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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1961
Page
1
Commentary praises the Texas Highway Department led by Qu. This D. C. Greer for integrity and quality work. It notes miles of well built highways, courteous officials, and independence from legislative pressure, contrasting Texas with Oklahoma in highway b development.
A full day of basketball unfolds at the second Brady Junior Girls Tournament with eight teams including Fredericksburg substituting Coleman. Games start 8 30 a m with an afternoon session and finish with finals at 8 p m. Admission 50 cents adults 25 cents students per session. Melvin placed second last year Mason won the consolation.
The Commercial National Bank promoted Elbert Boswell to assistant cashier and Mrs. Jewell Paul to assistant cashier as stockholders of the Commercial National Brady National Bank and Brady Savings and Loan Association met. Directors and officers were re-elected across the institutions with no other changes.
Alvis K. Waldrep, formerly with First State Bank of El Paso, is named assistant vice president of the National Bank of Commerce in San Antonio. He takes over the correspondent division under Sam C. Montgomery and has three years with the Bank Examiners force. He is active in Lions Club and Junior Chamber of Commerce and attends First Baptist Church with his family.
Joe Barekman welcomed his sisters Mrs. Dixon White of Lubbock and Miss Elizabeth Barekman, his friend Mrs. Edna Smith of Odessa, and his brother Dr. W. H. Barekman of Dallas to a Thursday evening gathering at his Barekman home.
Brady High hosts San Saba in the district opener with boys and girls games on Friday. The Bulldogs seek a repeat title while the Pupettes defend their co-champion status. tip times start at 5:30 for B team and 7:00 for A, followed by the girls about 8:15.
Invitations have been mailed for the 20th Brady Relays set for Friday March 31 changes from Saturday Easter holidays. Preliminaries start at 12 noon with finals at 7 15 p.m. Two divisions Division AA and Division A compete with Brownwood and Pangs as last year’s champions. Trophies and medals awarded for top places. an outstanding performer named in each division.
More than 100 entries join the second annual McCulloch County Junior Livestock Show at Richards Park show barn. FFA and 4-H members submit 26 fat lambs and 33 commercial lambs among 27 breeding sheep, with goat judging by S F Lackey and others overseen by James Casenbary.
Ann Cates 1959 Jubilee queen and SWTSC student from San Marcos will travel to Washington for President elect John Kennedy's inauguration. She belongs to the Texas Strutters and SWTSC Band invited to march in the parade. The group departs January 17 and returns January 22 with planned entertainment and sightseeing. Ann is the daughter of Ray and Mrs. Cates of Brady.
Mrs. Aletta Bennett was appointed office secretary for the Chamber of Commerce. A native of East Texas she graduated Marshall High School in 1955 and previously worked at the Shreveport Times and as a Wichita Falls Times reporter and photographer. The Bennetts moved from Brownwood a year ago. husband E. E. Bennett is a Holsum Bread route salesman. They have two children Johnny, 5, and Gregg, 1.
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