Brownfield News Touts Education Amid Local Happenings
Brownfield News highlights a Chicago professor test on true education, praises Brownfield schools, and reports on local events. Includes bank ad for winter grazing, neon sign change, awards frames, tire incident, fruit gifts, ambassador Stan McNiel, Dollar Day, staff hires, new grandson Tyron, and a pharmacy open house in a nine year project.
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Brownfield
Brownfield News
Chicago
Brownfield State Bank & Trust Co
Howard
Hank Jordan
Gen-Tel
West Texas Press Association
West Main
Chas. Hamilton
E. Buckley
Stan McNiel
American Legion
Ambassador College
Big Sandy
Jerusalem
Danny Juarez
Evelyn Castro
Anthony’s
Maxine
Doug
Sandra
Seagraves
Tyron
Bill Frizzell
Doyle Simpson
F & S Pharmacy
Tohoka Road
Murder charges filed in Brownfield shooting case
Brownfield Police filed murder with malice charges Monday against Geneva Tealer 34 of 1102 South 4th Street for the shooting of Waymon Smith 36 who died at Brownfield General Hospital after being shot five times on the porch of Tealer’s residence. Tealer herself was wounded in the arm and later released on bond.
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Brownfield
Geneva Tealer
South 4Th Street
Waymon Smith
Smith
Brownfield General Hospital
Tealer
Agencies Refuse Join UF Drives In Terry County
Agencies reject unification with United Fund as national headquarters object. Captain Lee Bartlett Jr as United Fund president and Johnny Stockton chaired a meeting of drive chairmen at the Chamber office. The budget committee planned to consider broader agency participation, noting most drives opposed consolidation.
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Terry County
United Fund
Lee Bartlett Jr
Johnny Stockton
Chamber
Test Of Hardiness Among Pioneers At 12th Reunion
Thousands of gallons of rain did not deter Brownfield pioneers from the 12th annual reunion at the American Legion Hall. More than 200 attendees renewed friendships, mourned absent members, and enjoyed old songs and memories. L. D. Middleton and Mrs. J. S. Corning were named oldest at 91, O. L. Chapman won farthest travel from Richmond, California. Leon ard Ellington elected president, Harold Simms vice president, Catherine Chapman secretary-treasurer. Brownfield plans next year’s celebration as twilight fell.
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American Legion Hall
Destiny
Raymond Simms
Leonard Ellington
Reunion Association
Harold Simms
Catherine Chapman
Harry Cornelius
Commissioners Court Forms Grievance Committee Under New Law
Monday session of the Commissioners Court established a seven official and three grand jury member grievance panel as required by recent legislation. Members include the county clerk tax assessor collector sheriff county treasurer county attorney district clerk and the county judge as chair. Appointed to serve with these seven are Robert Levo J T Fulford and John L Martin.
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Terry
Robert Levo
J. T. Fulford
John L. Martin
Dale Brown
San Antonio
Precinct 4
West Tex Equipment Company
Goodyear
Sheriff’s Department
Rain Caused Wide Rains Across County Boosts Crops
Heavy rain moved through the county with gauges reporting four to eight inches. Brownfield saw 4.32 inches while Meadow residents measured about seven inches. Union Schools resumed with buses back on routes amid soggy roads. Total August rainfall hit 5.16 inches in Brownfield.
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Lewis Simmonds
Brownfield
Cathy Blair
Meadow
George Davis
Johnson Gin
Plains Highway
Maurice Cain
National Weather Service
Civil Defense Wire
Simmonds
Youth Employment Program Wins Praise In Brownfield
The Texas Employment Commission along with Terry County Chamber of Commerce and City of Brownfield marked the Brownfield area youth summer work program a huge success. Of 90 youths referred, 68 were hired into agricultural and service positions with others in clerical sales construction and building trades. 153 youths registered or previously registered for summer jobs and sponsors hope to run the program again next summer.
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Terry County
Guy Britton
Brownfield Tec
Terry County Chamber of Commerce
City of
The
Texas Employment Commission
Brownfield
Gordon Hoopman
Chamber of Commerce
James Tippit
Committees Appointed Meeting Held To Organize Festival
The first Harvest Festival organizing meeting was held August 21 at the Chamber of Commerce with Howard Hurd presiding. A full slate of committee chairmen was named, the festival date set for October 14, and a parade start time of 11 AM. Commercial entry fee for the parade was $5, and the grand prize is a 1972 automobile.
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Chamber of Commerce
Howard Hurd
Gordon Hoopman
Johnny Stockton
Gerald Hamilton
Dana Anderson
Queens
George Weiss
Jake Geron
Ken Kelsay
Dean Merrifield
Homer Parker
Joe Masso
Jim
My Jones
Chamber Office
Elgin Smith leads annual farm tour plans and nominations
Elgin Smith says the farm tour will cover about 50 miles, possibly south of town, with a lead bus of six departing from the courthouse at 9 am on September 14 and returning to Coleman Park for lunch. Nomination deadline for outstanding family and individual is Friday September 1. Smith, a soil conservationist, was named Nabob this week for his work on the project.
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Elgin Smith
Bill Dugger
Smith
Coleman Park
Terry County
Willow City
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Sig H. Atkinson
CCC
Coleman
Dave Cushman
Commissioners Court
South Plains
Water, Inc
Paul Cowley
Union
Smotherman
Oxark-Mahoning
Debbie Duncan
South Plains College
Elvice Duncan
Debra
TEC
Herschel Lowe
Evening Lions Club
Frank Odom
Morris Knox
Hurd
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