Brady Relays Draw 12 College Coaches and 500 Boys
Brady hosts the 14th annual track meet with over 25 to 50 teams expected and 17 already confirmed. Invited coaches include Abe Martin, Dick Todd, Sammy Baugh, Paul Bryant, Guy Gardner, and Bear Bryant. The pre-relays banquet April 1 in the high school cafeteria features S. P. Tomlinson Jr. as MC and Stardusters providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady
Bulldog
Chuck York
Ol’ Houn Dawgs
York
Lubbock
Amperillo
San Angelo
Midland
Ballinger
Sweetwater
Winters
Coleman
Sonora
Spur
Lampasas
Menard
Hamlin
Bangs
Melvin
Lometa
Richland Springs
Brownwood
Man Found Dead On Voca Highway
John Willard Harrison 25 of Brady and Marble Falls was shot to death 12 miles south of Brady on the Voca highway Wednesday night. A 22 rifle lay beside the body as Justice of the Peace Joe Myrick held an inquest with a verdict pending further investigation. The death was reported to City Marshal Tommy Clay around 9 20 p m. Harrison had traveled from Marble Falls that day and was survived by his wife Minnie Pearl Harrison and several relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Willard Harrison
Brady
Marble Falls
Harrison
Borrow Ditch
Justice of
Joe Myrick
Tommy Clay
James Ward
East 10Th St
Ward
Paul Williams
Akron
Ohio
Minnie Pearl Williams
Julius Harry Harrison
Monroeville
Ala
J. L
Bobby Earl Harrison
Mobile
Clyde Stokes
Frisco City
Dallas Preacher To Open Baptist Revival Sunday
The First Baptist Church will start a spring revival Sunday and run through April 3 with Dr. Fay Valentine of Dallas as the acting preacher and Jerry Barnes directing music. Services begin at 7:30 p.m. nightly with nursery care for children three and under.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Fay Valentine
Dallas
Jerry Barnes
Ace
W. le Fowler
Valentine
Baylor University
Southwestern Seminary
Rudder Hosts at Texas A&M Military Day Parade
Brig Gen Earl Rudder of Brady and state land commissioner will be guests of honor at Texas A&M College Military Day. The 4000 cadets will parade at 1 30 p m before top officers and lawmakers. Guests include Gen Nathan F Twining Air Force chief of staff and Rear Adm John M Will Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Rudder
Brady
90Th National Guard
Texas A&m College
A&m Cadet Corps
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
John M. Will
U. S. Navy
Olin Teague
Isaac White
Fourth Army
Robert Ives
Charter Night Set For Rochelle Lions
The Rochelle Lions Club will hold its annual charter night supper Monday March 28 at 6 00 o clock in the Rochelle school lunch room. Sponsored by Rochelle High School junior class, the public is invited. John Herrod of Eden deputy governor Lions District 2A will be principal speaker. Rochelle Coach N M Curlee will be master of ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochelle Lions Club
Rochelle
Rochelle High School
John Herrod
Eden
Lions District 2A
N. M. Curlee
Brady couple welcomes twins at Medical and Surgical Hospital
Mr and Mrs Emeteria Pina of Brady are the proud parents of twins a boy and a girl born at Medical and Surgical Hospital last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emeteria Pina
Brady
Medical and Surgical Hospital
Guard Armory Open House Planned for Brady
Brady National Guardsmen set Saturday April 23 for an open house to display their new armory. Harold Garrett leads planning for a daylong event with weapons and equipment from units of the 56th Division. A tank and possibly a helicopter may be shown, payroll will be paid in 2 bills, and the armory site is being prepared with a 75 car parking lot and grass in front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady National Guardsmen
Harold Garrett
Soil Conservation Service
56Th Division
Garrett
Santa Anna
Brady
Armory
Girl Scout Cookie Sale Surges in McCulloch County
McCulloch County Girl Scouts and Brownies began selling cookies last Friday with 1 416 boxes, leaving 236 by Tuesday night, 128 more than the same point last year. The drive funds a Girl Scout camp on Lake Brownwood, with 86 girls in seven troops remaining eager to move the remaining boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCulloch County Girl Scouts
Lake Brownwood
McCulloch Countians
Bradyite's Mother Dies in San Antonio
Mrs. A. J. Reynolds aged 76 mother of Mrs. Elmer Hicks of Brady died Tuesday at her home in San Antonio. Survivors include her husband eight daughters and two sons with daughters spread across Brady San Antonio Fort Worth Brownwood Hobbs and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Reynolds
Elmer Hicks
Brady
San Antonio
Reynolds
McCulloch County
Brady, Doole
Calf Creek
Deep Creek
Hicks
Audrey Nitch
Elouise Raby
Margene Hosey
Floyd Cox
Fort Worth
Mary Jones
Brownwood
Brady High School Sends Officers to Denton Parley
Jesse Foster sponsor leads Brady High School Student Council members Jerry Smith president Bobby Andrews vice president Ann Miller secretary and Martha Bean incoming secretary to the Denton state convention. Session continues through Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Foster
Brady High School
Denton
Jerry Smith
Bobby Andrews
Ann Miller
Martha Bean
Fourth Annual Heart o Texas Tennis Meet Opens Friday
The 4th annual Heart o Texas Tennis Tournament starts Friday morning with eight teams including Fredericksburg, Clyde, Richland Springs, Rochelle, Eden, Melvin, Junction and the host Brady Bulldogs. First round at 9:30 a.m. on Brady High Courts for boys and Brady Junior High for girls. Clyde seeks titles in boys doubles while defending players return with potential partners.
