Brady High Announces All-A Honor Roll List
Forty-one Brady High students are named on the all-A honor roll for the second six weeks. The roster includes 26 seniors, three juniors, 11 sophomores, and seven freshmen, with detailed A and B honor roll names and a junior section.
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Brady High School
Bobby Andrews
Barbara Bodenhamer
Billy Boswell
Mary
Sue Bratton
Richard Harrison
Lillie Mae Hermanson
Mary Glyn Kittle
Barbara Miller
Bonna Jean Nance
Jerry Neal
Lem Railsback
Cynthia Reynolds
Kenneth Richardson
Bill Ricks
Vernon Ryan
Ronnie Salter
Wilburn Shurtleff
Jerry Smith
Sherron Smith
Edgar Young
Glenda Dodds
Sarah Feagin
Carolyn Ingram
Earl Irish
Marcell Lemons
Joe Martinez
Rosemary McCord
Ann Miller
W. D. Miller
Pat Probst
Richard Rickman
Pauline Rubio
Janet Ruddier
Pat Terry
Cotton Farmers Vote Tuesday on Market Quotas
McCulloch County cotton growers and others nationwide will vote next Tuesday on establishing marketing quotas for the 1955 crop. Polling hours run 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Doole, Melvin, Lohn, Brady, Rochelle, and Voca locations with eligible voters listed. Each voting group includes wives. two-thirds yes needed to approve quotas with parity-based price supports and penalties for excess production.
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McCulloch County
Doole
Melvin
Lohn
Tabernacle
Brady
ASC
Rochelle
Lions Club Hall
Voca
Schooley’s
McCulloch
North Ward PTA Meeting to Feature Christmas Carols
North Ward PTA will meet December 14 at 2 30 P M. Following the business session the entertainment will be group singing of Christmas carols.
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North Ward Pta
Local cast announced for spring stage production
The announcement lists the cast for the upcoming spring show. Cast members include Sylvia Bell James Hadley June Young Janet Ogden Lee Threadgill Gay Townsend Gloria Watson Lowell Williamson Betty Wallin Corky Cobern Julia Fay Cobern Pat Hallmark Martha Bean and Butch Ogden in the role of one of the Angels.
Brady High School Football Ends Season With Net Profit
Brady High School reports a total gross income of 10 153 70 from football and junior high games. After paying guarantees to visiting teams and officials the net profit is 1 260 25 leaving the athletic fund in the red for the year.
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Brady High School
Brady
del Rio
Hamilton
Coleman
Comanche
Penney Manager Moves to Kerrville Store Expansion
Tom Davis, Brady J. C. Penney manager, resigns Oct. 29 to buy Hansen Department Store in Kerrville. He will be replaced by Raymond Cates from Pecos, arriving Dec. 27 to assume duties Dec. 31. Davis, a former Rotary president, expresses pride in Penney loyalty and cites family backing from Brady Mayor Alstad in pursuing the Kerrville venture. The Kerrville store will be Tom L. Davis Department Store Ltd. and was previously owned by H. A. Hansen, a retiree seeking a younger partner. Davis would have reached 20 years with Penney if stay extended. Cates has a wife and twin 13-year-old children.
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Tom Davis
J. C. Penney Co
Brady
Kerrville
Hansen Department
Davis
Raymond Cates
J. ©. Penney
Pecos
Cates
Rotary Club
J. C. Penney Company
Penney's
Davis and Alstad
Tom L. Davis
H. A. Hansen
Virginia
Minn
Penney
Hansen
Alstad
Penney Company
Brady to Distribute 100 Yule Food Baskets This Christmas
Brady Police, with Miss Arvie Wegner of Public Welfare, plan to provide 100 Christmas dinner baskets worth about 10 dollars each to needy families. Tickets via Wegner cards allow pickup December 25 at the police station from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Kay Cagwood sponsors a canned goods movie at Brady and Texas Theatres Saturday December 18 at 10 a.m. admission is a can or more.
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Brady Police Department
Tommy Clay
Police Department
Arvie Wegner
Department of Public Welfare
Brady Hospital School of Vocational Nursing Graduates
Five graduates received diplomas in a ceremony at the South Ward School auditorium. Eight students who began work in September were awarded their school caps. In the front row, Lena Mae Land, instructor, is pictured with graduates including Angelita Torrez Hettie Harris and Anna.
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Brady Hospital School of Vocational Nursing
Theig
South Ward School
Lena Mae Land
Angelita Torrez
Hettie Harris
Anna
Brady Lions Club Yuletide Party Planned at Roman's El Patio
Brady Lions Club will hold its annual Yuletide party at Roman's El Patio Thursday night of next week with wives and guests invited. Event starts at 7 p m and features Bryan and Linda Peters with their mother Mrs Hilman Stockstill. The club also voted to donate 25 to the Christmas Basket Fund of the Brady Police Department.
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Brady Lions Club
Roman
el Patio
Prospect
Bryan
Linda Peters
Hollywood
Hilman Stockstill
Brady Police Department
City Opens Bids On New Equipment
The City Council opened bids on a ditch digging machine and an outdoor circuit breaker for the power plant, but will study bids before awarding contracts. The council also contributed 100 to the Police Department Christmas basket program and reviewed a tentative plan for Richards Park development.
