Brownfield Chamber Banquet Set With Jeff Williams Speaker
The Brownfield Chamber of Commerce hosts its 52nd annual membership banquet Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Junior High School Cafeteria with tickets at $2.50. keynote Jeff Williams of Chickasha Oklahoma, termed Oklahoma’s ambassador of good will, speaks on Worry But Don’t Go Nuts after a full program led by O R Douglas and Sid Lowery.
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Jeff Williams
Chickasha
Okla
Arkansas Traveler
Chamber
Brownfield Commercial Club
BCC
C.C
Sid Lowery
Brownfield Public School
O. R. Douglas
Chamber of Commerce
Jack Garrett
First Christian Church
Jerry Gannaway
Douglas
A. V. Wall
Brownfield High School
Pau Farrar
L. G. Smith
Williams
Ed Crow
First Baptist Church
Pres
Joe Price
Paul Farrar
Jack Hamilton
Luther Reynolds
Mgr
A. C. Bishop
Chan Longley
Robert Baumgardner
Reynolds
C. G. Griffith
Otis Larner
Bill McKinney
Perry Bear
Hamilton
Roy D
Pete) Harris
Arlie Lawrimore
Price, Smith
Joe Ed Sullivan
Alton Webb
Ellington
H. B. Virgil Crawford
Joe Christian
Val Garner
Hugh Thomas
Paul Campbell
Jake Geron
Rotary International
U.S. Treasury Department
War Savings
America
USO
Red Cross
Oklahoma
Goodwill
Arkansas
Brownfield Council Sets April 3 Election
Brownfield voters will elect three officials on April 3 including two councilmen and a mayor. Incumbents C E Ross and Lal Copeland cannot seek another term. Mayor Jess McWherter seeks a first reelection. Candidates include L J Richardson and W K Lindsey. Balloting runs 8 am to 7 pm in City Hall with judges Leonard Ellington and Joe Sullivan.
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Brownfield
C. E. Ross
East Tate
Lal Copeland
East
Buckley
Jess McWherter
L. J. Richardson
East Oak
First National Bank
W. K. (Speedy) Lindsey
Cactus Lane
Sonny's Feed & Supply
City Hall
Leonard M. Ellington
Joe E. Sullivan
Terry County Farm Bureau
Outstanding TSCD Supervisor of 1961 named
Dallas bank awards James E. Thurman of Route 5 as the Outstanding Supervisor of Terry Soil Conservation District for 1961. He serves five-year, unpaid terms. honored on a Dallas bank ceremony after recommendations by the Terry District Bankers Committee. He has led soil conservation on his farm with extensive practices.
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Terry Soil Conservation District
James E. Thurman
Route 5
Texas Bank & Trust of
Thurman
TSCD
Terry District Bankers Committee
Subdivision 3
Agriculture Committee
Brownfield Chamber of Commerce
Board of Education
Terry
Great Plains
Lectures Scheduled at First Evangelical Church
A series of lectures will continue at First Evangelical Methodist Church. Rev Wendell Cunningham says speeches begin at 7 p m each Sunday. Topic is Communism versus Christianity and the Bible.
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First Evangelical Methodist Church
Wendell Cunningham
Terry Teachers Group To Meet Monday
Terry County teachers association meets at 6 30 p m Monday for supper and business in Oak Grove Elementary Cafeteria Odell Wilkes Meadow schools superintendent presides Fred Odom publicity Wellman schools hosts BHS Choir directed by A V Wall to represent Union Wellman Meadow and Brownfield school systems
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Oak Grove
Odell Wilkes
Meadow Schools
Fred Odom
Wellman Schools
BHS
A. V. Wall
Union
Wellman
Meadow
Brownfield
Terry County Little League to elect new officers Feb 15
Officials announced the first meeting of the year for February 15 at the Pioneer Flame Room. President Dr. J. A. Borum urged all interested to attend to voice opinions on officer elections.
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Terry County
Little League
Pioneer Flame Room
J. A. Borum
Tyler Martin Seeks Democratic Nomination for Prec 4 Commissioner
Tyler Martin announces his bid for the Democratic nomination to become Prec 4 commissioner. A Brownfield area farmer and rural mail carrier since 1944, he moved to Terry in 1946 and has worked at Knight Furniture. He and his wife attend Gomez Baptist. they have three sons, all Brownfield High graduates. Martin pledges full-time dedication to the precinct if elected.
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Tyler Martin
Martin
Brownfield
Terry
Knight Furniture
Gomez _ Baptist Church
Maurice Martin
East Cardwell
Dorsey Martin
Lubbock
Clancey Martin
el Paso
Brownfield High School
Results At Sandyland Tabulated Results Presentation
Findings from varied experiments at Sandyland Station will be discussed at 2 p.m. Monday in 12st District Court. Charlie Fisher, superintendent of the Lubbock Experiment Station, will present the results. Terry County Agent See No. 1 Page 4.
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Sandyland
Charlie Fisher
Lubbock
Terry County
Threet Rites Are Held Thursday In Northside Baptist
An 89 year old Brownfield resident G O Threet died after a long illness. He lived at 215 West Story moving from Tohoka in 1936 and earlier from Lubbock. Services were at Northside Baptist Church with Rev A J Franks and Rev Malcolm Caves officiating. Burial followed in Brownfield Cemetery. He is survived by five sons and four daughters plus 44 grandchildren and 63 great grandchildren.
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West Story
Brownfield
Tohoka
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Threet
Northside Baptist Church
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Malcolm Caves
Victory Baptist
McKinney
Brownfield Funeral Home
The
Baptist Church
Finers County
Tenn
S. H. Threet
Route 4
J. W. Threet
Haskell
Kenneth Threet
Brackerville
S. E. Threet
Odessa
Lieutenant Enrolled In Language School in Monterey
Army 1st Lt. Teddy J. Hardy is in a 24 week language course in Monterey California to learn Spanish. He entered the Army in October 1959 and is a Brownfield High School 1954 graduate and Hardin-Simmons University alumnus.
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Teddy J. Hardy
Monterey
Calif
Ted Hardy
East
Buckley
Hardy
Brownfield High School
Hardin-Simmons University
Abilene
Meadow High Sophomores Sponsor Chili Supper Tuesday
The sophomore class at Meadow High School will host a chili supper at 5 p.m. Tuesday before the Meadow New Home basketball game. Menu includes chili pie crackers catsup iced tea and coffee for 75 cents per person and 50 cents for a child. A transistor radio will be given away at halftime and advance tickets are sold by class members.
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Meadow High School
Meadow
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