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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1965
Page
6
A large gathering gave Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gossett a household shower to replace belongings lost when their Mercury home burned recently. Represented by son Clark Gossett of Fort Worth and daughters Odell Meffee of Del Rio and Ruby Lloyd of Prady, they could not attend.
Local social notes list visitors from Odessa Big Spring Midland and Brady and relatives gathering for pecans. Gaylon Cowan returns to San Diego Naval Station after visiting relatives in San Antonio and here. How about Curtis Powell leaving for Midland for oil work and the Mercury Woman's Club meets. Jesse Farris recovers from a week of persistent hiccups and shops in Brownwood.
Funeral home and burial association contact details appear for Brady Texas. Ambulance service number listed as 77-2111.
A crow narrates a dramatic opening weekend encounter with hunters. He describes gliding to a mesquite perch and being beset by armed men with high powered rifles. The clash is intense and leaves the bird wounded as he recounts the scene and its violence.
A first person missive from Jeremiah recounts escaping a posse as he claims to become Jesse James in a brush filled chase. He notes no deaths but several wounded and warns hunters to shoot carefully during opening weekend. He ends with a vow to burn his hunting license at the courthouse steps.
A compact, nostalgic outdoors column offering practical tips. It covers training a bird dog pup to retrieve, safe handling of fish hooks with tape, tracking squirrels with sun reflections, singeing feather removal from fowl, fishing tactics for muddy water using surface lures, mosquito nets for camping, wax care for guns and cars, using a penlight at camp, preserving leather with a homemade formula, a quick dish drying method, and a nylon line drying trick.
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