Courtesy Award Goes To Wilensky's Clerk
Miss Lucille Kirby of Wilensky's is Brady's most courteous member for December. A secret committee chose her and she received a certificate of award at the Brady Business & Professional Women's Club dinner meeting. Her employer Ramond Wilensky also received a certificate. Kirby has worked at Wilensky's 14 years and lives at 601 West First St. The club also discussed poll tax deadlines and polio drive plans with posters and coin banks distributed.
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Lucille Kirby
Wilensky
Brady
Brady Business & Professional Women's Club
Ramond Wilensky
B. R. Kirby
West First St
Miss Kirby
Wilensky's
Mable Deats
B&pw
Joella Cole
Mae Hampton
Tressie Shaver
County Auto Inspections Lag With April Deadline Near
McCulloch County reports 5406 registered motor vehicles but only 1117, about 20 percent, have new safety inspection stickers. April 15 is the deadline. Nearby counties show similarly low figures with 384 of 2200 in Concho and 545 of 2550 in Mason inspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCulloch County
W. C. Colvin
San Angelo
Department of Public Safety
Concho
Mason
Menard
Colvin
Brady
Bradyites Attend Shivers Inauguration Ceremony
Brady was well represented in Austin for Governor Allan Shivers third term swearing in. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Corder, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Harkrider, Mr. and Mrs. George Carrithers, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Malone, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bradley, Norman Lawler and daughter Anne, and Mrs. Su Ella Embry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady
Austin
Allan Shivers
Placid Boy Indicted In California Slaying
Max Stapleton an 18 year old Plac id youth was indicted in Bakers field California on murder charges in a Grapevine service station holdup. Orville Johnson a 55 year old station attendant was shot dead and $100 taken from the register. Stapleton was arrested near Tucson Arizona January 7 and returned to California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Stapleton
Bakersfield
Calif
Grapevine
Orville Johnson
Stapleton
Tucson
Ariz
California
Winners Named In Anna Stock Show At Melvin Fat Stock Show
Lennie Parks and Woodrow Hall led the Melvin Fat Stock Show with top sheep and reserve lamb honors. Shirley Bratton won the calf division championship with her Hereford steer, while M B Inman and Gale Wood earned several firsts in wool and cross bred classes. T. Wood of FFA received a John B. Stetson hat from Vester Richie for stock show participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lennie Parks
Woodrow Hall
Shirley Bratton
Melvin
Lennie
Woodrow
Shirley
M. B. Inman
San Angelo College
Gale Wood
Lonnie Parks
Southdown
Jerry Marshall
Durwood Thompson
Adrian Cooper
Gail Odem
Charles Martin
Earl Stewart
Gail Odom
Reynold Lee Hargroves
T. Wood
FFA
John B. Stetson
Vester Richie
John Bratton
Melvin Lions
J. D. Morrow
Mrs Carnes Visits Dallas Resident This Week
Here From Dallas Mrs. R. W. Carnes of Dallas is spending the week with Mrs. J. S. Wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
R. W. Carnes
J. S. Wall
Mitchel Couple Attends Sub-District W S C S Meeting
Rev and Mrs Tom Mitchell of Castell attended the Sub-District Meeting of the Woman's Society of Christian Service in Melvin on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Mitchell
Castell
Melvin
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Bulldog Band to Name Sweetheart At Winter Concert
Brady High School's top ranking Bulldog Band will hold its annual winter concert Sunday afternoon in the BHS auditorium. The sweetheart winner will be announced at 3 p.m. Proceeds from the booster-sponsored event go to the high and junior high bands. Tickets cost 50 cents adults 25 cents students. Proceeds support redecorating and the Heart o Texas Band Festival in March.
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Bulldog
Brady High School
BHS
Brady Band Boosters Club
Heart O’ Texas
Funeral Thursday For H. E. Cleghorn
Funeral services were held at Bowser for H. E. Cleghorn 74 who died Monday of a heart attack while visiting a daughter in Brownwood. He was a retired farmer from Star Mills County and leaves a wife six daughters and three sons. One son serves in Germany. Two brothers attended.
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Bowser
H. E. Cleghorn
Brownwood
Star
Mills County
Cleghorn
Erna Samuelson
Mozelle Ford
Brady
Mercury
Lohn
Local Couple Welcome Son John Steven McCormick
Sfe and Mrs Warren McCormick celebrate the birth of a son weighing seven pounds one ounce on New Year’s Day. The child is named John Steven and the family is in Germany near Munich where SFC McCormick is stationed. Mrs McCormick is Eva Joyce Campbell of Brady, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Henry Campbell.
