Traffic and thefts fill Brownfield police reports
Brownfield police handled more than 40 calls over four days with six drunkenness cases. The unit logged multiple thefts including a purse, a skirt, and a 1953 Chevrolet, plus several minor accidents and a larger collision on US 62 near the county road crossing. Victims included Helen Barton Sewell and Ruth Wood Oliver, with injuries described as minor.
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Brownfield City
Brownfield
Lubbock Road
Tokio
Sport
Pendleton
Phillips
Thomas Diel
Diel
el Vase
Pete Cromer
910 8S Sons
WC Robertson
Route 5
Lubbock
Hobertson
Teas
Helen Barton Sewell
Plains
Collison
Ruth Wood Oliver
A. E. Roberts
Teas Highway Patrol
Karen Sewell
Timothy Olver
Jame Oliver
Chevrolet
Ford
Charles EF Ashcraft
EF Harris
Lolvestor Junior Emery
Mary Kemp Stillwell
Tate
Ashcraft
Emery Auto
Stillwell
Elbridge Newley Cooley
S. 3Rd
Mercury
Felix Perez
Libbock Road
Kay Gutierrez
Big Spring
James Edmundson Niday
Anglean
GWU
E Main
Jolene Durham
David Ear Auburg
Auburg
Durham
Walter Moore
W Hill
Terry County
County Court approves 1964 budget and staff changes
Commissioners Court met to approve a 1964 county budget of about 1.3 million dollars up from 1963, with nurse salary increases at the county hospital and a tax rate reduction that saves Terry County taxpayers roughly 60 thousand dollars. Bennie Jo Davidson resigned as Home Demonstration Agent, Patricia Bookey named to replace her, training to begin September 2, with Davidson assisting through October 4. The court also approved moving a Southwestern Public Service transmission line after harvest and named Jim Foy to the Terry County Veteran Land Board, among other routine actions.
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Commissioners Court
Bennie Jo Davidson
Raymond A. Simms
Terry County
Patricia Bookey
Davidson
Brownfield
Miss Brookey
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Oectober 4
Simms
Southwestern Publi Service
Southwestern
H M (Dube) Pyeatt
Jim Foy
Terry County Veteran Land Board
Pyeatt
Stella Yandell
L. D Bailey
E. N
Tankersley
Wayne Mullin Jr
Dollar Day Edition Ahead As Local Merchants Prepare
The News announces a Dollar Day Edition for Sunday with advertisers promising money saving deals. Monday will observe Dollar Day despite Labor Day with local merchants largely open for business on that date.
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Judge Simms Named President of Pioneer Group
Judge RA Simms was elected president of the Terry County Pioneers Association at its third annual reunion in the American Legion Hall. Malcolm Thomason was named first and second vice president. Mrs second vice-president. and Mr Aiva Bell as secretary. Mrs Jake Johnson of Modes to Calif honored for longest travel. Elder pioneers Minnie Harris Fise L. Treadaway and Wey Bridges celebrated 84th birthdays. Memorial service followed a noon meal and a 1 pm program.
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Elsie L. Treadaway
Minnie Harris
Wiley Bridges
Terry County Pioneer Association
American Legion Hall
RA. Simms
Terry County Pioneers Association
Malcolm Thomason
Aiva Bell
Jake Johnson
Modesto
Calif
Johnson
Terry County
California
Fise L
Treadaway
Ami Wey Bridges
Splash Season Ends Early At County Pool
County pool operations shut down Monday due to a malfunction in the pool filtering system. James King, park manager, says the fault forced an unscheduled end to the season several days before the planned closing.
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James King
Nomination open for outstanding diversified farmer award
Nominations for the outstanding diversified farmer of the year are due before noon on September. Any individual or organization can submit entries. A panel of four judges will select the recipient who will receive a 250 dollar cash award and plaque at the September 19 Terry Soil Conservation Soil Tour co sponsored by the Terry Soil Conservation District and the Brownfield Chamber of Commerce.
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Terry Soil Conservation
Soil Conservaion District
Bruce Zort
Terry Soil Conservation District
Agricultural Committee
Brownfield Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Compheter
Terry County Singing Convention at Westside Baptist Church
The Terry County Singing Convention will meet at 2 pm Sunday at Westside Baptist Church 1200 Powell. The public is invited to join the program of traditional songs.
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Terry County
Westside Baptist Church
Wo Powell
Students Return to Brownfield For School Registration
About 3,500 students begin return to Brownfield schools with grades K-12 registering today. High school seniors pick up schedules 8:30 to 10:00 am and pay ring money. juniors 10:00 to 11:30. sophomores 1:00 to 2:30. freshmen 2:30 to 4:00. Fees apply for PE, typing, band and chorus uniforms. Seventh and eighth graders report to Brownfield Junior High main office 9:00 am to noon.
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Brownfield
Ation Ce
Brownfield Junior High School
Jim Cherry
Registration For Students Set Thursday
Superintendent O R Douglas announces all district students register Thursday with a single day plan. Junior high uses alphabetical slots A F then G L then M Z. elementary registration runs 9 AM to 4 PM with a 2 dollar activity fee. first graders must present birth certificates and health forms signed by a doctor. Wellman students registered earlier and Meadow and Union register today and Friday ahead of school openings on varying dates.
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O. R. Douglas
Wellman High School
Meadow
Union
Union and
Wellman
Dr White Addresses School Faculty on Moral Education
Dr Travis A. White president of Midwestern University was principal speaker at the opening of the Teachers Prechool Workshop. He urged focus on the moral and spiritual attitudes of students, noting homes and churches no longer instill these traits. He said education must address youth insecurity and that schools face a moral emergency more than a facility or teacher shortage. The weeklong workshop featured an invocation, music, and remarks by school leaders, ending with a film about modern classrooms.
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Travis A. White
Midwestern University
White
Larry Morton
Colonial Heights
Fred Smith
AV. Wall
Farm Labor Committee in Meeting in Brownfield
A Terry County Farm Labor Advisory Committee met August 22 in the District Court room Brownfield led by W H Townsend with Garvin Wilkes and Joe Spears assisting. Attendees included Judge Raymond Mmma John J Kendrick K N McClain and J W Hishtop. visitors Willie Hyman Otis Bass and Dewey Rmpness discussed cotton output and potential end of Public Law 78 bracero contracts. The panel could not solve worker supply issues despite concern over labor needs in irrigation.
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Terry County Farm Labor Advisory Committee
Brownfield
W. HH. Townsend
Texas Employment Commission
San Angelo
Garvin Wilkes
Lamesa
Joe Spears
Brown
Raymond Mmma
John J. Kendrick
K. N. McClain
J. W. Hishtop
Cupra Lle
Tee
Willie Hyman
Otis Bass
Dewey Rmpness
Valiey Associaton
Terry County
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Clovis Kendrick
Marion Bowers
Judge Simms
Pioneer Group
Westside
Dr. White
Dr White
Texas Christian University
University of Chicago
Union Theologiat Seminary
Cation
Farm Labor Committee
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