EMPTY SADDLES
Time and economics reshaped Terry County and the South Plains as cowboys fade from the landscape and farming becomes dominant, altering local life and culture.
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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1973
Page
7
Time and economics reshaped Terry County and the South Plains as cowboys fade from the landscape and farming becomes dominant, altering local life and culture.
Texas Department of Public Safety launches recruitment for uniformed officers with training starting September 25. Cadets train in Austin. salaries progress from 625 to 848 dollars monthly with longevity pay and benefits. Positions across Highway Patrol and other services. openings for female applicants and minority recruits emphasized.
Eleven year old Thadeus Risinger slipped from a raft into a pond at Maydale Park in Silver Spring Maryland. Brave attempts by classmate Charles Martin and others failed to save him as the youths tried to reach Tad with a stick after the raft overturned.
Funeral services for Mrs. Earnestine Dockery 44 will be held Monday at 2 PM from Immanuel Baptist Church with Rev. L E Laing officiating. Interment in Terry County Memorial Cemetery. She died June 28 in Brownfield General Hospital after a long tenure with Village Grill. Survived by husband Joe Dockery, a son Donald, granddaughter, her parents, three brothers and three sisters.
Funeral services for Mrs. Juana Sanchez 64 were held at 2 oclock Thursday at First Assembly of God Church in Lubbock. The Rev Rubin Luna and the Rev Morris Sheats officiated. Burial was in Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park. She died Tuesday in Brownfield General Hospital. Survivors include her husband three daughters three sons four sisters a brother thirty three grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Meadow High cheerleaders led by Traci Fleming attended the annual cheerleading school held last week on the campus of Lubbock Christian College in Lubbock. Participants included Pam Bingham Dana Franks Sandy Melcher and Susie McNabb.
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