Lack Of Trees Plagues Brownfield Christmas
Brownfield residents in 1905 faced a treeless Christmas and built a homemade tree from timber and packing boxes. Local carpenters donated materials, children decorated with home made items, and gifts were crafted from scraps. The community gathered at the schoolhouse with music, a poem, and a visit from Santa Claus.
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Brownfield
Plains
Lum
Rippetoe
J.L
Jessie) Randal
Spencer
Lois Brownfield
Santa Claus
Welfare Removals Save $1 Billion in Aid Program Reforms
Washington reports that over 30 months the welfare quality control program reduced ineligibility and overpayments in the AFDC system. HEW says $1.059 billion saved with $410 million spent on administration while 175,000 ineligible families were removed and 340,000 overpayments corrected. Five states met all goals in early 1976.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Robert Fulton
HEW
Fulton
US. District Court
D.C
Carter
Nevada
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Utah
Wyoming
Midland mayor opposes single district plan but may let voters decide
Midland Mayor Ernest Angelo Jr says he opposes a switch to single member districts yet would allow a public vote on the issue. The Midland League of Women Voters seeks enlarging the council to six or seven members with districts. Angelo favors the current at large system. The group plans to present a five district map and asks for a April referendum. Angelo would back a charter amendment if voters support it but would vote against the plan himself. The mayor’s term runs until April 1978.
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Midland
Ernest Angelo Jr
Midland League of Women Voters
League
Angelo
San Antonio
UPD
Justice Department
Jim Parker
Parker
First Christmas Tree Display At Terry County Museum
A Brownfield exhibit recreates the community’s first Christmas with a lumber tree and homemade gifts. A mannequin represents Mrs. Randal, Brownfield’s first school teacher, in the Terry County Heritage Museum display.
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Brownfield
Terry County
Randal
Schoolhouse Display Marks First Observance
A display of schoolhouse era items collected by museum staff honors the first observance. Mrs. R D Shew Make, president of the museum board, and Mrs. Fa Netas Graham helped organize the exhibition with assistance from others.
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R.D. Shewmake
Museum Board of Directors
Fanetas Graham
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