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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1966
Page
2
A collage of child letters lists Christmas wishes including boots a real football work tools bikes toys dolls beds and household items. The notes mention siblings parents and gratitude while some lines are cut off or fragmented reflecting a local year end feature.
Brownfield eighth graders with a 32 to 28 win over Frenship led 22 to 4 at half and with Roberson nine points and Lindley eight, the team prepared for a home game against Lamesa Thursday at 4 p.m. The message also includes a personal note from Tammy and Penny Butler in Arlington about Christmas toys.
Dr Malcolm Thomas heart specialist will address the regular Jaycee gathering on December 12, announced by Marion Snell president at Monday's session. Curtis Scott of General Telephone presented the NORAD program with slides and NORAD briefing from Colorado Springs by phone. guest Ervin Smith of Pan American attended.
Texas Forest Service offers windbreak tree seedlings from Indian Mound Nursery near Alto. Species include black locust catalpa mulberry Osage orange redcedar ponderosa pine and more. Minimum order 100 trees at $1.50 each plus tax. orders first come prepaid.
The Soil Conservation Service office discusses parallel terraces and underground irrigation pipelines. Edward Jordan, elected county supervisor, received approval for an underground pipe project near Meadow. James Burnett maps Truett Flache and Jack Wagner farms to plan terraces. Aubrey Dalrymple of Lub bock reviews Panhandle and South Plains district proceedings from Austin meeting. Supervisors L M Waters Jr Monroe Rowden and James attend.
Martin McDonald of Brownfield will appear in a one act tragedy The Remembrance Game at West Texas State University. Written by Coy Roper of North East State College Tahlequah Oklahoma, the program also features a one act comedy A Time to Marry. McDonald is a graduate speech student, son of Mrs Jean McDonald.
In Seminole Gymnasium the Brownfield Cubs lost the Seminole host team 54 to 37 in the finals of the Seminole Invitational Tournament. Joe Masso led Brownfield with 8 points while Eddie Maline posted 15 for the Seminoles and Jerry Timmons earned all tournament honors.
Women of the West Texas Barrel Races Association will hold a regular meeting at 1 p.m. Sunday as 60 entries are expected. Barrel racing top competitors from the region will perform. public admission is free. The Terry County Sheriff's Posse prepared the arena Tuesday for the event.
Brownfield residents consumed 28,876,000 gallons of water in November. The peak day was November 20 with 1,062,500 gallons and the low on November 28 with 856,800 gallons. This November usage exceeded November 1965 by 659,000 gallons, when 28,217,000 gallons were used. the high and low days differed slightly from last year.
Christmas celebrations were suppressed by English Puritans in the early 1640s who legally forbade the observance of Christmas.
Melvin Baker known as Mel Baker, an army recruiter from Lubbock, will head Terry County starting December 1. He previously served three years covering Crosby Garza Lynn and Hale County areas and will visit Brown.
The notice lists availability every Tuesday from 9 a.m. to noon and provides contact points at the VA Service Office at the Courthouse and the Post Office. Outside those hours reach 1010 13th Street in Lubbock or call PO3 2821 collect.
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