Parish Rodeo School Survey Planned for July Board Meeting
Local architectural firm Brasher Goyette and Rapier will present a cost comparison survey on building a new high school plant versus a piecemeal plan including a junior high gym, classrooms, and updates. The Brownfield district board aims to complete the study by July 15 per Superintendent Caraway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Brasher
Brasher, Goyette and Rapier
Lubbock
Board
W. O. Caraway
Brownfield Independent
Caraway
Brasher
Random Ramblins on Local Life and Events
A local columnist muses on life in Our Town with calls from daughters in Oklahoma City and Lubbock, a hopeful youth center rumor, and reflections on a rodeo opening. He contrasts Levelland and Brownfield youth centers and recalls last year’s Loyalty Day Parade amid rain.
WTAA Joins Hobbs Fly-In Weekend Program
West Texas Airmans Association members join New Mexico Flying Farmers and Arizona Flying Farmers for a Hobbs New Mexico Holiday Inn Fly-In weekend. Events begin Friday at 8 a.m. with tours of Carlsbad Caverns Sunday morning. Max Conrad speaks Friday night. Ed Magruder addresses aviation's future Saturday. Spot landing contests Sunday at White's City Airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas Airmans Association
New Mexico
Holiday Inn
Hobbs
N.M
Arizona
Country Club
Ed Magruder
Aviation
Windecker
Magruder
Windecker Research, Inc
Skyht Flying Club
Carlsbad
White's City
Jones Elected To Head Area DeMolays
Tommy Jones elected master councilor of West Texas DeMolay Chapters at Amarillo conclave June 14 16 by unanimous vote He will tour 16 area chapters and preside over the 1969 Lubbock area meeting A Brownfield High senior 1968 69 he holds DeMolay awards Eagle Scout Young Republicans president and Pre Law Society leader Pattie Thurman named Area Sweetheart runner up Wayland Parker Chapter sent 17 members to the conclave with sports trophies including first in basketball and trap shooting, state contenders in Galveston August
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Jones
Sammy Jones
West Texas
Amarillo
Tommy
Lubbock
Brownfield High School
Pre-Law Society
Jones
Terry County Young Republicans
Pattie Thurman
James Thurman
Wayland Parker
Order of DeMolays
Odessa
Terry County Hams Take Part In Field Day Event
Terry County Amateur Radio Club members join 15 000 other hams in the United States and Canada for the ARRL Field Day drill. The 27 hour event runs from 2 p.m. Saturday to Sunday, with stations simulating emergency conditions on Tohoka Road east of Cedar Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry County Amateur Radio Club
United States
Canada
American Radio Relay League
Tohoka Road
Cedar Street
ARRL
Weather rains hit Terry County crops with varied damage
Heavy June rains across Terry County cause sand burn wind and hail damage. Farmers report differing losses with 15 percent of cotton acreage destroyed and five percent of feed crops lost. Some growers consider replanting variants or switching to soybeans peas or castor beans with credits and price supports available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Plains
Terry County
Terry
Ray Christopher
Brownield
Jim Foy
Wellman
George Weiss
Rex Wilkes
Soil Conservation Service
Foy
ASCS
Boy in Good Condition After Elevator Fall
Isidora Flores, 11, listed in good condition at Brownfield General Hospital after falling about 30 feet from an elevator at Western Grain while seeking pigeon eggs. He fractured his right arm, had severe bruises and internal bleeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isidora Flores
Brownfield General Hospital
Western Grain
J.W. Smith
Piccolo Fanis
Jose Talamantiz
Barrel Racing Added To Junior Rodeo Program
The Terry County Sheriffs Posse approves adding junior barrel racing to the rodeo program. Open to contestants 12 and under with a $7.50 entry fee, the event runs each of the three nights starting at 8:30 p.m. A parade opens the three days, featuring 15 area clubs and visiting posses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Dunn
David Dunn
Odessa
Martha Howard
East
Tate Street
Terry County
Miss Dunn
Riverside
Calif
Terry County Sheriffs Posse
Ray Christopher
Christopher
Gaines County Riding Club
Gaines County Junior Riding Club
Lynn County Sheriffs Posse
Lamb County Sheriffs Poss
Howard County Sheriffs Posse
Cochran County Sheriffs Posse
Rufils’ Rough Riders
Lubbock Rangers
O’ Donnell Junior Gauchos
Plains Rough Riders
Cochran County +H Riding Club
Abernathy Riding Club
New Deal Riding Club
Cindy Garvin
Queen of the
American Association Sheriffs Posses
Robert A. Morse
Clark Jarnagen
Dick Ratten
Happy
R.G. Herron
Parrish to Direct Public Relations for Southeast GTC
J J Parrish will become Director of Public Relations for General Telephone Company of the Southeast with offices in Durham North Carolina on July 8. He has led Brownfield division since December 1967 and has long service dating to 1957 with GTC Southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.J
Jim’’ Parrish
Brownfield
General Telephone Company of the Southwest
General Telephone Company of the Southeast
Durham
N.C
E.H. Danner
Parrish
The
Southwest Company
San Angelo
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Citizens Advisory
James Willis
Willis
Donna Burnett
Ann Klepper
Royce Feaster
Cletis Tatum
Edgar Tatum
John Jennings
Board of Equalization
Oil and Utilities
Robert Becker
Stanley Dixon
FFA
Becker
Dixon
Jim Hensley
South Plains Health Unit
Oklahoma City
Levelland
National Guard
WTAA
DeMolay Sweetheart
Terry County Hams
Pool
Delton Tatum
Wayne Lewis
Robert Beasley
Posse Queen
Georgana Snider
Crate Snider
Posse
Sherie Knight
Sherina Clark
Melba Herron
Doris Ratliff Rattiseau
Kay Phillips
Judy Bramlett
Wilma Snider
Donne Sue Christopher
Linda Loftis Lee
West Texas All Stars
Durham, N. C
John Douglas
Sheri Lynn
W.A. ‘Dub’ Leigon
Western
Jim Parrish
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