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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1974
Page
6
Brady Bulldogs lose 54 37 to Coleman Bluecats as guards press all game. Gary Scott leads Brady with 15 points while the team shoots 29 percent from the field. Coach Alderson notes a rough first quarter but says Brady settled to stay competitive.
Brady High School named its student favorites last week with Gary Bean and Susan Gotcher as most popular. Mike Kilmer and Lynn Favor were voted most handsome and beautiful, while Mylee Quick and Sherri McFarland were chosen as most representative.
The Lohn High School basketball teams won three games in the latest stretch. The boys beat Menard 58-56 and Eden 62-45, with David Huie scoring 25 and 22 respectively. Tom Smith and Victor Lohn contributed double digits. The girls lost to Menard 54-34 but defeated Eden 49-35, led by Leisa Hemphill with 24 and Anna Davilla 19, while Lohn and Solsberry anchored defense. The boys sit at 8-1, with next action in the Lohn Invitational Tourney December 5-7.
Bobby Pearce, 18, son of Mr and Mrs Robert K Pearce Sr of Fife, will join 40 Texas 4 H members in a 4 H Congress delegation of over 1 600 youths from the U S Puerto Rico and Canada. He earned the trip as state automotive program winner. Delegates depart Dallas November 30 after orientation.
The Texas Highway Commission let highway contracts in November for Brady area work in McCulloch and San Saba counties. George Amthor, Inc. of San Saba won the low bid of 961 181.75 for grading structures base and surfacing on FM 765 from near the McCulloch line to FM 45 nine miles. Lawrence Schultz supervised district engineering with Ben E. Dillon directing the project.
The Romans developed a water delivery system sourcing from over 60 miles away. They erected aqueducts ranging 50 to 100 feet in height. The earliest known system was built by the Phoenicians.
The $1 million drive to build a Baylor campus Congressional Library to house W. R. Poage papers was launched at a November 21 Ridgewood Country Club dinner in Waco. Sen. Lloyd Bentsen praised Poage’s long service while Baylor officials spoke on the project’s academic value and district and national support.
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The article notes refining yields with 108 pounds of raw sugar making 100 pounds of sugar, U S dependence on foreign sugar, sugar cane grown in Louisiana Florida and Texas, and how high costs may push housewives toward ready made sweets while warning of potential health benefits from reduced sugar consumption.
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