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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1973
Page
2
Guest editorial discusses Senate Bill 123 becoming effective on August 27 and argues for extending civil rights to 18-year-olds while noting criminal law age remains 17. It critiques delayed maturity, forecasts liquor restrictions, and urges Terry County readers to educate and guide youths as they assume majority responsibilities three years sooner.
Brownfield hosts the 13th annual Old Settlers Reunion at the American Legion Hall with a covered dish luncheon, memorial, and business meeting. Nominations for outstanding farm family and individual close next Friday August 31. tour set for September 13. Ralph Sellmeyer seeks Tech input. tour direction pending.
Farmers face a choice between irrigation and waiting for rain. Cotton research shows fruiting water use about .25 inch per day, implying 24 to 36 days of stored soil moisture. With root zones of four to six feet, each foot holding 1.5 inches water, many fields have six to nine inches of soil moisture, and rainfall since August 1 has been scant.
The column weighs whether late season watering is wise and suggests a light irrigation of one to one and a half inches if rain is scarce. It also recalls Bart Knox, 13, son of Dr. and Mrs. Morris Knox, winning third place with a trophy in the West Texas Junior Golf Tournament of Champions in Odessa a year ago, after earlier victories in Brownfield and Gaines County tournaments.
Youth from several churches presented Meet Your Nabor Its All About Love at the Middle School Auditorium. Larry described his photography hobby and his plan for shooting spaces in the remodeled building. The Old Settlers Reunion will be Aug last Saturday at the American Legion Hall. Directors approved a 1968 69 Terry County United Fund budget of 27211 up from 27065. Gary Burnett won a Texas $50 Scholarship Award for cooperative farm business excellence.
Harold Gene Brown and Sylvester Brown, both 27, remained in jail on bonds after Monday arrests by Brownfield police on two and one counts respectively. A 13 year old was also involved. The burglaries dated August 10 and 18 targeted E and H Laundry, El Casino Club, Blevins Laundry, Terry County Lumber, and Boston's Super Dog causing damage and minor thefts.
Firefighters quickly brought under control a blaze in the grain storage complex on the Santa Fe tracks west of Anderson Grain Co. The elevator's origin section was destroyed and there was heavy damage to the building and stored wheat and milo. The structure belonged to Jon-T Chemical Inc. Earl Weddle praised the firemen for preventing further damage to nearby facilities.
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