Random Ramblins on Tongues and Drug Awareness
The piece reflects on self control and apology for a verbal slip at a meeting. It then discusses drug abuse in the United States, outlining how any drug can harm, listing heroin morphine codeine sedatives barbiturates LSD marijuana and amphetamine signs of dependence and urging victims seek medical help and alert authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
American Medical Association Council On Mental Health
Council
AMA Council On Mental Health
Brownfield ISD Trustees to Meet in Regular Session
Brownfield Independent School District board of trustees will convene at 7 30 p m Monday in the high school library with Carrol Collier presiding. Jim Cherry will present the curriculum report including the special education plan and attendance zone transfers. They will consider resignations and the employment of one teacher along with a leave request. James Willis will present the business report and the proposed budget for the new fiscal year. Unfinished business includes swearing in the board of equalization and discussions on Head Start staff and the golf program. Citizens Committee will share recommendations on school plant needs.
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Board of Trustees
Brownfield Independent School District
Carrol Collier
Jim Cherry
James Willis
Board of Equalization
Citizens Committee
Chamber To Honor Danner Thursday
E. H. Danner retiring president of General Telephone Company of the Southwest will be honored at a coffee reception Thursday. The Terry County Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture sponsors the event and invites public attendance at the Chamber offices.
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E. H. Danner
General Telephone Company of the Southwest
Terry County Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Chamber
American Legion Flags Burned in Terry County Ceremony
The Ho ward-Henson Post of the American Legion and Legion Auxiliary sponsored a flag disposal project in Brownfield and Terry County. Unserviceable flags from schools and organizations were retired in ceremonies with District 19 Commander Billy Bond and local leaders attending. A Brownfield student served as buglar, and several Legion officers participated in the flag burning detail.
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Terry County
Howard-Henson
American Legion
The
Legion Auxiliary
R.D. Schewmake
Billy Bond
District 19
Seminole
H.D. Boston
Brownfield
Maurice Martin
Harold Andrews
M.J. Craig
J. C. Harris
H.B. Parks
James Qualls
Jim Cloe
Tom Farrell
Brownfield School
U.S
J.C. Harris
Jim Crow
Brownfield High honors 1968 Cub dedication and top seniors
The 1968 Cub yearbook is dedicated to Mrs Oleta Toliver at Brownfield High School Honor Assembly. Kirk Brown is valedictorian and Gary Burnett salutatorian, with Barbee as top girl in a class of 129. Several students receive All School Outstanding, Who's Who, and department awards amid speeches by Doug Cox and presentations by coaches and teachers.
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Gary Burnett
Kirk Brown
Brownfield High School
Kirk
Gary
Oleta Toliver
Liza Shirley
Doug Cox
Earl Brown
James QC
Burnett
Sue Barbee
BHS
Madrigal Singers
King and I
Okalhoma
Miss Barbee
Walter Mason
Sheryl Franks
Joe Masso
Johnny Lassiter
Kay Whitley
Charlotte Wright
Renny Smith
Anders Rosen
Sweden
Rosen
Robert Baumgardners
Anders
City Council Honors Pfc. Raul Gutierrez
Brownfield leaders presented a framed resolution honoring Pfc. Raul Gutierrez to his parents Mr. and Mrs. Cristobal Gutierrez of 503 Austin Street. Mayor Jack Hamilton participated in the Thursday ceremony.
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Cristobal Gutierrez
Austin Street
Pfc
Raul Gutierrez
Brownfield
Jack Hamilton
Terry County
Vietnam
Pfc. Gutierrez
John Wilkes
Texas Tech
7Th Calvary
1St Calvary
Defense Department
Donald Ragsdale
Hamilton
Gutierrez
American Legion
M. R. Smith
Nathan Kiser
Kiser
Jake Geron
Pte
Citizens Complete School Plant Study
The Citizens Committee appointed by the Brownfield Independent School Board met to review school facilities. Anderson of the Texas Education Association noted Wheatley Elementary will be phased out and West Ward and the junior high campus need upgrades including a gym, library, and additional classrooms. The group will present recommendations at the board meeting Monday at 7 30 p m.
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Citizens Committee
Brownfield Independent School Board
Tom Adams
J. A. Anderson
Division of Administrative Services
Texas Education Association
Anderson
Wheatley Elementary
Oak Grove
West Ward
Grand Jury Hears 19 True Bills In Dallas County Session
A 121st District Court grand jury met Monday and returned 19 true bills, one no bill and five cases passed. Defendants charged include Roy Young Jr with murder with malice for a shooting near a cafe that left R L Jones dead on arrival at Brownfield General Hospital. Other true bills cover forgery, theft over $50, and malicious destruction of property while Jimmy Price was not indicted.
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Roy Young Jr
R.L. Jones
Jones
Brownfield General Hospital
Lois Brooks
Juan Maldonado
Doyle McCurry
Parker
Ray Cash
Tommy Flournoy
Paul Gutierrez Jr
Jose Jesus Leija
Glen Jessie Samuels
Henry Jackson
Charlie Gibson
LeRoy Mathews
Jeff Charles Welsey
Eugene Cummings
Jimmy Price
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Arkansas
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Gary Jones
R.D. Jones
H.Y. Griffis
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