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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1961
Page
8
A good rain last Thursday through Sunday noon brought 4% to 6% inches across the corner of McCulloch County. Baby Grant Johanson Jones arrived at Prady Hospital June 20 weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces. both mother and child are reported well. Brownwood and Voca residents Frank Chamberlain and Sandy Brown visited.
D1 and D2 report visitors from Brownwood Coleman Midland Abilene Brady and Santa Fe visiting local residents such as D S Pumphrey Mrs George Johanson Mrs Ethel Adams and the Waddills. Rain slowed the oats harvest though a large gathering celebrated a household shower for Mr and Mrs Ronald Penn with many gifts.
The veteran recalls decades of mine disposal from Europe to the United States. He describes rescues of floating mines and bombs in places like North Carolina Florida Maryland and New York citing wartime and postwar calls. He notes many calls turned out to be benign objects and shares a final memory of turning to lure making during a hospital stay.
Jack Womack, a Brady resident and Navy veteran, crafts spinning and fly rod lures in his home workshop. He pours lead in a casting box, paints bodies, wires hooks, and trims feathers, turning his disciplined career into a careful hobby.
Gene Bennett was admitted to Brady Hospital Monday night suffering with a heart condition. His room number is 112. Mrs. H. P. C. Evers entered Brady Hospital for observation. James Evers Zitelman of Cuero visited his uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. John Sloane and his brother in law and sister Mr. and Mrs. Barber Hext of Calf Creek. New residents Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mintier moved from Brighton Pennsylvania to 1200 So Wall St Brady. Mrs. Mintier is Agnes Moore’s daughter. A. J. Smith returned from San Angelo earlier in the week.
Church notices note Sunday services stressing prayer and readings from Matthew 9 about Jesus healing the sick and scattered souls. St Paul’s Episcopal Church at 11th and Blackburn lists Holy Communion times at 7:30 a m and 10:30 a m with sermons, Holy Days, and evening prayers through the week.
The article notes a Brady Post Office worker is hospitalized days after right eye surgery and will be back at his post within a few days. It also lists local visits and movements of residents, including relatives from Milwaukee and Austin, and various social engagements and hospitalities in Brady.
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