Audie Capps Heads Pony League With Jones Staying VP
Audie Capps was elected president of the Pony League on Monday to succeed Hardin Jones, who stays on as vice president. L. B. Smith was chosen secretary treasurer. The group notes about 65 boys seek to join this year, with 30 returning and 35 advancing from Little League. An executive committee includes Howard Broad and others. Elly Green to draft the Pony League schedule for March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audie Capps
Hardin Jones
Jones
L. B. Smith
Capps
Howard Broad
A. H. Floyd
Doc Wilson
Elmer McLean
C. A. Reynolds
Pat Ryan
Wallace Bode
George Dutton
Tommy Kyzar
BHS
Ethridge
Pony League
de Leon
Elly Green
Scouts Place Fifth At First Aid Meet
Brady Boy Scouts from Troop 23 finished fifth in a Concho Valley Council first aid meet in Sonora. Louis Coles won third in a separate event. Troop 33 took second and Dunbar School Troop 115 placed third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady Boy Scouts
Troop 23
Concho Valley Council
Sonora
Crystal City
Brady
James Davis
Butch Newlin
Ed Carruthers
Robert Beeman
Jerry Bratton
Louis Colés
Austin
Louis
Allan Shivers
Heart of
John Black
Reed
Raymond Pence
Jon Ed Weaver
Nelson Dukes
VA Survey to Aid Edgar Meeting on Agriculture Teachers
Wood M Elvin vocational agriculture teacher will present a survey to Dr J W Edgar at a Brady mass meeting called by Melvin Lohn and Rochelle school reps The survey shows how many area schools risk VA teacher losses due to falling enrollments Attendees include Dr Edgar Penrose Metcalfe county superintendents VA supervisors school boards farmers and ranchers The meeting is in the district courtroom at the courthouse
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Wood
Melvin
J. W. Edgar
Brady
Lohn
Rochelle
Wood
Dr. Edgar
Texas
Penrose Metcalfe
State Board of Education
Mrs. Sarah Hardin 82 Dies in Voca Home
Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Hardin an 82 year old pioneer resident of Voca died at 7 50 p m Friday at her home She was born February 15 1872 in Sherman and had lived in Voca 48 years The Rev W LeRay Fowler of Brady conducted the funeral at 330 p m Saturday at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Camp San Saba Cemetery Survivors include her son Willis E Hardin of Voca and three sisters Nora Powell Eden Lydia Teague Brady and Bernice Williams Camp San Saba Pallbearers were Bill Jordan Jim Schooley E O Henderson Jack Edmiston John C Holloway and Guy McLerran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Elizabeth Hardin
Voca
Sherman
W. LeRay Fowler
First Baptist Church
Brady
Wilkerson Funeral Home
Camp San Saba
Willis E. Hardin
Nora Powell
Eden
Lydia Teague
Bernice Williams
Bill Jordan
Jim Schooley
E. O. Henderson
Jack Edmiston
John C. Holloway
Guy McLerran
Book by Ex-Brady Teacher Donated to Brady High Library
Ex-Brady history teacher Anna Blasig wrote The Wends of Texas about her ancestral group. Her former pupil Martha Bean, a Brady High junior, will review the book at the Junior Historians meeting February 16 and thank donor Posey Collins for the gift.
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Texas
Anna Blasig
Brady High School
Posey Collins
Blasig
Adair and
Coats
Martha Bean
BHS
Stapleton Pleads Guilty in Bakersfield Slaying
Stapleton, an 18 year old Placid youth and AWOL Air Force member, plead guilty in Bakersfield to the holdup slaying of 55 year old Orville Johnson at a Grapevine service station. He faces sentencing by Superior Court Judge Gordon Howden. A former girlfriend, Mary Ruth Rombalski, 19, Milwaukee, also faces a murder charge.
