Baccalaureate and Graduation Plans for Melvin Seniors
Leta Kay Snyder and David Stuckey named valedictorian and salutatorian for Melvin High School. Eleven seniors will graduate on May 25 with commencement in the high school auditorium. Reverends Stuckey and Stuckey will lead services, with Dr. F Porter delivering the keynote and diplomas presented by C E Bridge and George D Jenkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leta Kay Snyder
David Stuckey
Melvin
Kathy Flemming
Sandra Marshall
Mackye Morrow
Gayle Taliaferro
Ruby Jean Allen
Yolanda Benavidez
Lynda Hemphill
Donald Malmstrom
Ronald Malmstrom
Emcilia Martinez
Joe Martinez
Oliver Lee Moore
Lonnie Turner
Rotary Anns Hear Midland Mayor Avery Address
New Rotary officers for the coming year were elected recently led by John L. Morrow as president and Dr. Jerry R. Wood as vice president. Hank Avery spoke at a banquet in Fellowship Hall with guests including widows of deceased members and local civic figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Anns
Midland
Avery
Rotary Club
John L. Morrow
Jerry R. Wood
Burne Davis
E. F E. McLean
Billy Jack Neal
M. G. Breckenridge
L. J. Townsend
Sam McCollum II
Hank Avery
Firm
Architects
South Ward
Texas Municipal League
Mmes. Evans Adkins
Perley Samuelson
Hardee Russell
Pete Wolf
Wilson Jordan
Omer F. Thompson Dies at 76 in Brady
Omer F. Thompson, 76, longtime Menard resident, died at Fireside Nursing Home in Brady after a month illness. Funeral 2:50 p.m. Thursday at Mission Chapel. burial Pioneer Rest Cemetery. Survived by wife Ada Price Thompson. three daughters Mrs. Anderson Brady, Mrs. Freeman Lubbock, Mrs. Poe Santa Ana. two sons W. J. Thompson Sonora, Frank P. Thompson Menard. 11 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omer F. Thompson
Menard
Fireside
Brady
Mission Chapel
Pioneer Rest
Mr. Thompson
Ada Price
Church of Christ
Phillip Anderson
Don Freeman
Lubbock
June Poe
Santa Ana
Calif
W. J. Thompson
Sonora
Frank P. Thompson
Trustees Expected To Accept 3 New Units
The Brady School Board discussed remodeling fixtures for the high school auditorium and is expected to accept three new units next Monday. The items include the administration and homemaking building, the cafeteria, and the East China elementary school. J D D Patterson was hired as custodian and maintenance supervisor for heating and air conditioning. Patterson comes from Loadcraft. Lion Hardware Co of Abilene won the contract for new locks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady School Board
J. DD. Patterson
East
China
Patterson
Loadcraft
Lion Hardware Co
Abilene
George Jenkins Pioneer of Melvin Dies Thursday
George W. Jenkins 79 of Melvin died at 1 30 a m in San Angelo Clinic Hospital after a March hospital stay. Born July 19 1886 in Tapitola Mason County he and Mittie Wootton married in 1913. He moved to Melvin where he ranched 48 years and served on the Melvin School Board and as a deacon. Funeral 2 30 p m Saturday at Wilkerson Funeral Chapel with burial in Rest Haven Cemetery. He is survived by three sons, three brothers, five sisters, and six grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Jenkins
Melvin
San Angelo Clinic
Mr. Jenkins
Tapitola
Mason County
Mittie Wootton
Jenkins
Baptist Church of
Production Credit Association of Coleman
L. R. Stuckey
First Baptist Church of
Wilkerson Funeral Chapel
Rest Haven Cemetery
George D. Jenkins
Marion T. Jenkins
Carnation, Wash
D. R. Jenkins
Amar
Balloon Launched From GAFB Tracked by Helicopter
Residents at Fireside Nursing Home watched Wednesday as an Air Force helicopter landed near the facility to assist in tracking a large polyetherene balloon launched from Goodfellow AFB San Angelo at 10 30 am. The balloon carries instruments to collect atmospheric debris and descends with a parachute and red beacon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Air Force
Fireside Nursing Home
Air Force
Goodfellow Air Force Base
San Angelo
Morser
Matthews
Levasseur
2E Corley
Plateau Motel
Det. 15
CARC
Goodfellow Afb
Brady High to Hold 89 Seniors Graduation May 27
Brady High School will award diplomas to 89 graduates in commencement exercises May 27 at Bulldog Stadium east grandstand with rain location in the high school auditorium. Honor grads are valedictorian Johnnie Sue Jordan and salutatorian Victor Schill. Rev. Bill R. Boswell will give the address. Diploma ceremonies will be led by School Board vice president K. K. Steffens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tew
Stuckey
First Baptist Church of
Melvin
Bertil Thorne
Evangelical Free Church of Elgin
Dan Harry
First Methodist Church of
Fighty
Brady High School
At & P
Bulldog Stadium
Johnnie Sue Jordan
Victor Schill
Bill R. Boswell
First Christian Church
K. K. Steffens
Bulldog
Brady Parent-Teacher Associations
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Rotary Club
Damrosch Music Club
Sorosis Club
Arlie McBee 58 Zephyr Farmer Dies
Funeral services for James Arlie McBee, 58, of Zephyr were held Monday at 5 p.m. at First Baptist Church Peownwood with burial at Eastlawn Memorial Park. He died Saturday in Brownwood. Survived by wife Juanita and his mother Mary McBee of Mercury. Siblings include Archie McBee of Morton, and sisters in Rosewell, Lipan, and La Mesa. Brady attendees listed among mourners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Arlie McBee
