Terry County Faces 7000 Cotton Puller Shortage This Fall
Texas Employment Commission estimates Terry County will need 7000 seasonal farm workers during the peak harvest. A three man Farm Labor Committee reviewed the figure and learned the deficit will be filled by Mexican braceros under Public Law 78. The panel includes R. D. Jones Sr., R. N. McClain, and O. R. Douglas with TEC and Brownfield Lamesa managers present. The notice appears on page 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry County
Texas Employment Commission
Farm Labor Committee
R. D. Jones, Sr
East Reppto
R. N. McClain
East Broadway
Brownfield State Bank
O. R Douglas
East Lake
Brownfield
Aubrey Jones
TEC
Garvin Wilkes
Lamesa
Terry
Community Tidbits From Brownfield and Beyond
A compact digest notes local meetings, events, and notices in Terry County and nearby areas. Four County Agriculture Committee meets Tuesday at 7 a.m. in Hitch-n-Post with reps from Terry Gaines Dawson and Yoakum. Bowling leagues begin at Sands Bowling Lanes with multiple divisions and officers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Committee
Hitch-n-Post
Terry
Gaines
Dawson
Yoakum
Dun laps Dollar Day Ad Flubs Yardage Offer
In today's News on page 7 section 2 a regular to 1.29 piece goods ad misstates a deal. The correct offer is five yards for 1.00 dollars, not three yards as advertised. The correction clarifies the advertised yardage and price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunlap
Today
News Delivery Offer By Pepin in Local Call
Announcement urges residents to call John Pepin NEWS circulation manager at 3214 for immediate delivery of the morning newspaper news. The notice emphasizes local service and prompt delivery options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pepin
Meeting Times and Places for Local Girl Scout Troops
Alpha Omega Study Club to sponsor Brownie and Girl Scout units for 1958 59. Leaders met at The Little House to announce schedules, with new junior high troops planned. Listed troops include Brownie 87 309 211 147 and Girl Scout 26 12 9 9 Senior Troop, plus a new squad at Colonial Heights and Jess G Randal School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Alpha Omega Study Club
Little House
J. O. Rodgers
East Lons
Sagebrush
Roy Harris
AO Girl Scout Committee
Bill McGowan
East Buckley
Lubbock
Bob Campbell
East Sons
J. D. Williams
East Lake
C. E. Barton
East Tate
T. L. Treadaway
Paul Farrar
North A
Colonial Heights
Otis Harding
Homer Causseaux
Jessie G. Randal School
E. J. Smith
Erwin Moore
East Oak
Bill Wolff
East Cardwell
Jimmie Mackey
East Main
O Neals Son Leads Muleshoe Golf to Second Round
Brownfield’s Don O’Neal advanced to the second round at the Muleshoe Country Club Golf Tournament with a 5 and 4 win over John Renner of Friona. He carded a 3 under par 9 to claim medalist honors before Mitchell and Wilson shot 70. Sawyer Graham dropped to consolation in a 5 and 4 defeat to Jimmy Reese, as Dunk Warren edged Dick Brittain 1 up to reach the semifinals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TCBA
Griffith
Jimmy Billings
Lee Loftis
Dennis Fairbairn
Boyd Noel
Charlie Maple
Women’s Association
Jayne Loftis
Ginger Webster
Miss Finley
Whitie Howell
Maxine Steele
Marie Chesshir
C. W. Rice
Tommy Wilson
Brownfield State Bank
J. B. Knight Company
Brownfield Fire Department
Western Auto Store
Shamburger Lumber Company
KTFY
American Legion Post
Bab's Shoes
Goodpasture Grain Company
Goble Furniture
Brownfield
Don O'Neal
Muleshoe
Chell
Curt Wilson
Lubbock
Sawyer Graham
East Tate
Jimmy Reese
Odessa
Dunk Warren
North Bell
Dick Brittain
Clovis
Field Day Set For Tuesday At Sandyland Experimental Site
