Lamesa FFA Plans Talk and Elections at Area II Meet
Lamesa area II state vice president will respond at the FFA gathering. Linda Lark the state president will greet chapters. Kenton Harvey the state FFA president will speak. Area officers to be elected in second general session. Talent and public speaking finals and sweetheart election in fourth session.
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Lamesa
Area II State
Linda Lark
Future
Homemakers of America
FFA
Kenton Harvey
9 8
Rain Deluge Floods Parks Near Brownfield
No. 6 radio station KTFY reported 100 inch gauge east of Brownfield. The Soil Conservation Service noted 1.50 inches downtown. The brief deluge filled lakes and ponds and flooded low sections of Coleman Park. Brownfield youngsters on summer vacation flocked to lakes to catch bullfrogs that swarmed where water collected.
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KTFY
Brownfield
The
Soil Conservation Service
Sai
Coleman Park
20 Years Ago Local Announcements June 1
Announcement of Joe and John Chisholm separating Chisholm Hardware and Hatchery into two divisions. Mrs. Roy Ballard hosted a birthday party for Murphy Dean with guests listed. Ace High Bridge Club and Ruth Sunday School notes. Marriage of Pauline Nelson and Harold Denton in Shallow Water. First Baptist Church business session updates. Local grocery ad features sale prices. The origin of the name United States of America noted from the Declaration of Independence.
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Joe
John Chisholm
Chisholm Hardware and Hatchery
Roy Ballard
Murphy Dean
Tom May
Norma Ruth Rogers
Sandra Bailey
Mack Ross
Wilma Walker
Johnnie Winston
Cynthia Tankersley
Herbie Kendrick
Delma Don Murphy
Yvonne Forbus
Venita Gaye Walters
Ronnie Graham
Ace High Bridge Club
A. A. Sawyer
Ned Self
M. E Brown
Lee O. Allen
Roy Wingerd
R. M. Kendrick
R N. McClain
Ray Christopher W. H. Collins
W. R. McDuffie
R. £. Bowers
John R Turner
Ruth Sunday School
First Baptist Church
Henry Buell
Arlie Lawrimore
J. Bo Huckabee
Ray Lewis
Nathan Evans
Hole-in-One Sets Long Record at Levelland Club
Hole-in-one by Jon Cowsar at Levelland Country Club on No. 9 336 yards during the South Plains API Golf Tournament. Medalist Paul Woods shot 34 in qualifying. Consort, a former Hardin-Simmons footballer, produced a 290-yard carry on the ace. The hole is a par four dop leg. the shot is among the longest in the nation.
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Jon Cowsar
East Lake
Levelland Country Club
South Plains
Paul Woods
East Main
Local social notes from Lubbock and nearby towns
Mrs A W Turner and family attend Sophie Sproul dance review in Lubbock. Dawson County Courier editor Joe Alexander. Ackerly News editor J Smith visit NEWS offices. Rev David H Beebe hosted at W B Stinsons. Vernon Whitaker announces baby girl Barbara Sue born May 29. Irene Adams visiting with her parents Will and Mrs Will Adams. Mattie Gracey returns from Abilene where she studied.
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A. W. Turner
Juanda Ruth
Christine McDuffie
J.C. Powell
Mona Rae
Clyde Coleman
Emma Jean
Sophie Sproul
Lubbock
Joe Alexander
Dawson County Courier
Lamesa
J Smith
Ackerly News
Vernon Whitaker
Barbara Sue
Irene Adams
Will Adams
Baylor University
Ino Waco
Wheatley PTA Dinner Aids Negro Scout Troop
Wheatley School PTA will sponsor a benefit dinner for the Negro Boy Scout Troop at 7 30 p m Monday in the auditorium. Proceeds from tickets priced at 1 will help defray expenses for the youths to attend summer camp at Post. The dinner is open to all.
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Wheatley Pta
Boy Scouts
Wheatley School Pta
Post
PTA
Furr Personnel Attend Mississippi Manager Convention
Mr and Mrs Joe Jackson and Mr and Mrs Andy Bonner of Brownfield Purr Super Market attended a four day manager s convention at Edgewater Park Mississippi in May 1922 as guests of Furr s Super Markets. A tour of New Orleans, fishing, boating and swimming were included in activities at the convention.
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Joe Jackson
Andy Bonner
Brownfield
Fdgewater Park
Miss
Furr’s
New Orleans
Five Terry Students To Get Degrees At Texas Tech Monday
Texas Tech will graduate five Brownfield students and two former students at the school’s annual commence ment exercises in Jones Stadium at 8 p.m. Monday. Aug ust C. Esenwein will be principal speaker and Dr. Granville T. Walker will preach the baccalaureate sermon Sunday in the stadium. About 800 seniors are expected to graduate. If weather fails, events move to Lubbock facilities. Brownfield candidates include Sandra Casstevens Nita Beth Golden Pasty Nell Hare Jerry Brent King Richard Lee Ridgeway. John L. Odell and George W. Lane, former Brownfield residents now in Lubbock, will also be degree candidates.
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Texas Tech
Brownfield
Jones Stadium
C. Esenwein
Convair Aircraft Company
Granville T. Walker
University Christian Church
Fort Worth
Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
Sandra Casstevens
R. H. Casstevens
West Broadway
Nita Beth Golden
Carl Golden
Route 3
Pasty Nell Hare
B. Hale
East Hill
Jerry Brent King
James B. King
Fast Buckley
Richard Lee Ridgeway
Weldon Ridgeway
Mrs Zorns Returns Home After Visit And Graduation
Mrs Tommy Zorns of Hereford formerly of Brownfield returned home Tuesday after visiting with her sister Mrs Don Graves and attended graduation exercises Monday night. Also visiting the Graves home was Mrs Zorns daughter Mrs Jackie Worsham of Midland. Edison invented the flash light in 1914.
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Tommy Zorns
Hereford
Brownfield
Don Graves
East Repute
Graves
Zorns
Jackie Worsham
Midland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hicks
Smyr
Pauline
Nelson
Harold Denton
Shallowater
BE. H. Gaston
Brownfield Red & White
United States of America
David H. Beebe
W. B. Stinson
Mattieo Gracey
Abilene
Wenddell Kent
Kent
Sweetwater Fra
Furr
Mississippi
Terry
John L. Odell
George W. Lane
Edison
Brownfield Junior Women's Study Club
Selena Jane Brownfield
E. B. McBurnett, Jr
Billy Blankenship
Bob Campbell
Dub Holleman
Alton Martin
Buddy Orr
Wellmaning
Seagraves
Mée
Ian
Chevrolets
Chevrolet
Che Chevrolet
Miller Bros
Tim McCoy
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