Brownfield notes mix of tips and town updates
Casual Corner quotes Sig H Atkinson on grooming mice, a company offers $25 for saving ideas with a $10 top prize. AIA warns homeowners not to store gasoline as inflation hedge. Brownfield schools menus sponsored by Brownfield Savings & Loan with Newell Reed, plus coverage of local chamber renewal, farm awards plans, tech land talks, and Polar reunion notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Insurance Association
Duane Moss
Duane
Texas Tech
Tech
Brownfield
Chamber of Commerce
Brownfield Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Hamby Plow Co
Plainview
E. E. Ford
Cecil Randolph
Bessie Randolph
Driver Hurt In Pickup Rollover Near Brownfield
E M Lambert of San Angelo driver of a 1973 Chevrolet pickup was listed in critical condition after a Tuesday rollover 8.5 miles north of Brownfield on Level Land highway. Lambert was taken by Police Ambulance to Brownfield General Hospital and then transferred to Lubbock. Highway Patrolman Johnny Josselet investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Lambert
San Angelo
Brownfield General Hospital
Bock
Brownfield
Levelland
Lambert
Johnny Josselet
New Turbine Bug Triggers Early Week Power Outages
City reports three outages this week caused by a malfunction in the new 6500 kilowatt turbine at the municipal plant. Manager Jake Geron says the unit failed at 6 and 7 30 p m Monday and Tuesday noon under load, reducing output to about half while the old plant handles the rest. Westinghouse engineers were expected Wednesday to fix the issue. each outage lasted under 30 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Geron
Geron
Westinghouse
Hamilton
Ontario
Canada
Hospital Expansion Plans and Budget Approved
At a regular Terry Memorial Hospital District board meeting, architects were given the go ahead for working plans and bid documents for a hospital expansion. The plan includes a new nursing station, nursery, cardiac care department, LVN classroom, ambulance entrance, and emergency setup with a physical therapy room, plus changes to a third operating room and drug room. The expansion is designed to integrate with the existing building and is expected to take about 90 days for working plans. costs are rising, risking loss of a bed or two. The fiscal year 1973 74 budget of 1 04456388 was approved, a 6.5 percent increase over last year, with a public hearing set for August 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Memorial Hospital
LVN
Pat McMillan
McMillan
County commissioners back Tech land road project near Brownfield
Terry County leaders unite to pave almost two miles on Texas Tech foundation land north of Brownfield. They seek district funding, noting agronomy lab development and regional transportation links with Lubbock. Local donors pledged $21 500 while a surplus claim seeks 24 322 29 for lateral road accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry County
Texas Tech Foundation
Brownfield
John L Johnson
Board of County and District Road
Ponape Island Adventure From West Texas Student
Frances Taylor, 20, daughter of Louise Taylor of 321 E Buckley and West Texas State junior, recalls seven weeks on Ponape in Micronesia. She describes island beauty, wartime ruins, and Micronesian language learned during a district attorney brother-in-law’s posting, noting four old cultures and Texas drawl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Taylor
Ponape
West Pacific
Dave Cushman
Louise Taylor
E. Buckley
West Texas State
Ponape Island
Hawaii
Frances
Philippines
Marshall Islands
Rhode Island
Micronesia
Germany
Truk
United Nations
United States
Texas
Meet Your Nabor: Henry Bishop Joins Brownfield Business
Henry Bishop arrives as manager of Anderson Grain at 807 North 5th Street with his wife Dorothy and four children. A Littlefield native, he studied telegraphy at Midwestern Junior College, worked twelve years at a Lubbock railroad clerk job, and later held roles in grain storage firms before moving to Brownfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Henry Bishop
Anderson Grain
North 5Th Street
Midwestern Junior College
Pueblo
Colo
The
Railroad
Lubbock
Goodpasture Grain
Chilicothe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sig H. Atkinson
CCC
Brownfield Savings & Loan Association
Newell Reed
Newell
Celeste Thomas
Herbert Chesshir
Bruce Zorns
al Muldrow
Zorns
Agronomy
Plains
Muldrow
West
West Texas Equipment Company
Skene Paddock
Library
Boulder
Jo Roy Golden
L. D. Bailey
Frank Gray
Public
R. E. Jones Gravel Company, Inc
Crenshaw, Dupree and Milam
W.J. Lester
Doss
Vincent Schertz
County Barn
Tropical Island
Littlefield
Ford
Naomi Bishop
Tulsa
Carol
Don) Robertson
Don
Electric Service
Bishop
Littlefield High
Nabor
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!