Utility Growth Shown in Brady 1958 Service Figures
Brady utility connections for 1958 show increases in telephone gas and water usage. Telephone count rose 3.7 percent with 75 new phones bringing total to 2 106. gas added 32 connections reaching 2 209 including 42 rural customers. water and electric steady gains with 2 265 water and 2 334 electric connections.
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Brady
A. J. Lacy
Southwestern States Telephone
Brady Exchange
Vieneer Natural Gas Company
Coleman
Brown Counties
Brady Water & Light Works
Brady High Announces March 7 Golf Invitational
Brady High schedules its annual Invitational Golf Tourney for Saturday March 7 to avoid track meet congestion during Hearts Texas Band Festival weekend. Trophies go to first and second place teams with medals for winning team members and two low scorers. Entry deadline is March 4 with 16 teams max and five bays per school.
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Brady High
Hearts’ Texas
Brady Relays
C. A. Ethridge
Barton Motors Corrects Studebaker Ad Mixup in Brady
The Brady Herald ad misattributed a Lark model to Barton Motors. The Lark and all Studebaker models are handled by Barton Motors. A printing error signed Brady Motors caused the mixup, and demonstrations are readily available from A. T. Barton.
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Barton Motors
Studebaker
Brady
Herald
Lark
Brady Motors
A. T. Barton
Hearing on Voca Road reroute to Brady planned
The State Highway Department schedules a public hearing at 2 30 p m next Wednesday January 21 at the National Guard Armory. Officials outline a plan to abandon the current approach to Brady on East 11th street and link the road with U S 87 about a mile and a half south of town.
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State Highway Department
Brady
National Guard Armory
East 11Th Street
Town
Brady Welcomes San Antonio Show Boosters on goodwill trip
A busload of San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo boosters visited Brady on Tuesday. Mayor G C Kirk and Chamber president Dr B A Hallam Jr greeted them. WOAI-TV farm director Bill McReynolds spoke at the reception. The delegation then toured Eden and San Angelo before returning via Eldorado Sonora Junction and Kerrville.
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San Antonio
Brady
G. C. Kirk
B. A. Hallam, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Bill McReynolds
Woai-Tv
Texas Top Hands
Eden
San Angelo
Eldorado
Sonora
Junction
Kerrville
McReynolds
Alamo City
Ham Harrison
Bob Richards
Richards
Maurice Tollette
Warren H. Walker
Gerald Sheehan
Bob Taylor
Bill Zentgraff
Jim Battersby
Harris Wilson
Archie Geffers
Sam Corringer
Mac MecElvey
Ledbetter Murder Trial Set Amid Possible Delay
Rollie White Ledbetter and Brady Sancher face a murder trial in Mason on Monday in 33rd District Court. A San Angelo law firm member serving Ledbetter is a state legislator, risking a continuance until session ends. Prosecutors Jack Miller and Aubrey Davee lead the case. a venire has been drawn and Brady witnesses subpoenaed. Ledbetter is charged in the death of his wife in Brady last April.
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Rollie White Ledbetter
Brady Sancher
Mason
33Rd District Court
San Angelo
Ledbetter
Earl Smith
Brady
Dorsey Hardeman
Jack Miller
San Saba
Aubrey Davee
Brady Fire Losses Drop to Fifty-Four Year Low
Brady reports total fire losses in 1958 at 7,539 dollars, the lowest since 1954, with the biggest fire at a north side 111 room house owned by W H Slaughter on December 1. Fire department answered 15 general alarms and 98 still alarms, as insurance credits rise to 10 percent and could reach 25 percent.
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Brady
Howard Salter
State Board of Insurance Commissioners
W. H. (Hardy) Slaugh
Ter. Brady
Ke i Ee Skae
Brady High to Introduce Sweetheart at Winter Concert
The Brady High Bulldog Band will present its sweetheart during the annual winter concert Sunday afternoon in the BHS auditorium at 3 o'clock. She will be elected by bandsmen in a runoff Friday with her identity kept secret until the concert. Director Boyd Hunt promises a varied program including popular tunes Latin American pieces and a little long hair. Admission is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for students.
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Brady High Bulldog
BHS
Boyd Hunt
Brady Bulldogs 1959 Schedule Reverses Sites
The Brady Bulldogs will open with two home games in 1959 and reverse sites from last year. The schedule keeps the same opponents and order except venues shift. the open date remains mid season undesirable. Stamford visits October 2 holds key rematch potential.
