Flood Damage Continues After Citywide Incident
Chants of Brady echoed as flood damage extended over two days with costs totaling 28 052 dollars and an estimated impact around 15 000 dollars to the city.
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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1955
Page
4
Chants of Brady echoed as flood damage extended over two days with costs totaling 28 052 dollars and an estimated impact around 15 000 dollars to the city.
Forrest Muller announces a series of Wednesday evening prayer and instruction at St Pauls Episcopal Church beginning June 22 at 7 30 p m. Regular Sunday schedule includes Sunday school at 9 30 a m and morning prayer at 11 a m.
Mrs. A H Lewis of Pecos visited relatives and friends in Brady last weekend, returning with news of the trip and greetings from home.
The Lohn Church of Christ rebuilt its congregation after disbanding, with revivalists like Edd Fry and G. F. Mickey boosting membership. By 1929 a new church building stood as a goal achieved, with about 70 members led by A. C. Knight and recalling past families who helped establish the church in 1905.
Mrs Adkins hosts guests including Mr and Mrs Phillip Mitchel and their children Gay Nell and Phillip Jr of Tulsa Oklahoma and Linda Kaye Kempf of Manhattan Kansas. They vacationed in Alabama and travel home via Brady to visit Mrs W H Adkins. Mrs Mitchel is the former Gladys Hager who once lived in Brady.
Mrs. J. R. Cochran came back Saturday after two weeks in Marlin visiting husband Jay at the Marlin Locker Plant. Other Bradyites in Marlin last week were Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Carlson and Mrs. Rollie White. The Carlsons returned Wednesday and Mrs. White Monday.
Descendants of pioneer McCulloch County ranchers A N Bryson gathered for their annual reunion at Simpson Lake picnic park. Attendees from Brady Conroe Sonora Rochelle Mason and other towns shared a noon lunch and reconnecting moments with numerous Bryson and Awalt family members and guests.
Mrs G R Rothman of Junction and Mrs A H Wells of Fredonia were discharged from Brady Hospital on Sunday.
Mrs. Walton Hertz of Brady Mrs. Jack Nix of Mason and Mrs. Tom Yates of San Saba were admitted to Brady Hospital on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Elward White and Rilla joined seventy relatives at the Sunday reunion of the late Geo Simmons family in Christoval.
Miss Billa White daughter of Mr and Mrs Elward White who has taught in Corpus Christi will teach there again next year spends the summer with her parents in Brady. Mrs Elma Simmons of Corpus Christi visited them and with Susan White's daughter traveled from San Antonio toward San Francisco for a month with her son in law and daughter. In San Diego they will visit Mrs Gardner Wallace and family.
Mrs L B Smith recounts a Galveston Lipton Tea Company tour for Texas Press Association women. The group rode an elevator to the fifth floor to see labeled India Ceylon and North Africa teas, met blender and taster Mr Terry, learned blending steps and bag assembly, and admired facilities, air conditioning, and dust control.
Irene Nelson and D G Cooper wed in Melvin in a Sunday ceremony at the home of Rev R L Herring The couple will reside in Denton while Cooper works there Attendants included LaVern Nelson Patricia Cooper and Adrian Cooper A reception followed with a lace cloth and gladioli centerpiece.
The Dora Ryan Circle of the WSCS met at Mrs. H. C. Roths home with 14 members and two guests. Mrs. Duke Mann presented Toward a World of Fellowship. Committees were appointed and pledge cards signed. Refreshments served to guests including Miss Ryan and other members.
Mrs. J. B. Granville Jr. and children Patsy and Jimmy visit Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Granville and Mrs. J. B. Granville Sr. in Dallas, sharing time with relatives.
A Brady Standard notice describes a garden tea party on the lawn with a decorated tea table, Lipton tea choices, and Mrs. W. R. Beaumier coordinating service. A thermo-keep gift bag of Lipton products and soups is shown in the newspaper window. The note ends with a couple returning from a four day Houston area trip.
Expression of gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during illness and death of James E. Spiller. The family signs as THE FAMILY OF JAMES E. SPILLER.
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