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:THE BRADY STANDARD AND HEART O’ TEXAS NEWS, BRADY, TEXAS TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1955
-PAGE SEVEN
Classy-Fi-Ads
FOR SALE
FOR SALE—An A C. Combin,.
If you iwtd u combine this is a
(food buy. See ED BA RSUH,
l.ohn, Tex.
FAR SALE BY OWNER- 3 Bed-
room home, A-l condition. All
conveniences, including heutintc
and cooling. Suitable terms.
Shown by appointment. (all
ELI ROSENBERG at 3922 or
2136.
NOTICE TO WaASSY-FI
AD CUSTOMERS
The deadline for killing classy-
fi-ads in the Tuesday edition
is 5 P. M. Monday. And the
deadline lor the Friday edi-
tion for cancelling the ads is
6 P. M. Wednesday afternoon.
Teacher's Certificate Is 'Ace in Hole'
For Chamber of Commerce President
FOR RENT
FOR SALE—More good used nir
conditioners, squirrel type.
MAPLE ADAMS
FOR RENT—Air-conditioned 3-
room furnished apartment. 906 , Hinting
SOUTH CHINA.
HERBERG.
MRS. GUS
l*V The Standard-Times.
San Angelo
Walter Gray, president of tho
Brady f’huniher of Commerce, has
taken on the Job with the air of
a man who always has been very
busy and was able to push his
way through a situation when
the odds seemed high against him.
Ills education, for instance, wus
a III lie late and came tough.
Orphaned at the age of 7. Gray
raised ny tils grandparents
near Mesquite in Dallas County.
His high sc'ool education end-
ed in the 10th grade when he
w-as forced to quit and take up
operation of the family farm ron-
of 1.000 acres neap .Me-
squite
Working there, he helped while
FOR SALE—Solid oak roller top
desk; business desk und disap-1
pearing typewriter desk. See at
McKINNON’S, 400 EAST 11TH
ST.
FOR SALE Exceptionally dean
1917 2-Door Hudson sedan
priced right for quick sale.
CALL 74361 or write BOX 41,
Roclielle.
! sss
COX, ii) 5. Chlh
Not until he was 32 years old
Woodpile
—8LM h
Gladys Howard, stockfaimer out
the Brady-Biown wood highway
some ten miles, is going to make a
■ econd sudan crop if nothing hap-
pens. The first crop is in the shock,
unu alter the additional rains
Gladys received recently the old
the 1917-1916 drouth was bad
but this one has been worse
because it has gone on three
years longer.
—*—
Twenty-two lii.uiy met c hunts
plus the pilot Bill Hargrove had a
WANTED
did Gray get
diploirn from
1 College. It
WALTER E. GRAY
stalks are suekering out fine now. big time at the Junction celebra-
He said here Saturday he thought Uon *ast Thursday. The Rradyites j
he was going to let the four-legged m®<l" the trip in Hargrove’s big
combines, sheep, harvest the second excursion bus, and the weather was
crop ol sudan. The first crop was ideal. Showers fell throughout the
:>ig and heavy, and it was quite a l*aY am* the clouds managed to
job to get the heavy bundles in the keep "ole Sol’’ under cover from
rhoeks. A strip through Howard’s the time the boosters left Brady
country received over an inch of unt>I their return late that after-
lain Aug. 4 and came back with an noon-
his
East
came after work la' and spent 37 months
English, phychology and chemistry Africa and Italy,
at the University of San Diego
* * *
Since his
FOR SALE -8 Km. home, double
garage, large fenced buck yard,
floor furnace, conm*etion for
automatic washer. Hillcrest Ad-1
dition.,FHA financed. Large 3'
rm. home 1704 S. Walnut. Small
