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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1974
Page
1
Larry B. Smith recalls weather quirks seen during Navy days from Long Beach to Pearl Harbor and Cubi Point. He notes sweltering heat in some seas and cold snaps in others, with storms, currents, and travel narratives shaping each leg of the voyage.
An unexpected ice storm hit North Texas and the Hill Country as spring seemed imminent. Temperatures plunged to 29 degrees with freezing rain and drizzle, harming young vegetation and fruit crops while Fredericksburg and San Angelo reported the heaviest rainfall of the region.
A McCulloch County meeting seeks to organize a hospital auxiliary to support the new Heart of Texas Memorial Hospital. The gathering at 7 30 p m in the South Ward auditorium invites all interested residents to help establish a permanent group led by temporary chair Miss Ouita Moseley.
Nine Brady High School students are on the ballot for Student Council officers. The election is set for Wednesday at Brady High School. Running for president are Mark Jones, Mike Kilmer and Bernice Lee Sammons. Randall Cole, Susan Goteher and Karlene Kiesling seek the vice presidency. Secretary treasurer candidates are Judy Carson, Cindy Fowler and Cindy Warren.
The Brady Band at Brownwood High School won first division in concert playing and sightreading for the ninth year in a row, adding a marching division crown from last fall to earn the coveted sweepstakes honor and a large trophy. Director James Mallow praised student and parent cooperation as about 50 Brady adults attended the performance. Judges lauded the ensemble in concert playing.
The Texas Highway Commission will hold its sixth and final hearing at 7 p.m. in San Angelo City Auditorium to pick the best SH-27 extension route from Lubbock to SH-20. Brady officials led by Chamber Highway Committee head Ben Dillon, co-chair George Purcell and Mayor Norman Lawler, attend with other route supporters.
Gretchen Noelke Parker, a Wall Street veteran living 17 miles southwest of Brady, launches The Economic Pulse, a weekly column for the Standard. Raised on ranches near Menard and Mertzon, she rose from analyst to money manager and co founded C. L. King & Associates with Starwood Associates. Her husband and ranch life anchor a weekly market view from the Texas countryside with daily NY market oversight via WATS and a ranch computer terminal.
The Senior Citizens will hold their meeting in the Community Center Thursday at 2 p.m. Games will be played and refreshments served.
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