Year ends with hopes for sports growth and new ball park
The note foresees a strong 1957 for baseball and youth leagues with plans for larger spaces and possible regional tournaments. It mentions upcoming seasons in the Little League Pony League and American Legion, plus high school football prospects and a new ball park to boost town sports. Local births list several newborns with names, dates, and weights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pony League
American Legion
Sumipro
Hospital News Briefs Include Births and Accidents
December listings show several births and accidents with names such as Terry Lee born December 24 to Harold Dean Gordon and Wanda Marie born December 24 to James Carroll Williams. Also noted are multiple medicals and surgical entries for local residents. A year end sports column predicts Brownfield gains and a conference crown, with light humor on crystal ball forecasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane McCullough
Truitt O. Staith
Johnie Bolen
Taripe Gonzales
J. W. Sherrin
C. T. Parker
David 4. Hobdy
Tim €. Norton
Bob Clements
Donna Jo Cullar
Levrene Hulse
James Carrol Williams
City
J. R. Lewis
Clarice Perry
Brownfield
Kermit
Cubs
Christmas Holiday Visits Across States and Olympics Note
Families from Oklahoma to New Mexico shared Christmas with relatives in Brownfield and Carlsbad while others traveled to Wichita Falls and Sudan. A Melbourne demonstration game drew 100000 fans as Olympic events began. Al Oerter secured Kansas University’s 12th Olympic gold with a discus win in Lawrence, following a 1937 title. Charles Scott’s police complaint about an arrest by an aging officer was corroborated by Police Commissioner O'Connor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wften
Melbourne Cricket Grounds
Australia
Wits
Lawrence
Kansa -Ine
al Oerter
University of Kansas
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Sports
Warner
Treadaway Daniels Hospital
Kathy Mae
William Lee Sims
Seagraves
Shirley Beth
Charles Earl Bartley
Donna Care
Thomas Albert Cox
Eddie Duke
Dee
Bernice Duke
Lansing
Denver City
Albert Lee
Johnny Jones
Sendraych
Gregorio Jamie
Carmelo D. Sant
Iago
Gloria
Antonio Rodolfo Garza
Judy Jeanette
Thurman
Jake Cottrell
Abernathy
Ittta Merle
Weishing
Charles
Forace Cook
Southside
Roan James T. Watson
Nelson's
Hospital News
A. M. Muldrow
Mont
Oklahoma
Roy. Wingerd
Eaton . Rouwe
Glenn Woodreff
Woodruff
J.u Ann
Matador
Brownfeld
Mike Barrett
Fort Stockton
Mrs. Barrett
Mes
John Knox Cooper
Carlsbad, NM
Effie Cooper
Arnett Bynum
Carlsbad
Albuqureque
Harvey Gaye
Sudan
Jayhawks
Chicago
Charles Scott
Scott
Pollce
Timothy J. O'Connor
W. A. Jones
John Moseley
W. H. Bradley
Ware Pearce
Mre
L. Bh. Smith
Ruth Green
Loyd Tracero
T & As
Nina Plourney
Dan River
Cannon
Tex
Dundee
Orion
Suy
Bugs
Virginia
Brownfield Bargain Center
Brownfield, Texas
Ty dware—Automotive—Sporting Goods
Broadway End
Lubbock Highway
Ewe Ae Ed
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