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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1960
Page
1
Brady civic leaders await developments as Mercer Shoe Company considers relocate from Ballinger to Brady to secure financial support for expansion. Ballinger stockholders meet next Monday to discuss the plan while Brady tours the Ballinger plant and weighs the impact on local employment and industry.
Otto Barsch, operations superintendent for McCulloch County Electric Co op, filed Wednesday for a Brady School Board seat on the last day to enter the race. He and his wife have three children, Billy, Bobbi, and Bonnie. Ricks and Atherton seek re election as two trustees face Brady voters on April 2.
The Federal Land Bank Association of Brady will hold its annual stockholders meeting on Thursday April 7 at 2 p.m. in the Brady National Guard Armory. The association serves Concho McCulloch Menard and San Saba Counties.
Brady High stars Charles Reynolds and Herbie Penn earned All-District 17-AA honors. Reynolds, a sophomore, was a unanimous first-team pick with 10 of 10 points, while Penn narrowly missed a unanimous call. The district selected six first-team players, including Reynolds and Penn along with Charles Graham and Richard Howe.
J Lingen Wood of Vancouver British Columbia will lecture Sunday at 3 30 pm in the South Ward School auditorium under the Christian Science Society of Brady. The free talk titled Christian Science Its Practicality in Daily Affairs covers truth light liberation from disease and discord. Wood is a World War I British Army captain and has long practiced Christian Science healing with a history in construction, Argentina, stock brokerage and 13 years as Christian Science Committee on Publication for British Columbia.
Seven Brady churches will join in a religious service Friday afternoon in observance of World Day of Prayer. The service begins at 7 p m in the sanctuary of the First Christian Church.
Governor Price Daniel appointed Conner S. Scott Brownwood attorney to succeed Judge A. O. Newman on the 35th Judicial District. Scott, sworn in Wednesday, will serve until a May election selects a new judge to take over next January.
Brady High School hosts its fifth annual golf tourney at the Country Club course with 18 teams split into two divisions. Division I includes San Angelo, Brownwood, Andrews, Breckenridge, Abilene, Stephen F Austin of Austin, McCallum of Austin, Waco, Sweetwater, Colorado City, and Del Rio. Division II features Bastrop, Gatesville, Brady, Lampasas, Post, Big Lake, and Coleman. About 100 players expected. six per school, top four scores count.
Brady High hosts a two day festival featuring 22 bands including Del Rio Caldwell Luling and McMurry College. Bands perform brief morning concerts then marching contest in Bulldog Stadium with eight teams vying for the Show Band trophy. Guest judges include Melvin Montgomery G T Gilligan and Douglas Fry.
City Council appoints City Superintendent James Feazelle as representative to a six county committee studying a Middle Colorado River Authority proposal. Other officials will join including Hardin Jones and a county commissioner appointee to monitor progress and inform McCulloch County. Alderman Priesmeyer resigns to run for mayor. McShan becomes candidate for his term.
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