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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1955
Page
3
Reports detail a 900 foot railroad tunnel work starting after dynamite blasts on the Fredericksburg line. Brady hosts a box mail center, school consolidation minutes, a horse show stallion Dan, and updates on power plant moves plus local events and a forthcoming wedding announcement.
Here from Oklahoma Mrs. Lonnie Wright of Bokchito and Mrs. Orman Wright with two sons Steve and Harold of Durant spent Easter here as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cates and their twin daughters Jan and Ann.
Jackson operator of the Texaco station on West Commerce Street now offers a full line of General tires. He stocks General conventional and tubeless tires for automobiles and offers financing with easy monthly payments.
The U S Department of Agriculture prepared a detailed analysis of the new wool and mohair program. Congressman Fisher invites growers to request a copy of the release by writing him in Washington.
The Texas School for the Deaf in Austin will host its fifth annual Summer School for Parents of Deaf Children ages eighteen months to eight years from June 5 to 11. The program, free to participants who provide transportation, offers dormitory accommodations and aims to connect families with educational opportunities.
Reverend Paul J. Magura of Brownwood spent two days in Washington meeting with lawmakers and briefing on world affairs after attending United Nations sessions in New York. Col. Del. Freeman, Corps of Engineers technical liaison officer in Washington, also visited. A Capitol room opened two weeks ago offers a quiet retreat for prayer. A Washington headline notes a drop in car tag applications and rising racial pressures as whites consider leaving for suburbs amid demographic shifts. district population is about 40 percent colored, with schools now 60 percent Negro and 40 percent white and projected to reach 80-20 in twenty years. John W. Holland also visited the office.
Rev. E. G. Gregory, Buckner Orphans Home secretary, will preach at Doole Baptist Church April 15 24 in the 1955 Texas Baptist Simultaneous Evangelistic Crusade. Gregory formerly served at Brownsville and Van Alstyne. Doole singer Raymond Murray will lead the singing each evening at eight.
Mr and Mrs Jack Cailson of Austin spent last weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Richard Moseley of Rochelle, sharing a family gathering during the holiday.
Mr and Mrs W C Dowden Betty and Harry and Diane Williamson attended the Ice Capades in Fort Worth Saturday. They also visited in Marlin with Mr and Mrs Maurice Bell. Guests in the home of Mr and Mrs Cecil Striegler for the Faster holidays were their son and wife Mr and Mrs Bert Striezier of San Antonio and Mrs J B McShan and son Jimmy of Littlefield.
Paul F. Mann has been named manager of a new agency in San Angelo for the Bankers Life Company of Des Moines Iowa. The appointment takes effect April 1. A Brady native, he trained at local schools and studied at Southwestern University Tarleton State College and Texas A&M before ranching in Brady from 1936 to 1940. He is the son of Mrs Jas T Mann of Brady.
Mr. and Mrs. James McCoy and Miss Olene McShan of Pampa, former Brady residents, spent Easter visiting relatives and friends. Mr. McCoy and Miss McShan work for the Empire Southern Gas Company at Pampa.
Merly chief of the Immigration office in San Antonio appears in Philadelphia where he now heads a district spanning three states. Visitors last week included Pfe and Mrs. Dwight Waggoner of Menard at Fort Meade, and J. B. McWhorter formerly of San Angelo now employed in Washington.
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