Phone Co op Awards 14 Office Buildings Contract
Central Texas Telephone Cooperative awards a Masonry project to Yeager Brothers & Auldridge of Goldthwaite for 14 central office buildings in Rochelle Mercury Voca Melvin Doole Sohn Mullin Star Center City and surrounding areas. Low bid 23648 with completion targeted 60 days after starting within 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Texas Telephone Cooperative
Yeager Brothers & Auldridge
Goldthwaite
Clyde Sanders
Co-Op
Rochelle
Mercury
Voca
Melvin
Doole
Sohn, Mullin
Star
Center City
Southwest Goldthwaite
Bend
Cherokee
Locker
Algerra
Examination Set For Those Seeking Postmaster Job
The Civil Service Commission announced an examination for Brady post office applicants with a $5470 yearly salary and a March 2 deadline for applications. Mrs. Barry Francks is expected to be sworn in as acting postmaster on February 15, and the CSC notes the acting appointee usually gains the permanent post. Applicants need a 70 or higher on the written test, two years of supervisory postal experience, and must meet age and residence rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady Post Office
Civil Service Commission
Barry Francks
CSC
Car Hits Tree Near Brady Injures Driver
Jeff Andrew Spoon of 503 Booker Street Brownwood was scratched and bruised when his car struck a tree about 24 miles north of Brady on the Brownwood highway at 7 30 p m Friday. He was headed north toward Brownwood and taken to Brady Hospital where he was released Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Andrew Spoon
Booker St
Brownwood
Brady
Brownwood Highway
Spoon
Brady Hospital
Special Acts Planned for Miss BHS Contest 1954
Between acts for the Miss Brady High School contest at 7 30 p m in the high school auditorium were announced. Twenty four girls compete for the title with tickets at 1 dollar and 75 cents general admission. The BHS Speech Club sponsors the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BHS Speech Club
Marcel Lemons
Wilburn Shurtleff
Bobby Andrews
Korky Steffens
Richard Harrison
Sammy Torrez
Glenda Ward
Patricia Terry
John Holcomb
Jesse Foster
C. D. York
J. M. Crump
Brady High
Jerry Sones
Gail Richie
Lee Threadgill
Kenneth Anderson
David Barrera
Bob Bray
Thirty-One Couples Divorce In 35th District Court
A year‑end report by District Clerk Mrs. W. R. Johnson shows thirty one couples obtained divorce in 35th District Court. The year opened with 21 suits, 41 filed, 34 disposed, and 28 pending at year end. One jury trial occurred all year, nine criminal trials without juries, and 27 civil suits disposed without juries. Civil and criminal docket details accompany the taxes suit backlog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Johnson
District Court
Husband returns home after San Antonio burn treatment
Mrs. Orville Speer says her husband can come home from the San Antonio hospital after several weeks of care for a badly burned hand. With a few more treatments, they hope for a complete recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Speer
San Antonio
Pioneer Rancher Percy Dutton 81 Dies at Home in Brady
Percy St. Clair Dutton 81 a pioneer rancher died at his home on the Brownwood Highway in Brady at 7 a m Friday He owned a 7000 acre ranch north of Brady and was a Brady National Bank director for about 25 years until retiring last month The Rev Roy H May conducted the funeral at 10 a m Saturday at the Wilkerson Funeral Home chapel Burial was in Brady Cemetery He was born in Mississippi March 11 1872 and came to Brady as an infant He survived by son David a daughter Mrs Gertrude Harrison and brother Will F Dutton Pallbearers were Roy Barton Jack Gartman Les Townsend Aubrey Townsend Curtis Wayne Ferguson and Davis and Fred Bryant
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P. C. Dutton
McCulloch County
Brownwood
Brady
Brady National Bank
Roy H. May
First Methodist Church
Wilkerson Funeral Home
Brady Cemetery
Mr. Dutton
Percy St. Clair Dutton
Mississippi
Thomas Dutton
Brady Creek
Will Dutton
Dutton
Eunice Harkrider
Roy Barton
Jack Gartman
Les Townsend
Aubrey Townsend
Curtis
Wayne Ferguson
Davis
Fred Bryant
West Texas
Firemen Pick Santa Anna For August Convention
