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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1968
Page
8
Scout Troop 774 was presented with the Camp Staff Conservation Award at the Camp Tres Ritos in New Mexico during the camp fire Court of Honor. The event closed a week of camping with 170 scouts leaders and family members attending. Troop 743 also joined activities.
David A. Evans of Texas City was installed as president of Lions International at the 51st annual convention in Dallas Memorial Auditorium. He becomes the fifth Texan to lead the organization with 22,250 Lions Clubs in 143 countries. Evans has held multiple Lions posts, runs a construction firm and a real estate venture, and holds a structural engineering certificate and an LL.B. degree.
Robert Ervin Smotherman of Brownfield, principal of Union High School, is among 35 teachers from 16 states attending the National Science Foundation funded Summer Institute for Teachers of Secondary Mathematics at the University of New Mexico. The program leads to a MA in teaching mathematics, with about 10 participants completing degree requirements this summer.
Nationally known musicians will lead Texas Tech’s Summer Music Camp for pre college students July 14 26 in Lubbock. Guest clinicians include Francis McBeth Robert G Mann and Charles Schaefer. About 500 students from seventh grade through high school will enroll in concert band orchestra choir and related electives.
A West Texas reader recalls a mild dust storm near Brownfield with wind from nearby counties and a Dust Bowl memory. He shares a comic tale of a rancher Chuck whose storm cellar adventure after a rodeo trip ends with a irate wife and a fading marriage.
Spode acquired Chelsea Wicker Imperial HE molds after dismantling the Chelsea factory. The shape features warm ivory Imperial body with a scalloped edge and basket weave embossing. Harings add a graceful line and form suitable for traditional and modern surroundings.
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