The Brady Herald (Brady, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 6, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 5, 1957 Page: 1 of 10
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By BOH WILSON
T1IK CITY COUNCIL obvious-
ly didn't relish the idea of “re-
tiring" Mr. Geeslin. Taking the
easy way out, they just wrote him
a letter.
So long, old hoy. You no
longer have a job with us. Ap-
ply to Uncle Sam for your
Social Security.
How did he take it? About as
you would expect. That plant was
his whole life. It was his baby, lie
nursed it, made it grow, saw it
pay untold dividends: good ser-
vice, cheap rates, and low city
taxes.
He made the Hrady water and
light plant the envy of ull munici-
pal plants. Any number of towns
operate power plants, but few of
them make the moola that the
Brady plant does.
Like one man commented:
“I'd hate to have a had heart ami
get a letter like that!'*
* * *
WHY HID THEY DO IT? Be-
cause, the council says, they have
a policy of retiring city employes
at the age of (>5. But in practice,
of course, the policy is about us
rigid us a rubber band. If it’s sim-
ply a matter of policy, why wasn’t
Mr. Geeslin retired when the policy
was established, since he already
was over the age limit even then?
Now we don't mean to romp
on the City Council too hard.
They’re all good solid men
doing a thankless job, and no
doubt they think they’re act*
ing in the best interests of the
city. We just disagree.
They’ve been listeniing to the
wrong people. Mr. G. has slowly
been undermined with the council
—like the old Chinese water tor-
ture. Whisper. Whisper. Whisper.1
• * *
THE LEAST THE council could
have done was bring Mr. Geeslin
to a council meeting, shake his j
hand, say a few kind words, and
give him a gold watch—or maybe
a hnndpaintcd tie. That would he '
nice.
W hat are the charges against
Mr. Geeslin?
Well, we don't know what hap-
pened at that special meeting. We
weren't invited, and so far we
haven’t been aide to get a peek nt
the minutes. The eity secretary
told us that the minutes “are not
public property until they are read
and approved, and the eounril won’t
do that until next Tuesday night.
You can hear them then, if you’re
there.” We’ll be there.
* * ♦
HERE ARE SOME of the com-
plaints we have heard about Mr.
Geeslin, at rounoil meetings and
elsewhere (now don’t laugh):
“He’s been talking against
the lake!"
Well, that’s his privilege, hut
Mr. G. «ays even that isn’t so.
"I think it's a fine thing,”
he said, “if we can figure out
a way to pay for it. if the
people are willing to pay for
it.”
Which, of course, is about whnt
all of you think.
• • •
Mr. Geeslin, his critics ndd, "is
getting old; he's not ns efficient
a* he should be; he hasn't kept
up with the changing water and
light business."
Efficient? The only measure
of business efficiency is: How
much money are you making?
And the Hrady Hater A Light
Works is making plenty of
that old green stuff, ll.VOttfl to
#20.000 in PROFIT every
month, year in and year out.
It i«n‘t just happenstance.
We’ve heard Mr. Geeslin’s “inef-
ficiency*’ mentioned any number
of times in the past year nr so at
council meetings. Then before the
meeting ia over they’ll vote to
transfer 910,000 or $15,000 from
(Turn to Page 10, Col. 3, Plaaae)
Owen Rudolph
President of
Farm Bureau
Owen Rudolph of Lohn was elect
ed [ resident of the McCulloch
County Farm Bureau Suturduy
night ut a meeting of the directors.
He succeeds Hurry llunson,
president for the last two years.
The directors met at the electric
co-op building and minted James
Finlay, Jr., of Fife as vice presi-
dent and W. E. Lohn, Jr., of Biudy
as seentary-treusurer.
Five delegates aiso were name I
to attend the state Farm Bureau
convention in Dull.i Nov. 17-2d:
B. C. Broad, Henry Bradley, Owen
| Rnilolt h, Warren Join nn<| How-
ard Bloomer. James Finlay, Jr.,
j and Mr. and Mrs. George Johansen
will be the alternates.
The Farm Bureau has accepted
the job of recruiting Tti domo
for the next visit of the Red Clo-.-
Bloodmobilc, coming to Brady Dei.
