Brady Coach Sees Ambition Despite Slim Uplift
Brady coach Chuck York told the Lions Club at Trinity Methodist Church that the team is ambitious but not optimistic. He cited heavy losses from graduation including Ortiz Riddles Bryson Gandy and Smith and warned that Brady must scrap as other teams seek to dethrone the state finalist.
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Chuck York
Brady Lions Club
Trinity Methodist Church
York
Brady Winters
Ortiz
Riddles
Bryson
Shirl Gandy
Smith
Houston
Brady
Brady Bulldogs Open Football Game Tickets On Sale
Tickets go on sale Tuesday at City Drugs and Rudder Drug for the Brady Bulldogs opener in Ballinger. Reserve seats cost 1.25 in Brady and 1.50 at the Ballinger gate on Friday September 5. General admission is 1 for adults and 25 cents for students. Sales end in Brady just after noon on game day.
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Brady Bulldogs
Ballinger
City Drugs and Rudder Drug
Brady
Brady Bulldogs Shuffle Positions in Open Practice
Coach Chuck York shuffled linemen and backs during the Brady Bulldogs first workouts as he seeks the starting eleven. Senior Tony Dutton broke a nose, Gordon McBride and Donald Sessom also sidelined by injuries while five starters return including Royce Blackburn and Max Cox. The team aims to settle positions by Saturday as it enters the 1958 season amid high expectations.
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Brady Bulldogs
Chuck York
Tony Dutton
York
Dutton
Manche
Gordon McBride
Donald Sessom
Bulldogs
Terrell
Dogs
Royce Blackburn
Max Cox
Johnny Moran
Scotti Appleton
Brady Leads Texas High School Football Preseason Rankings
The Texas schoolboy football scene opens with Brady ranked No 2 in Class AA. Abilene Port Arthur Highland Park and Sweetwater headline top AAAA AAA and A lists. Finalists in several classes include Sweetwater Nederland Mart and White Oak, with top 10 teams named per class and notes on strong contenders across divisions.
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Texas
Abilene
Sweetwater
Terrell
White Oak
Highland Park
Port Arthur
Eagles
Nederland
Mart
Wichita Falls
Austin
San Antonio Thomas Jefferson
Galena Park
Dallas Thomas Jefferson
Houston Reagan
Texarkana
Breckenridge
Andrews
Kingsville
Carthage
George West
Ozona
Henrietta
Bishop
Trinity
Cisco
Comanche
Grapevine
Pittsburg
Marlin Stamford
Pleasanton
Cameron
Taylor
Bellville
Jasper
Angleton
Raymondville
Longview
Beaumont
Cass
McKinney
Rals
Roscoe
Hemphill
Cotulla
Rio Hondo
Red Tag promotion to spark Texas shoppers Friday night
Ready for ES Tag Days Texas merchants launch free movie tickets with purchases as the Red Tag event continues. The Forever Darling film at Texas Theatre will screen Friday night with prizes around 8 pm and discounts from 33 local merchants including Elite Children Shop Gibbs Exclusive Styles Rudder's Rexall and more.
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Lucille al
Desi Arnaz
Texas Theatre
East O’ Texas
Ildren Shop
Gibbs Exclusive Yles
Rudder’s
Rexall Drug
Mrs Roy Simpson to Return Home from Here
Mrs Roy Simpson will leave their Mathis home on Monday after spending two weeks visiting friends here.
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Mathis
Roy Simpson
Navy Seaman Fagan Akins Receives Discharge
Fagan Akins has received his discharge from the Navy after two years of service in Hawaii. He visited his grandmother Mrs Dora McCartney and sister Mrs Bill Dodds and their families along with other relatives and friends.
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Fagan Akins
Navy
Hawaii
Dora McCartney
Bill Dodds
Brady School Board Adopts 1958 59 Budget Totals 394 849
Brady Schools plan a 1958 59 budget of 394 849 with 129 500 from local taxes and 257 350 from state sources. The levy is 1 50 per 100 valuation, split 1 08 for maintenance and 42 for bond retirement. Largest item is 268 260 in teachers salaries.