down payment, GI financed. |
Brick home 4 acres land, double ;
garage South Brady. 5 Km. home
additional inch the first of last1 ^ill pulled the big bus right in
“71, _
Ruiioso, N. M.. over the week-end Commerce Manager Joe Ogden, the
for the races there included G. R. Para<le spectators soon found out
WIIMITV wiKTi'n C , I a,,d SMU. He also attended Texas i * * * White, Jack Locklear, Charley a,)out Brady,
nr UM r.Aw AMI EU—heveral girls j Christian I’nlveralty nights while Smce his discharge in 1910, Dailey, Wilson D. Jordan, Mr. and ! Tommy Clay was elected trea-
to address, mail postcards, hi* wife, u former school teacher «ray has been ope ator of a’thrlv- Mrs. Robert Strickland, Mr and surer for the boosters, and he did
rje,vr,r:ery wcek- WRITEjtook her materg degree there ' ing grocery business Here and has Mrs. J. T. Weaver and Mr and a ^ood Job of stretching every
A 161, Belmont, Mass. , <irav ,iaH u permanent teacher’s m,tde lus n,arh i,‘ !‘ost , ivi‘ Mrs. Charley Powell, all of Brady.1 P<nn>r in ''the pot” The Gillespie
HELP WANTED—Older women “■r,i,i<ufe. but doesn’t intend to l"'*"*- and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Moselev County opens Frday and Brady and
your age is no handicap. Service "H,‘ il H‘‘ «°l "• he S1'id. as an Chairman of th« Salvation Army and Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Bryson, ail M(,Culloch County plan to char-
ace in the hole” when f.e re- fi**ce IN', he was cle ted to the 0f Rochelle. Mr. and Mrs. Moseley ter bus again and
reeived his degree. city counci: in 194S for a two-year have been in Ruidoso vacationing take in the Fredericksburg
He 4as married to the former t»-rm. Since completing t .<* <ou:i- for the last several days. celebration Friday. The bus
__w_ I can haul 35 men, and Jim Hark-
Bi 11 Day and C. C. Smith who r|der\ Brad/’s No- 1 booster and
ranch between London and Mason charT,,ber „°f c®mmerce man “par
Amonio.
South China near high school.1 «■»vricTk o \7~ ' ~
M M Bit \ 1)11 \ M Realtor « AN TLD—Sewing of all kinds.
1 M. lilt A Dll A.M, Realtor. | ,;(J7 vVEST 2N D JjiT. MRS. KU-
NA SHORT.
TOR SALE—To be moved, 50x20
frame building would make fine
barn, price $500 if sold within
next few days. TEL. 7725.
FOR SALE—Good used Tappen
gas range. Bargain price. MRS.
G. M. YATES, Pacid, Texas.
FOR SALE, TRADE OR KENT—
T1 ......1 - real
equity in GI home. Payments on-
ly $34.99 per month. Will con-
sider good usimI pickup or car
a- payment. 600 NORTH PINK,
Phone 6495.
Avon customers in your neigh-
borhood. Earn good money in ,, , ,
>w spare time. Write MRS. *as '"arrl"d to the former term. Sin.
ADA BUTLER, 237 Claudia San i Hetha •Shrl,on ,!l 193« at Dallas ‘;1 wvl-e In 19.<1. he ha oe..;i «
.Mrs. Gray tuught at Mineota und director of Die Chamber ot ("uni-
at Farmers Branch before World merce.
War II took her husband into the A member of the
Air Force. Church, (1 ;ujr spent two years as
During Gray's service, s'e was junior warden during a three-year
a field worker for the Slate Wei- term on the vestry which ended
fare Department. in January. Mrs. Gray teaches a
While in service, Gray served Sunda;. s hool ‘class.
NOTICE
AN NO l N( ING- The opening of
my piano class work on Monday,
Aug. 29. Classes will be in my
home neur North Ward. 306 N.
Marie. MRS. EDITH LEH-
MANN, Phone 4422.
