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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1954
Page
1
A San Antonio family’s vacation ended in a wreck on VA 87 in Concho County. Mrs. Sam Penner 31 died after a tire blew out and the car overturned. Penner’s 9-year-old twins Mark and Mickey were injured, with Mark suffering a skull fracture.
Youngsters in a summer swimming program performed in a water carnival before friends and parents. Coaches K Owens Noma Joyce Fowler W M Turner and Ronny Taylor received applause. Winners included Tommy Davis Douglas Schoenewolf Eugene Fikes Linda Faye Peal and Catherine Smith with a relay team of Royce Blackburn Charles Pence Johnny Moran and Forrest Hanson. The program featured precision swimming a balloon race a watermelon scramble and exhibition diving led by Forrest Hanson Leslie Parker Ronny Taylor Hank Henry and Bert Broad.
Allen of Fort Stockton was burned when his dump truck ran off the Brady Eden highway. He was moved Saturday from Brady Hospital to MacCloskey General Hospital in Temple where he remains in critical condition. He had been working on a new farm to market road from Melvin. Oscar FE, truck driver, was involved.
McCulloch County Democrats elected 10 delegates and five alternates to the State Convention in Mineral Wells on Sept. 14. Delegates from Brady and nearby towns included Earl Rudder and Henry Bradley, with pro Shivers supporters holding the balance of power through proxies. Bradley named committees and Rudder urged unity with Governor Shivers noted for leadership.
Jay Channell, former Brady Church of Christ minister now in Midland, conducts a revival at Valley Springs this week. The meeting began Friday and runs through Sunday August 8 with services at 11 am 2 30 pm and 8 15 pm. Lunch will be served on the grounds. His wife and children visit Brady with the Egan Fowlers.
Claude Thomas Wood, 67, San Saba farmer born in Brady June 39, 1887, died at 2 am Saturday in San Saba Hospital. He served as district clerk 1932-34 and had lived in San Saba 12 to 15 years. Survivors include a daughter and two sisters and two brothers. Funeral conducted at First Christian Church in Brady with burial in Brady Cemetery.
T. A. Parker of Brady went to Korea in June as an agriculture advisor with KCAC. He attended a livestock specialists meeting in Chon Nam Province on July 15 and wrote his wife that he bowed until backache. He praised attendance and hoped attendees would heed teaching to aid Korea’s livestock industry toward self sufficiency with U S government cooperation through Chon Nam KCAC office.
Charles Reynolds won three titles in the summer recreation program ending last week. He was champion in horseshoe pitching table tennis and boys tennis. Events were at Brady High School and junior high with directors James Glenn Noma Joyce Fowler.
Mrs. Sue Ella Embry has returned home after visiting relatives in College Station including Mr. and Mrs. Ray Oden and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Embry of Houston along with Mrs. Otis Embry and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Embry of Memphis Tennessee.
Norman C. Henry, district manager in Brady for Empire Southern Gas Co., will become division manager in Pampa after leaving Brady around Aug 20. Bill Grant, from Big Spring, will replace him as engineer. Grant is a Fort Worth native and OU graduate. The Ditmore family will preach at North Brady Baptist Church Sunday Aug 8 as the church searches for a new pastor.
A drouth relief hay program in McCulloch County pays half the transportation cost up to 10 per ton for eligible stockmen. The Farmers Home Administration administers the plan, with eligibility and need certificates issued by the county committee. Reimbursements from the Texas Department of Agriculture aim for 10 to 20 day delivery, benefiting established farming or ranching stockmen maintaining foundation herds.
Secretary Benson announced a 60 cent per 100 pounds subsidy on corn barley oats and grain sorghum for drouth disaster areas. About 2 percent of Texas counties including McCulloch are designated with more possible. Feed dealers will handle the program and subsidies will lower prices to distressed farmers by 60 cents per 100 pounds. Corn will be available at about $1.50 a bushel.
Joe W. Bryson 56, owner of the Hospital Cafe in Brady, died at Shannon Hospital San Angelo at 10 20 p m after suffering a heart attack on an outing. He was born in Brady June 25, 1898 and had run cafes in Fort Stockton Pecos San Angelo and Brady. Funeral set for 10 a m Wednesday at Wilkerson Funeral Home Brady. survivors include wife son Stanley Bryson daughter Mrs J M Crump mother Mrs Elizabeth Bryson three sisters and three grandchildren.
John E. Holland, 77, retired farmer, died at 10:50 p.m. Thursday at his Brady home. Born May 23, 1877, in Johnson County, he is survived by his wife Bertha, a son Darrell of Fort Worth, three daughters Vera Pope, Lillie Lancaster, and Hazel Holland, two sisters, eight grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral was held at 5 p.m. Friday at Wilkerson Funeral Home with burial in Rest Haven Cemetery. Rev. W. LeRay Fowler officiated. Pallbearers were Ira Pearson, Elva Irby, A. A. Seal, C. B. Groves, J. D. Branscum, and Raymond Hartley.
Georgan Gilbreath 19, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Gilbreath of Brady, enters the Miss Wool contest to be held in San Angelo September 1 4. An education major at Abilene Christian College she led a story hour for local children this summer as part of recreation programs. Earlier she was named Miss Future Teacher of Texas at the state Future Teachers of America convention.
Units of the U S Pacific Fleet took part in naval and amphibious war games off the Southern California coast during June. Aboard the attack transport USS Menifee was Ralph W Mitchel yeoman second class USN son of Mr and Mrs W D Mitchel of Mercury.
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