County Votes Tuesday on Cotton Quota Referendum
Terry County growers will vote Tuesday in a nationwide cotton marketing quota referendum. The 1957 allotment totals 1 960 acres more than last year due to sod breaking and shifts to cotton. If quotas fail, price support drops but remains. if approved, price support ranges 75 to 90 percent with penalties for excess cotton.
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Terry County
Love Miller
ASC
Terry
Meadow
Meadow Co Op
Votu
Show of Shows winners and Brownfield holiday plans
Paul Baker won a Westinghouse electric blanket in Farr's Show of Shows. John Udovich from El Paso claimed the grand prize 1957 Cadillac. M. E. Wossner of Pueblo won a Hotpoint Kitchen set. Marion Wyatt of Clovis won a Bermuda trip. Mrs. W. J. Hyatt Jr. of Plainview earned a Motorola color TV. Santa arrives in Brownfield Saturday for a candy giveaway and child greetings. Downtown merchants extend hours from Dec 18 to Dec 22 for Christmas shopping.
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Paul Baker
North
Farr
Westinghouse
John Udovich
el Paso
Pueblo
Colo
M. E. Wossner
Marion Wyatt
Clovis
N.M
Starring Brownfield Athlete Earns MVC Center Honor
Max Black, University of Tulsa senior and Brownfield High School alum, is the lone unanimous pick for the 1956 All Missouri Valley Conference football team as center. The co captain known as the Tron Man led the Golden Hurricanes and has pro football offers after graduation.
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Brownfield
Max Black
University of Tulsa
Black
Golden Hurricanes
Tron
Southwest
Missouri Valley
W. H. Black
East
Tate
Rex
U.S. Marine Corps
New Jersey
Max
Tulsa
Farm Labor Day Set For Tuesday At Courthouse
A Farm Labor Day will be held Tuesday in the northeast courthouse basement. Texas Employment Commission head Aubrey T Jones announced the session to run from 9 a.m. to noon. A schedule for 1957 farm labor days will be announced after January. Farmers needing hands and farmhands seeking steady work are urged to attend.
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Aubrey T Jones
Texas Employment Commission
Jones
Union High School Homecoming Set This Friday
Union High School hosts its annual homecoming in the gym Friday. Exes meet withregistration at 2 p.m. and coffee served. Supper runs 5 30 to 7 p.m. The basketball team plays Dawson at 7 30 p.m. Coach Kenneth Sams. Music follows with a band and a barbershop quartet. Business session and visitations close the day. Officers include Grady Davis vice president Bob Luker treasurer and Mrs James Thurman secretary.
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Union High School
Dewey Drennon
Ex-Students Association
Union High
Dawson
Kenneth Sams
Grady Davis
Bob Luker
James Thurman
Dollar Day Winners Drawn for Ten Dollar Certificates
Winners of ten dollar Dollar Day merchandise certificates were determined by a Tuesday morning draw. Recipients include R. H. Crocker Route 2 City Drug Maxine Rovers 214 West Cardwell Franklin's, Mrs. Charlie Jones Tokio Community Field's, Juanita Bevers Wellman Brownfield Bargain Center, Lucille Lewis 904 East Hester Shelton's, Mrs. H. M. Neely 615 North Third Bob's Shoes, Juneven Carouth Route 3 Farr's, Mrs. H. O. Muston Tokio Collins, Mrs. E. M. Murphy 1107 North Second Canipe's Fashion Fabrics, Mrs. B. T. Gordon Route 1 Dunlap's, Mrs. Alfred Briggs Box 621 Wacker's, Mrs. C. H. Mabry 907 South Second Cobb's, L. O. Moorhead Route 2 Fenton's, Cliff Windham 115 South Second Klein's, Mrs. Nina King 420 North Second Fair Store and E. B. McBurnett Sr. 806 East Tate Bayless Jewelry. Certificates must be redeemed within 30 days at listed Brownfield stores.
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Brownfield
R. H. Crocker
Route 2
City Drug
Maxine Rovers
West Cardwell
Franklin’s
Charlie Jones
Tokio Community
Field's
Juanita Bevers
Wellman
Brownfield Bargain Center
Lucille Lewis
East Hester
Shelton’s
H. M
C. H. Mabry
South Second
Cobb's
L. O. Moorhead
Fenton's
Cliff Windham
Klein’s
Nina King
North Second
Fair Store
E. B. McBurnett Sr
East Tate
Bayless Jewelry
Refugee Fund Swelled by Local Chest Gift
The National Red Cross requested Terry County Chapter raise 310 to aid Hungarian refugees entering the United States. The Terry County Community Chest contributes from its contingency fund and directs direct donations to L. J. Richardson of First National Bank.
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The
National Red Cross
Terry County
United States
Brownfield Lions Set Christmas Party Tuesday Night
The Brownfield Lions plan their annual Christmas party at 7 pm Tuesday in The Party House with Lions and their wives and guests attending. They will bring new and used toys to donate to Brownfield children on Christmas morning, continuing their Goodfellows charity work by gathering repairing and distributing toys each year.
