West Texan author sells movie rights to Waltz Across Texas
Book by Max Crawford, Floydada native and nephew of Virgil Crawford, centers on Sugar Campbell who returns to Fluvannah West Texas after bankruptcy. He uncovers shady deals linked to the El Toro Ranch and broader political power plays, while his film rights are sold and Crawford works on a second book.
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U. S. News & World Report
Crawford
Floydada High
University of Texas At Austin
North Carolina
Campbell
el Toro Ranch
Houston
Fluvannah
John Connally
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
New York
Public Meeting for Brownfield Board of Equalization Set
The Brownfield board of equalization scheduled a public meeting for 9 a.m. Wednesday June 25 in the city hall council room. The initial meeting on June 3 elected Bill Noble chairman Coke Toliver secretary and approved notifying concerned parties of the date. The board reviewed values for automobile personal property and outlined members duties.
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Brownfield Board of Equalization
City Hall
Equalization Board
Bob Lumas
Bill Swaringen
Coke Toliver
Bill Noble
Ken Jones
Stanley Miller
Kay Green
Toliver
Miller
Family and Friends Visit Notes from Brownfield Area
Sy Ferace Lomrey and Troy Wilkins returned home after a week with Mike Wilkins and Johnny Troitt in Goldthwaite. Guests included Bruce White and Harry Corneius from Brownfield, Shirlee and Rickey Tanner of Morton, Ed and family from Albuquerque, Ray Bearden and Rhonda, and Oma Bearden in Brownfield Nursing Home.
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Troy Wilkins
Mike Wilkins
Johnny Troitt
Goldthwaite
Bruce White
Harry Corneius
Brownfield
Joe Trout
Shirlee
Rickey Tanner
Morton
Ed Smith
Albuquerque
Ray Bearden
Rhonda
H. M. Smith
Plains
Brownfield General Hospital
Tokio Community ties and local visits noted in Lubbock summary
Saturday visitations from Tokio Community to Lubbock noted with Howard and Romalee Elmore family ties. Local residents attended nursing center visits, hospital care, and church events as 44 children enrolled in Vacation Bible School at Tokio Baptist Church with a June 8 commencement at 7 p.m. Further social visits include Plains and Denver City connections, graduations, and family gatherings around Tokio, Plains, and surrounding towns.
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Lubbock
Howard Rucker
Alton Elmore
Tommy Elmore
J. W. Moore
Ink Lake
Bob Moore
Skeet Moore
Plainview
Alma Lynn McGinty
Plains
Alton
Romalee Elmore
G. T. Blount
Inez Rushing
McDonnell Nursing Center
Gay Yowell
Brownfield Hospital
Tokio Baptist Church
Rickey Emore
Turkey
J. T. Mullin
Vernase
Rod Mullin
Dina Spencer
Georgetown
W. O. Spencer
Jones
Carl Lowrey
Farmers Union
Tokio
Brownwood Lake
Plains Ffa
Amos Smith
A. J. Crutcher
J. L. Smith
Jimmy Curtis
Jet Wilmeth
David Braddock
Jones Arnett
Daniel Braddock
Zane Johnson
Blackie Bearden
Granbury
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West Texan
Stanford University of California
Stanford
Mexico
San Francisco
Max Crawford Novelist
I Super Markets
Ted
TT Cys
Sgles Rene
Calif
Suet “At
United
Birdseye
Ei A - I
Victor Sepeda
Victor Jr
Nasario P. Torres
Robert Lee
Sy Ferace
Plains Junior High
Teretha Anderson
Randy Brantley
Jennifer Gilliam
Kathy Turner
Laurie Cheatham
H. F. Brooks
Loyd
Kenneth Sutton
Rickey
Andrews
Roy Taylor
San Marcos
Canada
David
Sarah Giloh
Coy
Lowrey
Lab
Sarah
Vienda Alexander
J. J Son
Crow
Ruth and
Pippin
Denver City
George
Vicenda Ader
Marilyn
Jimmy Williams
D Alexander
Sonya McCann
Chi Gillis
Shawn Lowrey
P Frances
Sharon U
Nadine Moble
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