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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1968
Page
4
The article notes a shift from heavy army duck canvas tents to lightweight aluminum frame units made of silicone-treated nylon. Modern tents weigh as little as nine pounds, offer floors, windows, screens, and storm flaps, and appeal to a broader market including women and children.
Weiners, scalloped potatoes, pork and beans, vegetable salad, rice pudding, bread and milk. Kidney beans, buttered spinach, spaghetti and tomatoes, Harvard beets, butter cookies, corn bread and butter, orange juice and milk. Wednesday chili dogs on bun with grated cheese and Fritos, peach cobbler, meat loaf, hominy, lima beans, mixed greens, hot biscuits and butter, orange juice, chocolate and white milk, jello and syrup. Lunch meat, lettuce wedge, cheese slices, potato salad, blackeye peas, white cake with icing, bread and milk.
Monday offers hamburger on bun with lettuce tomato chips pickles onions orange juice sliced peaches with whipped topping. Tuesday serves ground meat and potato casserole pinto beans tomato relish apricot cobbler. Wednesday features chicken loaf with giblet gravy green beans buttered corn carrot and celery sticks oatmeal raisin bars. Thursday presents pork steakettes candied yams English peas tossed salad batter bread peanut butter honey. Friday lists seven fish pork and beans hominy cabbage pineapple salad cake squares. Milk bread and butter accompany each meal.
The modern tent folds into a neat package for car portage. Lightweight nylon with tubular aluminum frames erect easily. Models range from two man pup to eight person family shelters in cottage leanto igloo wing and pyramid shapes. Choose by need and budget and buy one size larger for extra room. With today's materials tents are built to last.
Lt Col Denver J Wood son of Mrs Amanda H Wood of Brady received his second Air Force Commendation Medal at Tan Son Nhut AB Vietnam for meritorious service. He previously served at Wright Patterson AFB Ohio and is with Pacific Air Forces. The Brady High School graduate earned an AB degree from Southwest Texas State College and served in the European Theater during World War II.
Fortson Marine Corporal R L Fortson, son of Mr and Mrs Otha Fortson and Melvin Fortson, has been assigned to the 5th Engineer Battalion in Vietnam after serving at Okinawa.
Copies of news photographs and school activity prints taken by The Standard Herald photographer are available for purchase by order at the newspaper office.
The coast faces steady loss of land with Maryland losing about 300 acres yearly and Cape Barrow Alaska retreating seven feet annually. Senator Tydings cites $150 million annual erosion costs and calls for a three year Army Corps study. Communities experiment with dunes trees junked cars and barriers but results are inconclusive.
The annual spring barbecue honoring Brady Higher athletes will be held at 7 30 p m May 10 at Richards Park. Awards will be presented to the outstanding senior lineman and back. Last year’s recipients were Dorman Moore and Barry Myrick. Tickets go on sale May 6 from Norman West, the club president, or from Campbell and Stromaquist.
Harl Fowler vice president trust officer and cashier attests the report of condition as true and correct. Directors H L Winters Harry L Curtis and John W Jones attest and have examined the report to confirm accuracy.
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