Blizzard Brings 15 Degree Cold to Brady Area
A severe blizzard hit Brady and surrounding towns with sleet and ice, lowering temperatures to 15 degrees from 68 the day before. Schools in Rochelle were canceled while Prady Melvin and Lohn kept sessions. Melvin and Eden reported lighter impacts. Ice accumulation reached 0.18 inch as thaw began Thursday afternoon.
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Brady
Rochelle
Prady
Melvin
Lohn
Floyd Marshall
Eden
Brady couple flees town with four neglected children
A Brady family left town last Friday taking four children aged 15, 14, 7, and 11 after judges found them neglected and dependent. Sheriff Luke Vogel seeks the children as the court seeks a suitable home, with potential placement in an orphanage or state school once located.
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Love Kimbrough
Joe Dibrell
Dibrell
Brady Lake plan clash over maintenance duties in 1959
San Saba Brady Soil Conservation District told Brady city in 1959 it had no further requirements for the project. The district limited its demands to easement and operation maintenance of flood structures, urging city aid for these items to ensure completion and future upkeep. The City Council's water committee received the letter, noting a new obstacle to signing a watershed work plan agreement.
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San Saba- Brady
Brady Creek
John Sloane
Brady Lake
City Water Committee
Sirs
Brady
Brady Phones Show Increase in Service During 1960
The Brady exchange of Southwestern States Telephone Co reports a 2.25 percent rise in phones in service in 1960, with 2 189 in Brady and 155 in Richland Springs. Growth spans a decade from 1 466 to 2 189 in Brady, and 92 to 155 in Richland Springs.
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Brady Exchange
Southwestern States Telephone Company
A. J. Lacy
Brownwood
West Texas
Lacy
Richland Springs Exchange
Richland Springs
Mrs Ella Davenport Expected to Leave Brady Hospital Soon
Mrs Ella Davenport, patient at Brady Hospital after a heart attack for several weeks, is expected to be released this weekend. She will remain in bed for two weeks and reside with her son and daughter in law, Mr and Mrs Arthur Davenport.
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Brady Hospital
Ella Davenport
Arthur Davenport
New 1961 1962 Texas Almanacs on Sale
Come and Get Em. Texas Almanacs priced at 1.65 dollars with postpaid mail option at 1.85 dollars. Standard-Herald Office advertises the publication for readers.
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Texas Almanacs
Standard-Herald Office
Negro District Basketball Tourney Set for Brady
Dunbar School of Brady hosts District 3 Negro high school basketball on Saturday February 4 at Brady High gym. Girls finals at 7 p.m. and boys at 8 p.m. Boys winner advances to the state tournament at Prairie View. Other schools include Coleman Breckenridge Ballinger Stamford Monday and Eastland.
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Dunbar School of
Brady
Brady High
Prairie View
Dunbar
Coleman
Breckenridge
Ballinger
Stamford
Munday
Eastland
Three Indictments Returned by County Grand Jury
The McCulloch County grand jury returned three indictments. Johnny BR Allen 25 of Prady charged with forgery and passing a forged $20 check to George Veazey of Placid October 31. Jose Lena 34 of San Antonio indicted for theft of a 1950 model Ford from Connie Colvin Brady December 31. Feliy Niaves Zapata of Prady indicted for unlawful possession of marijuana with offense dated November 21. Bond set at $1000.
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McCulloch County
Johnny BR. Allen
Prady
George Veazey
Placid
Jose Lena
San Antonio
Connie Colvin
Brady
Fred Roberts
Jack Garner
Mrs. Pilly Moseley
Joe W. Smith
Clifton Fowler
R. B. Smith
Kenneth Snyder
A. R. Malmstrom
Super Value Day In Brady Feb 1
Brady merchants plan a series of Super Value Days starting Wednesday February 1. The Retail Trade Committee of the Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event with Ray Cates as chairman. The Brady Herald will publish a special Super Value edition Monday night January 30 to inform shoppers.
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Brady
Heart of Texas
The
Chamber of Commerce
Ray Cates
Brady Herald
Mrs Creighton Craig Visits From Houston
Mrs Creighton Craig of Houston arrived Wednesday to spend a few days as guest of her father Jack Gartman and other relatives and friends.
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Houston
Creighton Craig
Jack Gartman
Brady and Lampasas Duel for District Crown in Midseason Showdown
Brady's Bulldogs and Lampasas Badgers sit undefeated in district play midway through the 18-AA season as they prep for a high stakes Friday game in Lampasas. The night features a full schedule with B and A boys games and a girls match, plus a Kiwanis chili supper at 5 to 8 p.m. in the high school cafetorium.
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Brady
Bulldogs
Lampasas Badgers
Lampasas
Badgers
Lampasas Kiwanis
Lampasas High School
Fredericksburg
San Saba
Llano
Laurice Hunter
Pupettes
Larry Low
Pups
Charles Reynolds
George Kidd
Reynolds
Kidd
Brady Schools See 3113 Profit In Football Season
The Brady school athletic department reported a net profit of 3113.69 from the football season led by Supt. C A Reynolds. Receipts for the regular season were stronger than last year while total gross income for all teams reached 19374 against expenses of 16260 with 121 participants. Expenses included game guarantees 3919 officiating travel meals cleaning and more alongside equipment and coaching costs 8530 total.
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Brady Schools
Supt. C
Ex Brady Man Promoted by Dallas Company
Bill Womack former Brady resident named assistant vice president of Commercial Metals Company of Dallas serving as head of scrap iron and steel. He joined the firm after UT Austin graduation in 1947 and led the Puerto Rico Railroad dismantling project. Womack is a WWII Navy veteran living in Dallas. Company operates 45 subsidiaries and is listed on the American Stock Exchange as CMC.
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Bill Womack
Prady
Commercial Metals Company of
Dallas
Jacob Feldman
Womack
E. M. Womack
South Elm
Brady
International Firm
of Commercial Metals Company
University of Texas
Puerto Rico
Capps Drive
Commercial Metals Company
Pacific Northwest
Eastern Seaboard
Free World
American Stock Exchange
CMC
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
L. M. Murphy
Johnson City
San Saba-Brady Soil Conservation
George H. Johanson
Board of Supervisors
Lionette
Jetta Baker
Brady Junior High
Jane Spiller
Pat Porter
Jeanagayle Deeds
Nancy Gibson
Ann Yarbrough
Lou Donna
Guice
Cheryl Penn
June Bradshaw
Cynthia Latham
Sharon Jones
Jean Sellman
Richard Anderson
Gene Rowell
Darrell Roper
Dan Salter
Robert Ricks
Rodney Klett
Garet von Setzer
Kenneth Saltemeier
Gary
Enderlin
Dennis Enderlin
Jerry Richardson
Brady—Brantley Foster
Knox Trammell
Greg Chase
Gary Brodbeck
Mike Hagee
Steve Feller
Bary Hahne
G. Gold
Totals
Judy Davenport
Josephine Hernandez
Mary Jo Trammell
Ernestine Sandoval
Sue Schneider
Emmalyne Hallford
Sharon Virden
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