Brownfield Telephone Workers Strike Ongoing at Local Exchange
Brownfield telephone personnel continue a 24 hour picket at the General Telephone Brownfield exchange as about 35 striking workers join roughly 2300 United Communications employees across six states. Officials say no local calls are delayed, while long distance congestion remains.
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Brownfield Exchange
General Telephone Company
Communication
Hobbs
Carlsbad
Littlewich
Levelland
Tohoka
Post
Brownfield
Farrar
Harlan Dodd
Cwa-Cio
J. L. Kemper
General Telephone Company of the
Southwest
Exchange
West Main
Communication Workers of America
CIO
City buys new 750 gallon pumper for fire department
The city purchased a 750 gallon pumper for 17,632 from Mack Truck and Bus Corp of Dallas, the same bidders who supplied the other fire truck. Delivery is slated by May or earlier. Also noted is Gail Young, ten, seriously burned last June, to undergo more surgery in Galveston. readers may send get well cards.
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Mack Truck and Bus Corp
Dallas
Gail Young
J. O. Young
Ozona
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Juvenile Charged In Brass Bushings Theft Case
A fifteen year old Terry County boy was committed to state reform school after being found guilty of theft over fifty dollars. He was one of six charged in the theft of brass bushings from a Placid Oil Company lease, with about twenty rigs affected over two to three weeks. The case moved quickly after Texas Rangers flagged the junk yard site, and four thefts netted roughly 160 dollars while replacement value exceeds ten thousand. The remaining five youths, aged 17 to 19, face district court felony charges.
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Terry Couny
Herbert Chesshir
J. R. Arnold
Arnold
Morgan Copeland
Louis B. Reed
Lamesa
Monlay
R. L. Bowers
Denver Kelly
Ross
Black
Foreman
J.T. Albert
John Co
Terry
Happy New Year Turns Sour For Brownfield Visitor
Otto Abbney, visiting Brownfield from Colorado, sought holiday cheer at the Brownfield Police station but ended up in a cell for drunkenness. A check showed he still owed $90 on a $100 fine, tying a rocky end to his trip home.
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Otto Abbney
Brownfield
Colorado
Texas
First Baby Born on New Year’s Day in Brownfield 1956
Michael Lee, a 7 pound 307 ounce boy, arrived at 8 47 am Jan 1 in Brownfield as the first baby of 1956. Parents are Mr and Mrs Roy Eliott of Hobbs. Terry County records show 445 births in 1955, with 277 males and 218 females. Deaths were 94 in 1955 and 81 in 1954.
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Michael Lee
Brownfield
Roy Eliott
Hobbs
Terry County
Fifteen Candidates Enter 1956 Terry County Primary Race
The 1956 Democratic primaries open with fifteen Terry County candidates for offices from Commissioner Precincts One and Three to Sheriff and State Representative. Incumbents J O Gillham Roy Moreman Don Cates and others seek reelection. New contenders include Mack Thomason Vic Herring Jap Benthall Red Tankersley Jet Akers Doe Settle Bill Blackstock and Carroll Cobb, with statements outlining local service and road, tax, and law enforcement priorities.
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J. O. Gilham
House of Representatives
Roy Moreman
Don Cates
Karl McNeil
Rom
Mack) Thomason
V. B
Vic) Herring
J. A
Jap) Bentill
BE. S
Red) Tankersley
J. D
Jet) Akers
B. R Lay
H. B
Doc) Settle
Bill Blackstock
Sherif
Sffice
W. L
Doc) Benton
Cliff Jones
J. B
Matt) Oliver
James Fulford
Carroll Cobb
Mack Thompson
Terry County
Jaycees Name Brownfield Farmer Honoree Plans
Alvin Davis announces Brownfield Junior Chamber of Commerce will select the outstanding farmer of Terry county. The winner will be revealed at the Outstanding Young Man of the Year dinner January 17 in Jesse G. Randall school cafeteria. The award is part of a nationwide Jaycees program with the American Petroleum Institute. Walter Meyer chairs the local committee.
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Terry County
Alvin Davis
Brownfield
Terry County 1955 Economic Picture Shows Growth Across Measures
Brownfield posted a record 1955 with 2,736,733 in building permits, more Post Office activity, and rising utility use. Population estimates reach 8,801 to 9,376, with school enrollment around 2,365 as of January 4. Traffic fatalities totaled six, while oil and irrigation progress and a new well push total wells to 440.
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Brownfield
Jake Geron
Shelton
Beane
Terry County
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Texas Rangers
Lubbock
Thomason
Precinct Four
Vic Herring
Precinet One
Union
Commissioner's Court
Jap Benthall
Fenthall
Lamesa Highway
Red
Tankersley
Later
Tankersley Sa
Jet Akers
Precinet
Inet
Preeimet
Freeinet Three T
Rey
Doe Settle
Preeinet Three
Precinct Three
Bill Blackatock
Precinet HL
Dec Benton
Tses
Ocu Jones
Loum
Crescent Hill Church of Christ
American Legion
Cions Club
Masonic Lodge
Chamber of Commerce
Commissioners Court
Oliver Anmonmerd
Derry
James Pulford
Pulford
Teery County
Meadow High School
Pol
Brownfield Motive Force
Tetan Agm
Jay
Ute
Fulford
Ktoy Moreman
Kerry County
Po Hase
Voley
Ciated
Gillham
Cordran
Hockley
Yoakum
China
Stephen Lin
Christ
Chungking
Rotary Program
Leonard Ellington
Jaycees
Joe Shelton
Ace Ae
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