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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1955
Page
7
Barton Motors advertises sale of 1200 heavy cars tested at 33 pounds and up, 7078 mile indication, and Edsel T. Malmstrom of Melvin Texas lists licenses paid on all used cars sold through April 1 1955.
Bids will be received by the City Secretary until 7 00 P M March 15 1955 for tires in listed sizes and ply levels and tubes. Each bid must itemize tires and tubes separately. The city may reject any or all bids. Mrs W P Jones City Secretary.
Donald Finlay reports in The Standard that Fife faces a 120 foot highway right of way cutting through town en route to Waco and San Angelo. He predicts rain this week and envisions Fife and nearby Voca growing as irrigation and county courthouse attention rise. Oscar Beakley controls 76 acres irrigated from Deep Creek lakes with surface irrigation.
Community notices list afternoon singing at tabernacle. Cleo Gassiot and Bob Browder attended the State Teachers Association Meet in Melvin. Lincoln Lohn took G. R. Browning, Sr. to Abilene for medical care. Mrs. John Smith remains hospitalized in Brady with daughter Mrs. Jimmy Cawthon of Dallas by her side. Jimmy Land, son of the Lands, admitted to Brady Hospital.
Burl Wiggington from World War 1 and Gree Chase with World War II, along with T. A. Wilton Jr of the Korean War, are highlighted. Mrs. June Chase serves as den mother, assisted by Mrs. Fred Wulff and Mrs. T. A Wilton in this standard photo caption.
A crawfishing trip sighting led to whiskey being confiscated after Sheriff Dan Bills was called. San Angelo boasted a near perfect traffic record, then a 7:20 p.m. collision between Kenneth Tucker and Callie Preston bent fenders. In Lufkin a mailman found a tiny red shoe in a mailbox, prompting a quirky postal mystery.
The owner may collect items at the Lufkin Daily News office. Verification may be required to confirm identity and ownership before release.
Mrs. J. B. Lewis of Brady was discharged from Brady Hospital last week. Randel Beakley of Brady was admitted to Medical and Surgical Hospital and dismissed Monday. E. H. Hoover of Fredonia and Mrs. Arthur Hurley of Mason were patients in Brady Hospital from Thursday until Saturday.
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