Local man Kermitt Shults named Outstanding Young Man
Kermitt D. Shults of Union Route 5 is selected for the 1971 Outstanding Young Men of America. He is 31, a farmer active in community work, and has led school clubs, served as a church teacher, and promoted soil conservation. The edition, seventh in the series, is due in November.
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Kermitt D. Shults
Route 5
Doug Blankenship
U. S. Jaycee
Blankenship
Shults
Union
Union High School
Wayland Baptist College
G. C. Shults
Janice Copeland
Plainview
Keri
Masonic Lodge
Brownfield Jaycees
Jay~cee
Richard M. Nixon
DeMolays Attend Houston Conclave in Texas
Representatives from Wayland Parker Chapter of DeMolay attended the 41st Texas DeMolay Conclave in Houston last week. Attendees included Quin Skains and Terry Foster with multiple titles. honors were awarded to Clovis Kendrick for the Honorary Legion of Honor. The conclave featured initiations, a NASA tour, a harbor voyage, state sweetheart finals, and a guest talk by Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Dean Mitchell.
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Wayland Parker
Texas
Skains
Keith Vandivere
Clovis Kendrick
Kendrick
Legion of Honor
Supreme Council
de- Molay
Don Clare
Bobby Greenfield
Darryl Newsom
Johnny Crossland
Dallas
NASA
San Jacinto
Area I
Vicki Darden
Odessa
Keitha Vandivere
Nancy Barron
Vernon W. Bryant
Lamesa
Quin Skains
Order of Knighthood
Edgar Dean Mitchell
Services Set For Rodriquez Funeral
Funeral services for Lionel Rodriquez 20 will be held at 4 p.m. today at St. Anthony's Catholic Church. Burial follows at Brownfield Cemetery under Brownfield Funeral Home direction. He died Friday morning at Brownfield General Hospital after a brief illness. Survivors include parents Luz and Oscar Rodriquez two brothers Rojelio and Oscar and a sister Luz L. Rodriquez all of Brownfield. George Washington's second inaugural address 134 words noted as shortest in U.S. history.
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Lionel Rodriquez
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
Brownfield Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Rodriquez
Brownfield General Hospital
Brownfield
Luz Rodriquez
Oscar Rodriquez
Roje
SPAG Offers Night Classes To Officers
SPAG expands training for seasoned law enforcement with evening in service courses. The first session, organized with the Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission and ATF personnel, covers new liquor and firearms laws and refreshes prior rules. Attendees earn a certificate and may credit toward higher certification. Sessions run 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. in Post on Aug 9, Abernathy on Aug 11, and Muleshoe on Aug 13.
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South Plains Association of Governments
SPAG
Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission
Federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Abernathy
Muleshoe
Texas Commission
Funeral for Robert L Kizer Held in Denver City
Funeral services for Robert L River Kizer 21 grandson of Mrs Sizer Sr were held at 10 a m Saturday at First Baptist Church Denver City The Rev John Ferguson and a Church of Christ minister officiated Burial was in Denver City Memorial Park under Singleton Funeral direction Kizer a former Denver City resident died Wednesday from injuries in a car motor vehicle crash in Amarillo He was a resident of Anyon and student at West Texas State University Survivors include his wife parents Mr and Mrs Kizer of Denver City a sister Mrs Carroll Curtis of Denver City a brother and grandparents Mrs R C Jones of Pur and Mrs Kizer of Brownwood
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Robert L River
Amarillo
Anyon
Westexas State University
Were Kizer
Denver City
Carroll Curtis
I He
Houston
R. C. Jones
Pur
Kizer
Brown
Evening Lions Yian Fun Night in Brownfield
The Brownfield Evening Lions lab members and families meet at 7 30 p m in the Party House. An upcoming Thursday cook out and picnic is planned at Coleman Park at 7 30 p m with guests asked to bring food. After dinner soft ball and volleyball will be played.
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Brownfield
Coleman Park
Mike Dugger
Morris Knox
Jobe
Ayne Cornett
Lubbock
Former Brownfield Resident Sees Apollo 15 Front Row
Kenneth W. Hill, now of Midland, and his family traveled to Miami and Cape Kennedy to watch Apollo 15 from the press room. Hill, a Brownfield High School football star in the 1930s and 40s, said press pass access allowed briefings and a moon mission demonstration. He noted the mission’s scientific value despite public debate and cited his late brother Wade Hill, a former football standout, as part of their Brownfield ties.
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Brownfield
Kenneth W. Hill
Midland
Hill
Miami
Cape Kennedy
Hills
Wade Hill
Ken
Wade
Brownfield High School
E. Main
Tim Wilhoit
Local Lions Award Lifetime Membership Certificates
Charles Darwin presides as Noon Lions Club meets in regular session and awards lifetime membership certificates to Lonnie Mantooth Jim Culver and Bill Cowan for each $11 donated to the Crip pled Children’s Camp in Kerrville. Guests include Tim L Faulkenberry of Galveston Medical School Lt Jimmie Daniel of Fort Worth Damon Brock and R K McCoy of Brownfield. A board meeting is set for Aug 11 at 6:30 a.m. at the Holiday House. Representative MacAlister of Lubbock speaks urging Brownfield citizens to show mutual respect.
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Noon Lions Club
Crippled Children’s Camp
Kerrville
Charles Darwin
Lion
Lonnie Mantooth
Jim Culver
Bill Cowan
Tim G. Faulkenberry
Tim L. Faulkenberry
Galveston
Brownfield Lions Praise Town Spirit and Civic Pride
MacAlister praised Brownfield citizens for their attitude despite age color and wealth differences. He urged continued good work and suggested visiting nearby towns to help build Brownfield's image. He commended the town's great spirit and pride and urged others to take note.
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MacAlister
Brownfield
The
Lions
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