Dr. Newman Set as Brownfield Chamber Banquet Speaker
Howard Payne College President Dr. Guy D. Newman will keynote the Brownfield Chamber of Commerce Banquet on February 14 at 7 p.m. in the junior high cafeteria. The event marks the 53rd annual banquet with tickets at 2.50. Newman, a noted theologian and educator, has held multiple civic and educational posts and received the 1960 Freedom Foundation award for Democracy In Action.
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Guy D. Newman
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
Brownfield Chamber of Commerce
Joe Price
Newman
Freedoms Foundation
Howard Payne
Nual
Baylor
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Howard Prayne
Brownfield Commercial Club
Chamber of Commerce
Arlie Lawrimore
Jake Ge
Ron
A. C. Bishop
Joe Ed Sullivan
Roy Harris
C. G. Griffith
Leonard Ellington
Robert Baumgardner
Bill McKinney
Perry Bear
Dr. Newman
HPC
Eisenhower
White House Conference On Children
Yvouth
Price Daniel
Texas Youth Council
England
Scotland
Club To Honor Bosses Monday and Banquet Slated
Brownfield Jaycees host Bosses Luncheon Monday at noon in the Party House with Dr. Dudley Strain of Lubbock First Christian Church as guest speaker. The event kicks National Jaycee Week and invites members to bring their bosses as guests.
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Dudley Strain
Lubbock First
Banqet
City Council Approves Contracts and Signals in Session
Brownfield City Council approved a contract with the First Baptist Church for east City Hall parking, elected Phil Thompson fire chief, and requested Texas Highway Department signal lights at Tahoka Road Lubbock Highway and Tate First St. A curb recess on West Broadway at 6th Street was approved, along with drainage talks with Southside Church of Christ and a pending water authority agreement. Mayor Jess VeWherter led the meeting with all members present.
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First Baptist Church
Texas Highway Department
Brownfield
W. Broadway
6Th St
Riv Water Authority
Phil Thompson
Thompson
Highway Department
Tahoka Road
Lubbock High
Department
Tate
1St St
Eunice Jones
West Broadway
Southside
Church of Christ
Prowler Investigated After Theft Attempt and Property Loss
City police investigated theft and attempted break in at 106 E Broadway as a prowler climbed a washroom roof and removed a screen. Mrs Stricklin may have frightened him away. A separate report listed missing clothes from a yard on Railroad Ave. and a minor vehicle collision caused no injuries. Fire crews battled a fuel-line truck fire on Hill and a trash fire on Friday night. A water line break was reported on North Tenth.
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J. Stricklin
E. Broadway
George Quesada
Railroad Ave
Sandra Kay Collum
North C
Leroy Forsand Wilson
Coleman
Farm Labor Day Slated Tuesday in Brownfield
The Texas Employment Commission will hold a Farm Labor Day in Brownfield on Tuesday from 9 am to 2 pm to connect farmers with experienced workers for the coming year. Joe Spears says the event aims to match farmers and workers through personal interviews with no charges or hire obligation.
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Brownfield
Texas Employment Commission
Joe Spears
TEC
Spears
Local Man Dies Of Asphyxiation Rites Saturday
Tilford Dale Walser 27 died of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning in his room at 106 Broadway East Thursday night. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Assembly of God Church with Rev. E F Mason officiating. Burial was at Terry County Memories Cemetery under Brownfield Funeral Home direction. Survivors include two sons in Kansas City Missouri, his father I W Walser of Lubbock, and three brothers, Hale, Bobby J., and another in Kansas City.
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Tilford Dale Walser
KE. Broadway
Assembly of God Church
E. FE. Mason
Terry County Memories Cemetery
Brownfield Funeras
William Dale
Bobby
Kansas City
I. W. Walser
Lubbock
Hale
Bobby J
Kansas City, Co
CRMWA Budget Boost Touted for Canadian River Project
Congressman George Ma hon reports 1963 as peak spend year for the Canadian River project with a $23 million federal budget. Allocations include dam and reservoir 12.9095 million, pumping plant 1.17 million, pipeline 8.3445 million, and regulatory reservoir 400 thousand. dam due 1955, aqueduct around 1968. The project, already under way, will supply water to 11 South Plains Panhandle towns.
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George Mahon
the News
Soow
Congress
South Plains Panhandle
Brownheld Wot
Memorial Service Set For Mr. Lence Price
The late Lence Price will be honored at a social memorial service at 10 45 a m today in Challis Baptist Church Rev Don Crossland pastor will preside as the church honors one of its charter members All friends and relatives are invited.
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Lence Price
Challis Baptist Church
Don Crossland
Area Severe Cold Hits Brownfield With Blowing Snow
Temperatures in Brownfield dropped to two degrees above zero at 8 a.m. Saturday. Snow fell lightly though not measured by Padio Station KTFY, blowing from the north and making streets slick in spots. No accidents were reported early Saturday as temps were to hover near zero tonight with more snow expected into Sunday.
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Padio
KTFY
Lions Plan 11th Tournament of Talent Show
Brownfield Lions name committees and set planning sessions for the 11th annual TOT show on Feb 21 22. Entries due Feb 19 with rehear sal at 6 30 pm. Admission 50 cents students 1 for adults with winners in each division and a full slate of event chairs and judges.
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Brownfield Lions
Lion
Odell Sears
Herb Chesshir
O. R. Douglas
Bob Hansen
Ed Crow
Cochairmen
John Hansard
Speed Nieman
Doc Lewis
W. W. Swaringen
Dennis Lilly
David Nicholson
Delwin Webb
Larry Morton
Paul Farrar
Charles Darwin
C. W. Denison
C. C. Scott
L. G. Smith
Jay Krath
W. A. Wolf
Luther Reynolds
Jake Geron
Monroe Clayton
Delton Tatum
C. G. Street
Chesshir
Douglas
BUT NO INCREASE IN TAXES County Pay Raise To Cost 24 000
The Terry County pay raise for county employees and officials will cost $24,000 annually starting Jan 1 1963. The increase, about 10 percent, is funded by diverting revenues from the road and bridge fund to the general fund. Top salaries range from $292 to $544 a month with a 1963 budget of $1,200,017, up $44,000 from 1962.
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Terry
County Row and Bridge
H. M. (Dube) Pyeatt
Commissioners Court
Brownfield General Hospital
Texas
Cold snap edges in with below normal temperatures
Temperatures in Brownfield and vicinity are forecast to run 10 to 12 degrees below normal with a normal high near 56 and a normal low around 19 to 33. Colder today but a moderating trend is expected early next week and little precipitation is anticipated.
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Cal Service
U. S
Mexico
Harvard Graduate School
Carnegie Foundation
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Texas United Fund
Comanche Trial Council of Boy Scouts
Masonic Lodge
Club
Oak Grove Cafegeria
Leon Hill
Amarillo
Jayveees
Oym
Graham O Smith
OYF
Monecay
Jess M Wherter
Chevyl Turner
Joy Luckie
Ruby Dial
Oklahoma
Brownfield High School
A Capella Choir
Thespian Club
Seye
Bob Eakin
Brownfield Boys’ Club
Boys’ Club
Terry County
Walser
Claude Buchanan
A. J Stricklin
FE. Broadway
Ooce
Dhagal
Justice of the Peace L. A. Rhyne
CRMWA
Billie Moore
Speedy Lindsey
Road and Bridge Fund
Terry Courthouse
Park and Library
Pyeat
State of Texas
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