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Police Department
Richards Park
Visitors Stay With Harkriders In Houston
Mrs. T. L. Knox and her son Jack spent Saturday to Tuesday as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Harkrider in Houston.
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Harkriders
T. L. Knox
Jack
Houston
Jim Harkrider
Brady's Christmas Party on the Square Held Saturday
More than 100 gifts will be given away at Brady's Christmas party on the square Saturday night. Santa Claus will appear and prizes include an auto wash, movie passes, gift certificates, nylon hose, and more. The event begins at 7 p.m. with loudspeakers, street closures, and floodlights.
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Brady
Brady Hotel
Brady Merchants
Santa Claus
Lee Ruffin
Santa Dwing
Earl Rudder
John Holcomb
Junior Choir to Sing Here at Brady Church
The Junior Choir of 4th Austin Avenue Presbyterian Church Brownwood will perform Christmas music Sunday evening at Brady Presbyterian Church. Choir members are aged 5 to 12. Pastor Rev Tommy Brower invites the public to attend at 7 p m.
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4Th Austin Avenue’ Presbyterian Church
Brownwood
Brady Presbyterian Church
Tommy Brower
Trial of $13 890 Civil Suit Delayed
A $13 890 civil suit for damages set for trial in 35th District Court here Wednesday was continued to a later date. A J Ricks Jr filed the suit last July against Fred Spiller and J R Keyser over the sale of S and K Chevrolet Co to Ricks last year.
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35Th District Court
A. J. Ricks, Jr
Fred Spiller
J. R. Keyser
S&k Chevrolet Co
Ricks
Spiller
Keyser
City Fines Soar in November Traffic Report
City Court fines in November totaled 1555.50 driven by 84 drivers with no operator’s license and 27 for running stop signs. Most fined were transient Latin American cotton pickers with surnames Castillo Flores Lopez Rosales Gonzales Sanchez Martinez. Fines ranged 15.50 for no license and 2 to 3 for stop signs. City Marshal Tommy Clay presented the report amid a national traffic safety drive proclaimed by President Eisenhower.
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Castillo
Florez
Lopez
Rosales
Gonzales
Sanchez
Martinez
Taylor Leads Farm Bureau President in McCulloch County
E. A. Taylor of Melvin was elected president of the McCulloch County Farm Bureau, succeeding Ed Williams of Camp Saba. New officers include Bill Granville of Brady as first vice president Harry Hanson of West Sweden as second vice president and Owen Rudolph of Lohn as secretary.
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E. A. Taylor
Melvin
McCulloch County
Winters Sees Flood Control Backers Gaining Ground
Brady Creek Watershed Association president H D Winters returned from Washington praising the National Watershed Congress. The meeting drew 40 states, three cabinet members, and many congressmen at a banquet. The group, with 25 soil and water groups, pushed unity for flood control and supported both upstream dams and downstream projects. Winters helped form a committee on watershed districts with peers from Iowa Missouri Idaho and Texas. He noted broad agreement that flood control and water conservation address drought, and that attendance doubled from last May with eight Texans present.
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H. D. Winters
Brady Creek Watershed Association
Washington
National Watershed Congress
Douglas McKay
Department of the Interior
Ezra Taft Benson
Agriculture
Robert Stevens
Congress
Winters
Statler Hotel
Iowa
Missouri
Idaho
Paul Hardin
McKinney
Soil Conservation Service
Corps of Engineers
Watershed Congress
Drouth
Aunt Jemima to Dance Friday at Rochelle Pancake Supper
Aunt Jemima will jitterbug for Rochelle crowds Friday night at a pancake supper sponsored by the Rochelle Study Club in the Rochelle School lunchroom from 6 39 to 9 p m Proceeds benefit the F M Richards Memorial Library and Rochelle Community Center About 500 attendees expected Supplies include pancake mix syrup and milk donated by local firms with tickets 50 cents An after supper games and films are planned The event is organized by club president Mrs Bill Huffman and a finance committee led by Mrs Walter Hurd
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Jemima
Rochelle
Rochelle Study Club
Brady
Quaker Oats Company
F. M. Richards
M. A. Gainer Co
Tom Penn
Bill Huffman
Walter Hurd
Lockett Bryson
Raymond Harrison
Jalene Scoggin
Frances Stewart
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Brady High
Corky Cobern
Janice Neve
Charles Saunders
Martha Bean
Patsy Bratton
Eugene Cornelius
Donnie Davis
Theresa Denman
Necia Gossett
James Hadley
Bill Hampton
John Hicks
Tom Holliday
Bob MeeShan
Danny Miller
Janet Ogden
Diane Roddie
Lee Thread
the Angels
BHS
Brats
Postag
Ing
Andrews
Tex
Port Lavaca
Dee
Mae Palmer
Agnes Moore
Ima Grace Underwood
Erna Samuelson
Doris Thorn
Ruby Larkin
Bertha Hanson
Ruby Bratton
Carrie Turner
Helen Lawrence
Zelma Barber
Johnnie Webb
Lions Club
The
Chamber of Commerece
Taylor
Farm Bureau
Placid
Piggly Wiggly
Red and White Grocery
Gray’s Fine Foods
Kimbell-Brady Co
Gandy’s Creamery
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