Neighbor-To-Neighbor Cancer Crusade Launches in Texas
Volunteers begin a house-to-house campaign for the American Cancer Society in Brownfield Denver City Plains Meadow and Wellman. Crusade chairman James Harvey Dallas stresses fundraising and public education as core goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Denver City
Plains
Meadow and
Wellman
American Cancer Society
James Harvey Dallas
Crusade
J. E. Pook
B. C. Horton
F. H. Sharp
Local notices mix with cancer drive appeal in Terry Yoakum county
A community notes roundup covers a writing contest for youths, election costs and errors, birthday registrations, a hospital incident, a Lions candidate, and a cancer awareness drive. The American Cancer Society outlines its 1955 crusade goals in Terry and Yoakum counties with a $1.00 quota, detailing fund allocation for research education and patient services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ional
Terry
Yoakum
Dallas
Texas
Polo
American Cancer Society
Wayland Parker
Terry County
ACS
Eisenhower
Terry-Yoakum Counties
Tokio-Wolfcamp and nearby fields show oil gains and tests
Completion updates from Tokio-Wolfcamp indicate the J. C. Barnes Drilling Co field produced 208 barrels of 36.5 gravity oil with no water in a 24 hour test and a gas-oil ratio of 415-1 at a depth of 9 825 feet. Three more completions in the Prentice field yielded 252 barrels of 29 gravity oil with 1 percent water and 117.26 barrels of 29.1 gravity oil with no water. other wells reported varied production and acidizing, with drilling still underway across multiple sections in Terry and surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Terry County
Prentice Field
Placid Oil Co
Muldrow Et al
C&m
Argo Oil Corp
G. L. Beck
Placid al Co
C- Muldrow Et al
Terry County Enables Emergency Wind Erosion Payments
Terry county has funds for emergency wind erosion control with payments based on listing rows. Loans and purchase agreements will be available after request and before a final date on approval. Grain sorghum must grade 2 or better and be stored in approved storage to qualify for price support of $1.69 per 100 pounds, with eligibility ending February 1, 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry County
Carl Jolden
ASCS
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Golden
Park Bonds and Tax Vote Carry in Carr County Issue
Carr County residents approved a 175000 park improvement bond and a five cent park tax in a light turnout special election. Bond carried 402 141, tax 892 143, with tax decided by 35 votes. County Judge Chesshir called turnout disappointing with 443 voters. Architects Putter Kurmel of Lubbock expect construction to begin in sixty to ninety days. Bond sale set for May 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Yandel
Chesshir
James H. Dallas
James Harley
Herb
Betty
Terry County
Herb Chesshir
Putter-Kurmel
Lubbock
Final Rites Held For Mrs. J. L. Stokes in Brownfield
Funeral services for 72 year old Mrs. J L Stokes of Brownfield were held at 2 p m Thursday at the First Baptist Church. She died Wednesday in Treadaway Daniels Hospital after a short illness after moving to Brownfield from Lovington in 1948. Survivors include two daughters two brothers and a sister with four grandchildren. Active pallbearers and honorary pallbearers were named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Stokes
Brownfield
First Baptist Church
Stokes
Terry County
Treadaway-Daniels Hospital
Lovington
Warren Stowe
Calvary Baptist Church
Jones Weathers
Howard Swain
Dewey Drennon
Bill Meeks
Arit Davison
Roy Golden
Buck Smith
J. B.meeks
Dick Kelly
Raymond Preston
Mr. Garner
Annual Jr Livestock Show Opens Today
The Terry County Calf and Pig Show opens with about 50 calves and 50 hogs entered. FFA and 4-H members from Terry county prepare under Brownfield Chamber sponsorship, with judging Friday and a district livestock contest Saturday featuring teams from Lubbock Spur and Odessa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman, Meadow
Brownfield Ffa
4-H
Terry County
Brownfield Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee
Levelland
Brownfield
FFA
Lubbock
Spur
Odessa
Seventy-Eight Percent of Local Guard Mobilized in Two Hours
The Howitzer Company 2nd Battalion 112th Armored Cavalry Regiment reached seventy eight percent strength within two hours of the alert for Operation Minuteman. Guardsmen from Denver City Seagraves Tahoka Lubbock Brownfield and Abilene reported to the Snyder battalion HQ after an alert call at 6 15 pm. The Brownfield unit coordinated with Snyder and San Antonio while conducting night firing practice at a caliche pit using two jeeps three trucks and two 105 mm howitzers.
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Snyder
Howitzer Co. 2Nd
112Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Denver City
Seagraves
Tahoka
Lubbock
Terry County
Brownfield
Brown
Abilene
San Antonio
Caliche Pit
Pentagon
Washington
First Polio Shots For Terry County Students
First and second graders in Terry county will receive the Salk polio vaccine today. Health Unit teams and Jesse G. Randal School will host sessions with times at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at various sites. Dr. R. E. Johnson assures ample vaccine and no shortage for the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Unit
R. E. Johnson
Terry and Yoakum Counties
Terry-Yoakum County
Jack Bailey
R. V. Moreman
Johnson
Terry County
Jesse G. Randal
Union
Wellman
Wheatley Colored School
Meadow
Direcor
Local Episcopal Church Buys Lot for Future Building Site
The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd purchases two parcels on Lanny Avenue marking its first step toward a new church. Rev. Rex C. Sims, native of Newfoundland, serves at St. Luke's Church in Levelland and Brownfield on Sundays, and shares his remarkable transatlantic family history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanny Avenue
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
Episcopal Church
Rex C. Sims
Sims
Newfoundland
Brownfield
Levelland
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Harbour Grace
Rev Sims
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Ywco-Fold
Cancer Crusade
By Jerry Stoltz
Colton
Cersion Co
Boore
YMCA
Lonnie Rhyne
Lonnie
N-V
Joe Trout
Tokio
John Willis
West Main
Herbie Singletary
Brownfield Lions Club
The
Cancer Society
Crusade Fund
J. C. Barnes Drilling Co
Tokio-Wolfcamp
Wildcat
Wolpcamp
Randal School
Judge's Office
Johnson O c
North Tokio
Poole
South Tokio
Clerk's Office
Johnson North Tokio
Paul Wellman
South Tokio Junior High
Russell Winton
Napoleon
Kenneth Platner
Edgar Self
Winton
Earl Brown, Jr
Rev. Sims
Re. Sims
Chicago
Swift & Company
Chicago South Side
Premier Electric Co
France
Nashotah House
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