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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1955
Page
4
A brief notice advertises Can No 2 cans offered at 2 for 1.00 with a 1-Lb package option. The sale emphasizes value for shoppers seeking bulk canned goods.
A clipped newspaper ad lists meat prices including spareribs smoked and dry salting jowls by the 10 pound bag and Kentucky wonder produce. It shows prices like 75 cents and 89 cents per pound and 21 cents per dozen eggs in small print.
The report notes steady market activity at a light run during the Heart Of Texas Commission Co. sale on Tuesday with bids across cattle from fat calves to heavy bulls and stocker animals. A revival meeting at Union Baptist Church near Fredonia and Pontotoc is planned for December 4 to 11, led by Rev. Clyde Buchanan with nightly sermons at 7 p.m. culminating in a basket lunch on December 11.
Medical and surgical admissions list Brady residents including George S. Lacy George S. Lacy and baby H D Avants Linda Sue Yarborough Bertha Ake Joe Myers and others in late November. Entries show dates November 25 26 28 with patient names and locations Brady.
The Lohn Community Club will hold its Christmas party at the home of Mrs. Fred Lohn next Thursday at 2 p.m. A recreational program is planned and gifts will be exchanged. Everyone interested in the club is urged to attend.
An American Bible Society exhibit in the Hays building between Broad Mercantile Co and Wilensky's complements the Buck Richards Memorial Library display. It showcases reprints of the Coverdale Bible of 1535, the first complete English Bible, and a Geneva Bible page from 1560. Sample pages and title pages are shown, with reading bookmarks for Thanksgiving through Christmas to encourage Bible reading.
Visit details show Mr and Mrs Preston Smith and children Mickey and Jan of Lubbock staying with Mrs Smiths parents Mr and Mrs W J Smith and brothers L B Smith and Howard Smith. Abilene trip notes Ben Smith Walter Hurd Mrs R W Hill and two Fort Worth sons visiting Perry Smith in Abilene.
Local families hosted Thanksgiving visits from relatives across Texas and New Mexico. Oren Seal of Houston attended with family. Jamie Marshall and Sylvia Bell traveled with parents Roy and the Marshalls to enjoy the A&M Texas game in College Station. Other guests arrived from Dallas Fort Worth Oklahoma and Granger for the holiday.
Directors of the McCulloch County Farm Bureau met last week to analyze the local bureau's operation structure and program. Five committees were named Membership Legislation Service Resolutions Publicity with appointed chairs and members. The next regular meeting is Saturday at 7 pm in the McCulloch County Electric Co op Building.
The article lists U S Presidents who died in office: Garfield McKinley Lincoln Harrison Taylor and Roosevelt noting their deaths occurred during their terms.
Mrs E M West celebrated her 85th birthday recently while hosting her brother Joe Jeter of Argyle who is 83. They moved from Alabama to Texas when she was 12 and he was 10. They are the sole surviving children of a 15 member family. Mrs West enjoys quilting without glasses and Mr Jeter hunts and fishes. Long time Baptist Church members, she enjoys radio listening due to health.
Den 2 Cub Scouts meet at Mrs. Leonard Atherton's home with Mrs. James King assisting. Joe King serves refreshments after opening exercises by Denner Martin Broad. The group sings America the Beautiful and completes salt map project. Clinton Newlin to return home from Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation for next meeting.
DORA BLHRENS VOCA TEXAS NOV 29 Winters bring guests from Santa Ana Fort Worth Rochelle and Brady as Mrs Behrens hosts relatives and friends for Thanksgiving Including Ray Collins J E Click Gaylie Salter and many Behrens family members with visits from Walter Behrens Edd Behrens and others and supper guests of the Behrens.
F R Randy Randolph opens the All Star Sewing Center at 112 South Blackburn Street on Saturday. The remodeled building features new partitions floor and lights. The store will sell and service sewing machines and notions and plans to offer an sewing class led by an instructor later. Randolph’s wife Dorothy Perry of Brady is connected.
Mr and Mrs M Hicks received guests Monday morning including Mr and Mrs H F Basham of Yampa and cousin Mrs Hicks. Heelers guests were Mr and Mrs G P Stark and daughters from Lubbock visiting the Hager family during Thanksgiving holidays.
Visitors from Del Rio San Angelo and Big Spring stayed with local families in the Placid and Brady areas over Thanksgiving weekend. A1C James O Jones and relatives from Goodfellow Field visited Brady while James hunted deer with friends. Rene Lutler and Mrs T E Baze visited Brady from San Antonio. Cleg Gassiot and Ronnie of San Antonio spent the holidays at a Lohn farm. A T Barton and Sandra stayed with Mrs Homer Kennard in Clyde.
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