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Brady School Board
Pioneer transfers two gas leaders to Big Spring office
Bill Grant, Brady district engineer for Pioneer Natural Gas, is reassigned to Big Spring as district engineer. James Isbell, former Ozona manager, takes over in Ozona. Grant and Isbell have long service in the company and local civic roles. transfers take effect Sept. 1. They move from Brady to Big Spring on Friday.
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Bill Grant
Pioneer Natural Gas Company
Brady
Pioneer
Big Spring
Grant
University of Oklahoma
James Isbell
Ozona
Isbell
Gorman High Schoo
Brownwood Business College
Greta
Brenda Jane
Janet
Empire Southern Gas Company
Brady Lions Club
Brady Chamber of Commerce
Brady Masonic Lodge
First Baptist Church
Jean
Diana
B. A. Hallam
Brady Merchants
Unversity of Texas Division of Extension
Brady Chamber weighs financing a $2 million lake above town
D A Harkrider told Brady Chamber directors that private bond buyers may balk at a $2 million lake project with a city value around $4.5 million. If financing fails above Brady, planners will explore a site below town to avoid railroad disruption and lower costs. Other items include a US 87 four lane plan kickoff, goat division on the livestock program, and Heart O Texas Producers Co op harvest preparations.
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D. A. Harkrider
Chamber of Commerce
Brady
Brady Cieek
Soil Conservation Service
Harkrider
Santa Fe
Ben Dillon
Lamesa
San Antonio
Andy Allen
The
Agriculture Committee
Heart O’ Texas Producers Co-op
Co-Op
Brady High School reports 285 enrolled to date
Brady High School reported 285 students registered this week with signups on Monday and Tuesday and more expected when school opens next Tuesday. Current breakdown includes 54 seniors, 83 juniors, 61 sophomores, and 87 freshmen. last year’s first day total was 307.
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Brady High School
Brady Melvin Rochelle Schools Open Tuesday
Brady Melvin and Rochelle schools begin the new term Tuesday morning with buses on their usual routes. Brady buses return around 11 a.m. and lunch starts Tuesday. cafeteria opens Wednesday. Melvin holds a 9 a.m. opening program and registration Tuesday. Rochelle buses run routes Tuesday and return at 2 30 p.m. Open house for Rochelle set Saturday night Aug 30 from 7 to 9 p.m.
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Brady, Rochelle, Melvin
Brady
Melvin
Rochelle
Supt. K. O. Ellington
John School Opens Monday With New Faculty
The Lohn School will open Monday September 1 under Supt. D E Edwards with staff including Mary McMillan first and second grades Gladys Baize third and fourth Oma Tedder fifth and sixth Charles Maynor seventh Lon Gray English Glyndol Snodgrass coach and math C B Chenault vocational agriculture and Mrs James Capps homemaking Bus drivers Olin McNair custodian Clarence Lohn and Charles Maynor Lunchroom cooks Pearl Bray and Green Doyal Coach Snodgrass began football workouts last Monday night.
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Lohn
D. E. Edwards
Mary McMillan
Gladys Baize
Oma Tedder
Charles Maynor
Lon Gray
Glyndol Snodgrass
C. B. Chenault
James Capps
Olin McNair
Clarence Lohn
Pearl Bray
Green Doyal
Snodgrass
Melvin Hires New Coach and Homemaking Teacher
Charles Syedler named Melvin coach and high school math teacher after a recent move from Quitaque Briscoe County where he coached last year. Mrs. Lillian N. Eastland elected homemaking teacher moving from Ranger. last taught at Robert Lee.
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Charles Syedler
Lillian N. Eastland
Melvin
Syedler
Big Spring High School
Tarleton State
Howard Payne College
Quitaque
Briscoe County
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AP Sports
McLean’s Sporting Goods
Kelso's Jewelry
Townsend’s Khen Franklin
Adkins & Deaton
Gartman’s
City Drug Company
Bell's Feed
Cecil Verne
Hill Country Creameries
Jones Cleaners
John’s
Kelso’s
West End
Samue's
A. H. Broad Company
FE. J. Brock Conoco
Dodds Electric
N&m Grocery
Steffens Flowers
Campbell
First Christian Church
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CC Board
A. H. Floyd
Education Committee
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Jerome Wilkerson
B. C. Broad
A. P. Waldrop
George Carrithers
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