The Brady Herald (Brady, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 32, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 26, 1959 Page: 4 of 10
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FACE ♦-THE BRADY HERAI.D. BRAJ>Y. TLX AH— TLERRAY. MAY ». 1»»
jit III r KM I in OFFH KKS IrmUlU-d u%
r,*-w «.ff |1 it *»f 'he Twentieth ( entliry i luh May
1* in the Rirhnnl* Memorial Library rlubrootn
wire ' 1. ft t«. right i Mr < A Ethridge,
pre*ident; Mr I ewi* ll«in|*.n, viih prcftidMit;
arn| Mr- < linfi.n II id*peth, -i rctury Stimdirig
li-ft to right Mr* T F Krei k*on, parliamcn-
tartan; Mn. John p.-lluxari, treasurer; and Mr*
Walter Bowden, reporter
Old Spanish Fort at Menard
May Be Restored as Shrine
MKNARD, Tex /1r A renlur-
ie* old Spanish fort, now in ruins,
•nay ri*c again n*u»r h*ra in
{v.uthwent Texa*
This r> toration n a Joint pm
ject of the Menatd llistomal S<>-
< i«*t v ai d t h»* h r am i-i an fathers,
a Homan Catholic < hurrh order
They piopo-e to ridiiiltd the ari
nerit I’n -idio di San I>• <ii■ tie la
Amartlla a a shrine in memory
«.f two early day prie-ts lain hy
the ( ornam tie Itidiao-
Ruin- of the old pre olio occupy
part of 'to- Menard < om try < luh'
go] f l "'ll e
The movement stems from a
pilgrimage made last fall ti\
10 I r.iro isran fathers. It
marked the 200th annitersarv
of the San Saha massacre in
which the pioneer priests
do d
Two of tho e v itor the Rev
Anirnian I ijtow , i of . .e red
||i art t Ininti and the Rev Fldelix
Alhreiht of '’all Jose \| i aioii. te-th
tn San \ gi lo talked to Menard
civil1 leader They returned, a
week lati r, to addle- a politic
meeting at whi<h the historical
-ik lety was formed.
At the same tune pUn* were
made for the first pilgrimage lat
er in the fall, which included a
religion* service, a|»ecchfs arid a
pic me.
bather Arnmian ha- do ,<ribcrl
the pro nlio -ite a- irn|Mirtant to
ttie area hoth in a tourist attrin
t ion and as a tn ir,e
Hundred. of thniinnd of Cnlh
olies will come lure," tie mild,
"lie no e of the two priest* that
were martyred."
The pilgrimage* will commemor-
lit*- I tie ijeatti of I’athei - Alon/o
i|e tuialdo lie 'lellelo and Jo-.
Sard lestetiiin, lilm I1 With Hinny
Spain h oddiei , doling an at-
tuek made hy Coni,iti.be Indians
on Mnleh 1*1. 17 >s. at I tn* Mi non
an Sal>a de la Saida * in/
I ke I tie fort, I lie 1111 - non W ll-
l,iiiIt on the San Saha River. It
wa two or three miles down
ireani f i om t to1 military establish
merit
One of the most westerlv
Franciscan outposts in Trxaa,
the misaion and preaidio were
founded to spread < hriatianity
amoni the l.ipan Apache*..
Thia made them objects of
auspicion to the Irihe'a hit-
ler enemtea, the f'nmanchea.
On the day of the massacre, the
< omanches trained friendly en-
trance and then burned rind plun-
dered the mission. Father Terreros
wa -tint from tn horse as tie
tried to make a da-h to the pre
sidio for help. Father Nnntiesta
him along with 17 Spanish sold
letj, was slaughtered within the
burning walls of tin- mission
Tin* mi ions buildings have long
ince crnnil'h'd, hut many of ttn
I pre • id jo’s wall till -in'!. In
| |{»::♦;, during the Texas centennial
part of ttn1 building- were re-tor-
,.<| arid used a< a museum Then*
wah no i aretaker. and vandal
broke in and destroyed much of
the contents. Treasure hunters add-
ed to tlie destruction hy digging
up the floor, and today ttn* fort,
more familiarly known as San
Saba I’remdio, is a ruin.
