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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1964
Page
1
After a three week absence the roving editor is back at home with a Europe trip recounted. The Wee Woman and I hiked out to see the world, aided by a friendly banker, and the piece promises occasional observations on life across the pond with a mix of surprises, form charts, humor, and casual insights for future issues.
The June 6 runoff delivered victories for Akers Coker George Parker and Tankersley in the county races. Jesse T. George won the State Representative seat with 2869 votes to 653, a lead of 826 in the four county district. The Brownfield High Cubs reached the state finals before losing to South San Antonio. Jane Weiss, 1964 Miss South Plains, is spotlighted as a potential Miss Texas. Herb Emery passes away, noted as a valued citizen and leader.
Joe Brown was introduced as a new member of the Brownfield Jaycees during a regular Monday noon meeting led by president Mark Wyatt. Don Fishback and Jerry Goble reported on the Clovis pageant and plans for publicity for 1964 Miss South Plains Jane Weiss. Discussion covered her entry into the Miss Texas Pageant on July 25 in Fort Worth with plans for several members and their wives to attend. One guest, Ray Duck, and 18 members attended the luncheon.
Weekend rains across Terry County brought 0.89 inches, with 0.74 on Saturday night and 0.15 on Sunday. Brownfield streets flooded as storms moved toward Coleman Park, with winds and hail noted Saturday night. The rain lifts June total to 1.55 inches while year-to-date rainfall reaches 4.05 inches, though farmers want more rain.
Bill Hamilton former New Orleans high school student and brother of county attorney Max Hamilton was guest speaker at the Brownfield Kiwanis Club Monday evening. He spoke on the KEY Club in his high school and the club's organization. J C Dorsett presided with Dale Brown as program chairman. Four Plainview Kiwanis members joined guests and Max Hamilton. nineteen members attended. Hamilton plans to move from New Orleans to San Francisco soon.
Brownfield Masonic Lodge No 903 AF and AM will install officers Saturday at 7 30 PM in the Lodge Hall on West Main Street. The public is invited to attend. Meadow Lodge members will also be installed the same evening.
Work continues inside and outside the Brownfield Boys Club at South Fifth and West Buckley. The project, one third complete and slated for July completion, will house a library, game room, and hobby craft area with roof work started and stuccoing planned afterward.
The Terry County commission met in regular session Monday at 10 a.m. Bids on two items were accepted. West Texas Equipment Company won 13 625 for a caterpillar to be used in precinct four, and Patton Equipment Company bid 14 000 for a grader to serve precinct three. A $1 per week raise was awarded to Mrs. Lela Hock. The agenda included a $150 ten year Texas Law Review subscription for the county law library. Attending were commissioners Tankersley, Mullins, Settle, Spurnett, Judge Simms, Clerk Yandel, and Auditor Bail.
A training school for acreage reporters and planimeter operators was completed this week at the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office, with O vile Cunningham in charge. Measuring of cotton and grain is underway. Adverse weather delays planting. farmers should notify the ASC office when ready. The disposition date for overplanted crops is Aug 15, and this applies to excess acres of feed grains, not Sept 1 as previously announced.
Sheriff records show multiple arrests this weekend including John Henry Reed Jr for forgery with $1500 bond, Ray Alcorta and Domingo Perez after an altercation, and several drunks and a minor fined. Monday saw Boyd Wilson with a $1000 bond for driving while intoxicated and Carlos Howell released on bond after a bad check charge. Tuesday Hanover Johnson and Henry Jackson faced forgery and passing charges with bonds of $1000 and $1500 respectively. Brownfield officers booked Bennett Jordan after a dance assault on a police officer. Weapons offenses and indecent exposure also appeared, with five public drunkenness charges among other incidents.
The contest deadline has been extended to July 6 as daily recipe submissions arrive at the NEWS office. Publication for the Recipe Edition is scheduled for July 12, per publisher Lowell Hunt. Returning vacationers still have time to enter the contest.
Five Brownfield Public Schools lunchroom staff attend the Texas School Food Service Association meeting in Lubbock with Brownfield speakers Mrs. Ek Landess and Mrs. S. N. Parks among others. Dr James H Jauncey and Dr Date W Jenkins head sessions on baking vegetable preparation and meat cookery at Pioneer Hotel and Municipal Coliseum. The convention aims to advance school lunch service, new foods, equipment, and techniques to attract students.
Three separate incidents Friday saw electrical fires ignite at 600 Cactus Lane and at the Texaco Service Station on Cardwell and Lagraves Road. Brownfield Fire Department, called to each scene, quickly extinguished the blazes with no final damage figures provided.
Brownfield workers have improved financially as costs rise, yet incomes grow faster. The typical worker now earns enough in just 17 minutes on the job to buy a pound of coffee or bacon, enabling a more luxurious lifestyle than a decade ago. This reflects rising earnings without extra hours, per local coverage.
General Telephone announces management reshuffles across the Western Division effective June 28. R. Rex Bailey moves from Carlsbad to Brownfield district. Gerald T. Hamilton becomes Carlsbad district manager. T. J. Goodnight shifts from Lamesa to Carlsbad. James H. Fowler replaces him in Lamesa. W. A. King transfers from Lamesa to the same post in the district. Elam notes the moves realign 17 South Plains cities including Brownfield, Lamesa, and Sundown under new leadership as GenTel’s Western division headquarters serves 71,000 phones in 35 Texas South Plains and southern New Mexico communities.
Forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies through Thursday with warmer readings. Highs reach the upper 80s to middle 90s, lows around the mid 60s. Friday may bring a few thunderstorms in the southwest and southeast zones. Winds SE 15-25 mph in the southwest, about 20 mph in the southeast today, easterly around 15 mph Thursday. Sunshine near 80 percent today and Thursday with light rainfall possible late Friday into Friday night. Sunrise 5 38 a m sunset 8 01 p m.
John Jennings, 40, a Brownfield resident, was named school tax assessor-collector by a unanimous seven-member board. He succeeds L. Pounds, who resigned in April and will serve through June 36. Jennings is a Willie Hech Se School graduate, Texas Tech alumnus, and Navy veteran. He has held roles at Bailey Chevrolet, ran a grocery business, and managed Charlie’s Paul Chevrolet used cars. Salary is 7.20 yearly with standard benefits. Jennings and wife live at 1201 E Broadway with two sons, John A. at West Texas State College and Arctic Brownfield High School graduate.
P Kolodziejczyk vice president of the Brownfield Optimist Club led the regular luncheon meeting Thursday in James Evans absence. Dr Howard Mellroy was program chairman and introduced Lee Brownfield who presented a Greece program with slides. DeWayne Lucas was introduced as a new member.
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