Brownfield notices mix of events and incidents
Local items report a noon to evening slate of Christmas concerts at Brownfield schools and church choirs plus a fatal traffic crash in Ropesville. Other notes cover Trade Development Committee talks, store promotions, and hospital updates for residents. 4-H pecan sales move aid to the county extension office.
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Trade Development Committee
Sammy Jones
Joe Young
Brownfield High
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Mitchell Flache
Brownfield
U.S. 62
FM 41
Ropesville
Brownfield General Hospital
Flache
C. D. Bond
Route 1
C. Raney
N. Atkins
Atkins
Raney
Weekend Weather Outlook Clouds and Cool Tempts
Weather through Tuesday shows cloudy skies and cool conditions with daytime highs in the 60s and nighttime lows around the low 30s. Winds are variable with no precipitation expected.
Brownfield Post Office Drops Saturday Hours This December
Postmaster Howard Davis stated limited budget and district directives cancel the planned Saturday window hours for December at Brownfield. The office will remain open Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and will be closed December 25 and January 1 with only special delivery mail attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Davis
Brownfield
Oklahoma City
Lubbock
Davis
Special Guatemala Child Art Exhibit Arrives in Brownfield
Friday announced a bicentennial exhibit of Guatemalan children's art to tour four Texas towns including Brownfield Odessa Lubbock and Plainview. Leonard Ellington said the exchange with Texas runs a year long tour of photographs from a national contest winners display in school glass cases during school hours free to the public. Mrs Jack Garrett will supervise the displays and Brownfield received a Guatemala government merit certificate for the showing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala
Middle School
Brownfield High
Leonard Ellington
Ellington
Brownfield
Government of
CA Grant Awarded to South Plains Action Association
Congressman George Mahon announced a $17,826 Community Services Administration grant to the South Plains Community Action Association of Levelland. The funds support neighborhood centers and services for low income residents in Anton and Cochran, Lamb, Terry and Yoakum counties starting January 1, 1976.
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George Mahon
Community Services Administration
South Plains Community Action Association, Inc
Levelland
Anton
Cochran
Lamb, Terry
Yoakum
Timmons Reelected ASC Chairman in Terry County
The Terry County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committees met last week to hold elections with Billy Timmons reelected as chairman. Other officers are Donald Hancock as vice chairman James D. Bartlett as regular member Graham Swain as first alternate and Earl J. Brown Jr. as second alternate.
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Terry County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committees
Billy Timmons
Donald Hancock
James D. Bartlett
Graham Swain
Earl J. Brown Jr
Ray Gober
Willie Blair
Homer Barron
Gerald Caswell
Robert White
Delton Gregg
Harvey Knight
Kearby Sexton
Gerald Jordan
Burke Slaughter
Delton Young
LeWayne Rowden
Jerry D. Sims
Howard Moorhead
Raleigh Luker
Keith Vandivere
Gordon Patton
W. A. Fulford
United Way Funds Summer Recreation in Terry County
United Way of Terry County reports progress on the Summer Recreation Program for Brownfield youth with 82.9 percent of the $29 000 goal raised amounting to 24 061 dollars. Dead line is Wednesday December 17. The program offers co ed activities including track and field basketball golf tennis and weight training with last summer's basketball clinic drawing about 42 boys and 29 girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Terry County
United Way
LACSO
Noon Lions Club
Cub Stadium
Terry County United Fund
Longtime Brownfield resident to celebrate 93rd birthday
Mrs. W. H. Lula Kelly marks her 93rd birthday on Thursday December 18 at Bur-Mont Nursing Home. Born December 18 1882 in Cleburne, she recalls Lipan schooling, farm life, and a 1901 marriage to W. H. Kelly with ten children. She has endured family losses but remains active in local memories and festivities.
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W. H
Lula) Kelly
Bur-Mont Nursing Home
Elva Stone
Levelland
Ollie Brown
J. E
Patsy) Eakin
Lynn Black
Route 2
Curtis
May Price
Odessa
Hazel Sublett
California
Mrs. Kelly
Bessie Reynolds
Ernest
Bo) Kelly
Denver Kelly
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American Cancer Society
Mike Dugger
Howard Hurd
Dugger
Donnie Gillespie
Jim Mitchell
Hurd
Kay Dodds
Brownie
Vicente Cadena
Joe Brown
Clarence Branch
Calvary Baptist Church
Jake
Hattie Fulford
Jackson
Miss
Farm Bureau
By Sig Atkineos
Timmons
ASC
Eva Seare
EY Stagg
Lipan
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