13 Aug 1959
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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1959
Page
1
Brownfield National Guard unit plans to enlist 35 new soldiers to raise manning from 63 to 98. Capt. Fred Adams says authorization allows 100 percent strength with six month active duty for new enlistees. Recruitment targets youths under 18. Aimed for Sept 15 to Oct 1 departure. leadership notes long service and guidance.
Brownfield Chamber of Commerce directors discussed at length Wednesday morning the possibility of establishing telephone service in the Union area.
The Chamber studies Union Fish telephone service expansion led by Far rar Roy Golden Doyle Moss and L G Smith. It also outlines the Big B Days event set for Sept 21 26 and authorizes staff to attend a WTCC workshop in Lubbock.
Mr and Mrs Gene Gunn thank the community for warm praise after a grand opening at their home on 1202 Lubbock Road. Ads promote back to school Levi's clothing and other savings, with Mrs O D Kennedy hosting an Open House for Perma Plastic Arts at 709 East Lake on Saturday August 15 from 1 to 6 pm. More coverage on Page 7.
The 1959 City Golf Tournament at Brownfield Country Club began this week with qualifying rounds. Entry is five dollars and rounds may be played anytime. Championship flight qualifiers are named Sunday with pairings posted tonight. Finals occur August 23 with eight-player flights and awards for medalist, flight champions, runners-up, and consolation winners.
Union Independent School opens at 9 a.m. August 31 for the 1959 60 term. Buses run as usual that day but cafeteria lunch starts the following day. Opening sessions end at noon. Names of teachers will be released later.
Odell Wilkes of Sudan was hired last Thursday as Meadow schools superintendent. A high school principal for nine years at Sudan, Wilkes will assume duties this week and Mrs Wilkes will teach fourth grade. The Meadow board notes three more teachers are needed for first second and eighth grades.
Bobby R. Turner of 117 North will move to Lubbock and join the Lubbock Police Department. He served four years in the U S Air Force as a cryptograph operator and completed criminal and civil law courses on August 7.
Brownfield Kiwanis wins top Division 7 July rating with 93 of 100 points amid competition from Downtown and Hub City clubs plus Tulsa Hereford Plainview Levelland. Ellington says members prepare for Oct. district convention in Galveston and a Sept. 24 two hour show Hypnodrama at the high school auditorium to fund a dental care program for elementary students.
The Brownfield City Council, in its August session, notes 43 miles of paved streets in the city per City Engineer M R Smith. They compare favorably to Lubbock, with Brownfield’s population far smaller, and plan to attend the Texas League of Municipalities meeting in Dallas.
About 200 dollars in damages resulted when two cars collided Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Lubbock and Tohoka highways. Drivers were Larkin J. Qualls of Lamesa and Carl Raymond Mussick of 415 North Second. Neither was injured. Police said Mussick’s car sustained about 150 dollars of damage and Qualls’ about 50 dollars. The mishap occurred about 1 p.m.
Miss Ethelene Bucy of Houston visits her parents Mr and Mrs J Fred Bucy Sr at 605 East Tate and her sister Mrs Robert W Baumgardner at 1007 East Repp to in town for a family visit.
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