Wary Cupiiol Cops Always Get Ready
When 'Touchy' tovesiigalions Start
By TEX EASLEY
A4’ Special Washington Service
LOST—Man’s gold wrist watch, WASHINGTON
Capitol
other t’me.”
AROUND THE CAPITAL;
Doe Dodson, top secretary
Rep. Walter Rogers of the Pan-
hp,M’opul , lan t0 sheui. their „oata in a wcek excellent would like to see the
or two. Their country is in better T Utlr. fU“ when lt pl,lls out of
shape this summer than it has been Frulay ™orn,nF’ An V®" K»t
for the last five years. The goats. to,,io J® f'1 m Umch wi,h Hark-
cattle and sheep are fat, and the r“ler" 0,r,len or Clay aml tel1 them
grass and weeds are fair for Aug- 1? JHlt yoar nanl<> *n PoL for tbc
ust. No excepteion with the , aiu -h.' F redencksburg trip Friday. The
ers, they still need more rain on cost 1S a"i ^ult8 aie
the rangeland to give the vegeta- ’ McCULI OCH (WVrviI>V AN°
tion a better growth before winter * .OH COUNTY.
sits in. Day said Sunday if it T. T .
hadn’t been for the goats, ranching 1 J’*eJ'**** Pfa" crop n’ay
would have been a rough way to ' °n,y °3 perCt*nt °f aVeraKe th‘s
FOR SALE- An Olds Ambassador
Bb Cornet, used only 5 months.
PAL HALLMARK, 306 W. 11th
or Phone 7344.
| »andlt«n, »|»nding gold brace- i police know from long experience hanju, tii.strjet, says Washington
li.t ft i • iia !i i 11 DID I \ L *1 I .s L ..A . . . L.( > .... 1 .1. -1 .. e.. ... i
FOR SALE—Ram bou diet buck
lambs and ewe lambs, registered.
Bucks ready for service Sept. 1.
A. 11. ELOYD, Phone 3383.
FOR SALE—Good used electric
refrigerators and washing mach-
ines at bargain prices. A. II.
BROAl) CO.
FOR SALE—Fishing worms! 1400
OLD MASON ROAD.
FOR SALE Supply of 2x4’s and
other lumber. Doors, windows,
and kitchen sinks. BARBEE
BROS., POW Camp. Phone 2130.
Foil SALE Army building, bar-
racks and hospital w aids. Bar-
gains. BARBEE BROS., PWW
CAMP. Brady. Phone 2130.
let. Reward. PHONE 2120.
MAKE your own signs, letter your
own windows or articles, indoor
or outdoor use. DURO “sign
maker’’ letter and number decals
at THE STANDARD.
•*e service all makes of Refriger
itors. (Domestic and Commercial)
>ur (enable services are as neai
«s your telephone. CALL 2292.
GAKTMAN’S
that incidents are likely to <>c- ^ a„ interesting place to live and i
cur at certain kinds of hearings- work_for a whiIe. that is. He’s
those Where emotions are stirred back t0 Tt,xas with his wife
or where the rawer seams of life and thm. childien.
are exposed.
He’s not sure at this point just
FOR RENT
RADIATORS
• CLEANED
• REPAIRED
• RECOREI)
Cylinder blocks and radiators
Soiled out without removing
from car, truck or tractor.
Saves Time and Money
BARTON MOTORS
So. they are on the lookout when what lie will do, but presumes he.
such hearings come up. Sen. Price may go back to his old profession '
Daniel's special judiciary commit- as an official court reporter. He1
tee investigating narcotic traffic is was with the 31st state judicial j
a case in point. district court in Pampa before I
When the Texan called his com- coming to Washington with Rogers j
mittee to session Room 547 of the when the latter took his seat in
Senate Office Building, there were Congress Jan. 3, 1951.
two big uniformed policemen as- Dodson f Ians to leave Roger’s
signed at the door to keep an staff after getting the summer
eye on all who entered. But they congressional office opened at
little suspeetd such an incident as Amarillo after adjournment,
developed on the hearing’s third
make a living during the last five
years of a record-breaking drouth
in this country.
