Heart O' Texas Band Festival Arrives in Brady
More than 1 200 bandsmen from 20 towns converge on Brady for the eighth Heart O Texas Band Festival hosted by Brady High. Eight bands perform Friday night at Bulldog Stadium with a float of activities including a play night and Saturday concert and sight reading contests. Admission 60 cents adults 25 cents students. trophies awarded to the winning band.
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Brady
Heart O' Texas Band Festival
McMurry College
High Schoo Bulldog
Lion
Brady Band
Bulldog
Boyd Hunt
Traan
Breckenridge Killeen
del Rio
Croat Plains
Kerrville
Flood Project Delegates Return From Washington Visit
Five representatives from the Middle Colorado River Watershed including Brady Creek delegates returned home after briefing the House Appropriations Committee in Washington on flood prevention funding. They warned current appropriations would take ten years to finish the Brady and Clear Creek areas. Ogden stayed to attend a Gronchi visit with Vice President Nixon presiding.
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Middle Colorado River
Brady Creek
Washington
C. B. Harkey
San Saba
Anson Oden
Brownwood
Middle Colorado Association
Ane Nabors
Clear Creek
Dick Winters
Brady
Joe Ogden
Brady Creek Association
House Appropriations Committee
Rep
C. Fisher
Fisher
Department of Agriculture
Colorado
Ogden
Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Giovanni Gronchi
Supreme Court
Nixon
Tindel 61 Dies in San Antonio While Visiting Daughter
Hilary M. Tindel a longtime Brady resident and real estate man died at 1 30 a m in San Antonio at his daughter's home Mrs Johnny Williams Funeral services were held at Alamo Funeral Home and burial followed in a San Antonio cemetery He was born in Waterloo Williamson County moved to Brady in 1909 and had lived there since Survivors include his wife two daughters one granddaughter and two sisters
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Hilary M.tindel
Brady
San Antonio
Johnny Williams
Alamo
Waterloo
Williamson County
Tindel
Brooke General Hospital
Williams
Bill Gifford
Roy Collier
Joe Hendley
Norman-Brady Ford Agency Sold to Local Brady Residents
Brady Ford dealer Curtis Norman and R T Trail acquire the Norman Lawler Ford agency in Brady. Lawler remains in Brady focusing on construction with Lawler Construction Co. and retains stakes in Brady theatres while continuing notes payable at the Ford house.
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Norman Lawler
Brady
Curtis Norman
R. T. Trail
Norman
Trail
Lawler
Abilene
Lawler Construction
Law
Lawler Brothers
Ford Agency
Ford
Curtis Norman-Trai] Co
Ford House
Arthur Caywood
Brady, Texas
Palace Theatres
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Ex-G I Mutilation Victim Clyde Bennett Dies at 55
The San Antonio Light reports former Fort Hood sergeant Clyde M Bennett died of a heart attack at his Middletown Pennsylvania home on January 21. His widow attributes the death to trauma from the 1954 ranch mutilation near Goldthwaite and subsequent drinking. Convicted assailants Roy Barton and David Dutton are serving five-year terms at Sugarland Central Prison Farm. Bennett was discharged April 26 1955 after a $32000 settlement with Dutton.
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The
San Antonio
Fort Hood
Middletown
Clyde M. Bennett
Bennett
Goldthwaite
Roy Barton
David Dutton
Georgetown
Central Prison Farm No. 1
Sugarland
Murray Jordan Elected Delta Upsilon President at UT
From Austin comes word that Murray Jordan was unanimously elected president of Delta Upsilon at the University of Texas. He is a pre law student, son of Mr and Mrs W E Jordan of Brady, and active in Inter Fraternity Council and Student Cooperative Association.
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Austin
Murray Jordan
Delta Upsilon
University of Texas
Murray
W. E. Jordan
Brady
Student Cooperative Association
Commodor Perry Hotel
T” Association
Open House Monday At New Brady Bus Depot
Kerrville Bus Company invites the public to view its new Brady bus station next Monday afternoon. Company officials from Kerrville including Guy G. Griggs and Henry A. Mathews will attend with Rufus C. Mathews and J. D. Mahaffey. From 5 to 7 p.m. a Highway Traveler air suspension bus will be displayed. Guests receive orchids and balloons for children. Local Brady agent 3111 Hargrove operates at 216 North Church St. The building underwent a $15,000 remodel last December with C. A. Watson contractor. Windrow Co. heated and cooled the facility. plumbing by Jesse L. Taylor. electrical by City Electric.