CLEARANCE SALE
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For Corpus Scout
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Martcruft, Richard
Harvey, Mike
H'di'e. M lid re I I.aVerne
Hertiertr. \oki
Hudspeth, Kenr.eth H
lluro, Joe Je-s<*, Jr.
Ivey, Frankie Heth
Jay, Rita
Jordan, Tommn* Mae
Kinir, Iron
Kitik, Joseph Scott
Kuhlmann, Janice
1-arikford, Talmadife
la-rierma, Ysahel
Lindsay, Robert I).
Marirle, (iary
Miller, Sally
Moorinir, W L.
Moreno, (juadalupe
Munoz, Santos
Myrick, Gay
Neal, Billy
Newlin, f lint
Nicholson, R<d<ert Ernest
Owens, Terry Royer
Pence, Alton Italc
Pierre, V'lnme Pauline
Powell, Billy Gordon
Rawlings, Stephen Wayne
Reynolds, Rose Ann
Ro.lrii|iie, Ricky
Rogers, Phil Stanley
Rubio, Johnny Joe
Ruffin, Saundni Sue
Sunrhez, Itorind.i F-tella
S< haeg, Connie Ihith
Schafer, itwain
Scott, Fverett Lee
Selman, (luiv I title
Shurtleff, Robert
Smith, Nettie Mae
Solis, Sylvestci
Sorell, Jeanette Constance
Steffens, Cling \utiy
Taylor, I,in.la Sue
Taylor, Hoylene
Teague, Frank. Morgan
Templeton. Nancy
Torres, Frank
Trammell, Mary Jo
Tubbs, I tale
Turnell, Parrel
Waite, Kdward
Wallin, Itonni.* tih*an
Wash, Millv llertiert
Wells, Larry
Williams, ( arolvn Lou
Williams, Judy Marie
W ils.m, Kddic Brown
Wright, Shirley Bernice
Yates, Michael I!
Young. Melvin Ray
Zunnvalt, f'lydean
Zumwalt, James
H11 (’«mncil Maktvs
Summrr Plans
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mei tine- h* id and oih.-r . luh u.
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nd nr .i i:imp in Pu.-rt i R
n- xt July
• • •
sh. .an<I | | otti.-r Rirl S o i’ ■
III the I |)|t»'l| Slates Alii fly to
the Caribbean to tea. ll singing |
lashing togeth.-r primitive rho*
er- and tables, flag .erernoh.es
and program planning at Camp
Kliaa In the islands
• • •
sponsored hf itie Juliette
Ik.w World Fellowship Fuad,
tlie |ir..|e. t Is a lata.ralorv
experiment to establish a
camp for ‘JtM puhltr school
Puerto Khan girls, It will
he siM.itsor.1.! tiy the San Juan
i if) government If perma-
nently estahlish.sl.
The leader of the Girl Scout
delegation will be Miss Margaret
MeAdama of Abilene, the only
other member of the trl-state
Region IV to participate
When Barbara'* application
for Puerto Itlco was submitted hy
the Corpus Chrlstl Council to the
regional office, the high school
junior had accumulated almost
11 years of scooting
To have unallfied for the Pu» r-
to Rican project, she must have
won her program aide service bar
arid must speak Spanish She has
ha.I three veara of Spanish cour-
ses In si bool, arid received her
service Par through working with
both retarded girls' and crtppl* d
children's troops in Corpus chris-
tl.
Barbara, with other members of
Troop .in. has led songs and
taught simple games and hand-
crafts to Jo retarded girls aged
II jo she has serv. d as a pro-
gram aid.- at the Crippled child
rep's Hospital, tu Iping the child
Bride-To-Be Honored
With Gift Party
Miss Cynthia Beyaolds. bride-
elect of Mike Itlehards. was
named honoree when a group of
ladies entertained with a gift
party Friday evening, May 22, at
the home of Mr and Mrs Lewis
Bell, l s Blackburn Co-
hostesses were Mmes. Bell, Carl
N'aiie. Van Bratton. G P Kittle
L. H Smith and John Rudder.
The honoree's t hos.-n colors of
pale green and white w. re stres*.
