Casual Corner notes and local notices in Brownfield
Casual Corner reports on Alaska travel myths and a humorous take on airline laws, plus local updates. It mentions Brownfield weddings anniversaries and a Mental Health Fund drive, new Chamber manager Gordon Hoopman, Tucci family moves, June bugs, Amoco engineer Bill Cowan leaving for Chicago, Palo Duro Canyon drama opening, and Jerry Villa named Farr's Super Market assistant manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Ward
Carl Hogues
Bruce Zorns
Fred Smiths
George
Kathleen) Weiss
Mental Health Fund
Gordon Hoopman
Jean
Adam
S. Lons
Frankie Funk
Funks
Carlsbad
Gen Tel
Charlie Skupin
Bill Cowan
Amoco Productions
Brownfield
Chicago
Bill
Pioneer Amphitheatre
Palo Duro Canyon State Park
Caneyon
Jerry Villa
Farr’s Super Market
Kent Case
Jerry
Belma
Farr’s
Terry County 4-H Horse Show winners named Saturday
Connie Blankenship and Randy Tuggle top Terry County 4-H Horse Show and Playday at the Rodeo Arena with high point honors. Tuggle won flag racing. Blankenship led in barrel racing. Tuggle also earned 3rd in halter, 4th in Western Pleasure, 3rd in reining, 10th in barrel racing. Blankenship finished 3rd in pole bending. Fifteen counties represented with 111 entries. visiting high point county was Lubbock with 18 participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randy Tuggle
High Point
Terry County
Connie Blankenship
Rodeo Arena
Randy
Halter
Western Pleasure
Connie
Cochran
Dawson
Ector
Gaines
Lubbock
Potter
Garza
Hockley
Howard
Lynn
Scurry
Terry
Yoakum
Martin
Lea
N. M
Bill Blankenship
Dorris Tuggle
Jimmy Bryant
Woman Shoots Husband. wife surrenders to police
Tommy Lee Flournoy, 35, was wounded four times in a dawn shooting behind a cafe on Railroad Avenue. Officials say Barbara Louise Flournoy, 34, fired a 22 pistol during a family dispute. she surrendered at the police station and the case goes to the grand jury. Flournoy was hospitalized in satisfactory condition. 4-H results noted with Terry County winners and a large trophy reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Lee Flournoy
Railroad Avenue
5Th and Bridges
Barbara Louise Flournoy
Flournoy
Tom Crudup
David Cole
Grand Jury
Chesshir Wins County Judge Post in Narrow Runoff Margin
In the second Democratic Primary Herbert Chesshir edged Darwin Cargill by 150 votes to take the county judge seat. Chesshir carried eight of fourteen boxes and finished with 1,246 votes to Cargill’s 1,096. four runoffs statewide also included Barefoot Sanders’s U S Senate win and Dolph Briscoe’s governor victory. Chesshir to be sworn Jan 1, 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Chesshir
Darwin Cargill
Chesshir
Cargill
Party House
Randall School
Colonial Heights
Prather
Stuart Party
Dolph Briscoe
Frances Farenthold
Wayne W. Connally
Connally
Hobby
Robert S. Calvert
James
Jim) Wilson
Calvert
Wilson
Hank Grover
Grover
Fay
Paul Brock
Jimmy Billings
H. B
Doc) Settle
Graves Nelson
Ray D. Anderson
Jim Pete Hale
Chess
Pledges Climbing For New Garment Industry Growth
The Terry County Chamber of Commerce reports rising pledges and 235 garment industry applications. President John Thomas says all applicants will get interview slots and dates, with the firm’s lease and building progressing. Dean Merrifield notes strong fundraising for training costs, including a $500 pledge with $50 cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry County
Dean Merrifield
Meet Your Nabor Welcomes Gordon Hoopman New Chamber Manager
Brownfield greets Gordon W. Hoopman and family as he becomes the Terry County Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture manager succeeding Johnny Isaacs. Hoopman began duties May 24 and says he moved to Brownfield by choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon W. Hoopman
Brownfield
Terry County
Summer Reading Program Offered by Oak Grove Instructor
Mrs Vona Mae Cade an Oak Grove instructor will teach reading at home this summer with daily one to one or one and a half hour sessions for one month Instruction focuses on developing good reading skills Call Jack Pinson at Brownfield Public Schools Administration Offices 637 2591 for enrollment
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vona Mae Cade
Oak Grove
Jack Pinson
Brownfield Public Schools
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Alaska
Houston
Sis
Hawaii
Pamela Christine Brown
Charles D. Brown
Cactus Lane
James Randall Speed
Merlin Speed
Route 4
Miss Brown
Methodist Hospital
Johnny Josselet
Thelbert
Brownfield General Hospital
Sgt
Ron Fuller
Cole
J. D. Frith
Pee Wee Jenita Williams
Mike Adams
Amarillo
Lawson Williams
Lovington
Delsey Cooper
Pee Wee
Laurie Kummer
Janis Farquhar
Nabor
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