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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1955
Page
6
Camp Lake Side opens for dancing this Saturday July 30 located six miles west of Menard on Eldorado highway Watch for a light signal to camp Piano tuner available at Gartmans through August 4 For this service phone 2292 Gartmans
Brady Theatre shows Interrupted Melody featuring Glenn Ford and Eleanor Parker as a lyric love story about Opera star Marjorie Lawrence and her husband doctor who help her sing from a wheelchair. Texas Theatre screens One Desire with Anne Baxter and Rock Hudson set in early 1900s Oklahoma oil boom and romance with a banker’s daughter.
Glenn Ford plays a Texas cowpoke in The Americano on the Scenic Drive-In bill with The Big Cat. The Eternal Sea, a Navy drama based on Rear Admiral John M. Hoskins, stars Sterling Hayden and Alexis Smith. Bedevilled offers romance and suspense in Paris next midweek.
The Rev. Roy H. May, former pastor of First Methodist Church in Brady, reports a warm Gonzales reception after his transfer to the First Church. He praises local prospects, notes good crops, and mentions plans to start an educational building by early fall while extending regards to Brady friends.
Bruce Tucker visited Austin with his uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Ernest C. Young for several days and returned to Brady Friday. In Austin he joined Mr. Young on an overnight trip to Carthage to distribute fish for the Federal Fish Hatcheries of Austin.
Anne Baxter plays a young American with a murky past who travels to Paris to sing in nightclubs and becomes the central figure in a perplexing murder. Steve Forrest co-stars as her partner in the suspenseful drama.
Weekend social notes report a picnic at Richards Park with attendees Jeanette Sols berg Peggy Sols berg Barbara Browning Joyce Browning Kay Hemphill Wynette Moore Gerald Gafford Alan Hill Jerrell Hemphill. Refreshments included hammade ice cream and cookies as neighbors socialized. Mrs W M Land and Mrs Melissa Carroll visited Mrs W H Carroll at Pear Valley. Carl Lohn of Gouldbush was Sunday dinner guest of Mr and Mrs Jack Huie.
Mr and Mrs Jim Robertson returned Thursday night from a 16 day trip along the Pacific Coast. They began in Pueblo Colorado then visited Royal Gorge Salt Lake City Afton Wyoming Bend Oregon Eugene with their son and daughter in law and Phoenix Arizona El Paso and Artesia New Mexico as part of a extended sightseeing journey through orchards fields and diverse landscapes.
Mary Ann Dillon Camp Organist Mary Ann Dillon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Dillon, left Monday for Camp Capers near Boerne where she will serve as organist for the Intermediate Camp. She has attended Camp Capers as a camper since 1949 and this is her first staff posting. She studied organ from Walter Dunham of St. Mark's San Antonio and received instruction from Mae Branon of Howard Payne College Brownewood.
Mrs Mary J Poe of Brady visited her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs P O Poe of Artesia New Mexico.
Guests of their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Edwin Blacks Lock traveled with Mr Robertson reporting a journey totaling 4986 miles without mishap.
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