The Brady Herald (Brady, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 10, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 22, 1955 Page: 1 of 11
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P*0« Box 8066’'
Dallas| Texas.
Serving" The Heart Of Texas! Official Publication City of Brady
VOLUME IS URADY, TEXAS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22. 1955 12 PAGES TODAY NUMBER 10
(Jurat* of Turner*
Mrs. Kmnm Thomas spent (he
week-end In Lubbock with her
non-ln-law and daughter. Mr. and
Mrs. Ab Turner.
YUMMY S\l \I—P««ing with fheir salad*
made for the Home Demonstration Clubs’
Achievement Day Saturday are these three wo-
men from the Calf Creek club: (left to right) Mis.
Hud P.arsrh with vegetable souffle and tomato
aspic salad; Mrs. Perry Brashaw with ginger-
ale sale and grape charlotte salad; and Mrs. H.
A. Lawrence with tuna fish mold. (Uerald Photo)
Near-Perfect
Guess at Score
Wins Contest !
W. K. (Reekie) Ia>hn. secre-
tury-t.reuaurer of the Farmers and
ltunrhe-s Co-op. walked off with
find prise In this week's football
guuaalng contest the last of the
year.
I.ohn missed two gnnirs, Mel-
vin over May and LSI' over Ar-
kansas. but had almost a per-)
feet guess at the Ilrady (27)-Co-
manche (13) score, lie picked It: j
2(1-13.
Five other contestants also
missed only two games, and on
the basis of their guesses at the
score. Johnnie Williams. 1000
South Mesquite Ht., takes second (
place, and Bradv gridder Eugene
Cornelius and Mrs. I. O. Taylor,
807 South Pecan St , tie for third.
• • •
Williams' guess was 27-6. Cor-
nelius picked It 35-14 and then
Friday night almost ran the score
that high himself, scoring three
of the Bulldogs' four touchdowns.
Mrs. Taylor's guess was 19-12
Cornelius and Mrs. Taylor will
split the third-place prize, each
taking $1.
Others who missed two games
but placing out of the money
were J. E. Harvtson, Jr.. (14-0)
and another Bulldog player. Jim-
my Ellison (21-6).
Twenty-two contestants missed
three games; Jimmy Hill, A. B.
Bradshaw. Linda Leach. Herman
Hill. Buck Ellison of Voea. Don
Cavnaas, Jim Terry. James Fin-
lay, Sr., of Fife. Mrs. James Fin-
lay, Jr., of Fife. Bd Davenport.
Mrs Josephine Mills. Waymon C.
White. Douglas Wayne. Jack!
Handler. P. H. Maricle, Mrs. Ruth
Mltchel. Mrs. Clarence Cole. Dar-
rell Roper. Ewell Jones, Amos
Lew alien. Nelson Dukes, and
Jack H. Kirby.
• as
Thirty-four entries were wrong
on four games, and all others had
four or more errors.
The "upsets" this week were
Melvin's victory over May. L8U
over Arkansas, and Kdaa over
Richland Springs.
Except for the playoffs that
ends the 1955 football season
and the 1955 guessing contest.
Just wait till next year!
Thanksgiving
Services Set
Nino Rrady congregations will | Tbe scripture lesson from the
join Wednesday night in a union Old Testament will be read by tha
Thanksgiving service, beginning itev. Mrs. Geneva Kilgore of tha
at 7:30 o'clock at St. Paul's Epis- Church of the N'azarene. and tha
copal Church. New Testament scripture lesson
The Episcopal church choir will will be by Dr. J. H. Francks, an
be supported by singers from elder of the First Pfesbyterlan
other churches, and the sermon Church.
will be given by th9 Rev. T. K.
Anderson, newly named pastor of
the First Methodist Church.
ASSEMBLY LINE—Turkeys n >ve on an endless chain at the
Market Produce Co. plant here as tl .’y are picked and dressed. Re-
moving the "giblets" above are Miss Ellen Anderson, Luke Dur-
ham, an inspector, and Mrs. Margaret Xandin.
I
END OF THE LINE—Fully dressed, the turkeys qome off the
chain and are prepared for freezing here by by Miss Caroline
Garcia (left) and Raymond Ruiz (right). Note the clean, white
uniforms worn by employes at the modern, sanitary plant.
DR. ROY BAKER Brady Plant Dressing Thousands
VICTIM OF AUTO Qf Turkeys For Nation’s Tables
Bralys Attend
Pampa Funeral
Mr and Mrs. Houston Rraly of
Brady attended the funeral in
Pampa Monday of Mrs. Clifford |
Itraly. wife of the late Judge
Rraly and mother of attorneys
Cliff and Tom Braly of Pampa !
She was also a slater-in-law of
Houston and Eugene Braly. They
were accompanied home Thurs-
day by their aon. Bill Tom. his
wife and two children, Sheila Kay
and Timothy Lee.
Other guests in the Braly home
over the week-end were Mrs. O.
H. Gibson of Lake Charles, La.,
and Dudley Braly and Miss Diana
Dugat of Austin, students at the
University of Texas.
