Chamber Banquet Plans Finalized At Armory Event
Directors finalize plans for the annual Chamber banquet to be held at the National Guard Armory at 7 30 p m with 50 seats available. Dr Grover E Murray Texas Tech president presents ICASALS concept on arid lands while Outstanding Citizen award is given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
National Guard
Vernon Clem
Herschel Lowe
Grover E. Murray
Texas Tech
Murray
Icasals
Tech
U.S
The
American Society
Dennis Q. Lilly
Bob Sewell
Dick Lindley
Harold Klein
Ungrateful letter recalls Cap and home change tale
A reader recalls a letter criticizing a woman who disliked shopping in Brownfield while her husband worked there. The tale recounts a young wife who moved away to a church and volunteer town, disliked it, and persuaded her husband to move back to the Cap and the Plains, where she found happiness despite hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Here
South Plains
Plains
Poteet Addresses West Texas Cotton Quality Crisis
Bob Poteet, executive VP of the Lubbock Cotton Exchange, spoke at the Terry County Cotton Marketing and Improvement Association meeting on what the market wants. He warned mills seek longer staple cotton and higher quality, urged licensing gins for a certified quality system, and noted a Cotton Institute forum in Lubbock on Feb 28 with grower and mill representatives. A panel discussed bed prep, planting, fertilization, and harvesting, with Swain and Farrar reelected to the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry County Cotton Marketing and Improvement Association
R.J. Purtell
Vernon Far
Terry County
South Plains
Poteet
California
Plains
West Texas
American Textile Manufactures Institute
Lubbock
Jim Foy
Graham Swain
Vernon Farrar
Trustees Hear Report on Minimum Wage Law at Board Meeting
Brownfield School Board discussed the new minimum wage law effective Feb 1. The wage is $1 per hour with overtime after 44 hours, costing the district about $1,256 this year for 37 cafeteria workers. Board approved raises and related hires, including Paula Pelt as English and speech teacher and Ray Anderson as school attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neighborhood Youll Corp
State Board of Education
Brownfield School Board of Trustees
Holland Evans
Evans
Board of Equalization
Perry Bear
Paul Blackstock
Marion Bowers
Grady Davis
E.H. Farrar
W.A
Dub) Fulford
Val Garner
Lioyd Hahn
W.F. Heflin
Howard Hurd
Clovis K. Kendrick
Herschel Lowe
Jimmy Nail
Bill Noble
Charles Paul
Mark Wyatt
Monroe Rowden
Vernon Farrar
Kenneth Purtell
Jess McWherter
Mack Ross
Lal Copeland
Leonard Ellington
Robert Knight
L.G. Smith
James Thurman
Billie Moore
John McFarland
Paula Pelt
Texas Tech
Judy Kerns
Anderson
Burton Hackney
E.B. Posey
Colonial Heights
Jesse G. Randal
Oak Grove
West Ward
Wheatley
S. Viola Simmonds
John Jennings
Douglas
Protective water depletion claim urged for 1963 tax return
John Kendrick of the South Plains Underground Water Conservation District announced landowners in Gaines Yoakum Terry and southern Cochran should file a protective water depletion claim with their 1963 federal tax returns. Without a claim by April 15 1967 the deduction may be lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kendrick
South Plains Underground Water Conservation District
Gaines
Yoakum
Terry
Southern Cochran
Ogallala
Terry County
Texas
Lr.s
Ick
United Fund drive surpasses goal in Terry County
Terry County residents surpassed the $27 000 goal with a total of $27 012 28 led by divisions including Employe Schools Rural Advance and Wholesale. A celebration and awards will be held at 4 PM Friday in the Flame Room of the Pioneer Natural Gas Building with Mayor Ross presenting to leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry County
United Fund
Jackie Cargill
Holland Evans
Dennis Q. Lilly
Donald Hancock
Arlie Lawrimore
Ike Bailey
Marlow Suma
Pioneer Natural Gas
C.E. Ross
Brownfield Boys’ Club
Boys Scouts of America
the Salvation Army
American Red Cross
Girl Scouts of America
West Texas Boys’ Ranch
Girlstown
John J. Kendrick
Births and Deaths in Brownfield for December
A total of 33 births were recorded in Brownfield during December with 16 males and 17 females, bringing the yearly total to 381. Twelve deaths were recorded in December, the largest monthly total, with causes including circulator collapse, heart disease, bronchial issues, uremia, and respiratory distress syndrome, totaling 105 deaths for the year.
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Brownfield
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Jim Fowler
W.T. Gibbs
Brownfield High School
Tommy Dodson
Billie Norman
Bob Poteet
Swain
Farrar
Association
Paul Farrar
Carrol Collier
Tim Faulkenberry
Dr. Douglas
Dr. Posey
Jennings
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Cripple Children and Adults, Volunteers of America, Goodfellow Fund
And
United Service Organization, Inc
United
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