I. Sixty-nine donors weie recruit-
City Council Retires
Water & Light Chief
The City Council is retiring Ed
ward Geeslin, superintendent of
! the Brady Water A Light Work
for the last .‘Hi years.
The retirement is effective Dec.
| 1.
The action was taken at a special
: meeting of the count il last Tuesday
night, but Gee tin was not notified
until Thursday morning whin la*
received ii letter from the council,
igi cd by Mayor D. A. Ilarkruler.
* * *
The council has not named a uc
• ■ ' so! , and II il kridci aid the
Council does not have anyone in
mind for the job.
"The council probably will -i ck a
younger man. I'm >iiic liiat will be
their object ivr."
Mother and Daughter
Get the Gridiron Gold
Harry Hanson as
Mi . Jack Woot.in and her 11-jhnll wars, o in the nev, etude t
ed when the Farm Bureau spon.-or year-old daughter Shirley, hit the we’re going to let you pick the
ed the project last .March. f>. ( jackpot in the football guessing -core of that Melvin--at*Roi■ In• 11 • •
Broad will be chairman of the pro- eotiti t thi- week. game for the "McCulloch County
Mi-, Wootan won first place, j championship’’ Friday. Today' on-
taking the $(> award, and daughter ti.v blank will lie found on page h
'Shirley took third place and *2. j --------------------- --------------- —
Sipuozing into second place lm-
j tween the Wootan family was Ray-
mond ('alley, Box 112a. Brady, lie
i w ins
jiet, with
chairman.
Classes Resume
But Many Still
Absent With Flu
I Mrs. Wootan and (’alley missed
only one game ouch, but Mrs.
! Wootan had the best guess at the
1 Hrady-Sun Saha score: 35-1U—off
Brady, Melvin and Lohn schools. In points from the way the game
closed Inst week hy the flu, resum- I < nded, .’I!)-13.
ed classes Monday, and although | ( alley’s guess was 4G-G, off H
many students were still absent, points.
the schools were hoping to stay
open.
Brady had approximately 2"0
students out, but the had weather
was believed largely rcsnonsiblc.
Melvin and Lohn had ipiite a few
absences, too, but Lohn wa- man-
ning to continue classes, and Supt.
K. O. Ellington said Melvin would
not close again “unless it gets
worse.”
Rochelle, out two days two weeks
ago, apparently was in the best
shape. Supt. ('. W. Thompson had
only five students out Monday.
The flu epidemic showed up nt
Brady's football game Fnday night
in San Saba. Bulldog Band Dir-
ector Boyd Hunt, who hnd been
sick himself earlier in the week,
had only bandsmen able to take
the field during the halftime per-
formance. The bund has 82 nu tu-
bers.
Shirley Wootan was one of three 1
contestants who missed only two!.. ■
games, but she almost picked lln 1 ^ 1,7 ';
Brady-San Saba score right on the
nose; 3ti-12. Uloyce Boone was off
!u points, 18-12, and Brady 11-
team gridder Edward Lohn was
off 11, picking it 31-7.
Shirley's father was almost in
the money, too. He missed only
thiee games, as did I'd other con-
testants: Fernando I.afucnte, Jr.,
Kay Lankford, Huzzy Waldsehmidt,
I*. H. Muriile, Mrs. I’earl Turner,
Sue Ethridge, C. <’. Bell, E. ('.
Hibiioii, Donnie Wallin, William
Don Williams, Joe Henderson, l.yll
Hemphill, Bernice Land, Mrs. H.
G. Cavncss, .Jerry Kimbrough, Peg-
gy Hargrove, D. S. Sellers, Mrs.
Grady Moore, and Dan Suiter,
The Brady Bulldogs are taking
Soaking Rains
Cover McCulloch
McCulloch County .. soaking up
moie moisture as The Ibonld goo-
to pn >s Monday afternoon. The
precipitation over the week end in
Brady has already amounted to
slightly more than an inch, an in 1
termittent drizzle having fallen
since Saturday night.
