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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1961
Page
1
In Mc Culloch County the U S Senate race for a Johnson successor draws little attention as voters await the anticipated field. The 711 candidate ballot shows six leaders listed alphabetically: William A Blakley Henry B Gonzalez Maury.
The Brady Standard and KNEL join to gather McCulloch County returns for the U S Senatorial election. Judges are asked to telephone collect totals as boxes close. results will be posted at The Standard and broadcast on KNEL, then relayed to the Texas Election Bureau in Dallas. Polls open 8 am to 7 pm with listed pairs serving as election judges across towns.
Brownwood Lions and Stamford Bulldogs appear strongest heading into the 20th Brady Relays with 400 plus boys from 26 schools. Brownwood defends upper division title while Stamford leads in Division II after a Bluebonnet Relays win. Prelims start noon, finals at 7 15 p m with tickets at 50 cents adults 25 cents students.
Rochelle resident Dennis James Gober, 25, was found unconscious in his running 1955 yellow and white Chevrolet two miles east of Brady. A muffler tube connected to the exhaust caused carbon monoxide poisoning, with Gober pronounced dead at Brady Hospital. He had been recently released from the Air Force and faced a pending divorce suit. funeral arrangements were pending.
Brady Lohn Melvin and Rochelle lead a slate of trustees to be elected in their districts this Saturday along with county board choices. Voters in Brady and Melvin districts select representatives and at large members, with several incumbents vying for re-election.
The First Baptist Church hosts the annual Sunrise Easter Service sponsored by the Mc Culloch County Ministerial Alliance. The service begins at 6 30 a.m. The speaker will be Rev. R N Jones pastor of St James Baptist Church.
Voters may use a circle for their candidate and draw Xs through others or strike through names to indicate choice. The attorney general says judges should count ballots if voter intention is clear. In McCulloch County 71 candidates appear alphabetically on the ballot.
The Rev. Allen H. Brown of Jacksboro has accepted the Brady Presbyterian Church pastorate and plans to report mid May to allow his children to finish the school year. He has led Jacksboro's First Presbyterian Church for five years with his wife and their four children, aged 15, 13, 8, and 3½. He succeeds the Rev. Marshall Pinkerton, who moved to Dallas.
Mr and Mrs Dixie Kilgore of Lamesa visited Mrs E T Williams and Mr Williams and other relatives last weekend.
Brady voters will choose three Brady aldermen for the City Council at the courthouse alongside a senatorial election. The city box is in the courthouse lobby and voters should avoid mixing ballots. Incumbents Aubrey Townsend Louis Bierman and R A McShan run with Joe G Hernandez for the three seats.
A community pageant narrates Jesus last days in pantomime with costumed cast, music, and lighting. The 8 p.m. performance Saturday at the Fred Thormann ranch is sponsored by Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church Brady and features locals from Mercury Rochelle area. A 15 foot cedar cross marks the site overlooking Deep Creek valley with road markers guiding visitors.
The senior class sponsors a dance at the Country Club for high school and college students and their dates. Admission is 50 cents for couples and 50 cents for stags. The event runs from 8 p m until midnight.
McCulloch County women are invited to a film sponsored by the American Cancer Society at Brady High School auditorium next Tuesday April 4 at 2 30 pm. School will dismiss early so women teachers can attend. The program Time and Two Women is recommended for all women over 30.
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