Christmas Homebound Students Listed By College Towns
Editor notes scores of Brownfield and Terry students will leave classrooms to spend the holidays with parents. The list names freshmen and seniors attending Texas Tech Lamar Tech Hardin Simmons North Texas State Stephens College and others with home addresses in Meadow Stephenville Abilene San Antonio and Colorado and Oklahoma.
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Brownfield
Terry
Dennis Givens
South Plains College
Levelland
John Givens
Leoneld Chesshir
Lamar Tech
Beaumont
Leonard Chesshir
Buckley
San Antonio
James Smith
Western State
JW. Smith
Meadow Ken Muldrow
Mont Muldrow
University of Oklahoma
Brownfield Declares Christmas Closed Sunday and Monday
Brownfield will be a closed town for business Sunday and Monday Christmas observances. All government offices banks and most groceries will suspend operations while Kyle Grocery at 121 North First plans limited hours Dec 25 26 per the Retail Committee of Brownfield Chamber of Commerce.
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Brownfield
Kyle Grocery
North First
Brownfield approves two new zoning board members
Brownfield City Council confirmed Robert L. Craig and John Cruce to the Zoning Board for three year terms replacing retiring members Will Fitzgerald and Clarence Lackey. Craig resides at 1218 East Hester and Cruce at 1001 East Cardwell.
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Brownfield
Robert L. Craig
East Hester
John
Cruce
East Cardwell
Due
Wille
Will Fitzgerald
East Buckley
Clarence Lackey
EF. Tate
Craig and
W. A. Bynum
East Main
Robert L .Noble
Tahoka Road
Jack DuBose
West Hill
Dr. Hill
Te Council
Drayne C. Hill
West Main
City
Joe J. McGowan
City Mgr
Eunice Jones
Ray- Lee No
Cubs End Seven-Year Dry Spell With Post Tournament Win
The Cubs beat Plains 49 to 31 to capture the first Brownfield championship since 1953. Junior Knox led Plains with 15 points while Tollett Snider and Howell traded top scoring in earlier games. The Cubs sealed the win by outscoring the Cowboys 20 to 8 in the final period as Howell and Snider added 10 points each. Coach Payne praised the team’s performance.
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Cubs
Plains
Brownfield
Max Black
Max Proffit
Junior Knox
Tollett
Snider
Howell
Knox
Cowboys
Crites
Murphy
Payne
Brownfield NEWS skips Christmas issue
The Brownfield News will not publish on Sunday December 25 due to holiday timing and a postal provision. The next issue will be printed December 29, and staff wish readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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Brownfield News
U. S
Color It Yourself Christmas Cartoon Gift
A child friendly note announces numerous color it yourself cartoon drawings in today’s paper. Readers can enjoy Christmas toy themed cartoons by using a box of coloring pencils for several hours of coloring fun.
Poll Tax Payments Slow In Off Election Year
Terry residents face slow poll tax payments as 405 receipts issued for 1961. Assessor J D Akers notes 4 289 receipts total, with no major elections planned except a special vote to name a successor.
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Terry
J. D
Jot) Akers
Akers
Goodfellows Seek Names for Brownfield Christmas Aid
Friday deadline for Brownfield aid donors. Goodfellows report only 29 named needy for Saturday distribution of toys food and clothing. Sheriff Fulford says three year aid totals exceed 100 persons. volunteers urged to provide names and addresses to Sheriff Fulford County Judge Simms or See No. 5 Page 3.
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Brownfield
The
Goodfellows
James Fulford
Fulford
Raymond Simms
Christmas reflections and local notices from Brownfield
A Christmas roundup from Brownfield includes Leon Speed at Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch in Amarillo, Ben McCarty departing for AP HQ in New York, Johnny Raybon hospitalized after a serious auto accident, Paul Campbell planning a Brownfield store opening in March, and Don Orr’s football coaching ties to Texas Tech noted alongside a mention of a page four continuation.
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Leon Speed
Cal Farley
Amarillo
Leon
Boys Ranch High School
Johnny Raybon
F. B. Raybon
Lamesa Road
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Brownfield
Johnny
Paul Campbell
Rotary Club
Presbyterian Church
Paul
Jack Hamilton
Sears
City Drug
Broadway
Cobbs
Russell Winton
Don Orr
Denver City
Texas Tech
Don
Lee No
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East Broadway
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Joe Shelton
Rosy Frogge
James Foreham
Mrs. Barfield
Missouri
Ann Copeland
Stephens College
Columbia, Mo
la Copeland
East
Gem Wells
North Texas State
Denton
W H. Wells
North A
W. T. Pickett
Broad Way
Abilene
Gene Purtell
Kenneth Purtell
E Main
Lonis Roscoe
T. S. Roscoe
Barbara Nicholson
Hardin-Simmons
Dave Nicholson
E. Reppto
Jo Latham
Sul Ross
Alpine
Lorentta Latham
Rt. 1
Stephenville
Anita Jo Wooley
John Tarlton
C S Wooley
East Hill
Donna Sue Christopher
Sue Graves
E. Buckley
Ray Christopher
Rt. 5
Bill Herod
Bayor Dental School
Dallas
Roy Herod
Patsy Hulse
Texas Western
el Paso
Dan Hulse
Patti Wilder
E. Y. Wilder
E. Tate
Colorado
William Smyrl
Garvin Smyrl
Route 4
Martha Ann Bartlett
Hardin Simmons
Lee Bartlett
Meadow
Dwyane Kisor
Max Kisor
Rodger B. Henry
D. L. Henry
Clayton Dean White
Clayton White
Maurice Warren
Gunnison
Colo
Carrie Mae Warren
Loman Jones News
Dist Church
Denise Parker
Florence Parker
James Earl Faulkenberry
Tim Faulkenberry
Hazel Purtell
Norman Bruce Frogge
Frogge Studio
Puoro Ay
Los Angeles
Ben McCarty
Ben Finley
Associated Press
New York City
Ben
Jackson
Mississippi
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