Passing By L B SMITH
It recalls the U S Highway 87 Improvement Association meeting in Brady with talk of promotion from Canada to the Gulf Coast. The piece notes historical ties, early organizers, and Ford Motor Co involvement in the "High Road" film and highway lore across multiple states and cities.
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Pres
Norman Lawler
Chamber of Commerce
Raton
N. Mex
Fredericksburg
Havre
Mont
Port Lavaca
Texas
Canada
Gulf Coast
Brady
A. B. Davis
Lubbock
Big Spring
San Angelo
San Antonio
Ford Motor Co
Henry Ford International Memorial Highway Association
Denver
Sweet Grass
Laredo
Rio Grande
America
Yellowstone
Pikes Peak
Great Divide
Taos Pueblo
Silver Dollar Tabor
Buffalo Bill
Davy Crockett
Hardin Jones resigns as Heart of Texas Memorial Hospital president
Hardin H. Jones, president of the trustees, resigns from the board effective October 21 1976 due to health. R S Moseley elected to fill the presidential vacancy. Jones since 1969 led plans for a new hospital and helped run the old Brady Hospital while engaging in extensive volunteer work and local leadership.
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Hardin H. Jones
The
Heart of Texas Memorial Hospital
Jones
Moseley
Brady Hospital
McCulloch County
Brady National Bank
Three Vie For Title Of Grid Sweetheart
Brady High School hosts homecoming events with a torch walk bonfire and pep rally at Richards Park and BHS gym. At 11 30 a m Friday the Football Sweetheart will be named with three candidates Teresa Matthiesen Beth Bratton and Georgina Miller introduced at halftime of the Yellowjacket game.
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Brady High School
Richards Park
BHS
Teresa Matthiesen
Norbert Matthiesen
Beth Bratton
Gene Bratton
Georgina Miller
George Miller
Brady Lake welcomes Kentucky Fried Chicken grand opening
Brady Lake welcomes a new Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant at 1602 South Bridge St. owned by Roy and wife Swafford with Tom Harber as manager and Dean Coyle as assistant manager. Local officials praise the crew and invite residents to visit as Col. Sanders’ fried chicken story is noted.
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Tom Harber
Dean Coyle
Harker
Brady's
S. Bridge
Brady
South Bridge St
Roy Swafford
Brady Lake
Swafford
Wall
Harber
U. S. Navy
Coyle
San Angelo
Col. Sanders
Corbin
Mrs. D. S. Pumphrey Dies Civic Leader at 86
Funeral services for Mrs. D. S. Charlotte Pumphrey longtime Mercury community leader will be held at 11 a m Friday at Union Presbyterian Church Brownwood with Dr. William Logan presiding Burial will be in Greenleaf Cemetery She was born February 22 1890 in Coryell County and married Dudley S. Pumphrey in Brownwood in 1912 Surviving sister Mrs William Matthews of Brownwood Burial was delayed awaiting a nephew and wife from England.
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D. S
Charlotte) Pumphrey
Mercury
Brownwood
Union Presbyterian
William Young
Coryell County
Dudley S. Pumphrey
Mercury Ranch
Charlotte
William
Fannie) Matthews
England
William Matthews
Heavy Turnout Expected in Tuesday’s McCulloch County Election
Anticipation runs high as voters prepare for the general election on Tuesday November 2 with five presidential candidates on the ballot. The ballot format is described as resembling a bedsheet. The race is expected to attract a large turnout across McCulloch County.
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McCulloch County
Trapper Fund Depleted Seeks Replenish and Local Races Noted
The Trapper Fund is depleted and needs replenishing says Parker Pumphrey, president of the McCulloch County Predatory Animal Control Committee. Landowners are asked to donate 2 cents per acre to Jack Bob Smith, treasurer, in Brady. Bordered by local politics, the piece notes Ford Carter race tightens with Bentsen Steelman Gallion Vasques. Poage, Nabers, Yarbrough facing opponents. Jerry Johnson runs write-in against J W Hughes amid county races. Marshall and Vegel new county officials awaiting canvass.
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Parker Pumphrey
McCulloch County
Predatory Animal Control Committee
J. D. Morris
Brady
Colorado River
Voca
Pumphrey
Jack Bob Smith
Cattleman's Production Association
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
U. S
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Donnybrook
Lloyd Bentsen
GOP
Alan Steelman
Marjorie P. Gallion
Socialist Workers Party
Pedro Vasques
W. R
Bob) Poage
D-Waco
Jack Burgess
Waco
Jon Newton
Lynn Nabers
Brownwood
Jay L. Longley
Don
McCulloch
G. L
Jerry) Johnson
J. W. Hughes
Johnson
Floyd Marshall
Lamar Lelfcate
Bill
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L.B. Smith
Alaska
Mexico
Hardin Jones
Board of Trustees
R. S
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Col. Harland Sanders
D. S. Pumphrey
Round Mountain
Red Cross
Heart and Cancer Fund
Friends of the Library
K. F.C
Roy Syettord
Trapper
Yarbrough
Supreme Court
Houston
Tom Larance
Marshall
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Boy Scout House
Armory
Rochelle
Lohn
Mercury Community
Melvin
Spencer Engdahl
Ann Dodds
Josephine Haynes
W. L
Pat) Ryan Clarence Salter
M.S. Burk
Robert Bratton
L. C. Underwood
Edsel Malmstrom
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