Ground breaking set for Richards Memorial Library
Construction starts with groundbreaking ceremony at 6 30 p m Tuesday at South 11th and Blackburn Street The Rev Roy May will lead speeches with architect J J Black County Judge W M Deans Brady Mayor P L Ulstad and library trustees represented The donor Mrs F M Richards is recovering from a heart attack and may not attend The project totals 40000 for the building equipment furnishings planting and parking lot paving to be let later
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. (Buck) Richards
South 11Th and
Blackburn Sts
Roy May
First Methodist Church
F. M. Richards
J. J. Black
Midland
W. M. Deans
Brady
P. L. Ulstad
Hardin Jones
Marion Williamson
McCulloch County
Run-off Primary Election Urges McCulloch Voters
The passage urges residents of McCulloch County to vote in the upcoming run-off primary. It stresses civic duty, equality with other counties, and the impact of turnout on state government, framing voting as essential and timely before election results and future coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCulloch
Texarkana
el Paso
Brady High Registers 257 Students in Latest Enrollment
Brady High School reported 257 students registered on Thursday including 55 seniors 63 juniors 67 sophomores and 72 freshmen. Principal C A Ethridge noted additional enrollments expected later this week and next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady High School
C. A. Ethridge
Brady Trustees Raise Budget With Fixed Tax Rate
Brady school trustees adopted a 357,403 dollar budget for 1954 55, up 23,707 from last year, while maintaining the 1.50 dollar per 100 valuation tax rate. The administration plans 18,594 and instruction totals 254,366 with state funds contributing 235,292 and local funds 118,700. Remaining balances include interest and sinking 21,212 and deficits in cafeteria and athletic funds. Dorothy Hunt earned a master’s in education at North Texas State College. her husband Boyd Hunt directs the Brady High School Band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady School
C. A. Reynolds
Reynolds
Dorothy Hunt
South Ward School
North Texas State College
Denton
Boyd Hunt
Brady
NTSC
McCulloch County Sees First Cotton Harvest
Two bales mark the county's first cotton of the year with ginning completed Tuesday afternoon. Oscar Byman of Melvin sent a 448 pound bale from 1700 pounds of snap cotton to Farmers Gin, while J E Ake of Waldrip produced a 473 pound bale from 1755 pounds of snap cotton at O C Utsey's gin. Both bales were bought by Previtt Garner of Brady for Anderson Clayton & Co. Byman's bale was likely the first, ginned between noon and 2 pm, with Ake's finished around 3:30 pm. Byman's bale headed to Texas Compress Co. in Brady Wednesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Ake
Waldrip
O. C. Utsey
Fife
Ake
Merlin
Oscar Byman
Melvin
McCulloch County
E. B. Thomas
O. C Utsey
Byman
Thomas
Utsey
Texas Compress Co
Brady
Previtt Garner
Anderson- Clayton & Co
Colorado River
Local Runoff Ballot Set With Governor Race Heat Up
Absentee ballots show rising interest ahead of Saturday runoff in McCulloch County with 183 cast, versus 1,178 in the July first primary and 3,501 countywide voters in the July 24 election. Runoff names include Shivers and Yarborough for governor. Davidson heads Court of Criminal Appeals. Gainer and Kimbrough vie for county judge. Vogel and Williamson race for sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Burk
Allan Shivers
Ralph W. Yarborough
Supreme Court of Texas
Phace
Alfred M. Scott Few Brewster
Court of Criminal Appeals
Lloyd W. Davidson
Love Kimbrough Arch Gainer
L. N. (Luke) Vogel J. P. Williamson
John M. Guice
Wayne Spiller
Davidson
Alan Haley
Haley
Shivers
Yarborough
Mary
Love Kimbrough
Gainer
Rochelle
Pontotoc
Doole
J. P. Williamson
Luke Vogel
Co-op Sets Three More Exchanges for Dial Phones
Central Texas Telephone Co-op plans three more dial exchanges by Sept 1 in Doole Star Mills County and southwest Goldthwaite. Five exchanges already operating this summer include Melvin and Sohns system. By Oct 1 Mercury Voca Rochelle are due, with 1 000 customers to be served when all done.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Texas Telephone Co-op
Clyde Sanders
Goldthwaite
Doole
Star
Mills County
Southwest
Coop
Melvin
Sohn
Sanders
Mercury
Voca
Rochelle
Algerita
Locker
Bend
Cherokee
San Saba County
Ex Rochelle Man Maj William Warren Crawford Killed in England Crash
Maj. William Warren Crawford, 81, a former Rochelle and Brady resident, was killed in a jet plane crash in England. He served in the Air Force since 1942 and had been in England for 32 months. Survived by his father of Holt Texas, a sister in San Angelo, his former wife Winnie Crawford and their daughter Linda Kay, and his present wife and two children in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Warren Crawford
Rochelle and
Brady
England
J. B. Barfield
San Angelo
Rochelle High School
Carlton
China
Crawford
Brady and
Palace
Air Force
Winnie Crawford
Linda Kay
Brady faculty fills ranks as schools set to open Monday
With two more teachers hired, Brady schools prepare to start next Monday along with county schools in Melvin Lohn and Rochelle. Edna Banks from Brady becomes girls physical education teacher at Brady High School and Elizabeth Meese from Kenedy is hired as special education teacher. Banks holds a Howard Payne B A and taught at Kola. Meese has a University of Texas B A and six years at Kenedy plus experience in Austin and recent study toward social education at Southwest Texas State Teachers College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady
Melvin
Lohn
Rochelle
C. T. Reynolds
Edna M. Banks
Brady High School
Elizabeth Meese
Kenedy
Dogs to Scrimmage At Barbecue Friday
Brady Bulldog fans will see their team in action Friday night at the Ol Hound Dawgs annual barbecue at Bulldog Stadium. A 6 30 p m scrimmage precedes a 7 30 p m barbecue supper open to the public. Tickets are $1 from any Hound Dawgs member. The squad lists 45 players with several returning lettermen and one minor injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady Bulldog
Bulldog Stadium
Richards Park
Bulldog
Hound Dawes
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Brady’s
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North Ward
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Butch Ogden
Tracy Byrd
S. P. Tomlinson
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Vernon Ryan
Asepha
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Lesley Fisher
Johnny Hicks
Gayle Morgeson
Soph
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Sam Wright
Gray Carruthers
Jr. High
Bobby Andrews
Johnny Bradshaw
Fletcher Fields
Dr. High
Charles Saunders
W. T. McLean
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Marion Young
Billy Joe Nicholas
Richard Rickman
Larry Smith
Jerry Smith
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Jée Cole
Dick Moseley
Dan” Oes
Charles Bowden
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