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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1955
Page
10
Mr and Mrs Wayne Rawlings of Brady welcome a baby boy at Brady Hospital on Wednesday The infant weighed 7 pounds 9 1 4 ounces the family reported responding joyfully to the new arrival in Brady Texas.
Brady High School Speech Club presents three plays next Tuesday night April 26 at 8 oclock in the BHS auditorium. The program includes The Prettiest Girl in Town directed by Patrick Probst with cast including Carolyn Ingram Patricia Terry Jerry Neal Cynthia Reynolds Barbara Miller Bonna Jean Nance Wilburn Shari leff Richard Sanders and Jim McGrew. Lovers Errand stars Jim McGrew Barbara Bodenhamer with Lem Railsback as master of ceremonies and Mary Glyn Kittle directing. Admission is 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for students to fund stage furniture.
Alert Catches continues from page one with Europe route through North Africa and into France Germany and Austria 1943 45. The costly silver has been kept in the armory vault since arrival last weekend. Visitors will enjoy daily movie showings plus cookies coffee and iced tea. The open house publicizes the guard with $3000 in $2 bills paid to guardsmen Monday night now appearing in Brady stores. A merchant notes the $2 bills cause trouble yet prove the guard's value.
Winters, Brady rancher, is honored for long service and eagerness to take on more work. He serves as president of the watershed, director of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association, vice president of the State Watershed Group, and on its steering committee backing a water resources bill. He has led the Brady Chamber of Commerce, headed the A&M College Ex-Students Association, and remains a life member of the Boy Scouts while chairing the Concho Valley Council gifts program.
Senate discussion notes strong support for a Brady flood prevention project to guard farms and ranches and shield the city from repeated floods. Officials argue the plan shortens the timeline to four or five years, avoiding lengthy flood damage costs.
The board reduced membership from 26 to 15 directors and selected B C Bread Walter E Gray Dr R D Hays Jett Le Morrow and C 4 Reynolds for one-year terms. Jim Harkrider Hardin Jones R W Jordan W E Lohn Jr and A L Meal were chosen for two-year terms.
Early Wednesday morning rain covered Camp San Saba Voca and surrounding areas with amounts from about .4 to 1% inches. Reports vary by location with Voca receiving .9 inches near Mrs. Sandy Brown and Sleepy Bratton ranch about 1% inches, Camp San Saba seeing around .4 inches, and Eden Melvin areas reporting from 1 to 2% inches. Residents note Creek levels rising and the moisture will benefit the sandy land country after a dry spell.
Real estate note lists a five room and den modern home on a large lot near schools with carpets included and priced to sell as owner moved away. Also offers a nice cottage edge of town with some acreage and two rental options near business district. M. M. Bradham at 214 S Blackburn appears.
The David Guion Music Club elected new officers for the year at a meeting hosted by Mrs. H Broad. Steve Rawlings became president with Rovseann Reynolds as vice president, Justine Johnson secretary, Ricky Rosenberg treasurer, and Roy May Jr reporter. They planned National Music Week events and a May 4 radio program.
Melvin and Eden report Ledbetter says new moisture will help the late grain while the old grain appears near dead. Much grazing occurs as rain-fed stockmen plan to remove livestock and attempt another crop. Al Caylor Waltondrip recovers after illness and reports six tenths inch rain. Gordon Newton in Lohn notes about one and a quarter inches. Lotha area receives spotty shower. Jack Edmiston near Lost Creek sees a good rain. His gauge hits one quarter inch. Hardin Willis south of Oc a measures six tenths inch and welcomes more moisture.
Mr and Mrs Norman Archer discussed music as an avocation while piano students performed recital pieces and were auditioned. Plans for a May 16 picnic to close the year and install new officers were made with attendees including Jimmy Atherton Jerry Atherton Buddy Corder Robby Davee Connie Sue Engdahl Gil Enedahl Dean Hahn Jayne Hartley Cheryl Huffman Janice Johnson Larry Miller Linda Mills Nancy Neal Susan Nixon Elizabeth Ricks Danny Rosenberg Janet Sorell and Charles.
The Mercury Home Demonstration Club met Thursday April 14 at 2 pm with Mrs Sim Gamb lin presiding. Members exchanged congealed salad recipes and roll call listed favorites from Mines and others. Visitors included Mrs E V Bennett.
Mrs Bertha Holland owner of the Mode o Day Shop in Brady is seriously ill in Memorial Hospital Brownwood in room 143 Thursday morning word to Brady indicates delegates Mrs Lockett Bryson and Glennanda Nash Tommye Sue Price attended the State Future Homemakers meeting at Kerrville April 21 29
Words cannot adequately express our deep appreciation for the many kind and sympathetic acts that come to us at the time of our recent bereavement. The Carl M. Tibbitts family conveys heartfelt thanks for support.
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