Veterans Service Office Aids Local Vets In Claims
Terry County veteran affairs officer L. D. Bailey explains the offices assist veterans widows and dependents in government claims and issues. Bailey cites eight main areas including compensation pensions G I insurance hospitalization burial benefits federal loan programs and rehabilitation and education. He urges timely filing within one year after discharge and notes free headstones burial assistance and memorial flags for eligible veterans. The GT Loan remains available to Korean veterans until Jan 31 1965 and state veteran land programs aid those who served.
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L. D. Bailey
Terry
Bailey
G. I
Veterans Affairs
Brailey
Terry Veteran's Services Officer
Brownfield to Upgrade Electrical System to 4160 Volts
Amarillo engineer Sam Davis will draw plans to convert Brownfield’s distribution from 2400 to 4160 volts. City Manager Eunice Jones says work starts after plans, aims to finish before summer peak and coordinate with a new 4600 horsepower unit to handle growth for the next five to ten years.
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Amarillo
Brownfield
Mgr
Eunice Jones
Jones
Sam Davis
Water Authority seeks state bonds for CANW A
The Canadian River Municipal Water Authority plans to petition the Texas Water Development Board for 5 million dollars. The board approved December 9, with funds to back the authority’s bonds. The development board received 200 million in the recent election to aid water projects. Brownfield noted cities must build treatment plants themselves and that TWDB bonds offer lower interest rates for members.
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Canadian River Municipal Water Authority
Texas Water Development Board
Brownfield
CAMWA
Lee Brownfield
Texas Water Development Fund
Church of God To Have Yule Tree on Saturday
Public invited to a Christmas program and tree at 7 30 pm Saturday at Church of God 406 South Third. Rev W E Mitchell pastor says there will be presents for all attending.
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Church of God
South Third
W. E. Mitchell
Santa Claus and holiday shopping push in town ads
The piece urges children to believe in Santa Claus and highlights local stores offering toys and a Jones Theatres pass book. It notes flu affecting staff at Collins and Dunlap’s, warns about holiday driving, and invites readers to place Christmas greeting ads before Friday noon for the Sunday paper.
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Santa Claus
Jones Theatres
Collins
Dunlap's
Rogers couple to teach first aid in Terry County
Mr and Mrs P J Rogers of 1308 North A have certificates to conduct first aid classes in Terry County. They completed American Red Cross instructor training in Lubbock and plan to teach first aid to any group. Rogers works for Shell Oil and his wife for Treadaway Daniell Hospital.
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P. J. Rogers
North A
Terry County
American Red Cross
Lubbock
Rogers
Shell Oil Company
Treadaway- Daniell Hospital
Chest Gamers End Terry's 1957 Community Chest Drive
The three week drive raised 12495 toward a 15475 goal. Advanced gifts 7224, general business 1918, schools 700, employees 2626. Hand Bros. Post 6794 added 24 from bingo funds. Undetermined odds and ends may add about 300. Contributions still may be left with Mary Salmon in Room 6.
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Terry
General Business
Hand Bros. Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Mary Salmon
Brownfield Savings and Loan Building
Mystery Pen Pal Letter From Yokosuka Port Town
The note from Chizuko Hoda of Yokosuka asks for a pen pal in Brownfield. It describes Yokosuka as a busy port with ships, factories, a hospital, and hills with colored leaves. The writer asks about life in the recipient’s country and imagines cowboys and wide farms.
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Brownfield
Chizuko Hoda
Yokosuka
Kanagawa
Japan
402 East Main
General Telephone
U. S
FFA Teams Earn Banners in Huntsville Showdown
Brownfield FFA swept honors at the state leadership contests with a second place by the senior farm skill demonstration team and a fourth by the farm radio team. About 60 teams from 10 FFA areas competed on the Sam Houston State Teachers College campus in Huntsville. Members listed include Homer Pendergrass Gene Purtell Leon Clark for farm skill and Bobby Whitney Mike Smith Bill Walker for radio. Advisors Walter Meyer and Robert Becker coached the leadership team.
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Brownfield Ffa
Future Farmers of America
Huntsville
Brownfield
Sam Houston State Teachers College
FFA
Homer Pendergrass
Gene Purtell
Leon Clark
Bobby Whitney
Mike Smith
Bill Walker
Walter Meyer
Robert Becker
Free Throws Give Loboes 58-52 Win Over Battling Cubs
Levelland Loboes overcome a 27-22 halftime deficit to defeat the Battling Cubs 58-52 on Tuesday. Doug Cannon scored 15 points in the late half, while David Costin added 13 for runner-up Levelland. The Cubs shot 37 percent compared with 55 percent for the Loboes in the final two periods.
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Loboes
Battling Cubs
Cubs
Doug Cannon
Lobo
David Costin
Lohoes
All-State Band Selections Highlight BHS Musicians
Mary Jane Brownfield, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lee Brownfield of 508 South C, named to the All State Band as a clarinetist. Curtis Hooker, son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Hooker of 15 North A, named alternate trombonist. About 80 South Plains band members competed for the honor with the event set at the Texas Music Educators Association convention in Galveston February 21 22.
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Mary Jane Brownfield
Lee Brownfield
South C
BHS
Texas Music Educators Assn
Galveston
Curtis Hooker
Ernest Hooker
North A
Fred Smith
Mac Jones
Ilman
South Plains
Cotton Belt Growers Meet in Dallas to Outline Program
Producers from 16 states gather in Dallas to firm up a program for cotton. H J King of Brownfield chairs the Texas Farm Bureau cotton committee. King says six points guide the Dallas group including a free market for cotton and orderly marketing with a market floor.
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Dallas
H. J
Hub) King
Brownfield
Texas Farm Bureau
King
Chicago
American Farm Federation
Deadline for Canine Tags Nears in Brownfield
Brownfield dog owners must obtain 1958 licenses by December 31 per city secretary A. J. Geron. Dogs six months and older need a current rabies vaccination and a tag by January 1. Violations carry a misdemeanor charge and fines up to 200 dollars. Licenses cost one dollar and are available at City Hall or the animal warden with vaccination receipts.
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Brownfield
A. J. Geron
Geron
Plains Cot ton Growers propose five point plan for cotton program
PCG outlines a legislative program including a single competitive price, dual acreage allotments, equalization payments on domestic allotment, a slightly below world price loan program, and Soil Bank provisions while acreage reserves stay in effect. Payments are made through the first cotton buyer, tied to weekly 14 spot quotations. Pemberton and Elaine Flache are pictured. Beth Chesshir and Donna Davis not present. The play directed by Rev. and Mrs. Marion Nilsson urges public attendance.
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PCG
Pemberton
Elaine Flache
Beth Chesshir
Donna Davis
Marion Nilsson
Newstote
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Terry County Service Office
Charlie
Maple News
NEW Stoto
Water Authority
Weldon Callaway
Cotton Belt Growers
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
First Christian
First Christian Church
Bethlehem
Jesus
John Bill Cruce
Arthur Anne Flache
Daphne Pemberton
Larry Simmonds
Beverly Dunn
Jeff
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