Santa Fe Abandons Brownwood Brady Rail Line
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized Santa Fe to abandon the 43 mile line between Brownwood and Brady. The route, built by the Frisco Railroad, helped Brady’s early growth but has not been used for years. Service will continue via the Lometa line through San Saba and Richland Springs. The rails will be removed and the right of way offered for sale.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Santa Fe Railroad
Brownwood
Brady
Frisco Railroad
Santa Fe
Lometa
San Sa
Tigers Meet Eden In Baseball Sunday
The Tigers baseball team will play four Eden team selections Sunday afternoon at Willie Washington Park at 2 30. Admission is 35 cents per person with children under 12 free.
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Tigers
Eden
Willie Washington Park
Brady
Brady Junior Golf Meet Draws Sixty Players From 15 Schools
Sixty to eighty boys from 15 schools compete Saturday in Brady High School's third Brady Junior Golf Tournament for players under 16. Teams enter five per squad. lowest scores count. Brady and Lee San Angelo each field two teams. Local favorites include Stephen F. Austin with two sophomores on the state title team. Tee-off at 9 a.m. on the Country Club course with trophies for team champions and medals for top two individuals.
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Brady Junio
Brady High School
Melvin Tittle
Karlton Steffens
Skippy Priess
Rochelle Names Mitchell as New Hornets Head Coach
Kenneth Tootsie Mitchell will become Rochelle Hornets head coach next year after serving as assistant coach in his first teaching year. He succeeds Jerrell Rice who resigns. both are Rochelle High graduates and Howard Payne alumni. Superintendent Thompson says Rochelle seeks an assistant to coach girls basketball and assist football.
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Kenneth
Tootsie) Mitchell
Rochelle Hornets
Jerrell Rice
Rice
Mitchell
Rochelle High School
Howard Payne
Supt. C. W. Thompson
Rochelle
Lohn High picks pep squad leaders for 1959 60
Pep squad leaders at Lohn High School for the 1959 60 year were elected. Carla Jo Hodges named drum majorette with Caroline Hodges and Peggy Solsberg as majorettes. Grenda Johnson is head cheerleader. Joan Fullagar as cheerleader. Kaye Johnson on bass drum. Marilyn Short and Karen Willey named snare drummers.
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Lohn High School
Carla Jo Hodges
Caroline Hodges
Peggy Solsberg
Grenda Johnson
Joan Fullagar
Kaye Johnson
Marilyn Short
Karen Willey
Voca Baptists Dedicate New Church Built With Free Labor
Liberty Baptist Church at Voca will dedicate its new seven acre church Sunday at 8:30 pm after construction since 1957. Costing about 4000 dollars from free labor and donations, the project sits on Farm Market Road 734, replacing a 60 by 40 foot prior building. Rev M E Wyatt will speak. pastor Carman Bonner arrived April 1.
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Liberty Baptist Church
Voca
Farm Market Road
Liberty Baptists
M. E. Wyatt
Beacon Hill Baptist Church
San Antonio
Howard Payne College
Liberty Church
Brownwood
C C Progress Forum Opens Monday Night
The first in a series of Progress Forum meetings sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce begins Monday night. Sessions run through Tuesday and Wednesday morning with homemaker and industrial group sessions at the Texas Theatre and all other meetings at the Brady Hick School auditorium.
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Chamber of Commerce
Texas Theatre
Brady Hick School
County Progress Forums Invite McCulloch County Learners and Leaders
The Chamber of Commerce invites all McCulloch County residents to attend a series of progress forums on May 14 19 and 20 to learn about aims and activities and to propose projects. Directors seek ideas to shape a five year work program and economic improvement for the county with input from high school seniors to professionals. Attendees are asked to dedicate one hour per session and the schedule appears in The Brady Standard.
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Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
the of Commerce
Chamber of Com
McCulloch County
Merce
Brady Standard
Directo
Redwine to Lead Ministers and City Officials Meeting
The Rev. Lewis Redwine was elected president of the McCulloch County Ministerial Alliance at a Tuesday meeting. Officers include Rev. Sam Sizer vice president, Rev. Harry Bamberger secretary, and Rev. Roy Wold treasurer. They will be installed in June. City officials and Mayor G Kirk spoke on the 1950 60 budget and city services. A July Jubilee planning committee was formed for a religious union service at the high school stadium. Meeting schedules and other ministers were listed, along with observers from the West Texas Chamber of Commerce.
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Liberty
Voca
Oldham Little Church Foundation
Houston
Morris Calvin Oldham
Phenix Dairy
Oldham
E. F. (Buss) Koinzan
Shallowater
a__shelper
Lewis Redwine
Church of the Nazarene
Me.Culloch County
Ervin Watson
First Christian Church
G. ©. Kirk
James Feazelle
James Underwood
Brady
Watson
Cty
Redwine
J. J Jordan
Wold
George Barth
Melvin
Charles Hare
Rochelle
Marshall Pinkerton
R. Jones
Farmers & Ranchers Co op Stockholders Meet Saturday
Stockholders will hold the annual meeting at Richards Park starting at 7 50 p m with registration at 7 p m A barbecue supper is included and two directors will be elected If rain forces a change the meeting moves to the National Guard Armory.
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Farmers & Ranchers Co-op
Richards Park
National Guard Armory
Rochelle Lions Club to Sponsor Saturday Cemetery Working
The Rochelle Lions Club sponsors a cemetery working starting at 7 o clock Saturday morning. Community residents are invited to help with power mowers hoes and rakes. Leon Lee says they will appreciate your assistance.
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Rochelle
Rochelle Lions Club
Leon Lee
Townsend Among UT Candidates for June 6 Commencement
Brady state representative Terry Townsend is listed among 100 students from his district pursuing degrees at the University of Texas. The June 6 commencement exercises will award degrees to the group, with Townsend among those eligible to graduate.
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Terry Townsend
Brady
University of Texas
Singing Convention at Roosevelt Presbyterian Church
The Kimble Menard County singing convention will be held Sunday starting at 2 o'clock at the Roosevelt Presbyterian Church.
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Kimble-Menard County
Roosevelt Presbyterian Church
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BE. L. Ross
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