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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1969
Page
8
Terry County 4-H Riding Club holds Elimination Playday at 7 30 p m in the rodeo arena today. This start of a three event series continues July 10 and July 17 at the same time and venue. Points awarded through sixth place with ribbons to fifth. a trophy goes to the high point rider after all three days. All members urged to attend.
Mrs. John Wilson once Jane Priest stayed with her parents the Gores and sister Jana Priest. The Wilsons from Brownfield Ranch east of town were formerly residents. Visitors include Harold Hester and two boys from St Peters burg Florida staying with C B Hester and Mrs Kay Ward. Marshall Texas relatives there. Also Minnie Williams Kate Evertt sister Vina Cook from Winnsboro with Paul Cook and his Houston wife. Other visitors Mike Kelley and Bain Price from Winnsboro Plains. Lynn Nelson of Lubbock visited Roy Harris. Dianne Harris of Austin and Larry Shelton of Dallas visited Pete Harris and family over the weekend.
Lyntegar Electric Cooperative hosts an all day craft seminar at the Party House on Monday June 30 with Mary Stewart and Gwen Edwards from Village Craft Corner Lubbock. Free demonstrations run 9 to 11 30 a m on cold ceramics followed by an afternoon Make It and Take It workshop on Mod Podge purses. Interested participants should contact Mrs Jane Blay at the County Agent’s office by 6 p m today June 26. Purses cost 6 98 including design hardware and paint and are on display at the County Agent’s office and City Drug.
Herb Remington and the Beachcombers of Houston headline a Friday Luau at 7 30 p m at Brownfield Country Club. The group has drawn praise in previous Brownfield appearances. Members may attend with guests. tickets cost 7 50 dollars.
A reader seeks to identify a girl in a photo captioned daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Thomas. Cordell Green, a local teacher and actor, shares news of a role at the Hayloft Dinner Theater and prior theater work at Lubbock Theatre Centre. Wellman 4-H Revue features Dress Revue practice and praise for leaders Wanda Smith and Mrs. Smith, with notes on overcoming stage jitters and planning to attend Friday’s church Dress Revue. Linda invites continued reader contact.
Jehovahs Witnesses from this area are invited to attend an eight day International Assembly in Kansas City Missouri from July 18 to 25. The Kansas City Assembly is one of seven such meetings in the United States this summer with 25 scheduled in various countries worldwide. There are about one and a quarter million Witnesses in 200 countries, growing by about 1200 new active members weekly.
Public discourse centers on crime data as the primary weapon in the ongoing struggle. Officials cite rates and trends to justify policies while critics warn that numbers alone do not capture community impact or root causes.
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