Brady Memoirs and Local News From March 11 1915
Brady society notes recount Mrs. Walter Ake receiving a $22 500 legacy from a Mexico City friend with the estate valued at 45 000 and split with the deceased’s daughter. Delegates Hodges attend I O O F Grand Lodge in Houston, witness Wilson inauguration reels, and visit Fort Worth stock show. The piece describes muddy Bridge Street and brimming town life including marriages, engagements, social gatherings, and local visits around Brady Texas.
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Walter Ake
City
Mexico
Ake
England
H. R. Hodges
Houston
Fort Worth
Bridge Street
Brady
Southwestern Life Insurance sets new company records in 1954
Southwestern Life Insurance Company led by Brady representative W L Pat Ryan reported record sales and benefits in 1954. Paid-for life insurance issued reached 228 345 382 dollars, up 48 percent from 1953, driven by 69 020 786 dollars in group federal employee coverage. Excluding that, new insured sales were 159 324 598 dollars. Insurance in force rose to 1 211 600 658 dollars. Average face amount per individual policy climbed to 6 057 dollars from 2 509 a decade earlier. Benefits paid totaled 18 359 ...
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Southwestern Life Insurance Company
Brady
W. L
Pat) Ryan
James Ralph Wood
Southwestern
Wood
Girls Club Meeting Adopts Refreshments and Plans
Invited guests included Mrs H P Roddie and Misses Helen Walker Lois Bradley Stella Sayle. Members present were Esther Anderson Mary Johanson Minnie Elliot Ferol Ford Mozelle Glenn Lucie Yantis Vera King and Mrs W C Baker. The session ended with ice cream and pink and white cake. Nettie Lou Morrow asked the girls to meet next Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Roddie
Helen Walker
Lois Bradley
Stella Sayle
Esther Anderson
Mary Johanson
Minnie Elliot
Ferol Ford
Mozelle Glenn
Lucie Yantis
Vera King
W. C. Baker
Nettie Lou Morrow
Insurance Company Reports Record Year Gains in 1954
The company shows 1954 year end assets of 322,553,099 up 26,360,792. Policy reserves rise to 282,098,661 and total liabilities to 291,343,774. Since 1903 policy payments exceed 199 million, and 140 new record payments add 3,400,000 over 1953.
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Southwestern Life Insurance
Kentucky Newsman details group visit to Eisenhower
The article describes a delegation meeting with President Eisenhower to discuss agricultural hardships. The group, including Arthur Citter and W F Hoffman among others from LaGrange Ammannesville Schulenburge Moulton and Hallettsville, seeks relief after stating small cotton plots yield little income. They arrive by taxicab and request immediate action.
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Arthur Citter
W. F. Hoffman
Joe Hart
LaGrange
Ivan Antosh
Ammannesville
Bill Keuper
Schulenburge
Herman Hanslik
Moulton
C. Y. Jacobs
Hallettsville
Brady Girl Enrolls At Belton College
Miss Darlene Thomas of Brady enrolled at Mary Hardin Baylor College Belton for the second semester. With rising enrollment the school has a new president and will begin construction of a new gym this spring. Mrs. Thomas is the Rev. Sam W. Thomas's daughter and a freshman journalism major.
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Brady Girl
Belton College
Darlene Thomas
Brady
Mary Hardin-Baylor College
Belton
Mary Hardin-Baylor
Miss Thomas
Sam W. Thomas
Brady Marine D Company Arrives with 1st Division
Brady Marine Pfe Wayne W Baldwin son of Mrs Willow Jacks Brady is due in San Diego March 18 with the first Marine Division from Korea. The unit of about 5400 Marines and 100 Naval personnel left Inchon February 27 after four and a half years in Korea. The division earned two Presidential Unit Citations and 24034 decorations including 42 Medals of Honor and 214 Navy Crosses. Returning troops sail aboard USS George Clymer Pickaway Talladega Renville and Winston.
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Pfe
Wayne W. Baldwin
Willow Jacks
Second St
Brady
San Diego
Calif
1St Marine Division
Korea
U. S
Inchon Harbor
Leathernecks
George Clymer
Pickaway
Talladega
Renville
Winston
Sul Ross Band Director Editing New Detroit Magazine
Joe Bellamah, director of the Lobo Band at Sul Ross State College Alpine, edits Meyers Band News Magazine published in Detroit Michigan. The new publication is mailed free to every high school.
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Meyer
Detroit
Mich
Joe Bellamah
Sul Ross State College
Alpine
Dodson in Maneuvers At Fort Benning
Walter L. Dodson Jr a member of the Third Infantry Division recently learned new Army combat methods during maneuvers at Fort Benning Georgia. His parents reside in Brady and the article notes his role as a sergeant in the division.
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Walter L. Dodson, Jr
Brady
Army
Third Infantry Division
Fort Benning, Ga
Dodson
Bellamah Leads Heart of Texas Band Festival Judging
Bellamah, editor of a 60 000 circulation magazine on brass techniques, edits the paper and writes columns. He served as a judge at Brady's Heart of Texas Band Festival and has judged numerous West Texas band contests. the first issue released in February with a second due in April.
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United States
Bellamah
Brady
West Texas
Soldier Dodson Testifies on Atomic War Effects Trial
A report notes Dodson, a squad leader in the First Infantry Battalion Weapon's Company, who joined the Army in 1953, participated in Exercise Follow Me to determine atomic warfare effects on an infantry division. he is a Brady High School alumnus.
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Dodson
Brady High School
Brady resident Kenneth Anderson treated at Brady Hospital
Kenneth Anderson of Brady was a patient in Brady Hospital on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week.
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Kenneth Anderson
Brady
Brady Hosiital
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