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Sfe
Warren McCormick
John Steven
Germany
Munich
SFC McCormick
McCormick
Eva Joyce Campbell
John Henry Campbell
Brady
City Considers Taking Brady Country Club for Municipal Use
A club committee proposed the city take title to Brady Country Club and run it as a municipal golf course. They offered to cover a $5,000 note and argued it could pay for itself with green fees and clubhouse rentals. The council delayed action to study public reaction, seeking examples from similar towns and noting the clubhouse as a potential civic center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady
Brady Country Club
Country Club
Dr. B. A. Hallum
Joe Barekman
W. Lazalier
C. A. Ethridge
Hallum
Hallam
Barekman
Lazalier
Chamber of Commerce
P. L. Ulstad
Informatin
Park Plans Given Council 2nd Ball Field Tons List
The Chamber of Commerce Recreation Committee presented Richards Park improvements to the City Council, led by calls for a second baseball field east of the current diamond to be built before summer. Other asks include picnic tables, wading pool repair, horseshoe croquet courts, a volleyball slab, rain shelter, a future swimming pool, and small ride concessions. Similar plans were offered for the Bill Washington Park in southeast Brady, including a baseball football field, tables, a recreation building, playground equipment, pits, lights, a concrete slab, and a swimming pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Richards Park
CC Recreation Committee
Egan Fowler
H. E. Patterson
A. H. Floyd
Dence Turner
C. A. Ethridge
County Commissioners Court
Fowler
Bill Washington Park
Brady
Dunbar
Brady man dies of leukemia after long illness
Harold O. Johnson, 50, of 1007 South Mesquite Street Brady, died at 2:45 a.m. Wednesday at Brady Hospital after an illness with leukemia since September 1953. Funeral services Thursday at Wilkerson Funeral Home with two ministers officiating. Burial in Rest Haven Cemetery. Born March 19, 1904 in Kokomo Indiana, he worked with KRGV Weslaco and South Texas Candy Co. and Curtis Candy Co. Survivors include his wife and his mother in St. Petersburg Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold O. Johnson
South Mesquite St
Brady Hospital
Wilkerson
Roy May
W. LeRay Fowler
Rest Haven
Kokomo
Ind
Johnson
Rio Grande Valley
KRGV
Weslaco
Mollie Snellings
Harlingen
Brady
South Texas Candy Co
Corpus Christi
McCulloch County Singing Convention in Placid Sunday
The McCulloch County Singing Convention will be held in Placid Sunday with the public invited to attend. The affair will begin at 2 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCulloch County
Placid
Verdict Favor Spiller and Keyser in 316,368 Suit
A 35th District Court jury returned a verdict for defendants Fred Spiller and Jack Keyser in the 316,368 damages suit filed by A. J. Ricks Jr. The dispute centered on the value of parts and equipment in S and K Chevrolet Co. sale from 1955. A motion for a new trial was announced by Ricks' attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
35Th District Court
Fred Spiller
Jack Keyser
A. J. Ricks, Jr
S&k Chevrolet Co
Spiller
Keyser
Ricks
Gib Calloway
Brownwood
Aubrey Davee
Sam McCollum
Jil
Brady
E. M. Davis
Bill Albcorn
Ross Hoffman
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Omer Hall
Doole
Verne Kirby
D. C. Thomas
Mmes
Viola Brown
Ethel Sessions
Jessie Cave
Arlie Davis
Mabel Deats
Janie Edmonson
Mable Francks
Margaret Henson
Mae Jensen
Erin Jones
Ben Lackey
Vera Mills
Esther Sessions
Odlie Steed
Carrie Wigginton
Lucille Benham
Ellen Berquist
Viva Eppler
Dora Ryan
National Safety Council
Norman-Lawler
A. H. Broad
Ricks Chevrolet
S&k Moteor Co
Morrow Pontiac
Floyd Jennings Motors
Rutherford Motors
Sheffield and Townsend
Campbell Olds- Cadillac
Barton Motors
Placid Boy
Lonnie
Nathan's Jewelers
Melvin Ffa
Melvin Lions Club
Lions
Boyd Hunt
J. J. Richards
Bob Nolan
Kenneth L. Farrell
Brahms
Harold Walters
the Three Cardinals
Albert O. Davis
Richard Harrison
Johnny Hendley
Bill Gordon Kennerly
Walters
John Phillip Sousa
Charles Hathaway
KNEL
March of Dimes
Brady Lions
Rotarians
BEPW
Koiky Steffens
Bradyites
Hilma Steckstill
Steffens
Lem Railsback
The
Order of DeMolay
Masonic Hall
City
Spiller, Keyser
Chief
Navy
Philippine Islands
J. H. Stapleton
W. A. Stapleton
Ysleta
Ars
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