Whittling on the courthouse square in Brownfield life
Rural pastime and small town notes unfold from Brownfield Texas with columns on whittling using a pocket knife and pine, the courthouse lawn as a favorite venue, and tobacco rituals. Nearby sketches by Gale Clapp depict a local columnist at a typewriter as readers reminisce about community events, teachers association activities, reunions, and a Moonlight Madness Sale success.
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America
Brownfield
Whittler
Showers Brighten Outlook In County
Brownfield residents woke to light rainfall and cloudy skies Friday morning as .05 inch of moisture fell, boosting the month’s total to 31 inches for the year reaching 7.88 inches. The National Weather Service notes cool, below normal temperatures with highs near 85 and lows near 59, slowing cotton growth and potentially affecting grade and total production if the pattern continues.
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Brownfield
Lewis Line Minds
Weather Observer
National Weather Service
Zone Change Hearing Recessed To Aug 19 Council Meeting
A public hearing on a zoning board recommendation was recessed until the next regular city council meeting on August 19. Three residents, Erwin L. Moore for a zone change from A-2 to C-1 for parts of Block Nine and Block 14 East Addition, and Melvin Briscoe Jr. and Allen Harkins opposing, appeared Thursday morning. Mayor Jack Hamilton asked the men to discuss further.
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Erwin L. Moore
Melvin Briscoe, Jr
Allen Harkins
Jack Hamilton
Farm Tour slated for September 16 in Terry County
Directors set September 16 for the annual Farm Tour leaving the courthouse at 9 a.m. and returning to Coleman Park by 1 p.m. The noon meal will be catered. The tour will crown the Outstanding Farm Family of the Year and nominations are due by August 31 to the Terry County Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture or the Soil Conservation Service. A nominating committee of about 15 farmers, businessmen and officials will select the winner.
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Terry County Soil Conservation District
Coleman Park
Terry County
SCS
Fron Wellman
Meadow and Union
FHA
Terry County United Fund Board Sets Aug 17 Meeting
The board, led by president Charles Fulkerson, will convene at 4 p.m. on August 17 in the Terry County Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture directors room to discuss and vote on by law amendments needed to comply with Internal Revenue requirements.
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Terry County United Fund
Terry County Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Charles Fulkerson
Water usage climbs for Brownfield residents this year
Brownfield residents used 347,524,950 gallons of water in the first seven months, with July leading at 78,360,050 gallons. The year shows a steady rise as warm dry weather extended watering needs. January through April totals are 32,591,700 28,230,500 40,583,100 and 43,738,700 gallons. May marks the start of yard watering season.
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Brownfield
Middle School Registration Dates And Times Noted
Brownfield middle school registration for grades six to eight is set for Thursday August 19 with detailed time slots for each grade. New students may pre register starting Monday August 9 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. On August 19 schedules are issued and fees collected for art, arts and crafts, physical education, and typing totaling a few dollars.
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Brownfield
Meadow High seniors win state scholarships for 1971 72
Polly Marchbanks Lonnie Haynes and Rudy McCallister of Meadow High School earned Texas Interscholastic League Foundation scholarships for high UIL honors. Marchbanks received the Hamman award 500 dollars first year renewal. Haynes earned a King Foundation 600 per year renewal. McCallister got an 875 dollar Clark Foundation grant for three years. All will attend Texas Tech University.
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Meadow High School
Texas Interscholastic League Foundation
Polly Marchbanks
M. P. Marchbanks
George and Mary Hamman
Lonnie Haynes
John L. Haynes
Rded
King Foundation
Rudy McCallister
Perry McCallister
Clark Foundation
UIL
Immunization Clinic Sets August Session at Health Unit
The monthly clinic will run Wednesday August 11 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the South Plains Health Unit on Main and D Streets. Dr. Douglass Black will administer vaccines for diphtheria smallpox whooping cough tetanus measles rubella and polio. Vaccines are free for low income families. All children entering school must be immunized and booster shots are required for certain age groups.
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South Plains Health Unit
Main
D Streets
Douglass Black
Christmas Seal Mobile Unit Comes to Brownfield
The Christmas Seal Mobile Unit of the Texas Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association visits Brownfield on August 17 at the South Plains Health Unit at Main and D Streets. Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The program promotes chest X-rays to detect tuberculosis and other conditions. A $1.50 film fee applies. normal results receive a post card, while abnormal results prompt medical follow up. Adults urged to participate. children under 12 cannot be X-rayed on this unit.
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Texas Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association
Brownfield
South Plains Health Unit
Main
D Streets
West Texas
Texas
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association
Harding To Visit DeMolays In West Texas
West Texas Area Master Councilor James Harding of El Paso will visit the Wayland Parker Chapter Monday August 9. All DeMolays are urged to attend this important meeting and opening will be at 7 30 p m. School dress code will be in effect.
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West Texas Area
James Harding
el Paso
Wayland Parker
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Gale
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Hopkins County
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Frownfield News
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Charlie
Chuck
Honda
Ruidoso
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Lindsey Hardware
Jessie McInnis
Vicki Herring
Phil’s Shoe Sre
Harold Klein
Klein’s
Fred Smith
TG & Y
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Michelle Cummings
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Kris
Oldsmobile
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Texas Tech University
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