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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1955
Page
1
The Through PARADE visits Atlantic and Iowa with youth Bruce Pellett of Atlantic, a local farm family, and a Penney manager Joekel. The piece notes mid western weather, a long snow shove, and the Pellett farm harvest showing 70 bushels per acre while farmers give away straw.
Crews under contractor Ogden Gunter have been remodeling the Brady Cotton Oil Mill for a wool scouring operation. Five weeks into the project 20 to 29 workers are on site as cement floors and vats are installed. The project will use 370 cubic yards of concrete and yield about 40 000 square feet of floor space.
Dr James Anderson named president of the McCulloch County Community Chest after 10 new directors were elected. The group will meet next Wednesday at 3 p m at the chamber of Commerce office to organize and plan the fall drive. Holdover directors include Rochelle and Brady reps along with several others.
To Bé'on All The Louisiana Hayride crew are due Saturday afternoon in Brady for a KNEL radio program before the station signs off at 7 p m They will present a show at Brady High School football field Saturday night at 8 o clock KNEL sponsors the event with all proceeds split between the Brady te Chapter and the Community est
A weekend Pony League schedule features a Friday double header with women as umpires for Fire Department versus Dodds Electric makeup games. Mothers and wives will umpire, with listed workers including Mrs. Lowell Brown and Mrs. Fat Appleton. An all stars game follows Saturday at Richards Park at 8 p.m. Menard all stars visit Brady’s for a Sunday night showdown as the season ends next Tuesday.
Intercontinental Manufacturing Co. receives a contract from the St. Louis Ordnance District of the Defense Department to manufacture and assemble metal engine containers. Work is planned to be completed at the Garland plant rather than the Brady IMCO facility.
Mrs. D. A. Howe hosts this week with her daughter Mrs. Curtis Gene Lewallen and her two sons Mike and Kerry, visiting from Pecos.
A water carnival will be held Friday night at 7 30 at the city swimming pool to close this summer's swim classes. K Y Owens with Bill Turner and Jerry Sessom in charge present diving racing precision swimming a balloon race and a watermelon scramble. The free swim lessons end but the pool remains open for paid swimmers rest of the summer.
Thirty nine McCulloch County 4-H members returned Wednesday from the annual camp at Granite Shoals. Leaders included Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Engdahl Brady and several local residents.
C A Cole from Barksdale named school superintendent at Lohn succeeding Oleg Gassiot who resigned to move to San Antonio. Cole has about 15 years teaching experience. he previously served at Barnhart and for seven years with the Border Patrol. His family plans to move to John Friday. No replacement yet for Coach Bob Browder who left for Carbon. elementary and high school teachers are still needed.
Sol and Eli Rosenberg brothers longtime Brady department store operators announce plans to relocate to San Antonio while retaining Rosenberg's interests in Brady. The store will be run by Hymie and Sid Myers, with Brady home and ongoing civic ties noted.
The Standard will publish Dollar Day a day early on Wednesday Aug. 3 to boost advertiser value. Merchants must submit ad copy by 5 p.m. Saturday July 30. The event promises strong merchandising with out-of-town shoppers expected.
Dick Winters, re elected president of the Brady Creek Watershed Association, will attend a National Watershed Congress committee meeting in St Louis Tuesday. He is a charter member. annual NWC meeting is in Washington on Dec 5 6.
D. A. Roper of East Sweden remains active at 91, claiming his birthday falls on Sunday though records hint he was born in 1864 in Hazelhurst Mississippi. He farms daily, fights Johnson grass, and recalls a five week ox wagon journey to Texas as a child.
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