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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1987
Page
3
The Terry County Community Action Center will distribute USDA commodities this Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cheese butter and rice will be given away with no sacks needed. The Brownfield High School Art Department invites the public to view works through Friday during Art in Action week.
The Brownfield Chamber of Commerce sponsors the Third Annual Brownfield Arts and Crafts Galore at the Texas National Guard Armory in Terry County on May 23. All items must be handcrafted. Booths measure 10 by 10 feet with fees of 25 dollars or 35 dollars for two artists sharing. Deadline for booth registration is May 18. Contact the Brownfield Chamber of Commerce for details. Immunization clinic for children and adults set for Thursday May 14 from 1 to 4 pm at 919 B Main hosted by the South Plains Health Department.
The Calvary Baptist Youth group sponsors a car wash and bake sale on Saturday May 16 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Amoco parking lot 1323 Tohoka Road. Donations fund the event with refreshments available.
The Terry County Food Box at 201 South Second in the Meals on Wheels building has a new name Agape Christian Outreach Center. Residents seeking help should apply there from 10 a.m. to 12 noon on Monday Wednesday and Friday, with food distribution set for 2 to 4 p.m. on those days.
Mr and Mrs Dennis Yowell Brownfield announce daughter Taylor Nicole born May 11 at 9 11 am in Lubbock Methodist Hospital weighing six pounds fourteen ounces and twenty inches long Grandparents Loyd and Beryl Yowell and Betty Frost Also Eva Deleon of Brownfield announces daughter Rose Mary born May 4 at Cook Memorial Hospital Leveland weighing pounds eight ounces and measuring inches Grandparents Maria
About 110 area piano students enroll in National Guild of Piano Teachers auditions to be held May 14 to 18 in Brownfield at the First Baptist Church Chapel. Participants study Truitt Mitchell Cynthia Blair Katri nka Rash Jalene Young and Ed Sharp with chair Tom Brownfield.
Obituary for Mary E Emery age 89 of Amherst notes services at First Baptist Church Amherst at 2 p m Wednesday with Rev Larry Sanders and Rev Mac Quillin officiating. Burial in Littlefield Cemetery. She died at home after a lengthy illness. She was a housewife, Baptist, married Bud Emery in 1921. Survivors include two daughters, a sister, a brother, three grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Leigh Ann Sides, a Brownfield High School 1983 graduate, took part in Hardin-Simmons University Abilene graduation ceremonies at 10 a.m. Saturday May 9. She earned cum laude with a Bachelor of Education degree, major in elementary education and minor in bilingual education, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Lockett.
Kayna Monique Xavier was born at 11:43 p.m. Monday May 4 in Cook Memorial Hospital, Levelland, to Xavier Mr. and Mrs. George Max Xavier of Brownfield. Grandparents include Aretha Harrell of Brownfield and Virgin and Maxwell Alexander. great grandparents Angel Hernandez and Juan Francisca of Brownfield. great grandmother Delilah Washington of Brownfield. The baby weighed seven pounds three ounces at birth.
Brownfield High School hosts the eighth annual Art in Action contest with 328 items on display. Michael Pruitt wins Best in Show for watercolor and takes first in drawing. other winners include Tamara Timmons in painting and watercolor, Gloria Salas in crafts, Jeff Pendergrass in pottery, Shane Clare in fiber batik, and Clarence Brown in graphics silkscreen. Public viewing continues through Friday. judges were Don Stroud and Jerry Roberts.
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