05 Dec 1957
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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1957
Page
1
The article flags a severe crisis in the cotton industry as markets shrink from synthetic competition and foreign production. It notes a steep drop in national acreage from 24.89 million in 1940 to 12.2 million in 1957 and calls for urgent action to preserve the industry.
Brownfield football teams will be guests of the Quarterback Club at a barbecue dinner Monday at 7 p.m. in the junior high cafeteria. Guests include members of junior high, freshmen B, and varsity teams. Short talks by Brownfield men will highlight the program. Barbecued chicken and the trimmings will be served.
Night cold. car hurried toward Meadow and Lubbock. Texas highway patrolmen signaled it to stop after a brief talk. Further details appear on Page 2.
The Terry County Chapter of the American Cancer Society held its bi monthly board meeting at the Health Unit on November 26. Mrs M E Sfinson and Mrs Tom Petti led the service committee which contacted 17 local firms to circulate cancer pamphlets to employees. About 2009 people were reached. Mrs O D Kennedy will organize an open women’s meeting in January featuring the film Breast Self Examination.
An all day district session of Brownfield Methodist personnel will begin at 9 30 a m Friday in the First Methodist Church. Presiding will be district Superintendent Dr Dallas D Denison of Brownfield with reports from 30 pastors. See See No 4 Page 2
Mrs. Earl W. Layman was installed mother advisor of Brownfield Rainbow Girls at the Masonic Temple. Juana Jay Barrett and Mary Joe Christ in were installed officers, with Mrs. Wayland Parker as chaplain. Gennie Christian gave Christmas customs from other countries and carols followed. A skating party in Lubbock is planned for Monday. the Christmas party is scheduled December 16 with toy exchanges for Goodfellows. A New Year luncheon is planned in the temple Banquet Room. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Claud Buchanan and Mrs. Viola Grace Barrett.
Zane Williams, a police officer since 1956, was promoted to captain this week by Chief James Tippit. His appointment took effect December 1 after about four years on the force. He previously served in Plainview, Snyder and Sweetwater departments. The 29-year-old first became assistant chief and was promoted to sergeant in February after about five months with Brownfield police. His training includes study under the Texas Department of Public Safety and a recent Odessa criminal investigation school.
Weldon Callaway urges readers to vote in next year's general elections and to pay poll tax, warning that failure to pay costs two votes lost for the reader and the candidate they oppose. Mentions Portwood Motor Co and Jack Bailey Chevrolet in the See No. 6 Page 2 area.
Charles Isbell of Brownfield the University of Texas astrophysics major became the first undergraduate to operate the 82 inch telescope at McDonald Observatory Fort Davis during Thanksgiving. He worked with Dr. H A Apt on spectrographic studies of two northern constellations before returning to Austin.
A 15 year old BHS student suffered a mild concussion and head lacerations when his scooter collided with a car east of the junior high cafeteria. The driver, Mrs Bertie Norton Cole, attempted a left turn as the youth reportedly did not see the vehicle. The injured youth, Charles Hare, is listed in satisfactory condition at Treadaway Daniels Hospital.
Union Wildcats defeated Jayton 42 to 38 to claim the Region 1 Six Man championship before about 1,200 chilly fans. The win gives Union a 12-0 season record with a late surge in the final minutes of play.
Funeral services for Mona Hazel Green 39 of Route 4 were held Wednesday at Brownfield Funeral Home Chapel with John McCoy officiating. She died Monday after a long illness born in Hamilton County a resident since 1927. Survived by husband Alton R Green of the home mother Ida Mae Manning Route 4 four brothers Leo Bluffdale Luther Dimmitt Earl Houston Ivy Brownfield pallbearers Ruben Leach Kenneth Winkles Odell Winkles A T Pickett Taft Murphy John Cloud Burial Terry County Memorial Cemetery Brownfield Funeral Home directed.
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