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Brady Bulldogs
Chuck York
Bulldogs
Ballinger
Wedding to Aid March of Dimes in Brady
A Brady High School auditorium event titled Wedding to Aid March of Dimes will feature a variety show and bride wedding with proceeds benefiting the March of Dimes and the Lions Club crippled children’s fund. The show directed by Korky Steffens includes Hilma Stockstill and Linda Peters with cast by the Lions and other local performers. Tickets are $1 for adults and 50 cents for students.
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March of Dimes
Brady Lions Club
Brady High School
Korky Steffens
Hilma Stockstill
Linda Peters
Lions Club
Crippled Children’s Fund
The
Lions
Library at Church Honors Memory of Ex Brady Woman
The Bettye Lewallen Memorial Library at Crescent Park Baptist Church in Odessa honors Bettye Lewallen, daughter of D P D Howe of Brady. Established by husband Curtis Lewallen and their two sons, it features carpeted floors, steel shelving for 2000 books, a bronze dedicatory plaque, an oil painting, an open Bible, and a maple table with chairs, check-out desk, and catalog file. Bettye Lewallen died from an electrical shock in Odessa on September 2, 1957.
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Bettye Lewallen
Crescent Park Baptist Church
Odessa
Curtis Lewallen
Michael
Kerry Don
Lewallen
Bettye Howe
Dpd. A. Howe
Brady
Methodist Banquet Honors Brady Bulldogs with A and M Coach
Texas A and M Coach Jim Myers will speak at a Brady High football banquet hosted by the First Methodist Church Men's Fellowship. The 7 p.m. event in Brady features 150 stag tickets at 1.50, with a turkey dinner served by church girls. Myers, now A and M head coach and athletic director, is former Brady Football standout Larry Smith’s teammate in college and has a long coaching lineage from Tennessee to UCLA and Iowa State.
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Texas A&m
Jim Myers
Brady
Brady High
First Methodist Church
Myers
Karl Rudder
A&m College
Brady Bulldogs
Rudder Drug
John Lewis
S. A. Avery
B. Whitehead
A&m
Iowa State College
Aggieland
Bowden Wyatt
Arkansas
Madison
W. Va
Scott High
University of Tennese
Bob Newland
Wofford College
Red Sanders
Vanderbilt
UCLA
Sanders
Iowa State
Carolyn Agee
Susan
Kathy
Carol
Brady Cagers Open District Runoff Friday Night
Brady High cagers both boys and girls host Gatesville in District 17 AA action in the Brady gym. Girls play at 7 p.m. and boys around 8 p.m. Door prizes aim to boost crowds as Lampasas and Gatesville appear favored for titles. Charles Reynolds leads Brady with 220 points in 15 games.
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Ballinger
Coleman
Stamford
del Rio
Killeen
Gateaville
Lampasas
San Saba
Fredericksburg
Eames
Ave
Charles Reynolds
Richard Anderson
Tobert
Lil
Keilin Hahn
Gary Garnet
Herbie Penn
Gene Henderson
Powell
Roger Gene Rowell
Fernando Lafuente
Charles Hansen
Dan Salter
Cagers
Brady High Cagers
Brady Gym
Gatesville
Lampasas Badgers
Brady High School
Bulldogs
Cauble of Brady Dies at 88 Funeral Held
Hiram Frank Cauble 88 of 406 South Walnut died Tuesday at Medical and Surgical Hospital. Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Thursday at Wilkerson Funeral Home with Rev. Ervin Watson officiating. Burial followed in Rest Haven Cemetery. Survivors include two sons True of San Benito and Frank of El Paso. Pallbearers were Henry Land Wayne Rawlings Jean Williams Jack Keyser Howard Salter and V. L. Ryan.
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Wayne Rawlings
Jean Wiliams
Jack Keyser
Howard Salter
V. L. Ryan
Kimble Menard Singing Convention at Segovia School
The Kimble Menard Singing convention will be held at Segovia school house Sunday January 2 starting at 2 p.m. The event invites local residents to join in a community musical gathering at the Segovia School House.
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Kimble-Menard
Segovia
Janus
Brady Banks Reelect All Officers at Annual Meetings
Brady financial institutions held annual meetings Tuesday with no changes. All directors were re-elected and then reappointed the same officers for Brady National Bank, Commercial National Bank, and Brady Building and Loan Association.
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Brady
Brady National Bank
The
Commercial National Bank
Brady Building and Loan Association
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Brady Creek
Highland Park
Amarillo
Barton
Voca Road
Antonio
Brady Band
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Bulldog
Methodists
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