Passing PARADE in Colorado City draws West Texas editors
West Texas Press Association Silver Jubilee program held in Colorado City with about 160 attendees from over a hundred counties. Roy V. Fox and Joe Bell organized the visit for the Colorado City Record, hosting at Civic House with Junior Chamber oversight. Top Better Newspaper Contest honors went to Hereford Brand and Farwell State Line Tribune. Brady Standard earned a local pictures certificate.
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Colorado City
West Texas
West Texas Press Association
Fox
Bell
North Plains
Panhandle
Rio Grande
el Paso
Fort Worth
Jimmie Gillentine
W. H
Sonny) Graham, Jr
Farwell State Line Tribune
Brady Standard
Ex Brady Editor Edward C. Olds Dies in New York
Edward C. Olds, 87, former owner of Heart O' Texas News in Brady, died June 30 in Rochester New York. He retired in 1945 after selling the paper with his son George to The Brady Standard. Olds began in New York City with the Thorne tyne setting machine and spent decades teaching printers before buying the Benton Kentucky Tribune-Democrat in 1928.
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Edward C. Olds
Heart O’ Texas News
Brady
Rochester
N. Y
Benton, Ky
Tribune-Democrat
Healdton
Okla
50-Man Squad Looms For Brady's Bulldogs
Coach Chuck York expects about 50 players for Brady High football in District 7-AA this fall. A preliminary meeting drew 40 attendees. 12 to 14 more expect to join when workouts begin Monday morning. Players must obtain physicals, birth certificates, and parental permission with a $1 athletic insurance fee. York plans morning workouts in SC next week, weather permitting, and warned recruits to get in shape now.
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Chuck York
Brady Bulldog
Brady High Gym
York
Bulldogs
Fosters Resign. Brady School Posts Filled To Denver Move
Jesse G. Foster a distributive education teacher at Brady High for three years and his wife a North Ward fourth grade teacher resign to move to Denver City. Mrs Foster will teach first grade. Jesse becomes Loop rural school principal. Other staff shifts named for school board budget hearing August 22.
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Jesse G. Foster
Brady High School
North Ward
Denver City
C. A. Reynolds
Foster
Reynolds
Wayne Ferguson
Brady
Harris McCollum
Stephenville
Joe Simpson
Bronte
McCollum
Tarleton State College
Baylor University
Cal Ory State Livestock Inspector Dies at 76
George Calamies Ory aged 76, longtime State Livestock Sanitary Commission inspector, died Friday at his Brady home after a long illness. Born Feb 4 1879 in Kinney County, he served in Sonora as deputy sheriff and city marshal, later guiding live stock sales in Brady and Brownwood. Survived by wife Annie Viola Ory, four sons, five daughters, two sisters, two half-brothers, 15 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral held in Sonora Church of Christ with burial in Sonora Cemetery.
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George
Cal) Calamies Ory
State Livestock Sanitary Commission
S. College St
Livestock Commission
Sonora
John Allison
Kinney
Ory
Brady
Brownwood
Annie Viola Ory
Lester
John Linden Ory
George Ory
Willie B. Ory
Farwell
Tex
Tom Taylor
del Rio
Bobby Allison
Spokane
Wash
Leroy Jones
Tom Tyler
el Paso
Pearl Lee Ory
Lampasas
Hob Woods
Hazleton
Idaho
Nathan McGovern
Gilbert, Ariz
Archie
Brady Filly Androit Wins Ruidoso Futurity Purses
Androit G R White’s two year old filly outran rivals by two lengths to win the Ruidoso Thoroughbred Futurity in Ruidoso New Mexico. The $7,740 purse saw Androit earn 3860 with the other finishers sharing 3880. Spectators exceeded 3500 as local McCulloch County residents followed the effort.
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Brady
Androit
Ruidoso
G. R. White
N. M
Ruidoso Downs
Sweet Treat
Ete Beam
Mr. White
McCulloch
Charley Darley
Wilson Jordan
Robert Strickland
J. T. Weaver
Charley Powell
Richard Moseley
L. A. Bryson
Charlatea
Detroit
Mich
Cecil Locklear
Black Gallant
Hazel Park
Brady Furniture Store Owner Dies in City
John Alexander McKinnon 75 owner of the McKinnon Furniture Store at 400 East 11th Street died at 10 p.m. Monday at his home 801 South Elm Street. Born August 15, 1880 he leaves wife Madge Lee McKinnon son A. P. McKinnon of Brady daughter Margaret M. Jinkins of Galveston two grandchildren brother A. J. McKinnon of Austin sister Mrs. R. F. Kirchner of Denver. Funeral at St Pauls Episcopal Church Wednesday 9 a.m. with Rev Forrest O. Miller. burial in Hillsboro family cemetery. Wilkerson Funeral Home in charge.
