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THE BRADY STANDARD
School Registration
Begins August 23
The Brady schools registra-
tion program has been com-
pleted and will begin with the
registration of high school stu-
dents Aug. 23.
Senior students will register
Monday, Aug. 23 at 8:30 a. m.t
and juniors at 1:30 p. m. Sopho-
mores will register on Tuesday,
Aug. 24 at 8:30 a. m. and all
freshmen will report Tuesday
afternoon at 1:30.
A general faculty meeting
will be held Aug. 27 at 7:30
Children in grades 1 through
5 who live south of 17th Street
or are students from Voca,
Camp San Saha, Dodge and
Calf Creek will attend the new
China Street elementary school.
Students in grades one and
eight who have been attending
East Ward School will attend
South Ward elementary and
junior high, in accordance with
the newly adopted integration
plan.
All high school pupils from
BRADY, TEXAS (76825)
and HEART O’ TEXAS NEWS
August 13, 1965
Whole Number 7MI
Vol. LVl Ne. 44
10 CENTS rat COPY
8 PAGES TODAY
Historical Attractions
For McCulloch Studied
p. m. in the high school music East Dunbar will attend Brady
room. All Brady teachers will High School. Children in grades
attend. There will be u social
hour following the meeting in
the new homemaking depart-
ment.
Registration of all elementary
and junior high students will be-
at 8:30 a. m. Aug. 30.
All students in grades 1
two through five will be free
to attend either East Ward or
South Ward and those in grades
six and seven at East Ward
may attend either there or at
Junior High.
All first grade students will
be required to present a birth
through 5 who live north of the certificate and evidence of a
Santa Fe railroad will register successful vaccination or im-
at North Ward. I munity from smallpox upon re-
All those in grades 1 through ! gistration.
5 who live south of the Santa New {pupils in the Brady
Fe railroad and north of 17th schools for the first time will
Street will register at South need a promotion certificate or
Ward.
a report card from their former
school.
School buses will run the reg-
ular route of last year on Aug.
30 and will return the students
home at 11:30. Regular bus runs
will begin Tuesday, Aug. 31.
Lunch will la* served at the
Trueti Latimer, Executive the San Saba Highway at the
Director of the Texas Hiatori- intersection of the farm road
cal Survey Committee, and Rob- on which the Soldiers’ Water
ert Ghromley, Executive Dir- j Hole Monument is located in
actor of the Historical Founds case tourists might like to
tion, met with the County His- drive hy and see it.
torical Survey Committee last George Kngdahl told of
Saturday at 4:30 p. m. at Rich- | military roads, cow trails
ards Library Clubroom to give
pointers on the program of His-
toric and Tourist Activities for
Brady and McCulloch County. |
During the business session, i
Mrs. Fred Wulff was named
on a committee to contact the j
Highway Department about get-
ting a directional sign put on
and river crossings in the
early days of the county
and suggested that markers
he plsred for their histori-
cal value. A discussion was
held on placing a medallion
on the county courthouse.
Ghromley noted that Histor-
ical Markers bring in Tourists’
money. He stated that historical
spets should Is- advertised in
work effectively in the
county. He stated that the
Chamber of Commerce, the
Commissioners Court and
the banks would be willing
helpers.
He suggested that a list of
| historical things in the county
be compiled. Some counties use
tape recorders to preserve his-
torical events und sites, he said.
He noted that Humble Oil
Company donates pictures of
Texas lore to hotels and motels
to create the interest of the
tourist.
i<atimer invited the commit-
teemen to attend the annual
state meeting which will lie
newspupers, radio and television held in Odessa Oct. 28-29, when
to create interest. He said that an interesting program is plan-
each county in the state should ned.
LOHN MILO—The Farmers and Ranch-
ers Co-op branch elevator at Lohn has
bought, and has ready for shipping, around
two million pounds of milo as shown here.
The grain was bought at $1.85 per 100
lbs. Most of it is shipped to California via
truck. Total value of the milo at the ele-
vator is about $40,000,
day or $1.50 a week.