Weiner Roast
The young peoples’ group of
the First Christian Church was
host Sunday night to the Metho-
dist Youth Fellowship of the
First Methodist Church at a wein-
er roast at Richards Park. About
30 young people were present.
WRECK MONDAY
Dr. Roy F. Baker, 27. Brady
optometrist until last May. was
fatally Injured In an automobile
accident near Voea. late Monday.
artemoon. He died two hours
after being admitted to the l
Medical A Surgical hospital
Dr. Baker had practiced here
four years nntil bis removal to
Victoria last May. He and Mrs.
Baker and little daughter. Holly,
came np Nov. IB for tbe opening
of the deer bunting season the
following day. and had been hunt-
ing with friends on the Marvin
Burns and BUI Burns ranch at
Voea.
Coming Into town Monday after-
noon to see about renting his
home here, be was returning to
Voea to Join his friends when
the accident happened. Traveling
alone, his automobile apparently
failed to make a curve on the
Brady-Voca road near the San
Saba River.
The accident occurred about
4:30. friends believe, and he was
brought to the hospital In an
ambulance. He died at 7:09.
Dr. Baker was horn and reared
in Fort Worth, and attended TCP
He graduated from a college of
optometry in Chicago, and opened
his office in Brndy in 1951.
Many a turkey from the Heart
O’ Texas will be on Thanksgiving
Day dinner tables throughout the
nation Thursday.
From 2.000 to 2,500 turkeys
are being dressed daily here at
the Market Produce Co.’s glisten-
ing white plant. From the killing
room, the turkeys are dressed as
they move along on an endless
overhead chain. They are vacuum
picked In a plastic Cryvak bag and
then frozen four to a box.
From Brady they go out under
the “Sunco" brand name to Flor-
ida, Boston, New York, Philadel-
phia, and various Texas plants. C.
C. Roberts, manager of the plant
here since the spring of ’45, says
the company even sends 17 to 18
carloads of turkeys to Cuba each
year.
Although the plant is located in
Brady, the live turkeys mostly
come from adjoining counties rath-
Plans Completed
For 5 More Dams
Brady High Exes
Honored at NTSC
Lucy Davis and Jerry Wood of 1
Brady have been named members
of Al{ ha Chi, national scholastic
honor society at North Texas State
College.
Miss Davis, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil L. Davis, 1914 South
China St., is a member of the Ellen
II. Richards home economics club.
Wood, son of Mr. ami Mrs. Ev-
erett R. Wood of Voea, is a mem-
ber of Sigma Phi Epsilon social
fraternity and Phi Eta Sigma hon-
or society.
The Soil Conservation Service’s
project office in Brady has com-
pleted plans on five more dams in
the Brady Creek flood prevention
(program.
Forwarded to the SCS's design
section are plans on:
—Sites No. 4 and 5 on the Hark-
rider Estate on Boar Creek, just
southwest of Brady.
—Site No. 6 on Ben Smith pro-
perty also on Bear Creek.
—Site No. 23 on Wellview Creek
in Concho County on propery own-
ed by Lee Stephens and Carl
Pfluger.
—Site No. 28 on Fitzgerald
Creek in Concho County on the
H. Ranch Company (Pfluger) pro-
perty.
Meanwhile field work has been
completed for two more dams, and
still another is ready for construc-
tion. The field work has been done
on Site No. 38 on East Maverick
Bianch (Ed Carter) in Concho
MOKE LINE-
MEN — Brady
fans saw these
three hoys in
the line for the
Bulldogs this
year: (left to
right) George
Dennard, a
rough little
guard despite
his 128 pounds;
Larry Smith.
165 - pound
sophomore cen-
ter; and Cnlvin
Fitzgerald, 158-
pound junior
guard and one
of the Bull-
dogs' finest de-
fensive play-
ers.
County and on Site No. 13 on Cow
Creek (G. R. White’s Ford Ranch).
Ready for construction is Site
No. 14, also on Cow Creek on the
Ford Ranch. The SCS is expected
to ask for bids about Dec. 1.
Eight detention dams in the pro-
ject already are finished and arc
in operation. Work continues on
four others.
Site No. 1 on the Mrs, J. S. Wall
ranch southwest of Brady is 70
percent complete; Site No. 45 on
G. D. Bell property north of Bra-
dy is 21 percent complete; Site
No. 46 on O. D. Pence and R. S.
Guyton property north of Brady is
55 percent complete; and the
fourth one, No. 27, on Luster Lock-
ett property in Concho County, is
25 percent complete.
Pete Joyce, Lohn,
Enlists in Navy
Howard (Pete) Joyce, son of
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Joyce of
Lohn. enlisted in the U. S. Navy
as an electronic* field seaman re-
cruit Oct. 16 through the Navy
Recruiting Station in Brady. Paul
A. Traudt, chief in charge, an-
nounced this week.
An honor graduate of Lohn
High School last May. Joyce is
taking Ills recruit training at tho
U. S. Navy Trnining Center, San
Diego, Calif. He will he eligible
for 14-days leave after nine
weeks of training, and then will
go to a Navy school in the elec-
tronics field for additional train-
ing.
er than from McCulloch County.