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John Alexander McKinnon
McKinnon
East 11Th St
South Elm St
Madge Lee McKinnon
A. P. McKinnon
Brady
Margaret M. Jinkins
Galveston
A. J. McKinnon
Austin
R. F. Kirchner
Denver
Colo
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Forrest O. Miller
Hillsboro
Wilkerson Funeral Home
Mrs Geeslin heads to Camp Wesley for Missions Conference
Mrs. Edward Geeslin departed Sunday for Camp Wesley in Kerrville to attend the Missions Conference of the Woman's Society of Christian Service all week. Miss Dora Ryan left Monday for Cleburne to visit Miss Ruth Archer and revisit friends she taught there for 25 years.
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Camp Wesley
Edward Geeslin
Kerrville
The
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Cleburne
Dora Ryan
Ruth Archer
Miss Ryan
Behrings Visit Ramey Dikes Family in Arlington
Mrs James W Behring and her daughter Lydia Ann of Arlington are visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Ramey Dikes for several days.
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James W. Behringer
Lydia Ann
Arlington
Ramey Dikes
Arlington visit of Mrs Omer Scott with Coxes
Mrs Omer Scott travels to Arlington to spend two weeks with her daughter Mrs R W Cox and Mr Cox in Arlington. The visit highlights family ties and social circles in the area.
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Arlington
Omer Scott
R. W. Cox
Mr. Cox
County Farmers Vote on New ASC Leaders in McCulloch County
McCulloch County farmers are voting this week on ASC community committeemen for three communities using ten nominees per area. Ballots mailed to farm operators must be returned by 5 p.m. Friday August 19, with chairmen elected at a Monday 1:30 p.m. ASC office meeting to form the County ASC Committee beginning September 1.
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McCulloch
ASC
Brady
Melvin
Mercury
Voca
Theo Lyckman
Dodge
Ben Hodges
Waldrip
E. O. Henderson
Wear More Wool Campaign Awaits Sheep Vote in County
Mc Culloch County wool producers vote Friday on financing an advertising and promotional campaign for wool and lambs. Approval requires at least two thirds of sheep and lambs represented. ballots determine the measure's value, with weight tied to flock size.
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McCulloch County
Secretary of Agriculture
American Sheep Producers Council
Parker to Miss Brady Driver Tests This Week
George W. Parker the drivers license examiner for the Department of Public Safety will not visit Brady on Thursday. The next testing day will be Thursday, August 25.
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George W. Parker
Department of Public Safety
Brady
Gamblin Family Reunion Set for August 21 at Richards Park
The annual Gamblin family reunion will be held at Richards Park on Sunday August 21. A basket lunch will be spread at the noon hour. All relatives and friends are urged to attend.
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N. K. Gamblin
Richards Park
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New York
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Tracy Byrd
Norris Wright
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Joe Cole
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Fletcher Fields
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Joe Garvey
R. D. Owens
Charles Bode
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Don Taylor
Robert Roddie
Larry Gibbs
Jimmy Ellison
Calvin Fitzgerald
Butch Ogden
Marion Young
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Tommy Kyzar
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Bobby Underwood
Jamie Lohn
Claude Ryan
Lloyd Harris
Tom White
Walton Bryson
Max Cox
Mike Nixon
Skinny Davenport
Resian
N. N. Wright
San Angelo
Cal’ Ory
Brady Furniture
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David W. Dahlberg
Harry E. Hanson Herbert Huffman
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Edward C. Lyckman
Edsel Malmstrom
M. I. Marshall
E. A. Taylor
R. Sidney Coonrod Hubert E. Crumley
R. J. Deck Floyd C. Guice Ben W. Hodges
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Harold Burk
M. F. Deans
Sim W. Gamblin Dorman A. Gibbs
Willis E. Hardin
Dana B. Henderson
Jack W. Kimbrough
Jacob W. Mohr
Lannie C. Underwood
Wool Producers Associations
Gatesville
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