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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1968
Page
1
Community chatter covers sales tax talk at the Chamber and notes on civic meetings. The piece mentions a Santa Fe railroad supplement, local school board sessions, voter responsibility, and Dr. D T Craver joining Brownfield Schools from Houston.
Khiva Temple of Amarillo held an initiation for 16 novices named for Clovis K Kendrick. More than 100 area Nobles and ladies attended the ceremony and parade in Brownfield. A separate Farm Bureau Queen contest in Brownfield High School drew nine contestants and out of town judges.
South Plains chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society asks men and women to volunteer for the MS Hope Chest Campaign set for August 4 to 25. Volunteers will canvass Aug 15 to raise funds for local patient services and education, with two local MS patients served. Contact executive director Nadyne Guidry at the Medical Arts Building for details.
Mrs Guidry of the South Plains Texas Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society presented a program and showed the film My Friend Joe. The documentary follows a family coping with a young father's battle with multiple sclerosis at a Brownfield noon meeting.
George Mahon summarizes prospects for a one year extension of current farm programs after discussions with Plains Cotton Growers Inc. He credits Texas lawmakers and allies for steering legislation through Congress despite strong opposition to payment limits. The Senate approved a four year extension. House debated one year with various payment cap proposals defeated.
Brownfield News adds Joseph Alsop Raymond Moley and Lydia Lane to its pages. Alsop begins today on the editorial page, Moley starts Sunday in the main section, and Lane appears each Sunday in the women's section with Hollywood Beauty.
Mayor Jack Hamilton and City Manager Jake Geron urged the Terry County Chamber to consider a one cent city sales tax as a funding option. Geron outlined four paths and noted the budget lacks contingency funds, citing a $400,000 power plant unit and a two year loan. An informal vote favored the tax to raise city services money while several festival and tourism plans were announced. Leo Holmes sought Chamber aid for Brownfield Development Corporation funds and membership, with actions postponed until after the current drive and Harvest Festival.
The Brownfield Independent School District trustees met in a called session at Joe's Restaurant and approved five resignations while hiring fifteen new teachers. New staff include Albert Cade and Doris Cox among others. W.O. Caraway, superintendent, announced archi tects Brasher Goyette and Rapier will be invited to the next meeting to discuss remodeling or new construction plans.
Plains Cotton Growers Inc and the Lubbock Cotton Exchange forecast a rise in High Plains cotton to 1,549,000 standing acres as of August 1 with an estimated 1,534,000 bales. Terry County expected 117,000 bales versus 86,753 in 1967, while neighboring counties show gains or declines relative to last year.
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