First Baptist
Peownwood
Eastlawn Memorial Park
McBee
Brownwood
Juanita
Mary McBee
Mercury
Archie McBee
Morton
Joe McLean
Rosewell
N. M
Grady Guerry
Lipan
Major Miller Leaves For Viet Nam
Major Bruce M. Miller of Indianapolis departs this week with the 2nd Armored Division for service in South Viet Nam as a sector advisor. He joined Hell on Wheels in 1963 and has since held roles in Division Artillery and the 92nd Artillery. Miller will arrive in Vietnam in early June. his wife and four children will relocate from Killeen to El Paso where she will teach. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Tom Hill Miller of Brady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce M. Miller
Indy
2Nd Armored
Hell On Wheels
Republic of South Viet Nam
Miller
6Th Bn
92Nd Artillery
92Nd
Iron Deuce
Germany
Killeen
el Paso
Rochelle FFA In Mohair Judging
Rochelle FFA boys traveled to Bandera on Saturday for the Area VII wool and mohair judging contest. Miers Johnson assisted the team, with Mark Moseley and Lewis Bratton among the top judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochelle Ffa
Bandera
Miers Johnson
Mark Moseley
Lewis Bratton
Mary Helen Bratten Elected Parliamentarian at NTSU
Mary Helen Bratten of Melvin has been elected parliamentarian of the Student Education Association at North Texas State University in Denton. A sophomore education major, she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Bratten and a member of Alpha Phi sorority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NTSU
Mary Helen Bratten
Melvin
Student Education Association
North Texas State University
Denton
John A. Bratten
Alpha Phi
Defending Champion Returning For Heart of Texas Tourney
Del Rio golfer B Poole Jr the 1964 Heart of Texas champion will defend his title at the seventh annual Heart of Texas Men's Golf Association event set for May 27-30 at Brady Municipal Golf Course. About 128 entries expected from across Texas, with many from Del Rio Uvalde El Paso Garland and Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Poole, Jr
del Rio
Heart of Texas
Brady Municipal
Poole
John Lewis
Heart of Texas Men's Golf Association
California
Uvalde
Lewis
Fl Paso
Garland
Houston
Brady
Tech commencement draws 1300 applicants for May 29 degree event
More than 1300 students applied for degrees at Texas Tech May 29 commencement. Tony Vandella Flemming of Brady, an elementary education major, will receive a bachelor of science in education from the School of Arts & Sciences. Gov. John Connally will deliver the principal address at 8 p.m. in Lubbock Municipal Coliseum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fet Tech
Texas Tech
Tony Vandella Flemming
Brady
School of Arte & Sciences
John Connally
Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
Sutton Memorial Fund Established for New East China School
A memorial fund in memory of Harvey Sutton is set up at Brady National Bank to fund a library at the new East China Elementary School where Sutton would have been principal. Superintendent C A Reynolds says contributions are welcome from the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Sutton
Brady National Bank
East China
Sutton
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Leta Kay
Melvin High School
FHA
FFA Rodeo
McCulloch County
K. L. (Punk) Snyder
David
Melvin High
FFA
Dr. F Porter
Howard Payne College
C. E. Bridge
Melvin School Poard
Leta Kay Synder
Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
John Rudder
James Feazelle
Clinton Hudspeth
Bob Bryant
Greenville
Menard Pioneer
F. Thompson
George Jenkins
GAFB
Det. 1
6Th Weather Squadron
Goodfellow
Villa Camille
Kerrville
Guy Siler
James Mallow
Lucille Welch
E. J. Powell
Helen Marie Snell
David Anderson
Harold Anderson
Conrad Appleton
Jerry Atherton
Marilyn Blackwell
Janice Breckenridge
Cheryl Broad
Gary Brown
Neal Brown
Eddie Burk
James Burns
Dugan Calliham
Patsy Carr
Vernon Carroll
Don Cavness
Buddy Corder
Davey Cornelius
Joyce Cox
Janie Crew
Mary Ann DeBose
Tonie Elgueseba
Sandra Jo Elliott
Joe Evridge
Marvel Fisher
Sally Flores
Vickie Fowler
Jerry Friar
Nancy Gibson
Lou Donna Guice
Linda Harvey
Garland Haynes
Jackie Hendley
Judy Hoffpauiry
Billy Jackson
Sharon Jones
Thomas Jones
Jeanette Jordan
Cheryl Knight
Sheila Knutson
Kenny Rothmann
Kay Lankford
Cynthia Latham
Alice Ledezma
Marion Dean Lewis
Gail McBroom
Mike McBride
James Mahon
Connie Marines
Richard Martin
Kathrine Meredith
Kenneth Ray Moore
Brenda Joyce Neve
Kay Oates
Kenneth Oldham
Kurt Otte
Paul Priess
John Quinn
Nora Eileen Rich
Frances Roberts
Bobby Robertson
Becky Robles
Jimmy Rodrigue
Richard Roper
Ezzie Routt
Joy Russell
Garon Salter
Danny Schill
Jeanine Seals
Billie Jean Sellman
Ronnie Selman
Jane Spiller
Karston Steffens
Eli Stockstill
Jackson Stockstill
Ann Stromaquist
Betty Tally
Butch Thornton
Bill Wallace
Burl Wigginton
Birdia Williams
Elizia Williams
Johnny Dale Williams
Helen Wilson
Shirley Wootan
Tommy Wright
Ann Yarbrough
Mary Ziriax
Arlie McBee
Zephyr
Major Miller
Viet Nam
Mohair
Carolyn Huffman
Sylvia Huffman
Karen Fike
Herald
Brady Women’s Golf Association
All Flight
Dennis Snodgrass
Larry Ringer
Bob Bratton
Jane Harper
Vickie Boren
Supt. C. A. Reynolds
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