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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1966
Page
1
Terry County commissioners agreed to call in 115 road bonds totaling 120000 to save about 9908 in interest, with legal notice to be published in a New York financial paper. The meeting covered hospital district transfers, budget talks, and expense allowances for officials and attendees.
Absentee voting begins today for the June 4 primary and runs through Tuesday with Memorial Day week end reducing courthouse days. Brownfield residents must vote in person today through Friday and Tuesday. outsiders must have mail applications in by 5 pm. Local races include county clerk and precinct one commissioner with prior results showing Horton 860 versus Burnett 1249 and Mullins 330 versus Johnson 339. The attorney general race features Crawford Martin and Franklin Spears.
Judge R A Simms announces a county holiday Monday with all offices closed. Courthouse offices will close at 5 p m Friday and reopen at normal hours Tuesday honoring Memorial Day observance.
Ewel Ross McCrary, a Plains student, mailed a letter to Judge L A Rhyne thanking him for handling a speeding ticket he received in Brownfield. He says his dad would pay this one but the next will be his, adds he’s driven three years and aims to improve. The case ends with courtesy noted by the officer. Felix Perez remains jailed in the Seagraves area.
Brownfield students dominated the district fire poster contest with four winning entries from six local posters. Shelia Morris won first in elementary, David Robinson second, Eugene Brown third in intermediate, Haywood Dotson second, with KKUB prizes to the top two. State contest set for June 16 in Austin.
The American Legion Auxiliary Howard Henson Post 269 will sponsor Poppy Day Friday with booths at First National Bank Brown Field State Bank and Trust Company and the U S Post Office. Girls will go around the square selling red crepe paper poppies to fund veterans rehabilitation and their families. Proceeds fund rehab work by the Legion and Auxiliary, with last year’s local drive raising about four dollars.
The Howard-Henson American Legion post and the Veterans of Foreign Wars will co sponsor a Memorial Day service in Coleman Park honoring county war dead veterans and Guard Star Mothers. The service is set for 10 a.m. Monday per event chairman Dale Brown.
Brownfield Jaycees were entertained by a folk singing group named Darkroom Three-O. Members sang This Land Is Your Land and Ive Got a Hammer with Liza Shirley on guitar. The meeting was presided by O D Hearn as president and first vice president were absent. Memorial Day observance led to cancellation of the Monday meeting. next gathering is June 6.
Ten members of the Union eighth grade class will hold graduation exercises at 8 p.m. Friday. Ronald Luker is valedictorian and Stanley McNiel is salutatorian. Principal addresses will be made by these students, with classmates including Margaret Booth Norman K. Cheatham Ricky Dill Vickie Faught Larry Labadie Sandra Marchman Gordon R. Miller and Joe Villarreal.
More than 1,000 Terry County residents aged 65 plus qualify for Medicare with July 1 hospital and nursing home benefits. Doctor coverage requires enrollment and costs $3 monthly. Local signups approach 1,020, with statewide 8 percent elderly share and national 9.3 percent. Public Health Service predicts limited hospital impact despite rising enrollment.
A total of 257 eighth graders participated in graduation exercises Saturday in the Brownfield High School Auditorium. Dale Durham led the invocation and benediction for the ceremony. Janna Floyd and Mike Richardson were valedictorian and salutatorian respectively and gave the featured addresses. John Briggs Jr. awarded all around student awards to Leslie Decker and Richard Lepard. Dr R. Douglas, superintendent, presented the promotion certificates.
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