Two Hurt In Four Car City Crash At First and Broadway
Dale Brown and his wife Ava of 802 East Buckley sustained injuries in a four car collision at First and Broadway at 1 p.m. Friday. Brown was treated and released. Ava remains hospitalized with bruises and lacerations. C H Janeway of Plainview suffered rib bruising and shock. Janeway received a traffic summons for running a red light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Brown
Ava
East
Buckley
First
Broadway
Brown
Terry County Veterans Service
Brownfield General Hospital
C. H. Janeway
High Plains Research Foundation
Plainview
Rotary Club
Janeway
Pontilac
West Broadway
Ed Hill
J. W. Chidester
Yucca
Cadillac
Opal Estill Beasley
North A
Brownfield
West Main
Ford
Tom Cornett
Cornett
Lynn Brown
E. Reppto
Shirley B. Avery
Tohoka Road
Earliner Parsons
Guadalupe Navarro
S. 7Th
Route 1
Annis S. Marshall
N. 6Th St
Community concerns over defense realignment and local notices
Local leaders warn Texas faces loss of reservists under a Defense Secretary plan with 23 Texas units affected. Brownfield unit not listed. Poison danger alert urged by Mrs. Monroe Clayton after her Siamese cat died from poison. Jaycees invite entries for Christmas home lighting contest with awards. City tax collections exceed last year by about 10 percent, standing at 76.9 percent with early payment discount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Secretary of Defense
Pentagon
Associated Press
Brownfield
City Hall
Stanley Miller
City building permits near one million in 1962
Builders pushed the city toward a million in 1962 permits with November bringing the 11 month total to 923 290. Last year reached over a million by August and November listed 90 000 plus for two prior months. Major activity included four new residential starts and multiple named contractors with 1962 permits detailed for Briarwood and Oak Grove additions and various residences and structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Jake Geron
Brown and Hall
Broadway
Butler and McKinney
Shinnery Lane
Oak Grove
Capri Homes Inc
E. Reppto
S. 6Th
Jess FE
Chidester
E Cardwell
C. O. Mosley
S. 4Th
R. S. Bearden
Fidercio Ramirez
Brownfield High School Honor Roll List Announces A Students
Three students at Brownfield High School earned straight A’s for the third six weeks. Juniors Lynda Geron and Joy Luckie and freshman Barbara Baumgardner top the all A cohort, with a long roster of senior and junior honorees listed by class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield High School
Lynda Beth Geron
Joy Luckie
Barbara Baumgardner
Weather Slows Cotton Classing At USDA Office
Weather slowed the classing of Smith-Doxey samples at the U S Department of Agriculture Classing Office in the week ending Friday. Despite slow week, Friday cotton receipts rose and the heaviest seasonal volume is expected in the next three weeks. For the week 11 385 bales were classed versus 25 138 the prior week. total bases classed through Friday reached 136 144 compared with 214 771 last year. Classing capacity remains adequate for prompt service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Wilburn L. Reeves
Three Denver Men Escaped Injury in US 62 Car Upset
A one car crash on US Highway 62 one mile south of Brownfield Sunday left three Denver men uninjured. Driver Felipe Torres lost control, skidded into a plowed field and overturned once, landing upright. Passengers were Max Fernandez and Ricardo Torres. Highway Patrolman Tom McMeans investigated, after returning to duty from a gunshot wound convalescence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver City
Brownfield
Tom McMeans
McMeans
Felipe Torres
Max Fernandez
Ricardo Torres
Police Activity Relatively Light After Juvenile Hearings
Police and sheriff offices report light activity on the Brownfield scene following Tuesday juvenile hearings for 17 boys tied to a series of 55 burglaries later declared solved. Fenton store theft of two pairs of bowl slacks noted. further details to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Sheriff's
Fenton's
Arrest in S&L theft tied to Tennessee agent
Audrey G. Jones Jr. a former Lubbock teller was arrested in Nashville by the FBI in a $2471 theft at Brownfield Savings & Loan Assn. The loss was verified by auditors and fully covered. Jones faced possible Texas charges and was not yet returned. Sheriff Fulford and the FBI were thanked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrey G. Jones Jr
Nashville
Tenn
FBI
Brownfield Savings & Loan Assn
J. O. Gillham
Jones
Lubbock
The
Savings & Loan
Gilham
Gillham
Texas
Fulford
Chest Campaign In Final Week Goal In Sight
In the final week of the 1963 Terry County Community Chest drive, 90 percent of the $25,302 goal is raised. Nine agencies including Boy Scouts, Salvation Army, Red Cross and USO are expected to receive full shares with first quarter checks mailed January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry County
Community Chest
