Water truck crashes, severing toll lines near Ropes
A bottled water truck crashed into a utility pole five miles north of Ropes early Tuesday, cutting a major General Telephone toll circuit. Toll service between Carlsbad and Lubbock and other pairs was down until about 11:30 a.m. No injuries were reported as crews from Brownfield and Ropes repaired the damage and emergency calls were the only ones answered.
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Ropes
Carlsbad
Lubbock
Amarillo
Oklahoma City
Hobbs
Brownfield
Midland Sweetwater
Levelland
Seminole
Army Extends Christmas Leave Policy For Recruits
Army offers 15 days of Christmas leave to men enlisting from December 1 through New Year's Day with full pay and allowances. For details contact SFC Bill Jones at 1110 Texas Ave Lubbock or call Porter 3-2821.
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U. S. Army
SFC
Bill Jones
SFC Jones
Texas Ave
Lubbock
Porter
Grigg Assigned to Missile Group at Fort Bliss
Army staff sergeant Thomas R. Grigg of Seagraves has been assigned to the 2nd Guided Missile Group at Fort Bliss. He serves as a platoon sergeant in the group's Headquarters Battery and entered the Army in December 1948 after attending Union High School.
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Army
Thomas R. Grigg
Fred Grigg
Seagraves
Fort Bliss
Grigg
Union High School
BHS Tennis Team Outscores Plains In Preseason Matches
Brownfield High School tennis team outscored Plains in a Tuesday preseason meet at the high school courts. Doubles wins for the Cubs came from Ronnie Ward and Billy Jackson, Nancy Benson and Daphne Pemberton, and Jimmy Foy and Gene Daniel. Singles wins were posted by Billy Jackson and John Clark. Patsy McKinney and Jayne Bench were defeated in doubles.
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Harold Andrews
BHS
Plains
Cubs
Ronnie Ward
Billy Jackson
Nancy Benson
Daphne Pemberton
Jimmy Foy
Gene Daniel
Brownfield
John Clark
Patsy McKinney
Jayne Bench
Santa Parade Promises Free Sleigh Rides for Local Children
Broadcast interviews will fill the business district as Santa tours the streets in a sleigh loaded with children. Miss Merry Christmas hosts the event with a crew in costume. Free ride coupons from local merchants authorize numbered rides, with up to 4200 children having ridden in a day.
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Santa
Merry Christmas
Merry
Barneses and Daughtys Share Holiday Visit
Mr and Mrs E L Barnes and sons Jim and Jimmy spent the holidays with Mr and Mrs A F Daughty of Martha Oxfa and Mr and Mrs F W Barnes of Vernon.
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E. L. Barnes
Jim
Jimmy
A. F Daughty
Martha, Oxfa
F. W. Barnes
Vernon
District BGCT Meet Friday in Abernathy
The District 9 Baptist General Convention of Texas meets at 9 45 a m Friday at First Baptist Church Abernathy featuring Rev James H Landes BGCT president and Wichita Falls pastor. Rev Roy C McClung District 9 president and Plainview pastor presides. Rev Ed Crow of Abernathy speaks on Crusade for Christian Education. Morning and afternoon sessions with noon lunch.
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District 9 Baptist General Convention of Texas
First Baptist Church of
Crusade For Christian Education
Edwina Davis and Sons Visit Dallas Parents Over Holidays
Edwina Davis and her two sons Bruce and Brian spent the holiday season visiting her parents in Dallas, enjoying time with family during the festive period.
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Edwina Davis
Bruce and
Brian
Dallas
Automatic Dry Cleaning Machines Added at Mildred's Laundromat
Mildred's Laundromat at 101 East Ross completed installation of two more automatic dry cleaning machines. Owner Howard W. McIlroy notes four Westinghouse machines total and says the system cleans and dries clothes in a 45 minute cycle with an attendant on duty 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. for public instruction.
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Mildred’s Laundromat
East Ross
Howard W. McIlroy
Westinghouse
McIlroy
It’ll Do Him Good? Brownfield Man Jailed After Spat
A 79 year old Brownfield man was jailed and fined 20 dollars after his wife filed a complaint. Police attempted to mediate the dispute but the wife insisted on arrest. The son remarked the confinement would benefit him.
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PTA
Texas Parents and Teachers Convention
Houston
Curtis Scott
East Reppte
Colonial Heights
J. W. Wade
Route 1
Oak Grove
Mar
Vin Jones
PTA Council
Johnny L. Aubrey
Three Point Trailer Courts
Brownfield Junior High
Scott
Sam Houston Coliseum
Missile Group
Sme Ema As
Kirschner
Venient
Lady Buxton
Abernathy
W. Main
Palit
Sou
Sealy
Silver A
Wallace
Syracuse
Reed & Barton
Flintridge
Burns
Tabe Shett
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