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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1969
Page
2
A holiday safety note urges drivers to slow down in school zones and near streets where children dash home for holidays. It warns that youngsters may be distracted by festive sights and emphasizes careful driving to prevent accidents during busy season.
One year ago Pat Donley demonstrated a Breathalyzer for local officials including the Brownfield Police Department and county and state reps. Joe Masso won best speaker at a Brownfield Toastmasters meeting. Five, ten, and more years back, Santa visits, Jaycees events, Boy Scout trips, school leadership, church restoration, and Red Cross efforts populate the hometown glimpses.
A December 11 science workshop for migrant teachers ran 1 to 4 30 p m at Colonial Heights Library. Instructors were Richard Ybarra and Ray Garcia from the Education Service Center in Lubbock. Attendees represented Brownfield La Mesa Levelland and Whitharral with named teachers listed.
Ramblins notes a living Christmas tree at First Baptist Church with choirs and musicians, plus PTA and Oak Grove programs planned for Monday and Tuesday. Social calendar fills with church, school, civic events as residents mingle with visits from Palm Springs guests and local house moves.
James W. Hendricks USN son of Mrs. Bill Parsons of Denver City graduated from the basic electricity and electronics school at the Naval Training Center San Diego Calif The Navy's largest west coast school provides a basic foundation in electricity Hendricks will report to another electricity school in his specialty Shop Brownfield first.
A preacher notes the true Christian badge is agape love. He contrasts impostors with genuine disciples, urges testing one’s heart by inserting one’s name into 1 Cor 13:4-5, and emphasizes love as visible evidence of following Christ.
J W Riley as board president announces Dr A H Daniel will be secretary. The board aims to partner with Brownfield ISD to establish a Licensed Vocational Nurses program with two facilities. McMillan notes hospital occupancy up four percent from 1968. Attendees include Riley Cruce Smith Beasley Cowan Spain Anderson legal advisor Hope Black and McMillan.
The documentary highlights Babe Ruth Baseball programs producing major leaguers like Curt Blefary and profiles events from the Babe Ruth World Series and Tournament of Champions. It notes Lefty Gomez and opening day festivities, and promotes free group screenings via Babe Ruth Baseball in Trenton New Jersey.
Funeral services for Mrs. R. F. Mobley 74 were held at Brownfield Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Jimmy Cantrell and Rev. P A Powell officiating. Burial followed in Terry County Memorial Cemetery. She died in Brownfield General Hospital after a lengthy illness. Born in Anton, she moved to the Wellman community in the early 1920s and to Brownfield in 1960. Survivors include her daughter Mrs. Vic Watts and several stepchildren siblings and grandchildren.
Report notes that nearly half of all divorces occur within the first five years of marriage, highlighting rapid relationship breakdown in the early years.
The piece surveys how tax dollars are allocated across defense social programs and debt costs. It notes defense receives about 51 cents per dollar with the remainder split among Social Security education veterans benefits and other services. It also mentions a congressman proposing a comprehensive annual catalog of all federal aid programs. A joke about a chicken farmer ends the excerpt.
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