Cold Wave Hits Brownfield Ahead of Weekend Freeze
The weatherman warns temperatures to drop 6 to 8 degrees below zero in Brownfield this weekend with a poor chance of rising above 20. Friday night lows at KTFY hit 2 below, not a record. Light snow fell and by 1 PM the thermometer was six above. Most cotton harvest finished. 95 percent gathered. Cattlemen urged to guard livestock.
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Brownfield
KTFY
Terry
Weather Bureau
Lubbock
Weather Outlook for Brownfield Vicinity Temperatures Below Normal
Temperatures are expected to run 8 to 12 degrees below normal with a normal low of 18 degrees. Colder conditions today give way to a warming trend early next week. Snow is projected to total 10 inches.
Cold weather thrills readers as bemused townsfolk react
Speedy Nieman notes a record cold spell with subzero readings and a witty reader’s joke about doubling zero. He highlights the Chamber of Commerce plan to let citizens choose the yearly program of work and urges paying poll tax, warning it could be the last chance under possible voting reforms.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
C of C
County to Consider Salary Hikes at Monday Meeting
The Terry County Commissioners court plans a 1963 regular session Monday with a 10 percent blanket salary increase for county employees awaiting approval to start January 1. The agenda also includes appointing a County Historical Preservation Committee and selecting attendees for the Judges and Commissioners Conference at Texas A&M.
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Terry County Commissioners Court
Texas A & M College
Brownfield
Historical Preservation Committee
Terry Committee
W. J. French
Lamesa Highway
Public Invited To Fallout Shelter Talk In Brownfield
The public may attend a 7 p.m. Tuesday lecture at the Party House on fallout shelter protection by Carl J Childers Jr an architect and fallout shelter analyst from Lubbock Brownfield Civil Defense Director Lewis Simmonds urges attendance Childers trained under the Office of Civil Defense Mobilization will use slides to show protection methods and discuss dangers and low cost home protection.
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Carl J Childers, Jr
Lubbock
Party House
Brownfield Civil Defense
Lewis Simmonds
Childers
Office of Civil Defense Mobilization
SPC President Dr Marvin Baker Speaks to Brownfield Kiwanis
South Plains College president Dr Marvin Baker will be guest speaker at the Brownfield Kiwanis Club meeting at the Party House at 6 30 p.m. Monday in Level land.
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Marvin Baker
South Plains College
Levelland
Brownfield Kiwanis Club
Community Progress Forum Bale Count Tops 150,000
Terry County cotton production neared the season’s end with 151,408 bales Friday per TEC office tabulation. The gain followed a frost bonus and late plantings, with final tonnage likely to rise slightly as ginnings wrap up. Total for Terry Gaines Yoakum counties reaches about 260,000 bales.
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Community Progress Forum
Terry County
Texas Employment Commission
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Brownfield
Terry, Gaines
Yoakum Counties
Kickoff For Boys Club Fund Drive Set Tuesday
Brownfield Boys Club launches the 500 Club fund drive with a noon luncheon at the Party House and a 4 pm youth basketball program start at the National Guard Armory. President Richard Prigmore and Executive Director Ralph Burton outline pledges, with 99 percent staying in Brownfield.
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Brownfield Boys’ Club
National Guard
Richard Prigmore
Ralph Burton
Brownfield
BCA
Prigmore
Charles Darwin
Kcbc-Tv
Lubbock
Firemen Contain Two Day Blaze At Melody Drive Inn
Firemen controlled a cafe blaze at the Melody Drive Inn and doused a second fire tied to faulty wiring. A short circuit in a light socket caused over a hundred dollars in damage as winds and near zero temperatures hampered efforts.
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Melody Drive Inn
Harold Jones
Jaycees Open Ticket Sales for Annual Awards Banquet
Jaycees began ticket sales for the annual Distinguished Service Awards Banquet to be held Saturday January 26 in the Oak Grove School Cafeteria. The event will honor the 1962 Outstanding Young Man and Outstanding Young Farmer with Rev. Leon Hill as speaker. Nominations must reach the committee by January 21 as part of National Jaycee Week activities.
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Jaycee
Oak Grove
The
Jaycees
Leon Hill
Amarillo
Joe Price
Graham Swain
West Texas Counties Report Varied Labor Forces
Labor force estimates from the Texas Employment Commission show Terry County with 6,800 in the labor force and 140 unemployed, Hockney 6,935 with 140 unemployed, Dawson 7,200 with 325 unemployed, Gaines 4,300 with 130 unemployed, Lynn 3,375 with 95 unemployed, Yoakum 2,925 with 40 unemployed, and Lubbock 59,095 with 2,475 unemployed. The 1962 figures indicate diverse employment patterns across these counties.
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West Texas
Texas Employment Commission
Terry County
Hockney County
Terry
Dawson County
Gaines
Lynn
Yoakum
Lubbock County
Red Coats Attend Chamber Banquets in West Texas
Brownfield sent Red Coats to Chamber of Commerce banquets in Big Spring and Odessa on Friday and Saturday nights. Attendees included President Joe Price and Joe Sullivan among Big Spring guests and Harry Elam Charles Darwin Jim Parrish and Price at Odessa.
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Brownfield
Chamber of Commerce
Big Spring
Odessa
Red Coats
Contact Club
Joe Price
Joe Sullivan
Charlie Hobison
Charles Kersh
A. C. Bishop
Harry Elam
Charles Darwin
Jim Parrish
Price
Ralph Duncan
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Hospital reports patient totals for 1962 at Brownfield General
Brownfield General Hospital logged 2,196 patients in 1962 as per Administrator Joe McWilliams. Medical 1,080 surgical 675 obstetrics 172. Of 676 surgical cases 358 minor 318 major. Emergency room 1,560 treated. Average stay about six days, total patient days 13,140. Accuracy noted at 45.3 percent.
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Brownfield General Hospital
Joe McWilliams
Community Progress Forum outlined by Brownfield Chamber board
Brownfield Chamber of Commerce directors approved a Community Progress Forum to analyze local needs and expand work scope. The Feb 6-7 sessions will group participants by business and vocation with committees to shape a formal work program ahead of the annual banquet.
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Brownfield Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Price
C of C
Chamber of Commerce
Newell Reed
Jake Geron
L. G. Smith
A. C. Bishop
Duncan
Trust Officer Speaks At Lion Meeting Here
L. G. Smith trust officer at Brownfield State Bank & Trust spoke at Brownfield Lions luncheon. He explained types of trusts and noted the growing trust business in West Texas and that trusts provide perpetual care beyond individual executors.
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L. G. Smith
Brownfield State Bank & Trust
Brownfield Lions
Party House
Smith
West
Texas
Ge Trust
Man Accidentally Shot Here Friday
A Brownfield man Frank Cook 38 was hospitalized Friday night with a bullet wound in the right side after stating he accidentally shot himself while putting a gun in his pocket at home. Two travelers at Earl's Laundromat reported tampering with a cigarette machine and theft of about 30 packs and $9.60.
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Earl's Laundromat
Broadway
Frank Cook
Cook
Stuart Park
Carroll Richards
Fifth and
Hill
Brownfiield General Hospital
Bartolo S. Miranda
Cecilio Villareal
Jack McClendon
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TEC
Melody
Roy Perry
Sheri
Terry County Gin
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Lanny
Scotts Bluff
Neb
Pampa
Jack Fulgham
Jef
Luther Reynolds
Pan American Petroleum Corp
C. F. Bedford
Slaughter Gasoline Plant
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