Brady Post Office Outlines Daily Mail Dispatches
Brady residents can send air mail to major Texas cities for next day delivery if mailed before 3 p.m. A 3 p.m. bus pouch to San Angelo connects to planes, reaching Austin Houston Midland Odessa Fort Worth Dallas Lubbock Amarillo the same night. To catch the 5 p.m. Brady train, mail should be in by 4 45 p.m. Mrs. Francks urges clipping her dispatch outline.
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Barry Francks
Texas
San Angelo
Austin
Houston
Midland-Odessa
Fort Worth
Dallas
Lubbock
Amarillo
Francks
Llano
Voca
Fredonia
Pontotoc
Field Creek
Valley Spring
San Saba
Bissons Springs
Mason
Camp San Saba
Katemney
Fredericksburg
Menard
Junction
Eden
Melvin
Waldrip
Lohn
Fife
Pear Valley
Doole
Rockwood
Shield
Santa Anna
Hext
Brady Sixth Heart of Texas Band Festival Lines Up 21 Groups
Brady hosts the sixth Heart of Texas Band Festival with 21 bands including ACC Wildcat, Brady High, and Brady Junior High. Bands arrive Friday and Saturday, hotels booked, and private homes used for seven groups. Marching contest Friday night at Bulldog Stadium. play night at Brady High gym. late movie at Texas Theater. Saturday features concerts, sight reading contests, and a massed parade with trophies awarded afterward. Judges include Leon Brown, Bernard Fitzgerald, and D. O. Wiley. Several other bands from across the region were listed as attending or unable to come.
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Heart of Texas
Brady
Abilene Christian College
Brady High Bulldog
Brady Junior High
Band Boosters Club
Traan
Brownwood
Bulldog Stadium
Brady High
Cross Plains
McCamey
Breckenridge
Caldwell
Kerrville
del Rio
Luling
Iraan
Brady High Rym
the Stardusters
Green Miller
Texas Theater
Doug Fry
ACC Wildcat
Leon Brown
North Texas State College
Bernard Fitzgerald
University of Texas
D. O. Wiley
Texas Tech College
Cisco
San Saba
Stephenville
Anson
Cuero
Killeen
Fort Stockton
Menard
Burnet
Dublin
Lake View
Sonora
Girl Scouts Begin Cookie Sale to Fund Camp
Seven Brady troops and one Rochelle troop start the annual cookie sale on Friday and Saturday March 13 to fund a permanent Heart of Texas Council camp at Lake Brownwood. The 70 acre site sits near the state park, 15 miles south of Cross Plains, centered in the 16 county council area. Proceeds advance early construction of the camp with a 50 year lease from the State Parks Board.
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Brady
Rochelle
Lake Brownwood
Girls of the Heart of Texas Council
State Parks Board
36Th Division State Park
Cross Plains
Mail Schedule Details For Brady Routes In Texas
The notice lists daily and Sunday air mail schedules from Brady to Brownwood San Angelo and San Antonio with specific dispatch times and arrival forecasts. It notes routes avoiding registered mail for buses and warns that buses do not carry baby chicks, only special delivery parcels, plus a 3 PM Airmail deadline for same day arrival to major cities.
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Brady
Brownwood
First Air Mail
Air Mail
South Texas
Mexico
San Angelo
California
New Mexico
Arizona
San Antonio
South America
Central America
Building Supply Fire Damages Stock and Interior
A fire about 4 15 a m Thursday at Richie Builder's Supply Co on South Bridge Street caused extensive damage to stock and interior. The building, owned by Richard Davis, was reportedly partially insured. Firemen confined the blaze to the rear where lumber shingles and roofing materials were stored. Cause undetermined. owner Ches ter Richie is the operator.
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Richie Builder's Supply Co
17Th St
South Bridge St
Chester Richie
Richard Davis
Davis
Howard Salter
Brady
Sleet and Snow Fall Across Brady Area
Light showers settled over Brady on Thursday morning with sleet and snow reported northward toward Mercury and Lohn. Temperatures fell to 28 degrees across the area with depths reaching two inches around Mercury and about one inch near Lohn.
