Federated Clubs Attend Ninth District Meet in Friona Texas
Brown field federated clubs are invited to the Caprock District meeting on October 19 1968 at Friona High School Friona Texas. Theme Happyness Is A Federated Club Woman Involved. Registration 9:00 a.m. with coffee. Program and talks by local officers and guests. Admission $1.50 luncheon $2.25 advance reservations due October 14. Also a separate note quotes John P McConnell Chief of Staff predicting Soviet parity in nuclear weaponry by 1971.
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Federated Clubs
Brownfield
Caprock
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
Friona High School
Friona
Texas
Modern Study Club
New Horizons Junior Study Club
Progressive Study Club
Friona Woman
Hostess Club
Lane Decker
Paula Fortenberry
God Bless America
Va Miller
Garnet Reeves
W. L. Edelman
Irene McFarland
Eugene Jones
Plainview
Harold Green
Tahoka
Bill Davis
O’ Donnell
Joe Taylor
Lockney
Sammy Hale
W. Grover
Floydada
John P. McConnell
Air Force
Hangem High and Journey to Shiloh at Regal Rustic
Deputy marshal Clint Eastwood hunts vigilantes who lynched him and struggles with revenge in Hang Em High. A dirt track stock car story follows, featuring racing drivers and their girlfriends in Journey to Shiloh. Both showings cater to mature young and general audiences respectively.
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Clint Eastwood
D Day Era Prisoners Pressed to Undertake Brutal Mission
Shortly before D Day a dozen American military prisoners condemned to death or life imprisonment face a clemency offer if they complete a brutal personal crisis mission for the Army. Negroes seek wider role at World Council.
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World Council
Garden Club 14th Annual Flower Show at Hawkins Home
The Brownfield Garden Club hosts its 14th annual flower show at Mrs. J. W. Hawkins home Route 3 from 3 to 6 PM. Visitors can learn floral arrangement ideas from items around the home. Committee head is Mrs. Earl Garner with helpers Mines Virgie Travis Carl Golden and Roy Collier. The Hawkins residence lies 1.5 miles on the Foster Road past the John Deere building.
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Brownfield Garden Club
J.W. Hawkins
Earl Garner
Mines
Virgie Travis
Carl Golden
Roy Collier
Hawkins
Foster Road
John Deere Implement
Alpha Omega Initiates New Members Tuesday
Alpha Omega Study Club held a 4 p.m. workshop at Selena Jane Brownfield Club House with Mrs. Herschel Lowe leading burlap and yarn wall hangings. Initiation director Mrs. Ken Muldrow welcomed new members including Mmes. Bob Boswell and Jesse Geron, while Mrs. Richard Prigmore presided over the business meeting. Hostesses Mrs. Robert Noble and Jack Leech attended with other members and associates.
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Alpha Omega Study Club
Selena Jane Brownfield
W.A. Leigon
Herschel Lowe
Richard Prigmore
Ken Muldrow
Mmes
Bob Boswell
Jesse Geron
Joe D
Delphian Club Hosts Annual Guest Day Meeting
The Delphian Study Club holds its Annual Guest Day on Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Selena Jane Brownfield Club House. Mrs. E B Armstrong is program chairman with Dr. C D Whitley as guest speaker. Hostesses are Mrs. V A Bynum and Crede Gore.
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Delphian Study Club
Selena Jane Brownfield
E.B. Armstrong
C.D. Whitley
Mmes
V.A. Bynum
Crede Gore
Miss Caperton Honored At Bridal Luncheon
Miss Caperton, bride elect of Larry Simmonds, was feted at a brides maid luncheon hosted by Mrs. Richard Prigmore at 1315 E Cardwell. Assistants included Mrs. Sherman Hope. Orchid and purple decor highlighted centerpieces and flower arrangements. Guests listed include Miss Caperton, Mrs. Caperton of Fullerton, Calif., Mrs. Lewis Simmonds, Cheryl Williams, Barbara Newsom, Becky Richardson, Linda Hicks, Panze McWherter, and Karen Keown.
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Hope Caperton
Larry Simmonds
Richard Prigmore
E. Cardwell
Prigmore
Sherman Hope
Miss Caperton
C.H. Caperton
Fullerton
Calif
Lewis Simmonds
Local families visit across towns and states this weekend
Aiend fromW fall Us Mr. and Mrs. James Potts and children Kathy Marilyn and James of Amarillo spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. E.R. Slater of 503 Cactus Lane. Mrs. Potts is the Slater's daughter. Frank Brookey and daughter Susan of Fort Stockton visited their son and family Tommy Brookey and Sharla Gae, and another son David Brookey and Chuck in Grandfalls. Marvin Vest and family of Levelland Highway visited relatives in Amherst and with Luther Harris and M. B. Vicars families. The Simpsons from Temple, former Brownfield residents, visited their sons Doyle and daughter. Lee Howell attended a funeral in Millersview and others moved to Roswell and near Brownfield. Otis Ridgeway and family visited in Oakland and Brownfield en route. W F Jackson returned from a visit in Lubbock. Kelly Mack Sears of Plainview visited Ms. C. Denson and relatives in Brownfield.
