02 Feb 1969
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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1969
Page
1
John and Mrs Garrison welcome daughter Cheryl Sue born at 4:36 a.m. Thursday in Methodist Hospital, Lubbock. The six pound thirteen ounce baby measures 20 inches. Both mother and child are reported fine and expected home this weekend.
The county reports its third traffic death this Friday, surpassing the total for all of 1968. Officials urge residents to take personal responsibility for safer roads, stressing duty to prevent sorrow on highways.
The piece discusses 1963 tax rules on traveling and entertainment deductions with required diaries and receipts. It notes a negligence penalty for poor records, cites aTax Court ruling that adequate subsidiary records may not constitute negligence, and links opinions to broader guidance. Also includes quotes about dirt farmers and a Brownfield Toastmasters meeting with Harold Andrews named as top speaker.
The Civil Air Patrol Brownfields squadron will receive its charter in a Feb 13 ceremony at the Party House. Dr C L Kay of Lubbock Christian College will speak praised as a Freedom Foundation award winner. The program includes colors by J C Harris and remarks on Armed Forces.
Local and area men meet at the Party House at 7 30 Friday to discuss reducing production costs and varieties for quality cotton. Dr Bob Metzer speaks on cost and variety, Dr Bob Berry on diseases, Lyndon Almond on insects, open to all area cotton producers and agribusinessmen. Chaplain Rohre outlines the CAP program four phases in space education and leadership. Cadets may earn college scholarships through CAP achievements.
The 1969 campaign headed by Mrs. Buzz Cooper and the Terry County Young Homemakers raised 1120.77 in total. The Mothers March collected 1005.02 during Monday night’s town sweep from 5 to 7 PM, while the Brownfield Jaycees added 115.75 from a two hour street drive on Main and Broadway. The Firemen’s Auxiliary also aided the effort by stuffing mail campaign envelopes.
Nominations for the Outstanding Young Man of 1968 close at 5 p.m. Monday per Brownfield Jaycees president Jack Greenfield. Nominees must be 21 to 35, may be non-members, and are judged on achievements leadership and community service during the past year in or around Brownfield. The banquet at 7:30 p.m. Feb 20 at Holiday House will honor recipients including Outstanding Young Farmer and Educator. guest speaker is R B McAlister. About 200 attendees expected.
At Optimist Club Livesay and Hodges described the Seagraves carbon black plant, a Cities Services subsidiary opened in 1944 with 60 workers and a $0.5 million payroll. The plant produced 75 million pounds last year and supports rubber, dyes, ink, explosives, and farming materials. A rubber demo showed carbon black’s strength, with strips containing carbon black resisting 4000 psi.
Brownfield Fire Department answered 224 calls in 1968, 147 inside city limits and 77 outside. Total county fire loss reached 38,285.76 dollars. Alarms kept the squad busy with four fires Sunday and three on Monday.
Charles Lee Corkey Lasiter 33 died in a two car crash on Farm Road 401 west of Brownfield. Funeral services set at Calvary Baptist Church with two ministers officiating. Lasiter survived by a wife and three children, parents, two brothers and a sister. His wife’s condition listed as fair. The crash occurred about 6 p.m. Friday. Lasiter died at the scene. Burial in Terry County Memorial Cemetery under Brownfield Funeral Home direction.
The 1969 wheat and feed grain program sign up starts Monday and runs through March 21, running concurrently with the cotton program. Barley is now considered a feed grain for 1969 and barley bases from 1966 were added back to the total base. Notices of leases yields and payment rates will be mailed around the first of the month.
Brownfield citizens face three elections in the first week of April including school board city council and hospital district races. Two seats on the Brownfield Independent School District board are up for election on April 5 with filing due by 5 p m in March. Hospital district four members seek re election and filing requires a petition signed by ten qualified voters 25 days before the election. City council will fill three seats with incumbents Sammy Jones Truett Flache and Lloyd Hahn eligible to run. Voter registration closed at 5 p m Friday with about 4200 registered in Terry County.
Five building permits totaling about 46000 dollars were issued in January 1969, per building inspector Lewis Simmonds. The permits cover a dwelling at 2001 Levelland Road, a dwelling at 1701 Gillham Drive, a store room at 310 West Main, a store room plus a movable room at 505 Magnolia, and a carport at 606 East Reppto.
January 1968 brought no measurable moisture to Brownfield as observer Lewis Simmonds records. Only trace amounts on six days, totaling 2.12 inches for the year so far, with September at .25 inches and August peaking at 4.29 inches.
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