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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1956
Page
4
Christmas greetings spread as families from Brady Abilene Brownwood Fort Worth and beyond gathered for holiday dinners and visits. Notable travel included Denzil Wyckoff and others from Carlsbad and Coleman while D. S. Pumphrey revisited after a Coleman trip.
West Point cadet Ronnie Salter is on Christmas leave visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Howard Salter. He arrived Sunday and will return to West Point Sunday afternoon. Also visiting: Miss Jan Gartman of Dallas with her father Jack Gartman. Guests include Joe Garvey of University of Houston and Jean Garvey of Dallas.
The Melvin Twentieth Century Club held its Christmas meeting with guests Mr. and Mrs. George Boswell who spoke on the Holy Land. They displayed souvenirs and slides from their travels, sharing scenes of biblical sites to deepen Christmas meaning.
Ann Elizabeth Lane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Charles J. Lane, was born at West Texas Hospital in Lubbock on December 21. The newborn weighed seven pounds ten ounces. Grandparents are Dr. and Mrs G. H. Ricks of Brady and Mr. and Mrs Roy L. Lane of Eastland. Mrs Lane is the former Polly Ricks. An older brother Chuck, 2, also greeting the arrival.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe W. Shafer and Randy of Port Lavaca stayed Friday to Tuesday at her parents home, Mr. and Mrs. Neff Bingham. Mrs. Shafer’s grandmother Mrs. Lillie Smith joined them, as relatives from Pear Valley and Hermleigh visited for recovery.
Here for Christmas Mr and Mrs J B Bodin and two sons Jerry and Bill of San Antonio spent the holidays visiting Mrs Bodin s mother and aunt Mrs Jesse Renfro and Mrs H H Lehmann Mrs Bodin formerly Katherine Speaker also here was Mrs Ethel Sanders of Santa Fe NM visiting her sisters Mrs Renfro and Mrs Lehmann Mrs Harvey Davis returned home last Friday from Houston after two weeks in hospital following surgery Visiting Mr and Mrs Davis during the Christmas holidays and wish
Mr and Mrs Ralph Micklethwaite of Brady entertained guests on Christmas Eve with a turkey dinner at home. Attending were Mr and Mrs Arnold Benson of Melvin and son Charles of Carthage, Mr and Mrs Eric Holmquist and Ann of Melvin, Mr and Mrs Leonard Dahlberg of San Angelo, and Mrs A Benson of Brady.
Mrs Oscar Carlson spent the Christmas holidays in Humble City New Mexico visiting relatives and enjoying the seasonal events.
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