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Brady
Mercury
Lohn
Jay Cochran
Jim Gober
Mrs. H. T. White Dies in Melvin
Funeral services were held at Maple Grove Cemetery near Henderson for Mrs. H. T. White 75 mother of Grady White principal of Melvin Elementary School She died in Melvin February 25 where she had lived the last six years Survivors include her husband three daughters and two sons
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Maple Grove
Henderson
H. T. White
Grady White
Melvin
Brady Creek Delegation Skips Washington Shooting Incident
Brady Creek officials report their delegation had just left the House when four Puerto Rican attackers wounded five Congressmen. Participants include Joe Ogden Dick Winters Arthur Scharlach and Raymond Pfluger with former Eden mayor M J Green. Senators Lyndon Johnson and Rep Fisher were with them.
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Brady Creek
Washington
D. C
House of Representatives
Joe Ogden
Brady Chamber of Commerce
The
Standard
Brady
Ogden
Dick ~ Winters
Arthur Scharlach
Raymond Pfluger
Eden
Pfluger
Concho County
M. J. Green
Soil Conservation Office
O. C. Fisher
Kenneth A. Roberts
Alabama
Fisher
Roberts
Brady Banker Sees No Slump at Brady Banquet
Brady area banquet praises local talent at the McCulloch County Retail Merchants Association annual event held in the Brady High School cafeteria. Otto Frederick, banker, spoke on growth and optimism, noting no depression in sight and outlining reasons for positive economic momentum.
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McCulloch County Retail Merchants Association
Brady High School
Daysie Byler
Hardin Jones
Roger George
Slick Reed
City to Ask Bids On Asphalt Topping Of Airport Runway
The City Council voted to advertise for bids to asphalt the runway under construction at Curtis Field and passed a ban on angle parking on highways. Workmen level the runway, a caliche base will be laid, and the asphalt topping awarded to a paving contractor. A temporary unpaved runway may be approved if the paved one isn’t ready by March 31. The curbside ban won’t take effect for about 30 days while meters are updated. The council also bought a Ford V-8 sedan, trading in a 1950 patrol car for 713.84 and 1346.26 in bid terms.
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Curtis Field
Brady
P. L. Ulstad
Norman Lawler
Kidd and Dye File For School Board
Two candidates filed for Brady School Board places Maurice Kidd a Brady rancher seeks re election and Charlie G Dye filed to fill the seat vacated by retiring John Rudder March 24 is the filing deadline with School Tax Collector Jay Cochran at City Hall Dye a Sunset Motor Lines agent and former Brady High star football player known as a top gridder and trackman in Brady lore now weighs over 200 pounds and remains active as an athletic official and Brady Fire Department softball team manager
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Brady School
Maurice Kidd
Brady Rancher
Charlie G. Dye
John Rudder
Jay Cochran
Dye
Sunset Motor Lines
Brady High
Brady
Brady Fire Department
Grand Jury Calls For 35th District Here Friday
Sheriff J P Williamson announced the 35th District Court grand jury will convene Friday with 11 cases ready for investigation. Charges listed include forgery burglary second offense drunk driving bigamy and child fondling.
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35Th District Court
J. P. Williamson
Brady elects mayor as Ulstad runs and Harkrider seeks re election
Alderman P L Ulstad announces he will run for mayor of Brady in the April 6 election. D A Harkrider declares his candidacy for re election to the City Council. Mayor W K Cobb retires after nine years on the council. Ulstad, a former Pontiac dealer, is finishing his first two year term. Harkrider is finishing a second term and serves as mayor pro tem and bank director. One alderman seat remains open. Brady voters will elect a mayor two aldermen a city recorder and a city secretary on April 6.
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P. L. Ulstad
Brady
D. A. Harkrider
W. K. Cobb
Cobb
Ulstad
South Church St
Harkrider
Brady National Bank
Income Tax Office Opens Saturday in Brady
The Internal Revenue Office in Brady will be open Saturday March 6 from 8 am to 1 pm in addition to regular days. Bill Plueckhahn, local representative, said the extended hours aid those who cannot visit at other times during the income tax filing period. The office is in the basement of the post office.
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Internal Revenue Office
Brady
Bill Plueckhahn
Internal Revenue Director’s Office
Plueckhahn
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Ene
McLean’s
J. W. Alsebrook
Brady Hotel
Girl Scouts
Building Supply Company
Burns
Agriculture
House Appropriations Committee
Lyndon Johnson
Rep
Brady Banker
Jones
Hilma Stockstill
Evelyn Akins
Otto Frederick
Credit Association
Frederick
Brady Aviation Corp
Intercontinental Manufac
Kidd
35Th Grand Jury
Prp
Joe Barekman
Clinton Newlin
Brady Hardware Co
M. P
Pete
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