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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1963
Page
2
A weekend of severe weather battered Brownfield with a brief ground touch of a twister northwest of town at 5 15 pm Saturday and two inches of rain in spots flood level. Total July rainfall reached 1.18 inches with additional showers July 4 and a damaging lightning strike to a poplar tree in northeast Brownfield.
Both births and deaths declined in June with 39 births and seven deaths, down from May’s 45 births and nine deaths. Male births topped female 20 to 19, and heart failure was the major cause of death.
J C Dorsett Brownfield Kiwanis Club first vice president presented a program at the regular meeting in the Party House. He showed films from Kiwanis International convention in Atlantic City New Jersey and gave a brief resume of the business conducted. Bud Cotham president presided at the meeting and at the directors meeting afterward.
The Brownfield Jaycees met at noon Monday for their weekly luncheon. Ralph Burton thanked members for backing the Boys' Club and urged continued support as he leaves to pursue college studies in Arkansas. A fishing film by Jim Nelson and Stanley Dixon highlighted the program with Miss South Plains Dorothy McDonald as a focus for Miss Texas Pageant prep starting July 31. Billy West was introduced as a guest by President John Badgwell.
The Brownfield School Board unanimously approved the 1963-64 budget of 1.433 million dollars and kept the 1.90 per 100 value tax rate. State funds will boost revenue, not burden local taxpayers, with no change in salary schedules and 95 percent collection assumed. The hearing in Brownfield High School Library included O R Douglas, Delwin Webb, L Pounds, Dillie M Kelly, and James Dahse of Tenneco Oil.
Brownfield Lions Club met at the Party House with president Hille Moore presiding. New member Hugh Harris was welcomed. Rev Ed Crow of First Baptist Church spoke on his month-long evangelical tour from April 15 to May 13, covering the Far East and Middle East and addressing population, property, politics, and spiritual life.
Terry County Commissioners met in regular session to approve bills and discuss a seal coating proposal for the airport. They decided to postpone a decision and plan a later site inspection tour to assess prevailing conditions before proceeding. The court unanimously approved a state highway paving proposal for 26 miles of farm-to-market road in the southeast precinct.
A total of 14 civil suits were filed in June in district court including four divorces. Five cases were dismissed, six divorces granted, and eight other civil matters settled. County Clerk issued 15 marriage licenses in June.
County agent Jim Foy reports the screw worm battle continues after two infestation cases at W. R Tuson and Carl Griffith properties. Sterile flies are airlifted and dropped weekly as part of the eradication program with three drops per site. A distribution center operates from Sweetwater Municipal Airport, with two aircraft, a foreman, a crew leader, and four dispersers.
Members of the American Legion will meet at 6 p.m. today instead of 8 p.m. to attend the Legion baseball tournament in Littlefield. Installation of officers for the new year will highlight the program this evening, per Commander Dale Brown.
Louis Tallant is named the Brownfield News circulation manager, the newspaper’s first full time holder of the post. At 19 he comes from Lovington New Mexico where he previously managed circulation for the Lovington Daily Leader.
Farmers have 15 days from notice to adjust and report acreage to the county ASCS office. Recheck dispositions cost 4 dollars for the first plot and 2 dollars for each additional plot. Remeasurement is 6 dollars per farm plus 4 dollars per plot. Conservation Reserve Contract terms may allow tillage before expiry December 31 1963 and require compliance with all allotments including wheat.
Dorothy McDonald of Brownfield Texas is named Miss South Plains 1963 and will compete at the Miss Texas Pageant in Fort Worth July 30 to August 3 1963. The city proclaims July 22 1963 as Miss South Plains Day and July 1963 as Miss South Plains Month in honor of her achievement.
A survey on the sorghum midge Contarinia sor khicola indicates a serious late planted grain sorghum infestation probable on the High Plains. Jim Foy urges Brownfield farmers to monitor and act. emergence noted from June 10 with midge found in 12 counties including Terry.
Brownfield City Police and Terry County Sheriff's Department report a week of routine arrests and fines. Police answered over 30 calls since Sunday, with auto accidents, minor thefts, and two drunkenness calls. Fines included $50 for no license. deputies levied fines in drunkenness and DWI cases totaling hundreds of dollars. Benito Alvarado jailed three days with $71.70 in fines and costs after a DWI pickup by state troopers. Joe Audon Gutierrez faced $71.70 plus $27.70 destruction and $25.00 damage repayment. Tommy Flournoy paid $221.60 for a worthless check disposition.
Thirteen Brownfield merchants contribute merchandise donations and services to Dorothy McDonald and her mother Mrs. Gene McDonald for the trip to Fort Worth to compete in Miss Texas at the end of July. Participants include Beauty Aid Clinic Brownfield Farmers Co-Op Station Inc Brownfield Medical and Surgical Clinic Brownfield Savings and Loan Association Collins Department Store First National Bank General Telephone Company of the Southwest McGowan and McGowan Mayor Jess H McWherter Charles Paul Chevrolet Jim Reed's Phillips 66 Service Station and Dr Joe B E Woods.
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