Planes Bring 72 Visitors To See Brady Creek Work
Eighteen planes carried 72 pilots and passengers from Texas Panhandle to Brady to tour the Brady Creek Watershed project. Officials from Soil Conservation and local government hosted the visitors, many from Plainview and surrounding counties, for a luncheon and program. Weather delayed the flight about an hour but all planes eventually landed safely and the party toured the site.
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Brady Creek
Panhandle
Texas
Brady
Panview
Hale County
Lamb
Castro
Palmer
Running Draw
White River
Saba-Brady Soil Conservation District
Plateau
Gene Mitchell
Mitchell
Dogs Shift Lineup For Lampasas Tilt
The Brady Bulldogs adjust their lineup as they head to Lampasas after a 40-0 loss in Winters. Coach Owens says 11 players are eager to play and will give their all. The Badgers, 1-1, feature Randy Pritchett and Smoky Brister, with Brister a key receiver and ball carrier.
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K. Y. Owens
Jugelei H
Brady Bulldogs
Lampasas
Bulldogs
Owens
Badgers
Randy Pritchett
Comanche
Smoky Brister
Bob Bellamy
Sammy Bagey
Trent Lancaster
Brister
Bellamy
Telephone Co op Members Meet Next Monday
Central Texas Telephone Co op holds its ninth annual meeting next Monday in Oldthwaite. Registration starts 1 p m, business session at 2 p m in the American Legion Hall on U S Highway 182 south of Goldthwaite. Prizes include twenty five dollar total and ten long distance calls plus a merchant prize list from Goldthwaite merchants.
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Central Texas Telephone Co-op
Oldthwaite
Co-Op
New American Legion Hall
U. S. Highway 182
Goldthwaite
United States
Fifty on Jury Panel For $160 000 Suit
Fifty prospective jurors are being called next Tuesday for County Judge Love Kimbroughs $100,000 suit against T A Parker in 5th District Court. The panel will report at 9 a m. The suit stems from a state endorsed by Parker and broadcast over radio KNEL last spring.
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Love Kimbrough
T. A. Parker
5Th District
Parker
KNEL
Lampasas Lions Host Pancake Supper Before Football Game
Fans in Lampasas are invited to a pancake supper by the Lampasas Lions Club before the Brady game Friday night. The event starts at 5:30 p.m. in the elementary school lunch room across from the field, with 50-cent tickets at the door and extra for bacon.
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Brady
Lampasas Lions Club
Lampasas
Lampasas Lions
Romans O'Hair
Wool Growers Vote to Continue Advertising Program
McCulloch County sheep producers favor continuation of the wool and lamb advertising program. In county results 151 producers with 72 292 sheep voted for the proposal versus 80 producers with 7 997 sheep against. If approved, a one cent per pound deduction on wool would fund the national advertising effort through the American Sheep Council for four more years.
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McCulloch County
ASC
American Sheep Council
County ASC Committee Re-elected at County Convention
County ASC Committee members Ben Hodges, Earl Dahlberg, and Dana Henderson were re elected. Alternates were Orville Beakley and Paul Hanson. Community committees named new and returning members including Edward Lyckan, Virgil Dahlberg, D H Milburn, Zane Carroll, Stanley Moore, Omer Hall, Orville Beakley, Grady Yates, and Bill Lankford.
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ASC
Ben Hodges
Waldrip
Earl Dahlberg
Melvin
Dana B. Henderson
Mercury
Orville Beakley
Paul Hanson
West Sweden
Edward Lyckan
Dodge
Virgil Dahlberg
D. H. Milburn
Brady
Zane Carroll
Lohn
Stanley Moore
Omer L. Hall
Doole
Grady Yates
Placid
Bill Lankford
Rochelle
Fire Chief to Head CD in McCulloch County
Brady Fire Chief Joe Mc Anally was appointed Civil Defense director for McCulloch County. He replaces Joe Ogden who resigned after 10 years on the job. Mc Anally will serve by appointment of County Judge Love Kimbrough, Brady Mayor John Rudder, and Melvin Mayor Shields Norwood.
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Brady
Joe McAnally
M.culloch County
Joe Ogden
McAnally
Love Kimbrough
John Rudder
Shields Norwood
Melvin FFA Chooses Justine Johnson as Sweetheart
Justine Johnson named sweetheart of the Melvin Future Farmers Chapter. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe D. Johnson, she is active in school and serves as first vice president of the Future Homemakers, majorette in the drill team, and a multi sport athlete in basketball volleyball and tennis.
