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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1968
Page
1
In Brownfield the park across from the Chamber of Commerce gains beauty as morning glories cover a windmill, celebrated by the Brownfield Garden Club. Readers note local events, tax votes, hospital auxiliary drive, and federal aid program concerns raised by lawmakers.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Jim H. Moore 72 at Brownfield Memorial Chapel with Rev. Jack Garrett officiating. Burial followed in Terry County Memorial Cemetery. The death was ruled an apparent heart attack. Survivors include three sons, five daughters, two sisters, twenty grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.
A bi district Farmers Home Administration meeting will be held in Amarillo September 24 25 as County Supervisor Billy R Chance notes Regional meeting in St Louis discussed rural to urban flow checks State Office staff will discuss The local office will close from Sept 23 afternoon to Sept 26 for the meeting Brownfield attendees include Chance and Evelyn Waddell.
Two days brought injuries and crime notes for residents. Joe Zavala 29 fell from a truck at Stokes Meat Market and was moved to hospitals in Brownfield and Lubbock. Felix Castro 49 pinned under a tractor wheel at Addison farm and remained under observation at Brownfield General Hospital. Police investigated vandals damaging vehicles and a string of arrests followed for drunkenness theft abandonment and fraud with bonds set from $32 to $1,500.
Local and state groups launch National Highway Week September 22 to 28 with open houses and tours of the Texas Highway Department facilities in Seagraves. Governor Connally endorses the observance as chambers of commerce plan regional gatherings across San Antonio Houston Dallas and Fort Worth to engage civic leaders and announce Texas Highway Department Day at HemisFair 65.
Mr and Mrs James W Evans served as Terry County delegates to the Republican State Convention held Monday and Tuesday in Fort Worth. Spiro T Agnew Governor of Maryland and 1968 Republican VP nominee delivered the keynote to strong ovation. The 28th Senatorial District elected Mrs Jack Cook of Andrews County as district committeewoman replacing Mrs J L Pinkerton of Winkler County and named reps to five state committees. Evans was reappointed to Credentials and other district leaders were chosen for Rules Platform Nominations and permanent committees with re-elected state chair and vice chair.
A Texas Farm Bureau sponsored world tour begins in Tokyo with 64 Texans including Mrs Ross Carter and the Hurd and Tatum families. The feature discusses jet travel fatigue, impressions of Japan, and plans to visit Hong Kong the Philippines Thailand India Lebanon Israel Greece and Rome during a 31 day itinerary. It notes Japanese rapid transit examples and a Kyoto to Tokyo ride on the 130 MPH Kodama bullet train with quick stops.
Jim Kent reports a new Toastmaster's Club in Brownfield with 17 members signed up and space for 13 more. The group needs three more members to set up a charter and begin meetings. Interested callers should contact Bill Cowan at Pan-American 637 2521.
T C Hogue Sr 81 will be buried at Terry County Memorial Cemetery after services at 2 p m in Brownfield First Baptist Church with Rev Farrow officiating. Mrs Hogue died after a long illness in Brownfield General Hospital. She lived in Terry County since 1917 farmed with her husband northwest of Brownfield until his 1954 death. Survived by sons Boyd Levelland T C Jr and Carl Brownfield daughters Mrs R C Ted Fox Brownfield and Mrs Dick Heath Lubbock 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Brownfield records show 23 births in August with 12 girls and 11 boys. The year total rises to 213 births. Three deaths occurred in August, two due to heart disease and one from a cerebrovascular accident, bringing year deaths to 58.
Rev Ed Robb of Abilene shared a world preaching tour and viewed Indonesia’s 1965 upheavals, noting Sukarno’s fall and communism's decline. He preached to over 3900 as the Rotary meeting at First United Methodist heard about Southeast Asia and local church life.
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