Brady area business changes reshape local commerce
Local notes reveal multiple sales and new openings in Brady. Gilbreath's Food Market sold to Bill Thate and Neal Oaks. Oaks liquidated stock and Lee Adams moved in. Threadgill's Jewelry sold to Forrest Barron with Mrs Threadgill staying until January. Piggly Wiggly sold to Shop-Rite under Joe Elliott. Foodway supermarket announced with Pil Fisenbeck as new manager. Beacon Drive-N Grocery opened by Audie Capps. Loadcraft Co joins Brady Industries. Parkway Lanes and Goodyear Store changes. Several other moves include Goodyear, Brady Hospital Cafe repaint, and Zell's Courts sale to Otto and Mrs. Eddy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Gilbreath
Gilbreath
Brady
Bill Thate
Santa Anna
Neal Oaks
Winters
Oaks
Lee Adams
Threadgill
Forrest Barron
John Threadgill
S. J. Carmichael
Piggly Wiggly Shop-Rite
Albuquerque
N. M
Joe Elliott
Foodway
South Bridge St
A. H. Bread Co
Norman Lawler
Pil Fisenbeck
San Angelo
Audie Capps
Beacon Drive-N Grocery
Dairyland
Changes Hit Brady Business Scene As Owners Move
Notes from residents returning home describe a wave of local business changes in Brady from January to June. Malcolm Jernigan and Wayne May sold Heart of Texas Commission Co. to Bob Looney and John Walden. Lee Adams moved his furniture shop within Brady. Waldreps bought Hall Insurance. Barekman Hardware shifted locations. HAL Golf Driving Range opened. John Pellizzari expanded Jo��s Boot Shop. Plateau Restaurant and Plateau Motel grew. Proud Mercantile closed. Vinson and Crew Implement Co. formed. White's Auto Store changed hands. Chandler Used Car Lot closed after Don Chandler’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Jernigan
Wayne May
Heart of Texas Commission Co
H. D
Deryl Griffith
Bob Looney
John Walden
Walden
Lee Adams
San Angelo
Lewis Bell
Emily Fuller
Blackburn St
South Bridge Street
East Commerce
A. P. Waldrep
Hall Insurance
Billy Jack Neal
Plateau
San Antonio Highway
Brady
Howard Broad
Proud Mercantile Co
Autrey Vinson
Bill Crew
Johnson & Bell Implement Co
Vinson & Crew Implement Co
White
R. R. Holland
Claude Holley
Brady National Bank
Jack Chandler
Presbyterian Church
South Bridge
Brady Furniture Co
Mr. Chandler
Don Chandler
Texas City
City Electric
W. R. Tucker
Dodgens Speaks to Brady Insurance Women Group
The Insurance Women of Brady hosted guest speaker Weldon Dodgens, assistant general supervisor of the Texas Insurance Checking Office, who described the unit that audits fire insurance business across Texas. He noted the office services over 8,009 agencies and checks about 6,500 policies daily.
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Insurance Women of
Brady
Sue Barton
Joella Cole
Weldon Dodgens
Mr. Dodgens
The
Texas Insurance
Texas
Sue Lohn
Docgens
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Garner
Roche'le
A. H. Broad Co
Brady Standard-Hera'd
Bill Dodds
Coker Implement Co
Brady Creek
Bill
T. P. Wood
T. P
A. W. Squireses
Brady Hospital
Clyde Hall
Hubert Giltreath
Denton
John Threa
G'S
TV Enterprises, Inc
Howard Proud
McCulloch Co
Cecil Bell
Duncan Chevrolet Co
Zell
Cecil Nelin
Prady
A. P. Waldrop Punch
Vivian
L. B. Smith
McCulloch
Joe Barekman
Barekman Hardware
Central Drug Store
Jack Deaton
Joe
W. E. Jordan
Charles J. Brown
Jim Harkrider
Leonard Atherton
John Lewis
HAL Golf
John
South Plackburn
John Pellizzari
Western Atto
Hill Country Creameries
Mr. Pellizzari
Don
Red
West Commerce Street
Brady Steak House
Brady Enterprise
McCulloch County Star
Heart O' Texas News
C. D. Reed
Bob Wilson
Plymouth
Savoy
Belvedere
Fury
Brady Motors
Dodgens
Mmes. Barton
Sue Anderson
Frances Gann of Menard
Juanita Ereckson
Peggy Gotcher
Marie Kittle
Maxine Samuelson
Miss Cole
Thre Orm L
J.welry Bra’y
Lates
J. W. Ragsdale
Optometrist
Dial LY
Brady, Texas
Plymouths
Wits
America
Chrysler Corporation
North Blackburn
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