Eight-town Little League Opens On Porridge Weather
Rainy season humor aside the eight-town Little League tournament starts at 2 p.m. today while the City Tennis Tournament begins at 5 p.m. Both events run three days as Brownfield fans gear up for two sports using white balls. RR Johnny Isaacs leads local efforts as he heads to Cowtown for a week at the Institute for Organization Management.
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Brownfield
Johnny Isaacs
Cowtown
Institute For
Jonzay
13 Wrecks On Rural Highways
The Texas Highway Patrol reports 13 rural accident crashes in Terry County in June causing 2 deaths and 13 injuries with $6,735 in property damage. For the first six months of 1969 Terry County shows 44 accidents, 7 killed, 29 injured and $38,025 in damage.
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Texas Highway Patrol
Terry County
Hal Pirtle
Texas
Sgt. Pirtle
Six Local Boys Leave For Camp
The Salvation Army hosts 800 Texas boys at Camp Hoblitzelle near Dallas this summer. Six Brownfield youths R L Brown David Howell Raymond Perry Jr Elwayne Carouth Timothy Bennett and David Martin left by bus on July 12 for the weeklong stay through July 19. Camp chair Graham Smith reported more than 3 000 campers will enjoy the facilities.
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Salvation Army
Texas
Brownfield
Hoblitzelle
Dallas
Graham Smith
Salvation Army Service Unit Committee
R. L. Brown
David Howell
Raymond Perry Jr
Elwayne Carouth
Timothy Bennett
David Martin
Smith
Timthy Bennett
Raymon Perry
Classified Ad Pays Off Garage Sale
Mrs. Joann Jolly reports strong results from a classified ad for a garage sale at 510 Shin nery Lane starting Thursday during the weekend of July 3. She praises the Classified Act and invites readers to place ads to offer items services or sales in the Brownfield News.
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Joann Jolly
Brownfield News
Shinnery Lane
Moonlight Madness Sale Lights Up July Night Bargains
Terry County merchants launch the third annual Moonlight Madness Sale from 7 to 10 p.m. to offer deep discounts despite daylight. Local shoppers can win prizes as registers ring hourly and alarm clocks trigger giveaways while stores stay open after a 6 p.m. closing.
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Ioocal
Three Terry County FFA Boys To Receive Awards
Three Terry County FFA boys will receive top honors at the 41st annual state FFA convention in Fort Worth. Ronnie Hartman of Brownfield and Barry Caswell and Gerald Caswell of Meadow are named winners in separate categories, with Hartman earning Area Star American Farmer, Barry Caswell Star Chapter Farmer of Texas, and Gerald Caswell a crop farming proficiency award. Hartman, 19, brings livestock showing, leadership roles, extensive farming expansion, and farm assets to the recognition. Barry Caswell, 16, plans college study in agriculture and holds multiple FFA and national association memberships with a pork and crop program. Gerald Caswell is the Meadow pair’s other honoree, continuing a family farming lineage with crop and livestock activity.
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Terry County
Future Farmers of America
Tarrant County
Fort Worth
Ronnie Hartman
Brownfield
FFA
Barry Caswell
Gerald Caswell
Meadow Ffa
Hartman
Farmer of Texas
Alton J. Hartman
Norman Caswell
Caswell
National Hampshire Association
National
Spotted Swine Association
Trustees OK New Tax Rate for Brownfield ISD
Brownfield Independent School District trustees approved a 1969-70 budget of 4 168 907 and set a new tax rate of 1 50 for maintenance and 50 cents for service totalling 2 per 100 valuation at 60 percent of actual value. The 18 cent rise from 1 82 follows years of no increases and funds the new high school bond and salary raises.
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Brownfield Independent School District
Colonial Heights Library
Brownfield State Bank and Trust Company
Nathan Stultz-Ray
Darlene Coufal
Julie Hunt
Susan Dahlin
Zada Stevens
J. O. Burnett
Board of Equalization
W. O. Caraway
Colonial Heights
Absentee Voting Under Way in Terry County
Absentee voting on nine amendments to the Texas Constitution began Wednesday at the county clerk's office in the Terry County Courthouse. Voting continues until 5 p.m. August 1, and Aug. 6 is the election day. Voters away on vacation are urged to use absentee ballots.
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Terry County
M's Dominant In Town This Week Across Haddo Road Groceries
Tid bits note moor flight and moonlight sale on Wednesday and Thursday night. Mrs. Carol Gaasch Timmons finds a new home for her poodle Mr. Mellroy changes his sign on Tahoka Road. M's presence extends to Mackey Grocery Merritt Grocery Moody's Drive-In on Tahoka Road. Also mentions Matrimony Merchandising Merriment vacations and money. Mr. J Stacy resting after hospital stay Clyde Pratt loses his first pickup in 38 years engulfed by flames at dawn.
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Moonlight Madness
Carol (Gaasch) Timmons
Mellroy
Tahoka Road
Mackey
Merritt Grocery
Moody'’s Drive-In
J. Stacy
Clyde Pratt
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Young Farmer
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Farm Bureau
Scotty Cooper
Meadow
Clane Caswell
Girlstown
Mouss-Mirs
Dennis Q. Lily
Marshal Cooper
Girlstown USA
Camp Hoblitzelie
Brownfield Salvation Army Service Unit Committee
Newsfoto
Billie Moore
Bielss
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