Beck Resigns As Chamber Manager and Election for Water District Directors
Election day for the South Plains Underground Water Conservation District is Tuesday January 9. Voting eligibility rules were clarified after a legal review, allowing all citizens residing in the precinct to vote, with property ownership required only for director candidates. Absentee voting is underway at Terry County Court House until Friday at 5 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Plains Underground Water Conservation District
the News
John J. Kendrick
Cochran
Yoakum Counties
Commissioners Court Room
Yoakum County Court House
Tom Warren
Plains
Terry County
Highway 380
Brownfield&ithe County
Terry County Court House
George Weiss
Union Gun Office
M. W. Baccus
Gaines County
Highway 385
Seagraves
Joe Simmons
Christian Association Grain Company
Seminole
James Stephens
Rt. 4
Rites Held For Spencer Murphy
Services for Spencer Murphy 42 were held at Crescent Hill Church of Christ with Doyle Kelsey officiating. Burial was in Terry County Memorial Cemetery under Brownfield Funeral Home. Murphy, a rancher and owner of Murphy Wholesale Meat Packing Plant, died early Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Murphy
Crescent Hill Church
Kelly
Timothy
Tricia
Sunday
Dewey Murphy
Brownfield
Dewey Jr
Genevieu
Jordan
Wise
Glenda Reed
Florida
Een Kibbe
Albuquerque
N. M
Water depletion deadlines stated for Texas district landowners
Farmers within the South Plains Underground Water Conservation District are urged to file an estimated 1967 tax return by January 15 to claim a cost in water depletion allowance. If not filed, final return due February 15, maps and guidelines nearing completion must be approved, and early estimates advised.
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South Plains Underground Water Conservation District
Internal Revenue Service
High Plains
South Plains
Terry County
Terry County Chamber Names New Officers and Plans
Raymond Beck resigns as chamber manager and moves to Eagle Pass on Feb 1. The board appoints committee chairs for 1967 including Jim Reed and Phil Gaasch on Highway, Dub Legion on Public Affairs, W W Swaringen and Robert Baumgardner on Tourism, Frank Gorton on Community Development, Joe Masso on Retail, Gene Duke on Agriculture, David Nicholson on Educational and Recreational, Vernon Clem heads Red Coats, Punch Nelson leads Industrial, Billie Norman and Bill Campbell supervise Publicity. A selection committee for the manager position and a March membership drive are set, with plans for a course of WTCC meetings and a greenhouse grower session in Lubbock. The banquet guest speaker is Brig Gen John M. McNab, Outstanding Citizen of 1967 to be named.
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Raymond Beck
Terry County
Jim Reed
Phil Gaasch
Dub Legion
Carrol Collier
Cochairman
W. W. Swaringen
Robert Baumgardner
Jack Brooks
Frank Gorton
L. J. Richardson
Joe Masso
Bill Frizzell
Gene Duke
Bill McKinney
David Nicholson
Ken Muldrow
Vernon Clem
Chamber
Red Coats
Punch Nelson
Harold Klein
Billie Norman
Bill Campbell
Klein
L. G. Smith
John Thomas
Jake Geron
Paul Blackstock
Weiss
Dennis Q. Lilly
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
WTCC
Austin
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Wwom OE Meme Collies
Loyd Hahn
Seisti
Lilly
Abilene
Beck
Lubbock
Agriculture Committee
John M. McNab
Sheppard Air Force Base
Couch Presents Kiwanis Program in Brownfield
Captain Royce Couch of the Brownfield Police Department led a Kiwanis Club program showing a film titled The Dangerous Years about juvenile delinquency. Bud Cotham gave the invocation, C. G. Grizzle led the pledge, and Charlie Reese directed a song. A directors meeting was set for 5 30 p.m. Wednesday in the Flame Room at Pioneer Natural Gas Company.