—*—
Henry Davis of Fairview,
one of McCulloch County’s
veteran farmers, .said here
Monday that his cotton is
really pretty hut the bugs are
giving the blooms a terrible
beating these days. Mr. Davis
has been farming at Fairvview
for a long, long time and has
gone through lean years and
good years.
The last five years have
been the roughest ever wit-
nesses by Mr. Davis. He said
year if indications as of Aug. 1
prove true. A Texas crop of 17,-
500,000 was in prospect as of Aug.
1. Of this, two million pounds will
be of improved varieties, the rest
wild and seedling nuts.
Production for 1954 was 24 mil-
lion pounds.
The national pecan crop is pre-
dicted at 70,840,000 pounds, lowest
since 1936. Last year's production
totaled 90,510,000 pounds. The 10-
year average is 141,437,000.
FOR RENT 3 Bedroom house,
freshly papered, close In. Write
W. M*. DEANS, Voca.
FOR RENT—Unfurnished duplex j
3 rooms and bath, hot water, |
garage, paved walks, bills paid.
401 W. WHITE. G. W. ADAMS,
Call 9000.
FOR RENT—Sept. 1—Apartment
1004 Va S. Blackburn, nicely fur-
nished, including attic fan, floor
furnace, extra large living room,
large bedrooms, walk-in closets,
linen closet, hall, bath, kitchen,
dinette with cabinet space to
spare. Couples only, (all o4i5.
HARDEE RUSSELL, 907 S.
College.
FOR RENT N ice unfurnished
apartment, 2 bedrooms, hath,
living room, tile kitchen, floor
furnace, ear |>ort, water bill paid.
1005 (’BOTHERS. CALL 8422
or 6102.
Students!
GET BETTER
GRADES
FOR RENT—2 Bedroom duplex
apartment, floor furnace and cai
port. Very nice. CALL 2262.
FOR RENT—Furnished or unfur-
nished duplex apartment, south
Brady High School, on pave-
ment . PH()N K 7 484.
FOR LEASE IBS Acre blaekland
place, 65 acres in field. 5-room
house, well, small tank. 4 miles
south of Bangs. See O. B. RH H-
ARDSON at Section House or
write P. O. BOX 1181, Brady.
BUT A NEW
REMINGTON
day:
• * •
A local physician, sub-
poenaed to testify after a
previous witness had accused
him of getting her on the drug
habit, suddenly interrupted his
testimony to hurl first a glass,
and then a whole pitcher of
water on a newspaper photo-
grapher trying to take his pic-
ture.
Recently a letter reached
the Odessa congressman ad-
drssed “Hon. J. T. Ruther-
ford—President of United
States.” It was mailed in El
Paso.
* * *
Texas concerns got 3.4 per cent,
of the dollar volume of all military
prime contracts issued by the gov-
ernment between July of 1950 and
i April of this year.
The total value of all such con-1
Dallas Youth—
(Continued From Page 6, Col. 7)
semble his machine and his scat-
tered kit, handicapped by loss of
blood from hand injury.
* * * ‘ ,
He was then ready to take
the advice of tribal desert
dwellers to "head for the
coast." Healey's hand injury
healed on the way to Touggart
and eventually through Gafsa
and Gabes in Tunisia. It was a
days drive from the oasis town
of Gabes to Tripoli.
