Terry County Pioneer Reunion Schedule of Events
The Terry County Pioneer Reunion on Saturday at the American Legion Hall begins with 9 a.m. registration with a $1 fee. Lunch runs 12 noon to 1 30 p.m. A memorial service follows, then a business meeting led by Harold Sims, and entertainment led by Leonard Ellington. The oldest attendee and the one traveling farthest will receive Terry County bicentennial medallions. Alfred Bond chairs the food committee and Mrs. Bobbie Montgomery handles registration as secretary-treasurer.
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Shay Bynum
Harold Sims
Leonard Ellington
Alfred Bond
Bobbie Montgomery
Brownfield Chamber Hosts Investment Seminars This Fall
The Brownfield Chamber of Commerce announces a three session investment seminar series at Brownfield High Little Theatre on August 26 September 2 and September 9 at 7 p m Ed Daniel Fort Worth Bache and Company will lead each program with market analyses investment profiles and tax tips A $2 50 per person fee or $5 for all three sessions helps cover venue costs attendees encouraged to plan ahead
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Little Theatre
Brownfield High
Ed Daniel
Fort Worth
Bache and Company
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Associated Clubs of America
Brownfield Welcomes Settlers at Annual Reunion
Tid Bits note a Saturday reunion at the American Legion Hall with many merchants participating and color pages in the issue. Brownfield groups Jaycees plan an eight pm event at Brownfield High baseball park for entertaining displays. The text cites local civic activity and business openings with several community notes.
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Meadow Jaycees
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Texas
Kendrick Memorial Library
Comptroller’s
Terry County
Paul Brock
Glenda McCullough
Brownfield Police Department
Glenda
Jerry
Billie Cox
City Fruit Stand
Buffalo Range
Pizza Hut
Cable
Weather outlook with clear skies and scattered storms
The National Weather Bureau predicts clear to partly cloudy skies through Saturday with isolated thundershowers not exceeding .25 inch. Temperatures will follow the pattern of the past two weeks, and conditions remain favorable for crops and outdoor work.
Banks To Co Sponsor Lincoln Special
The First National Bank and Brownfield State Bank and Trust Company join as sponsors through membership in the American Bankers Association to back a Lincoln special event.
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Prominent Brownfield Leader Eddie Hill Dies at 59
Prominent businessman and civic leader Eddie D Hill died after being pronounced at 7:25 p.m. Monday at Brownfield General Hospital. He played golf at Brownfield Country Club when he collapsed. Services were held Wednesday at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Robert Metzger officiating. Interment followed in Terry County Memorial Cemetery. Hill served on multiple local boards and groups including Brownfield Chamber of Commerce, Masonic orders, Lions Club, and Red Coats. He was born in Sulphur Springs and trained in Lubbock. he married Mary Alice Arend in 1939 in Portales New Mexico before moving to Brownfield.
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Ed) Hill
Brownfield General Hospital
Brownfield Country Club
Hill
First United Methodist Church
Robert Metzger
Amarillo
Woodrow Adcock
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Brownfield Masonic Lodge
O'Donnell Lodge
Lubbock
Lubbock Scottish Rites
Brownfield
Sulphur Springs
Draughon’s Business College of
Mary Alice Arend
Portales, N. M
Arizona Chemical
Weeds Grow as State Saves Money and Mowing Policy Change
A Brownfield News summary explains how inflation pushed costs down and the Texas Highway Department adopted a new 15 foot mowing strip policy. Fence line mowing to be done yearly, sparing early spring wildflowers to allow seed pods to mature, saving about 11.7 million dollars since adoption.
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State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Corpus Christi
State Agency
Karnes County
State Highway Department
Nabor recalls early Terry County settlement tale
Mee Your Hator a longtime Terry County resident recounts settlement days from 1903 and the transformation from prairie to a growing metropolis. Lee Fulton born October 14, 1898 in Freestone County joined family arriving March 7 to settle three miles south and one west of Gomez where his father stockmanled the first 100.
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Soil Conservation Service
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Duane
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Lee Fulton
E. Cardwell
Freestone County
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Sallie Fulton
Old Gomez
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Freedoms Foundation
Valley Forge
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Ed Hill
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Meadow
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