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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1963
Page
1
From This Corner laments Admiral Rickover's blunt rants on education and training. The piece jokes about public rebuttals by educators, Jaycees campaign antics, and a playful contest over a candy sale steak prize between Shirley Curry and Lacy Boles, with risks of political intrigue and voting stakes.
Dollar Day comes to Brownfield with a Monday event and the Sunday edition of the NEWS highlighting local and area bargains from merchants. Citizens are urged to peruse the edition for value deals offered by local businesses.
Terry County commissioners met in the county courthouse to discuss road right of way for Precinct 3 with landowner consent, correct tax roll errors, and approve assistant county agent Bruce Griffith's travel expenses. A Brownfield Boys Club funding request for repairs on a city county property building was referred to the city council, and Meadow civil defense status was debated with the city council for study. Librarian Carrie Geron reported the library serves about 5,000 readers including 3,000 children. transfers of funds and welfare case discussions were noted, with road payments deferred to the next meeting.
Fire marshal Harold Jones asks Brownfield residents to clear alleys and vacant lots of weed clutter before frost to prevent fire risk. Citizens are urged to tidy areas. weeds can be piled by trash cans and trucks can collect and dispose on request via City Hall or Sanitation Department.
The annual 4H Club Achievement Banquet is set for 1 p.m. on November 5 at Oak Grove Elementary School Cafeteria. Guest speaker Carl Moore of Lubbock, a American Field Service exchange student who stayed in Sweden for a summer, will speak. Tickets cost $1.75 and are available from county agents, club leaders, or Mrs Weldon Mason. Tahoka will receive achievement awards at the end of the program.
San Angelo reports GenTel of the Southwest and Communications Workers of America paused contract negotiations on Wednesday. The Union cited differing positions and a California strike by a sister company as context for the recess, with both sides stressing it is a true pause pending developments.
Jose Ramon Martinez age 4, son of Mr and Mrs Asencoion Martinez of Lyford, died Monday when the car his father drove overturned on State Highway 83, 49 miles west of Welch. He was killed when thrown from the 1952 sedan and pinned beneath it, pronounced dead on arrival at Medical Arts Hospital in Lamesa at 1 55 pm. The other occupant, his father, survived. The incident occurred on a slight curve and followed no break in negotiations.
Terry County Young Farmers sponsor a farm management short course for adult farmers starting November 4 at 8 pm in Brownfield High School's vocational agriculture building. The four night program, directed by Carl G Anderson Jr, agronomy expert from Texas agencies, offers on the job assistance and on farm instruction. Participants may contact Eddie Bingham or local vocational teachers for enrollment and details.
The Lions Club held a Wednesday noon program titled The Eve of the American Revolution presented by Perry Bear. President Billie Moore presided while R. Douglas offered the invocation. Carl Bruning attended as a guest and prospective member as packets were issued to Charles Fitzgerald, Leonard Doyle, and Jack Brooks.
Jr. Dorsett was elected president of the Brownfield Kiwanis Club at a 6:30 p.m. regular meeting in the Westerner Cafe. Elected for the coming year were Earl Heeneycutt as first vice president Bob Wood as second vice president Ceci Ferguson as secretary Curtis Beard as treasurer and B F Hudson and Willis Weber as directors. Outgoing president Bud Cotham presented the gavel to the incoming leader.
The Brownfield City Council meets this morning at 9 o'clock in the council meeting room of City Hall. The session will address local governance matters and public concerns.
JM Jimmy Wilson Jr of Floydada district 573 Rotary International will visit the local Rotary Club Friday at noon. He will address 65 Rotarians and confer with Brownfield Rotary Club president Joe L. Price and other officers on administration and service activities. Wilson, a Floydada building materials merchant, was elected district governor for 1963 64 at the St Louis convention. He oversees 272 district governors and 11 500 Rotary clubs with 535 500 Rotarians in 129 countries. The visit aims to review Rotary goals in community youth work business standards and international understanding. He also oversees new club formation in his area and recently helped organize 300 clubs in 46 countries including Sierra Leone. Wilson previously attended Lake Placid eight day meeting to prepare governors for their duties.
Law enforcement in Texas reports a busy period with multiple drunken driving arrests. Donald Wayne Lambright pled guilty to driving while intoxicated after a Saturday crash south of Wellman on US 62 that demolished his 1945 Ford and damaged a milk truck driven by John Rankin Blackburn.
Nine contestants will share equally a small prize from a combined $17.50, each receiving about $1.94. The long list includes Mrs. Edson Wilder, Mrs. Pete Edwards, Jean Goodnight, Mrs. Harvey C. Tubb, Lee Loftis, J. B. Jobe, Craig Oliver, Pete Edwards, and Jack R. Lane. Winnings can be picked up at the NEWS Office.
The Cotton Classing Office in Brownfield reported a season total of 14 470 samples on Monday night October 28. Daily receipts are set to rise to about 2 000 as mechanical strippers come online. Week ending October 25 saw 21 percent middling 24 percent strict low middling 34 percent middling light spotted.
H F Emery district manager for General Telephone Company of the Southwest announced that most supervisors receive long distance operating training to assist customers under all conditions. He stated the company aims to provide the best possible service and trains supervisors to handle long distance calls to achieve this objective.
City firemen have been kept hopping in recent days responding to several alarms with no serious damage. Two calls came within blocks of each other at Park Lane. a hot water heater vented steam in the morning, and a car fire occurred later that afternoon at 509 Park Lane. A late Tuesday afternoon alarm reported a grass fire north of the Plains Highway, which was extinguished before causing damage.
John Bartling of Odessa, state director of the Jaycees, spoke at Brownfield Jaycees meeting. He outlined aims of local, state, national and international Jaycee organizations. Lacy Boles and Shirley Curry were named chairmen of two Halloween candy sale groups. the team with the most candy wins a steak dinner from the losing side. Proceeds support Jaycee projects.
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