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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1962
Page
6
Winter weather arrives with a 28 degree morning. The piece records numerous weekend visits and social gatherings across Lohn and nearby towns, including Andersons, Smiths, Marshalls, and Hodges families. Notes church events, a PTA turkey supper raising 92 dollars, local hospital news, and a wildcat oil prospect in the area.
Melvin residents Arthur Ramsey and family hosted a weekend visit with Mary Murray and kin near Houston. Dan Graham joined Graham's parents J. T. Rice and Billy for a weekend gathering. Melvin O E S holds friendship night March 6 chaired by Bobbye Carlson and Clara Morrow with hosts Matt Renfroe John Rodgers and D C Middleton.
Eighteenth birthday celebrations honored Mrs. N M Barnett of Melvin and others from San Angelo Menard and Melvin. The Melvin community mourns the death of Mrs. J J Seals with sympathy extended to Mr Seals and Jeanine. A box supper and a beauty contest titled The Most Beautiful Girl in School are planned for Friday night at the gym with invites for all to bring or buy a box.
The Standard Office advertises bookkeeping supplies including typewriter and adding machine ribbons. Listings emphasize essential office consumables for routine clerical work.
Delmar L. Russell, chief hospital corpsman in the U S Navy, son of Mr and Mrs Lawson B Russell of Pear Valley, serves aboard the anti submarine warfare carrier U S S Randolph which took part in recovery operations for Project Mercury. The Randolph was among more than 40 Navy ships stationed in the Atlantic for the mission. The Friendship 7 capsule carrying Lt Col John H Glenn Jr was retrieved at sea by destroyer U S Noa.
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