Boy Scout Council Honors Brady Man For Long Service
W. L. Doc Taylor received a service award at Camp Sol Mayer for more than ten years as an adult leader in the Concho Valley Council. Dick Winters, executive committee member and gifts chairman, presented the token. Taylor’s roles included assistant cubmaster for Pack 24 in 1943 44, cubmaster 1944 49, district chairman of organization and extension 1949 52, Heart of Texas District chairman 1952 54, and he remains a district committee member and Pack 24 cubmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L
Doc) Taylor
Camp Sol Mayer
Boy Scouts
Concho Valley Council
Dick Winters
Taylor
Winters
Special Gifts
Pack
Heart
Texas
Brady High hosts Public School Week visitation night
Brady High School welcomed several hundred local parents and faculty members for National Public School Week events in a two hour visit program. Highlights included classroom demonstrations by English History and stenography classes and a later open house at Brady Junior High. The Heart of Texas Band Festival kicks off Friday morning with events continuing through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady High School
Prince A. Ethridge
Boyd Hunt
Lucille Welch
Dorothy St. Clair
Beth Rosson
Brady
Brady Junior High
Brady Hardware Company Sold to Newlin and Barekman
Brady Hardware Co on the south side of the plaza was sold Monday by M. P. Exline to Clinton Newlin and Barekman. Exline moves to Dallas to join Seven-Eleven stores. Newlin and Barekman plan to open White's Auto Associate Store at 119 West Commerce St after closing current stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady Hardware Co
M. P
Pete) Exline
T. Barekman
Clinton Newin
Barekman
Newlin
Brady
Palace
Exline
Dallas
Texas
White's Auto Associate
West Commerce St
Game Courts To Be Built At Brady Junior High
The School Board and the Lions Club plan a combined tennis and volleyball court at Brady Junior High School. Schools provide materials, Lions Club volunteers will assist. A committee including Jack Roddie Jamie Williamson and Pat Ryan was formed to oversee the project. The board hopes this starts a broader recreation court program at city schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Brady Junior High School
Lions
Jack Roddie
Jamie Williamson
Pat Ryan
Supt. C. A. Reynolds
Jubilee Elects Plans Meet With Merchants
Frank Roddie replaced Homer Duncum and all other Jubilee Association directors were reelected at a Saturday meeting in the Chamber of Commerce office. G. R. White presided. nine attended at start, then 23 joined to form a quorum for the committee nominating slate. The slate, including White and Bratton, was elected and the session adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Roddie
Homer Duncum
July
Jubilee Association
G. R. White
R. W
Bill) Jordan
Parker Pumphrey
C. H. Bratton
Dick Moseley
Bill Cobb
Mr. White
Chamber of Commerce
Joe Ogden
Association
McCulloch
Les Townsend
Jim Harkrider
John Bratton
White
Ogden
Charlie Darley
C. B. Whitehead
Pumphrey
Townsend
Harry Wulff
Joe Elliott
Emmette Mohler
Hicks Campbell
Andy Olson
Tom Davis
Charlie Bratton
Howard Broad
James Walton
Bill Hargrove
Harkrider
B. R. Sheffield
Cobb
Bob Wilson
C. D. Reed
Brady Creek Dam Bids Issued For Two Dams On Noble Johnson Ranch
The Soil Conservation Service calls for bids to construct the first two detention dams in the Brady Creek project. Bids open at 1 p.m. March 22 in Fort Worth. Dams No. 40 and 41 lie on Noble Johnson ranch near Brady with 960 and 5,750 acre drainage areas. Plans available at Brady City Hall project office Eden and Brady post offices. Delegation heads to Washington for Wednesday hearing before the House Appropriations Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady Creek
Soil Conservation Service
Fort Worth
Noble Johnson Ranch
Brady
Eden
SCS
Washington, D. C
Agriculture
House Appropriations Committee
Dick Winters
Arthur Scharlach
Joe Ogden
M. J. Green
Brady Aviation assets sold to Intercontinental in Garland
Intercontinental Manufacturing Company Inc of Garland announced the purchase of Brady Aviation Corp business assets on March 1. The Curtis Field facility will operate as the Brady Plant of IMC with no personnel changes and contracts continuing as before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady Aviation Corp
Intercontinental Manufacturing Company, Inc
Garland
Earl Rudder
Rudder
Intercontinental
Curtis Field
BAC
Brady
IMC
Brady High seniors rehearse Mr Peepers play
Brady High School seniors began rehearsals for the school play Mr Peepers based on the TV show. Jaryl Young will star as Mr Peepers with 390 lines, a large role. Director Lucille Welch guided casting with help from Beth Rosson and sponsors Jeanette White R F McSwain and Mrs EB J Powell. Cast includes Jackie Sallee Dee Ann Spears Anna Jo Palmer Joe Hernandez Roberta Hanson Mary Sue Bean Paul Boldt Sammy Loggins Wayne Hampton Carol McShan Risaldo Gutierrez Sylvia Nixon Robert Osborne John Wallin. The show is set for the BHS auditorium on Friday March 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaryl Young
