City Considers 50 Cent Phone Rate Hike
City Council discussed raising telephone rates by 50 cents per month to satisfy Southwestern States Telephone’s request. Mayor John Rudder noted total income would rise about $12,000 annually from Brady based on 2,000 phones, far below the company’s requested $98,952. John Allen of Brownwood for the company spoke on the proposal.
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John Rudder
Southwestern States Telephone Company
Brady
John Allen
Brownwood
The
Telephone Company
EAS
Voca
Melvin
Sohn
Mercury
Rochelle
Rudder
FCC
Sloan
Pryan Sloan
Abilene
Gospel Concert at First Baptist Church to Feature Bill Jackson
The evangelist singer Bill Jackson will give a gospel concert at the First Baptist Church at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Known for a resonant baritone, Jackson has sung across America and appeared in Broadway shows. His program includes many sacred works from a repertoire of over 200 solos.
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Baptist Church
Bill Jackson
First Baptist Church
Jackson
America
John Charles Thomas
John Brown
David
Goliath
Joshua
Gilead
Jesus
District 1 A Lions Mid-Winter Meeting in Brady
Lions Clubs District A-1 to hold cabinet meeting and mid winter session in Brady at Brady High School. Luncheon and banquet planned with about 250 visitors expected. district governor David M Ellis of Midland in Brady for the event.
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Lions
Brady
Lions Clubs
District A-1
Brady High School
David M
Doc) Ellis
Midland
Revival at Mercury Preacher from Abilene Christian College
Revival at Mercury features Frank Pack from Abilene Christian College preaching gospel meetings at the Church of Mercury. Meetings are set for August 5 and August 12 with services at 8 o'clock in the evening and 11 o'clock in the morning.
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Mercury
Frank Pack
Abilene Christian College
Church of Ee
Katemcy in 1875 No Fences No Churches and Few People
An 1874 75 overview of the Katemcy area describes vast open country with few houses and inhabitants between Mason and Brady. Families lived in one room log houses, kept stock on the range, and relied on home produced milk meat and sorghum molasses.
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Katemcy
Mason
Brady
John F. Cowan
Bell County
Devil Springs
Elsie Edmiston
Allisons
Katemey
Watts
Jones
Coots
Hans Sell
Lark
George Morris
Bird
Lindsay
Ben Cummings
Quain Named President Of Ol Houn Dawgs Club
Leslie Quain was elected president of the Ol Houn Dawgs at a Simpson Lake meeting with over 70 members. Korky Steffens became vice president and Buddy Samuelson secretary as the group scheduled the Aug 16 fall barbecue at Richards Park with Brady High guests.
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Leslie
Buster) Quain
Music Director Quits at First Baptist Brady Church
George Archer, music and education minister at First Baptist Brady for 2½ years, resigns to lead at First Baptist Dublin. He will commute to Fort Worth for Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and pursue a master’s in music and religious education, having just earned a sacred music degree from Howard Payne College last May. His last Brady service is Sunday. he starts in Dublin August 26.
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George Archer
First Baptist Church
Dublin
Fort Worth
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Archer
Brady Church
Howard Payne College
Neaes
Electric Co-op Considers Name Change at 25th Meeting
McCulloch County Electric Co-op members meet at the Brady Theater for their 25th annual session to discuss shortening the name by dropping county. About 750 attendees expected. Louie E. Throgmorton of Dallas to MC. three new directors to be elected from districts 4 5 and 7.
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McCulloch County
Co-Op
Brady Theater
Brady Theatre
Texas Theater
Louie E. Throgmorton
Dallas
W. D. Kennedy
Richland Springs
Merle Taylor
Locker
J. F. Deans
Jack Edmiston
Voca
Orville Beakley
Mercury
K. W
Bill) Huffman, Jr
Rochelle
W. E. Hardin
Earl Parks
Oscar Beakley
George Johanson
Eden
Taylor Duncan
Mullin
Carl Greele
Brookesmith
R. J. Deck
Pear Valley
David Dahlberg
Brady
Sheral Colburn
San Saba
Grid Tickets Go On Sale For Brady High Football
Brady High offers season and game tickets for the 1962 Bulldogs. Option holders pay 6.25 for five home games at City Hall tax office. regular price is 1.50 per game. Non option holders pay 7.50 for a season. Schedule lists games from Sept 7 to Nov 15 at Ballinger Lake View Winters Lampasas Belton Coleman Liano Mason San Saba Fredericksburg.
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Brady High
City Hall
Bulldogs
Ballinger
Lake View
Winters
Lampasas
Belton
Liano
Mason
San Saba
Fredericksburg
City of Brady Financial Statement for 1961 62
The Standard publishes Brady city financial statement for fiscal year May 1 1961 to April 20 1962. A detailed audit is available to any Brady resident on request at the city secretary's office.
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City of
Brady
Brady 4-H Girl Selected for State Tour
Nancy Duncan of Brady named to the Talent Club a statewide 4-H honor sponsored by Producers Grain Corporation. Sixteen new members will tour the state from Aug 12 to Aug 18 visiting Amarillo Lubbock San Antonio Corpus Christi Houston Austin Brownwood and back to Amarillo.
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Nancy Duncan
Brady
Talent Club
Producers Grain Corporation
Amarillo
Lubbock
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Houston
Austin
Brownwood
Floyd Lynch
Lanier Price
Eden
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Pat Weekly
Federal Communications Commis
Sweetheart OF
Texas Ffa
Sharon Shipley
G. M. Shipley
Odessa
Texas Future Farmers of America
Clara Allison Wilson
George Allison
Allson
John Cowan
Cowan
Don Floyd
Weatherford
49Th Armored Division
Texas National Guard
Ft. Polk
Janice
Donice
Quain
Houn
Church
City’s Financial Statement
Lohn
Cisco
All-Star
Fridaways Ffe
Carolyn Huffman
Vyvien Duncan
Nancy
San Angelo
Bobby Doyal
Lohn High School
Kimbel
Gladiola
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