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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1954
Page
1
The McCulloch County Commissioners Court voted to raise maintenance funds for the F. M. Buck Richards Memorial Library to 3500 dollars a year. The library would be jointly maintained by the county and Brady, with the City Council likely to match the increase, bringing total to 7000 dollars annually.
The article recalls March 1944 on the eve of D-Day and notes Earl Rudder and his son James Earl visiting Normandy and other European sites ten years later. It mentions Rudder’s Ranger Battalion at Normandy and hints at a special tenth anniversary feature by a national magazine awaiting publication.
The Civil Service Commission named three applicants for Brady postmaster. Mrs Barry Francks acting postmaster since February 15 J M Crump Brady High School teacher and Claude E Weaver Brady Aviation employee seek the job. March 2 deadline for Civil Service exams. exam date pending. Weaver previously ran Brady Aviation plant and once served four years as London postmaster. Crump formerly taught at Moran and currently teaches Spanish and history in Brady.
Nineteen bands joined a plaza mass concert to close Brady's sixth Heart of Texas Band Festival. Bands paraded from Blackburn Street then gathered before judges from North Texas State and the University of Texas as Iraan High School won two trophies for sight-reading and parade best.
A cold front left Brady mostly dry with light precipitation. North McCulloch County reports up to half an inch of moisture from a storm that also affected Brownwood Coleman and nearby areas. Temperatures fell to 26 at night and rose again by Saturday afternoon.
No school will be held in Brady Friday to allow teachers to attend the Mid-Texas Education Association meeting in San Angelo which opens Thursday night and continues all day Friday.
City contests emerge for council and city secretary as filing ends. Candidates include D A Harkrider and Harl Fowler with Wayne Ferguson for council, and Tommy Kyzar challenging Mrs. W P Jones for city secretary. Ulstad unopposed for mayor and Turner unopposed for city recorder.
Brady Creek delegates plan to report Wednesday night at the Melvin Community Center. Dick Winters leads the group with Arthur Scharlach, Raymond Pfluger, and Joe Ogden returning from Washington after witnessing gunfire in the House gallery.
Waldrip residents failed to save their post office and it closed February 28. Postmaster John Winstead said petitions to Rep. O C Fisher and to the Post Office Department were sent but had no effect. Waldrip mail is now handled through Lohn while the Stacy Post Office remains open after a last minute extension to January 31.
The 85th District Court grand jury returned 10 indictments including three for second offense driving while intoxicated, two for forgery and passing, and single charges of fondling burglary and bigamy. Indicted individuals include Harley Lawson Jr of Hobbs and Ray Nobles of Brady with trial dates set for March 22 and April 7 respectively.
Rochelle School Board accepts Lynn Glass resignation from high school coaching after one year. Board grants new contracts to ten teachers and designates Harve Knight election judge for the trustee race set for April 3 with filing due ten days prior. Also resignations by trade school leaders and new contracts for staff, plus graduation changes and pay raises.
Mr and Mrs Jerry Bean of Camp San Saba announce the birth of a daughter Sunday at Med ical and Surgical Hospital. Dr. records note a healthy newborn and proud parents.
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