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Max
Red) Eer
Bakersfield
Calif
Grapevine
Superior Court
Gordon Howden
Stapleton
Orville Johnson
Mary Ruth Rombalski
Milwaukee
Wis
California
Arizona
Air Force
Amarillon Air Force Base
Sister of Bradyite Dies at Harlingen
Mrs. H. C. Massey of Harlingen formerly Ida Mae Souther, youngest sister of Mrs. O. S. Macy of Brady, died Sunday morning after a heart attack. Funeral service scheduled for Wednesday at Harlingen with relatives from Brady and Houston planning to attend. Survived by sisters Elizabeth Christopherson, J. B. Chambers, and Mrs. Paul Orlepp. husband died last September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Massey
Harlingen
Ida Mae Souther
O. S. Macy
Brady
W. W. Walker
Cecil Coggin
Valley
Macy
Elizabeth Christopherson
J. B. Chambers
Paul Orlepp
Houston
Massey
Contested Cartoons Listing Participating Firms
In a survey style contest, readers map cartoon subjects to firms. The list of participants includes City some, Evers Boot Shoe and Saddle, Gilbreath's Food Market, Bell's Feed Store, Adams Furniture, Lane's Auto Supply, White Auto, Piggly Wiggle Tractor, Stef fens, Sag Material, J.C. Penney, Broad Mercantile, Southern Gas, Burnel Davis Insurance, Threadgill's, Safeway, Lewis Hampton Humble, John’s Boot, Cecil Verner Jeweler, Brady Hospital, Medical & Surgical Hospital, Lone Star Courts, Cox Gulf, R. A. McShan Grocery, Hill Country Creameries, McLean's Sporting Goods, Casey Grocery, Ereckson Finance, Reddie & Co., Cox Studio, Brady Oil, Campbell's Olds-Cadillac, Brady Bute Co, Lawrence 66, Clevenger Humble, Higginbotham Lumber, Home Lumber, Brady Automotive, Pepsi-Cola, Wilkerson Funeral, Brady Feed Mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Some
Evers Boot
Hop Gilbreath’s
Bell’s
Adams Furniture Co
Lane’s Auto Supply
White Auto Store
Piggly Wiggle Tractor Co
Steffens
Sag Material Co
J.C. Penney Co
Broad Mercantile Co
Re Southern Gas Co
Burnel Davis Insurance
Threadgill’s
Ene
Safeway
Lewis Hampton
Humble Station
John’s Boot Shop
Cecil Verner Jeweler
Brady Hospital
Harry C. Priess
Medical & Surgical Hospital
Lone Star Courts
Cox Gulf Station
R. A. McShan
Hill Country Creameries
Mrs Warren M Black at Home in Brady with Children
Mrs Warren M Black and her children Stephen David and Candy are at home in Brady at the Jack Chandler apartment. Mrs Black is the former Miss Snooks Sayles, daughter of Mrs Edwin Sayles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren M. Black
Stephen, David
Candy
Brady
Jack Chandler
Black
Snooks” Sayles
Edwin Sayles
Roses and Trees Closeout at Striegler Nursery
Roses of all varieties heavy No. 1 priced 39 cents. Shrubs in 1 gallon containers 95 cents, in 5 gallon containers 2.95. Close out prices on all Fruit Pecan and Shade Trees. S. J. Striegler Nursery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. J. Striegler Nursery
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edgar
King of Hearts
Paris
Prince Gardner
Wembley
Bradyite
McLean's Sporting Goods
J. H. Francks
Casey Grocery
Ereckson Finance Co
Reddie & Co
Cox Studio
McKinnon New
T. F. Green & Son Plumbing Co
N&m Grocery
Brady Oil Company
Brady Drug Store
Camp Brady Motel
Farmers & Ranchers Co-op
Brady Veterinary Hospital
Camp
Bell’s Olds-Cadillac Co
Brady Butane Co
Lawrence Phillips 66
Clevenger Humble
Gray's Fine Foods
Calliham Cleaners
Higginbotham Bros. Lumber Co
Ernest Barker Slaughter House
Home Lumber Co
Brady Automotive Supply
Easy Corbandt Insurance Co
Necchi Elna Sewing Service
Necchi Elna Sewing Circle
Breck’s
Baileyee Co
Gandy’s Reame , Inc
Rawlings Gracedones Veterinary Ospanendrow Co
Clarence Cole
Brady Mattress
Clay’ S Flowers
Jones Cleaners
Dodds Electric
Brady Gardens
Jesse L. Taylor
Mayhew & Jordan
Parker’s 66 Station
Rockwell Nursery
W. V. Olin
H. W. Lindley
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Brady Steam Laundry
Brady Feed Mill
Automobile and Casualty
Burnel Davis Agency
Lehman- Davis
Hill Country Milk
Jug
Central Drug Store
Harry Vernoy
McCulloch
Sellman
Gulf Station
Bridge St
Brady, Texas
Penney’s
Gore
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