Moonlight Madness sparks community mood and traffic plea
Merchants praised the second annual Moonlight Madness sale drawing a lively square crowd on a Thursday in Brownfield. Residents urged slower driving and courtesy as DPS reports warn of traffic deaths during the Independence Day weekend. Texas Farm Bureau asks lawmakers to back stricter gun penalties and oppose registration or licensing proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Department of Public Safety
Alfonso
DPS
Texas Farm Bureau
Texas
U.S. House of Representatives
Sidney Dean
Dean
TFB
Farm Bureau
Barnes speaks on polygraph exams at Lions Club
Tom Barnes of Lubbock Tex D P S described polygraph tests as truth provers at a Lions Club meeting. He noted eight state examiners perform 250 to 300 cases annually with no charge and that tests aid local law enforcement. New memberships were presented to Jim Shuttlesworth Jim Zoth and Roger Lindsey. Visitors from Lubbock and Brownfield attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Barnes
Lubbock
Texas Department of Public Safety
Lions Club
Kent Case
Barnes
Department of Public Safety
L.G. Smith
Lion
Jim Shuttlesworth
Jim Zoth
Roger Lindsey
Harold Walker
John Carey
al Langston
Mike Richards
Brownfield
Brownfield church builds new unit as June permits rise
In Brownfield the June building permits total climbed to 40 625 dollars pushing year to date to 197 135. Eight permits issued in June include a 70 ft by 88 ft church at 201 North Fifth Street for First Baptist Church to serve as a Spanish Baptist Church. An addition to Phil's Shoe Store at 505 West Main added 3 300 dollars. Other permits cover multiple additions and storage houses with owners M B Clancy George Cox Brownfield Radio R R Tollett Gerald Hopkins and Roy Barrer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Lewis Simmonds
North Fifth Street
First Baptist Church
North A
R.R. Tollett
East Buckley
Gerald Hopkins
Babe Ruth Queen Named At Final Babe Ruth League Games
The Babe Ruth League closes its season with ceremonies Friday to crown the 1968 Babe Ruth Queen. Cindy Graves presides as 1967 queen, while team queens sell tickets and candy. Alice Toliver is Pirates Queen and Emily Canipe is Cubs Queen, with Terry Lindley Dodgers Queen, Terry Rogers Dodgers Queen, and Linda Earnest Cardinals Queen among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babe Ruth
Cindy Graves
Terry
Terry Rogers
Dodgers
BHS
Brownfield Junior High School
L.O. Rogers
East Hester
Four Local Bankers Enroll in 1968 Southwestern School
Four bankers Jesse A Bryant Donald Burda Bobby Joe Burris and Marion A Snell join the 1968 Southwestern Graduate School of Banking session on SMU campus Dallas. Registration opens July 14 for the two week program covering bank management credit administration and trusts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse A. Bryant
Donald Burda
Bobby Joe Burris
Marion A. Snell
Southwestern Graduate School of Banking
SMU
Dallas
Bryant
First National Bank
Burda
Burris
Brownfield State Bank and Trust Company
Mars Snell
Brownfield State
Australian Ag Teacher Tours County To Learn U S Farm Programs
Goroke Victoria educator Stanley J Lewin told a county group his three towns on a farm area share 100 high school students. He toured FFA projects in Brownfield and Texas A&M, seeking ideas for wool classing and irrigation experiments while noting funding gaps in Australia. Lewin travels by bus across the United States to visit agricultural programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley J. Lewin
Goroke
Australia
Lewin
Canada
United States
FFA
Texas
Washington
D.C
England
Europe
Victoria
Goreke
Robert Becker
Stanley Dixon
Brownfield High School
Dixon
Lampasas
Austin
Texas A&m
San Antonio
HemisFair
Brownfield
Hatley Family Eye Operation Fund Opens
A fund at Brownfield State Bank and Trust Company was opened for the Hatley family after their two year old son Gregg underwent eye removal surgery at Methodist Hospital. The tumor on the eyeball required the operation and post operative care, and friends are soliciting donations through L.G. Smith at the State Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hatley
Brownfield State Bank and Trust Company
Young Gregg
Methodist Hospital
L.G. Smith
The
State Bank
Burris Assumes Proxy Duties as Optimist Club President
Frank Gorton handed the gavel to Bob Burris who presided the meeting as the Brownfield Optimist Club welcomed new member Dr. C D Whitley and guest James Owens from Littlefield. Doyle Simpson received a plaque for the Oratorical Contest. Don Osborn presented a Boy Scout Troop 785 film from Camp Tres Ritos N M. Burris scheduled a directors meeting for Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Brownfield State Bank and Trust Company directors room. The meeting dismisses for July 4 holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gorton
Brownfield Optimist Club
Bob Burris
Burris
C.D. Whitley
James Owens
Littlefield
Doyle Simpson
Don Osborn
Boy Scout Troop 785
The
Optimists
Camp Tres Ritos
N.M
Water District Publishes Progress Report for Groundwater
The South Plains Underground Water Conservation District Four releases Progress Report Number One with hydrological maps and a discussion of groundwater resources beneath Terry Gaines Yoakum and Cochran counties. Bob Lee says the report supports the district education program and free copies are available by writing Box 232 Brownfield. Pioneer Natural Gas Company and Peoples Natural Gas Company helped fund the atlas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Plains
Bob Lee
Board of Directors of
The
Water District
Brownfield
Lee
Pioneer Natural Gas Company
Peoples Natural Gas Company
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George Eliot
Lions
Linda Earnest
Cardinals
Emily Canipe
Terry Rodgers
Terry Lindley
Red Sox
Keitha Vandivere
Yankees
Alice Toliver
Pirates
Coke Toliver
E. Buckley
Alice
Oklahoma
Maids and Matrons Club
AAUW
Alpha Omega
Rotary Club
Miss Toliver
Cubs
Jack Canipe
East Lake
Emily
Robert Lindley
North
F.L. Earnest
South Sens
Linda
Pre-Law Society
Thespians
Arkansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma and Texas Bankers Association
Dallas, Fort Worth
Melbourne
Rotary
Leonard Ellington
Dale Durham
George Weiss
Oscar Jones
John Forsythe
Durham
Brownfield Rotary Club
Mack Ross
Rotarians
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