The Brady Standard and Heart O' Texas News (Brady, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1961 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. LII, No. 12
Cattlemen Urged to Get Ready for Brucellosis Tests
Program Organized;
Crew Due Here Soon
Builders Had Best
Year Since 1953
It was a good year for build-
er* in Brady, the beat in fact
•ince 1063.
Building permit* issued by the
City of Brudy during 1900 totaled
$852,450.
The biggest projects were two
new warehouses ($40,000 each)
for Roddiu Wool Scouring Com-
pany, the new dressing rooms for
physical education classes at
Brady High ($19,500), the new
Stolen Aulo
Recovered in
Less Than Hour
Onick work by the sheriff’s
office recovered a 1950 Ford in
less than un hour after it was
stolen here Saturday afternoon.
But it was still bud news for
the owner, Mrs. Connie Colvin,
a wuitress at Puckett’s Cafeteria.
The driver had burned up the
engine, and the car had to be
dragged back from Mason.
Mrs. Colvin had parked the enr
on the north side of the J. C.
Penney Compnny store here. It
was gone when she returned
nhout 4:15 p. m.
The sheriff’s department broad-
east a pickup order and called
Mason officers by phone. The Ma-
son offieers intercepted the car
about 5 p. m. at the caution light
just north of town.
Deputy Shoriff Golden Jones
and Brand Inspector Herman Por-
ter went to Mason to return the
driver to Brady.
“He couldn’t have gone much
farther anyway. He had burned
out the oil. ami he was about to
run out of gas. He didn’t have
but $1 in his pocket,” Jones said.
“Mrs. Colvin hud a sack of groc-
eries in the car, too, but he had
given them away before he left
Brailv. He was headed to San
Antonio.”
Charges of auto theft were filed
with Justice of Peace Joe My-
rick against Jos* Iwija, 34. of San
Antonio. He is being held in jail
in lieu of $1,250 bond, awaiting
action by the grand jury.
field house at Brady High
599), a new store building for
Higginbotham Bros. Lumber Co.
($16,001*), and repair of fire dam-
age at Rudder Drug ($20,000),
Building permits issued during
December went to:
W. H. Milkv to udd room at
1801 South High at u cost of
$1,200.
—Buford Sheffield. Jr., to build
five-room residence at 2208 South
Walnut at u cost of $10,000.
—Mrs. Annie McShan to build
carport nt 906 Bee at a cost of
$150.
—Howard Gibson to build ear
port at 1501 North Elisabeth at a
cost of $150.
—G. W. Ferguson to build five-
room residence on est Sixth at
u cost of $16,000.
Here’s how 1960’s building per
mits compare with years past:
I960 $152,450
1959 191.797
1958 232.161
1957 74,150
1956 64.800
1955 151.730
1954 . ........ 253,400
1963 429,055
1952 803.908
1951 ................... 766.285
1950 4.79.000
A. J. HERRINGTON
Rain in Brady
For'60 Totals
Even 11 Inches
Rain in Brady for 1960 totaled
un even 27 inches.
That was u good record, above
the normal of 24.94 inches and
considerably better, of course, than
the drouth years of ♦*»* 1950’s
when less than half of that fell.
The year also produced a
wet fall, 6.71 inches in Oct-
ober, only .74 inch In Novem-
ber. but 4.74 inches in Dec-
ember, giving a good start for
the spring of 1961.
This winter’s low temperature
was recorded on Dec. ‘.2 when the
mercury dropped to 19 degrees.
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As recorded by Mrs. J. it.
Cochran. U. S. weather observer
NEW YEAR’S -
BABY LATE
McCulloch County’s New
Year's baby was a little late
but finally arrived at 9:50 a.
ni. Wednesday.
A boy was born at Brudy
Hospital to Mr. and Mrs.
Grady Clark. He weighed 8
pounds I1* ounces.
The New Year meant a new
year for A. J. Herrington of
Brady, who observed his 93rd
birthday Wednesday, Jan. 4.
Mr. Herrington, who is enjoying
good health, has resided in Brady
ior the last 15 years. An early-
day blacksmith at Hamilton. Mr.
Herrington moved to Colorado
City in 1907. and for many years
op« rated the Ford automobile
ageney there. He farmed in Frio
County from 1931 to 1941.
