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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1959
Page
4
About 5000 spectators watched the Hale rodeo team ride bulls with three riders highlighted as top performers at the event in the Brownfield Herald on Thursday June 11.
Miss Reid wins barrel racing amid rain threats as the third annual Terry Sheriff’s Posse Rodeo ends Sunday. Linda Loftis, crowned 1959 rodeo queen, will ride as the posse’s queen. Hale County Posse takes parade honors. Mike Reid of Tulsa leads girls barrel race with a 19.6 19.7 ride. Several rodeo events crown winners from Lubbock Plainview Post Hereford and more, with a $225 saddle prize awarded Saturday.
Ronnie Bum Pass spun a superb relief outing as Brownfield held Red Checks to one hit late. Keith Addison slamed a first inning homer, Don Simmonds doubled home a run, and Eddie Gutierrez took the loss after 3 1 3 innings. Brownfield also edged Seminone 6 3 in a Thursday scrimmage. Barrett led the attack with two hits.
J C Green, a new merchant, left for the railroad while visitors J Le Randal and J R Coble toured Brownfield and Lubbock. The note mentions a shooting near Lub bock last Thursday as an unknown assailant fired a shotgun through a residence door. Tubbs Bros advertise dry goods in Lubbock.
The report notes workers in leading positions at mid point and praises potential finish line leadership. A full page ad offers 50 prize dollars for top sellers of new and extension subscriptions in the next nine days starting soon. Next Sunday's issue will show the second standing update.
No. 5 field notes Mrs J T Beams of Odessa and Mrs C L Dun can of Austin along with two sisters Mrs Joe Pace of Littlefield and Mrs Addie Elmore of Killeen. The record lists eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Teddy Howell of the Dodgers held the Yankees to one hit with a strikeout as walks and an error fueled the final frame rally for victory. Mr and Mrs Dan Roberts left Tuesday for Terrell to attend the funeral of her grandfather Carl Pritchard. Mr and Mrs Carl Pritchard and daughter-in-law visited in Tohoka Tuesday night.
The article explains how optics evolved from early trades where barbers did surgery and blacksmiths pulled teeth. It notes that optometry emerged in America as eyeglasses spread, with jewelers and match-makers later adopting optical work and forming the profession. Texas Optometric presents this history.
Mrs. C. V. Elliott 65 of 601 South Sixth died at 6 a.m. Monday after months of illness. Final rites were held at 4 p.m. today at Brownfield Funeral Home Chapel with R. C. Cash officiating. Burial in Terry County Memorial Cemetery. Survived by husband five sons two brothers four sisters fifteen grandchildren and one great grandchild.
A batch of new releases from Capitol Epic and Kapp feature artists like Williams Otis and Marci Lee Telephone Baby plus Don’t Be Afraid of Love. The Top Ten picks from Billboard include Dream Lover by Bobby Darin, Only You by the Penguins and more.
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