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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1968
Page
3
The 1968 annual Terry County Farm Tour aims to showcase farms on September 12 with a free lunch. Dennis T. Lilly and a 10 member awards committee will select outstanding farm families from nominations due by September 1. The event promotes mutual understanding between businessmen and farmers and offers Brownfield residents a look at neighboring communities.
Lubbock hosts August meetings uniting industry and government to raise U S cotton exports from about four to six million bales annually. Officials from Agriculture State Department Commerce Export-Import Bank and others discuss shipping financing and insurance to expand foreign sales and containerized shipments to Japan and Western Europe.
Marine Private First Class Irvin H. Hill, 21, son of Mr and Mrs Mack Hill of Sea, serves with the First Marine Division in South Vietnam. He helps capture or destroy enemy forces and supports civic action projects that aid local wells, culverts, small bridges and schools.
Two Terry County vocational agriculture directors Homer E. Jones of Wellman and Paul Cowley of Union received awards at the Texas Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association annual meeting. Jones earned recognition for service to vocational agriculture while Cowley was honored for his work with area newspapers. Jack Lacy of Lampasas presented the awards.
Rick Dill of Brownfield joins the American Shorthorn Association as a Junior Member. Dill, a Union High School junior active in 4-H and FFA, previously showed Hereford calves and will begin Shorthorn registration privileges with this new membership.
Three Brownfield area residents will be among 164 students receiving bachelor degrees at Abilene Christian College summer commencement. Graduates include Patrick Hubbard Denver City Margarete Miller Levelland and Charlotte Nettles Tohoka. Dr Athens Clay Pullins Lipscomb College president Nashville Tenn will deliver the address at Moody Coliseum Auditorium. Degrees awarded cover arts sciences education music education and home economics.
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