Mr. Herrington has three child-
ren, A. A. Herrington of Colorado
City, Mrs. George Morgan of Ro-
chelle. and Mrs. Lena L. Jackson
of Bandera.
Mr. and Mrs. Herrington reside
it H’. 11 South Blackburn.
(•Hc*tN of Itlemmns
Holiday guests In the Louis
lllerman home were Mr and
Mrs Auhrnv lllerman and dauah
ler. Nila; Mr and Mrs Kmltt
Herod and daughter Elephant*,
all of l.uMtoik and Mr and Mrs
\V 8 East of 8un Angelo
County Trapper at War
Against Wolves, Foxes
Lonnie Morris, the County's of-
ficial trapper, has been making a
good harvest of wolves and red
foxes during the last three months,
although the wet weather ha*
slowed him up.
“When it dries up. I II start cat
trapping.” he say*. One# he puts
out his traps he has to run them
every day to be sure that sheep
ami goal* don’t get caught
During December. Morris
got 30 red fuse*, and one
wolf.
Citizens Urged to Tell
Solons of Park Needs
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and th* like
In in.vn retail sale* of tents {
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ret* ■ ml r*m nine Items unused!
It was a bad month. It has
been so muddy I couldn’t get
in Ihe pastures.” he says.
The wolves have been most
plentiful in the northwest corner
of the county, on the Walker.
Hodges, and John Yantis places.
Morris has caught eight up there
so far.
“They’re coming in from Cole-
man and Concho Counties. Every
tim* I think I've got tl,em clean*1*
>ut. another pair drifts in. I've
got two more located now. There
ir** some sheen near them, hut
they’re not killing. I ll get them
as soon as the ground dries.”
Morris is working under a **»”’
program financed jointly by the
ranchers the County, and the U
8, Predator Control Service He is
' available throughout the county
I “Anybodv who need* me. just
! notify me,** he »ml, adding that
j he w-ill lie glad to help if ranch
, or* run into trouble with pralators
! »)tip *ttrt*)I* whftt their
in Brady, here are the
month totuls for 1960:
January
February
March
April
M n v
month-by*
Inches
2.29
1.48
.96
1.66
1.14
June
.36
July
1.01
August
2.50
September
1.42
Ootolier
6.71
November
...... ....
.74
December
4.74
Total
27.00
Here’s how
♦ * *
1W»0 compare* with
the 1950’a:
1950
Inches
18.48
1951
13.60
1957 .
...........
24.40
1953 „
13.62
1954
8.71
1985
22.97
1956
...........
12.39
1957 . .
. 37.18
1958
24.32
1959
30.74
1969
27.90
MELVIN SWEETHEART—
Janice Johnson, daughter of
Mr. ami Mrs. Joe Dale John-
son. has I icon elected sweet-
heart of the Melvin FFA
Chapter. A ranch girl, Janice
is a freshman ut Melvin
High and is active in the
Melvin drill team, basketball,
and the Future Homemakers.
‘Honor Banquet*
Slated March 9
The annual banquet for honor
students of Brady High School
has boon set for March 9. with
Dr. May Owen of Fort Worth,
president of Ik*1 State Medical
Association, us speaker.
Soonsoiod by the Brady Lions
Club, the banquet will be hold in
the Fellowship Hall of the First
Methodist Church.
Water-Light
Connections
Down; Gas Up
Records of the City of Brady
show a slight decrease in water
and electric meters since this time
Inst year.
The City now has 2,205 water
meter connections—down 21 from
last year's total of I ,22 >. The
total of electric meters has drop-
ped 17—from 2.426 lust year to
2,499 this year.
I’art of tl e decrease can he
traced to former employes of In-
tercontinental Manufacturing Com-
pany “who kept hoping for the
plant to reopen but filially had to
leave."
The City, however, still had an
Increase in dollar revenue during
the year. Total utility hillings by
the City a of Dee. 29. 1910. were
$23,218.20 as compared to $31,-
916.: j in December. 195.*
Pioneer Natural Gas Comnany
picked up 11 new connections
luring the year. The total meter
connections now are 2,271. includ
tng 137 on the company’s rural
, lines. That compares to 2,257
twith 138 rural customers) last
year.
McCulloch County cattlemen
were urgisi Tuesday night to get
their holding pens and chutes
ready for the brucellosis testing
progrum —expected to start hero
within the next week or ten days.
