areas. salary scales aim to recruit qualified teachers.
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Dunbar
McCulloch County
Brady
Hale- Aikin
Hale-Aikin
War Committee
Milburn Homecoming Scheduled for June 1
The annual Milburn Homecoming will be held on June 1 with a basket lunch by each family and barbecue provided free. The Gospelairs will present a program at Milburn on Saturday night May 31.
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Milburn
Gospelairs
Recreation Program Begins Here June 9
Brady city and Brady school sponsor a summer recreation program starting Monday June 9 with swimming lessons story hour and recreation period for young children tennis for older students a Junior Olympics track and field program and a Little League baseball season. Coach Chuck York directs the Junior Olympics and weighs a possible adult weight lifting class.
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Brady
Brady School
Chuck York
York
Maurice Richie
North Ward
Fen
South Ward
Glenda Fowler
Brady Hie
Bulldog Stadium
Abilene
Brady Creek water supply meeting delayed to June
A Brady Lake meeting on Brady Creek water supply plans is delayed at least two weeks. SCS conservationist W E Jacoby says E J Hughes doubts readiness to report before June 1. Freese Nichols engineers and Santa Fe Railroad were to attend the May 15 session.
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Brady's
W. E. Jacoby
Soil Conervation Service
E. J. Hughes
SCS
Brownwood
Hughes
Freese & Nichols
Brady Creek
Santa Fe Railroad
Baccalaureate Set for Lohn Seniors
Lohn High School seniors will attend baccalaureate services at 11 a.m. Sunday in the Lohn tabernacle. Rev. James Golden of Lohn Baptist Church will preach. Commencement exercises and diplomas are scheduled for Friday, May 23.
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Lohn High School
Lohn Tabernacle
James Golden
Lohn Baptist Church
Brady Rancher Charged With Poison Death of Wife
Rochelle Class takes Driver Licenses exam as 16 Rochelle High School students, all freshmen, sit tests under Coach Terrell Rice. Most pass though some experience stage fright. those who fail may retry next week.
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Rochelle High School
Brady
Terrell Rice
Rice
Rochelle
Texas
Bangs and
Yoakum
Co op to Try Again Saturday Night
The Farmers and Ranchers Co op will retry its annual stockholders meeting at Richards Park Saturday night if rain holds. Registration starts at 7 p.m. and the meeting at 7:30 p.m. A barbecue supper will be served and three directors to be elected. Rain postponed the May 3 meeting.
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Farmers and Ranchers Coop
Richards Park
Brady High School Students Invited to Oak Ridge Tour
Five Brady High School boys from the Nuclear Physics Club will tour Oak Ridge National Laboratory on June 7. Students David Groves Karl Otte Larry Clevenger Charles Newlin and Danny Wilson will see reactors processing labs and the Oak Ridge Museum of Atomic Energy with post graduate classes from Chattanooga and a TVA dam visit.
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Brady High School
Tenn
National Atomic Energy Laboratory
David Groves
Karl Otte
Larry Clevenger
Charles Newlin
Danny Wilson
Atomic Energy Institute
Signal Mountain
Thomas
Institute
Oak Ridge
Chattanooga
Voca
Charles
Clinton Newlin
Danny
Chester Wilson
Dawgs Barbecue Honors Brady Athletes At May 22 Event
Tickets for the OW Hound Dawgs spring barbecue at Richards Park on May 22 highlight Brady School athletes. The event ends the school year and will award YY and outstanding back honors to the Brady High football team in the finals last season. Robert Davee chairs the ticket committee. tickets cost $1 and ladies are invited.
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OW Hound Dawgs
Richards Park
Brady
Hound Dawes
Presentation YY
Robert Davee
Mothers' Athletic Club to Elect Officers Monday
The Mothers' Athletic Club will meet at 7 30 Monday night at the home of Mrs L B Smith to elect officers for the coming year. Members are urged to attend.
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Mothers’ Athletic Club
L. B. Smith
Brady rancher Held for Grand Jury Probe Monday
Ledbetter Rollie White Ledbetter a 41 year old Brady rancher was charged with murder in the poison death of his wife Gladys Raye Ledbetter 30 died April 20. The murder charge was filed by Sheriff Luke Vogel and Ledbetter is jailed awaiting the 35th District grand jury convening Monday. He underwent a polygraph test in Waco and sign ed a statement. Mrs Ledbetter former Gladys Raye Smith was a Brady telephone operator. They married July 3 1945 and had no children.
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Rollie White Ledbetter
Brady
Gladys Raye Ledbetter
Luke Vogel
Justice of Peace
Joe Myrick
Ledbetter
McCulloch
35Th District
Department of Public Safety
Waco
Vogel
Austin
Brady Hospital
Brady Exchange
Charlie Miller
Mason
Mason County
Carl Bauer
Alonzo Schuessler
Eva Goodwyn to Appear on KRBC-TV Show Friday
Eva Goodwyn will appear on the Nineteen Show on KRBC TV Abilene Friday May 16 at 4 o’clock. She is the daughter of Mrs Farris Martin.
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Eva Goodwyn
Krbc-Tv
Abilene
Eva
Farris Martin
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Lohn
T. K. Anderson
First Methodist Church
Ervin R. Watson
First Christian Church
John Gilbert
Trinity Methodist Church
M. S. Pinkerton
Brady Presbyterian Church
George Johanson
San Saba- Brady
Brady Schoo
C. A. Reynolds
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