Brady Public Works Seeks Bids for 6,699 Miles of Grading Surfacing
Sealed proposals to construct 6,699 miles of graded, surfaced base and gravel from FM 2028 east to Brady city limits in Mc Culloch County will be received at the Texas Highway Department in Austin until 9 00 A M May 18 1955 and opened publicly. The project follows public works act wage rates by craft and includes holiday pay. Plans and specs are available from Ben Edlon Brady resident engineer and the Texas Highway Department Austin.
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Strs
Base & Surf
Brady City Limits
West City Sts
Brady
McCulloch County
Highway Department
Austin
State of Texas
State Highway Commission
Ben Ed’ Lon
Brady Texas
Texas Highway Department
Ing
Cattle Steady and Sheep Slow at Heart of Texas sale
Cattle were steady and sheep slow at the Heart of Texas Commission Co. sale Tuesday. Receipts included 135 head of cattle and 1,100 sheep with prices ranging from 6 to 19 per hundred weight across calves yearlings cows bulls and lambs. Good hogs topped at 16.50 and packer sows at 11.75.
Mother's Day gatherings fill Placid and Mercury churches
The Mercury News notes a series of visits and get togethers as Jersey plans to visit relatives. A mixed household shower for the young couple is planned at the Yates home. Local families from San Angelo Rochelle and Kerrville visit Placid and Mercury residents. Baptist workers meet in London Monday and Vacation Bible School plans are discussed. Placid honors the oldest and youngest mothers at Mother's Day services.
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Jersey
G. M. Yates
Jonce Adams
Margaret Jordan
Bill Schaeffer
J. R. Cawyer
San Angelo
Lilly Bartlett
Rochelle
Willis Bartlett
Santa Anna
Vernon Bartlett
D. D. Sell
Giddings
Dale Smith
Ray Weatherman
Eden
Willie Weatherman
Glenn Weatherman
Brownsville
Weathermans
Sim Gamblin
Vicki
Young Wright
Arlington
Stella Ecklund
Joe
Sarah
Pat Ernst
Toni
Kerrville
Clarence Carroll
Sarah Squiers
Placid
Grandmother Squiers
London
Mercury
Placid Baptist Church
Wilson
Geo
Community Notes On Losses Events And Gatherings
Mrs Jack Kimbrough honored for largest family at event. Mrs Margaret Jordan posts mistress at Placid mourns missing ko dak photo package with negatives and grandchildren pictures. Readers urged to drop items at The Standard or by postcard at Placid. Benefit sandwich supper and 42 party raised about 83 dollars for Community Club maintenance and insurance. Mrs Lorene Rice hosts Mother’s Day luncheon in Austin with Marion Dale Rice Vernon Jordan and Eitel Kahn guests.
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Jack Kimbrough
Margaret Jordan
Placid
Kodak
Marion Dale Rice
Vernon Jordan
Eitel Kahn
Lorene Rice
D. A. House
Austin
Woodpile race recap hints at time and money
The clipping talks of shots in a big race and reflections on how long to count earnings after the event. It suggests saving time by skipping the usual pay process.
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Chevrolet Task Force
Brady Derby and Summer Racing Dates Spark Local Fun
The Texas Racing Circuit released summer dates with Sonora Park May 20 21 22. Brady July Jubilee and Race Meet July 2 3 4. Hill Country Fair Association Junction August 19 20 21. Gillespie County Fair Fredericksburg August dates noted. Local bands and cheering set the mood for Derby week and Jubilee races.
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Texas Racing Circuit
Sonora Park Association
Hill Country Fair Association
Junction
Gillespie County
Fredericksburg
Wool price support extended by CCC through November
The U S Department of Agriculture will maintain the current minimum selling price for Commodity Credit Corporation wool until November 1. R W Hodge of San Angelo reports the move, citing help for the wool market as the 1955 clip moves to Texas warehouses amid past Defense Department storage concerns. Penrose B Metcalfe of the National Wool Growers Association contributed to discussions in Washington on the issue.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
R. W. Hodge
San Angelo
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers’ Association
National Wool Growers Association
Defense Department
Hodge
Texas
Penrose B. Metcalfe
Ts&gra
Washington
Funds Sought for Holt Cemetery Improvements and Records
Mrs. Robert L. Ware, secretary treasurer of the Holt Cemetery Association, appeals for contributions to finish cleaning, build a permanent fence, and create a graves records directory. The fund seeks family donations for every burial, plus names and addresses of unmarked graves. Letters about cemetery work and grave records should be sent to the association.
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Robert L. Ware
Holt Cemetery Association
Holt
Ware
Kendall County Fair and Coma County Fair Circuit Leaders Named
The Kendall County Fair in Boerne runs September 3 4 and 5. The Coma County Fair in New Braunfels follows September 30 October 1 and 2. Arthur Esser of Boerne is Circuit president Leo J Petsch of Fredericksburg is vice president and Jack Locklear of Brady is secretary treasurer.
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Kendall County
Boerne
New Braunfels
Arthur Esser
Leo J. Petsch
Fredericksburg
Jack Locklear
Brady
Texas Merchants Credit Managers To Meet In Galveston
The 45th annual Retail Merchants Association of Texas conference and credit clinic will be in Galveston May 23 and 24. Speakers include Fatt Vance of Fort Worth National Bank and Clayton Rand of Gulfport, with Shell Oil executive Van Jean McCoy as main speaker the second day.
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Retail Merchants Association of Texas
Galveston
Daysie H. Byler
McCulloch County
Retail Merchants Association
Fatt Vance
Fort Wart National Bank
Clayton Rand
Gulf Pope
Miss
van Jean McCoy
Shell Oil Company of
Houston
RMA
Retail Credit Executives of Texas
Associated Credit Bureaus of Texas Credit Bureau Division
Lone Star Council of Credit Women
Buccaneer Hotel
Galyveston
Stage Route Mercury Address Sent to Mrs Ware
A dispatch notes a delivery or message sent to Mrs R L Ware at Stage Route Mercury Texas. The line records a postal or courier action tied to an individual with a ruralRoute address in Mercury.
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R. L. Ware
Mercury
Texas
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