.d in the floral decoriitions and
appointments The serving table
was Iiml with a white mad. ria
• nf wotk iloth and . .-liter..d w>th
a formal bridal arrangement
made up of white Mock, lilies of
the valley unit w lilts- . arn.it i,.t.s
\l «s Carol BmiNv a student In
Milieu., i orislian College and
roommate of the honoree poured
'to lime punch other r.fr.-h-
■i ■ o' w.re h«.a*t and hell shap.d
a’dw'.hes -ilt.-.l nuts ufnj litn*
I mints
A r rang, rii.-nt s m the living
! ... " w. r. of heps ..f Ireland and
[ magii.itins dahlia - and the r. c>«
1 *■ r table presided ..v.r hy the
I honoree's si.ter Ro»e \nn R. y-
!'.. !.|s h* l.t a f 1 < • r ' arrange men*
I of flun k orange np »*< ■! .
\pprozimatelv ' yi<st« n*
'end'd and ttmnv others sent
r. n obtain Girl tie nut Badges that
r* iuire no physl. al effort
• • •
Th*' two troops, sponsored by
rh“ Council of j. wish Women, are
ii.. :,g the fir«' of th*lr kind or-
.ilii/'d hi South T.-xiis
Itie pel it.- (lirl w. ..lit also
volunteers tor time to the
IV.I t r«>«* a* staff aide, tl
th.- 4 on lor Museum In Cor*
pus t Inlsli she s|M-nds an
aft. riio.iM a week gui.ling
ioiir« and running the movie
proje. tor. she lias volim*
le.-r.d to work dally In the
high s. tio.il lilirar) .
i imping is Barbara's primarv
,. r • • - * however She has tic-
un. Rated w weks of Girl Scout
a raping and has spent many
slimmer vacation* out on Padre
Mand with h< r family, in a pri-
mitive trailer The Kerr* have
made .amplng expedition* all
over T* iiis and Into Mexico.
Ihr mother Mr* Robert Kerr
Joined the Girl Scout* when she
did, becoming a leader of Bar-
bara * troop Her brother, Don
I* a Boy Scout.
• s •
Barbara began her Counaelor-
in-Traimng program at Girl Scout
.amp l*»t year, which entailed
teaching aong*. laahing, aketch-
ing and swimming to Brownlea
and Girl Scout* of all age*. She
will complete her CIT training
next rummer before going to
Puerto Rico.
She will leave for the Carib-
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1.11 I I.K 111 CHI WS—Rena
Darlene, little daughter of
Mr and Mr* Rubin Kn*p»r
of Fort Worth, formerly of
Brady, wa* recently *.*lect*d
to r> present the first grade
a* dm he** In the Kv. rinun
High School Coronation Sh«>
i* the granddaughter of Mr*
Beria Barach of Brady, and
Mr and Mr*. George Kasper
of Mason.
bean camp In July, where she
will be Joined by the t'nlted
State* Girl Scout delegation and
12 («frI Guide* from the Weatern
Hemisphere, for *everal week* of
training and in*truction. She will
be entertained In Puerto Hlcan
home* while ahe 1* there.
Vl«lt In l.uhhock
Mra. Gordon SamueUon ac-
companied Mra. Jimmy Samuel*
son and two small daughter* to
Lubbock Saturday where ahe
plana to visit for two weeki.
lease accept our best
wishes for your continued ,
success. We trust you will
always remember your school
days in this community, that
it will be an important part
of your lives.
And in years to come, as you
look back on this glorious
occasion, may you remember
us as your friends. Seed luck!
Jordan Furniture Co*
UKKNAII JORDAN
South Side Square
Brady
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Wilson, Bob. The Brady Herald (Brady, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 32, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 26, 1959, newspaper, May 26, 1959; Brady, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth991069/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting FM Buck Richards Library.