Parking permits for the high
Chamber To Host
Luncheon For
Mexican Bankers
The Brady Chamber of Com-
merce will be host to 15 agri-
culture bankers from Mexico
along with a group of Farm
Home Administration officials j park on the lot without a per-
from Washington and the local mit.
FHA men Friday at a lunch-
eon at the Plateau Restaurant.
The group of men are in
♦he area to inspect the FH A
water projects at Rochelle,
Lohn and Brady Lake. They
will be accompanied hy
Mayor John Rudder and lo-
cal bankers, who will also
be guests at the luncheon.
At Monday night’s meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce,
the members voted to install
Grid Tickets
On Sale Monday
Season tickets and tickets for
McCulloch Girls
Get Awards At
District Revue
new cafeteria beginning Aug. ' °Ption to thc Brady
31. Lunches will be the same BuI>do*r football games will go The Distriet 7 4-H Dress* Re
price as last year, 30 cents a on 8H'*’ Monday at the school vn<> contest was held in the
Melvin t-ll Club competed
in the Senior Division. A to-
tal of 16 Seniors were com-
peting for State competi-
tion. She was one of fi»c
girls to receive a red rib-
bon for her tailored gar-
ment. Sandra is the daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Marshall of Melvin.
Cen Tex Telephone
Schedules Meetings iel >>id, .
Four district meetings of the fnr (qierational costs since the j
Central Texas Telephone Co- Work is done hy volunteers, und I
operative, Inc., have been he suggested a number of ways
scheduled. The purpose of the Df raising money,
district meetings is to nomi- ; ||<- urged committeemen to i
nate one or more candidates attend the regional workshop!
for director from each district, to be held in Junction when in-1
One from each district will formation is to lx- compiled for
be selected at the annual meet- the state museum.
ing Oct. 4.
District 3, Mullin, will meet
Tuesday. Aug. 17 at 8 p. m.
in the Community Center.
District 4, Priddy, will meet
Monday, Aug. 16 at 8 p. m. in
the high school.
District 5, Cherokee-Rend,
will meet Thursday, Aug. 19 at
Latimer suggested ways
for the committeemen to
tax office in the City Hall. StHrlit(. jnn Motor Hotel in Abi-
Those who hold options for ]eni. Thursday, Aug. 5. West
school parking lot may be oh-1 sett^s a* Bulldog Stadium may Texas Utilities Company was
tained upon registration. They 1 a,d‘ to exercise them by, host for a coffi-e from 9 a. m.
will cost $1, Students may not Fitting their tickets between jj a m and the nonn lunch-
Aug. 16 and 30. Option tickets ,,on Approximately 175 4-H
will be picked up Aug. 30 nnd Kjr|Rt 1(,ader*, parents and
placed on sale at drug stores frj,.ndjt of 4-H were jn attend-
as single tickets. Option hold- am.f. *
,era may purchase tickets for; Thorntoe*a r)epai.tm).nt Store
furnished billfolds for all of the
4-H entries and electric dress-
maker scissors to the leaders
of the Senior winners and al-
ternate.
Sandra Marshall of the
Fourth Annual
Schoolboy Golf
Set Saturday
The Fourth Annual Brady
Summer Schoolboy Golf Tour-
Scotch Lights on the “Welcome nament is set for this Satur-
to The Heart of Texas" sign on day at 8:30 a. m. on the Muni
U. S. Highway 87 south. j eipal golf course.
Jean Williams reported on Paul Huntington, Brady High
the recent Highway 87 Con- School golf coach, and tourna-
vention and asked the continued ment director has the tourna-
support of the organization. He ment divided into three divisions,
requested the support of all the The first is for eighth graders
directors in attending the hear- and under. The second is for
ing before the Highway Com- ninth and tenth graders and
mission in Austin on Aug. 31 the top division is for eleventh
the Brady Lake road. A and twelfth graders.
the five home games for $6.25.
Those wishing to purchase
season tickets for the home
games may do so for $7.50.
These sales are open to every-
one.
