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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1955
Page
1
Trans Texas Airways returns to its pre March plan in Brady on Friday July 1 with a morning flight to Dallas and a late afternoon return from San Antonio. John Fichner cites improved load factors and says Brady and its aviation committee welcome the change.
Trim Destiny finished seventh in the 14 horse field at the $40,000 Ohio Derby in Cleveland. Traffic Judge won the top prize, with Selinsgrove second and Honey's Alibi third. The colt is nominated for the Michigan Mile in Detroit on July 9 but may not start.
The Pony League postponed all games scheduled for Thursday and Friday nights this week due to the July Jubilee. Rescheduled games will be made up at the season end. Play resumes Tuesday, July 5.
The Jubilee parade in Brady starts at 10 a.m. Saturday with 128 units listed. It forms on South Elm Street and travels to East Commerce Street then Gilbreath's Food Market, Rudder Drug Store square, and down South Blackburn to the Post Office before dispersing. Prizes up to 25 dollars for floats and prizes for best dressed cowboys and cowgirls, plus six bicycle awards, are announced with major coordination by Jim Harkrider and Sheriff Luke Vogel.
A coil burned out on a 2500 kilowatt generator at Brady Water & Light Works causing an outage at 4 p.m. Monday. Officials attributed storm lightning as the cause. Other generators were brought online and service restored by 3:30 a.m. Tuesday after coil replacement and repairs. total outage lasted about 12 minutes.
Five Brady Texas Marine Reservists rescuing a swimmer from a strong undertow at Camp Matthews California could not identify the woman. The rescued person named Doris, married to a Navy frogman whose name was not learned. The group, including Pvt. Tracy Byrd and Pfc. Lesley Fisher, were on two weeks’ summer training with the 91st Special Infantry Company.
Eleven Brady Marine Reservists returned from two weeks of summer training in San Diego. They flew home Sunday evening and landed in San Angelo early Monday. A drowning victim story is referenced as part of a narrative about a rescue attempt by Lesley Fisher and Pvt Byrd. further details appear on page 8.
Kay Bratton a 15 year old from Mercury was elected Queen of Rochelle July Jubilee with strong local support. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Bratton and will be a Rochelle High School senior next fall. Runners up are Barbara Bodenhamer and Diane Roddie.
McCulloch County farmers voted 89 to 15 in favor of continuing marketing quotas for next year’s wheat. Nationwide quotas passed 77.5 percent, with 15 nominees in a Jubilee queen contest drawing 1,488 votes and a town parade marking the 1955 July Jubilee.
A new test started Tuesday on the West White Street water well after a break interrupted last Saturday. The well pumped 880 gallons per minute initially and is expected to rise as the 48 hour test proceeds.
Funeral services for Scott Pankey 78 longtime stock farmer at Pontotoc were held at 3 p.m. Monday in Llano with Rev. Robert A. Jackson officiating. Burial followed in Llano Cemetery. He died Sunday after a long illness. Survivors include his wife four sons Damon Ira Pankey of Llano Ruell Pankey of Alice and Marvin Pankey of Brady four daughters Mrs Bud Inman Mrs Wilie Arhlett Mrs Ruth Shropshire and Mrs Willa Fay Randolph all of Llano and four sisters Mrs Dink McCordy Mrs Floyd Holt of Brady and Mrs A W Newlin and Mrs V E Miller of Pontotoc.
R. R. Price formerly of Del Rio moved to Brady and took over management of the Lewis Shoe Store. He brings 25 years in the business. The Prices reside in a McCall-Curtis apartment on South Bridge St. Mrs Short and Mrs Pellizzari will stay to assist daily operations.
Mrs T O Perrin Jr and daughter Cheryl visit with Mrs Perrin’s mother Mrs H C Ulrich while Mr Perrin attends a conference as Trinity Presbyterian Church Houston delegate at Mo Ranch Kerrville. The trio will then visit Dr T Perrin in Sulphur Springs before returning to Houston where Perrin directs Korean veteran and Selective Service affairs at the University of Houston.
The West Texas diocese will ordain Sheri dan Newman of Brady as an Episcopal minister at St. Pauls in San Antonio on Wednesday morning June 29 at 10 30. Bishop Everett Holland Jones will confer diaconate, with sermons by Rev Beverly M Boyd and presentation by Rev Herbert B Morris. Newman will become rector at St Helena s Boerne on July 10 after completing seminary at Berkeley.
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