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Brownfield Lions
Lions
Brownfield
Goodfellows Movement
Local Man Dies in Two-Car Crash West of Tatum New Mexico
Donald Dale Durham 25, Route 1, Brownfield area, dies in a two car collision ten miles west of Tatum New Mexico last Thursday. Survivors include his parents Mr. and Mrs. J B Durham of Brownfield, a brother James Douglas, sisters Mrs. Wendell Mason and Mrs. Bob Rimer, and grandmother Mrs. Lillie Etheridge. Funeral services were held Friday at First Baptist with burial in Terry County Memorial Cemetery. Durham had lived in the area since 1946 except for four years in the Navy. born in Clairmont. Other victims were Richard A. Simpson 21 Odessa and William R. Folsom 29 Rockdale.
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Donald Dale Durham
Tatum
N.M. Durham
J. B. Durham
Brownfield
A. J. Franks
Westside Baptist Church
First Baptist
E L. Cave
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Longtime Brownfield Resident Dies After Fall in Tokio Gin
I G Chavis Sr a longtime Brownfield resident died on arrival 9 am Monday after falling from a stand at Tokio Gin He lived in Jerry County since 1923 born in Lincoln County New Mexico Final rites were at Capitan New Mexico with Brownfield Funeral Home in charge He is survived by son I G Chavis Jr and four daughters Selma Baxter Adelia Carning Suzen Abney and Lillian Yvertuff
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Brownfield
Treadaway-Daniels Hospital
Tokio Gin
I. G. Chavis Sr
Route 4
Jerry County
Lincoln County
N. M
Capitan
N.M
Brownfield Funeral Home
Chavis
I. G. Chavis Jr
Selma Baxter
Wichita Falls
Adelia Carning
Damascus
Ark
Suzen Abney
Odessa
Lillian Yvertuff
Iowa
Brownfield Student Wins $2000 Cornell Award for Research
Brownfield senior Richard J. Ridgway of Vexas Tech earns a $2,000 Cornell University research assistantship to study insect control at Ithaca. The grant renews annually until he earns a doctorate and exempts tuition. Ridgway, an agronomy major with a 2.49 GPA, plans a Bachelor of Science in January and joins multiple campus organizations.
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Richard J. Ridgway
Brownfield
Vexas Tech
Cornell University
Ridgway
Weldon Ripway
Rideway
Cornell
Ithaca
Ile
Tech
Emergency Feed Sought for Terry County Farmers
Terry County seeks inclusion in a federal emergency feed program for farmers and ranchers if the county is declared a drouth disaster area. A Nov 30 letter from local agricultural groups lists 200 basic livestock herds and notes many owners cannot sustain their foundation herds due to moisture shortages and below normal rainfall. The letter cites 7.96 inches of rain to date this year.
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Terry County
Drouth
Abe
R. J. Purtell
J. S. Smith
The
Farmer Administration Committee
Paul Blackstock
Terry County Agricultural
Friends of Library Campaign For New Members Grows
Terry County Friends of the Library reports 114 members with campaign aims at several hundred. A nine member board will govern the county chapter with four officers and five elected directors. Officers include Mrs. W A Kimbrough president and Mrs. Cornelia Peters secretary. Membership dues are $1 annually and all eligible voters are urged to join.
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Friends of Library
Terry County Friends of the Library
O. LD. Kennedy
Friends of the Library
John W. Caden
Meadow
W. B {Vic) Herring
Route 3
Bryan Jones
Colonial Heights
I. & G Smuth
Brownfield State Bank
Devonian Discovery Completed In Terry County Oil Field
Anderson Prichard Oil Corporation reports No 1 Waters as a Devonian discovery in central Terry County. Well flowed 266 34 barrels per day on a 64 inch choke with gas oil ratio 345 at 12 763 feet. Treatment used 500 gallons mud acid. Location 1 750 feet from north and 900 feet from west line of Section 118, Bisck D1, C&AMMR Survey, 3 miles west of Southeast Coroco Siluro Devonian Field, 84 miles southwest of Gamez townsite.
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Anderson Prichard Oil Corporation
Terry County
Bisck
C&ammr
Gamez
Terry's Cotton Harvest Stands at 8000 Bales
The 1956 Terry County cotton harvest is reported at about 48 000 bales with some observers banking on 92 000 bales. Aubrey Jones of the Texas Employment Commission cautions the figure is not firm.
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Terry County
Aubrey Jones
Texas Employment Commission
Weekly Bingo Party Set Friday at Veterans Hall
More than 190 players are expected at the Brownfield VFW Post 6794 weekly bingo night in Veterans Hall. Post Commander Herschel McKay notes the event offers fun for Brownfield families with coffee doughnuts and soft drinks last Friday and handsome prizes for winners.
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Veterans Hall
Herschel McKay
Brownfield
Slight Gas Show At Amerada Wildcat Near Meadow Townsite
A wildcat test op in northeast Terry County at Amerada Petroleum Company No. 1 M. D. Green logged 60 feet of slightly gas cut mud and 140 feet of salt water during a four hour open hole run to evaluate the interval from 11,139 to 11,308 feet. Formation pressures ranged from 1,010 to 1,125 pounds flowing and 3,060 pounds shut in for 15 minutes. A 2,000 foot water blanket was used. The planned Devonian tester would begin 660 feet from the section lines in Section 60, Block 4X, C&MMR Survey. No production shows yet.
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Amerada Petroleum Company No
M. D. Green
Wildcat
Meadow Townsite
Terry County
Fool
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