Initial results from the Terry’s Sandyland plot on the Eulice Farrar farm near Gomez will be presented during a field day tour from 8 30 a m to 12 30 p m Tuesday. County Agent Jim Foy says the event offers first hand input on sandyland farming to area farmers and businessmen. Findings cover fertilizer rates, irrigation studies, planting methods and crop rotation for cotton and grain sorghums with results shared across Terry Cochran Yoakum Dawson Gaines Hockley Lynn Martin Bailey and Lubbock counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry
Sandyland
Eulice Farrar
Gomez
Jim Foy
Foy
Cochran
Yoakum
Dawson
Gaines
Hockley
Lynn
Martin, Bailey
Lubbock
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Agricultural Research Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Texas Tech
County Budget Gets Approval on Friday for 1958 59
Ter ry County commissioners approved the 1958 59 budget Friday totaling 771137 with an increase of about 60 thousand from last year. Major rises occurred in Permanent Fund 23000 Paying 26500 Library 8000 and a 1700 raise for the probation officer serving a district from Lamesa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry County
Commissioners Court
Lamesa
Nicholson Named Round-Up Chairman in South Plains Scout Council
Fred R. Nicholson of 601 East Broadway was appointed Round-Up chairman for Quanah Parker District of the South Plains Boy Scout Council. The Eagle Scout will oversee the district fall membership drive with a November climax event. Neckerslides and Recruiter patches will be awarded to new members and recruiters, with honors for units meeting goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred R. Nicholson
East Broadway
Quanah Parker
South Plains Boy Scout Council
Nicholson
South Plains
Courthouse Square Parking Debate Divides Brownfield Residents
A Brownfield NEWS survey shows mixed views on reducing the courthouse lawn for parking or keeping the square intact. Residents from Brownfield and nearby routes voice approval for meters or expanded lots while others oppose cutting historic landscaping, urging progress with careful landscaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioners Court
Homer Winston
East Reppte
Terry County
I. B. Jameson
Wines
Albert Tyler
South
Bill Thomason
Cactus Lane
William T. Perkins
Route 3
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Labor
Boeing
Franklin D. Moore
George C. Moore
Tahoka Road
Moore
Boeing Airplane Company
Seattle
Wash
Tech
Cee Wee
Chalk
Cottle County
Sandyland Experiment Farm
Gomez Field Day
Kathy O
Regal
Dan Duryea
Jan Sterling
Patty McCormack
Mary Fickett
Citizens National Bank
U. S
Texas Petroleum Industry
Rialto
Texas
Ethel — Noble
Possum Kingdom
Clovis Kendrick
Everett Latham
Big Spring
Earl Burnett
County Bowling Association
Ettes
Sands
Assn
C. G. Griffith
Ivy League
Jean Finley
Terry County Women's Bowling Association
National Association
Josh Billings
Main Street
Ken Lindsey
W. K
Speedy) Lindsey
Jessie G. Randal
John Proctor
Newsfoto
Girl Scout
The
Alpha Omega
Tommy Hicks
East
Tate
Fred Smith
First Presbyterian Church
D. L. Pemberton
Phil Gaasch
Jack Shirley
Jerry Kirschner
Shirley
O'Neal
Raymond Green
Route 2
Ralph Butcher
Wilson Roberts
L. W. DePoyster
Arthur A. Sawyer
Courthouse Square
W. V. Lasiter
Route 4
John Givens
Foster Wynn
Wilber Bailey
Tokio
Lee Brownfield
South C
H. B. Thompson
L. D. Hamm Sr
Wellman
C. D. Kennedy
Ralph Smith
Robert L. Spearman
Meadow
Balmorhea
Garvin Smyrl
IT &m
W. H. Nokes
Oak
Nathan Evans
Jones W. Weathers
Roy Herod
Lamesa Road
David Nicholson
East Repute
Rhea Anderson
P. C. Goza
Seminole
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