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Royce Couch
Brownfield City Police Department
Kiwanis Club
Captain Couch
Bud Cotham
C. G. Grizzle
Charlie Reese
Pioneer Natural Gas Company
New Year City Officials Report Sparse Incidents
Officials logged a quiet holiday with one accident at the Lamesa and Seagraves highways intersection. Marvin Brown faces theft charges and warrants, Willie Lee Nolan Jr. pays a $42 fine for drunkenness, Jimmie Ray Price lacks a license, Tommy Lee Lamar incurs drunkenness costs, Juan Canales Rodriguez and Ray Morin face burglary charges with bonds set at $1000, two guns stolen from W. D. Robertson, and the 1967 Chevrolet flatbed and 1960 Massey Ferguson 65 involved in the morning crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Brown
Gaines County
Willie Lee Nolan Jr
Jimmie Ray Price
Tommy Lee Lamar
Juan Canales Rodriguez
Ray Morin
W. D. Robertson
E. Cardwell
Lamesa Highway
Seagraves Highway
Edward Alton
Denver City
Raymond Garcia
Alvin Herron
E. Tate
United Fund Passes Goal in Terry County Campaign
The 1967 Terry County United Fund surpassed its $27 065 goal by about $50 with daily additional gifts. A victory celebration is planned for 4 p m January 1 in the Flame Room, with top contributors and outstanding workers honored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry County
United Fund
Vernon Clem
John J. Kenndrick
Ike Bailey
Arlie Lawrimore
Fred Harwell
C. G. Grizzle
Don Turner
Jim Cherry
J. W. Hawkins
Gerald Bevers
Wellman
Dan Roberts
Meadow
August Steinrath
Union
Boy Scouts of America
Brownfield Boys’ Club
The
Salvation Army
American Red Cross
West Texas Boys’ Ranch
Girl Scouts of America
Girlstown
U.S.A
Terry County Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Volunteers of America
Goodfellow Fund
United Service Organization Inc
Texas Rehabilitation Center
Clem
Rites Set For Earl E. Anthony
Funeral services for Earl E. Anthony 60 will be at 2 p.m. Friday at First Christian Church with Rev. Jack Garrett officiating. Burial in Terry County Memorial Cemetery under Brownfield Funeral Home. He died Wednesday at Brownfield General Hospital after a brief illness. A Brownfield resident since 1920 from Wilbarger County he worked 36 years for the Texas Highway Department as maintenance foreman and was a church member. Survived by one daughter Mrs Homer Lawson Lubbock his mother Mrs Earl Anthony Sr Midland two sisters Mrs Mary Katherine Terry New Orleans and Mrs Elizabeth Jo Fowler Midland and two grandchildren.
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Earl E. Anthony
First Christian Church
Jack Garrett
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Anthony
Brownfield General Hospital
Homer Lawson
Lubbock
Earl Anthony Sr
Midland
Mary Katherine Terry
New Orleans
Elizabeth Jo Fowler
Farm Bureau Leaders Set Jan Meeting in Waco
More than 250 county Farm Bureau presidents and membership chairmen from across Texas will attend a leadership conference January 9-10 at the Alice Inn in Waco. Terry County representatives Billy Timmons James Willis and J W Hawkins will participate along with district director H L King. NFL line judge Art Holst of Peoria Illinois will speak at a January 9 banquet on pro football leadership techniques. Other speakers include T C Peterson of Chicago.
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Farm Bureau
Texas Farm Bureau
Alice Inn
Waco
Terry County Farm Bureau
Billy Timmons
James Willis
J. W. Hawkins
H. L
Hub) King
National Football League
Art Holst
Peoria
T.C
Pete) Peterson
Chicago
Services Held For Carl Willis
Funeral services for Carl Willis 71 were held at Crescent Hill Church of Christ with Homer Jones of Wellman and T J Finley of Haskell officiating. Willis died Saturday at Brownfield General Hospital after moving there in 1945 from Paducah. He was a World War I veteran and a member of the American Legion. Survivors include his wife, son James L of Brownfield, sisters Mrs W F Hooten of Jacksonville Florida and Mrs J O Welch of Tyler and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Willis
Crescent Hill Church of Christ
Homer Jones
Wellman
T. J. Finley
Haskell
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Willis
Brownfield General Hospital
Brownfield
Paducah
American Legion
James L
Texas DPS Adopts In Person Photo Renewals for Licenses
Colonel Homer Garrison Jr announces Texas driver licenses issued after January will require in person renewal with a new standard photo and vision test. About 250 full time offices will handle renewals and issuance, with notices mailed to drivers and renewals expiring on the licensee’s birth date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Garrison Jr
Texas Department of Public Safety
Garrison
DPS
Texas
Foster
Little League Meet Slated for Brownfield Diamonds
All men interested in the Terry County Little League are asked to meet at the Commerce and Agriculture building at 7 30 tonight to elect officers for the coming year name new managers and finalize plans for construction of two baseball diamonds on land donated by the City of Brownfield Dale George president for 1967 will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry County
Little League
Terry County Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Brownfield
Dale George
Gregory Rites Held In Lamesa
Funeral services for W. B. Gregory aged 85 were held at the First Methodist Church in Lamesa with graveside rites at Lamesa Memorial Park. He died Sunday night at his home. He was a retired farmer survived by two daughters Mrs. W. N. Anderson and Mrs. Florence Benson both of Lamesa, one son Bill Gregory of Spur, a sister Mrs. A. M. Johnson of Maybank, a brother D. S. Gregory of Lubbock, seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Gregory
First Methodist
Lamesa
Lamesa Memorial Park
Branon-Phillips Funeral Home
Gregory
Cardwell
W. N. Anderson
Florence Ben
Bill Gregory
Spur
A. M. Johnson
Maybank
D. S. Gregory
Lubbock
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