Ginning season ends with burr compost experiment in Terry County
Terry County farmers test returning composted burrs to soil as fertilizer. C. E. Bartley and son show 10 ton per acre applications, with 5,000 acres treated overall. County Agent Jim Foy notes soil moisture benefits and nutrient balance including phosphoric acid and potash. The debate centers on burrs versus commercial fertilizer and cost effectiveness.
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Terry County
C. E. Bartley
Charles
Jim Foy
Levelland Highway
Bartley
City Seeks Bids for 344 Street Signs and Mineral Lease
Brownfield city officials invite bids for marking 344 street intersections with 4-inch letter signs on 6-inch plates and announce intention to lease east half of Section 50 four miles east for oil gas and minerals. Bids due Feb 11. Police report about 100 courtesy tickets issued for double parking since enforcement tightened. second offenders face no courtesy tickets.
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Brownfield
One Completion Is Lonesome Bright Spot in Oil News
Oil news reports show no oil or gas at Anderson-Prichard Oil Corp No 1 Rich two miles east of Wellman after a 30 minute drillstem test from 10 330 to 10 388 feet with 15 feet drilling mud recovered. Stano lind Oil & Gas No 1 Ilda May near Tokio also tested but no hydrocarbons found. See ONE COMPLETION Page 4.
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Anderson-Prichard Oil Corp
Wellman
Stanolind Oil & Gas
Ilda
Tokio
Chamber of Commerce to Mail Ballots For Annual Election of New Directors
The Chamber will mail ballots to members next week listing 10 nominees from which six directors will be chosen for a three year term. Voting closes February 3. The retiring directors are Monk Parker James Harley Dallas Herb Cheshir Curtis Sterling Harry Cornelius Vernon Townes. The current board meets Thursday to elect a new president from the remaining members and discuss 1954 program plans.
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Chamber of Commerce
Joe Christian
Western Farm & Ranch
Dennis Lilly
First National Bank
J. E. Smith
Smith Machinery
C. G. Griffith
Griffith Variety
Marion Bowers
Bowers Butane
J. T. Hoy
Hoy
C. C. Primm
Primm Drug
Shorty Collier
Collier Gulf Station
Monk Parker
James Harley Dallas
Herb Chesshir
Curtis Sterling
Harry Cornelius
Vernon Townes
Ernest Hyman Wins Third Chesshir Cotton Contest
Freshman Ernest Hyman of Brownfield High School won the $100 first prize in the third Chesshir Cotton Contest. He posted a 782 pounds per acre yield and was sworn in by witnesses. Runner up Lewis Chambliss earned $75 with 706 pounds, while Donald Aldridge took $50 for 647 pounds. Fourth went to Bill Tom Goza despite past Irrigated division wins, after a disrupted plot.
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Brownfield High School
Ernest Hyman
Chesshir
Herman Chesshir
Dryland
Hyman
Harry Hyman
Lewis Chambliss
Loyd Chambliss
Donald Aldridge
Meadow High School
Bill Tom Goza
Goza
Wellman
Wellman High School
One Week Remains To Tax Deadline January 31
Tax collections in three agencies stay near average for this period. Deadline to pay without penalty is January 31 but offices stay open until midnight January 30 due to Sunday timing. Tax collectors report varied completion: about 93 percent overall, 90 percent county polls, 74 percent city taxes.
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Raymond Simms
Donald Cates
Jake Geron
ACP Program Unchanged by Shuffle in Terry County
Terry county farmers are told the 1954 ACP program remains in effect after a department reorganization. Local manager Love Miller says cost sharing continues through SCS Extension Service FHA and ASC committees. Requests may be submitted anytime with the first Wednesday monthly as review date. reports needed on cropland prepared for cotton in 1958 to support 1955 acreage allotment adjustments due to weather.
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Dme
Chamber of Commerce
Red
Terry County
Department of Agriculture
Love Miller
SCS
Extension Service
FHA
SCC
ASC
Milles
ASO
City Council Plans Bar Reform as New Year Begins
The column notes the City Council acts on a New Year issue with a bar decision after repeated attempts. It mentions sealing proposals for 344 four way street name signs due by February 11 and references a Red Crows Fund Drive led by PF Hutson.
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BB. PF
Hutson
Red Crows Fund
Einai
Terry County Economic Picture of 1953 Progress Amid Dryness
Terry County in 1953 saw a steady economy with more electric power use and population gains, while building slowed and bank deposits fell slightly yet remained high for the South Plains. Oil and gas activity rose with 3 new oil wells and 1 gas well. irrigation wells topped 400, totaling about 440.
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South Paiia
Lubbock
Plainview
Browntfield
South Plains
Lamesa
Littlefield
Leveliana
Terry County
Texas
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Buddy Gillham
Duke Pyeatt
Lee Brownfield
John Odell
Harry Goble
M. J. Craig, Jr
Harlen Glenn
Frank Ballard
Ed Wilder
Grady Elder
Tion
W. F. Howard
James Martin
L. W. Langford
Warren Young
Homer Dutin
Roy Parvier
J. B. Smith
R. H. Bailey
Charles Vermillion
Gaza
Jerry
Alton Carmichael
Herman Wheatley, Jr
Bob- See Hyman
Miller
Department General
By Jerky Stoltz
Pape
Joe Shelton
C. L. Clark
Terry County Bank and Savings and Loan
Brownfield State Bank
Brownfield Savings & Loan
Savings & Loan
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