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Brazos Bill Archives APRIL - JUNE '99 ARCHIVES June 30 -- 'Ear-candling' warnings deserve a fair hearing June 29 -- Former coach is grist for novelist’s mill June 28 -- Horsewoman still sitting pretty in NCHA saddle June 24 -- 'Friendly' book sale leaves no page unturned June 23 -- Aging B-17 pilot gets ‘bombed’ with birthday greetings June 22 -- Harley riders have seen most everything on the road June 21 -- Local character actor never far from spotlight June 17 -- Proprietors operate 'Coca-Cola funeral home' June 16 -- Tiny tot shows heaping heart for Noah Project June 15 -- Artist’s skills needed to conceal a deed most ‘fowl’ June 14 -- Red scare gripped local library before missile crisis June 10 -- Golfer managed to swing into local history June 9 -- Local bakers scale the ‘Mt. Everest’ of wedding cakes June 7 -- Baby’s arrival offers a statistical marvel for family June 3 -- Paramount wedding party did some time-tripping June 2 -- ‘Garage sale guru’ finds value in life’s little cast-offs June 1 -- New pavilion named for family with deep roots May 31 -- Theater director beat the drums for his students May 27 -- Ghost town getting water supply a bit too late May 26 -- Push that drill bit over and let’s have a wedding! May 25 -- Jim Ned students tip their hats to fallen youth May 24 -- Visiting karate master hasn’t forgotten local practitioner May 20 -- Hollywood leading man never forgot small-town roots May 19 -- Wandering Japanese writer finds ‘real Texas’ May 18 -- Harley talk puts museum docents in hog heaven May 17 -- Santa Fe Railway solved Sylvester’s old-maid worries May 13 -- Chuckwagon cook’s ‘TV dinner’ got watered down May 12 -- Busy actor from Abilene hasn’t lost his rodeo roots May 11 -- Grandma pulls fast one on graduating ACU student May 10 -- Rock ’n’ roll weatherman finds UFO in back yard May 6 -- Aces flying high for forgotten WWII pilot May 5 -- Campus shootings prove Hitler's shadow still falls on us May 4 -- Don’t say ‘break a leg’ to these AHS theater students May 3 -- Funeral counselor not letting the grass grow under her feet Apr. 28 -- Weekend’s bone-marrow drive triggered by grateful parents Apr. 27 -- Suppose Tuscola gave a centennial party and no one came Apr. 26 -- Merkel woman not turning deaf ear to country music Apr. 22 -- Tuscola’s mayor may ‘clown around’ for town centennial Apr. 21 -- Problems of the world seldom fazed Brother Reagor Apr. 20 -- ‘Dirty Dozen’ kept both meat, conversation hot at barbecue Apr. 19 -- Friend leafs through collection of fondly lamented book-lover Apr. 15 -- Ranchers should keep their parrots from calling cattle Apr. 14 -- Proposal turned out to be family affair Apr. 13 -- Students’ flights of fancy leave judge, rector in the clouds Apr. 12 -- Novelist’s father has lived rugged oil patch for real Apr. 8 -- Undertaking brothers never underestimated their clients Apr. 7 -- AHS seniors aiming especially high for their class gift Apr. 6 -- McMurry’s scholar happy philosophizing about anything Apr. 5 -- Now there’s no reason to visit your aged parents at all Apr. 1 -- Right or wrong, councilman seldom in doubt Please see Bill's Jan.-Mar. 1999 columns by CLICKING HERE Please see Bill's 1998 columns by CLICKING HERE Please see Bill's 1997 columns by CLICKING HERE April '96 ... May '96 ... June '96 ... July/August '96...Sept. '96...Oct. '96...Nov/Dec. '96...Jan/Feb. '97 All content copyright 1999, Bill Whitaker, The Abilene Reporter-News and Reporter OnLine

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