Random Ramblins on war widow aid and Halloween tales
A Schleswig-Holstein war widow and six children receive charity from an American helper who suggests a self‑help system based on earning time for necessities. The piece then shifts to Halloween history, memories, and wartime celebrations contrasting old Druids with modern door to door greetings and a Texan twist.
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Schleswig-Holstein
Germany
America
Gaul
Britain
Deep South
Deadline Near For Nomination For Youth Week
Brownsfield Optimist Club sponsors Youth Appreciation Week from November 11 to 17. Nominations for county high school students are due by 5 p.m. Friday in Jim Hale’s office at 209 South 5th Street. A committee will select ten top teens, then three will be honored at the club luncheon on November 14.
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Brownsfield Optimist Club
Jim Hale
South 5Th Street
Hale
Optimist Club
Citizens Advisory Committee Endorses 2.154 Million Bond Plan
Brownfield Independent School District voters face a November 5 ballot on a 2.154 million bond. A 35 member Citizens Advisory Committee studied options to upgrade junior and senior high facilities or build a new high school, choosing Plan Two with a new high school and improvements to existing campuses.
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Brownfield Independent School District
Citizens Advisory Committee
West Ward
Brasher
Gayette
William C. Cowan
Ior
Brasher, Goyette and Rapier
Lubbock
Cowan
Weldon Carden
Brownfield
Morris S. Knox
Citizens Committee
Group Plans To Hear Nixon In Lubbock Friday
Terry County Republicans travel to Lubbock for the Nixon for President gathering. They depart GOP Headquarters at 312 West Main at 12 45 p m with about 250 people and three Boeing 727s arriving by 2 30 p m.
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Terry County
Lubbock
GOP
West Main
Nixon
Bonfire Kicks Off Brownfield 1968 Homecoming Week
Bonfires light at 7 30 p m to start Brownfield High School 1968 homecoming festivities in Cub Stadium east parking lot Freshmen and seniors vie for largest bonfire while students smash wood from local buildings to add fuel Band and cheerleaders hype the crowd Friday features Homecoming Queen coronation Nan Jones and court with duchesses Lynette Barton Carol Greenfield Terrie Lindley Outdoor pep rally follows coronation Class of 1958 honored at halftime Coffee and social hosted by Wayne and Mary Rattiseau Saturday includes Mexican supper PTA fundraiser at Oak Grove Cafeteria and Brownfield Country Club party lasting into night
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Cub Stadium
Jesse Geron
Brownfield High School
Lakeview
Nan Jones
Lynette Barton
Carol Greenfield
Terrie Lindley
Wayne Rattiseau
East Tate
Brownfield Country Club
Colonial Heights
Parent-Teacher Association
Oak Grove
Colonial Heights Pta
Crop Duster Dies In Crash Near Brownfield
Ivan Ray Bollinger 27 died at the scene when his crop duster for Buddy Norris Dusting Service clipped power lines and crashed 12 miles west and 3 miles north of Brownfield. The plane fell upside down after entangling in the lines. funeral services planned in Seattle and Brownfield Funeral Home handled arrangements. Survivors include wife Linda two sons a daughter and Bollinger relatives in Washington and Fort Worth.
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Ivan Ray Bollinger
Brownfield
Johnson Gin
Bollinger
Buddy Norris
Walla Walla
Wash
Seattle
Brownfield Funeral Home
Linda
Allen Ray
Kelly Spencer
Debra Jo
Orban Bollinger
Mindy Gardner
Fort Worth
Frank Bollinger
Feed Lot Meeting Draws Good Crowd in Terry County
More than 130 people attended a Tuesday night meeting on a proposed commercial feedlot for Terry County. Speakers included Paul Morgan of High Plains Feed Lot in Friona and Brown-McKee executive Paul Farr.
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Terry County
Thurman Skains
Paul Morgan
High Plains
Friona
Rodney Harris
Paul Farr
Brown-McKee
Lubbock
Fornia
Texas
Gulf Coast
California
Morgan
United States
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
New Mexico
Richardson
Absentee Voting Deadline Friday for Local Elections
County Clerk J O Burnett warns all absentees must vote by 5 p m Friday November 1 for the general election county bond election and school bond election. Precinct totals show 247 general 77 county bond and 20 school ballots cast so far with polling locations at the county clerk office absentee box and Brownfield High School business office.
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J.O. Burnett
Brownfield High School
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