Hyphenated names spark phone book confusion
A humorous column discusses hyphenated last names from marriages and how people would search lists. It mocks stringing combined surnames in directories with absurd pairings like Yoko Ono Bono and Dolly Dali, then shares a farm-market anecdote illustrating price versus value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Day
Gatesville Messenger
Miss Smith
Mr. Jones
Ms. Smith-Jones
Yoko Ono
Sonny Bono
Yoko Ono Bono
Dolly Parton
Salvador Dali
Dolly Dali
Bo Derek
Don Ho
Bo Ho
Olivia Newton-John
Wayne Newton
Elton John
Olivia Newton-John Newton John
Sondra Locke
Elliott Ness
Herman Munster
Sondra Locke Ness Munster
Boog Powell
Felipe Alou
Boog Alou
G. Gordon Liddy
Boutrous-Boutrous Ghali
Kenny G
G. Ghali G. Nog
Quark
Howard Hughes
Pamela Dare
Nog Nog Hughes Dare
Shirley Jones
Tom Ewell
Johnny Rotten
Nathan Hale
Shirley Ewell Rotten Hale
Jack Handy
Andy Capp
Jack Parr
Stephen King
Jack Handy Capp Parr King
Javier Lopez
Kieko the Whale
Edith Piaf
Rose Tu the Elephant
Javier Keiko
Edith Tu
Ivana Trump
Orson Bean
Norbert Wiener
Ivana Bean
Oscar Mayer Wiener
Spit and Whittle Days scheduled for weekend
The first Spit and Whittle Days festival unfolds this weekend at the Terry County Courthouse square. Brownfield Chamber of Commerce sponsors a two day event with a domino tourney, Skip Box, slam dunk contest, Davy T. Cricket, live music at the square and Rialto Theater, booths, petting zoo, antique car show, and a Sunday gospel sermon by Rev. Cletus Caswell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry County
Brownfield Chamber of Commerce
Joyce Billingsly
Davy T. Cricket
Lubbock Crickets
Texas-Louisiana Baseball League
Rialto Theater
Cletus Caswell
Terry
Chamber okays request for Terry County Rodeo
Brownfield Chamber approves a 1500 donation to the Terry County Sheriff's Posse for the July 24 26 Terry County Rodeo with strict accounting required The event aims to draw contestants and fans to Brownfield boosting local businesses and citywide activities Police will manage traffic around the square with specific parking and street closures and booth space details are available through the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Young Warriors
Chamber of Commerce
Jackie Moss
Joyce
Ruth Jones
Bill Avera
Main Street
Fifth Street
Sixth Street
Broadway Street
County Commissioners hear WTCC fund report
Terry County Commissioners regu lar session reviews an updated estimate for the West Texas Children's Assessment Centre project. Auditor Alan Bayer cites total expenditures at 1 612 207 38 with line items covering professional services building costs equipment and communications gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garry Peebles
Terry County
West Texas Children’s Assessment Centre
Alan Bayer
Post Office Receives Automated Sorting Equipment
Brownfield U S Post Office now operates two Carrier Sequence Bar Code Sorter machines to electronically sort mail. Postmaster David Stafford says the upgrade is a major shift in postal operations, cutting sorting time from hours to minutes for many items. The system reads each piece and sorts by street and house number, with unreadable mail routed to a remote encoding center for human entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
David Stafford
Kelly Berry
Kevin Willis
Mitch Word
Brownfield U.S
Stafford
Lubbock
Abilene
Name In The News A Good Neighbor Bobbye Jo Floyd
County Treasurer Bobbye Jo Floyd and assistant Gena Neill manage county finances with care and trust. They handle receipts, disbursements, investing county money, and require two signatures on checks. Floyd has served since 1991 and leads Region 2 of the Texas County Treasurers Association, with a busy family and a love of Lake Ivy and a cabin in Ruidoso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garry Peebles
Bobbye Jo Floyd
Terry County
Gena Neill
Alan Bayer
Floyd
Bayer
Bobbye Jo
County Treasurer's Association of Texas
Ronnie Floyd
Lake Ivy
San Angelo
Ruidoso
Storms bring varied cotton losses across Terry County
Storms dropped across Terry County over the weekend with beneficial moisture for most but reports of cotton loss inNeedmore and nearby areas. Brownfield saw 1.62 inches and Windham 3 inches while Tokio Co op noted 8 inches at the gin and .6 at a residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield Cisd
Cipriano Pando
Brownfield Middle School
Terry County
Brownfield
Southwest Cotton Growers Gin
Needmore
Needmore Gin
Windham
Tokio Co-op
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Speedy Nieman
Ma McGuire
Clude Tina Casper
Lori Infante
Gary Nix
Jimmy Barnes
Elvis and Peyton
Courtney Beasley
Terry Twirlers
Frank Stiles
Shalom Methodist Church
West Texas Children’s Centre
South Plains-Panhandle
Wtcc Fund
Robert Smith
Telford
Terra Engineers
David Wood Construction
Joe Weatherman
Baker
Evans
General Services & Freight
B.J. Gilbert
Barron
Lucent Technology
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