Brownfield Pastor to Lead Swahili Missionary Training
Rev Beard Pearce and his wife will study Swahili in Dar es Salaam for nine months before sailing March 13 from New York to London and on to Tanganyika. The couple, appointed last October as missionaries, plan three years in Africa followed by a year in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
First Baptist Church
Beard Pearce
Pearce
Dar Es Salaam
Tanganyika
Africa
Zanzibar
Richmond
Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board
Sheririvhiy
Wade Pearce
East Broadway
Jan
Jack Pearce
First Baptist
Morton
Sheri
Dirk
Fort Worth
New York City
Ivernia
Cunard
White Star
London
Warwick Castle
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Mombasa
Nairobi
Kenya
Mbeya
Pearces
Tanganyila
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Ernest Hieminaway
Kilimanjaro
Immanuel Baptist Church
News- Foto
Hot Rodder Census Deadline for Brownfield Students
Parents must submit school census forms by Tuesday for children turning six by September 1. Registration should occur at the school the child will attend, with lines drawn by Plains Highway Main Street to D Street and Tahoka Highway. A new car club Wikine is forming, plans include a club car for drag racing and early model four cylinder autos in X class, with plaques to be ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delwin Webb
Colonial Heights
Randal
Webb
Plains Highway
Main Street
D Street
Tahoka Highway
Jessie G. Randal
Brownfield
Eugene Hushlett
Hughlett
No News Delivery Prompted by Pep Inquiry
A reader questions missing morning news and requests immediate delivery via contacting John Pep, NEWS circulation manager, at the provided phone number. The brief notes the urgency of obtaining the newspaper and the deliverer’s name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pep
Oklahoma City visitors meet long-lost friend after 27 years
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Punner and their sons from Oklahoma City recently visited their friend Mrs. Bonnie Melton at 212 East Hill. It marked their first meeting in 27 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Punner
Local Tidbits and News From Brownfield and Surroundings
A digest of town notes includes Dr A H Daniels moving to 210 South Seventh in Weribest with new office hours The Brownfield Rebekahs and Odd Fellows blood drive reports 655 residents typed for a walking blood bank with upcoming clinics at Meadow Wellman and Union High Schools A Washington trip concerns Poku Lambro Rural Telephone Co op Bartlett Wheatley named directors at Meadow and office notes from First National Bank O'Donnell Dale Cary new bank director and ex jet pilot Also showing at Regal Some Came Running starring Sinatra Martin MacLaine VFW and MOD drives raise funds plus local church phrases and party notes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield Rebekahs
Odd Fellows
Terry County Hospital
First Baptist Church
Meadow High School
Wellman High School
Union High School
Washington, D.C
First National Bank At
O'Donnell
Dale Cary
Tracy Cary
East Tate
Texas Tech
U. S. Air Force
Brownfield Board Inspects Andrews San Angelo Schools
Brownfield Board of Education will spend Tuesday and Wednesday inspecting extensive school building programs in Andrews and San Angelo. Tour aims to prepare for community study of local school needs with plans for a new 2.25 million high school in Andrews and a 4 million dollar building program already completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield Board of Education
Andrews
San Angelo
T. A. Hicks
Brownfield
Hicks
L. J. Richardson
J. I. Newsom
Hubert Thompson
J. O. Burnett
Truett Flache
James Thurman
Burton G. Hackney
Secy
Raymond Simms
Supt
O R. Douglas
Pres. Hicks
Board of Education
Texas Court Orders New Review in Harrison Case
The Texas Court of Civil Appeals ordered another review of the appeal by Anna Bell Lay Harrison, former Precinct 3 commissioner. The Amarillo-based 7th Court had ruling overturned for misapplying law on evidence sufficiency. Case now returns to Amarillo for potential further argument and retrial based on the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Court of Civil Appeals
Anna Bell Lay Harrison
Amarillo
Harrison
Terry
Petersburg
Louis B. Reed
106Th District Court
Commissioners Court
Amarillo Court
Wildcats Of Union Take Win in district action
Union varsity boys defeated Wellman A 66-48 while Wellman B beat Union B 28-26. Merle Smith led Wellman with 17 points, Rodney Herring had 12 for Union, and Sharlene Herron led Wellman’s Kittens with 13 as Union’s girls and boys split a Friday night doubleheader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Wildcats
Wellman
Kittens
Union Varsity
Union B
Rodney Herring
Merle Smith
Wellman ‘Cats
Sharlene Herron
Wellman’s
Neil Cornett
Helen Hungerford
Jerry Shaw
Virginia Thornton
Meadow
Cats
Religious Census Planned by Brownfield Churches
The Brownfield Ministerial Association schedules its annual community religious census for February 15. Rev Ralph O'Dell, the association chair, invites all churches to participate and has appointed Marion Nilsson Herman Johnson and Gerald Davis to plan event details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield Ministerial Association
Ralph O'Dell
Mr. O'Dell
Marion W. Nilsson
Herman Johnson
Gerald Davis
Brownfield Want Ads Highlight House with Smaller Lot
Reader notes the Brownfield News want ads as a shortcut to a new home with a smaller land parcel. The message signals practical, local real estate search in a typical community newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield News
Pharmacy tops in Nelson County bowling event
Nelson Pharmacy No 1 captured the team title with 2603 pins at the Terry County Bowling Association Men s City Tournament. Coats Pharmacy took second with 2601 and Elliott Oil third with 2556. Bobby Jones led the champions with a 253 single game and Joe Weatherman had the high three game series at 648. Weldon Martin led All Events with 1806, with multiple top finishers including Ratliff Goble and Hardy in various categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry County Bowling Association
Nelson Pharmacy
Coats Pharmacy
Elliott Oil Company
Bobby Jones
Joe Weatherman
Weldon Martin
Brownfield Jaycees
Jerry Goble
Marion Bowers
J. R. Ratliff
Dunk Warren
Weatherman
Arvin Stafford
Ted Har
Ratliff
Martin
Marvin Jones
Warren
Stafford
Hardy
J. O. Burnett
J. B. Sanders
Howard McIlroy
Goble
Jack Shirley
Page
Community Notes From Brownfield Area February 1959
Local items include Methodist Ladies hosting a Tudor's Garage luncheon next Thursday. Harmony Community farmer J Hobbs active in farming circles. Santa Fe train schedule updates and a reflection on weekly payroll impact in Brownfield. Neighbors assist Mrs Hansen after her husband’s passing with corn gathered from her Foster Community field.
Terry County Great Plains program yields 11 contracts
Terry Soil Conservation District supervisors praised progress in the first year under the Great Plains Conservation Program. Eleven contracts cover 2877 acres with measures like contour farming cover cropping and sprinkler irrigation. Cost sharing ranges from 50 to 80 percent, with a farm plan the sole requirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry County
TSCD
Zorns
Terry
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Byron Evans
Weribest
Tom Green County
Wall
A. H. Daniels
South Seventh
Meaning-on
Christopher — Christbearer
Christ Jesus
Frank Sinatra
Dean Martin
Shirley MacLaine
Regal
VFW
Board Will Education
Wildcats of
Pharmacy
Nelson No
General Telephone Company
Tex
Tudor’s
J. ©. Hobbs
Harmony
Santa Fe
Lubbock
Seagraves
Charles Davis
Avers Cermin
Cleone Morris
Sue Jordan
Rebekah Lodge 56
South Plains Health Unit
Delton Tatum
Rebe
Kahs
Ioof Lodge 530
Davis
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