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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1973
Page
1
Mrs. Leon Jones of 808 Fast Hes ter criticizes parents who leave after their children perform at the Christmas and spring concert. She calls it discourteous and says many walk out before the band concert. The article supports staying to hear all performers.
Gebo's Distributing Company at 1694 Lubbock Road reported a theft of thirty jackets valued at 938.70 in an incident dated December 19. Thirteen leather suede jackets priced at 47.95 and twelve patchwork jackets at 37.80 each were missing after entry was gained by breaking front door glass. Brownfield police say the case is under investigation.
Calendar notes two Friday the 13th observances in 1974 September and December. Brownfield plans a gala New Year affair with reservations via Jean Meyers and a yet unnamed combo band. Festivities include quail venison and blackeyed peas as the year begins.
Weather forecasters predict a bright Christmas with no precipitation. Winter officially began Friday night after a pair of hard freezes earlier in the week with temperatures as low as 8 degrees in rural nights. Sunshine and near 60 degree highs expected, while cotton ginning operations faced wind and cold delays across Lubbock Brownfield Lamesa and Levelland classing offices reporting 53 000 bales Thursday and 27 000 on hand Friday morning.
Brownfield postal workers will receive a day and a half holiday this Christmas with the office open 8 to 12 Monday then closed for the afternoon and Tuesday December 25. Operations resume normal Wednesday with all routes run.
About 85 percent of the 1973 cotton crop is harvested, per a Friday afternoon report by Guy Britton of the Texas Employment Commission. A total of 133,737 bales are counted, compared with 36,969 bales on December 20 last year.
At a regular City Council meeting Mayor Lloyd Hahn presided as the council accepted a low bid of 57 055 30 from Holloway Contracting Company of Lubbock for water works and sanitary sewer improvements in the Gilliam Powell and Shady Oaks additions. The group discussed leasing 80 acres of farm land and authorized Mayor Hahn and City Manager Jake Geron to finalize arrangements. A 50 000 payment to Westinghouse was approved for a turbine in the light plant, and curtailment of natural gas due to cold weather was announced with load shared between the old plant on fuel oil and the new turbine on gas. The curtailment was expected to be brief.
Twelve different lots of bonus bucks in the amount of $25 were awarded to Terry County residents Thursday evening. Gordon Hoopman Chamber manager announced the winners: Mrs. Clyde Gamble Meadow, Jackie McNeil Brownfield, Sylvia Serbantez Brownfield, H. B. Heathcoat Brownfield, Mrs. S. E. Blevins Brownfield, Morris Pendergrass Brownfield, Doyle Love Brownfield, Judy Bolen Brownfield, Gerald Goldston Brownfield, Calvin Ingram Meadow, Mrs. A. J. Hartman Brownfield, Joe Draper Brownfield. Recipients may pick up the bonus bucks at the Chamber office.
The Durham family will close their Brownfield, Texas stint with a 7 PM sacred concert at First Baptist Church featuring Dale Durham, his wife Marjorie and daughters Judy Denise Deidra and Carrie Jo. They move to Anaheim on January 1 where Durham becomes Euclid Street Baptist Church music minister and administrator.
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