Mr. Peepers
Lucille Welch
Brady High
Beth Rosson
Jeanette White
R. F. McSwain
EB. J. Powell
Jackie Sallee
Dee Ann Spears
Anna Jo Palmer
Joe Hernandez
Roberta Hanson
Mary Sue Bean
Paul Boldt
Sammy Loggins
Wayne Hampton
Carol McShan
Risaldo Gutierrez
Sylvia Nixon
Robert Osborne
John Wallin
BHS
A B Marshall Dies in Brady Hospital
Alvin Barnard Marshall 1897 Brady native and carpenter died at Brady Hospital at 1 18 a m Friday. Survived by wife son Arley F Marshall of San Antonio daughter Bennetta Reagan of Brady two grandchildren three sisters and a brother Funeral held at Wilkerson Funeral Home chapel at 3 p m Saturday with burial in Rest Haven Cemetery Pallbearers named Mac Slaughter Marion Bradham Charlie Epps B P Tomlinson Jr J E Williams Jerry Simpson
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A. B. Marshall
South High St
Brady
Brady Hospital
Marshall
Field Creek
Alvin Barnard Marshall
Arley F. Marshall
San Antonio
Bennetta Reagan
Theresa Marshall
San Francisco
Calif
C. B. Adams
Fredonia
Meredith Carson
Camp San Saba
O. H. Marshall
Ernest Rippetoe
Stephenville
Wilkerson Funeral Home
Rest Haven Cemetery
Mac Slaughter
Marion Bradham
Charlie Epps
P. Tomlinson, Jr
J. E. Williams
Jerry Simpson
Flames Destroy Old Glenn Home in Brady
The vacant Glenn house at East Fourth and Pecan in Brady was destroyed by a fire around midnight Friday. The cause was undetermined as the west end collapsed before firefighters arrived. Dust in the air lit up the sky and drew a crowd of onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn
East Fourth and
Pecan Sts
Brady
Skeleton Found on Texas Ranch Taken to Austin Lab
Three Melvin area teens discovered a human skeleton in a Pink Snyder ranch pasture and turned it over to sheriff Williamson. The bones were transported to Austin for lab analysis to determine age, height, cause of death, and time since death, with results expected in several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Cobern
Melvin
Shirley
J. P. Williamson
Austin
Department of Public Safety Laboratory
Pink Snyder Ranch
Gail Odom
Harrel Tyler
Gary Davis
Millersview
Pink Snyder
Salt Gap Road
W. O. McLauchlin
Williams
Eugene Roper
Former Rochelle Postmaster Dies
R C Boyd age 79 former Rochelle postmaster died at Brady Hospital at 2 30 p m Saturday born Rassilas Coleman Boyd in Kosciusko Mississippi July 3 1874 and had lived in Rochelle for years Funeral services were at 830 p m Sunday at Rochelle Methodist Church burial in Rochelle Cemetery Pallbearers named Survivors include two sons a daughter a brother a sister six grandchildren and one great grandchild
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Boyd
Rochelle
Brady Hospital
Rassilas Coleman Boyd
Kosciusko
Miss
Rochelle Methodist Church
Wilkerson Funeral Home
Richard Moseley
Milton Gainer
Raymond Harrison
Troy Smith
Melvin Burk
Bill Jack Neal
J. R
E. P. Boyd
Plainview
C. C. Williamson
E. C. Boyd
Kemp
C. A. Jones
Parents Meet Brady High Teachers Junior High Program
Public Schools Week observance in Brady opened with parents touring Brady High School. A. H. Floyd invites junior high parents to Thursday night events at Brady Junior High featuring a 7 o'clock program, a band, a movie, and a display of old books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady High
Brady
Brady High School
Dunbar
A. H. Floyd
Floyd
South Ward
North Ward
Brady Junior High
Tokyo
Cubs Blue and Gold Banquet Thursday at First Christian
The annual Blue and Gold Banquet for Cub Scouts will be held at the First Christian Church. It marks the end of the Scouts fiscal year and features Cub program presentations and years awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Lutherans To Open Lenten Sermons
Pastor Lester F. Hedemann of Brady Mt Calvary Lutheran Church announces six Lenten sermons to be delivered at 8 p m starting Thursday night March 4. The pastor and church membership invite all to attend the series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester FE. Hedemann
Brady Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boy Scout Council
Brady Man
Doc
Brady Hardware Company
Brady Junior High School Parent-Teacher Association
PTA
Ann Gault
Bonnie Brook
Mama Nez
Laura Steffens
Herbert Torres
Bis
Sue Ethridge
Susan Sorell
D. W. Jordan
Jimmie Lee Steel
J. G. McCall
Masonic Order
J. Hugh Shearer
Masonic
Harry Curtis
W. D. Stevens
McCall
Boyd
Shearer
E. J. Mays
Brady Masonic Lodge
A. J. Ricks
Sam W. Moffatt
W. T. Harris
Old Glenn
Williamson
Fondling Charge
Court of Justice of Peace
Grover Chambles
Louis Waldon
Waldon
Grand
Cubs
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