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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1963
Page
1
A column touts the postal service move to five digit ZIP codes as a simple, legal system to identify cities and states. It argues the change will require learning numbers, recording them, and adjusting routines across daily life and even in the military.
Brownfield residents used 49,909,600 gallons in June with a peak 3,314,000 on June 30 and a low 845,000 on June 3. For June 1962 the city consumed 64,640,900 gallons, max 3,246,600 on June 2 and min 1,232,000 on June 14. In the first half of the year residents used 231,192,400 gallons.
Police records show 353 calls in June with 232 traffic tickets issued. Of these, 166 were nonhazardous violations, 62 hazardous violations, and four parking infractions. Fifteen accidents were investigated, bringing total incidents to 102 for the period.
Temperatures stay near normal for the next five days with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Normal highs reach 90 to 94 degrees and lows fall 61 to 72 degrees.
Dor o thy McDonald was named Miss South Plains by the Brownfield Jaycees. She will compete in Fort Worth for Miss Texas and then possibly Miss America in Atlantic City. Weldon Callaway heads publicity as the effort gains local merchant support.
Postal receipts for the four week period in June totaled 11 503 31 compared with 11 359 39 in May says postmaster William Brown Receipts for June 1962 show 10 515 67 with this year’s total up 987 64 The rise is attributed largely to the new postal rates enacted at the start of the year.
The 7th ZIP Code went into effect July 1 to speed mail processing. Brownfield uses 79316 with other nearby towns sharing 7933x and 7935x series like Denver City 223, Lamesa 79335, Levelland 79336, Loop 79342, Meadow 79345, and Seminole 79360. Leaders urge using full ZIPs on letters and return addresses.
Members of the Four-County Agriculture Workers Council will meet Tuesday at 7 am in the Minute Cafe in Lamesa for their regular monthly meeting. Counties represented are Terry, Dawson, Gaines and Yoakum. The council meets in each county every four months with the June meeting at the Westerner Restaurant.
A quiet Fourth observed by local law enforcement with a single shooting on July 4 that the victim did not pursue charges. Terry County Sheriff's Dept fined Gumecindo Gonzales $20.50 for a disturbance, Richard Bell $25.50 for drunkenness. Vandalism hit Hester Implement Co with a broken front plate glass window. 10 sheets of plywood stolen from 1216 E Harris, valued at 25 to 30 dollars each. Police logged fireworks calls, a theft, and three minor noninjury accidents.
The department logged 37 offenses in June not counting 15 prisoners turned over by Highway Patrol or City Police. Seven embezzlement and fraud cases led. five theft over 50 dollars and several gambling charges followed. Other incidents included drunkenness, disorderly conduct, offenses against family and children, forgery, weapons, liquor law, and vagrancy. One burglary remains unsolved.
The Brownfield Boys Club reorganizes at a special board meeting led by Jim Spearing of Dallas. Ralph Burton resigns as executive director to pursue a degree while the board forms a nominating committee to recruit new members and prepares a 1964 budget and asset list totaling 51 600. The club will close temporarily for remodeling as plans to educate new directors begin.
Terry County Commissioner's Court will convene at 10 am Monday in the courthouse for regular business. The agenda includes paying monthly bills, offering 160 acres for oil and gas lease at Gaines County, approving a farm-to-market road in precinct one east of Union School, and planning a 1:30 pm county tour with Farm Home Administration staff on July 15 to review FHA assisted farm and home improvements.
Justice of the Peace Lonnie Rhyne notes new limits for small claims actions take effect August 24 1963 Raising open account limits from 50 to 150 and labor debts from 100 to 200 plus filing fees from 3 to 5 The reform aims to aid businessmen and individuals in collecting money through a simpler process.
June building permits totaled 138200 with May at 194674 as city records show. new residences formed most permits led by a 40000 residence for Leo Hail and Homer Hinson in Gillham Powell addition. Other listed permits include 19600 and 12500 residences and 3300 church addition. six month total 880074 versus 575.p46 for 1962.
Brownfield National Guard members of the 2nd Battalion 133rd Artillery train at North Fort Hood for 105 and 155 Howitzer firing tests. Governor’s Day Parade caps the first week as Major General Everett Selden Simpson oversees drills. Captain Vernon Gayle Jr. directs B Battery while troops endure confinement area nights and a four day stay on the ranges beginning Sunday afternoon.
The 1963 64 Brownfield school budget hearing is scheduled for 7 30 p m Monday in the Brownfield High School library. Business director Dillen Kelley urges the public to attend.
Curtis Scott program chair presented the regular noon meeting at the Party House. Scott played a tape of a speech by Senator Barry Goldwater at a recent military academy graduation. Billie Moore served as president during the brief business meeting as forty seven members were present.
Funeral arrangements are pending for Frank Contreras of Rt. 1 Ropesville at Brownfield Funeral Home. Contreras was killed Thursday morning in a freak accident when a runaway pickup struck him as he chopped cotton on the Royce Acuff farm near Ropesville. He died at 8 50 a.m. at Brownfield General Hospital.
Brownfield resident L. G. Smith has been appointed a member of local draft board No. 16 at Brownfield to represent Terry County. Appointed by President Kennedy on Governor Connally's recommendation, he was notified by Colonel Morris S. Schwartz. The board has jurisdiction over Hockley, Terry and Yoakum counties.
Terry County logged its first July rainfall with stations reporting from a trace to 3.3 inches. KTFY measured 3.3 inches while Gomez 0 to 0.8 inches and Wellman 1 to 2 inches. Union and Foster areas saw light sprinkles. Crop prospects remained good though June rains totaled 2.48 inches, just shy of normal by 0.01 inch.
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