Dr. Jim Henderson of Coleman,
representing the Texas Animal
Health Commission, said the cat-
tle owners will have two respon-
sibilities:
1— Furnish sufficient labor to
handle their cattle while being
tested,
2— Furnish facilities to handle
the cattle.
"Now would be a good
time to replace or repair that
holding pen." Dr. Henderson
said, explaining that rows
which ordinarily are gentle
sometimes get excited when
the strange testing crew ap-
proaches.
Dr. Henderson outlined the pro-
gram to almost 190 stockmen
gathered Tuesday night at the
McCulloch County Electric Co-op
building.
"This is y*.ur program. When
you circulated the petition for
the program we interpreted that
as an invitation for us to come
here. We’ll try to do you a good
job. If you have any problems or
complaints, don’t get upset and
•nil your legislators, call Dr.
Chaney.”
Dr. Henderson Introduced Dr.
Roy G. Chaney of Utopia who
will he in charge of the testing
crew in McCulloch County.
Dr. Chaney said his crew will
come here from Mitchell County
•in*l that he will notify County
\gent Jimmy Cusonbury when a
date can lie set to start the pro-
Tam here:
Cusenbary has divided the coun-
ty into various sections and staked
volunteers from Tuesday’s crowd
to serve as “lineup men," lining
up neighboring cattle owners in
their area so n testing sehedula
can he worked out.
If the tests show that lean
than I percent of the cattle
in less than 5 percent of the
herds are free of brucelloais,
McCulloch County will he de-
signated as a “modified certi-
fied brucellosis-free area."
Dr. Henderson said the designa-
tion is recognized nationally for
the movement of rattle and will
permit movement of McCulloch
County cattle into other brucel-
losis-free areas of the state, which
already Includes n large block of
counties in West Texas.
Rut after the tests are com-
pleted here, “we can't risk bring-
ing in new- infection," I>r. Hen-
derson said. That will mean that
cattle brought in from “non-free"
areas will have to be tested, quar-
antine*) for .19 to 69 days (to al-
low for the incubation period of
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Rabies Found;
Caution Urqed
McCulloch Oountians should he
on the lookout for another out-
break of rabies.
A rabid skunk was found in t^e
East Sweden community about 10
days ago. and a calf, from the
northern half of the county, died
recently of rabies.
“We don’t want to alarm poo
ole. hut they should he cautious
said Dr Richard Winters. Bradv
veterinarian now associate-! with
Dr Steve Kin*.
Livestock owners should he
watchful for anv nervous nip
toms or any change in attitude
among their stock, h ■ said V
*•»hid c®w may appeal to la* choV
mg and having difficulty in
•wallowing, "hut keep v<»ur ban*]'
.Hit • f the cow s m*mt' "
t’ases of cables are being found
in large animal* and varmints a*
'veil as pets
Gordon Wood
To Speak for
Grid Banouet
Gordon L. Wood, coach of the
State AAA football chnmnions,
the Brownwood High School Lions,
has accepted an invitation ns
main sneaker of the annual Rrady
High School football banouet.
The affair will he held in the
Fellowship Hall of the First Meth-
odist Church at 7:39 p. m. Jan. 18,
with the Men's Fellowship of the
church sponsoring. All members
of the Brady Bulldogs’ A team
nnd the coaching staff will be
guests of honor.
Tickets arc priced nt $1.59 each,
and both ladies and gentlemen
may attend. Only about 185 tick-
ets will Ih1 available, said John
S. Lewis, president of the Meth-
odist Men’s Fellowship
Coach Wood is one of the out-
standing high school coaches of
the state, and his record the last
decade will attest to this fact. H“
turned out State A A football
champions while at Stamford a few
years ago. was at Victoria for n
couple of years before moving
to Brownwood last summer I” his
first season there, (he lions
marched to the state ehnmpmn-
„h, while l> sine only to the
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"We have a nxxl speaker f »r
our banquet and we’re planning
an (intstandine- program t*» ban
**r our 17 \A Distil*-* champion*,"
said 1 e\v is
"Get v,»ur tickets early and nar-
ticipate in the evening’s enjoy
went,"
Nominations Invited
For C-C Service Award
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Smith, L. B. The Brady Standard and Heart O' Texas News (Brady, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1961, newspaper, January 6, 1961; Brady, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth920875/m1/1/: accessed May 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting FM Buck Richards Library.