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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1954
Page
9
Buyer seeks 259 to 950 acres of ranch land with water and fences. Contact B. B. Priest at 1414 Gaston, Austin, Texas.
The 1954 band sweetheart is chosen by a secret ballot with bandsmen unaware of the winner until the annual concert Sunday afternoon under Hunt. The event features a one and a half hour program in the BHS auditorium as the sweetheart is announced. In other news Mr and Mrs Walter Hurd turkey breeders from East Sweden were guests at the National Turkey Federation Convention in Milwaukee. More than 50 Texas breeders attended. Weather notes include limited rainfall in the Voc a and surrounding areas with reports of 3 and 1.31 inches and comments on moisture aiding winter pastures.
At Brady Tuesday three Brady High School students escaped injury when their 1952 Studebaker overturned in a collision at the intersection of West Eighth and South College Streets. Jerry More, 15, was driving with I Williamson and Larry Franks. only a bruise on Franklin’s arm was reported. Clarence W. Larremore of Homer, driver of the Dodge, was eastbound on West Eighth when the collision occurred around 5 25 p m.
Local farmer Troy Cates reports about half an inch of rain last week near Rochelle benefiting small grain. He notes growers hope for more rain to ease drying winds. The piece highlights January to March as prime tree planting months for pecan and shade trees in Brady.
Texas harvested the nation’s first commercial sesame crop. In Lamar County 27 growers averaged 576 pounds per acre at $67.29 gross, with production costs $15-$25 and harvesting $5.54 per acre, yielding $40-$50 net per acre. Sesame oil tops 50 percent high quality oil and has uses from cooking to paints and pharmaceuticals.
Arch Riddle a plumber in Arlington is constructing a steel and reinforced concrete shelter on a hillside next to his home. The $700 project features thick concrete walls with steel reinforcements, an eight inch secondary wall, a dirt-filled space, and a 13 inch roof braced by I-beams. He plans a double garage atop the shelter and interior provisions including water gas electricity and an emergency generator connected to his well. Civil defense officials are interested. he hopes the shelter is never needed.
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