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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1961
Page
8
Brady High junior class play Cupid in Pigtails drew about 245 in attendance Friday night. Ticket income paid roughly 44 in production costs, with profits to fund the senior class at the upcoming Junior Senior Banquet.
The speaker urged schools to balance athletics with discipline noting winners need rebounding and feeding players as much as shooters. Ed Davenport chaired the fellowship banquet where high schooler Cheryl Huffman performed with accompaniment by Mrs. D W Jordan.
Wayne Ferguson notes the city rose garden project while Andy Olson raises a complaint via the State Highway Department about tire changing along West Commerce Street by Olson's Western Auto Store. City Supt Feazelle cites a highway department contract on street safety and maintenance. Olson asserts customers may rightfully change tires. landlord B L Hughes adds there is no reason for complaint if cars stay in the parking area and are not double parked.
The Salt Gap road ranch of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Sherman burned to the ground Sunday afternoon while the couple attended the W L Cain funeral in Marvi. A popping spark from the fireplace is suspected as the cause. Friends from Whiteland Doole Salt Gap and Melvin attended a church shower for the Shermans earlier in the week.
Monday serves hamburger and noodle casserole with broccoli, corn, muffins, cobbler, pintos, and milk. Tuesday offers roast with gravy and rice, salad, biscuits, pudding, pintos, and milk. Wednesday features chicken and dressing with sides and desserts, pintos and milk. Tamales with beans and sides appear with milk. Friday and Monday Easter Holidays noted.
Enchilados hot tamales Spanish rice tossed vegetable salad peach cobbler. Fried chicken and gravy mashed potatoes buttered green peas gelatin salad hot biscuits oatmeal coconut bars. Meat sandwiches lettuce tomatoes celery olives mayonnaise potato salad cherry cobbler. Fried steak and gravy scalloped corn buttered spinach apple carrot raisin salad jello peanut butter cookies. Codfish fillet golden hominy blackeyed peas cabbage slaw hot rolls easter bunny cakes.
Mrs. W P Watkins of Pear Valley suffered a heart attack at home Saturday and is listed as much improved at Brady Hospital. Harrell and Carroll Watkins and their families from Pig Lake visited Brady friends over the weekend.
Previtt Garner, patient at Brady Hospital since last Wednesday, showed improvement Tuesday morning. Mrs. Max Pierce, a fourth grade teacher at Everman Elementary near Fort Worth, finished TCU at mid term and expects June graduation with her husband. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Jerome Wilkerson.
Edgar Price of Rochelle was selected as a delegate to the Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society Texas Head Camp convention to be held March 23 to 25 at the Rice Hotel in Houston. Boyd Commander, secretary of Valley Woodmen Camp No. 452, announced this week.
Rochelle chapter delegates Karone Johnson and Nelda Estes set to attend the Area VII Future Homemakers of America meeting in San Antonio Friday and Saturday. Attendees include Carolyn Booher Janet Lemke Jo Ann Myers Martha Villegas Mary McDonald Patricia Nowlin and Lynda Smith with Mrs Erich Lemke and Mrs Lockett Pryson as sponsors. They will stay at the St Anthony Hotel area theme FHA For One and All.
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