Brady Chamber funds show small surplus amid Christmas needs
Brady Chamber of Commerce directors heard a $27.24 income excess over expenses as manager George Purcell warned October results would look bad due to low income. They voted to seek newsletter contributions for decorations and to press Lt. Price at Reese AFB for highway sign damages. Purcell urged attendance at the Industrial Breakfast where Mayor Lawler spoke.
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Brady Chamber of Commerce
George Purcell
Lt. Price
Reese Air Force Base
Lubbock
Highway 87
Eden
Brady
Purcell
Norman Lawler
McCulloch County 4 H Horse Club Elects Officers
Over 80 members and leaders met at Brady Housing Center to organize the McCulloch County 4 H Horse Club Jimmy Rodgers was elected president Linda Rodgers vice president and Susan Bratton secretary treasurer The Gage and Probst couples were named organizational leaders A film on horses narrated by Lorne Greene was shown and the executive committee will plan the year Interested youths aged 9 19 not present may contact the County Agent for details.
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4-H
Brady Housing Center
McCulloch County
Lorne Green
No Action Taken On Brady Peddling Ordinance Revision
Brady City Council held a special session to consider adopting a revised peddling ordinance. It was not adopted. legality questions and publication doubts linger, and the matter was tabled for further study. Luigi and others attended the meeting as residents and a Mason attorney advised.
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Council On
Brady
Luigi
Attenasio
Fred Johnson
David Solis
Dewey W. Young
McDade
Jack Lee
Mason
County Industrial Foundation Plans New Contacts
The McCulloch County Industrial Foundation met at Plateau Restaurant to discuss Brady area industry. President Hardin H. Jones said the group will contact Allied Products and Loadcraft to assess expansion and electrical needs, with interest shown by Trailmobile and Piper Cab Co. About 25 businessmen attended.
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McCulloch County Industrial Foundation
Plateau
Brady
Hardin H. Jones
Foundation
Allied Products
Loadcraft
Jones
Norman Lawler
Trailmobile
Piper
Industrial Foundation
Allied
Curtis Field
Court Appoints Election Judges and Raises for Park Keeper
Mc Culloch County Commissioners Court appointed two election judges Albert Gray and Mrs Vivian Hurd. The park caretaker received a six percent raise matching city policy. Court approved a grant application to the Texas Criminal Justice Council for a second year of a comprehensive adult probation program for Coleman Brown Mc Culloch and Mills Counties with funds allocated to the grantee and a conditional continuation option.
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McCulloch County
Texas Criminal Justice Council
Coleman, Brown, McCuloch
Mills
Mrs Lizzie Spinks Dies at 94 in Brady
Lizzie Spinks 94 of Brady died at 7 20 p m Wednesday in Heart of Texas Memorial Hospital. Funeral services are pending at Wilkerson Funeral Home in Brady.
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Lizzie Spinks
Brady
Heart of Texas Memorial Hospital
Wilkerson Funeral Home
Congressman's Luncheon Set at West Texas Chamber Meet
Claude W. Brown of McCamey announces that Omar Burleson U S congressman from the 17th District and Ways and Means member will speak at the noon luncheon October 20 during the West Texas Chamber of Commerce Mid-Year Meeting in Lubbock October 19-20. More than 200 directors and guests will attend. Director Lewis A. Jordan and members have been invited to the event.
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Claude W. Brown
McCamey
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Omar Burleson
U. S
House
Ways and Means Committee
Lubbock
Lewis A. Jordan
Balloon lands near Brady after long flight
A large five million cubic foot balloon carrying instruments including an infrared telescope landed 10 miles south of Brady after drifting about 150 miles from its launch near Palestine. National Balloon Center officials called it the largest of its kind, with a 92,700 foot peak reached during a 9 hour 24 minute flight begun at 8:13 p.m. Tuesday.
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Brady
National Balloon Center
Palestine
Dusty Rhodes
Waco
Freak Auto Fire Leaves One Burned
A freak auto fire on the Brownwood Highway near the bridge across from Tony Byrd's welding shop left Billie Joe Nixon severely burned and Arthur Rosett uninjured after a trailer hitch punctured the fuel tank. Nixon, a Deridder Louisiana resident, exited the car and fell into flaming gasoline. she received third degree burns over 85 percent of her body and was airlifted to a San Antonio army hospital after initial treatment at Heart of Texas Memorial Hospital.
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Dihtap
Billie Joe Nixon
Brooke Medical Center
San Antonio
Brownwood
Tony Byrd
Arthur Rosett
Hollywood
Fla
Deridder
Brady Fire Department
Heart of Texas Memorial Hospital
S. Merlin McAnelly
Rosett
San Antonio Army Hospital
California
Three Attend Historical Meeting In Barton County Area
Three McCulloch County members of the Edwards Plateau Historical Association attended the 11th annual meeting at Barnet last Saturday. Attendees included John Brown of Stacy and Mr. and Mrs. George Engdahl of Rochelle. Afterward the group toured the restored Fort Croghan museum the old Mormon Mill and several other sites.
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McCulloch County
Edwards Plateau
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Jeannie Craft
Nancy Allen
Marci Slocum
Karen Ricks
Carla Dodds
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