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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1961
Page
8
Dallas Morning News argues that arguing for higher pay by national rank is flawed and suggests comparing teacher salaries with incomes in other professions requiring similar training and experience instead. It notes rank variance across states and cautions against endless striving to top the highest salaries.
The article argues for substantial salary increases for Texas teachers as public school enrollment climbs from 1.4 million in 1948-49 with 50,330 teachers to 2.13 million pupils and 88,050 teachers in the current year, predicting 2.6 million students by 1956. It notes most teachers hold a BA, 40 percent have MA, and 15,000 have six or more years of experience, while starting salaries and top pay remain far below other professions.
The article highlights FFA week focusing on planning by the boys for meetings banquets and entertainments. It notes parliamentary procedure as a key skill aiding future civic and business meetings and speaks to the growth of leadership for men they will become.
A note from Buster Quain thanks friends for their thoughtfulness during a hospital stay at Nix Hospital. He credits friends with making the world a happier place to live.
Homeowners are offered modern comfort with central heating and air conditioning. Mack's Central Heating and Air Conditioning Co. advertises free estimates with no money down and up to 36 months to pay, contact LY 77-2379.
Higginbotham Lumber Co remains atop the Brady Bowlerette League with 14 wins and 4 losses. Five teams share second at 10–8, while the Needlers from Brady Nurses Association sit 7th and the BNA Technicians at the bottom. Highs include Laurice Hunter 471 series and 183 game, with Kelso's Jewelry 559 team game and Higginbotham 1,594 team series.
Miss Minnie Probst entertained her Sunday School Class and friends with a Valentine party in the Lutheran Parish Hall on Monday afternoon February 13. Mrs Paul Probst assisted. After Valentine games, refreshments of heart shaped cookies a salad plate and drinks were served to Rev Virgil Schuelein and sons Chet and Scott.
Three homemaking teachers from McCulloch County will attend a National American Vocational Association meeting in San Antonio Friday evening and Saturday. Mrs. L. A. Bryson Rochelle Mrs Frances Huntington Melvin and Miss Tressie Shaver Brady will be joined by Mrs. Mabel Jones Eden and Mrs. Richard Moseley Rochelle. The conference will emphasize New Directions through competency and home visits. A report on the White House conference on Problems of the Aged will also be presented.
A compact tips feature covers resealing condensed milk cans for coffee cream by slapping a milk-damped label over the opening, preventing splash from gas filling, insulating canteens with taped wraps for cooler water, and warning against using porous stones like limestone in fires due to explosion risk.
George Campbell and granddaughters Sharon and Susan Gotcher Mrs Paul Probst and children Diane Judy and Richard and Miss Christine Hughes appear in a fragmentary notice listing family members for a memorial or obituary context.
The Brady council authorized installation of two four burner stoves at the Country Club for 160 and a stereo phonograph for 189 to replace current rentals. They passed a peeping Tom ordinance with fines 25 to 100 and reported 93 percent tax collection. New cemetery lot prices: Brady residents 50 per grave, non residents 75, with sale rules to reduce cemetery deficits.
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