Local Cotton Forecast Lifts Spirits and Football Honors
Cotton production in the county is projected to reach 100000 bales as harvest advances, with delays in beet cotton maturing. Texas Employment Commission reports strong yields while district stars Leslie Brown and Craig Jolley earn Allstate AAA honors. A school board joke session ends with a joke transfer offer refused and a cautionary note on a new do it yourself time bomb toy.
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Joe Spears
Texas Employment Commission
Eadon
Optimists Hear Calendar History
Community group discussion led by Cecil and Hil, with minister participation, explored local calendar history and historical events. The talk highlighted dates, notable anniversaries, and cultural milestones shaping the town’s civic memory.
Calendar systems and history shared at Crescent Hill Church
The speaker described calendar origins from the ancient Roman calendar to Julius Caesar and Augustus. He explained naming of months and the two added months January and February during Caesar's era. The talk noted the Julian calendar now in use and recalled the origin of July and August. Eighteen members attended with guests Lacy Boles and Berne Lockwood.
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Crescent Hill Church of Christ
Tel
Casear
Caesar Avegustus
Julius Caesar
Lacy Boles
Berne Lockwood
Meadow Garage Hit Trails Missing Tools and Damaged Cash
Burglars pried into Edgar Nash Meadow garage Wednesday night taking 400 to 500 dollars worth of tools. A cash register was forced open but empty and filing cabinets were ransacked. A large tool cabinet was pulled toward the back door but not removed. The Terry County Sheriff’s Department leads the investigation.
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Edgar Nash
Meadow
Terry County Sheriffs Department
Harben Rites Slated Today
Funeral services for Mr. Hi H Harben 16065 Lubbock Road are set for 2 30 PM at First Baptist Church with Rev F Crow officiating. Burial follows at Terry County Memorial Cemetery. Harben owner of H H Harden Grocery and Conner Service Station died of an apparent heart attack at Brownfield General Hospital aged 54. He came to Terry County in 1929 and is survived by a wife, one son Tom, three daughters, his mother, eleven grandchildren, four brothers and six sisters.
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Hi. H (Doe) Harben
Lubbock Road
First Baptist Church
F. Crow
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Brownfield
Womer Harben
H. H. Harden
Conner
Brownfield General Hospital
Terry County
Tatum
N.M
U Brownfield
Tohoka Highway
Tom
D F. Murphy Jr
Corpus Christi
J. V. Boen
Juanita Saunders
3Ic Spring
F. Harber
McKinney
Jess
Paul Harben
Farmersville
Guy
Ft. Worth
Broughton
Oklahoma City
Okla
Charlie Miller
John Strickland
Jack Fisher
Fred Hollen
Norfolk, Va
Eva Harben
Midland
Ophelia Harben
Denton
Rotary Club Auction Details Finalized At Noon Meeting
Brownfield Rotarians met at the Party House for a weekly session to hash final details of the Rotary Auction. The club auction later that day aimed to raise funds for the Rotary scholarship. President Bill Noble oversaw the luncheon with visiting Rotarians J. D. MeePhaul and Tom Miller of Lubbock in attendance along with Delbert Kirby and student Sterling Cox.
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Rotary
Brownfield
Rotary Scholarship Fund
Bill Noble
J. D. MeePhaul
Tom Miller
Lubbock
Delbert Kirby
Sterling Cox
School Board Names Tax Policy Study Group
The School Board appointed an eleven member citizen committee at a breakfast session to study the district tax equalization policy and make recommendations. A joint report is due by 7 30 p.m. Monday February 3 with the board planning to review findings then. The panel includes farm oil realty business industry finance residents and parents and will use the tax assessor collector staff and related expenses. The panel’s work follows protests that oil and city properties are assessed at about 50 percent of value while farms are assessed lower. The board also accepted the new transportation center on B Street behind Randall Flemen tary subject to minor adjustments.
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Carrot
Collier
Carroll
Jim Murdough
Jim
Randal Flementary
County Ginning Figures Rise With Strong Weekly Yield
The Texas Employment Commission reports 24 527 bales produced in the county for the week ending Friday, boosting the season total to 83 859. Officials also say the season estimate rises from 100 000 to 110 000 bales. McNally Construction Company wins low bid of 17 267 20 for paving at the transportation center and auto mechanics shop after board approval and negotiations.
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Joe Spears
TEC
Transportation Center
McNally Construction Company
Lubbock
Weather outlook for Brownfield area cool and clear
Forecast for Brownfield and vicinity calls for clear to partly cloudy and cooler today with highs near 50 degrees. Outlook for Monday is similar and winds north to northwesterly up to 20 mph. No precipitation expected through Monday and sunrise and sunset times are 7 43 a m and 5 40 p m. Friday high was 61 and overnight low 36.
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Brownfield
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