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Kerrville Bus Company
Brady
Guy G. Griggs
Henry A. Mathews
Rufus C. Mathews
J. D. Mahaffey
Kerrville
Hargrove of Brady
North Church St
C. A. Watson
Windrow Company
Jesse L. Taylor
City Electric
Square Dance Classes Cancelled For Festival Week
Square dance classes at St. Pauls Episcopal Church on Friday night are not held this week due to the Heart Of Tex as Band Festival. Mrs. Nelson Dukes said the classes will resume next week.
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St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Heart of Texas
Nelson Dukes
Brady Schools Invite Parents For Public Schools Week
Brady city residents are invited to visit schools March 5 through 10 during Texas Public Schools Week. The schedule includes Back-to-School night at South Ward, 7:30 p.m. Monday, and 7 p.m. programs at Brady High, North Ward, and Dunbar on Tuesday. Brady Junior High hosts events Thursday at 7 p.m. with a Lion Band concert and a round table on school topics.
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Brady
Texas Public Schools
Supt. Co. A. Reynolds
South Ward
Brady High
North Ward
Dunbar
Brady Junior High
Lion
Goldie and the
Three Bears
Brady Insurance Agent Injured In Car Crash
George McBride twenty two of Brady an insurance agent was hurt Tuesday afternoon when his 1955 Mercury left Mason highway two miles south of Brady. The car hit a fence and trees and was demolished. He was admitted to Brady Hospital with a head gash and bruises. The wreck occurred about 4 50 p m. He and his wife and two year old daughter Connie live at 905 Bleeker Street.
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George McBride
Brady
Mason Highway
McBride
Brady Hospital
Life and Casualty Insurance Company of
Tennessee
Connie
Bleeker St
Jubilee Board Sets 1956 Show Dates and Queen Rules
Jubilee directors met Tuesday to plan the 1956 show. They set queen candidates’ age at 18 to 23 and require them to be unmarried. Parker Pumphrey and Mrs. Barry Francks were re elected co chairs of the queen race committee. July 2 to 4 were officially set for the event and girls barrel races approved.
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Parker Pumphrey
Barry Francks
College Band Judges High School Festival in Heart Of Texas
Three top college band directors will judge Heart Of Texas Band Festival events Friday and Saturday in Abilene. Doug Fry of Abilene Christian, James A. Jacobsen of Texas Christian, and Vincent R. Di Nino of the University of Texas will serve as concert and sight-reading judges, with Tarleton State College band director Charles Vick likely joining as guest. Fry returns home to judge where he once led Brady’s band, while Jacobsen brings postsecondary leadership and professional affiliations. Di Nino, UT Longhorn Band director, previously conducted in Minnesota and served as a Minnesota and University of Minnesota associate director.
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Texas
Directo
Doug Fry
Abilene Christian College
James A. Jacobsen
Texas Christian University
Vincent RB. di Nino
University of Texas
Charles Vick
Tarleton State College
Fry
Brady
ACC
TCU
Jacobsen
Norwood
Colo
Colorado State College of Education
Texas Music Educators Association
The
Texas Bandmasters
National Association of College Band Directors
di Nino
Longhorn
Alexandria, Minn
Austin
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Dimitri Mitropoulos
University of Minnesota
Kia Lake
Festival Schedule Highlights Local Band Event
The schedule features a 7:50 p m marching contest in Bulldog Stadium with public invited and admission 50 cents for adults 25 cents for students. A 9:30 to 11 p m play night for bandsmen in Brady High Gym includes music by Brady Cross Plains and Breckenridge stage bands. A morning concert runs in Brady High auditorium with public invited free. Band sight-reading follows in band hall. Saturday adds a 2 30 p m concert by guest band McMurray College and a 4 40 p m parade around the square with 23 bands and trophy presentation.
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Bulldew Stadium
High Wheeler
Advlte
Bc Cent
Brady High
Bands
Brady Junior High
del Rio
Breckenridge Rat Killeen
Kerrville
San Saba
Fredericksburg
Yaeo
Lampasas
Luling
Cross Plains
Lraun Lao Maden
Menard
Santanna Ita Hanis
Kane
Wingate Juntos
Junction
Bulldog Stadium
Brady
Breckenridge
Band Hall
Band
McMuury College
Ward's opens new Montgomery Ward catalog store in Brady
The Brady store welcomes visitors for its grand opening with Fort Worth and Chicago officials arriving to meet customers. The modern white and pastel blue shop features display lights, appliances and a copy of the Ward catalog for shoppers. Local officials and merchants toured the store and greeted managers from several Ward locations.
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Montgomery Ward Catalog
Big Ward
Helen Jones
Mineral Wells
Dorothy Roper
Cleburne
Margaret Johnso
Grand Prairie
Luzelle Flemming
Brady
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the McMurry
H. M. Tindel
Ler
Rerald
McCulloch County
Vincent DE Nino
Brady Man
Jubilee Board
College Band Press
Ward's
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