Winter Season Reflects Faith And Festivity In Brownfield
Casual Corner notes winter’s arrival on December 21 with Ecclesiastes wisdom, Christmas joy, and seasonal reflections. TID BITS mention open house at First National Bank, local business plans, and Christmas shopping humor as the town gears up for holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trust Department
First National Bank
L. J. Richardson
Howard Davis
Griff
Glen Bielss
Jerry Kapler
Bielss and Kapler
N. 5Th Street
Dean Merrifield
John Gildersleeve
Midland
Pierce, Pace and
Asso=ciates
Dub Leigen
Brownfield
Johnny Willis
Peggy Gillespie
Leonard Ellington
Principal Reports On Brownfield Intermediate School
Brownfield School Board meets to approve the 1973 calendar, hire a PE teacher, and hear Dale Sides report on the Intermediate School. Sides says the 9–12 program works, maintenance issues exist, and progress reporting to parents remains a challenge. The board notes enrollment at 3,186 the week of December 11, with tax collection up and uses two gymnasiums for Little Dribblers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield School Board
Dale Sides
Kelly R. Baggett
Brownfield
Danny R. Wilhelm
Baggett
W. A. Caraway
Jack Pinson
James B. Willis
J. O. Burnett Jr
Burnett
Brownfield School
Caraway
Jack Leech
Little Dribblers
Sides
Brownfield Authority Maps 36 Low Rent Units Plan
The Brownfield Local Housing Authority moved toward 36 low rent units after HUD approved a 7200 grant. A manager will be hired first with site selection and bid lettings planned by January 22 and February 22 respectively. Units for the elderly near downtown and for low income near a school aim to minimize travel and traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Gildersleeve
W. A. (Dub) Leigon
Housing Authority
Dallas
Gilderesleeve
DPS Report Details Six County Wrecks and Regional Totals
The Texas Highway Patrol recorded six rural highway crashes in Terry County in November with one death and nine injuries. The fatality occurred November 26 in Brownfield at 14th and Main, involving Laura Chandler Skoog. Regional November 1972 totals: 584 accidents, 14 deaths, 265 injuries, compared to 576, 20, 292 in November 1971. Nationwide notes urge safe driving as the article then shifts to Brownfield Christmas music plans and public housing HUD discussions with Gildersleeve and Leigen outlining grant money, management roles, site relocation, and unit placement near schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Texas Highway Patrol
Terry County
H. E. Pirtle
Laura Chandler Skoog
14Th
Main
Brownfield
Texas Department of Public Safety
Highway Patrol
Floyd
Cochran
Crosby
Hockley
Lubbock
Terry
Wise
Castro
Dallam
Moore
Meet Your Nabor Bruce Dennington joins Texas 4-H work
Bruce Dennington, 24, new to Texas, assists Terry County 4-H youths with livestock for the Terry County stock show and the Houston Stock Show. A U S Air Force sergeant, he arrived in late June after service in Okinawa and the Philippines and is stationed at Reese AFB in Lubbock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
West Texas
of Texas
Bruce Dennington
Terry County
Texas
Dennington
U. S. Air Force
Reese Afb
Lubbock
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Sig H. Atkinson
CCC
Cicero
Robert Baumgardner
John Pall
Keith Vandivere
Ken Muldrow
Tim Faulkenberry
Jane Shirley
Muldrow
Bob Noble
Darrell Wood
Brownfield Fire Department
Harold Jones
American Legion Hall
Dave Cushman
Brownfield Authority
Hunts
Pierce, Pace and Associates
Authority
DPS
Brownfield Intermediate School
Sylvia Langham
Cordell Green
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