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James Potts
Kathy
Marilyn
James
Amarillo
E.R. Slater
Cactus Lane
Mrs. Potts
Slater
Frank Brookey
Susan
N. Atkins
Fort Stockton
Tommy Brookey
Sharla Gae
David Brookey
Chuck
Grandfalls
R.L. Simpson
Sandy Buckmaster
Kent
Temple
Doyle Simpson
Shinnery
Bob Simonson
Brownfield
Otis Ridgeway
Oakland
Cal
E.R. Hutson
Lake
Coy Hutson
E. Oak
Ridgeways
Clyde Goldston
Denver City
Goldstons
Lubbock Artist Guest At Brownfield Art Meet
Lawanda Murphee spoke on art through eight thousand years at the Brownfield Art Association meeting in the Brownfield State Bank Directors Room. Peggy Bingham presided. the club plans a Harvest Festival parade float and a November bazaar with a garage sale to fund projects.
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Lawanda Murphee
Lubbock
Brownfield Art Association
Brownfield State Bank and Trust Company
Peggy Bingham
Burl Cole
Murphee
Juna Smith
Lake
Glenda Goodacre
Grady Patton
Weekend Visits Spread Across Towns
Mrs. John Garner and son spent the weekend in Kress with Happy Garner and the Car family. Mrs. J D Beasley and Mrs. Mamie McGehee returned from Strangsburg Penn visiting McGehee’s daughter. Others traveled to visit relatives in Dallas Longview Clyde Tulsa Wichita Falls and Abilene.
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J.D. Beasley
Manedow
Mamie McGehee
Abilene
Strangsburg
Penn
Paducah Visitors and Hawaii Connection Highlight Town News
Mrs. Wade Smith of Paducah visited her mother Mrs. Cora Long at 420 E Cardwell for Friday and Saturday. Smith attended a World Book Company training course in Lubbock. Gail Mackey, daughter of Mrs. Bea Brown, is visiting from Honolulu with relatives and friends. Her husband Clinton Mackey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Mackey, is stationed at Fort DeRussy Hawaii.
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Wade Smith
Paducah
Cora Long
Cardwell
Smith
World Book Company
Lubbock
Gail Mackey
Bea Brown
N. A
Honolulu
Hawaii
Clinton Mackey
Boyd Mackey
Fort de Russey
Young Family Relocates to Route 3 Terry County
Mr and Mrs Harold G Young and their children of Laredo have moved to Route 3 in Terry County seeking a new home.
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Harold G. Young
Laredo
Terry County
Local social rounds and visits noted around Meadow
Mrs J H McCraw visited Mrs J M Burleson last Saturday. Ruby Dalton spent part of the week in Brownfield with grandsons while L R Gober and spouse attended an Eastern Star Convention in San Antonio. Couples Club met at the Methodist Church for a supper and devotion led by Mrs J M Burleson. L P Carroll’s Tennessee relatives visited, and Roger Boardman of California and wife welcomed a daughter born Tuesday. Various visitors included the Brownlees, Pete Timmons family, Edith Jones of Lubbock, Fontella Carruth of Fort Worth, and Willie Wright who underwent surgery in Lubbock.
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Ruby Dalton
Brownfield
L. R. Gober
San Antonio
Roger Boardman
California
Boardman
Wanda Dalton
Meadow
In Season Produce Picks in Texas Today
The guide lists fruits and vegetables currently in season in Texas including bananas, seedless white grapes, Tokay grapes, Italian prunes, plums, cantaloupes, pears, eggplant, cooking greens, cabbage, carrots, squash, dry yellow onions and potatoes.
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Texas
Funeral for Cliff Johnson in Brownfield with local residents
Personal mourners including Mr Clyde Trout Mrs Charles Trout Mrs Nona Trout Mrs Ray Bearden Mrs C C Perkins Alene Lock and Norman Lovelace attended the funeral in Brownfield. Johnson a former Tokio resident owned a store opposite the Tokio Co-Op gin.
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Clyde Trout
Charles Trout
Nona Trout
Ray Bearden
C.C. Perkins
Alene Lock
Norman Lovelace
Cliff Johnson
Brownfield
Johnson
Tokio
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Terry Moore
Wayna Criswell
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Kenneth Hyman
RMLSI
Charles Sorgine Rong
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Aeandy
REGAL
Rustic
Shiloh
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Alpha Omega
Delphian Club
By Erdie West
Marvin Vest
Levelland Highway
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Luther Harris
Amherst
M. B. Vicars
Joyce
Harold
Carrol
Har
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Lee Howell
James Wood
Millerview
Wood
Brady Hospital
Millersview
Ark
Lynwood Howell
Lydia
Lecia
Linda
Roswell
N.M
Howell
Howells
Gomez
Carlos
W.F. Jackson
W. Powell
Florence Chapman
Art Meet
John Garner
Robert
N.A
Kress
Billie Sandage
Ella Ruth
Henry Lee
Tulsa
Ben Kennedy
M.H. Ratliff
Wichita Falls
George Peyson
Shane Mousa
Kenny Jackson
Bobby Greenfield
Julie Lowe
Era
Sears
J. H. Gober
J. H. McCraw
J.M. Burleson
Methodist Church
J. M. Burleson
W.I. Walker
Louis Peeler
Jesse Brooks
L.P. Carrol
Tennessee
Mrs
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C.C. Brownlees
Pete Timmons
Odessa
Sue Timmons
Edith Jones
W.M. Turnboughs
Fontella Carruth
Ft. Worth
Lizzie Carruth
Willie Wright
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Lorna
Clairol
Lindsey Hardware
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