Butane Tractors Experts to Discuss Switch in Forum
Brady High School hosts an agriculture forum in the cafeteria Aug 18 at 8pm on whether farm tractors should switch from gasoline to butane. The event opens a yearlong series by the Brady Vocational Agriculture Dept with three speakers: Charles Loftin of Warren Petroleum in Tulsa, a Gulf Oil rep from Houston, and Bob Rothe of the Soil Conservation Service Brady.
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Brady High School
Vocational Agriculture Department
Charles Loftin
Liquified Petroleum Gas
Warren Petroleum Corp
Tulsa
Okla
Gulf Oil Corporation
Houston
Bob Rothe
Soil Conservation Service
Brady
Brady Chamber Names Committees For 1955 56
Brady Chamber of Commerce announces new committees for 1955 56 after reorganizing for the year. Water Resources Development includes A J Ricks Jr as chairman with a large slate of members. Industrial Development lists Otto Frederick as chairman and many callers. Highways with Charles Epps as chairman. Public Health led by R F McSwain. Recreation chaired by Egan Fowler. Education headed by Harold Garrett. Agriculture chaired by Jimmy Casenbary. Trade Development chaired by R J Cates.
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Brady Chamber of Commerce
A. J. Ricks, Jr
Hardin Jones
Charles Epps
Earl Rudder
T. P. Wood
Bob Rothe
Earl W. Cales
Harry Priess
Otto Frederick
Leo Oates
Tommy Ereckson
Bill Grant
Sol Rosenberg
Bob Bray
L. B. Smith
Aubrey Davee
James Walton
W. E. Jordan
P. L. Ulstad
Frank Roddie
Jack Smithwick
Edsel Malmstrom
Highways
R. W
Bill) Jordan
H. D. Winters
Evans Wi Adkins
R. S. Moseley
Love Kimbrough
Charles Miller
Odi
W. L. Ryan
Buford Sheffield, Jr
H. E. Keim
Gene Burns
John Moran
Gene Samuelson
Harold Garrett
James P. Jones
Barry Francks
Forrest O. Miller
Ernest O. Martin
Cecil Verner
Jimmy Casenbary
W. E. Lohn, Jr
Harry Hanson
Paul Lohn
Harl Fowler
Harold Burk
W. E. Jacoby
Roger George
Bill Granville
J. D. Hampton
Mercer Slaughter
Daymon Passmore
R. J. Cates
Clerk at Threadgill's Wins Courtesy Award
Mrs. Lee Hodges of Threadgill's Brady was named Brady's most courteous salesperson for July by a secret committee of civic clubs. She will receive a certificate at a Business and Professional Women's Club dinner at El Patio. Hodges, a 20 year threadgill's veteran since 1954, has worked at J C Penney Rosenberg's and Gibbs'. She and her farmer husband live four and a half miles west of Brady with daughter Mrs. Lewis Jordan. Active in Fourth and Bridge St Church of Christ, she is vice president of Fairview Home Demonstration Club and once sponsored Pear Valley 4 H Club for ten years. Selection cited sales skill, courtesy, merchandise knowledge and loyalty. Continuous Brady resident since 1941.
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Lee Hodges
Threadgill’s
Brady
el Patio
B&pw Club
Lewis Jordan
Fourth
Bridge St
Ol' Houn' Dawgs Plan Fall Barbecue at Brady High
The Ol' Houn' Dawgs set a summer barbecue for next Friday night August 19 at Brady High stadium with serving starting 7 30 p m. Bulldogs players will be guests and tickets cost 1 for adults and 50 cents for children. The group held its first meeting of the year electing Delma Bell president and naming C B Whitehead vice president and Charlie Dye secretary.
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Ol’ Houn’ Dawgs
Brady High Stadium
Hound Dawgs
Delma Bell
S. P. Tomlinson, Jr
C. B. Whitehead
Charlie Dye
Bell
Dawgs
Jack Keyser
John Henry Campbell
Dye
Elmer McLean
Hubert Gilbreath
Hymie Myers
Dence Turner
McLean
Jim Harkrider
George Dutton
E. J. Powell
Audie Capps
Herman Dacus
Gilbreath
Jim Schafer
E. E
Shorty) Short
Androit’s Big Race Set With Trim Destiny In Limelight
Michigan racing notes say Androit, a G R White stable standout, heads to Ruidoso for the Thoroughbred Futurity with a $10,000 purse. Two year old filly Trim Destiny battles the field after a strong trials showing as White, Hall, Darley and Locklear prepare for the Saturday feature.
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Androit
Trim Destiny
Michigan
G. R. White
Ruidoso
N. M
Mr. White
Fred Hall
Charlie Darley
Jack Locklear
Cecil Locklear
Detroit
Mich
Black Gallant
Livonia
York Issues Call for Dogs
Coach Chuck York called for his 1955 Bulldogs with A and B teams to meet Sunday at 4 pm in Brady High gym. He outlined pre season instructions as workouts begin August 22 and will assess candidates for the role of favorite from the recent Texas Coaching School.
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Chuck York
Bulldogs
Brady High
York
Texas
Busnachs Off On Month-Long New England Visit
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Busnach of Mercury depart for a month in Massachusetts Maine and Canada. Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Pumphrey vacation in the Davis Mountains attend the Bloys Camp meeting then visit Ruidosa New Mexico.