Tlie total moisture at 7 a. m. 1
was officially measured I
at .5*7 inch in Brady, with about
.0.") having fallen in a heavy nii-t
up ut.til 3 p. m. Monday.
The fields anil pastures are ab-
sorbing the drizzle, and the grain j
fields are growing by leaps and
bounds.
M. W. Holland. W.ddrip stock
farmer, -aid that some hail accom-
panied the rain in IH community,
but there was no damage.
The fall over th" county has been
general, though heaviei m places.
San Saha reported 2.b inches over
the week-end, and Llano had l.H.r>
inches.
Goodin i 7(1 years old, and ex-
cept fat a Id month period in the
early IP in's, he has been upeim
ti'iident of the water and light
winks hnoo tut !•, IU27, when he
came here from (ioldthwaite. For
20 veal - at Goldthwaitc he in out
• d a power plant, ice plant and
bottling work-, installing the 1 laid
in I!MI7.
Hole 1 the complete text of the
council’ let11 r to Geeslin;
Dear Sir,
The City records reveal that
>011 have been an implore of
the ( it> ol Krndv lor nppioxi-
matcly thirty CIO) rears and
that on September 23. H*u7,
roll celebrated roar 701h birth-
day.
\s roil knurr upon adoption
of the Social Security \el hr
the I 'ily, Hie ( ilr Council for-
mulated a policy of retirement
of its employes rr hen they
hare reached retirement age
and become entitled to the ben-
efits of such act.
Since you are past the mini-
mum age for retirement and
are qualified to rereive the
full benefits of the net, it is
niy duty as mayor of the City
of Brady to inform you that
you have been retired as sup-
erintendent of the water and
light department, effective
Derember I. 1957.
‘I he ( ily of Brady rtould like
to express to you its apprec-
iation for your many rears of
vnliiahlc service to its people.
Yours truly.
The ( it r ol Brailv
By l». \. II AKk KIDEK, |
'lay or.
* • *
During hi- :;o years here Gee
lin has long been active in the Ro
taiy Club, vat ions fund lai-ing'
drives the First Methodist Church,
the Red Cross, the Boy Scout and
other civic activities.
Yule Shoppers Can
Get Started $1 Day
It' time to think about ( in ist ' puny. Tl.i Style Simp, I' ggly Wig.
Visits In Odessa
Mrs. Tom Serranl visited re-
cently in Odessa rritli Mrs Van
ti vacation this week from the foot- Jeffreys and other relatives.
Community Chest
Drive Launched
The Community elm t drive got
under way Monday after a meet
ing of the advance gif's committee
jilt the Trinity Methodist Church.
Ties year the chest has a goal of
j Sft.fino, and the advance gifts group
will make it < first report nt 3:30
p. in. Wednesday at th.' ("t.'iinhi r
I of ( ommeree office.
K. K. Steffens head the advance
gifts, with Bill (Irani and Joe
Bitrekman as captains. Others on
•be committee are llymic Myers,
L. J. Town end. George Carrith
cfs, E. L. Bodenharner, Charlc-
Snmuel, I.. B. Smith, Otto Fred
click, V !\ Iordan, G. I* Bell, Hat
dm Jones, )• rank Roddie, W, S*.
White, II O Broad, S. I'. Tomlin
1 ' it. Jerome Wdkcp-on, Bill Miller,
; I! M Brie meyer, Frank ('order
and Jackie Gnrtmnr.
EYEING THE LAKE SITE*-Unking over
topographic maps of the Brady f're-k area where
Brady want* to build a new city lake are (left
to right) Paul Cunningham, Alderman L*o Oaten,
Mayor D. A. Harkrider, and W’. L. Eed*. Cun-
ningham and Ecds, engineers front the Fort
Worth firm of Freese & Nichols, are surveying
three sites, all within a mile of each other, to
determine which will best fit Brady's needs
and pocketbook.
Home With Flu
W '■ ini S'tiieklnnd. -mt of Mr
■md Mi Bill St t ii Man I. indent
* V' lington State College, i h one
• eeuperating from a iego of the
fill.
