The Brady Herald (Brady, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 36, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 21, 1960 Page: 1 of 8
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HK.UO, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JUNE 21. 1#*0
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THE M IN HEMS- Hanry Hradlay (left), an honorary vice
lidant of the McCulloch County Livestock Association, pra-
lit* trophies to the winners of tha Heart O' Texas Sheep Dog
lal* here Saturday night (left to right!: Willard Potts with
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his first-place dog. Itoxey; son David with Potts' second-place dog,
Ban; Karl Wharton with his third-place dog, Nell; and Harold
l ively with the show’s top-ranking "junior" dog. (Herald Photo)
lone Company
iompletes Cable
Extension Work
^instruction has been complet-
recently by crews of South*
klern States Telephone Com*
|V on an extensive program o'
|)le extension and relief through-
the Brady exchange.
. ,1. Lacy, West Taxis division
)nngcr for the comoany at
jawnwood said the program in-
^ded the placement of approxi-
)tely '*.1.0(8) feet of exchange
cable, princpally on existing
leads in tha exchange ares.
''This construction,” Lacy said,
rovides facilities f r improved
i*phone service us well a* fucili- j
s for growth of the Brady I
pphone system." It also pro-
led for the removal of unaightly !
|nt facilities in tha vicinity of
courthouse plaxu.
|C<ist of the project was about
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Lometa Man's Dogs Cop First
And Second in Brady Contest
Roxey, a six-year-old P irder
Collie owned by Willard Potts of
Lometa. won first pi >«e in the
Heart O' Texas Sheen Dog T'irlj
here Friday and Saturday nights
in Bulldog Stadium.
The small, alurt black and
white dog was always in full
control of the five sheen ns she
went through the live phases o'
work to accumulate an average of
to 2-3 points out of 5j point
possible, in the finals Saturday
Another of PoMs’ Hogs, lien.
walked awa> from the trials
with the trophy for necond
place. Itcn wasn’t far behind
Roxey, gelling It 7-12 points
for his work.
Third place in Saturday night’s
finals went to Karl Wharton's dog,
Nell, with 47 and five-sixths
points. Wharton is from San
Saha.
All of the dog* in the Saturday
night's shows were good, and the
judging was close, with some-
times only a fraction of a point
Burglars Work Fast,
Raid Two Companies
Brady Butane Company und the
Heart O’ Texas Supply Company
were burglarized less than an hour
apart Monday night An undeter-
toad CreW Douses reined amount of cash was taken
I, . n . The burglars pried open a win-
IlHZC in I asturc dow at Brady Butane, at the end
A small pasture fire, about 7 of South Bridge to gain entrance
tile* east of Brady on the Vurs Williams co-owner of the
Wl, was kept under control j company found the window open
trough the fast work of a road •»* •* 1“**. »" wh,ch f'rm kept
yew working in th* area. *»»'r »m*11 ch«"Kf »»><* < aah. lying
Memher* of the crew noticed empty on the floor.
fire "which seemed to juat "I called the police and they
yring up from nowhere." early \ told me to leave everything just
jesday morning and quickly put I like I found it until they could
bulldozer to work construct get a fingerprint e\|iert to look
»g a fire wall to extinguish the the place over."
ize. I Williams said he estimated about
$tin had been taken from the rash
box, but wasn’t sure whether any-
thing else had been lost.
A sharp pointed toed, "which
may huve been the one used to
pry open the window at Hradv
Butane" was found by Sheriff
Luke Vogel at the icene of the
other hreak-in, the Heart O' Texas
Supply Company on the San An-
gelo highway.
Burglars there had used a rut
difference between dogs,
A trophy for having the top
junior dog in the trials went to
Harold Lively of Menatd.
In the five phase* of work, de-
* igned to measure the intelligenee.
talent and ability of sheep dogs
ut the work for which they are
bred, Roxey scored high. She got
nine out of the possible 1(1 points
on the outrun, the phase of work
where the dogs must get behind
the sheep without startling them
unnecessarily.
She got four and one-third out
of a possible five points on the
ift. being in full control as she
moved the sheep toward her mas-
ter. On the fetch, Roxey got eight
und one-half of the possible 10
points.
She seemed to understand
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Of All the Luck!
Boy Breaks I*jf
—In Summertime
Ben Thomas (iarrett. 7, son of
Mr and Mrs. (ieorge (iarrett ot
Brady, haa a problem It’s sum
mertime. and he's in bed with a
broken leg.
It all started last Friday when
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company to open the safe lNorth Davidson Ben. moth
er said the boys had made a ba< k
‘top out of "two big piece* of
olywuod nioune l on xnitS a stick.'
The wind blew the whole thing
down, and Hen in trying to get
• way fell and twi.lad his leg
' tl first we didn't think it was
broken, but sure enough, it was,"
Mr* (iairett exclaimed
So Ren was rushed to San An
Buford Sheffield owner of the
company said there was about
In cash in the safe File* and
de -k drawer* had lieen opem-d ir
what was apparently a search for
more money, hut the thieve* miss-
ed some f«*H Sheffield said wi*
hidden in one of the file drawer*.
Vagal said th*. burglars must where the leg was set
Have t.«ken into v sometime M n
•lav night between I and 2 a m
Hurl Sp«- ■ c. whose filling station
t* next dour to the Hear* O’ Texas
t -mpany. said he heard hi* ‘tog
harking about I to but dt in * |m\
any attention to it «' the line
Vogel was waiting for a finger
p»»nt e prrl from A t*ltn bef it.
doing anything else ats.ot >b«-
case..
"lie's home now, ami feel in i
real good" Mr«. tiarrett sal I
B it he'« got to waai a ras* from
hi* waist down to hts toes "
hs»'* will be in tied fnr the next
»*g'*'t weeks then he will have
to waJx .m i rut he* for two week*
"Hot he will he all right in tim
for srb.sii in September," Ml"
• iartwlt added.
