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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1962
Page
9
Betty Hart, Avon Manager in San Antonio Texas, advertises friendly profitable work near home. Earn good income quickly representing Avon Cosmetics by contacting P O Box 2198.
The City of Brady invites sealed bids for a 14 ton pickup for the Water Department and a 2 ton dump truck for the Street Department. Bids due by 7:00 p.m. Tuesday June 5 1962, opening and reading then. The city may reject any or all bids. specifications available at the Office of the City Superintendent.
Four Brady residents will receive Howard Payne College degrees at the 9 30 a m commencement on Thursday May 24. James Q Bates earns a BS in secondary education and history. Mrs Lewis Hampton a BS in history and secondary education. George Archer a Bachelor of Music. W T McLean a BS in business administration and mathematics.
The note thanks colleagues in Washington D C for support after sorrow. It lists library books now available including Devil Water Ship of Fools The Cactus and the Crown Savage Sam Death of a Racehorse Try Anything Once Left for Dead Talking Your Way Around the World Spencer's Mountain The Ivy Tree The Tightening String The Case of the Extra Grave Should Auld Acquaintance and acknowledges flowers and food from friends in Melvin and Brady. Special thanks to Rev. Moore and Rev. McDonald. Mey God bless each of you. Mr Ed Peel Mr and Mrs Bill Garner Mr and Mrs D A Duncan Mr and Mrs E R Peel
Twelve memorial books have been given to Richards Memorial Library in memory of various individuals. Titles include It's a Big Continent Adventures Across Unknown North America and The Guns of August, with donors ranging from the Gray, Phillips, and Waldrop families to the Sorosis Club and Melvin First National Bank. A new Nurses Shelf item, The American Red Cross, History, was presented by Mrs. C. H. Todd, Sr.
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