Terry Cotton Allotment Reduced Amid Area Trend
Terry County cotton allotment for 1963 drops to 140 021 acres from 157 088 in 1962 a 10 69 percent cut. The move affects county farmers as national and Texas cuts are noted. News includes released acres, upcoming referendum on marketing quotas, and ASC officials R D Jones Jr chairman R J Oliver Carl Hogue and Love Miller noting meetings in Lubbock.
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Terry
Terry County
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Office
Love Miller
ASC
Texas
Ferry
High Plains
Miller
Lubbock
R. D. Jones Jr
R. J. Oliver
Carl Hogue
Seventeen Juveniles arraigned in long burglaries case
Seventeen Brownfield youths aged 11 to 16 faced Judge R A Simms in juvenile court for part in a seven month series of 55 burglaries police and sheriff officers said last week were solved. Ten juveniles were placed on probation with a curfew and school obligations. Two adults were freed on bond. The court aimed at restitution rehabilitation and punishment with losses estimated at least 310,000 and up to 32,000 in property value.
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Brownfield
R. A. Simms
Gatesville Reformatory
Tony Rodriguez
North First
Pete Villareal
Levelland Highway
Beauchamp
James Tippit
See
Brownfield Chamber Directors Meet to Plan Local Initiatives
Brownfield Chamber of Commerce directors held their monthly session discussing membership approvals with Plains Cotton Growers Assn. and support for the National Guard unit amid possible government cuts. Several directors planned to attend West Texas Chamber of Commerce and Highway 82 meetings in Lovington New Mexico.
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Brownfield Chamber of Commerce
L. G. Smith
Lubbock — Instituts
Chamber
Smith
Harry Elam
Joe Price
Dale Travis
Newell Reed
A. C. Bishop
Plains Cotton Growers Assn
C of C
National Guard
Bishop
Brownfield
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Bilene
Dennis Lilly
Paul Farrar
WTCC
Lovington
N. M
Jaycees Sponsor Home Light Contest in Brownfield
The Jaycees host their annual Home Lighting Contest offering Walnut plaques with engraved fronts in two divisions for best decorated door or window and overall exterior decorations. Judging occurs around December 17 18 with winners announced December 20 in the NEWS. Residents can enter by calling the NEWS at 2188.
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Jaycees
Charlie Robison
Jaycee
Joe Boatright
Local FFA Teams Head to State Contests
Two Brownfield Future Farmers of America teams depart to compete at Sam Houston State College Huntsville for the Texas state leadership meet. The junior team includes Seaton Stavenhagen and Bentley. the senior team lists Franks Cook and Miller, guided by advisors Becker and Dixon.
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Brownfield Future Farmers of America
Sam Houston State College
Huntsville
Big Spring
Texas
FFA
Robert Becker
Stanley Dixon
Ronnie Seaton
Ken Stavenhagen
David Bentley
Darrell Franks
Ronnie Cook
Damon Miller
No Warm Posteriors for Posterity in War Era Heat Tales
A writer pokes at thermostatic heating with nostalgia for old world warmth. He recalls wartime space heaters in tarpaper barracks and the comfort of a pot bellied stove, contrasting it with modern controlled systems and memories of GI clothing and frontline routines.
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Raps
Oklahoma
Holdup Foiled at Door as Man Fights Off Robber
Louis Castro of 921 North First repelled a masked gunman at his door at 8 45 p m Sunday using a shotgun. The assailant fled before police arrival, thwarting what police believe was an attempted robbery. Nearby Brownfield police recovered two stolen cars over the weekend, including a red and white GMC with New Mexico plates and a 1961 green Rambler found abandoned near the casiche pit. Police noted other thefts, a business in a residential zone fined, and several drunkenness and vehicle accident incidents this week.
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Louis Castro
North First
Castro
Roy Wilhelm
Lubbock Road
North Atkins
New Mexico
Brownfield
Tatum
Hugh Holmes
North Second
Casiche Pit
Glenn Willams
South Fourth
Williams
Laula Adams
J. P. Court
Terry Sheriff's
B and Broadway
Lulu’s Drive Inn
Stephens Rites for Weatherford Man Held at Millsap Church
Funeral services for Jimmy 3. Stephens 89 of Millsap area will be at Millsap Church of Christ with burial in Fairview Cemetery Millsap. He died after a long illness in Weatherford near family survivors include wife two sons Dean and Lowell two daughters three grand and several great grandchildren. Born in Cowan Tennessee he moved to Brownfield in 1940 and earlier farmed in Foster Community. He was a Church of Christ member. Local arrangements by Brownfield Funeral Home.
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Jimmy
Stephens
West Lake
Terry County
Brownfield
Cotton Bratton
Weatherford
Millsap Church of Christ
Fairview
Millsap
Cowan, Tenn
Church of Christ
Lowell
Dean
Glenrose
Paul Stone
Alamogordo
N M
Maurine Crawford
Strewn
Mattie Davidson
Mineral Wells
Vocalists Named To All-State Choir From Brownfield
Fifteen vocalists were named to the all state choir region tryouts at Texas Tech in Lubbock. Four Brownfield High School students were selected Frances Jones Vaughn Tatum Gary Nunn and Richard Price. Ronny Mason was named an alternate. The group represents 10 district schools and will perform in Houston January 20 at the Texas Music Educators Convention.
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Brownfield High School
Lubbock
Frances Jones
Vaughn Tatum
Gary Nunn
Richard Price
Ronny Maons
Texas Tech
W. F. Jones
Delton Tatum
William Nunn
East Broadway
Lewis Price
East Hester
Ronny Mason
E. E. Mason
West Feipler
Houston
Texas Music Educators Convention
County Pay Raises To Be Considered
County Judge R A Simms says the Terry County Commissioners Court will consider about a 10 percent pay raise for all county officials at the regular session January 1. The 1963 county budget adopted September 10, 1962 provides for the increases.
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R. A. Simms
Commissioners Court
Terry County
Chest Drive Nearing 90 Percent of Goal in Brownfield
The Terry County Community Chest reports 85 percent of its $25,302 goal with $21,506 raised led by President Jim Parrish. Workers aim to surpass 90 percent this weekend. donations can be mailed to the Community Chest in Brownfield or picked up by calling 4092. The employee division is at 95 percent, with advanced gifts 6, general solicitations 63, and schools 71.
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Terry County
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