Shewmake Family to France for Three Year Air Force Tour
James V Shewmake and wife Edna Mae Gandy with children Claudia and Richie, formerly of Brownfield, left for a three year assignment in France. He has 17 years service with combat missions in World War II and Berlin Airlift participation. Mrs Shewmake served as secretary at Nellis AFB and led the NCO wives club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James V. Shewmake
Etain
France
U. S. Air Force
Shewmakes
R. D. Shew
Air Force
Brownfield
Ftain
New York City
Shewmake
Army
Europe
South America
Randolph Air Force Base
Nellis Afb
Las Vegas
Nev
Edna Mae Gandy
W. R. Gandy
Lorenzo
Brownfield High School
Texas Tech
R. D. Shewmake
Claudia
Richie
Nellis
US scientists urge sharing defies secrecy with allies
Prominent scientists and diplomats argue that the United States should share scientific secrets with Canada and Britain to bolster free-world alliances. They call for a yearly scientific board to review classified material and favor releasing information once feasible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
New York
United States
Product Engineering
McGraw-Hill
Vannevar Bush
MIT
U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development
Russia
Canada
Britain
Department of Defense
Harold C. Urey
Institute of Nuclear Studies
University of Chicago
Dunlap's Employee Hurt After Ladder Fall Into Window
A Brownfield woman suffered severe arm and leg lacerations Thursday when she slipped from a ladder and fell through a plate glass window at Dunlap's. Mrs. W. F. McCracken reports for See No. 2 Page 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunlap’s
W. F. McCracken
W. F
Dora Lee) McCracken
Local Tidbits and Town Notes Across Brownfield Area
A collage of town items from Brownfield and beyond includes wedding bells, betrothals, and social notes. Barbara Gruben and Steve Lawkis announce their betrothal, while Sammy Kendrick and Mary Sue Gibson wed in Amarillo. A. J. C. Sicker arrives from Kermit to join the Brownfield Producing District staff. Also noted are a church open house, a 1958 New Year greeting, police burglaries, a produced well in southeast Terry, and James V. Shewmake’s move to Europe with the Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sammy K. Kendrick
Mary Sue Gibson
Amarillo
Burnett and Black Form Local Accounting Firm
George A. Black joins J. W. Burnett to organize Burnett & Black, Accountants and Auditors, at 116 West Main. Black comes from Amarillo with a home in Glenwood Addition and prior service with the U.S. Bureau of Internal Revenue. Burnett has long practiced in Brownfield. Black is married with one child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Black
J. W
Virgil) Burnett
Burnett & Black
Sis West Main
Black
Brownfield
Amarillo
East Reppto
Glenwood Addition
U.S. Bureau of Internal Revenue
Relatives Visit John M Hill Family During Holidays
Mr and Mrs John M Hill of 901 Tohoka Road hosted relatives over the holidays. Patsy Jean Hill from Bonham works as an assistant dietitian at a veterans hospital. Son John Hill from Houston studies at Rice and will join the band in Dallas for the Cotton Bowl. Cecil Hill of Spade, a former Brownfield resident, visited for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hill
Tohoka Road
Patsy Jean Hill
Bonham
Veterans Hospital
John Hill
Houston
Rice
Dallas
Hill
Cecil Hill
Spade
Brownfield
Akers Declares Candidacy For Terry County Tax Official
J. D. Akers, current Terry County tax assessor collector, announced his bid for the unexpired two year term beginning Jan 1 1959. He was appointed last June 1 to replace Don Cates who left to enter the drug business in New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry
J. D
Jet) Akers
Akers
Terry County
Don Cates
New Mexico
Texas
Cates
MeIlroy Home Hosts Christmas Eve Dinner
The MeIlroy family gathered at 1201 East Ripley for a Christmas Eve dinner. Attendees included Mrs. T. A. MeIlroy of Lubbock, Dr. Jack MeIlroy and family of Lubbock, Dr. O L MeIlroy and wife of Lamesa, and others from Plainview Clovis Texarkana and Brownfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. McIlroy
East
Ripley
T. H. MeIlroy
East Ripley
Buster Foster
Lubbock
Harley Starnes
H. W. MeIlroy
Brownfield
Magnolia Announces Promotion In Brownfield District
Magnolia Petroleum Company officials promote A. J. C. Sieker to assistant superintendent of the Brownfield Producing District. He replaces George Wilson, transferred to the Petroleum Engineering Department in Houston. Sieker joined Magnolia in 1937 and becomes production foreman in the Kermit District before moving to Browfield this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. C. Sicker
Kermit
Brownfield
Magnolia Petroleum Corporation
Magnolia Petroleum Company
A. J. C. Sieker
Sieker
George Wilson
Petroleum Engineering
Houston
Magnolia
Browfield
Brownfield Churches Plan New Year's Watch Night Services
Brownfield churches announce New Year observances with 11 p.m. services at Calvary Baptist First Baptist First Methodist and United Pentecostal Church. Programs include sermons prayers watch of the old year and welcoming the new year with youth participation and a special feature from Rev. Tidwell and singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Calvary Baptist Training Union
Calvary Baptist Church
First Baptist
First Baptist Church
First Methodist Church
James Tidwell
Texas Methodist
United Pentecostal Church
P. M. Allen
Burnetts Entertain Family at Christmas
Commissioner and Mrs. Bob Burnett host a holiday gathering at their Route 2 home. Guests include Buford Burnett and Mrs. Burnett from Farmington New Mexico and a list of relatives from Colorado New Mexico and local towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnetts
Bob Burnett
Route 2
Buford Burnett
Farmington
N.M
G. D. Lee
Grand Junction
Colo
Doyle Criswell
Lubbock
Doyle Roland
South Seventh
Ruth Pace
Wellmar
L. M. (Luck) Pace
East
Buckley
A. C. Pace
Route 3
Buford
Lee
Criswell
Roland
Burglaries Hit School and Business In Brownfield
Brownfield police and Terry sheriff's office investigate two burglaries during Christmas. Jessie G Randall School was broken into via the cafeteria window, with $9, peaches, tomatoes, butter and canned goods taken. At Bailey Starter and Generator, nine batteries, five generators and two starters were reported stolen after a pane was broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie G. Randal School
Bailey
North Ninth
Yale
Brownfield
Terry Sheriff's Office
Zane Williams
Police Department
Jessie G Randal
Williams
Well Completion Logged in SE Terry Field
A Welch San Andres Field completion in southeast Terry reports Harris G. Easy ham Jr., Trustee No. 1 Fort enberry, as owner. The well 14 miles northeast of Lamesa pumped 19.95 barrels of 33 gravity oil daily with 45 percent water from perforations at 4930 to 4936 feet acidized with 2000 gallons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch San Andres
Terry
Harris G. Easyham Jr
Fortenberry
Lamesa
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East Cardwell
Hubert Henson
Route 1
Meadow
Henson
Ers
Berlin
Great Britain
Aruuhr H. Compton
Washington University
St. Louis
Duniap
Cee Wee
Cottle County
Barbara Gruben
Wellman
Steve Lawkis
First Christian Church
Tate
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Winona Johnson
John C. Shinn Jr
Alma
W. O. Helms
North C
Lubbock Methodist Hospital
Burnett and Black
Kimberlee
A. H. Daniell
Treadaway-Daniell Hospital
Kappa Zeta Chapter
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Murphy May
East Tate
Jane Treadaway
T. L. Treadaway
Brownfield Chamber of Commerce
Kappa Zetas
Newsfoto
MeIlroy
First Methodist
United Pentecostal
School, Business
Anon
Josh Billings
Evry Man
Cubs
Lovington Wildcats
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