Baylor receives Browning statue as Miss Tauch honored
Dr. Waldine Tauch received a standing ovation at Baylor University in Waco as a bronze statue of Browning’s Pippa was unveiled. The Brady Tuesday Club funded the statue with Baylor ex-students John L. Jones and Erin Bain contributing the rest. Governor Price Daniel spoke at the ceremony before 1,000 attendees.
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Waldine Tauch
Robert Browning
Pippa
Baylor University
Waco
S. W. Hughes
Brady
Miss Tauch
San Antonio
W. R. White
Tauch
Hughes
Price Daniel
Baylor
Armstrong-Browning
A. J. Armstrong
Robert
Elizabeth Browning
Browning
John L. Jones
Dallas
Erin Bain
Brady Club
Jones
South Pacific
Take Care of Dams Urges Cooperation in Flood Program
San Sab Brady and Concho Soil Conservation Districts urge landowners to continue cooperation in caring for dams under the Soil Conservation Service flood prevention program. The appeal came at a joint Brady meeting held Monday.
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Soil Conservation Service
San Sab Brady
Concho
Scenic Theatre Here Leased to Sunray Couple
The Scenic Drive-In Theatre in Brady was leased this week to Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Bell of Sunray Texas who will manage the site with their two daughters. Bell has 27 years in theater and plans improvements and a new operating policy. The previous owners Mrs. Kirkeby and Rh A Erickson will focus on their Abilene drive-ins.
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Marvin Bell
Sunray
Tex
Katherine Kirkeby
Rh. A. Erickson
Abilene
Bell
Rankin
Bowie
O. M
Kirk) Kirkeby
Erickson
Oscar Dietz
Melvin at Rochelle in McCulloch County Week Of Play
Friday night features the Melvin Bulldogs at Rochelle for the game of the week in District 21-B. Rochelle hosts homecoming with a 6:30 p.m. barbecue in the lunchroom, game at 7:50 p.m., tickets 75 cents adults 50 cents students.
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Rochelle
McCulloch County
Bulldogs
Hlomets
Dragons
Bone
Bangs
John Wayne Green
Jimmy Hunter
Gale Wood
Daniel de Los Santos
Lonnie Parks
Engineer for Brady Creek Lake Survey Progress
Paul Cunningham an engineer from Freese and Nichols Fort Worth has spent the week in Brady conducting surveys for Brady Creeks proposed lake site. Weather has hampered work with Cunningham leading a field party on Thursday while Marvin Wirdell Rochelle driller completes 50 foot core tests for the project.
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Freese & Nichols
Fort Worth
Brady
Brady Creek
Cunningham
Marvin Wirdell
Rochelle
Brady Junior High Faces Coleman Junior High in Bulldog Stadium
Brady Junior High hosts Coleman Junior High at Bulldog Stadium for a Friday night game at 7 p m. The contest highlights the Grid Calendar schedule with local junior high football action.
Three Amendments On Ballot In Metulloch County Vote
County results show one precinct unreported Thursday as Me ulloch County tallies the three proposed amendments. The first changes retirement benefits for state employees. The second raises funds for old age pensions and aid to the blind and needy children. The third authorizes state bonds for dams and reservoirs.
Sun Breaks Over Brady After Rainy Week
The sun returned in Brady as a week of rain ended. Brady officials recorded 1.24 inches of rainfall, lifting the year total to 4.18 inches and October to 6.08 inches. Four miles north of Melvin, Jess Sherman measured 1.25 inches. Coach Ed Whiteley’s Brady B team Bullpups prepared for a final game against Lake View tonight.
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Brady
Jess Sherman
Melvin
Ed Whiteley
Lake View
Pups
Veterans Day Observed Holiday Closings Noted
Veterans Day Monday November 11 is a legal holiday and local newspaper Brady schools and most businesses will close. The notice says the date was designated six years ago by Brady merchants and urges advertisers to submit copy by 4 p.m. Saturday November 9.
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Brady
Council Mum On Geeslin Retirement
City Hall council meeting silent on Water & Light Superintendent Edward Geeslin retirement while minutes from a previous special session show the decision. Officials wrestle over public access to minutes and bid advertising for a new city dump truck.
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Geeslin
Community Chest Seeks Day's Pay Drive
The McCulloch County Community Chest launches its drive under Mrs. Ed Davenport. Workers will report back next Wednesday at 5 30 p m They can contribute in installments weekly monthly semi annual or annual as they wish Chest officials said
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AC Vlay
McCulloch County
Chest
Ed Davenport
Brady City Council Votes Unanimously to Retire Water and Light Chief
Minutes of the Oct 20 Brady meeting show Edward Geeslin, superintendent of the Water and Light Works, retired by a unanimous council vote. The session focused on personnel changes and plans to reorganize offices and improve accounting, with W P Jones instructed to obtain plans for building alterations and a rear entrance enclosure.
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W. Jones
Edward Geeslin
Brady
Water and Light Department
W. P. Jones
C. A. Watson
Water and Light Office
Water and Light Works
Leo Oates
Harry C. Priess
City . of
No Burnet Game: Lions to Meet Coleman Tuesday
The Brady Junior High Lions postponed the Burnet game due to illness and will host Coleman next Tuesday night at 7 in Bulldog Stadium. The Burnet contest was moved to Thursday but cancelled as too many players were sick, making this their final game of the year.
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Coleman
Brady Junior High Lions
Burnet
Bulldog
SCS Seeks Bids for Ford Ranch Dam on Brady Creek
The Soil Conservation Service invites bids for Site No. 11 the Ford ranch dam about 12 miles southwest of Brady in the Brady Creek watershed. It serves a 1900 acre drainage area with bids opening in Temple on November 26.
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Brady Creek
Ford Ranch
Brady
The
Soil Conservation Service
Temple
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