Monr Oe Clayton
Chest
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Salvation Army
Boys Ranch of West Texas
San Angelo
Terry County Polo
American Red Cross
Jerry County Society For
Goodfellows
USO
Divsion
Jim Parrish Beieves
Monres Clayton
Brownfield Guard Unit Rated Excellent in General Inspection
A Brownfield National Guard unit received an excellent rating in its annual general inspection. Major General Elden Simpson, commander of the 36th Texas Infantry Division, disclosed that Battery 8, 2nd Howitzer Battalion, 38th Artillery was placed in the second highest category for the second year in a row. Overall, the division showed improved percentages, with Brownfield rising in the second category while higher totals shifted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Brownfield National Guard
Genelden Simpson
Amarillo
Texas
Brownfield
38Rd Artillery
Cotton Growers Vote On Quotas In Terry County
Terry County cotton farmers vote Tuesday on marketing quotas for the 1963 upland crop. ASC manager Love Miller notes quotas, not allotments. Nine polling sites open 8 am to 7 pm with voters including farm spouses. If approved, quotas and acreage allotments govern penalties. if rejected, no quotas and 50 percent parity price support persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry County
Love Miller
ASC
Miller
ASCS
Meadow
Meadow Coop
Donald Bingham
Challis
Co. S. Carroll
Pleasant Valley
A. C. Oliver
Union
Windham
Robert Laker
Pool
Leroy Barrer
Wellman
Co-op
Robert Hamm
Lahey
Otis Bass
Tokio
O. A
Ag Workers Meet Slated In Seminole
The Four County Agricultural Workers hold their regular monthly meeting Tuesday at 7 a.m. in the county agent's office in Seminole. The breakfast program will cover Farm Management and Agricultural Credit. Tim Cook, a Lamesa banker, will lead the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seminole
Tim Cook
Lamesa
Pair Sentenced In 65 Cent Theft In Brownfield
Two Hobbs men Bertaldo Diaz 22 and Rudy Rodriguez 19 pleaded guilty to a 65 cent theft from an automobile in Brownfield. In 121st District Court Judge M C Ledbetter sentenced them to one year in Huntsville state pen with probation and restitution totaling 32 dollars plus court costs. District Attorney Morgan Copeland urged the mild terms as first offenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobbs
N. M
Brownfield
Huntsville
M. C. Ledbetter
Morgan Copeland
Bertaldo Diaz
Rudy Rodriguez
Diaz
Rodriguez
Brownfield Council Approves Electrical Contract Civil Defense Move
Brownfield City Council awarded a 26020.73 dollar bid to Nelson Electric Co for upgrading the municipal power plant with 12 000 volt loop transformers and materials. The panel also advanced civil defense plans including a potential local control center and surplus property for communications. A post office facilities resolution was approved urging modernization to meet growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
City Hall
Nelson Electric Co
Lubbock
Nelson
Nix Electric
Pruitt Supply Co
Amarillo
Wilcon Supply
Zimco Supply
Odessa
C. B. Anderson
Jess McWherter
Chamber
Austin
McWherter
Civil Defense Committee
Mgr
Funice Jones
Wayne C. Hill
Ross Black
Curtis Sterling
Speedy Lindsey
L. J. Richardson
Geron
Jones
Bill McGowan
Sam Davis
James Tippit
Civil Defense Meet Called For Tuesday
The Brownfield Terry County Civil Defense Unit schedules a seven PM meeting at the South Plains Health Office Main and D streets. Invitations were sent by Mayor Jess McWherter County Judge Raymond Simms and CD Director Lewis Simmonds. The group will discuss establishing a local control center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield- Terry County
Civil Defense Unit
South Plains Health Office
Main
D Streets
Jess McWherter
Raymond Simms
Lewis Simmonds
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Bayless Jewelery
Speedy Nieman
Jaycee
Joe Boatright
Club
Jaycees
BHS
Judy Timmons
Carolyn Singletery
Jeanette Hughlett
Vivian Wheeler
Sharon Reardon
Karen Newman
Gayle Herron
Joyce Reynolds
Dorothy McDonald
Harry Stice
Susie Nelson
Ann Webb
Winona Robertson
Tommy Harris
Gary Nunn
Carole Cates
Lynda Geron
Stanley Farrar
Deanna Cathey
Dickey Price
Judy Akers
Pat Smurl
Conrad Vernon
Jane Heartsill
Jimmy Purtell
James Campbell
Margaret Blackswtck
Linda Kay Smith
Lance Roberts
Emily Risinger
Nancy Benson
Betty Sue Hook
Randy Lewis
Juaneva Smith
Charlotte Martin
Mary Thomas
Darrell Franks
Patricia Turner
Ronni Gaasch
Pam Shirley
Kathleen Rinehart
Gary Tatum
Rebecca Pickett
Mike Paddack
Tin Faulkenberry
Pam Bayer
Gwendolyn Flache
Auli George
Janie Germany
Joant Knox
Barbara Newsom
Becks Richardson
Panze McWherter
Linda Hicks
Caroyl Grenn
Marilyn Jones
Doyle Parker
Lynne Smith
Barbara McGowan
Susan Cope
Beverly Levo
Lissa Turner
Tommy Pettigrew
Jovy Pruitt
Shela Phillips
Linda Hungerford
Steve Teagie
Cathy Stokes
S&l
Aother
Chamber Commerce
Suard
Council
Lhe
U. S. Post Office
Civil Defense
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