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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1954
Page
1
Beta Sigma Phi collected 135 dollars at a Tuesday Bridge and Canasta Tournament at the Country Club. Proceeds fund furnishing a club room in the F. M. Richards Memorial Library. Afternoon and evening sessions honored top players in bridge and canasta with numerous prize winners named.
A team from Lohn's FFA chapter won second place in a chapter conducting contest held at San Saba on Monday. Members include Kent Finlay Gerald Gaf ford Jerell Hemphill Barnard Browning Larry Davis and Gayle Doyal.
Pee Wee football teams from Rochelle and Brady meet at Bulldog Stadium next Tuesday night in the Toy Bowl. Lions clubs sponsor the game with 7 pm kickoff, tickets 25 cents for students and 50 cents for adults. Proceeds aid Lions fund for underprivileged children.
Bobby Andrews, 17, won Brady High School’s Mister BHS after a satire of Mule Train in The Bulldog's Bark fundraiser. Runner ups were Richard Rickman and Joe Garvey. Contest supported the school newspaper. 11 candidates performed acts and were introduced by campaign managers.
The American Diabetes Association and local Medical Society sponsor Diabetic Detection Week November 14 to 20 offering free urine tests at doctors' offices to reveal sugar presence. Undiagnosed diabetics exceed half a million. those tested will be advised to seek further examination to confirm diabetes and begin treatment.
Mrs Lena Keim mother of H E Keim of Brady died in Highland General Hospital Pampa after a long illness She was born October 27 1878 in Petts Pennsylvania and lived in Pampa 26 years Funeral services were held November fifth at Holy Souls Catholic Church burial followed at Fairview Cemetery Survivors include three sons Paul and B L Keim and H E Keim a daughter and five grandchildren plus three sisters from New York Georgia and California
Brady Band Boosters will receive a nickel per Betty Crocker cake mix box sold in the area next week in a General Mills deal. The program runs Tuesday through Saturday with store stock inventories set for Monday and the following Monday to compute dues. Band Boosters women staff shops Friday and Saturday to promote sales, with dates listed in November 1920.
Five or six Brady Bulldog top hands face limited action against DeLeon Friday as Vernon Ryan Billy Boswell and others nurse knee bruises and a bruised hip while new players fill roles and coach Chuck York hopes for a win. DeLeon, a District 8 AA surprise with two losses this year, seeks another upset.
Brady's annual Christmas party sets the Yule shopping season start for Saturday December 4. Santa Claus will visit the three downtown theatres giving free movies for children starting about 9 a.m. He will also hand out candy bags. The event is run by the Trade Extension Committee of the Chamber of Commerce with G. P. Kittle as councilor.
Ronny Young a 1954 Brady High graduate returns to football this fall with Hardin-Simmons University on the freshman team as a backfield player.
Mr and Mrs B D Caldwell of Crane announce the birth of a son born Sunday at Brady Hospital. The announcement lists no other details.
McCulloch County Community Chest will meet its 1955 budget of 10565.85 from surplus without a fund drive. Distributions will go to Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, McCulloch County Home, Salvation Army, USC, Heart Association, American Cancer Society, McCulloch County Charities, and Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation.
South Ward Elementary School schedules a social hour and round table discussion for Thursday evening November 18 at 7 oclock. Parents and teachers will share views to promote student progress and strengthen school involvement.
Brady High School officials at a round-table during National Education Week discussed graduation standards and college readiness. Principal C A Ethridge noted most BHS grads can enter nearly any Texas college, with some Southwest Conference schools needing more English or foreign language work.
Rochelle High School hosts a homecoming game against undefeated Blanket in District 21 B. The event features halftime ceremonies revealing the football sweetheart and Rochelle’s Mr. Football. Judge Missouri-era seniors and a full roster are pictured in standard yearbook style.
McCulloch County home demonstration clubs will stage the Achievement Event Saturday in Brady on the square’s south side in Gibbs’ former building. Exhibits reflect the year’s programs with skits open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A dress revue at 3 p.m. features women modeling dresses from a workshop. event directed by the County Council committee and chaired by Mrs. W. B. Jacoby with members from Rochelle East Sweden Lohn Camp San Saba.
Bill Norman of Floyd County paid 1775 for MP 2nd of Shahan a two year old Angus bull, top price among nine bulls and 29 females offered by Brook. Shahan and Sweet Briar consignments included, with average bull price 754.54 and female 451.2. Top buyers included Half Circle JD Ranch and William Clark who spent 4450 on one bull and seven females.
Parker, former Brady vocational agriculture teacher, assigned to KCAC headquarters in Seoul. He oversees irrigation and flood control expenditures in a $4 million budget across 176 South Korea projects. An inspection team led by Parker surveys larger projects to route funds. Parker spent six years with the Bureau of Reclamation on irrigation work.
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