The first home football game
will be Sept. 3 In-tween the
Bulldogs and Ballinger.
... , _ , .. „ . 18 p. m. in the Cherokee School-!
Cheryl Passmore of thc Brady j,ousp
Junior High 4-H Club was Jun-
ior representative. Eighteen
girls from as many counties
were in competition for junior
honors. Cheryl was one of six
to receive n blue ribbon. She
is the daughter of Mr. and
Mr Lindsay Passmore of the
Ei6n Sweden Community.
Those attending from the
county with Mrs. Vyvien H.
Duncan, home
District 6, Voca, will meet
Friday, Aug. 20, at 8 p. m.
in the schoolhouse at Voca.
Vocational Nurses
To Graduate In
Trinity Exercises
The Brady Hospital School of
Vocational Nursing will grad-
uate a class of seven students
in exercises at 8 p. m. Satur-
day in the Trinity Methodist
This will he the
class to graduate
Visita Aunt In New York
Mrs. Harold Burk recently ^-|church.
turned from a 10-day trip toI eighteenth
New York. She visited with her from tho K,.)loo|i
aunt, Mrs. Maude Pikuritl, Graduating members are
________f ...... demonstration While there they attended a Mrs. Dale Anderson, Brady;
agent, were Mmes. Floyd Mar- 1 Broadway show, the Music Hall Mrs l>HVir| T. Brown, Jr„
shall, Lindsay Passmore, Fred Hnd the World’s Fair as well prady; Miss Andra Davis, Mel-
Rudolph New FHA
Committeeman
For McCulloch
James O. Rudolph of Lohn
has replaced J. D. Myers of
Lohn on the County Committee
of the Farmers Home Adminis-
I tration. He joins Bill Moseley
| of Rochelle and David Dahlherg
' of West Sweden in establishing
I eligibility of applicants under
applicable regulations of the
| Farmers Home Administration.
Rudolph has a well diverai-
| fied operation four miles north
of Lohn.
His experience, combined
with the experience of the
other Committeemen, will
aid greatly in administering
the supervised credit pro-
gram of the Farmera Home
Adminiatratioin in McCul-
loch County.
Farmers and ranchers in Mc-
Culloch County may make ap-
plications for loans to buy live-
Roberts and daughter, Linda, as other interesting places. Mrs. !vin; Mrs. Stantford Henson, stock, equipment and land; to
and Brenda Bratton.
Burk made the trip hy plane. Brady;
j Doole Baptists
Holding Revival
Evangelist J. 11. Hallford.
area missionary from Ballinger
will conduct services daily,
Monday through Friday, Aug. 13
'Kirk of Son Saba Recalls
Experiences With Flying Tigers
Joyce
Earl
James
meeting of the Highway Com-
mittee- has been called for Aug.
17.
Entry fee for local boys is
50 cents and for out-of-towners
is one dollar.
through Aug. 22 at 10:30 a. m. I . , . , . . , ,
at the Doole Baptist rhur,h ^,th planes bomb.ng and straf-
The fighting in Viet Nam, | from the Air Corps so he could 1 dall) and
serve with the American Volun- “Scarsdale
Night services are at 8 p. m.
and prayer meetings are at
7:30 p. m.
Song leader is Benton Cain,
pastor.
HEW Okays Revised Plan
For School Desegregation
ing the enemy, brought back
memories to a member of Gen-
eral Claire Chennault’s Flying
Tigers.
M. W. (Dub) Kuykendall,
| formerly of San Saba, now
living in Brady with his mother,
j Mrs. Tom Gaines, recalled the
| early days of the conflict with
Japan before Pearl Harbor was
bomlied. Kuykendall attended
| Texas A&M and joined the Air
I Corps in February 1940. He
received his primary training at
teer Group, the Flying Tigers,
in Burma and Southeast China,
led by General Claire L. Chen-
nault.
A strictly volunteer group
with no rank, the pilots
were led by squadron lead-
ers. flight leaders and wing
men. Kuykendall was flight
leader of the first squad-
others such as
Jack” and “Bill.”
