Godfather Tops 1969 Library Reading List
Patrons at Richards Memorial Library name The Godfather by Puzo as the year’s top read. The list also includes titles such as The House on the Strand, In This House of Brede, My Number Two Wife, The Iron Orchard, Monte Walsh, Wanderers Eastward Wanderers West, The Three Daughters of Madam Li’ang and Tai-Pan.
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Larry Smith
Puzo
Don Corleone
Richards Memorial Library
John Bucy
Strand
du Maurier
Brede
Godden
Griffin
Bruce Harvester
Monte Walsh
Schaeffer
Wanderers
Winsor
Santa Vittoria
Crichton
Miss Bradshaw Installed Rainbow Worthy Advisor
Jeannie Lynn Bradshaw was installed as Worthy Advisor of the Brady Chapter of the Order of Rainbow for Girls. The ceremony occurred at 7 p.m. on Saturday February 7 in the Masonic Lodge Hall with installing officers listed.
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Jeannie Lynn Bradshaw
Brady Chapter
Order of Rainbow
Masonic Lodge
Miss Bradshaw
Paul Bradshaw
Brady High School
W. F. Lohn, Jr
Glenn Kittle
Ora Nell Cavin
Peggy Scott
Worthy
Janabeth Hemingway
Charity
Elizabeth McSwain
Hope
Denise Frost
Elizabeth Nelin
Recorder
Susan Barron
Nita Bierman
Janice Blackwell
Confidential
Denise Purcell
Batista Simpson
Dorinda McDonald
Nature
Nancy McDonald
Immortality
Angela McSwain
Fidelity
Teena Puckett
Service
Area Girls Win Homemaking Award
Donna Mitchell of Rochelle High and Susan Huntington of Brady High were named their schools Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow for 1970 based on a December 2 homemaking knowledge and attitudes test. They advance to state and national honors with a silver General Mills charm and eligibility for one of 102 scholarships totaling $119,000.
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Donna Mitchell
Susan Huntington
Rochelle High
Brady High
Betty Crocker
General Mills
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc
Melvin 4-Hers Hear Program On Citizenship
The Melvin 4-H Club met February 9 with Laurie Taliaferro presiding and Janie Aguirre leading the pledge. Pam Dickinson spoke on citizenship while Donald Kiesling outlined the stages of citizenship. Plans set to study food units and demonstrations with refreshment hosts noted. several members and visiting adults attended.
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Melvin 4-H Club
Laurie Taliaferro
Janie Aguirre
Bobby Striegler
Floyd Marshall
Pamela Dickinson
Donald Kiesling
Valerie Lopez
Richard Aguirre
Sheryl Kiesling
Barbara Matteson
Robert Krieg
Margaret Dickinson
Moses Aguirre
Karl Kiessling
Physical Fitness Heads Meeting of Brady HD Club
The South Brady Home Demonstration Club met Tuesday at Mrs. Bessie Bell Caylor’s home. Mrs. Dusty Martin presented on physical fitness, urging exercises twice daily focusing on knee and hip routines. Hostess Mrs. Caylor served coffee tea pie with ice cream and nuts. Attendees included Peggy McAnally M J Bean E Damron Dusty Martin T A Parker and O B McMillan.
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South Brady Home
Bessie Bell Caylor
Dusty Martin
Mrs. Caylor
Mmes
Peggy McAnally
M. J. Bean E. Damron
T. A. Parker
O. B. McMillan
Sorosis Club Meeting Focuses on Crime Fight
Sorosis Club gathers February 17 to hear "Toward the Best of Communities" as part of a GFWC crime-fighting effort. Mrs. R. L. Akins gives the thought for the day. Mrs. Harvey Sutton presents Eighth Graders Fight Crime with essays by first to third place winners.
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Sorosis Club
GFWC
R. L. Akins
Harvey Sutton
Mmes
M. J. Bean
Audie Turner
Genora Lynn Gamel Born to Harper Couple
Mr and Mrs Barry Gamel of Harper welcomed a daughter Genora Lynn born February 7 in a Fredericksburg hospital. She weighed six pounds 10.5 ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Clifton Fowler of Brady.
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Barry Gamel
Harper
Genora Lynn
Fredericksburg
Clifton Fowler
Brady
Scouts Boost Cookie Sale For Brady Council Goals
Brownie and Junior Girl Scouts in Brady join the 17th Annual Cookie Sale sponsored by Heart of Texas Girl Scout Council. Sale runs February 12 to 21 with a 1970 goal of 81,600 packages to fund a third unit at Camp Wood Lake and expand camping for girls. Brady’s enota is 1584 packages. Proceeds support council camping facilities and troop activities through essential supplies.
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Brady
Heart of Texas Girl Scout Council
James Hadley
Camp Wood Lake
Girl Scouts Map Camp Drive and Cookie Sales Push
Scout leaders trained girls in sales techniques road grooming and simple business transactions as parents and officials view it as citizenship training. Mrs Hadley urges Brady friends to support the annual cookie sale and the goal of a first class girls camp.
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Brady
Friends of
Girl Scouts
Hadley
Husbands Feted By Beta Sigma Phi Exemplar Chapter
The Exemplar Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi entertained their husbands with a dinner Monday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Dodds. A Valentine theme was carried out in the decorations.
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Beta Sigma Phi
Bill Dodds
Valentine
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