“We just need somone to pro-
mote the turkey business in Mc-
Culloch County,’’ Roberts says,
pointing out that “the producers
are making money.’’
• • •
The market price is up about 3
cents mort than a year ago, with
toms bringing 26 cents now and
bens 32 to 33 cents. Most of the
demand is for heavy toms—for
the commercial trade, institutions,
hotels, cafes.
“Of course, the holiday trade,
the housewife, wants the small
birds,” Roberts says.
The Brady plant employs 80 to
85 persons making it second only
to Intercontinental Manufacturing
Company as a payroll producer. It
operates six to seven months a
year—two months in the spring
and then starting in again about
Aug. 15 and running until the close
of the year.
County HD Clubs
Display Results
Of Year's Work
Members of McCuLoch Coanty
Home Demonstration Clubs held
their annual Achievement Day
Saturday to show visitors the re-
sults of their year's work.
The clubs set up their exhibits
in a vacant store building on the
square. Some of tbe articles made
by tbe women were sold through
a “country store." Coffee and
cookies were served to the visi-
tors.
The exhibits were as follows:
Fairview Club—Keeping house-
hold and family records, and "col-
or planning tn the wardrobe."
Rochelle—Home window plan-
ning. showing bow to hang drapes
with various materials.
Calf Creek Club—Congealed
salads and floor coverings.
Booth Brady Club—"Safety In
the Car" and "background deco-
rating" wtth wall paper, drapes,
rugs in three themes, traditional,
modern, and provincial.
• • •
East Sweden—A demonstration
of how to make tiered serving
Responsive reading of Psalms
will be led by Robert Rothe. dea-
con of the First Christian Church.
The host minister, the Rev.
Forrest O. Miller, will give the
evening prayers and altar pray-
ers.
The union services are being
sponsored by the Brady Minister-
ial Alliance which includes the
Central Baptist Church, the
Church of the Nazarene, the First
Baptist Church. First Christian
Church, First Methodist Church,
I Mt. CaJvary Lutheran Church.
Trinity Methodist Church, Brndy
Presbyterian Church, and St.
Panl's Episcopal Church.
Firemen Find Smoke
But No Blaze at
Old Folks Home
It look»d like smoke, but the
Brndy Fire Department found n&
fire on a run about 7:30 o'clock
Saturday morning to the McCul-
loch County Home, 909 North Dav-
idson St.
Fire Chief Howard Salter said
that what looked like smoke act-
ually was just moisture condensing
in the air—‘Tike when you see
your breath on a cold morning,’*
• • •
A hot water heater had been
turned on et the home, and when
the hot air in the vent hit cold air
Wall to Show New
1956 Lincolns
Early this fall Elbert Wall,
proprietor of the Wall Motor
Company here, vva* appointed
Lincoln automobile de.-tl«*r»liip
for this territory along with
his Mercury automobile line.
The new m.Mi Lincoln*
will be shown here Tuesday
and Wednesday, November
22-23. at the Wall Motor
Company, located at 101 East
Lockhart Street,
Mr. Wall extends a most
cordial invitation to everyone
to come in Tuesday or Wed-
nesday ami Inspect the new
Lincolns.
Brother-In-Law Of
trays out of various sized dinner | mb™ * eo™*edi into "steam**
plates, and "easier cleaning.” orcin *****
showing methods and equipment Suiter said the same thing has
to uge j often happened in store building*
Mercury — "Maintaining good around the square when automatic
mental health" with individual! haters turn on during a cold night
hobbies, painting handicraft, j and fill the building with “fog.”
needle work. etc. . i -——
The Home Demonstration Clubs’I
recreation committee also had an j
exhibit of pictures taken at the,
“ L‘k<!| Rochelle Woman Dies
W. C. Edwards, pioneer linotype
operator and printer for the Lub-
i bock Avalanche-Journal for nearly
40 years, and who retired more
than a year ago, died following a
lengthy illness at his home, 1625
17th Street, Lubbock. Friday, Nov.
11. His wife i3 a sister of Mrs.
George E. Harris of Rochelle.
m * *
Mr. and Mrs. Edwards last vis-
ited here with Mr. and Mrs. Harris
in the spring. He was 66. and had
resided in Lubbock since 1915.
Funeral services were held Satur-
day, Nov. 12, and burial was in
Christmas Choir
Being Organized
A community Christmas choir
! is being organized at Rochelle and
will have another practice Wed-
, nesday night at 7:45 o’clock in the
1 First Baptist Church at Rochelle.
Anyone from anywhere in the
county is invited to sing in the
choir which will present a pro-
gram of Christmas music Dec. 21,
the Wednesday before Christmas.
The Rev. Arthur Nunn, pastor of Lubbock City Cemetery,
the First Baptist Church, is dir- Attending the funeral were Mr.
citing the choir. The first practice and Mrs. Harris, and Mrs. Harris'
was held last Thursday. son, F. A. Squyres of Austi*.
Brady to Close
For Thanksgiving
Brady stores, offices, and (h
schools w ill^ he closed Thursday 1
for th* Thanksgiving Day holiday.'
The store* will he open atrain |
Friday, hut the school* children
will he out until next Monday.
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