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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1954
Page
1
In Floyd Bousman’s camp on North Fork Creek high in the Wind River Mountains two friends fish for trout. They release several smaller catch and net two 12 inch fish at once before a 16 inch cutthroat is landed later. The narrative ends with a page cue.
The Brady Presbyterian Church will celebrate its 50th anniversary of charter on Sept. 5 with a homecoming for current and former members and pastors. The day features exhibits, a barbecue lunch, and a history copy for attendees, plus an evening worship. Committees and volunteers from Brady organize invitations, publicity, dinner, and program activities.
Buyers of reserved seat season tickets to the Bulldogs home games find a bigger bargain than expected. The season ticket price is $5, while individual tickets were announced as $1.20 but are actually $1.25, set by the District 8-AA committee. General admission tickets remain $1.
The City Council bought a new street sweeper from Morton Equipment Co. of Abilene for 7250 with a three day trial and discussion of citizen requests for paving. Streets Supt. Holt urged caution on salt paving while Mayor Ulstad sought info from other cities. The council will study a paving program as the tax roll nears completion.
City Marshal Tommy Clay warns entries are lagging for the Brady bicycle derby with 55 prizes. Entries close next Tuesday. bike inspections are free and no entry fee. Races are set for the Brady square on Thursday night August 26.
Mr and Mrs Sam Flores of Melvin celebrate the birth of a son at Brady Hospital on Wednesday.
A playful challenge asks readers to locate hard to find numbers in a telephone directory. It guides searches away from obvious initials and toward less predictable listings, hinting at entries like the post office sheriff and National Guard with a page turn cliffhanger.
The city pool will close for the season this Saturday night at seven o'clock. Erect Imeiga receives square power plant will shut down operations for the off season.
Brady Bulldog bandsmen at Camp Landa New Braunfels elected majorettes for the new school year. Elected were Mary Sue Bratton Diane Roddie Karen Hartley Carolyn Ingram Sherron Smith and alternate Cynthia Reynolds. Tryouts were Tuesday and Wednesday nights. The group plans to return to Brady Friday.
The 400 foot steel tower for John Threadgill’s community television system arrived in Brady on Wednesday afternoon. Workmen will begin erecting it next Monday and tests for a strong signal will take about 10 days to two weeks. The Jerrold Co. of Dallas will supervise installation with a Jerrold engineer expected Monday.
Hardin Jones, a library trustee, said acceptable bids totaling 40 000 have been received by the architect. The contracts will be let after the trustees meet to approve and sign, with funds totaling the full amount available.
Tickets are on sale for a Lions Club pancake supper at Richards Park on Friday Sept 3 from 7 to 9 pm. For 50 cents attendees can eat all they want. Lions will sell tickets at the event. Aunt Jemima will be present for the party.
Brady High School students begin registration next Wednesday and Thursday with seniors at 8:00 a.m., juniors at 1:00 p.m., sophomores 9:00 a.m., and freshmen 1:00 p.m. on Thursday. Elementary and junior high register on opening day August 30. Birth certificates required for first graders and smallpox vaccination proof for new Brady students. Bus routes resume that day. lunches cost 25 to 30 cents plus milk extra.
Dial telephones were being installed in Melvin this week by the Central Texas Telephone Co op. The switch to the new system was expected to be made Thursday and will provide 24 hour service. Mrs Claude Turner in charge of the Melvin exchange will stay with the company for now. Crews moved to Doole to start installations there. At Lohn the system has operated since July 31 marking the first of 14 exchanges switched to dial operation.
Eighty one absentee ballots were cast Thursday in the second primary with Aug. 28 polling day. County Clerk Mrs. Richard Burk notes Aug. 24 as the last day to vote absentee, while mailed ballots return by noon on election day will still be counted.
With the new term nearing, Brady schools face openings for two teachers a girls physical education instructor at the high school and a special education teacher. Superintendent Reynolds had hired a female PE teacher this summer, but Misa Gay Addington of Dallas canceled after announcing her marriage. The staff includes Reynolds as superintendent Ernest Martin as coordinator John S. Lewie as tax assessor-collector Lucile K. Lewis as secretary to the superintendent and Mary Lee Dodson as secretary to the high school principal Ethridge.
Weather observer Mrs. Jay Cochran reports Brady totals as 5.02 inches so far this year with monthly breakdowns, noting Mc Culloch County average rainfall is 24 inches. The data reflect actual measurements from the town station.
Kay Caywood, Brady's downtown manager, oversees a 15 by 30 foot screen nearly filling a 12 by 20 yard space. The new equipment includes 1100 dollars in projector lenses and the installation cost 210 dollars per square foot. Four men worked five hours to complete the erection ahead of the opening of The Robe on Wednesday.
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