PTA Founder's Day Program At Brownfield High Tonight
Brownfield High School hosts Annual PTA Founder's Day at 7:30 p m in the auditorium with the band under Fred Smith. Dr F W Mattox of Lubbock Christian College will speak on Our American Heritage. Life membership awards to Brownfield residents and Jack Christie will lead a group sing.
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PTA
Brownfield High School
Lubbock Christian College
F. W. Mattox
Fred Smith
Brownfield
Jack Christie
808
South Sons
L. G. Smith
Mary Hill
Brownfield State Bank
Nona Mantooth
Retail Merchants Association
Knox Stone Clinic
Frances Christie
RMA
Austin
Southwestern Management Institute
Second Indoor Meet for Group BHS Lads at Odessa
The Odessa Indoor Track Meet hosts the Group BHS Lads as Coach Don Hendley leads Cubs sprinters and distance runners in prelims at 6 p.m. Frankie Flores heads the mile with a 4 41.4 PR from Lubbock while teammates Hurd Howard Aulburg Pemberton Knox Chandler vie for points and new events at the Odessa Coliseum.
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Seve Brownfield
Odessa
Don’ Hendley
West Texas
Cubs
Frankie Flores
Lubbock
Howard Hurd
Paul Howard
David Aulburg
Jeff Pemberton
Johnny Knox
Coy Chandler
Hurd
Howard
Davis
Chandler
Aubury
Pemberton
Knox
Services Held For Miss Fannie Day
Funeral services for Miss Fannie Day 74 retired practical nurse who died Saturday in St Marys Hospital Lubbock were held Sunday afternoon at Memorial Chapel Brownfield Funeral Home Day a Fairfield native had lived in West Texas since 1918 She worked at West Texas Hospital Lubbock and did private nursing in Brownfield Survivors include a sister Mrs W B Paschall Brownfield and a brother Wiley Day Templeton Calif Services were led by Rev Ed Crow First Baptist Church burial in Meadow Cemetery
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Ed Crow
First Baptist Church
Meadow Cemetery
Vocational Nursing Class Sought at Brownfield General Hospital
Brownfield General Hospital seeks applicants for the fifth class of vocational nursing starting in April. A personal interview is required before applications are accepted. Interested persons should contact Mrs. Dale Kerley or Mrs. Cleone Bingham at the hospital. Applicants must be 18 to 50 and have a high school education or equivalent.
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Brownfield General Hospital
Dale Kerley
Cleone Bingham
Guardsmen Prepare for Statewide Alert Practice Next Week
Brownfield unit of the 36th Infantry Division briefs its 60 Guardsmen for a surprise alert set between February 17 and 25. Lt. Frank King notes readiness and cites past drills with high response times. The exercise tests prompt assembly and emergency response plans across the 9,000 member division.
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Brownfield
Frank King
36Th (Texas) Infantry Division
133Rd Artillery
Lt. King
Sheriff’s Posse Wins Riding Event in El Paso Show
The Terry County Sheriff's Posse topped 15 Texas and New Mexico clubs to win the riding event in El Paso. They also earned the longest-distance trophy after traveling a long distance for the Southwestern Fat Stock Show. Competing posse members included B. T. Gordon Ray Christopher Horace Fox Crate Snider Archie Copeland W. W. Kennedy Bill Hyman Buck Mize.
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Texas
New Mexico
Terry County Sheriff's Posse
el Paso
Terry Group
B. T. Gordon
Ray Christopher
Horace Fox
Crate Snider
Archie Copeland
W. W. Kennedy
Bill Hyman
Buck Mize
Chamber of Commerce Approves 1962 Growth Program
Brownfield Chamber of Commerce directors approve an intensive 1962 program linking agriculture, rural urban relations, industry and retail trades. The plan names Agriculture Committee heads Robert Baumgardner and Val Garner with City County Agent Jim Foy and others guiding ten committees including Industrial Retail Trades Public Relations Rural Urban and Health and Safety. The next board meeting is March 7.
