100 Horses Expected for Jubilee Meet Amid Showers
A quick-moving thunderstorm hit McCulloch County on Wednesday dropping rain at scattered points. Rochelle and Brady areas received most of the moisture with Brady reporting 0.59 inches at Mrs. J. R. Cochran’s gauge and Rochelle about 0.50 inches per a Southwestern States Telephone roundup.
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McCulloch County
Rochelle
Brady
R. Cochran
Southwestern States Telephone Company
Doole
Melvin St
Mercury
McCulloch Men Hear Farmer Tell Success Secrets
Nine McCulloch County men heard Clinton Harbers describe boosting cotton yields from 116 to 758 pounds per acre and earning about 211 dollars per acre in net profit. He spoke at Howard Payne College in Brownwood under local conservation sponsors. Harbers, farmer at West Pointe, emphasized experimentation and timely operations across cotton corn and maize crops.
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McCulloch County
Clinton Harbers
Texas
Harbers
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
Brown-Mills Soil Conservation District
Citizens National Bank of Brownwood
West Pont
Tex
Bastrop
Track in Good Shape for 28th Jubilee Races
Racing Secretary Jack Locklear expects 100 plus horses for the opening day of the July Jubilee at the track. The three day program features the Queen's Race Purse, Buck Richards Purse, and the Brady Derby with prizes and honors from local sponsors. Jubilee officials anticipate spectators from Houston, Gonzales, Luling, and Austin as box seats stay limited.
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Jack Locklear
Locklear
Jubilee
G. R. White
Houston
Gonzales
Luling
Austin
Standard Announces Holiday Schedule For Fourth of July
The business office will be closed Monday for the Fourth while The Standard remains published next week on Tuesday and Friday. The paper has followed a policy since 1909 to publish twice weekly every week of the year regardless of holidays.
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Standard
Brady couple welcomes son at Brady Hospital
Mr and Mrs Rudy Gonzales of Brady are the parents of a son born at Brady Hospital on Thursday.
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Rudy Gonzales
Brady
Brady Hospital
Visiting duchesses to attend Queen's Jubilee coronation
Thirteen out of town duchesses will attend the coronation of Kay Bratton as 1955 Jubilee queen Friday at the Jubilee grandstand. Beta Sigma Phi arranges the ceremony with Korky Steffens as master of ceremonies. Box seats cost 1, general admission 75 cents, 35 cents for children. The Armory Ball after coronation features Art Koch and his orchestra in red white and blue decor. Out of town duchesses include Ann Bozarth Lampasas Neddy Clark Rocksprings Betty Bennett Honolulu Diana Dugat Beeville Monetta Bradshaw Eldorado Jan Jordan Mason Carole Mayes Bandera Susan Carroll Menard Bobbie Rehm Santa Anna Sylvia Rothman Llano Elizabeth White San Antonio Marlene Wilson Coleman Clarice Gulley Uvalde.
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Brady
Kay Bratton
Mercury
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Korky Steffens
McCulloch County
Beta Sigma Phi
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
National Guard
Art Koch
Ann Bozart
Lampasas
Curtis Bozarth
Neddy Clark
Rocksprings
Aubrey Clark
Betty Bennett
Honolulu
Hawaii
S. B. Bennett
Diana Dugat
Beeville
W. D. Dugat
Steffens Installed As Lions President In Brady
Steffens was installed as president of the Brady Lions Club for the coming year during the regular Thursday noon meeting. Don Johnson also installed officers including Leonard Atherton first vice president Dr Harry Priess second vice president Albert McCulloch third vice president Cecil Striegler secretary Harold Garrett lion tamer Buford Sheffield tail twister George Young Herbert Harkrider Rev Lester Hedemann and Carl Schoenewolf directors. Charlie Dye retires as club president.
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Karl Keller
Korky) Steffens
Brady Lions Club
Don Johnson
Leonard Atherton
Harry C. Priess
Albert McCulloch
Cecil Striegler
Harold Garrett
Buford Sheffield
Tailtwister
George Young
Herbert Harkrider
Lester Hedemann
Carl Schoenewolf
Charlie Dye
Club
Rudder and Calvert Parade Set for Brady Jubilee
Hometown Texas land commissioner Earl Rudder and state comptroller Robert Calvert will join Jim Harkrider in Brady July Jubilee parade Saturday at 10 am. With 130 units across 24 blocks on South Elm Street, preparations run deep as Bradyites craft floats and plan float placements and route through Elm Street East Commerce to the square.
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Texas
Earl Rudder
Robert S. Calvert
Brady
Jim Harkrider
South Elm St
First Street
Seventh Street
Elm Street
East Commerce
Rudder Drug
Blackburn Street
Wilensky’s Corner
Brady permits slow with two issued totaling 15000
Construction in Brady during June remained slow with only two permits issued, totaling 15000. Boyd Hunt received a 12500 permit to build a five room frame residence at 1923 South Cypress Street with Mac Rankin as contractor. Roddie Wool Scouring Co Inc remodels Brady Cotton Oil Co buildings at 301 South Magnolia for a wool scouring plant at an estimated 2500 with Gunter Ogden as contractor.
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Brady
Boyd Hunt
South Cypress St
Mac Rankin
Roddie Wool Scouring Co., Inc
Brady Cotton Oil Company
South Magnolia
Gunter Ogden
Legion, Milkmen Lead as Leagues Quiz for Jubilee
The Legion leads the Little League with six wins and one loss while Hill Country Creameries tops the Pony League as both leagues pause for Jubilee. Play resumes July 5 with Legion vs Colts in the Little League and Fire Department vs Hill Country in the Pony League.
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Legion
Jubilee
The
Hill Country Creameries
Legionnaires
Jaycees
Colts
Rotary
Rosenberg
Lions
Roddie’s Woolies
Fireboys
Hill Country
Milkmen
Rosenberg’s
Fire Department
Little League
Rotary - A Eee
Pony League
Hill Country Lee
Dodds
Roddie
West Point Appointees Head to New York for Arrival
To West Point Ronnie Salter son of Mr and Mrs Howard Salter Brady will depart Monday by plane for New York. He is joined by Guy Floyd of San Antonio another appointee. They report to West Point July 5.
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Ronnie Salter
West Point
Howard Salter
Brady
New York
Guy Floyd
San Antonio
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McCulloch
Farmer
Melvin
Brady Creek
Concho County
Brady Water & Light Works
John H. Mayes
Floresville
So’s
Pat Ryan
Clay
Buck Richards
Rosenberg-Myers Co
Steffens Flowers
Barbara Bodenhamer
Diane Roddie
Manuelita Mitchell
Goodfellow Air Force Base
San Angelo
Juanita Apalachio
Juanita
la Macarena
Acuna
J. B. Wood
Victoria
Henry Bossman
Junction
E. Armstrong
Hobbs
N. M
Bill Moore
W. L. Turner
Gatesville
Arthur Wingo
Tony Lubke
Ronny Lubke
I. O. K. Rothmann
Tony
Ronny
Melvin Lubke
Eden
Rothmann
City Drug and
Monetta Bradshaw of
Eldorado
Mrs. O. B. Bradshaw
Jan Jordan of
Mason
M. E. Jordan
Carole Mayes of
Bandera
Mrs
Louie Mayes
Susan Carroll of
Menard
Joe Hunter Russell
Bobbie Rehm
Santa Anna
Tony Rehm
Sylvia Rothman
Llano
Gleason Rothman
Elizabeth White
Marlene Wilson
Coleman
Charles Wilson
Clarice Gulley
Uvaide
Steffens
Blackburn
Wm. M. Land
Lohn
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