Sir BHS Tackle Signs Letter With Hardin-Simmons
Norris Wright of Brady High signed a football scholarship letter to attend Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Sam Wright and graduates from Brady High with three football letters. He was a second team Texas Sports Writers Association all state pick and 1956 Brady team top lineman. also a Golden Gloves heavyweight in high school.
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Norris Wright
Brady
Wright
Texas Sports Writers Association
Hound Dawes
BHS
Hagler grandparents welcome Garnet Yvonne in Oxnard
Mr. and Mrs Fred Babel of Oxnard California announce the birth of their daughter Garnet Yvonne on June 5. Grandparents Mr and Mrs Dack Hagler and Mrs Jeanne Hagler are cited as the baby’s relatives. Miss Allie Hagler travels to California for a three week visit with the Babels.
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Mes. Dack Hagler
Garnet Yvonne
Fred Babel
Oxnard
Calif
Babel
Jeanne Hagler
Allie Hagler
California
Mrs Riddell and Mrs Fisher Attend Rayette Show in San Antonio
Mrs Mack Riddell and Mrs Alfred Fisher attended the Ray ette show at the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio last Sunday. They then traveled to Blanco to visit Mrs Fisher's parents Mr and Mrs E D Pantermuehl before returning home Monday.
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Mack Riddell
Alfred Fisher
Gunter Hotel
San Antonio
Brady National To Show Newly Remodeled Home
Brady National Bank to hold open house Saturday from 1 to 5 pm to unveil remodeled quarters. Officers and directors will host as the bank showcases mahogany panel walls glass brick a light ceiling and new climate and entrance upgrades. The bank, chartered in 1905, moved its main entrance and added officers’ quarters with new carpeting.
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Brady National Bank
Buiding
The
Kiddie Section Added to Parade for July Jubilee
A special Kiddies Section is added to the July Jubilee parade for children aged 6 to 12. Ray Cates chairs the section and says entries may include clowns acts costumes or decorated bicycles but no motor scooters. Children assemble about 40 minutes before the parade on the Roddie & Company lot behind Pat McShane's on North Bridge.
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Mrom
Ray Cates
Cates
Roddie & Company
Pat MecShane
North Bridge
Saturday Deadline for Parade Entries
Parade entries for the July Jubilee parade must be submitted by Saturday. The committee urges early registration to avoid late lineup delays and notes entries may win blue ribbons.
Mrs Will Osborne Visits Cameron Kin
Mrs Will Osborne of Cameron is visiting her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Milton Osborne.
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Will Osborne
Cameron
Mrs
Milton Osborne
Horsmen Invited to Parade in Jubilee Event
Sheriff Luke Vogel invites McCulloch and neighboring cowboys and cowgirls to join the Jubilee parade. He asks potential riders to submit names and rough participation estimates. No entry fee is required.
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Luke Vogel
Vogel
McCulloch
Ex Mayor Rudder sues city after home flooded
Texas Land Commissioner and ex Brady mayor Earl Rudder filed a $6,000 suit against the City of Brady over water damage to his vacant home at 605 West 18th. He says the city caused damage by turning on water to water trees after tenants left, with flooding lasting days before discovery.
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Texas Land
Brady
Earl Rudder
Rudder
West 18Th
35Th District Court
Ben Davis Geeslin
Austin
Pattern for Progress: Citizens Boost Brady Industry
A letter urges Brady residents to actively promote local industry. It compares industry to business, emphasizes inviting new work, and outlines five selling rules: know the product advertise display price and invite purchase. The writer stresses honest, factual promotion and a tidy city image to attract McCulloch County industry.
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Brady
McCulloch County
Rochelle to Open School Bond Bids
Rochelle School Board will open bids June 19 at 9 p m for sale of $30 000 in school improvement bonds approved by voters on June 1 Supt C W Thompson said contracts for building work cannot be let until bonds are sold and bids are opened with several contractors in discussion.
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Rochelle
C. W. Thompson
Brouillette Murder Trial Postponed to Coleman County
Mrs. Walter Brouillette says she learned the trial of her husband, indicted for murder in the O. Out of Fife case, has been moved to Coleman County and reset for July 22. She spoke with Brady Standard reporters in Tucson Arizona amid communication gaps with officials and lawyers.
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Walter Brouillette
Brady Standard
Vogel
Luke Vogel
Arizona
Tucson
Brouillette
Out of Fife
McCulloch County
Coleman
Brady
Eden Lashly
Ross Trofforan
Lashly
Coleman County
Nine Girls Nominated for 1957 July Jubilee Queen
Election set for June 22 at the Courthouse in Brady to choose a Jubilee queen from nine nominees led by Sandra Barton and Mary Sue Bratton. Diane Roddie will reign this year, coronation on July 5, with crown handover to the 1957 queen.
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McCulloch
Brady
Queen's Hall
Diane Roddie
Jon Sanders
Lubbock
Barbara Bodenhamer
Diane
Frank Roddie
Brady High
University of Tex
Jubilee Campaign Rally At Brady Theatre Tuesday Night
A campaign rally for the Jubilee will be held at the Brady Theatre next Tuesday night June 18 at o oclock. Nine nominees with their chosen future queens will be presented. Korky Steffens will be master of ceremonies. Regular admission applies. Attendees may stay after to see the movie Heaven Knows Mr. Alline Sun.
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Brady Theatre
Korky Steffens
Mr. Alline Sun
Absentee Voting Opens for Judges Race
Absentee voting in the judges race begins Monday June 17 at 9 am at City Drug Store election judge H M Deaton assisted by Mrs J R Cochran. Only voters absent from the county on election day June 22 are eligible and absentee voting ends Friday June 21 at 6 pm.
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H. M. Deaton
J. R. Cochran
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Sir Bhs
Hardin-Simmons
Brady National
Judder
Regder Drug
Champion Fees
Cham
Coranwee
Lonnie Parks
Melvin Ffa
Lamb
Phillip Bloomer
Lehn Ffa
Enlf
Dan Candy
Brady Fra
Odis Cox
Tria
New England
South Sixth Avenue
Sandra Barton
A. T. Barton
Women’s Club
Mary Sue Bratton
van Bratton
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Barbara Brook
Helen Brook
Tommy Brook
Camp San Saba
Brady Lions Club
Prances Jacobson
Arch Jacobson
Melvin
Melvin Lions Club
Tommye Sue Price
Howard Price
Rochelle Study Club
Rochelle Lions Club
Dee Anna Smith
H. W. Huie
Lohn
Sherron Smith
L. B. Smith
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