TOWNSENI)
TO SPEAK AT
JUBILEE KITES
The iinnunl Jubilee Church
Service will he held Sunday,
June 1, ut 7:30 p. in. at the
First Methodist Church. Roger
Wheeler, manager of the
Chamber of Commerce, an-
nounced this week.
The principal speaker at
the service will he the State
Representative from Brady,
Terry Townsend. The topic of
hi* talk will tie "Religion and
Democracy."
Judges Named
For Jubilee
Stock Show
Bill Stricklund, general managet
of the Jubilee Livestock Show, has
announced the following judges
for the various divisions of the
show.
The rattle division will be
lodged by Harold Franke of Texas
AAM, and the fine wool sheep
judge is J. P. Heath of Argyle
Medium wool sheep will lie judged
hy Billy Kidd of San Saha; goat
judge is Armon Karwood of
Sonora, and the Shetland Pony
judge is Dave Love of I’erryton
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Strickland said he would like to
extend an invitation to nil breed-
ers who nren’t entering animals
in the stock show to attend the
Kxhihitors’ Barbecue Sunday, June
3. ut 11:00 p. in. at Richards Park
Strickland said the purpose of
the barbecue is to tiring breeder
and exhibitors together informally
for an evening of good food and
good talk,
Boys and (girls
Invited to Join
Jubilee Parade
It’s time for you kida to get
ready for the big July Jubilee
parade.
"We hope to have 50 to HO en-
tries this year," said Ray Cates,
chairman of the parade’s kiddie
section. "We had St) last year."
• • •
Cates suggested that the boy*
and girls decorate their hicyclea,
or dress up In costume as In-
dians or (downs “or anything else
they have in mind."
Cates, manager of J. C. Penney
Company said he will announce
a place later where the kids can
assemble for the parade
Shetland Rider*
Wanted in Parade
A special section in the Julnlei
parade la living arranged for ;
children with ponies "under 4H j
inches high."
"We want feu in (he western j
division of the Shetland Pony *e«
lion," said Dr W V (Min, chair
man of the section.
Children with pnnie are asked |
to contact Dr (Bin so he can Urn
up the section
City Launches
Cleanup on
Fire Hazards
A cleanup campaign as a
Joint fire prevention und beauti-
fication project was launched
this week hy the City of Brady
and the ('humtier of Commerce
Civic Improvement Committee.
"We have a serious fire threat
with so many vacant lota grown
up In weeds and grass," said City
8upt. James Feaiello and (’-<’
Manager Huger Wheeler.
Ilrail) residents are asked
to clean up the weeds anil
trash soiMet lines tills week,
am! City trucks will start
liaitllng It off next Monday
morning. The trucks hope to
cover the whole town next
Monday and Tuesday.
"Just pile It up lit the aide of
the yard nr somewhere tho
truck crews ran find It." Fes-
Zele ndvlsed
Wheeler lidded thnt the Cham-
ber of Commerce has a list of
hoy* who want summer work, for
those people who don't want to
do the cleanup job themselves.
Pro Chief Howard Halter said
J. F. Weldon, 84,
Pear Valley, Dies
John Franklin Weldon, an 81-
year-old Pear Valley resident, died
Friday night at the home of a
son In San Antonio.
Born Jan. 21 187*5, lit Brown
County, he had lived In Pear Val
ley since ItMip and still onernted
a service station there, lie hud
been visting in Ban Antonio about
10 days.
Funeral service* were held at '
p. rn. Monday at the Church of
Christ in Pear Valiev, and Wil-
kersnn Funeral Home directed bur-
ial in the Rear Valley Cemetery
Survivors are two sons, K (J
Weldon of San Antonio and T. C.
Weldon of (irand Valley, Colo.; LI
grandchildren. 23 great-grand-
children and one great-great-
grandchild; and a sister, Mra. Jane
Killingsworth of Brady.
• hat "you shouldn't stop with Just
(he grass," that any other ftrw
hazard like those "gallon glass
'urn or gasoline In the garage"—
should lie cleaned out also.
The fire threat Is no great,
Wheeler said, "that three or four
houses could burn up. mid It's get-
ting more dangerous every day."
The CM"* Civic Improvement
Committee Is headed hy Cedi
Coggln and A J Kick*, Jr.
Brady Publisher
To Head State
Press Society
I.. H Smith, publisher of The
Brady Standard, was elected presi-
dent of the Texas Rress Associa-
tion in Houston Saturday.
Vice president last year. Smith
succeed* Tom Whitehead. Sr., pub-
lisher of the Brenhain Banner-
Press.
Others elected at the TRA'a an-
nual convention were Forrest
Wciinhold of the LcvcHund Daily
Sun-News, vice president; and Bob
Baldridge of the Clifton R ‘cord,
serretary-t rea ■‘iirer.
Added to the hoard of direct >ra
were U. O. Clements of the Pan-
ola Watchman at Carthage nnd
James Allison, Jr., of the Mid-
land Reporter-Telegram.
Among the speakers at th*
convention was Mrs. June Bene-
field Hinckley, who wax reared
in Brady ami held her first nrwe-
puper Job with The Brady Stand-
ard After graduating from the
University of Texas School nf
Journalism, she went to Houston
where she now writes a rolumn
for The Houston Chronicle.
The publishers also heard nn
address hy Vice President Richard
Nixon and former Texas (invernor
Allan Shivers.
The state association of news-
papermen w»s founded In Hous-
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Wilson, Bob. The Brady Herald (Brady, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 36, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 21, 1960, newspaper, June 21, 1960; Brady, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth920927/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.