Bray Wins The Standard Grid Contest In Brady
In Brady The Standard names Robert Ingersoll Bray as the sole first place winner of the football guessing contest. Bray, also known as Bob Bray who publishes the Brady Herald, correctly forecast all 11 games. Twenty two other entrants missed two games each, creating a tie for second and third that will be split under contest rules.
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Brady
Standard
Robert Ingersoll Bray
Bob Bray
The
Herald
Bray
San Saba
Melvin
Menard
Rankin
Rochelle
Lohn
Mozelle
Ballinger
Sonora
Anson
Coleman
Winters
Hamlin
Lake View
Llano
Comanche
McGregor
Richland Springs
Bronte
Mason
Fredericksburg
Glenn Kittle
A. H. Capps
Charlie Dye
Marion R. Perry
Avell Tedder
Lowell McIntyre
Jesse G. Foster
J. W. Smithwick
M. H. Turner
Joe King
Kenneth J. Mitchell
Talmadge Wood
Luke Vogel
W. T. Engdahl
Tom Bradley
Fife
Jack Hagler
Lena Mae Engdahl
Winnie B. Bradley
H. D. Bradley
Willie R. Jones
M. A. Grimes
Denial of Jury Service for Women Sparks Election Debate
Voters are urged to back a constitutional amendment on November 2 to allow Texas women to serve on juries. Miss Helen Ferguson, assistant Bell County auditor, argued that women are currently denied full citizenship and urged support from women’s organizations across the state.
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Texas
Helen Ferguson
Brady Business and Professional Women’s Club
Fellowship Hall
First Christian Church
Bell County
B&pw
Belton
Miss Ferguson
Richard Harvison Named President of Bulldog Band
Richard Harvison was elected president of the Brady High Bulldog Band. Bonna Jean Nance named vice president and Diane Roddie secretary. Bulldog bandsmen later selected six members to the band council: Cynthia Reynolds senior representative Martha Bean junior Gail Richie sophomore Bill Gordon Kennerly freshman Mary Glyn Kittle and Lee Threadgill members at large.
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Richard Harvison
Brady High
Bonna Jean Nance
Diane Roddie
Bulldog
Cynthia Reynolds
Martha Bean
Gail Richie
Bill Gordon Kennerly
Mary Glyn Kittle
Lee Threadgill
Sammy Torrez Enrolls at Abilene Christian College
Sammy Torrez son of Eloisa Torrez of Brady leaves Brady to enroll at Abilene Christian College. A 1954 Brady High graduate and cornet player in the Brady High Bulldog Band, he will study music with the aim of becoming a band director.
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Sammy
ACC
Sammy Torrez
Eloisa Torrez
Brady
Abilene Christian College
Brady High Bulldog
Cocky Pet Crow Joins Backyard Menagerie
Fourteen year old Tommy Kyzar keeps a crow named Blackie as a household pet at 802 Laurel Drive. The bird, three months old, is friendly but pockets beware as he will swipe bright items. Blackie was found with four siblings by Game Warden Bill Bennett on a Concho County ranch ten miles west of Paint Rock. Bennett kept one crow. the others were given to friends, but only Blackie survived.
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Tommy Kyzar
Blackie
Kyzar
Laurel Drive
Tommy
Bill Bennett
Bennett
Concho County
Paint Rock
Cisco Ducats At Gate Only
Brady Bulldog fans must buy tickets at the gate for Friday’s Cisco game. No reserve seats are sold in Brady. Admission is $1 and Brady Principal C. Ridge says there should be ample seating due to Cisco’s large grandstand.
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Brady Bulldog
Cisco
Brady
C. Ridge
Ex-Deputy Sheriff Dies in Eldorado
Leslie Galbreath, 64, former McCulloch County deputy sheriff from the early 1920s, died of a heart attack at his ranch near Eldorado. He lived in Blanco, Menard County, and Brady before moving to Eldorado in 1924, later serving as Schleicher County deputy sheriff and ranching since 1940. Funeral at First Baptist Church Eldorado with burial in Eldorado Cemetery. Survived by wife, two sons Billy and Bobby, two sisters, and two grandchildren.
