First Four Dams On Brady Creek In McCulloch County Completed
Arrows mark eight sites on ranches where dams are finished or underway along Brady Creek. Sites 40 and 41 on Noble Johnson Ranch were completed Saturday by Fort Worth contractors Freeman and Ansley. Site 39 on Conn Johnson ranch built by Bullard and Davidson of Grand Saline. Site 29 on Doyle Wilson ranch, 13 miles southeast of Eden, completed by Centex Paving Co. of San Antonio. Roland Scherer won the Site 34 dam contract after initial contractor default due to water shortage.
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Bob Armour
Jesse Stephens
Arrows
Roland Scherer
Scherer
Arrow
Noble Johnson Ranch
Freeman and Ansley
Fort Worth
Conn Johnson Ranch
Bullard & Davidson
Grand Saline
Centex Paving Co
San Antonio
Doyle Wilson Ranch
Eden
Brady Herald
Brady Creek Dam Project Expands in Texas Watershed
Brady Creek Dam project advances with eight of 46 dams completed in McCulloch and Brady counties. Dams range to 876 feet long and 42 feet high, creating a checkerboard of lakes for flood control irrigation and recreation. Fredericksburg and Comal County visitors join statewide tours admiring the model project.
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McCulloch
Washington
McCulloch County
Herberg
Brady Creek
County Spends Over 100000 on Soil and Water Efforts in 1954
Gillespie County farmers and ranchers carried out ACP soil and water conservation practices despite bad weather. Over 100000 dollars spent with 54958.38 in direct producer payments. Major actions include 65 miles of terraces, 97 480 cubic yards moved, 20 acres waterways, 140 000 cubic yards dirt moved for 66 earthen dams, 4539 acres winter legumes, 26 stock wells, and extensive brush control. About 370 farmers participated, benefiting roughly 240000 acres.
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Gillespie Co
ASC
Gillespie County
Dams Rise Across McCullouch County To Curb Flood Waters
The Brady Herald notes runoff from an eight inch rain failed to fit up as dams are built across McCullouch County to manage flood waters that have inundated property in past years.
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McCullouch County
Chamber delegates tour Brady Creek dam project
Five members of the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce accompanied a Comal County delegation to visit the Brady Creek dam project last Friday. Pictured left to right are Alfred Rusenberger Harry Jordan Kurt Hansen Hilmar Weinher Star photo member and Bill Petmecky.
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Fredericksburg
Brady Creek
Mer
Bill Petmecky
Comal County
House Approves Sale of Government Rubber Plants
The House approved selling government owned synthetic rubber plants for 300 million dollars by a two to one margin. The piece notes the plants were built early in the war to replace rubber seized by Japan, and that new private owners would supply rubber at fair prices, countering claims small businesses would be harmed. The article also lists local visits and obituaries from Brown County including references to the Dees and McDonald families and Lemmita McDonald’s death.
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Southeast Asia
Cote del Satie
Bam
sInoKe
Harper Herald Briefs and Local Notes
Local page compiles terse items from Harper Texas. Small notices, business updates, and community happenings fill the Friday edition with brief reports and notices.
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THE
Harper Herald
Harper, Texas
Letter to the Editor on Central Texas Electric Cooperative funds
Fredericksburg reader defends members against using cooperative funds to defend libel suits. He disputes 1953 voting legality, questions a June 1954 Rural Electrification Administration letter, and accuses directors and manager of private use of money. He cites high operating costs and questions advance payments and billing practices.
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Fredericksburg
Texas
Harper Herald
President Whitt
Central Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc
Coop
Board of Directors
W. C. McWilliams
Mr. Whitt
Ancher Nelson
Rural Electrification Administration
R. E. Lee
Mason County
Frank Schmidt
Whitt
Petsch
United States
Swanson McWilliams
R. C. Hagee
Birthday Supper Attended by Hopfs in Kerrville
Mr and Mrs Glen Hopf attended a birthday supper at the home of Mr and Mrs Dick Grona in Kerrville on a recent Pangday night reported by The Herald.
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Glen Hopf
Dick Grona
Kerrville
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