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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1955
Page
2
Twenty three Meadow High School seniors will receive diplomas at Tuesday night commencement in the High Bend auditorium. Dr J Harvey Geatt will be the speaker. Audry Harrell is salutatorian and Jo Ann Hardin is valedictorian.
Funeral services for Mrs. A. E. England age 70 were held at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Bill Austin of Colorado City presiding. She died Monday morning at a daughter’s home in Winters after a months illness. Burial followed in Abernathy cemetery. survivors include two sons Jim and W L, a daughter Mrs. Marshal Akin, four sisters, two half-sisters, two half-brothers, eight grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Active pallbearers were grandsons and nephews.
4 H Club girls participate in a gathering at a Green home. Rev Nixon preached Sunday morning to about 240 attendees. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Paul Ross and family Mr and Mrs Sylvester White and family and Bassel Ross.
A 3 pm Sunday voice recital will be held at First Methodist Church by the students of Mrs. John Lucky. Performers include Mary Jane Brownfield Mary Kate Ramseur Betty Collins Venita Shipley Russel Collins and Nancy. A good crowd attended a musical Saturday night at the home of Mrs Major Howard. Marco Dunn and Bobby visited relatives in Lubbock over the weekend.
Troop 20 of the Girl Scouts exhibited a flower show at the Wednesday meeting in the Girl Scout Little House. Plants transplanted into painted dippers impressed judges with Darlene Miller winning first and Loree Key second. Second class badges were awarded to listed members by Mrs. L D McReynolds and Mrs. Bob Duke.
Brownfield residents Winford Joy Lucky Linda Brown Field Ann Copeland Joyce Bor oughs Janie Boroughs Joel Graves Sandra oe Gerald Anderson Karen Dupree Kay Mayhew Marie Endress Denver City and David Benningfield Levelland are identified in a local notice or community listing for an upcoming event or directory update.
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