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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1965
Page
8
A long list of holiday guests fills homes from Vernon to Lovington as families travel to spend Christmas with relatives. Residents host relatives from Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas cities, and college students return home for the holidays.
Dr. C Richard King details the 1886 drought and its impact on Texas settlers in Wagons Fast. The book, funded by UT’s Journalism Development Fund and Kurth Foundation, uses Dallas Morning News archives to show press leadership aiding survival and honest depiction of arid conditions.
Joe Brown and Homer Hinson were named winners in the Jaycee Christmas Lighting Contest with Brown ruling overall decoration and Hinson best door. Bob Simpson presented plaques Thursday after judges from Maids and Martens Club Xi theta Beta Sigma Phi and Garden Club evaluated entries Tuesday night.
About 20 West Texans will participate in the Southwest Academy for Law Enforcement Officers from Jan 3 to 28 at Big Spring. The Texas A M University Police Training Division leads the course with Big Spring officials including Police Chief Jay Banks City Attorney John Burgess and City Judge Bola i Ono. Attendees hail from San Angelo Sweetwater Snyder Lamesa Brownfield Littlefield Andrews and Pecos. Courses cover search and seizure laws rules of evidence liquor laws narcotics public relations defensive tactics firearm training interrogation and mob and riot control.
Mr and Mrs E L Jackson entertain during the holidays with Mrs L T Griffin and Mr Joe Henning of Garland as visitors. Their son Wayne, an electrician at Goodasture Grain in Houston, will join them for Christmas Day. Other children of the family are expected.
Texas A&M University cotton cytogenetics researchers bombard cotton plants with X rays and gamma rays to map the 26 chromosomes and identify genes tied to agronomic traits. Meta Brown Thomas White and Russell Kohei aim to enhance desirable traits and suppress undesirable ones for future plant breeding.
Local pages summarize yesterday’s events with brief notices, community updates, and notices of upcoming activities in Brownfield and surrounding areas. Includes short reports on town meetings, school happenings, and local sports results from the week.
Guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Hansard include her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Miller of Amarillo. Mr. and Mrs. Preston Hester will have as guests in their home the Miller couple for a visit.
Mr and Mrs Don Hendley host Mrs Cecil Hendley of Abilene for Christmas. They will visit Mason to spend part of the holiday with Mrs Hendley’s parents Mr and Mrs Frank Miller.
Mr and Mrs Earl McNutt host as Christmas guests his parents Mr and Mrs C F McNutt of Durant Oklahoma visiting at their home for the holiday season.
Mr and Mrs Robert L Noble host relatives for the holidays with Mrs C L Cooper of Tulsa visiting. Their son Don and family from Alvin join. Gelane Staudt from San Angelo State will spend the vacation with her parents I J and J Staudt. Dean Merrifield and children will celebrate in Amarillo with her parents G E Womack.
Mr and Mrs Ragan Reed and Linda and Carl will spend Christmas Day with her parents Mr and Mrs B A Norman in Grassland. Mrs Myrtle Trimm and daughter Mrs Redell Kerr of Pueblo Colorado arrive December 27 for a few days visit. Trimm is Reed’s aunt.
Mrs E C Ballard and Mary host guests for the Christmas holidays. Attending from Odessa are Mr and Mrs 0 G Cheek. from Farmington New Mexico Mr and Mrs Wes Kline. Ronnie Wells of Portales. Mike Wells of Farmington. Ronnie is a student at Eastern New Mexico College. Linda Taylor and her parents Mr and Mrs Crawford Taylor from Texas Tech will spend Christmas Day with the Ballards.
Sandra Bevers daughter of Mr and Mrs Herb Bevers resides at 1108 East Cardwell. She is home for the holidays with her roommate Alice Schwalbe of Ennis. Sandra is a sophomore at Tech.
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