As each release hit the wires
the number of planes shot down
and damaged by the Tigers
mounted.
Miss
Brady; Mrs.
Doole; Mrs.
Brady.
Mrs. Renton Cain of Mel-
vin will deliver the class
address and the Rev. Dan
Harry, pastor of thc Trinity
Methodist Church, will give
the invocation and bene-
diction.
Dr. Albert MeCulloh, repre-
the hospital
McVsy, improve farms and ranches
Murray,; with soil and water conservation
Teague, practices nnd build essential
farm buildings; and to pay
for recurring operating expenses
at the Farmers Home Adminis-
tration office, 214 South Black-
burn, Brady.
Economic Opportunity loaps,
which are a part of the Presi-
dent’* drive to create income
in rural America, are also be-
sent'ng thc hospital medical ing handled by the County Corn-
staff, will present the diplomas mittee and the above office.
"The Committee and I are
very anxious to serve the people
and certificates.
The Stroud sisters will be vo
calists and Mrs. B. L. Murrell j©f rural McCulloch County,1
will bo the pianist for the oc- said Tom Wiley, county super-
The story of the Flying Tig- casion. visor. "We want to reach all
ers is one of the strangest of The high school girls who ^ the people who are eligible far
American Aviation. It is a story have completed the Candy Strip- nur services."
of American planes and Ameri-jer program for the summer will
presented certificates. They
| can pilots protecting thc Chin- j I*
esc lifeline—the Burma Road. »«* Mary Self, daughter of Mr.
The pilots were fresh from *nr^ Mrs. Neal Self, of Brady,
For months dispatches came American Military flying and P«t*V P'**, daughter of
out of Burma telling of the schools. All of them resigned Mr.^ and Mrs. Other Poe. Jr..
heroic exploits of the men who commissions in the U. S. Army,
Santa Monica, basic at Ran- downed thc Japanese war planes Navy and Marine Air Corps
The United States Depart-(111. PUPILS ENTERING
ment of Health, Education and OTHER GRADES
Welfare has accepted the revis- ElM-h parent was sent a
ed plan for migration of the 1(ljn| thc prov,.ions
Brady School System. Utters * together with a
have been sent to parents or1
guardians
dolph anil advance training at in the Far East. Full names of
opportunity to choose their Kelly Field. He was an in- , the men were withheld. They
children's school just before 1 structor at Randolph in 19401 were identified
with
such
school opens during the week ! for advanced single
of Aug. £1 to Aug. 27, hy com- fighters and gunnery,
pleting n Choice of School He obtained his
Form. The child may lie regis- j
engine
names ns “Sandy" (Robert J.
Sandell of San Antonio), "Kirk
release|of San Saba" (M. W. Kuyken-
guamians of Negro children. "f S< hm‘l Form “"d " ten d at any school in the <ys-
„pl.i„inc Uw pUn .pH inf.™- TUo" - "ita fZ lh- . «r-U *
freedom of
ing them of the • —. i|at|. wh,,n thc fl.rm must be
Choice of schools. | returned. Choice
The plan for school desegroga- ,.opjr!% 0f the letter to par-1
tion as accepted by the Depart e,,t* will also i>e readily avail-
ment follows:
will enter, and the choice made
, may he for that school or for
forms ami af)y (,th,.r *u,), school in the
system. However, first prefer-
ence in choice of schools will be
able to parents or students and Kiv(.n thoa, whose rhokre of
I. ANNUAL FREEDOM OF the general public in the school S|.h(M,| Korn, {„ n.turned by the
CHOICE OF SCHOOLS office during regular busimass #,na| ,t.,t,. for making choice in
A. The Brady Independent hours. Section \ applies. the n.K„|ar registration period
School District has adopted a B The Choice of School Form otherwise. Section VI applies,
policy of complete freedom of must lie eithei mill'd or ^ Children moving into the
choiee to tie offered annually in brought to any school or to the #w| K|Vr|| h>, thia u,hoo! %yn
grades 2nd through 7th of all superintendents office l>> Aug tern, or changing their residence
schools without regard to race. 2° each year. Anyone not regis- W),^|n „f»er the late regis-
color, or national origin. Grades terwg hi* choice by ibnt date period referred to above
1, 8, 9, 10, II and 12 are com- must file his Choice of School
pletely' and totally dcsegregai- Form at the time of regietra-
f(j [ tu>n when school hcifin*. Anyone
hut htfnn thi* m»«t rcirulat rc*
m»triti«»n shill he
llfoeH to the nrhool!* ne?ireNt
B. The choice is granted to from whom a Choice of School thri| wbi-re apse
parents, guardians and person* Form is not obtained will Is
acting as parents (hereafter assigned to ihe school nearest
railed "parents") and their his home, where spare is avail-|
children. Teacher*, principal* able after choice* have been V.
