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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1954
Page
1
A one day meet at Jubilee Race Track in Brady features a five race card headed by a local cow boy relay. Races range from 400 yards to three quarters of a mile with $100 purses. Entries due November 16 and admission is $1 for adults 50 cents for children.
Tommy Brook of Camp San Saba won eight awards with Aberdeen Angus cattle at the Pan American Livestock Exposition held during the State Fair in Dallas. Top honor went to Brook Blackcap K. 687th in the junior heifer calf division for calves born after January 1, 1954. Other winners include Brook Erica P. 284th first among two year old heifers born between May 1 and August 31, 1952, and Brook Knight entries in various junior and senior bull categories.
Curtis Neil of Yuma Arizona, a McCulloch County native born at Voca and raised at Pear Valley, visited Brady with his uncle Newt Worrell and his daughter and son-in-law Mr and Mrs Tommy Bowman of Yuma. They arrived Sunday night and will leave Saturday morning. Neil, a Livestock Sanitary Board brand inspector in Yuma for 31 years, is related to the Spiller families. Worrell has two Texas sisters, Emma Ogle of Voca and Olga Riley of Fort Worth, who came to Brady to be with him.
Defense lawyers for Jim N. Shaver seek a new trial claiming jury misconduct and prejudice after his murder verdict and death sentence. They charge two jurors formed fixed opinions before selection and allege improper prosecutorial statements about rape. affidavits from witnesses allege biased juror remarks during voir dire.
A Chamber of Commerce poll shows Brady merchants voting 99 to 4 to close for Armistice Day Thanksgiving Christmas New Year s Day July 4th and Labor Day with a Monday closing if a holiday falls on Sunday. Labor Day received 88 yes 19 no. eating places and service stations excluded from the poll. City and county officials were included in the vote.
Brady hosts the Winters Blizzards in District 8 AA play after Winters won three of five and Brady won three straight. Winters, 33 0 loss to Colorado City, has strong linemen and tall quick ends while Brady eyes a bounce back behind coach Chuck York as both teams scout and prepare for a key region clash.
After 28 years of golf Dr. H. W. Lindley scored a hole in one on the No. 3 hole a 135-yard straight-away at the Country Club. He called it his greatest thrill in golf with witnesses Dr. James Anderson Frank Laza lier Dr. Albert McCulloh and Harry Schwenker watching.
The Brady Band Boosters Club will hold a special meeting Monday night October 18 at 7 30 at the band hall. Members are urged to attend.
Central Texas representatives from 11 counties urged Agriculture Secretary Ezra Benson to extend a long range drouth relief program to next April. They called for wide access to feed and support, noting extreme drought has left ranges barren and livestock prices low.
Mrs. J. R. Cochran of City Drug Co. is Brady's most courteous salesperson for September. She will receive a Certificate of Award at the Brady Business and Professional Women’s Club dinner at El Patio. Harold Deaton also earns a certificate for most courteous salesperson of the month.
Patients able to return to their homes from Brady Hospital include Dr. di Fi Anderson and Mrs. Vernon Crawford and baby son Brady and Bill Capps of Mason.
N. L. Ortiz of Brady Mrs. Lelia Laning of Brady Menard and Mrs. Rubin Rothman of Pontotoc were admitted to Brady Hospital on Tuesday.
Mrs. Jack Buntyn of Fredonia Porter V. Stovall of Brady and Mrs. Leslie Nichols of Menard were admitted to Brady Hospital on Wednesday.
John Threadgill announced he will start stringing the community television cable this week or next. He set October 20 as the deadline for a special tie-on fee of 100 dollars. after that date the fee rises to 159 dollars. Monthly service will be 4 dollars, with connections as the trunk line progresses. He described the response as surprisingly good.
Percy Pennybacker of Austin, supervising field engineer for the Texas Highway Department, spoke to Brady High School students on a first Career Educational Program. Austin officials Jack Chitwood and Ben Dillon also spoke, with Jerry Smith of the Student Council presiding.
Mrs. W. Rowell of Richland Springs was admitted to Brady Hospital Thursday morning for unspecified medical care.
Rochelle High School lists nine students on the first six weeks honor roll. Elementary school shares five names on its honor roll announced by Supt. C. W. Thompson. Included are Gwen Scharlach, David Moseley, Patsy Kimbrough, Margaret Haywood, and others across grades.
Elmer Mayfield manager of Lewis Shoe Store receives Pasteur rabies treatment in San Angelo after a stray cat bit him on the thumb. The cat died at a local veterinary hospital and its head was sent to Austin for rabies evaluation, recommending treatment for Mayfield.
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