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Brownfield Chamber of Commerce
Robert Baumgardner
Val Garner
Terry
Jim Foy
Kenneth Purtell
Dennis Q. Lilly
R. N. McClain
J. L. Newsom
Virgie Travis
Terry County Farm Bureau
Charles Bruce
Mack Gray
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
L. G. Smith
Industrial
W. T
Bill) McKinney
Smith
C. E
Pan Am appoints Richard G. Tucker Slaughter Area clerk
Richard G. Tucker of Lubbock is named clerk of Pan American Petroleum's Slaughter Area office in Brownfield. He began with Pan Am as a roustabout at Wink in 1933 and served in clerical posts at Wink Iraan Aben and Hobbs. Tucker was district clerk at Abilene for eight years and has been in Lubbock since January 196. He is a Marion Indiana native and finished high school at Graham.
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Richard G. Tucker
Lubbock
Pan American Petroleum
Slaughter
Brownfield
Tucker
Pan Am
Wink
Iraan
Aben
Hobbs
Abilene
Marion
Ind
Graham
Merchants Urged To Plan For the Teen-Age Market
Earl Kerr of Lubbock urges Brownfield merchants to plan for the growing teen market, noting 27 million teens by 1967 and a projected $15 billion in teen spending. Frank Gorton presides. new members include Lewis Walker, Bob Eakin, and others attend. next meeting Feb. 27.
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Brownfield Credit Managers Club
Earl Kerr
Lubbock
Lubbock Retails Merchants Association
Lewis Walker
White's Auto
Bob Eakin
Terry County Office Supply
Maurice Winston
White's
Jake Gore
Field’s
Ray Reynolds
Darwin-Reynolds Ford
Frank Gorton
Dennis McCutcheon
First National Bank
Gene Gunn
Gunn Shamrock GE
Tootsie Richardson
Bayless Jewelry
Ed Hill
Hill’s
Humble Service
John Lou Callison
Robert L. Noble Company
Mary Street
Collins
Ina Sexton
Sexton's
Ex-Resident in Research Operations Gets USDA Promotion
Dr. Earl Burnett of Brownfield rises to research investigations leader in soil management for USDA Soil and Water Conservation Research Division covering Texas New Mexico Oklahoma and Kansas. He previously led the Big Spring Field Station since May 1957 and is succeeded by Dr. James E. Box Jr. at Bushland near Amarillo. Burnett will focus full time on soil management, with Big Spring remaining as headquarters for an indefinite period.
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Earl Burnett
Brownfield
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Soil and Water Conservation Research Division
USDA
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Kansas
Burnett
Big Spring
James E. Box Jr
Southwestern Great Plains
Bushland
Amarillo
J. Virgil Burnett
East Reppto
Lucille Willis
East Main
Homer Parker
North Atkins
Box
Funeral today for city resident A C Holcombe
A C Holcombe 87 of 405 South Third Terry died 9 10 pm Tuesday in Brownfield General Hospital. Funeral at 10 am today at First Methodist Church with Rev J Loyd Mayhew and Dr Dallas D Denison officiating. Burial in Terry County Memorial Cemetery by Brownfield Funeral Home. Survivors include four sons two daughters a brother, a sister, 13 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. He came to Terry in 1919 from Arkansas and farmed until retirement in 1941.
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South Third
Terry
Brownfield General Hospital
First Methodist Church
J. Loyd Mayhew
Dallas D. Denison
Brownfield Methodist District
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
E. L. Holcombe
Amarillo
Arnold Purtell
Lubbock
Kenneth Purtell
East Cardwell
R. J. Purtell
East Tate
Ernest Davis
Alvin R. Smith
Eunice
N. M
John Holcombe
Nashville, Ark
Rosa Brown
Holcombe
Arkansas
Gomez
Brownfield Student Makes Honor Roll GPA 3.00 at South Plains
Five students at South Plains College Levelland earned a 3.00 GPA for the fall semester qualifying for the honor roll. Mrs. Frederick R. Smith of 1220 East Broadway is named among faculty noting the honors. eligibility required at least 12 semester hours of regular work.
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South Plains College
Levelland
Frederick R. Smith
East Broadway
Smith
Nathan Tubb
Local Tennis Meet Set By Brownfield Schools
Brownfield junior high and high school tennis teams host Seminole teams with matches starting at 3 p.m. About 10 matches are planned on the high school courts per Coach Harold Andrews.
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Brownfield
Harold Andrews
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Pete) Harris
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