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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1969
Page
3
Brownfield offers a non English speaking summer school for Spanish speaking youngsters. The program, one of 129 in Texas, provides at least two hours daily and 120 hours total to help six year olds enter first grade bilingual.
County Agent Jim Foy told the Brownfield News the crop outlook is strong across the county despite recent floods and hail. He said cotton could still yield well with early maturing seeds, though some farmers face late planting. Severe weekend storms dumped up to 1.50 inches rain and large hail, damaging crops from Brownfield to Meadow Needmore area.
The U S citizen per capita debt now stands at 1786 08 dollars as reported by the U S Treasury to reflect the national financial burden.
Members meet at 4 p.m. Friday June 13 to work on grounds and pens for the rodeo June 19 to 21. A special meeting at 8 p.m. June 16 will decide remaining tasks at the Posse House. The rodeo parade begins 5 p.m. June 19 with visiting clubs and riders.
The family of Mrs. J. K. Shepherd held a reunion May 25 at the Seleta Jane Brownfield Club House with about 55 attendees. Members came from Abilene, Odessa, California, Montana, Lubbock, Irving and more. Mrs. Shepherd is 86, and three daughters plus several sons attended from various states including Texas, California, and Montana.
Mr and Mrs Dwayne Blankenship of 1002 Jeter welcomed a daughter on June 2 at Methodist Hospital. Kaywra Kathryn weighed six pounds 312 ounces and joins grandparents Mr and Mrs J H Massingill and Mr and Mrs C A Blankenship of Bossier City Louisiana.
Brief obituary recounts Todd Powell a five year old Kansas child with an avid love of animals and fishing who fell from a dock into a lake near his grandparents home and died. The piece notes his intelligence and potential, details his family in Kansas, and describes funeral rites and community support from church and neighbors.
A roundup of local events includes Terry Mem Hospital District bond bids approved at 4.95 on 650000 bonds, 750 high school juniors set for American Legion Boys State at the University of Texas, and summer recreation programs opening with tennis golf and life saving. Also covered are Chamber of Commerce meetings, Young Farmers talks, 3500 Democratic Primary votes with 300 absentee votes, and Miss South Plains pageant prep in Brownfield.
A 1968 note from Mrs. Henry Watkins of Good Will Tours Inc thanks Brownfield News for mailing tour group papers and a photo. She apologizes for the delay and encloses postage funds, recalling a rest stop in Brownfield and plans to stop again if returning.
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