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Leslie Galbreath
McCulloch County
Eldorado
Blanco
Galbreath
Menard County
Brady
Schleicher County
First Baptist Church
Clifton Hancock
Billy Galbreath
Sonora
Bobby Galbreath
H. S. Snearly
W. C. Wegner
Horace Linthicum
Pat Finley
Fred Smith
A. G. Clark
E. H. Sweatt
Hoot Nix
Roy Andrews
Payne Robinson
Gamma globulin shots planned for Brady High students
Gamma globulin immunizations will be given Thursday at Brady High with parental consent as a precaution against polio. The effort follows illness of Chan Carson a Brady High freshman who was hospitalized after showing fever and stiff neck but no paralysis. The program is funded by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and the Red Cross and overseen by Dr. G H Ricks and Dr. James Anderson.
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Brady High School
Chan Carson
Brady High
Chan
Shannon Hospital
San Angelo
M. W. Carson
Camp San Saba
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
The
Red Cross
State Department of Health
G. H. Ricks
James Anderson
Ricks
Camp San Sa
Brady Hospital
San Antonio Firm Submits Low Bid on Concho Dam
Center Paving Company of San Antonio submitted the lowest bid on Site No. 29 a detention dam on Doyle Wilson ranch in Concho County. Centex Paving bid $42,559.84. Bids opened by the Soil Conservation Service in Temple. The contract not yet awarded pending formal papers. Work on both sites to start 30 days after final award and work orders.
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Doyle Wilson
Eden
SCS
Conn Johnson Ranch
Melvin
Ballard and Davidson
Grand Saline
Baker
Bullard & Davidson
Junior High Band Elects Majorettes
Brenda Schaeg was elected drum major of the Brady Junior High Lion Band. Charlotte Riley serves as president with Brenda Gary as vice president and Brenda Schaeg as secretary. Majorettes named include Charlotte Riley Brenda Gary Charlotte Griffith Sue Brock and Patricia Gleaton. Susan Sorell is alternate and recreation committee chair. Band manager is Stanley Miller with helpers Reynold Carlson Johnny Moran and James Ricks.
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Brenda Schaeg
Brady Junior High Lion Band
Charlie Schaeg
Charlotte Riley
Brenda Gary
Charlotte Griffith
Sue Brock
Patricia Gleaton
Susan Sorell
Elene Corder
Johnny Moran
James Ricks
Stanley Miller
Reynold Carlson
Methodists to Hear Insurance Executive Wednesday Night
Louie B. Throgmorton vice president of Republic National Life Insurance Co Dallas will speak at the First Methodist Church Methodist Men's Fellowship Family Night Tickets cost 1 admission for the whole family Throgmorton known for 27 years in life insurance and a past speaker at the 1953 Chamber of Commerce banquet He has led civic work in Shreveport and Dallas delivering over 200 speeches annually.
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Louie BE. Throgmorton
Republic National Life Insurance Co
Dallas
Methodist Men's Fellowship
First Methodist Church
Throzgmorton
Chamber of Commerce
The
Republic National
Shreveport
Shreveport Life Underwriters
State Association
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Dutton City Park
Willie D. Evans
Gordie Alexander
Louis Bradshaw
Byron Zimmerman
Brown Strickland
John A. Polk
J. T. (Sparkplug) Freeman
John Henry Campbell
Walter Adkins
Charles Samuel
Barber Hext
Jack Deaton
James Maxwell
J. K. Woosley
Hilmer Fahrenthold
E. L. Bodenhamer
Gordon (Perley) Samuelson
Jack Roddie
C. D. (Slick) Reed
Rayburn Squyres
Howard O. Broad
Max Hutchenreuter
James P. Anderson
Frank Roddie
Posey Collins
Freeman
Bodenhamer
Reed
Collins
Dr. Anderson
Deaton
Dora Ryan
Brady B&pw Club
Joella Cole
Bulldog Band
Crow
Tommy Brook
San Saba River
the Crow
San Antonio
Concho Dam
Loule BE
Throgmorton
Janet Rudder
Janet
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