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Home My WebLink AboutPictorial Press Phone Men to be Weather WatchersPage I c, h c n h 1 TH POC V[M j L'- Fifteen Cents Sunday, ,lune 30, 1974. Vol. 9, No. S2 Phone mei to be weather watch....n""10 Brazos County's Civil Defense program may gain a valuable new network of mobile weather watchers as the result of a safety meeting Tuesday (June 25) with General Telephone Company service person- nel. County Civil Defense Director Jake Cangelose made an hour-long presen- tation on tornado safety precautions and the impor- tance of on -scene reports in assisting radar observers to make specific identifica- tion of severe weather conditions such as hail, high winds and tornadoes. Thirty of the 40 telephone company ser- vicemen signed up for two -hours of training on how to recognize potent ly damaging weather t what to report to c defense authorities. Jay McIntosh, instt ation and maintenar, foreman, said that sir the servicemen, most radio -equipped vehich cover all of Brazos Cour and beyond, they could an excellent source timely reports on loc weather conditions. C. E. Godby, Genet Telephone service at facilities manager, sign( up for the two -hot training session also aj said he was pleased by tl employees' attitude t, ward adding a communit service role to thei Noon Lions play Old stile 4th J. B. Mainord of the College Station Noon Lions Club has announced that there will be an old fashioned 4th of July Cele- bration at Tiger Field. Fun and games for the whole family will begin around 6:30 p.m. There will be an egg throw, sack races and other games. A short program will begin about 7:30 p.m. with Carl Idlebird, the former John Phillip Sousa Award Win- ner at Bryan High School, playing our National An- them with a trumpet solo. The Community Singers will present a medley of favorite songs and lead the crowd in an old fashioned sing -a -long. The featured speaker will be Lt. General see page 11A regular duties. When trained, the tele- phone men will supplement an existing network of 26 stationary tornado spot - n VVAA {I L' ♦ w ters from various com- munities in Brazos and Burleson Counties. The system is further augmented by Texas are some of the winners of the Meyerland Gulf AAU tonal Swim Meet. Participating in the Boys Relay for nine and ten year olds left to right are Ted Department of Public Safety patrolmen, local law enforcement agencies, Ra- dio Amateur Civil Emer- gency Stations (RACES), citizen's band radio operaP tors, Texas Highway Department units, and by reports from the Federal Aviation Administration. Robeck, Roger Kahil, Jim Kohel and Sam U-Sayed. See page 9 for other winners and photos. [Photo by Vaughn Bryant]