Insect Odds and Accidents Highlight Local Notes
A Brownfield note column cites safety stats from National Safety Council 1972 showing accidents rising with leisure time. Local items include Labor Day booth plans by Brownfield Jaycees near Rustic Drive-In, Al and Vera Muldrow renting in Rockport, a Boulder earthquake near Mexico City damage, cloudy weekend forecast, and the film Walking Tall about Sheriff Buford Pusser’s Tennessee cleanup story.
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National Safety Council
United States
Brownfield Jaycees
Carl Stephenson
Vera Muldrow
Rockport
Walking Tall
McNairy County
Tenn
Buford Pusser
Farm Tour Plans Enter Final Stages
Five chartered buses from Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma will transport residents for the Terry County Farm Tour scheduled for September 13 at 9 AM through 50 to 60 miles of travel. Duane Moss notes fewer stops this year with a longer briefing at the Texas Tech land north of town led by Dr Anson Bertrand dean of agriculture and staff.
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Terry County
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Duane Moss
Court House
Moss
Texas Tech
Anson Bertrand
Tech
Announcement on 1974 Wheat Program Details
John Stockton Jr. announces the 1974 wheat program with no set aside or conserving base for four years. A target price of 2.05 per bushel triggers payments only if wheat averages below that price, after December 1, 1974. National allotment is 55 million acres. individual allotments average about triple 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stockton Jr
Weekend crime sprees and farm tour changes in Brownfield area
Police logged multiple assaults and a stabbing in Brownfield with suspects including Christobal Rodriguez 24 Shirley Bryson 34 Danilo Morin and others facing charges. Victims Curtis Huckabee and Morin were taken to Brownfield General Hospital. Also reported were thefts at Piggly Wiggly and a Billfold loss at a local firm. A farm family tour announced schedule tweaks and an upcoming nomination deadline for Outstanding Farm Family of the Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Huckabee
Brownfield General Hospital
Danilo Morin
Bartlett Named Commissioner for Precinct 3 in Terry County
At the Terry County Commissioners Court meeting on Monday, Leo Bartlett Sr. was confirmed as commissioner of Precinct 3 filling the late H B Settle’s seat until the November 1974 general election. Bartlett, a former commissioner from 1947 to 1952, said he would chair only until a successor is elected.
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Lee Bartlett SR
Precinct
Terry County
Leo Bartlett Sr
Herbert Chesshir
Bartlett
Chesshir
Lee Bartlett
Gerald Bevers
John L. Johnson
Harvey Smith
Kendrick to chair Together plan for Quanah Parker district
John Kendrick named Together chairman to recruit new sponsoring institutions for an expected 2,600 new scouters in the Quanah Parker District. A Together dinner will close the drive at Reese AFB on October 4 at 7 p.m. Kendrick, a Lubbock native and Texas Tech alumnus, is bank board chairman and Silver Beaver award recipient.
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John Kendrick
Together
Boy Scouts of the
Quanah Parker District
Don Hardgrave
Reese Afb
Kendrick
Lubbock
Texas Tech
First National Bank of
Brownfield
Kemdrick
Pioneer Reunion Draws Terry County Citizens at Legion Hall
A Pioneer Reunion at the American Legion Hall in Terry County featured Mrs. Mahota Winston Mrs. Effie Brownfield Wilson and Mrs. Ivy Savage discussing early school days. Wilson 82 arrived in 1902 Brownfield town founder M W Brownfield and Savage served as Roscoe Wilson School principal. In county business officials chose a 1973 Ford pickup trade difference 1875 paid 255 30 tractor lease and shredding at the airport 80 01 to Don s Electric for a beacon light canceled a double rendition of W J Carter personal property record and tabled foster care welfare funds. The commission borrowed 25000 from First National Bank, bringing this year s borrowing to 75000 versus 125000 last year, trimming the 1973 budget by 59000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry County
American Legion Hall
Mahota Winston
Effie Brownfield Wilson
Ivy Savage
Winston
Wilson
M. W. Brownfield
Savage
Roscoe Wilson School
Dave Cushman
Charles Darwin Ford
Don’s Electric
W. J. Carter
Lubbock
First National Bank
General Fund
Weddle Named Queen Mother for Harvest Festival
Mrs. Earl Helen Weddle of Brownfield was named Queen Mother for this year’s Harvest Festival Queen candidates. Seven entries are on file with one more expected. Sponsoring organizations include Jaycees Kiwanis Lions Rotary and Optimist with events planned such as teas and Farm Tour activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl
Helen) Weddle
Weddle
Debbie Herring
Jaycees
Toni Dixon
Noon Lions
Fran Fulford
Rotary
Melanie Frizerell
Kiwanis
Cyan Tippit
Evening Lions
Jennifer Hunter
Optimist
Marci Eakin
Cotton Boosters
Memphis
Bolton High
DuPont Company
Cheryl
E. Tate
First Baptist Church
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Brownie
Brownfield Oldtimer
KKK
By Sig H. Atkinson
H. B
Dock) Settle
Celeste Thomas
Christobal Rodriguez
Shirley Bryson
Billy Wayne Riley
Juan Lopez Perez
Billy Ray Fullbright
Underwood’s of
Dale Brown
Veterans Service
Dallas
Mrs. Earl Weddle
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