John Fenton Receives First Optimist Award
The Brownfield Optimist Club honors 18 year old John Sherman Fenton with the first state program Young Texan award. Fenton, son of Mr and Mrs Myron Fenton, excelled in athletics and academics, held multiple student leadership roles, and plans to enter Baylor as a freshman this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fenton
Myron Fenton
E. Reppto
Jimmy Billings
Optimist Club
Optimist Clubs of Texas
Troy Post Foundation
John Sherman Fenton
E. Hester
John
Optimist
Brownfield
Boy Scouts
Colorado
First Baptist Church
Fenton
Bond and Lucky Nursery
Tom
Phillips 66
Baylor
Ronnie
Brenda
Joy Masso
Middle East
Police Report: 23 Arrests In July In Brownfield
Brownfield City Police report 23 arrests in July with four sent to county officials. Arrests include eight drunks five thefts three burglaries one DUI two disturbances one minor in possession one simple assault and one traffic violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Corporation Court
Tuty Lodge One Honored at Denver City Workshop
Tuty Lodge One and Meadow Lodge 1228 will be honored at an 8 p.m. August 29 workshop in the Masonic Hall, Denver City. The Grand Lodge of Texas awards the Honor Roll for attendance in spring workshop programs, presented by L. B. Montgomery who chairs a six county area and conducts the meeting. Brownfield Plains and Denver City Lodges are invited. Nearly 200 meetings are held twice yearly for officers or members of over 970 Masonic Lodges in Texas. The Masonic Fraternity is the state’s largest fraternal group with about 250,000 members.
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Meadow Lodge
Masonic
Denver City
Grand Lodge of Texas
L. B. Montgomery
Littlefield
Montgomery
Brownfield
Plains
England
Scotland
Egypt
Miss Poe
C. E. Ross
Tim Faulkenberry
City Council Parents Teachers Association
Paul Farrar
Brownfield Independent School Board of Trustees
Brownfield High School
Fred Smith
Jimmy
Grace Mason
Dallas
Houghton-Mifflin Publishing Company
Kenneth McIntyre
University of Texas
Mason
MclIntyre
School Trustees Schedule Meet in Brownfield District
The Brownfield Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet at 7 30 p m in the Brownfield High School library for a regular session. The three page agenda lists personnel changes as top items with resignations from 10 teachers and 18 teachers to be evaluated for employment.
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Board of Trustees
Brownfield Consolidated Independent School District
Brownfield High School
E. B. Posey
Holland Evans
Neighborhood Youth Corp
Wee Folk Group Guests Of Rotary
Brownfield Rotary Club held its Friday noon meeting with 60 attendees. Guests included Bill McGowan Jr and several Posey and Bumpass family members from Levelland. The program featured the five girl folk singers from Evans Junior High School in Lubbock led by Nell Posey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield Rotary Club
Harry Elam
Bill McGowan
Dale Travis, Jr
Bob Posey
Ellis B. Posey
Ellis B
Posey
E.B. Posey
Walter Bumpass
Johnson
O*dell Frazier
John Morton
Dick Carothers
Levelland
Evans Jr. High School
Lubbock
Veanie Bumpass
Vicki Heimerman
Karen Simmons
Kathy Jacobus
Nell Posey
Nell
E. B. Posey
Brownfield Public School
Beck Speaks To Lions Club in Brownfield Meeting
Raymond Beck, Brownfield Chamber of Commerce manager and Lions Club member, spoke on store merchandising and Brownfield’s potential. Special Brownfield guests included Tony Lewis, Lonnie Mantooth, Tonny Masso, Tim Faulkenberry, and Kathy Darwin. Directors met after the regular session as 44 members and guests attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Beck
Chamber of Commerce
Brownfield
Helen Poe To Speak At Pre School Teacher Workshop
Dallas writer and lecturer Helen Poe will open Brownfield high school auditorium Monday for a preschool teacher workshop. The event features Poe’s travel and arts reviews, with sessions on reading programs, consulting experts, and government education programs.
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Helen Poe
Dallas
Miss Poe
Southern Methodist University
Columbia University
Julliard School of Music
New York City
Europe
Japan
Free China
Hong Kong
Bhutan
Sikkem
Ganges
Benares
India
Taj Mahal
Abu Simbel
Siberia
Petra
Sahara
Ceylon
General Assembly
C. E. Ross
Tim Faulkenberry
Paul Farrar
Brownfield High School Bank
Rainfall Roundup Across Regions After Recent Storm
Officials recorded 0.80 inch of rain in the city over 24 hours from noon Thursday to Friday. Unofficial reports cited 1 2 inches in Tokio community. Johnson area saw hail and moderate rain in a small strip. Needmore and nearby got about 1.5 inches. Union and surrounding areas reported about 1 inch.
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Tokio
Johnson
Needmore
Union
Diane Corbell Crowned District II Farm Bureau Queen
Diane Corbell of Lynn County won the District II Farm Bureau Queen Contest with about 200 attendees. The event featured a discussion meet won by O Donnell and a talent final won by Linda Burleson, with Cindy Garvin as runner up for queen. Corbell will advance to the Texas Farm Bureau convention in Corpus Christi in November.
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South Plains
Diane Corbell
Lynn County
Diane
Dwight Corbell
New Home
Cherry Lee Norman
Ronnie Woods
J. M. Woods
O’donnell
David McDougal
W. T. McDougal
Abernathy
Jesse George
Larry Meyers
Muleshoe
Gene Handley
Lockney
Linda Burleson
Neil Finley
Bailey
Joe Taylor
Lynn
Margaret Walters
Lubbock
Hale County
Cindy Garvin
R. D. Garvin
Mamba Frizzell
Floyd
Jane Hamill
Hockley
Brenda Evatt
Crosby
Beatrice Barbian
Swisher
Beverly Davis
Ed Cumbie
Bronte
Farm Bureau
Jimmy Billman
Tahoka
District 1
TFB
Corpus Christi
Hamilton Presides At Council Meeting In Absence Of Mayor
Council meeting notes show Jack Hamilton presiding in place of Mayor C. E. Ross. Present were Bill Noble Joe Christian Sam Teague city manager Jake Geron city attorney Bill McGowan and Chief James Tippitt. Topics include street study yield signs eastside, pole contact fees with General Telephone Co, paving South Fourth Street, civil defense workers coverage under a new policy, and bids for a garbage truck and line truck set for Sept 22 with a Sept 22 meeting date adjusted for a Brownfield Field Tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Ross
Jack Hamilton
Por Tem
Bill Noble
Joe Christian
Sam Teague
Jake Geron
Bill McGowan
James Tippitt
P. R. Cates
Geron
Harry Elam
Charles Robinson
General Telephone Company of the
Southwest
Telephone Company
South Fourth Street
Electric Department
Civil Defense
Brownfield Chamber of Commerce
SCS
Citizens Urged to Continue War on Mosquitos in Dallas
City sanitarian O. Ray White warns of epidemic mosquito trouble and urges residents to drain water, trim tall weeds, and inspect containers after rain. He notes species capable of encephalitis include A. ta r s alis and Culex quisque fasciatus, with local traps in Lubbock finding several.
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Dallas
O. Ray White
City
Brownfield
White
E. Floyd
Lubbock
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Brownfield Optimist Club
Phil Porter
Tuty Lodge
Beck
Lions Club
Lubbock County
George
Floyd County
Jesse
Hamilton
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