Hill Country Firemen vote to hold the 1955 August convention in Santa Anna after bidding over Coleman. Sonora also bid, Brady hosts with a plaza parade, floats and bands. Brady Chief Howard Salter becomes president with Eden’s Millard Anderson and Coleman’s George Herd as officers. More than 170 firemen from numerous towns attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill Country
Santa Anna
Coleman
Sonora
Brady High School
Brady High
Brady
Eldorado
Eden
Texas
Earl Rudder
Brady Aviation Corp
Brady Fire
Howard Salter
Bill Duncan
Salter
Millard W. Anderson
George Herd
Alvin O. Rue
Rue
Presbyterian Church, USA
Ballinger
Jay Channell
Midland
T. Wood
Melvin
Garon Salter
Janice Straach
Miles
Janice
Charlie Straach
Firemen’s Association
Pungy
Bronte
Coeman
Ildo
Ado
San Angelo
Brownwood
Ozona
Winters
Menard
Junction
Mason
Leo Bayles
Lampasas
State Firemen’s Association
Elbert Sanders
Edinburg
Vernon Rucker
Killeen
Central
Brady Doctor Wins Young Man of Year Plaque
Dr. B A Hallam was named winner of Brady Junior Chamber of Commerce’s Young Man of the Year for 1953 at a breakfast. He missed the presentation due to an early emergency call, arriving after most had left. Norman C. Henry, the Jaycee president, presented the scroll and gold key. Hallam, Brady Hospital staff member and Brady native born 1919, was praised for unselfish community service and leadership at local, county, state, and national levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. A. Hallam
Brady Junior Chamber of Commerce
Presbyterian Church
Jaycee
Norman C. Henry
Dr. Hallum
Dr. Hallam
Brady Hospital
Hallum
Brady
B. A. Hallum
Brady High
Texas A&m
Vanderbilt
Baylor University
School of Medicine
Parkland Hospital
Dallas
Mrs Exline Returns From Pittsburg After Father’s Death
Mrs M P Exline came home Sunday after three weeks in Pittsburg Texas with her father J J Hooten following the death of Mrs Hooten on January 11. She reported Pittsburg area received over four inches of rain last month and noted the grain fields and pastures look well for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P. Exline
Pittsburg
Texas
J. J. Hooten
Hooten
Runway Construction At Curtis Field To Begin Monday
Curtis Field will start a new runway project next Monday after a meeting of City Council, McCulloch County Commissioners Court, and city airport engineer C L Willis. The plan aims to have airline service by March 31, with possible use of a partially paved area if the main runway is unfinished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Field
McCulloch County Commissioners Court
C. L. Willis
Dallas
Willis
Trans- Texas Airlines
CAA
Trans-Texas
Fort Worth
Abner Trigg
Brady
Trewitt Becomes Firestone Tire Distributor in Brady Area
Trewitt Implement Company of San Angelo highway fame has been named Firestone tires distributor and jobber for Brady and McCulloch County. Owner Tommy Trewitt invites car truck and tractor owners to visit for a complete tire line and best deals with service and parking space noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trewitt
Texas
Bulldog Band Wins Trophy at Del Rio Festival
Brady’s Bulldog Band claimed the Show Band trophy at the Del Rio Band Festival Clinic, placing 14 members in the All-Star Band. Pecos High School and Junction also earned trophies as 15 bands performed and toured Del Rio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulldog
del Rio
Brady
Pecos
Junction
Cuero
Douglas Fry
Brady High
Abilene Christian College
Charles Nickle
Goliad
Vernon Mayfield
Bruno and Sons
San Antonio
del Rio High School
P. A. Tanksley
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. P. Williamson
Charlie Morris
Williamson
Buckner
Burnet
Charlie
Williamsons
Rural Electrification Administration
Washington, D. C
McKenzie Construction Co
Harry Newton, Graham
Masonry
Amarillo
Bibl Construction Co
Wichita Falls
H. H. Tomlinson
Hamilton
Cory & Sanders, Mullin
Percy Dutton
David
Gertrude Harrison
Will F. Dutton
Brad
Lions Club
Reuben Senterfitt
Navy
Philippines
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Houston
Carolyn Wigginton
Charmaine
Shelley
J. D. Church
Firestone Tires
Marcy Martin Memorial Field
Phyllis Bierman
Ralph Pauley
William Wentland
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