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New England
S. A. Busnach
Mercury
Massachusetts
Maine
Canada
Davis Mountains
D. S. Pumphrey
Bloys
Ruidosa
N. Mex
Brady Bulldog Band Heads to Garner State Park Camp
Brady High School band members depart Tuesday for Garner State Park for their annual band camp. Twirling tryouts and majorette elections will take place during the camp stay.
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Brady High School
Garner State Park
IMCO Elects 3 Officers and Expands Brady Contract
Ray Shape announced three new IMCO officers E P Hancock Stephen D Feldman and Paul E Boggs. IMCO also won continuation contracts for paratroop and side emergency exit doors to be built at the Brady plant for Lockheed Marietta and the Hercules aircraft ensuring months of work for the workforce.
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IMCO
Intercontinental Manufacturing Company
Louis E. Levinson
Ray Shape
Intercontinental Manufacturing Co
E. P. Hancock
Stephen D. Feldman
Paul E. Boggs
Brady
U. S. Air Force
Lockheed
Marietta, Ga
Shape
Hancock
Southern Aircraft Corporation
Feldman
Luscombe Airplane Corporation
Parts of County Soaked in Storm
A strong Tuesday night thunderstorm drenched parts of McCulloch County with up to two inches of rain while Brady recorded a 105 degree high, the year's hottest so far. Reports from Camp San Saba, Rochelle and nearby ranches noted varying rainfall amounts, easing heat in places after a brief two inch total at the Henry Otte place.
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McCulloch County
Brady
Henry Otte
Camp San Saba
Ida Mae Sears
Otte
Otte Place
Dee Williams
C. E. Myrick
I. O. K. Kotmann
Jim Espy
Behrens
Voca
Charley Bryson
Brady Creek
H. S. Snearly
Frank Hurd
Sweden
Bill Jack Neal
Rochelle
Troy Smith
Doole Farmer Poisoned While Spraying Cotton
Winfield Waites of Doole is hospitalized in Brady with poisoning from spraying cotton. Mrs. L. C. Underwood and Jon Pool visited Elm Grove and Bowser areas Sunday, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Will Germany and Miss Sue Clyde and the Bruce McCartys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield Waites
Doole
Brady Hospital
Elm Grove
L. C. Underwood
Jon Pool
Bowser
Will Germany
Sue Clyde
Bruce McCartys
Junior High Band School To Start Monday
Brady Junior High Band School begins Monday in the Brady High School band hall with two daily classes led by Director Joe McDonough. Advanced pupils meet at 9 a.m. and beginners at 10 a.m. through Saturday August 20. No charge for instruction. all junior high students invited to join and participate in its reorganization.
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Brady Junior High
Brady High School
Joe McDonough
Brady's Dollar Day Set For September Seventh
Brady's announces a Dollar Day event on Wednesday September 7 at its store. The promotion aims to draw shoppers with discounts across merchandise and special daily deals.
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Brady
Dallas Firm Low Bidder on Dam at Brady Creek Site 45
Vilbig's Construction Co of Dallas quoted 532,266.65 for a detention dam at Site 45 in the Brady Creek flood program on Liveoak Creek under G. D. Bell Brady. SCS in Temple opened bids. estimate was 54,768.15. Vilbig has done similar Trinity River work. Abilene firms Brown & Co and Andy Pruitt bid about 143,000 for Site 27 near Eden on Lockett property. bids opened August 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williig Construction Co
Dallas
Brady Creek
G. D. Bell
Brady
Liveoak Creek
Soil Conservation Service
Temple
Vilbig
SCS
Trinity River
Abilene
B. G. Brown & Co
Andy Pruitt
Concho County
Site 27
Eden
Luster Lockett
Ex Brady Man Dies in Wichita Falls at 69
Andrew Cottrell, 69, formerly of Brady, died Wednesday in a Wichita Falls hospital after about a year of illness. He lived in Brady about 20 years ago and then made his home in Wichita Falls with his daughter Lorene Rinehardt. Niece Mrs. Hart Fowler of Brady and brother Dan Cottrell of Mercury plan to attend the funeral Saturday morning in Wichita Falls.
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Andrew Cottrell
Wichita Falls
Brady
Cottrell
Lorene Rinehardt
Hart Fowler
Dan Cottrell
Mercury
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Ing
Paul E
Mrs. Lee Hodges
Locklear
Tee Dee
Challatea
Hazel Park
Tonsina
T. Abie Grisson
Lucky William
Call For Dogs
Plant
Lockheed-Marietta
Hercules
Boggs
National Association of Cost Accountants
Braniff Airways
Texas Automatic
United States Hoffman Machinery Corporation
Levinson
Curtis Field
Garland
Germany
W. M. Turner, Jr
Bradya
Heidelberg
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
University of Texas
Turner
Fort Belvoir
Evelyn Turner
William Turner, Jr
Repio
APO
New York
N. Y
Jr. Hi Band
Gonzales Warm Springs
Clinton Newlin
Bert
Clint
Gonzales
Fort Worth
Warm Springs Foundations
Tex
Brady Man
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