Here h° laid his plans to travel
Capitol police, remembering the tracts for the nation was 124's
Puerto Rican shooting incident billion dollars. Texas got almost
that occurred when the house was 4 billion dollars worth of this— to Cape Town via Benghazi, Cairo,
voting on the Mexican Farm labor $3,932,336,000. and Khr.itoum—and then us "luck
bill >ust year, had extra men as- Contracts awarded by the Air and the state of the roads indicat-
signed when the legislation again Force accounted for the biggest ed.”
came up recently for a vote. Noth- portion of those awarded in Texas j Dealcy claims to have come
ing happened, but one of the Texas —$1,254,082,000. The Army was nearer than any other motorcyclist
members turned to a colleague as second with $1,170,217,000 and the to driving from the Arctic Circle
the voting began and said: Navy with $880,168,000. All other to the tip of South America, the
Hold on to your seats boys this defense agency contracts totaled only interruption being a boat trip
wnere the shooting began the $627,869,000.
The Brady Standard
DIAL 2830
FOR
FOR RENT—Several nice, refur-
nished apartment*. Upstairs and
downstairs. PHONE 8685, 707
SOUTH PECAN ST.
FOR RENT -Unfurnished 3-room
house with garage. $30.00 month.
M L- .BLYTHE. Phone 8670
FOR RENT- August rent free 3
bedroom home. PHONE 443.1
and 2146.
rmportoil hor’s d’oeuvrea,
party snacks from the
House of Reese & Co.,
fancy canned foods, com-
plete line of monogram-
mod and crystal glass-
ware and your favorite
brands of beers visit . . .
Brady-Menard Highway
Huge Oil Storage Tank Near Monahans
Used Only Once, but Worth the Cost
MONAHANS l/Pl—A fantastic than 45 million gallons.
| reminder of the West Texas oil A Chinese engineer, Dana
i boom of 1928 is a million-barrel Young, mad calculations of volume
earthen storage tank east of here, and other measurements with a
It cost more than a quarter-mil-; Chinese abascus. With the floor
' lion dollars was filled only once, and 20-foot high walls earthen
but was counted a profitable in- packed, woven wire was laid and
vestment. concrete poured over floors and
The Monahans News in a special walls. Wooden beams eight inches
edition mnrking the city’s 75th an- square wire stood upright to sun-
niveisnry told about the tank in an port a giant wooden roof. The roof
article by Paul J. Kuhn, editor of was provided with a mate of ligl.t-
"Priil Bit.” >iing roils for fire protection.
* * * As soon as the cement was dry
Early in 1928 oil production the tank was filled,
in Winkler County was in- j Though used only once.
Shell figured this justified
the quarter-million dollar cost.
The cost amounted to only 23
rents per gallon at u time
when crude was selling for
75 cents per barrel.
In 1953, the big tank was leased
to the City of Monahans for one
dollar per year. The city planned
to develop it for recreational pur-
poses but the plans never were
W-th mule-drawn excavators realized. Wayne Long of Mona-
hundreds of men ^curved out the | hnns tried drilling water wells
tM„k—which covered eight acres nearby in hopes of turning the
of land, 20 feet deep, 620 feet tank into a lake but couldn’t get
long, and 510 feet wide. Its capu- enough water to wet the bottom of
city was 1.084,000 barrels, or more the tank.
from Panama to Columbia to avoid j
Impenetrable country.
BRIDGES WINS EIGHT—
West Coast longshore labor
leader Harry Bridges is con-
gratulated enthusiastically by
his daughter Julie, in a San
Francisco courtroom, after he
won his fight with the govern-
ment against being deported to
his native Australia. The judge
held that the government had
failed to prove its charges that
Bridges had fraudulently ob-
tained his U. S. citizenship by
falsely swearing about his
alleged Communist affiliations.
Perry’s Repair Service
Chrynler Air-Temp Heating
Air Conditioning
Sale* and Service
Phone 2160 — 907 S. Bridge
Lawn Mower
Sharpening
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THE BRADY
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Phone 2236
creasing at a fabulous rate
and there were no pipeline fac-
ilities to carry it tit market.
Shell Oil Company chief en-
gineer J. A. Wheeler, assign-
ed the job of getting some
mammoth storage in a .hurry,
set crews to working two 12-
hour shifts, round the clock,
and seven days a week.
- • • •
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