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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1955
Page
4
Maurice Hays father of Mrs. L. J. Townsend of Brady died at his Rogers Arkansas home at 1 30 p m Thursday after a heart attack. He was BR.
In Austis Texas the Senate passed a revised tax bill aimed at raising about 108 million dollars in two years. The measure includes a penny extra on beer and gasoline and a 16 million annual tax on beer, with other changes to highway funding and corporate taxes. Final passage was 18 to 13 as House and Senate positions seek concurrence. Indictments expand against Bascom Giles and associates in Travis County while a land office inquiry continues. Governor Shivers vetoed a highway speed limit bill raising limits to 70 mph on four lane roads.
Gibbs' second well at his Voca place produced 322 gallons after the first yielded 85 gallons a minute. The 247 foot deep new well draws from 160 feet, and Gibbs combines the two wells to increase output.
The speaker argues that adequate water will be available for irrigation during the few months when only one or two waterings are needed to sustain a crop.
Mrs. Dennis Lanning of Ingram spent Sunday in Brady visiting her uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Wood.
Two Brady collegians K Y Owens and Jerry Sessom return home for summer and will teach private swimming lessons at the municipal pool starting Wednesday June 1. Owens attends Hardins Simmons University and will be co captain of the football team next year. Sessom attends San Angelo College where he started at quarterback the past two seasons.
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