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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1972
Page
1
Casual Cor notes that children haven t changed much in 40 years and recalls Jacks, Tiddly Winks, milk can stomping, and cobblestone street cowboys. It quotes Esther Emery on the days of the week born and updates on local moves, gifts to factories, and a heart attack at the Plaza Restaurant tied to local civic figures.
South Plains heat reaches 102 104 degrees with Brownfield 97 as storms raise evaporation. Cotton progress benefits from warm dry spells while sorghum absorbs water rapidly. Forecast sees continued high evaporation and possible late showers. Tropical Storm Agnes feeds heavy rains flooding Pennsylvania New Jersey New York and New England with up to a foot of rain and major river flooding.
A TV special will present the workers side of the Delano farm labor unionization story. The 9:30 p.m. June 27 airing on KCBD Channel 11 and a June 28 9:30 p.m. showing on KSEL Channel 28 will be funded by area County Farm Bureaus. The film features interviews with grape workers in Delano California and discusses Cesar Chavez led unions and the secondary boycott. Farm Bureau backs secret ballot legislation to outlaw the secondary boycott and create an Agriculture Labor Relations Board.
Mrs. Hattie Fulford of 1216 E Hester displays a vast home filled with antiques and vintage objects. Her rooms mix period pieces with modern furnishings, featuring Bavarian china, cameos, and brass chandeliers while she hunts rare items and copies to complement her Civil War era prints and glassware collection.
Veterinarian Tim Faulkenberry reports a suspected hog cholera case to county agent Jim Foy. Officials confirm disease after analysis in Ames Iowa, enforcing a state and federal quarantine and restricting movement of slaughter and other hogs unless a permit is obtained.
Brownfield wins selection for the new garment plant as funding and training programs grow. Dean Merrifield cautions no foreseeable stumbling blocks while Gordon Hoopman says applications are strong and interviews are planned for July with postcards notifying applicants of details.
Colonel Melvin N. Glantz announced the August draft call for Texas. Men in the first priority group with numbers 75 or lower will be inducted in August. The priority group consists of men born in 1952 or earlier.
Will Present Sacred Concert Sunday evening at First Baptist Church starting at 7. Dale Dur ham notes the weekly service invites all. Glantz reports lottery and preinduction changes for August with 500 expected inductions in Texas under the national call system.
J Roach named Cost Accounting Manager for General Telephone Company of the Southwest effective July 1. He will oversee the Cost Accounting Section in the San Angelo area, moving from Brownfield where he last served as Western Area Accounting Manager and began with the company in 1962. He and his wife Judy and three children plan to move to San Angelo in mid July.
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