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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1973
Page
1
West Texas agribusiness voices protest a 60 day price freeze, arguing it will hurt farm gate prices and lead to shortages and black market activity. The piece notes inflation abroad, peach prices in Tokyo, and Texas population shifts and rural aid recommendations.
Butch Brady son of Mr and Mrs B J Neal of Brady has returned home from Teheran Iran where he received his high school diploma at the Teheran American School on May 30.
Residents report a tornado cutting a three mile path through Camp San Saba and Voca with uprooted oaks, shattered fences, and damaged barns. Rain measured at 3.30 inches near L. D. Henderson, and Brady reports include broken glass at Barton Motors and downed power lines and trees across the town.
The Brady Jubilee begins with two days of racing at G Rollie White Downs featuring nine Saturday and eight Sunday events. Futurity qualifiers occur in several races with a $15,000 purse anticipated. The July celebration includes pageant, parades, dances, and races through July 4, with community events and entertainment cited by racing secretary Robert Strickland.
The Brady High School gym hosts an invitational volleyball tournament starting at 6 p.m. Thursday co sponsored by the Girls Athletic Association and the Little League. Men's teams include Rochelle Lohn Eden Eola Mason and Brady. Women teams include Rochelle Eden Lohn Abilene Eola and Brady.
Storms swept McCulloch County with rainfall up to 4.30 inches near Rochelle and 2.13 inches in Brady. Golfball to baseball sized hail damaged crops in Lohn Doole and surrounding areas, while farmers reported varying moisture levels and grain losses. Local residents quoted say hail impacted maize, corn and wheat but crops were mostly mature.
Brady Savings & Loan outlines a modern one story building on the south half of the 200 block of East Main in Brady. The 90 by 200 foot facility will include 5 000 to 6 000 square feet with four teller windows four offices and a large work area plus a drive in and 25 parking spaces. Parker and Croston Associates of Fort Worth designed the project with first sketches due this week and construction expected to start in about 120 days.
Chamber of Commerce President Dan E. Miller summons the board of directors to a 5:30 p.m. Monday meeting in the C-C conference room to discuss standardizing members dues and to hire a manager for the Chamber. Past executives will attend as advisor members.
Beginning Wednesday June 20 the McCulloch County Association for the Handicapped sponsors a Wednesday program at the Community Center with 10 am recreation and singing. Austin State School staff Dorothy LePere leads, lunches provided by Brady volunteers, workshops run until 2 pm.
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