and other school personnel are granted, but without regard RESIDENT ATTKNDANt F.
not permitted to advise, re- to race, color or national origin
commend or otherwise influenc
available without regard to iace,
color, nr national origin.
RESIDENT AND NON-
ted ta favor or prnaltae child- 4URGING
rea because of choice*. WITHIN IT
IL FITllJt ENTERING FIRST A IWnis «»f .hildm, ovv
GRADE Ing into the area served by toe
Registration for the first achnal *v*tem. or rhamrug these
gaud* will take place Monday residence within it. after th<
Friday bet sits n Aug. registration period I* completed
H | I. a In I Wt the «"emn» of D«
school year, *11' hare the same
Thin *>-*(<’m will not •<*«•*• fit
__________ non 'twftuiwftt ituiknU, r«or will
^ ,..... _ , !'• *** I’H-S NEMI,> ENIER- |( makl, arrangements for resi-
choices. They are not permit s< Moo|( SYSTEM OR ^ tn altrnH ^m.|*
Ntv* » II E N t R |N M-hool system* where
this wnuM (fCmI t#i jnf#frvr
IT
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fur ini
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wile ikiffiY*
fpwent mad*
Rttoiienta
this ay*tem,
dt uiftr nt a
M M
(III Hi M’YRKNDAU. AS ME tPl’KtK* TODAY
8HI a cap ad coffee, ha reeuRa
to fight the Japanese over
China.
The spark of genius that
led the group came from a
Texas school teacher, Claire
L. Chrnnault, a retired U.
S. Army Air Corps rap-
lain who held a temporary
rank in 'hr Air Corps as a
major, and who became a
brigadier general in Ihe
Chinese Air Force.
They became national heroes
of the often bombed Chinese
who called them “The Flying
Tigers.”
“Kirk of San Saha" waa
one of the young American
pilots who in 1941, resigned
his rommiMainn at Randolph and
went to Kangoor where the
Tigers assembled "They had a
hundred P-40 H’a," all of which
I think were British rejects.”
he laughed
They had no spare part* and
when a plane was disabled they
had to srrounge parts front ihe
other wrecked planes as re-
placements.
"We had *ome wonderful
mechanics over l lie re. They
could put a plane bark together
srith not much more than their
imagination,’* hr recalled.
No more than 20 plan---
enuld he kept In flying shape
and they went out shout 2ft at
a time. Pilot.* stand alert It
to *4 hours with a day off onre
id a while
Karkswdall ni)ff»w4 h--
adaitralton for the I htwese
to Pag* *. C
of King-land.
The public is invited to at-
tend the exercise*.
Visiting Mrs. Lyckman
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Lyek-
man and boys, John and Gre-
gory of New Orlean, La., are
here spending a week in the
home of Mrs. John Lyckman,
his mother.
"ItIKK OF NAN NAHA’*—It was watt-
lr g for the fight that got the Flying Tiger*,
not the fighting, said Kirk this weak aa ha
recalled Ms eapert—rsw hark la the doyw
before the war with Japes. M W. (Dwh)
Kuykendall, now 47, makes hie hum |a
Hradjr with hM mother. Mia. Tm GaMea.
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