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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1957
Page
2
The piece notes rapid cotton harvesting this week with gins running full and trailers scarce. It observes farm wives hauling cotton dawn to dusk, praises farm-to-market roads, and critiques space race fervor while urging practical science and public enlightenment.
Mrs L V Alexander of Route 2 won a $59 gift certificate from last Monday’s Dollar Day sale with $10 more in merchandise waiting at Bayless Jewelry and area shops. Other $19 certificate recipients include Mrs Luther Malcolm, Mrs J A Bench, Ruby Whitaker, and Mrs C W Pate. The rest of the text shifts to speculative celestial banter about moons and rockets with scattered remarks on science and warnings about laws, ending with a nod to the Star of Bethlehem.
Funeral services for Lena Wilson 72 of Mangum Okla were held Saturday at Downfield Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Jones Weathers First Baptist Church officiating She lived here about 30 years before moving to Mangum three years ago born Hood County Feb 13 1885 moved here in 1936 Survivors include two daughters Mrs Arthur F Stark Mangum and Mrs Margie Talley 416 West Powell five grandchildren and two great grandchildren Burial was in Brownfield Cemetery Brownfield Funeral Home directed
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