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Heart O Texas
Fredericksburg
Hill Billies
Brady Bulldogs
Rochelle
Richland Springs
Clyde
Eden
Melvin
Junction
Brady High
Brady Junior High
Freddie Kniffen
Carolyn Johnson
Della Collins
Freddie
Hardin-Simmons Cowboys
Carolyn
Brady High Courts
Richland
Brady
Tennis Slate for Heart of Texas Tournament Round One
Friday's first round slate lists daily matchups on Brady High and Junior High Courts with 9:30 a.m. starts and 3:30 p.m. finishes. Fredericksburg and Junction feature in both brackets as teams prepare for the state meet, with Betsy Ross not entered in girls singles and Brady's Pat Probst slated for boys singles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heart of Texas
Ners
Fredericksburg
John Immel
Olen Weiss
Clyde
Betsy Ross
Sonora
Brady
Ed Whiteley
Bulldogs
Pat Probst
Bonna Jean Nance
Janet Rudder
Brownwood
Lions
Honor Society Taps 13 at Brady High School
Brady High School initiated thirteen new members into the National Honor Society in a Wednesday morning ceremony. Seniors Mary Sue Bratton Lillie Hermanson James Hadley Betty Wallin Corky Cobern Theresa Denman Martha Bean Diane Roddie Eugene Cornelius juniors Nell Quain Rosa Dominguez Sandra Duncan Bobby Underwood probationary sophomores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Honor Society
Brady High School
Mary Sue Bratton
Lillie Hermanson
James Hadley
Betty Wallin
Corky Cobern
Theresa Denman
Martha Bean
Diane Roddie
Eugene Cornelius
Nell Quain
Rosa Dominguez
Sandra Duncan
Bobby Underwood
Ronnie Salter
Jerry Smith
Bonna Jean Nance
Cynthia Reynolds
Wilburn Shurtleff
Mary Glyn Kittle
Ann Miller
R. F. McSwain
BHS
Rabbi Guthman to Speak at Brady Chamber Banquet
Rabbi Sidney S. Guthman of Agudas Achim in San Antonio will be the speaker at the Brady Chamber of Commerce banquet. The event, chaired by B. C. Broad with T. F. Ereckson as president, is set for Thursday night, April 21, at the First Christian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney S. Guthman
Agudas Achim
San Antonio
Brady Chamber of Commerce
T. F. Ereckson
First Christian Church
B. C. Broad
Bradyites' Nephew Killed After Falling Into Path of Car
Joey Hatton a 15 year old Colorado Springs youth and nephew of Mrs Posey Collins of Brady died after being struck by a car the day after he fell from a jeep fender while returning home with friends. His family and relatives from Abilene Amarillo aided in his funeral arrangements at the First Presbyterian Church in Colorado Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joey Hatton
Joe M. Hatton
Colorado Springs
Colo
Posey Collins
Brady
Joey
Collins
W. L. Kincaid
Abilene
Marvin Leech
Amarillo
First Presbyterian Church
Brady FHA members to attend area meet in San Marcos
Four Brady High School Future Homemakers of America members will leave Friday afternoon for an area meet in San Marcos. Accompanied by sponsor Miss Tressie Shaver, the group includes Patsy Hext Lillie Mae Hermanson Darlene Howard and Anice Capps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady High School
FHA
San Marcos
Future Homemakers of America
Tressie Shaver
Patsy Hext
Lillie Mae Hermanson
Darlene Howard
Anice Capps
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Elmer Brown
TCU
North Texas State College
Fred Salling
Coahoma
Abe Martin
Dick Todd
Midwestern University
Wichita Falls
Werdell Turner
Schreiner Institute
Garvin Beauchamp
Abilene Christian
S. P. Tomlinson, Jr
Hound Dawgs
The
Stardusters
Voca
Ther
Wilkerson Funeral Home
DR. Foy Valentine
A&m
Rochelle Lions
Fort Bliss
Ernesto R. Sauseda
Roman Sauseda
East Mulberry St
Manuel Sanchez, Jr
Manuel Sanchez
New Armory
Hill Country Bankers Association
Guard
Girl Scout
Osby Weaver
Greenville
New South Side Church of Christ
Weaver
Poplar Dr
Johnson Street
Bradyite
Student Officers
A Denton Parley
Gene Cook
Johnny Kniffen
Kermit Heimann
Nathan Sultemier
Honor
Bradyites
Mary
Sue Bratton
Theresa
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