Going Going Your Chance To Win Contest
Residents are urged to enter the Everybody Wins subscription contest before March 15 to win major prizes including a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro Sport Coupe valued over 2800. Contests span Brownfield Meadow Ropesville Seagraves and Terry County with weekly payoffs for new and renewed subs. Early winners include Gin ger Webster Dorothy Fought Bea North. prizes include a dress and a savings bond.
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Brownfield
Meadow
Ropesville
Seagraves
Terrs
Ers
Terry County
Ginger Webster
Shelton
Bea North
House of Beauty
Kiwanis Club Holds Regular Meeting With Guests
The Brownfield Kiwanis Club met at noon Tuesday with president Tommy Johnson presiding. Guests included Bill Craig J T Churchwell J C Dorsett a past member re activated and new member Sidney Joe Hester. The club plans an inter club visit to Plainview Flyers Kiwanis Club Feb 19 to learn about sending boys to the Kiwanis Boys Camp at Mason. Mrs Helen Brown and Marion Snell from the National Foundation spoke on the March of Dimes operations and fund use.
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Brownfield Kiwanis Club
Tommy Johnson
Bill Craig
J. T. Churchwell
J. C. Dorsett
Sidney Joe Hester
T. A. Wartes
David Renfro
Plainview Flyers Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Mason
Texas-Oklahoma District of Kiwanis
Helen Brown
Marion Snell
Terry Yoakum
National Foundation
March of Dimes
Lamesa Services For Mrs. Evelyn Collins
Funeral services for Evelyn Collins 61 were held at First Presbyterian Church Lamesa with Rev. Walter Horn officiating. Burial followed at Lamesa Memorial Park. She died Monday evening after a long illness. Surviving husband Walter H. Collins one daughter Mrs Ken Kummer of Lubbock one brother Robert M. Perry of Mexico City and three grandchildren.
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Evelyn Collins
First Presbyterian Church
Lamesa
Walter Horn
Lamesa Memorial Park
Branon-Philips Funeral Home
Collins
Marshall
Walter H. Collins
Collins Department Stores
Ken Kummer
Lubbock
Brownfield
Robert M. Perry
Mexico City
CAP Report On Regional Community Action Agency Feasibility
Texas Tech will present final CAP study on a 19 county South Plains regional agency serving low income residents. The meeting at 6 30 p m in the Student Union Building will include County Judge Bill McKinney and officials from Lubbock CAB. The $35628 study funded by a $31026 federal grant and $4602 local funds was directed by Dr Ted Taylor with other officials overseeing the project.
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Texas Tech College
South Plains
Bill McKinney
Terry County
Texas Tech
Community Action Board of
Lubbock County
Water Importation Study Funded for Texas and New Mexico
Congressman George Mahon announced a telegram noting 892000 dollars is requested in the President's budget to continue the study of water importation into western Texas and eastern New Mexico. The study would cover the Bureau of Reclamation and the Army Engineers and fund the upcoming fiscal year.
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George Mahon
Texas
New Mexico
Bureau of Reclamation
Arms Engineers
Break-Ins Investigated Amid Local Police Activity
Terry County deputies arrest Amos Strickland on drunkenness with a $39.50 fine while held on a robbery warrant for Arizona. Lois Brooks faces forgery and passing charges and a $1,000 bond. City police probe two break-ins at a pool hall and a fabric shop along with vandalism reports and hubcap thefts. Two accidents under investigation involve a Mack truck and a Ford at First and Main and a Ford pickup and a GMC pickup at a Halliburton site.
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Terry County
B. F. Finely
N. Ballard
Chevrolet
Doris Jonas
Christobal Gutierrez
First and Main
Herman Lee Davis
Lamesa
Anselmo Raemirez Perez
Brownfield
R. L. Sparks
S., Sons
Halliburton
J. E. Eakin
Charles Phergson
Jose R. Carisales
David Fabila
Guadalupe Sepeda
Jim Foley Benford
Farmers Union leaders urge unity to push farm policy
Jay I. Naaman state president of Farmers Union spoke in Brownfield to Terry and Yoakum County members about growing corporate influence in agriculture, the need for a unified national program, a grain reserve, and a proposed National Agriculture Bargaining Act to address depressed prices. He urged farmers to join forces and press Congress for a comprehensive farm bill.
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Terry County and Yoakum County Farmers Union
Brownfield Savings and Loan
Jay I. Naaman
Waco
Naaman
Farmers Union
Congress
Poage
Packers and Stockyards
Jay J. Naaman
Yoakum
Terry County
James Bartlett
Jor Rankin
Balls
District 0
License Plates On Sale Today In Texas
County tax assessor-collector J. D. Akers announces new white on black Texas plates go on sale by April 1 with HemisFair imprint. 1967 totals show 6060 passenger cars, 1779 commercial trucks, 1279 farm trucks, 144 truck tractors, five farm trailers, and 139 motorcycles licensed. New fees include 5.30 minimum registration and scaled passenger car rates. cash only payment urged to avoid delays.
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J. D
Jet) Akers
Texas
HemisFair
Akers
Terry County
Services Held For Frank Daniel 71
Funeral services for Frank Daniel 71 were conducted at 2 30 p m Monday at the First Baptist Church with Rev Ed Crow officiating Burial followed at Terry County Memorial Cemetery under Brownfield Funeral Home direction Daniel a Wise County native lived in Terry County since 1925 He chaired Meadow Independent School Districts board and ran Daniel Furniture and Electric after 1946 a World War I veteran He is survived by his wife a daughter Betty Lynn Brasher of Plainview two brothers W W of Salem Ore and T V of Brownfield a step mother Corina Daniel of Plains and two grandchildren.
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Frank Daniel
First Baptist Church
Ed. Crow
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Daniel
E. Tate
Wise County
Terry County
Meadow Independent School District Board of Education
Daniel’s Furniture and Electric
Brownfield
Webster enters race for Terr County Sheriff
L C Webster announces candidacy for Terr County Sheriff in the Democratic primary. A veteran peace officer, he previously served as Chief Deputy Sheriff for six years and headed Gunn Oil as assistant manager for 18 months. He holds law enforcement training from the DPS Academy and FBI finger print school.
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L. C. Webster
Terr County
Webster
Terry County
South Pacific
Brownfield
Gunn Oil Company
Texas Department of Public Safety
Federal Bureau of Investigation
East Cardwell
Ginger
Mike
Diane
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Sonny Martinez
Terry County United Fund Campaign
John J. Kendrick
Kendrick
Kiwanis Club
Don Burda
Garland Moore
Melton Stewart
Bill Cope
Royce Couch
Thomas Ray Hartley
Maurice Martin
Jake Pulford
Bulletin
Lec Webster
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