Brownfield Notes From Casual Corner Brookfield Trips and Local Bits
Brownfield gossip and community notes cover weekend jokes and trips to Houston to see baseball at the Astrodome. Nell and Dick Tucker are praised as good sports while a sister funds seats. Local business shakes include a tortilla factory opening set for August 7 and a flower shop ownership change August 1. Debuts include a soap box derby entry by David Balthrop who placed 10th in the finals after winning three heats.
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Annie Tucker
Houston
Astros
Detroit Tigers
San Diego Padres
Astrodome
Phidella
Annie
Lloyd Foy
W.H.N
Howard W. McIilroy
Tohoka Road
Hoy
6Th & Hill
Brownfield
Camp Pine Springs
Sacramento
N. M
Doug
Farm Bureau
M. A. Gorman
Gordon Hoopman
Chameber
Sandy Land Resource Development Corporation
David Balthrop
Billy H. Balthrop
Lubbock
South Plains Senior Babe Ruth rolls past Malvern in Levelland
South Plains Senior Babe Ruth All Stars beat Malvern Arkansas 12 to 5 in the first round of the Southwest Sectional Babe Ruth Tournament in Levelland. Blankenship threw two innings then Thorn and Connally closed, with Mason Harrelson and Wright homering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Plains All Stars
Levelland
Malvern
Ark
Jerry Rodgers
Frank Cardenas
Seagraves
Dee Wixon
Seminole
Larry Baker
Chuck Giddens
Larry Mason
Brownfield
Billy Blankenship
Eddie Thorn
Tom Connally
South Plains
Levele Land
Blankenship
Thorn and Connally
Arkansas Club
Mike Harrelson
Ricky Wright
David Murphy
Tommy Schuler
Murphy
Harrelson
Mason
Blanken
Ship
Wright
Gidene
RDI
Arkansas
al Evans
Dee Wickson
Thorn
See
Punch Nelson To Head State Board
Homer L. “Punch” Nelson was elected president of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy for the coming year at the July 23 Fort Worth meeting. Nelson, named to the board in 1970 by Governor Preston Smith, is a Brownfield pharmacist and partner in Nelson Pharmacies with Lynn Halamicek and Bob Simpson. He is a Brownfield native and Baylor Law graduate.
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Punch Nelson
State
Texas State Board of Pharmacy
Homer IL
Punch) Nelson
Fort Worth
Nelson
Preston Smith
Nelson Pharmacies
Brownfield
Lynn Halamicek
Tohoka Road
Bob Simpson
Texas State of Board of Pharmacy
Texas
Community Action and Llano Estacado Face Terry County Debate
Officials in Terry County met in Commissioner's Court to address duplicating poverty programs under Community Action and Llano Estacado. The discussion centered on consolidating aid under a single county office amid concerns over program overlap and funding.
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Gilbert L. Herrera
Office of Economic Opportunity
Dallas
Commissioner’s Court
Terry County
Community Action
Llano Estacado
Raymond A. Simms
Bevers
CAA
Mayes
CA Named Housing Counselor In Terry County
John Moody announced South Plains Community Action is now an authorized housing counseling agency. Sessions for low and moderate income families will cover ownership, upkeep, and management with day and evening options once arranged. Ava McKinney has completed 32 hours of preliminary HUD training for counseling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Plains Community Action
John Moody
Terry County Community Agency
Moody
Ava McKinney
Rites Held For Drowning Victim Joseph Ervin
Funeral services were held for Joseph Roy Ervin 24 of Brownfield at Northside Baptist Church with Rev. Royce McGowen officiating. Burial followed in Terry County Memorial Cemetery. Ervin drowned Sunday at Brawley Lake while fishing near Afton. He was a parts manager for Kelsay Blacklock Chevrolet and survived by his wife Lynda two children Chris and Gayla his parents a brother a sister and a grandmother.
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Joseph Roy Ervin
Brownfield
Northside Baptist Church
Royce McGowen
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Ervin
Brawley Lake
Afton
Kelsay-Blacklock Chevrolet
Lynda
Chris
Gayla
Roy Ervin
Randy
Robert Atkins
el Paso
R. H. Franklin
Bond Sales Rise Across June in Texas and Nation
June bond purchases of Series E and H Savings Bonds reached 13 272 locally with Terry County reporting 53 percent of the 1972 goal through six months. Texas total for June neared 16 451 782 while year to date state sales stood at 108 024 525 53 percent of the state goal. National purchases during June hit a record 532 million, up 9.5 percent from a year earlier.
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United States Savings
Terry County
John J. Kendrick
Texas
Parkinson Electronics Welcomes New Brownfield Manager
Terry Parkinson takes over as manager of Parkinson Electronics in Brownfield. He is eager to relocate and says the town is fine and the people are nice and polite. He invites residents to visit and share any needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Terry Parkinson
Parkinson Electronics
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By Sig H. Atkinson
Mike Elliott
Denver City
Duane Humble
Dusty Miller
Charles Fischer
Steve Sparger
Jimmy Bryant
Babe Ruth
Meet
Howard Maddern of
South Plains Community Action Associa
Alegria
Washington
Herrera
Housing and Urban Development Program
HUD
Gary Dawson
J. B. Dawson
E. Buckley
Dave Cushman
Joe Ervin
Nabor
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