Third Annual Reunion of Terry County Pioneers
About 200 Terry County pioneers attended the third annual Pioneer Association meeting at the American Legion Hall on Saturday. County Judge R A Simms led the day with a memorial service, a noon meal, and a post luncheon program. Brownfield High School presented music while Rev Ed Crow gave the guest address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry County
Pioneer Association
American Legion Hall
South Plains
R. A. Simms
Brownfield High School
Ed Crow
First Baptist Church
Judge Simms
A. J. (Blackhead) Bell
Association
Malcolm Thomason
Ralph Bynum
J. B Huckatee
A J. Stricklin
Hazel Bond
Verne Ellis
Brownfield Country Club opens with lavish new clubhouse
The Brownfield Country Club unveils a $90,000, 8800 square foot steel and pumice clubhouse featuring wood paneling, plush carpeting, and a pond area. Open house is set for Tuesday from 6 to 10 pm for members and nonmembers, with Mrs Sammy Lea Lorden as manager and C G Griffin as club professional guiding nine hole layout. Board chair Robert Bowers and directors Earl Jones, Joe Christian, Bruce Zorns, Charles Kersch, Jack Shirley, and Mrs Franko Szydloski helm the organization as they seek to attract family memberships and inquiries to 637-3565.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Sammy Lea Lorden
Hillcrest Country Club
Lubbock
Lorden O
Robert Bowers
Earl Jones
Joe Christian
Bruce
School Board Approves New High School Wing Addition
Brownfield School Board in a called session approved a 198 700 addition to Brownfield High School. The project by H R Bundock Inc of Lubbock adds a two story wing with six classrooms per floor and an auto mechanics shop. The wing will be opened during American Education Week November 10 16 with public tours available. The auto shop enables new courses for high school students starting when classes resume September 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield High School
Brownfield School Board
Byron Rucker
H. R. Bundock
Herbert Brasher
Brasher and Goyett Architects
Bundock
Rucker
O. R. Douglas
Auto Mechanics
Teachers Workshop Begins With Assembly
The 1963 64 school term opens with a 9 am assembly at Brownfield High School. Principal Larry Morton leads the invocation, with music by the high school band directed by Fred Smith and a choral group. Dr. Travis White of Midwestern University speaks as special guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield High School
Larry Morton
Colonial Heights
Fred Smith
A. V Wall
QO. R. Douglas
Billie Moore
Travis White
Midwester University
Wichita Falls
Texas Congress of Parents
Brownfield Golf Club Hosts Ninth Scholarship Tourney
South Plains Chapter of A P I sponsors the Ninth Annual Scholarship Blind Bogey Golf Tournament at Brownfield Country Club on September 1 and 7 to fund four $500 Texas Tech engineering scholarships. Recipients are rising juniors or seniors from the South Plains area, with final selections by the Chapter Scholarship Committee. Prizes come from local merchants and firms. 1962 proceeds reached about $6,000. A stag barbecue closes the event on the 7th at 7 PM. entry is $5 per person plus 1963 Chapter membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Plains
Brownfield Country Club
Texas Tech
Lamesa Country Club
Huston CC. Gray
Halliburton Company
Brownfield
Cletis
Slow drivers face new minimum speed violations
Under a new Texas speed rule slower than normal traffic that impedes flow becomes a prosecutable violation. Col Homer Garrison Jr. says official bodies may set minimum speeds on roads where slow driving disrupts traffic, shifting authority from officers to cite slow movers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Garrison Jr
Texas Department of Public Safety
Garrison
Meeting To View Sweetwater Grid Film At High School
The Quarterback Club will show the Sweetwater game film highlighting Brown field’s 1962 District 3 AAA title during Monday night’s meeting in the high school cafeteria at 7:00 PM. Coach Doug Cox will discuss the team’s progress after the first week of workouts. Light refreshments and a membership drive are planned with $5 dues. season tickets are sold through Dillie M. Kelley in the school business office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
W. A. Wolf
Doug Cox
Wolf
John Jennings
Dillie M. Kelley
United Fund Receives First Contribution from Pleasant Valley
Community members in Pleasant Valley deliver the first 1963 Terry County United Fund gift, a $1046 dividend check issued to Pleasant Valley School by Lyntegar Electric of Tahoka. Campaign opening is Oct 14 with advanced gifts kickoff in September. local legal and police reports follow in later pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Valley
Terry County United Fund
Lyntegar Electric Company of
Tohoka
Brownfield Schools
Brownfield
EK. C. Willis
L. J. Hichardson
United Fund
Advanced Gifts
Mosquitos Under Control In Area
Sanitarian Jim Northcutt says area mosquitos are being held under control as the peak period Aug 1 to Sept 15 approaches. A few encephalitis cases have been suspected in South Plains towns, but the culex tarsalis mosquito is scarce in Brownfield tests. Residents are urged to remove breeding spots around properties such as AC units water-filled containers tall grass and weeded areas and old tires to curb the mosquitoes in the coming month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Northcutt
Sanitarian
South Plains
Northcutt
Dr WoodS speaks at Brownfield Lions Club meeting
Dr Joe Woods an optometrist presented the noon program to Brownfield Lions Club at the Party House on Wednesday. He explained trouble spots in optometry including causes of near and far sightedness and color blindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Woods
Brownfield Lions Club
Woods
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Country Club
States
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KD Moore Construction Company of
Ballard Plumbing and Heating
Brownfield High Schools
SMU
Cubs
Daphne Pemberton
Susan Zorns
Peggy Die
Barbara McLowan
Sally Addison
Bobbie Thompson
Cathy
Olive Wheeler
Brownfield GC
Teria
Terry County Sheriff's Department
Robert Gibson
Marland J Thompson
Capias Pro
John Russell Wilson
Lacey David Gilbert
Leroy Hubbard
Raymon Odell Beggs
Mae Jean Flournoy
Isabel Mendoza
Dr. Woods
Lions Club
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