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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1960
Page
2
Terry County residents receive increasing Social Security pensions with 24 current beneficiaries as of year start, up 111 percent since 1995. Average per person is $615 annually, and most funds are spent locally, boosting the county economy amid policy expansions for beneficiaries and eligibility.
At the service awards dinner in Brownfield, four principals received pins: Joe Price 0 years, Mrs. Howard Davis 10 years, Rupert Austin 10 years, and Billy Ray Walker 5 years. President C. J. Wall presented the pins at Brownfield Country Club with guests from Amarillo and Lubbock and towns including O'Donnell Seagraves Lamesa Seminole.
Maids and matrons will gather for their annual Christmas party at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Selena Jane Brownfield Clubhouse. Hostesses are Mesdames John C. Clark Love Miller and Percy Spencer with Mrs E C Davis as program chairman.
Dr. Thomas F McGann of the University of Texas writes on The Ordeal of Cabeza de Vaca in American Heritage magazine. The account traces Cabeza’s eight year wander from 1528 to 1536 across unknown lands, his hardships, and the later return to the New World as Paraguay governor before fading into obscurity.
The piece notes a fashion shift toward coordinated fall hats for boys with slimmer silhouettes and upscale trims. Caps retreat for year round wear while Tyrolean influenced designs lead with youths, featuring olives golds blacks in checks and subdued plaids, including corduroy and knits.
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