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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1968
Page
1
Brady officials endmeter era after merchants approve removal by 55 to 20 with 13 not voting. Council also awards Texaco oil contract for new generating unit and appoints Seals McFatin and Watson to tax equalization board to assess the tax roll and set dates.
The Brady authorities announce advertising bids for a new generating unit building with bids opening June 18 per Feazette. They set Brady Municipal pool admission prices and paid N tL Ortiz for a 12 56 inch tool shed at the Brady Municipal Golf Course. A request seeks a two week permit to discharge shotguns around Brady Lake to reduce snakes and nutria.
Insurance losses were heavy in Paint Rock Doole Pear Valley area with hail damage to small grain fields. Losses range from 10 percent to 98 percent in some cases and insurance payments will reach several thousand dollars. The hailstorm occurred the second weekend in May.
Valentin Hernandez Garza 85 died at 4:45 a m Thursday in Fireside Nursing Home after a long illness. Funeral at 4 p m Friday at St Patrick s Church with Rev Ben Verbrugee. Burial in Reet Haven Cemetery. Survivors include wife Refusia Corrtez three sons a daughter 22 grandchildren 24 great grandchildren. He was born February 4 1885 in Mexico and lived in McCulloch County since 1903 and Brady the past 19 years.
The McCulloch County Singing Convention will meet at the North Side Baptist Church on Sunday at 2 p.m. Everyone is cordially invited to attend.
McCulloch County residents urged to donate blood at Fourth and Pride Street Church of Christ in Brady from 11 am to 5 pm for Nelda Diane Dorries near open heart surgery at Parkland Memorial Hospital Dallas. Last visit until August.
Mrs H N Lackey, longtime librarian at F M Richards Memorial Library since 1965, resigns effective June 1 while her husband recovers from a heart attack and a hip injury leaves him in Brady Hospital. Beginning June 10, Robert Graham will serve as regular librarian.
The Brady pool at the Municipal Country Club opens to the public on Wednesday May 29 at 1 30 p m under Forest Hanson. Free lessons run June 3 to June 28. Admission ranges from 1e for under 12 to adults. under six admitted free with a parent. Season tickets cost 10 for adults and students over 12 and 6 for under 12.
Lt. Gov. Preston Smith and run off candidate for governor will appear on a 30 minute program titled Face to Face on WFAA TV Channel 6 Brady cable at 10 30 p m Sunday May 26 He will be interviewed by Murphy Martin Local citizens are invited to watch Televicion Enterprises produced program
The West Texas Quarter Horse Association and Jubilee Association approve additional racing weekends at G. Rollie White Downs near the July Jubilee with futurity and derby events. July meet includes seven races daily. about 5000 dollars added money and 8600 purse estimated for Futurity. Mayor Aubrey Davee joins the Jubilee board as director.
Memorial Day closing shifts publication a day earlier. The Herald prints Monday afternoon and The Standard Wednesday afternoon. Advertising deadlines: Herald Saturday noon May 25 and Standard Tuesday noon May 28. Early copy requested from both editions.
Parents seeking to enroll children in a nonresidents district for the 1968 1969 term must file a transfer application with County Superintendent J K Herrington by June 1.
Janet Huffman and Sylvia Huffman of McCulloch County are among 19 Texas counties in the 4-H Cooperative Demonstration Contest at the Annual 4-H Roundup at Texas A&M University June 4 5. The winning team earns an all expense paid trip to the Texas Federations of Cooperatives meeting in February 1969. Participants receive cooperative pins and certificates. Judges include three cooperative leaders. Johnny F Feagan conducts the contest assisted by Thomas K Hunter.
Forty voters cast absentee ballots at the McCulloch County Clerk’s Office as the Primary runoff nears Memorial Day weekend. Lt Governor Preston Smith and Don Yarborough lead the Texas governor race. About 2400 of 3500 registered voters in McCulloch County voted, with a May 28 deadline for absentee ballots and a June 1 polling date.
Mrs. Edwin Broad 67 a Brady resident died at 7 am in Brady Hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral at 10 am Saturday in Wilkinson Memorial Chapel with Rev. Robert Graham, Brady Presbyterian Church pastor, officiating. Burial in Live Oak Cemetery. Born May 15 1891 in Avatin she spent most of life in Brady. Survived by two daughters Mrs Harry Jeffers Antlers Oklahoma and Mrs Jack Spiller Brady a sister Mrs B A Jones Austin and nine grandchildren.
Texas Local Board No. 89 Brady lists June 14 as the date for three inductions and 14 examinations. Earlier inductions were reported for March 21 and April 1, with subsequent notes of May 7. The notice urges 18 year olds to register at their home county offices and lists local registration points in Mason, Eden, Paint Rock, and Brady.
The Tuesday paper corrects a Safe way shortening special by substituting Crisco for Snowelrift in the listed product.
The First Methodist Church will hold vacation Bible School from May 27 through May 31. Classes run 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. each day. The program is sponsored by the Board of Education and coordinated by Keese.
Mrs. Leeta Duncan, a 1961 Brady Hospital School of Vocational Nursing graduate, was chosen as McCulloch County Nurse of the Year by the League of Vocational Nurses. She has eight years at Brady Hospital and owns five married children. She will attend the State Convention in Fort Worth in June 2022 as a nominee.
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