Brownwood Firm Wins Bid to Drill City Well
Kent & n drilling contractors of Brownwood were awarded the contract to drill a 2,100 foot water well for the City of Brownwood. The bid of 31,365 was the lowest among eight bids opened Tuesday night, with 120 days to complete and work to start on West White Street. Preston, spokesman for the firm, said they have experience with wells in Belton and Gatesville and will begin work soon.
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Belton
Gatesville
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Aton
Bids Opened on Concho Dam Project in Concho County
L Scherer of Weather submitted the low bid of 49179.21 for detention dam site 34 near Eden in Concho County. The Weir dam is the eighth to be contracted as part of the Brady Creek project with bids opened by the Conservation Service in Tom. Scherer also holds tracts on Sites 36 and 37 north of Eden.
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Weather
Concho County
Brady Creek
Eden
Upper Din
An. C. Weir
The
Conservation Service
Tom- Scherer
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Brady trash pickup schedule change outlined
The City of Brady changes garbage collection from Friday morning to Thursday afternoon and from Saturday morning to Friday afternoon.
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Brady
Birth of daughter to Mr and Mrs Howard Bloomer Sohn
Mr and Mrs Howard Bloomer Sohn announce the birth of a daughter at Brady Hospital on Monday.
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Howard Bloomer Sohn
Brady Hostal
Classy-Fi Ads Claim Quick Rent From Small Ad
Mrs. I. G. Abney reports stopping her apartment for rent ad after renting the place soon after the Standard published the item. The Classy-Fi-Ads in the Standard reportedly rents, leases, finds employment and more, for a small cost.
Children’s pictures for calendar taken Feb 21 at Hotel Brady
Moonday Feb 21 is the big day for free child portraits from ages 2 months to 6 years. Pictures will be taken at Hotel Brady from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. by Waltz Studios of Des Moines. No charge or obligation to buy. parents may arrange through the studio for a calendar portrait.
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Hotel Brady
Waltz Studios
Des Moines
Iowa
Baby Day at First Baptist Church
The First Baptist Church will hold its annual Baby Day this Sunday. All babies under years of age will be recognized at the start of morning worship, and the youngest baby present will receive a gift.
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First Baptist Church
Visit by Mrs. Gartman to Killeen with Derek Royden
Mrs. Jackie Gartman and her young son Derek Royden left Wednesday to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. Burt Coonrod in Killeen for a few days.
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Derek Royden
Burt Coonrod
Killeen
TTA to Change Schedule To Boost Air Traffic Here
Trans-Texas Airways plans a March 1 schedule change in Brady to lift lagging traffic. A mid morning Brady to Dallas flight and an evening return would shift Dallas departure to 2 20 p m with a Brady morning 8 38 a m departure to San Antonio. Connections would reach Cincinnati Cleveland Memphis Washington Philadelphia New York Chicago Tulsa St Louis New Orleans Birmingham Atlanta Tampa Miami Oklahoma City Wichita Kansas City. Brady arrivals to Dallas would reach 3 50 p m for late afternoon connections. Brady to San Antonio would arrive at 9 30 a m for a 10 a m Houston flight. The airline reports only 28 passengers in January and four so far in February, aiming to boost demand and CAB goodwill for renewal.
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City debated country club take over by Brady voters
A 13 member group from five Brady groups urged the city to run the County Club, while the City Council kept the issue to a voter referendum. An April 5 city election was set with judges named. no ballot action taken yet, 30 days to decide. Community leaders touted municipal operation as beneficial for all and a community center for youth and seniors.
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County Club
Jim McFarlin
Ira Turner
Egan Fowler
McFarlin
Country Club
Brady's Jubilee Race Meet Slated July 2 4
Brady's Jubilee Race Meet is scheduled for July 2 to 4 as the Texas Racing Circuit held its annual meeting in Fredericksburg. Officers reelected include Jack Locklear as secretary treasurer Arthur Esser named president and Leo J Petsch as vice president. The circuit plans to publish a racing calendar including dates and purses for all tracks and distribute it to horsemen statewide.
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Texas Racing Circuit
Fredericksburg
Jack Locklear
Arthur Esser
Boerne
Leo J. Petsch
Locklear
Rudder Bradyites to appear on KCEN TV Sunday show
Earl Rudder will discuss What Brady Means to Me on a Brady talent program Sunday afternoon on KCEN TV from Temple. The 8 to 8 30 p m broadcast will feature Korky Steffens as master of ceremonies with the Cates twins Jane and Ann Barbara Bodenhamer the Rev Tommy Brower Sylvia Bell and Mrs Hilma Stockstill Also map events by Chamber of Commerce President T F Ereckson and Bob Bray to locate Brady in the Heart o Texas.
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Brady
Brady Talent
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Temple
Korky Steffens
Cates Twins
Jane and
Ann
Barbara Bodenhamer
Tommy Brower
Sylvia Bell
Hilma Stockstill
Chamber of Commerce
T. F. Ereckson
Bob Bray
O’ Texas
Bradyite Relative Named Lions District Candidate
Jim Grooms of Paragould Arkansas, cousin of Mrs Thelma Olson of Brady, is a candidate for Lions district governor of the 7 A district of Arkansas. An Arkansas Lions pamphlet notes Grooms has been active since 1946, the year Paragould Lions Club received its charter where he was a charter member.
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Paragould
Ark
Thelma Olson
Brady
Lions
Arkansas
Arkansas Lions
Grooms
City and County Fund $2,000 Yearly For Rich ards Park
The City Council and County Commissioners Court create a joint fund of over $2,000 annually for permanent improvements at Richards Park. Each side pledges $1,000 yearly and will redirect courthouse parking meter receipts to the park except $500 reserved for maintenance. A three person committee including an alderman, a commissioner, and Egan Fowler will oversee fund use. Fowler chairs the Chamber of Commerce Recreation Committee which proposed park improvements.
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Richards Park
Egan Fowler
Fowler
Chamber of Commerce
World Day of Prayer toBeObserved in Brady
World Day of Prayer will be observed in Brady on Friday February 25 at 3 pm at the First Presbyterian Church. Public invited to attend.
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Brady
First Presbyterian Church
Salter Seeks More Firemen and Live-in Solution
Fire Chief Howard Salter renewed requests to hire two more paid firemen so two men can be on duty at the station at all times. Currently Salter and Joe McAnally work 24 hours on and 24 off, leaving one truck unattended during alarms. The council discussed housing a volunteer or a paid man in a dormitory apartment rent free to ensure two on duty, with ideas to expand housing if a library moves out.
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Howard Salter
Salter
Joe McAnally
P. L. Ulstad
County Library
Navy Veteran Charley Dodds Returns to Brady Plans College Entrance
Charley Dodds, a Navy veteran of four years nine months and twenty days, arrived in Brady after his Norfolk Virginia discharge Monday. He intends to enroll at Texas A&I College in Kingsville when the summer term starts.
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Charley Dodds
Brady
Norfolk
Charley
Texas A&i College
Kingsville
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