(,llests ot Bolters
Vr- (:|eti lliitb r and hildren
f I'iltas ht\i been visiting her
h i -■ and's patent Mr and Mrs
L \ Itutler Mi Butler i attend
i dig o peei.Hl tour e iif trainin'.'
I it Bull (more Md
l‘I t Meet Beset \ul I'J
The Brmlv High S' hord BT V 1
meeting schedul' d for Tuesday. I
Nov fi, has been postponed anil
reset for Tuesday. Nov 12, at
7:3o p. m at the high school
cafeteria Mrs H L Akins will
he narrator of a youth panel con-
sisting of Anita Jordan. Glenda
Fowler and Billie nnrseh.
mi: -lm| ping, mid a grand time I"
.-tart your holiday ■•Imppp v i- m
lit.uly Wi llin' lay. \< v. •'•. I1 lai
Day Tin event will afford :I
i op '■• nt th Hear t (»' Te\a
i :i re.i n chance to avc pic Id y <
i t heir need .
i M",i meti hur t are partir: a'
i'll: I li till bat g a i n fie t a We.llie
! day, rind t' a i f > •• a l.u i cr \. • . ’
I of met eliandise will lie "I tele!
Every Item advertised I- II' VV aid
eiisopnhle ini'll bandise. If you like
to -nve nna ey. be me and file ■!,
| all t lie advi" 11 eiiu i.t t b.n • nigb.;
| in tin edit ion.
j Brady men bant (no aiding the
I 1 •' ilia i Day value, fm W nine lay
ii i Vincent '-, City I n up ('mu
Flection Judges
Asked to Report
.1 i ige- m Tuesday' eleetior at•
te'iij lull'll that t lie eb'i't inn I ' ■' i
v HI be tabulated Tin day high'
The Standard offil •, to be ndl.i
on • i the 1'exris Eleetioti Mill.
The judges ■ hoiilu i a. 1
Standard collect at 223*1 or i-oti.
even if they have only *wo ut thiee
\ otes.
Tcxot will he voting Tue lay on
three pro pi i-ed amendments to tl
state constitution.
ply, Elite Childnn SI " , I'eiry's,
Wilen-i y's. Town end' B-■ n Ft aid;-
lin Store, Ward’- • at a' -g St >ie,
Rockwell \ lively, 1'i'i.i' V'-, Ro —
• nbei g' , and (ii* b- I. I i ivi-
Sty 1. .
< 1 vliiV/Vvi. 11. .
r. i ft
Rocheits
d or. doing
playing the
Mi !v ut Build":' • ui a l*i*t < 1 Ji-
lt c me. and at ii Id p m. a ar-
i , ij'pi • vv i!l lie el veil in the
- ], ' ! 'abloom, lit kids Vo 75
f. i a Gilts* and ad cent for
III' le' f' it ball
' \I. ter Foot liall'1
e I at lull ft inn'.
■ I itne anting c l
•i I two vv eel- -
sweet In art
wall I" itt-
'• a' l •'! was
ago by the
Turkey Shoot Off
Cntil November 11
The Lion
The
BLOOD -
MOBILE
COMING
Turkey Shoot, scheduled at
Ta
track la -1 Sun lay
trie," » t |
is ' eeti po l!«,|ii'd "
\- vt'mlci
1 1, the ■ pot "i i'
rani atioti
have anniditned.
"W'i a! way vv eleoim t1 e t
vv 1 n h t hi-
1 line i a ,'d Ms 1 i '1
pone tin 1
I'Velit," aid K h S
t. “W,
'll h.av e it mi M
NoV 11.
time ”
MIIIli pl;e e ..I'
Clu1 Brady UFA
the
af-
dil
Hrady Celebrates
Quiet Halloween
Brady celebrated it - «: . ‘est
Halloween in ya a « 3 lay
night.
Bnlien Chii f Golden Jones said
the youngsters even left most of
the garbage cans alone this year.
Four police cars were on patrol
duty, hut aliout nil they hod to
do was watch out for the 1 itt<
who were out "trick or treating."
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Wilson, Bob. The Brady Herald (Brady, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 6, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 5, 1957, newspaper, November 5, 1957; Brady, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth905086/m1/1/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting FM Buck Richards Library.