Winter and Christmas Cheer Amid Local Snippets
The column blends light notes on winter and holiday greetings with brief town tidbits. Rotarians enjoy a Christmas party at Brownfield Country Club. quirks in local shopping unfold as shoppers balance generosity and cunning during the season. farmers benefit from favorable weather as cotton moves to gins.
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Mike Richardson
Denise Durham
Brownfield Country Club
Rotary Club
Socorro Castro
Gibson’s Discount
Mary Serbantez
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Police log notes various greetings and theft report
A Brownfield Police Department report records a theft of a tool caddy valued at $100, part of a broader week noting diverse greetings received by officers.
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Brownfield
Goodfellows seek volunteers for Friday delivery drive
Goodfellows call for volunteers to meet at the County Barn at 8 30 Friday morning to assemble and deliver boxes for about 140 families and 400 children. Jake Geron chairs the effort and a Thursday meeting will prepare boxes containing frozen hens beans potatoes sugar coffee fruit and toys. The group also notes support from a Dodge van donation from Mickey Parkinson.
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Goodfellow
Jake Geron
Goodfellows
Brownfield School Board approves pickup bid and opposes jury service change
The Brownfield School Board held a long session Monday with bids for a 1972 pickup for James Willis, to be bought outright and later used by maintenance, the lowest bid $3,188.33 from Charles Darwin Ford. A new car for Superintendent W O Caraway was discussed with a motion to keep his current 1971 Pontiac passing unanimously. The board also considered how other districts obtain pickups for the agricultural department, with a motion to table further discussion until more information is gathered. A teacher workshop was announced for January 5 6 and 7 as part of the curriculum report.
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Brownfield
James Willis
Willis
Charles Darwin Ford
W. A. Leigon
W. O. Caraway
Ken Muldrow
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Agricultural Department
Robert Noble
Jack Pinson
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Pinson
Chamber Seeks 1971 Top Citizen for Terry County
The Terry County Chamber of Commerce will honor a county resident as Outstanding Citizen at a 7:30 p.m. banquet January 15 1972 in the new high school. Nominations via form in this edition of the Brownfield News. Last year’s recipient was Lloyd Hahn.
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Terry County
Christmas Weather Outlook for Brownfield Harvest
Weatherman forecasts favorable conditions for Christmas as cotton harvest ramps up in Brownfield. Bob Shultz of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Cotton Classing Office in Brownfield reports daily increases in harvest activity and mentions higher sample receipts.
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Brownfield
Bob Shultz
U.S.D.A
Conservation Education awards cited for 1972 teachers
Robert Becker of Brownfield High School is among fifteen public school teachers to be cited early in 1972 for efforts to raise student awareness of the physical environment. The Texas Advisory Committee on Conservation Education will present the awards during January and February at local programs statewide.
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Robert Becker
Brownfield
Texas Advisory Committee On Conservation Education
Texas Education Agency
Meet Your Neighbor Elder Richard Lugo Arrives in Brownfield
Richard Lugo arrives in Brownfield as one of the newest residents. The missionary from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the son of Matt and Marie Lugo, raised in Los Angeles California.
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Richard Lugo
Brownfield
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Matt and
Marie Lugo
Los Angeles
Calif
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