Town With a Homemade Lake Inspires Brady Growth
A Brady paper notes Bloomington Indiana built a $1 million homemade lake that spurred a population and business boom. The lake 6.5 miles long 50 feet deep holds 5 billion gallons. 650 boats licensed and thousands visit on hot weekends. The project required a bond issue water rate hikes and land acquisition.
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Saturday Evening Post
Brady
Bloomington
Brady's
Bloomingtons
the Post
Lake Proposal Easy Winner in Water Ballot
The Brady Creek lake plan won strong support in a Lions Club straw poll with 315 votes for and 9 against, a 97.6 percent majority. The poll has no official impact but signals public reaction as the group forwards ballots to the City Council to consider a bond election for financing.
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Brady
Harry Priess
Bloomington
Brady Creek
Lions Club
Brady Standard
Former Fife ball players visit from the Valley
Charley Mitchell R K Finlay of Raymondville and Dair Baldridge of McAllen, former Fife star pitcher, arrive to spend several days with old friends. They recall Fife’s past baseball strength and Baldridge’s fast pitching days as they tour the community and revisit old haunts.
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Charley Mitchell
R. K. Finlay
Raymondville
Dair Baldridge
McAllen
Fife
Brady
Baldridge
Mitchell
Finlay
Texas
Henry Bradley
Pinkerton Returns To Pulpit Sunday At Brady Church
The Rev M S Pinkerton pastor will return to the Brady Presbyterian pulpit Sunday after a vacation in Houston visiting son-in-law Dr Donald C Pinkerton and daughter-in-law. He baptized his granddaughter Carol Ruth Pinkerton five months old during the trip. Dr Pinkerton is a resident surgeon at Southern Pacific Hospital in Houston.
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M. S. Pinkerton
Brady Presbyterian Church
Houston
Donald C. Pinkerton
Brady
Carol Ruth Pinkerton
Pinkerton
Southern Pacific Hospital
Episcopal Bishop to Speak at St. Paul's Sunday
The Right Rev. R. Earl Ducus suffragan bishop of West Texas will deliver the sermon and celebrate Holy Communion at St. Paul s Episcopal Church on Sunday September 1 at 11 a m.
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R. Earl Ducus
Diocese of West Texas
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Bloodmobile Visit Planned for Brady Church
Tables set at the Post Office and both banks to sign up donors for a Red Cross Bloodmobile visit. The Bloodmobile will be at First Christian Church in Brady on Wednesday September 4 from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 4 p.m.
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Red Cross
Brady
First Christian Church
Baptist Church Welcomes New Pastor Sunday
Dr. C. W. McCulloughs will deliver first messages as pastor of the First Baptist Church at 11 a.m. and 7 45 p.m. Sunday. The couple with their daughter Joy will host three guests Cammie Jay Janet May and Hilma Levy from Jamaica to meet attendees after services.
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C. W. McCulloughs
First Baptist Church
Joy
Baylor University
McCulloughs
Cammie Jay
Janet May
San Andres
Hilma Levy
Kingston
Jamaica
Howard Payne College
Southwestern Theological Seminary
Ervin R. Watson
First Christian Church
Cisco
Brady Thursday
Brady Declares Next Monday a Holiday
Brady designates next Monday as a holiday, with most stores closed. The list of six holidays was established years ago after a merchants poll by the Chamber of Commerce committee.
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Brady
Chamber of Commerce
Bulldogs Begin Tough Week of Workouts in 1950s Prep
The Brady Bulldogs, rusty but not ragged, wrapped up the first week of drills as coach Chuck York praised effort. With a tough 10-game schedule ahead and only five of last year’s starters back, the squad leans on a core group including Royce Blackburn and Gordon McBride. The team is largely junior-heavy, with 12 juniors and 9 sophomores among 29 players, and the starters may debut next week against Ballinger.
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Brady Bulldogs
Chuck York
Bulldogs
Robert Roddie
Forrest Hanson
York
K. Y. Owens
Ballinger
Sport Car Caravan To Parade Through Brady Saturday
A Dallas Fort Worth sports car rally will pass Brady Saturday morning on its route to the Big Bend. Cars depart Dallas Friday 7 p m with one minute intervals. first stop Brownwood, then Heart of Texas Park. Magnolia Petroleum sponsors Mobil equipped entrants from several countries.
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Dallas-Fort Worth
Brady
Big Bend
England
Germany
Italy
France
Us&s
Dallas
Brownwood
Heart of Texas Park
Menard
Eldorado
Ozona
Wort Stockton
Marathon
Big Bend National Park
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Mobil
Pensacola Couple Returns Home After Brady Visit
Capt. and Mrs. S B Bennett of Pensacola Florida and Betty John and Sam returned home Wednesday after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gray of Brady.
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S. B. Bennett
Pensacola, Fla
Betty
John
Sam
Walter Gray
Brady
Heart Sign Back on Plaza Urged by Brady Lions Club
The Brady Lions Club proposes a Heart of Texans sign for the plaza to replace a former one. Buford Sheffield chairs a committee with Albert McCulloch to meet the City Council, aiming to boost Brady’s public profile and cash in on the Heart of Texas theme. Members include J. E. Herrington and L. B. Smith.
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Plaza
Lions Club
The
Brady Lions Club
Heart of Texans
Buford Sheffield
Thurday
Albert McCulloch
Brady
Sheffield
Texas
J. E. Herrington
L. B. Smith
Citizens Seek Police Curbs On Juveniles
A Brady city hall meeting heard a citizens delegation urge stronger police action to curb teenage disturbances this summer. They pressed parents to take responsibility and proposed options including a juvenile officer, curfew, youth center, and community facilities like a pool and extended club hours to provide supervised activities for teens.
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Hallam
Haddam Nid
Supt. Reynolds
City Opens War On Mosquitoes
City council orders fogging machine back in operation as a bid to control mosquitoes. Early Thursday the machine completed its first round. Other actions include reopening itinerant labor camp on West Main Street for Sept. 1, inviting bids for a new dump truck, Lions Club backing a municipal water reservoir on Brady Creek, and plans for a driving range at the Country Club.
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West Main Street
Lions Club
Brady Creek
J C Penney Back-to-School Theatre Party
The annual event sponsored by J C Penney Co will be held Friday morning for elementary children and the small fry. They will meet at the Penney store at 9 30 a m and parade around the square to the Texas Theatre to view Rocky Lane in Sheriff of Sundown. More than 500 children attended last year.
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J. C. Penney Co
Penney
Texas Theatre
Rocky” Lane
School Term Opens Next Week for Local Districts
Melvin and Lohn will start the new school year next Monday morning while Brady schools open Tuesday. Rochelle waits until Monday September 9 to begin. Brady second to twelfth graders stay all day Tuesday except first graders who adjust. Bus routes run as normal and the cafeteria opens. First graders need a birth certificate and smallpox vaccination proof.
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Melvin
Lohn
Brady
Rochelle
Brady Oil owner adjusts after arm amputation
WR. Rook, owner of the Brady Oil Company, can work most days at his desk. He had his left arm amputated in late July at a San Antonio hospital. He said adapting was awkward at first but his right-handedness helped him resume work.
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WR. Rook
Brady Oil Company
San Antonio
Rook
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