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Justine Johnson
Melvin Future Farmers Chapter
Joe D. Johnson
Justine
The
Future Homemakers
Officers Elected At Brady Junior High
Brady Junior High school elected class officers Tuesday morning. Eighth grade winners were Barry Myrick president Pat Elliott vice president and Joe Marie Gault secretary. Seventh graders Michael Pellizzari president Peggy Hargrove vice president Paul Dobbs secretary. Sixth graders Jeannie Slaughter president Doug as Snowden vice president Jane Raymond Lafuente secretary.
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Brady Junior High School
Barry Myrick
Pat Elliott
Joe Marie Gault
Michael Pellizzari
Peggy Hargrove
Paul Dobbs
Jeannie Slaughter
Dougas Snowden
Jane Raymond Lafuente
Navy Airman Loses Leg and Foot in Carrier Accident
Earl Wayne Smith 19 of Brady Texas, on duty aboard the USS Midway in the Far East, was struck by an arresting pendant cable on the flight deck. His left leg was severed and his right foot amputated. he is hospitalized in Yotsuka Japan and may be flown to the United States as his condition improves. His parents Mr and Mrs Jack Williams reside on a ranch near Menard and were notified. Smith attended Brady High School and joined the Navy in January 1956. He is married with a baby son. his wife and child live in Bakersfield California. He may be addressed via the U S Navy Hospital Fleet Post Office San Francisco California.
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McCulloch County
Midway
Far East
Earl Wayne Smith
Brady
Jack Williams
Menard
Smith
Yotsuk A
Japan
Navy
United States
Williams
Navy Department
Brady High School
R. M. Priesmeyer
Texaco
MecShan & Son Grocery
Wfe
Pakersfield
Calif
U. S. Navy
Fleet Post Office
San Francisco
Rural Areas Top Quotas For United Fund Campaign
McCulloch County rural communities drive United Fund goals with strong cooperation. Co chair George Purcell notes many towns exceed quotas including Fife Dodge Fairview East Sweden Pear Valley Placid Waldrip. Doole Stacy Salt Gap raise over double quota. Calf Creek and Lohn near/under targets. Remaining towns Rochelle Melvin West Sweden Voca Mercury still active.
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McCulloch County
United Fund
George Purcel
Fife
Dodge
Fairview
East Sweden
Pear Valley
Placid
Waldrip
Purcell
Lohn
Rochelle
Melvin
West Sweden
Voca
Mercury
Rainfall totals across McCulloch County vary
A cool front Tuesday afternoon and night brought light moisture to McCulloch County. Brady recorded .37 inch, Melvin .8 inch, and Camp San Saba area saw showers of about equal proportion. Other parts of the county received from .3 to .5 inch.
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McCulloch County
Brady
Melvin
Camp San Saba
Tomlinsons Set Up Home in Big Spring
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Tomlinson are making their home at 1518 Sycamore Apt. B in Big Spring. Mr. Tomlinson is associated with Cosden Petroleum Co.
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Big Spring
Mrs
Pete Tomlinson
Sycamore, Apt. B
Mr. Tomlinson
Cosden Petroleum Co
Kimble and Menard Counties Sing Convention at Hext Church
The Kimble and Menard Counties Singing Convention will meet Sunday at the Hext Baptist Church. The public is invited to attend.
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Kimble and Menard County
Hext Baptist Church
Red and White Store Celebrates 22nd Anniversary
Brady’s Red and White Food Store at 700 North Bridge marks its 22nd birthday hosted by owner J. W. Stanphill and family. Knutson family ties run deep with long-time staff Roger Morin and Johnny Rubio among a small crew. More than 600 prizes will be awarded at the two day event.
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Brady
700 North Bridge
J. W. Stanphill
K. I
Pete) Knutson
Stanphills
Coleman
Wootan
Red & White
Roger Morin
Johnny Rubio
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Soil C Nscrvation District
Plainview
M. D. Hood
Maj R James, Jr
Olton
Andy Rogers
Childress
Bill Clayton
Spring
W. G. Patton
Leon Marks
Clovis
N. M
Clifford Powell
SCS
George Johanson
Eden
San
Brady Lake
Projet
Soil Conservation Tour
Orton
James, Jr
Lamrasas
Georgetown
Fadgers
Greg Chase
Paul Booker
Robert Floyd
John Espinoza
Kenneth Hudspeth
Craig Steffens
Johnny Williams
David Taylor
Harold Anderson
Jimmy Fradshaw
W. L. Mooring
Ronnie Kyzar
Wool Growers
County
Melvin Ffa
Knutson
Pete Knutson
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