Former Postmaster At Brady Succumbs BRADY, Texas, May 6.—A. B. Reagan, 74, Brady postmaster for two terms and recognized as one of the state's best authorities on Texas history, died Tuesday night at 8:30 o'clock at Brady Hospital, where he had been critically ill for several weeks. He also was prominent in Masonic circles. Funeral services were hold at the First Christian Church Thursday by the Rev. R. N. Towry, pastor, assisted by Dr. John Angus MacMillan of the First Presbyterian Church, followed by burial in Brady Cemetery, with the Brady Masonic Lodge in charge. Prominent in all civic activities, Mr. Reagan had an active part in the progress of Brady and McCulloch County during his nearly two- score years of residence here. He was past president of the Brady Chamber of Commerce and a member of the First Christian Church. He held virtually every office in the Brady Masonic Lodge. Mr. Reagan was born in Dallas County. Survivors are his wife, two brothers. B. Reagan of Big Spring and William Reagan of Cisco, and four sisters, Mrs. J. E. Elkins of Cisco, Mrs. Betty Nance of Duncanville, Mrs. Lula Elliott of Donna and Mrs. Lina Nix of Washington, D.C. May 7, 1943 Dallas Morning News   BRADY, Texas, April 19.—Six college boys from a nearby college town probably will not enjoy the  big banquet they planned to attend Saturday night. After auspicious actions by the boys here Friday night, city police officers Jack Turner and Eugene Roper stopped their car to investigate. After questioning the boys- officers discovered that they had clipped roses from the Texas Highway Department rose bed at South Bridge and Eleventh Streets. They had a large washtub full of blooms and buds. They also had taken a sign from the bed which says: "Cutting of roses prohibited—Texas Highway Department." The boys told officers they were planning to use roses for decorating at a banquet The group spent the night in McCulloch County jail here Friday night. Saturday morning all pleaded guilty in corporation court to charges of "disturbing the peace" and each was fined $10. One boy. a ministerial student, was carrying a 22 automatic pistol City Marshal E. T. Day told him the gun would be turned over to the county attorney. On releasing the boys. Clay advised them not to come back after more roses. They replied they probably wouldn't come back at all. The roses were taken to Brady Hospital for distribution to patients. April 20, 1952