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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1957
Page
7
Rainy weekend totals inching up while farmers wish for dry spells to harvest cotton impractical. Local social notes list visits from Nacogdoches to San Angelo and Abilene Christian students, plus family trips to Fort Worth and Brownwood. The Lohn football team beat Talpa 46 to 25 in the finale and basketball practice is set to begin.
Ad touts the 1958 GMC Money-Maker as the handsomest hustler to handle with a pocket battleship build. Highlights include massive spring hangers and rear springs with the highest deflection rate among light duties.
From San Marcos Roy Ragsdale of San Antonio visited his parents Dr and Mrs Jack Ragsdale last weekend. Benjamin Franklin was noted as the first American ambassador to France in Brady. Children in Brady. Mrs Kidd and son joined Mrs Barsch to visit the Barsch farm Saturday. Emmett Moore travelled to Ft Worth on Tuesday for a medical examination.
The report notes over an inch of rain since Saturday causing ground soaking and damage to cotton crops. Texans J W Francks and children Brady visited Mary Pearce, and Billy Patterson called his mother.
The piece lists weekly social visits and travel among residents including Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Patterson visiting Fort Eustis for helicopter training updates, and numerous guests from Hondo Houston San Marcos Eldorado Corpus Christi and Austin. It notes a County Home Demonstration Clubs annual achievement event in Brady with club exhibits and sales of Christmas gifts and baked goods.
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