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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1955
Page
11
Miss Suzanne Strickland, student at Southwest Texas State College in San Marcos, is spending the holidays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Strickland.
Memorial books new to the F. M. Buck Richards Memorial Library include Gift From The Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh donated by Mr and Mrs W N White in memory of Margaret Harris Cash McCall by Cameron Hawley gifted in memory of W H Ballou and The Fireside Book of Christmas Stories edited by Edward Wagenknecht containing 41 writers 44 selections presented by Mrs F R Wulff in memory of Karl D Steffens A Treasury of Christmas Songs and Carols edited by Henry W Simon with Busoni illustrations and Fellner piano arrangements donated by Dr and Mrs J S Anderson in memory of W H Ballou.
Mr and Mrs Jan Hendley spent the past week end in San Antonio visiting Hilary Tindel who has been seriously ill in Brooke General Hospital. Tindel remains on the critical list.
Mrs Leroy Purcell formerly Vancille Tedder leaves Saturday for San Diego to join her husband who will be stationed at Oxnard after two months overseas service.
Mrs R G Hughes of Temple arrived Wednesday to spend the Christmas holidays with relatives in Brady.
County officials receive higher ex officio salaries totaling 3857.18 per year to cover county expenses. The schedule lists salaries for County Judge, County Attorney, Sheriff, County Clerk, Treasurer, District Clerk, Tax Collector, constables, County Commissioners, Home Demonstration Agent, and County Agent with stated maximums and notes on state and federal supplementation.
Calvin Ernest Robinson 59 a former Fredonia resident and oil field worker died Tuesday in Kermit. He was born October 5 1896 in Wise County. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p m at Union Band Cemetery near Fredonia Wilkerson Funeral Home in charge. Survived by his mother Mrs R W Robison Fredonia three sons Louis and R W of Odessa Wesley D in the Air Force Washington D C two sisters Mrs Floyd Brewer Monahans and Mrs Agnes Marshall Brady.
The piece lists multiple families hosting holiday guests over Christmas. Visits include Mr and Mrs John A Ward of Austin with her parents, Kilgore librarian Miss Mary Lyle Vincent, and Second Lt Herbert Harkrider Jr returning from Fort Benning to Brady. Additional guests join the Harkriders from Marshall and Ganado, with kinship ties noted.
A-3C Ronny Taylor stationed at Chanute Air Force Base spends the Christmas holidays visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Doe Taylor.
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