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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1973
Page
1
A column blends whimsical notes and local updates from Brownfield. A mother’s kerosene mishap prompts a mystery mercy dash, farm price chatter from Earl Butz, and a roundup of local events and impromptu notices.
Buddy Poppies will be sold Friday and Saturday May 24 and 25 in a fundraiser by VFW Post 6794 and its Ladies Auxiliary. Proceeds aid disabled veterans widows and orphans and support VA service offices. Mayor Pro-tem Odell Sears urged citizens to contribute and wear a Buddy Poppy to honor fallen and disabled veterans.
Five-year-olds by September 1 1973 who are not yet six may enroll for kindergarten next year. Parents can pre enroll at the school administration building or by calling 637 2591. Brownfield offers three kindergarten programs including a morning and afternoon session with vacancies.
Brownfield endured a fierce hail storm Tuesday afternoon with ice chunks up to nearly two inches. Local weather observer Earl Elrod reported 1.54 inches of rain in a brief period, the storm lasting about 45 minutes amid thunder and lightning. The meteorology warned of continued unsettled weather with a chance of thunderstorms and a Thursday clearing.
Gerald Mounce, a South Plains College student and Baptist Student Union member, sails for ten weeks in Malaysia and Singapore this summer as a music leader and youth worker. He departs Lubbock May 29 and arrives Singapore June 1, traveling with a Georgia companion. He will visit Singapore Malaysia and East Malaysia, living from a suitcase while leading music and aiding revivals camps and VBS activities. He plans to study psychology at Dallas Baptist College and pursue ministry after Southwestern Seminary.
Brownfield Council 825 United Commercial Travelers regular meeting Monday night has been canceled due to vacation. A special meeting will be called for Thursday August 16 with visitation by Gaddis Owens of Mississippi promotional representative.
The American Legion post 269 will hold its annual Memorial Day program Monday May 28 at the Legion Hall. Breakfast from 6 to 8:30 a.m. serves eggs ham bacon and more. A sunrise flag raising, grave decorations, and a 10 a.m. memorial service honors Gold Star Mothers.
Jesse Geron, principal of Brownfield High, will certify about 138 graduates tonight in the gym and present each to Robert L. Noble, school board president, for diplomas. Geron notes the small senior class with 165 graduates last year and about 185 next year. He moved from Hereford five and a half years ago after serving as assistant principal. born in Roscoe, he is son of Jesse L. and Madelene Rose Geron Sr. of Alamo Gordo, New Mexico.
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