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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1954
Page
1
A private contractor laid the asphalt under a city contract as final approval of the airport was granted by the CAA on Wednesday. The facility, Brady Aviation Corp, sits along the Brownwood highway and is pictured with a plane piloted by Cecil Striegler.
Brady superintendent C A Reynolds told businessmen at Education Business Day that schools teach the three Rs and many other subjects students missed 25 years ago. He said he believes the district is doing a good job.
Brady honors 14 teachers and 35 former school board members at a Brady High cafeteria luncheon ending Education Business Day. Superintendent Reynolds praises teachers, notes 25, 20, 10, and 5 year pins, and urges trustees to guide schools while observers watch. he cites raised teacher pay and racial segregation developments as ongoing issues.
A shipment of carnations will be aboard the first Trans-Texas plane arriving Sunday about 3 p.m. from Dallas. Ladies at Curtis Field will receive a free carnation from Lee Ruffin of Ruffin's Flower Shop. Brady and McCulloch citizens show air minded interest for a gala event.
Jaryl Young is valedictorian with a 94.9 average and Anna Jo Palmer is salutatorian with 94.7. They are children of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Young and Mr. and Mrs. Ira Palmer. Both will graduate after participating in a long list of activities including band, theater, and student government.
Arch Gainer of Rochelle becomes the third candidate for McCulloch County judge joining W. M. Deans seeking re election and former sheriff Love Kimbrough. Deadline to file for ballot is Monday ahead of the July 24 first primary. Gainer, a Rochelle native, Texas Tech graduate of 1931, taught school in Rochelle Pontotoc and Doole, stock farmed at Melvin, and returned to Rochelle in 1949 with wife and two sons.
Graduation exercises for 11 vocational nurses of Brady Hospital will be held Thursday night May 6 at 8 o'clock in the South Ward auditorium. Rev John G Wallenburg will deliver the class address and Dr G H Ricks will award the diplomas.
Trans-Texas Starliner inaugurates service to Brady from Dallas with a 4010 foot Curtis Field runway opening ceremony at 4 p.m. Local officials, BAC and McCulloch County groups coordinated the event and reception activities. The departure schedule includes Dallas to Brady and ongoing post inauguration flights plus a television coverage plan.
Light to moderate rainfall spread across McCulloch County Tuesday night with totals ranging from trace to about 1.5 inches. Brady gauges recorded .63 inch while several ranches and towns reported varying amounts from .4 to 1.5 inches, the heaviest in the northeast and lighter in the west and Fairview areas.
J. E. Herrington Jr spends the week with his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Herrington Sr. He is with the Civilian Personnel Office at Har Hagen Air Force Base.
The Santa Fe railroad will run the last Doodlebug out of Brady at 6:25 p m Friday ending daily passenger service in Brady since 1904. Mail will shift to trucks and buses and Brady’s rail station staff will reduce.
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