Mothers March On Polio Tonight in Brownfield
The annual porch light drive returns as Brownfield mothers visit each house to collect polio donations under the slogan Light the way to Victory. The campaign culminates with the March of Dimes dance sponsored by the American Legion, featuring Jack Huddle and his boys, and supports the Terry County polio fund.
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Brownfield
Terry
Gant
The
American Legion
Jack Huddle
Beta Theta Chapter
ESA
Anita Cooper
Dorothy Nell Brownee
Eleanor Miller
Ann Lily
Winnie Doss
Pat Steen
Truecene George
Jo Jennings
Margaret Browder
Lillian Cameron
Frances Gillham
Ruby Nell
Hairston
Floydean Wilburn Awarded for Eagle Echo News
Friends announce former NEWS society editor Floydean Wilburn is teaching journalism at Pecps High School. The Eagle Echo earned a top award from the Texas High School Press Association.
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Floydean Wilburn
News Society
Pecps High School
Eagle Echo
Texas High School Press Association
Brownfield FFA Teams to Appear on TV Saturday
Brownfield FFA junior and senior Skill teams will appear on KCBD TV channel 11 at 5 30 p m Saturday according to Wes Hicks vocational agriculture instructor The teams won first place at the State FFA Leadership contest at Sam Houston State college The senior team members are Max Miller Jerry Paden and Kelly Mac Sears The junior team members are Avon Floyd Leon Willis and Dixson Latham They will demonstrate plant tissue testing and bactracin pellets in swine production respectively.
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Brownfield Ffa
Kcbd-Tvv
Wes Hicks
Sam Houston State College
Max Miller
Jerry Paden
Kelly Mac Sears
Avon Floyd
Leon Willis
Dixson Latham
Chamber of Commerce Pursues Community Needs Programs
The Chamber reports member interest in industry payroll growth, a city county park, youth recreation center, and improved parking. It notes a Citizen's Traffic Commission and a countywide safety program near completion, with Grady Elder as chairman and Brownfield seeking National Safety Council membership.
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Chamber of Commerce
Grady Elder
YMCA
Eider
Elder
National Safety Council
Brownfield
J C Powell Brownfield's Outstanding Young Man of 53
J C Powell named Brownfield's Outstanding Young Man of 1953 at the Junior Chamber of Commerce banquet. L G Smith, 1952 winner, presented the honor. Powell, a Dallas native who moved to Brownfield in 1987, earned BA and MA degrees from Texas Tech and held leadership roles in Kiwanis and the Methodist Men over 1953. He served as Scout Commissioner and thanked his wife and father as he accepted the award.
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J. C. Powell
Brownfield
L. G. Smith
Texas Tech
Uncle Sam
Navy
Tech
Psychology Club
Wranglers
Helen Gillham
Kiwanis and Toastmaster's Club
Kiwanis
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Erving
Terry Cownty
South Plains
J.C. Powell
Helen
Powell
Clyde Bond, Jr
Herb Chesshir
L. G. Wilson
Four more candidates enter Terry County race
Mor gan Copeland announces for County Attorney Elmer Brownlee seeks re election as County School Superintendent Eldon Cornelius runs for Commissioner Precinct 3 John W Jenkins seeks Justice of Peace Precinct 1 Brownfield native Copeland 26 with BA and LLB from Texas U has worked with Hackney Crawford since 1952 and belongs to local civic groups.
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Jenkins
the Counry
Jessie G. Randal School
Justice of Peace
Meadow
Brownlee
Terry County
Copeland
Brownfield
Decide on Increased Cotton Acreage Today
Texas Farm Bureau urged the state PMA committee to allot 1 342 000 acres received from the Agriculture Department directly to farmers. Hub King said farmers could gain up to 48 percent cropland in Terry county, versus 18 percent if allocations route through counties. The State PMA committee meets today at Bryan to decide the distribution.
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Texas Farm Bureau
PMA
Texas
Department of Agriculture
Hub King
Waco
King
Terry County
Bryan
McCarthy to Drill Offset in Statex Cisco Field Terry County
Glenn McCarthy Inc stakes an 80 acre Statex Cisco field lease in southeast section 145 Terry County six miles south of Brownfield testing for regular field pay to 10 500 feet. Three Prentice field completions in Terry County report oil production with acidizing treatments and varying gas oil ratios while wells drift at depths around 9 254 to 11 134 feet.
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Glenn McCarthy, Inc
Statex
Cisco Field
Terry County
Statex-Cisco
Houston
Anderson Prichard Oil Corp
Wildcat
Yoakum
Texas Pacific Coal & Oi Co
N. M. Williams
PSL
Joseph N. O'Neill Jr
Covington
Placid
C&m
Views and alerts for the weekend shopper and voters
The notice urges paying polls by Saturday with stores open late and hints at a Dollar Day sale by Brownfield merchants. It also reports on a child’s eye injury from a firecracker and mentions VEW leaders Justin Morrow and Thad Patterson visiting a Tuesday meeting, plus a Jaycee convention representation and a noon fire at Higginbotham-Bartlett lumber yard. The Terry County Teachers Association winter meeting is set for Meadow Monday night.
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Terry County
Teacher’a.Association
Evelyn Jones
Meadow
England
Lubbock
Eid
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Pemberton Agency
Brownfield High School
Sue Ammons
Betty Dubose
Ann Lee Jones
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Texas American Legion
L. E. Page
Carthage
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James Evans
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L. J. Richardson
Hilton Lambert
Snyder
Lynn Nelson
Cornelius, Brownlee and
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Gan Copeland
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Elmer Brownlee Ann
Cornelius
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University of Texas
University Law School
Hackney & Crawford
Copeland Is
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First Baptist Church, the
Terry County Bar Association
John H. Gibson
Wellman
Wellman-Wolfcamp Field
Littlefield
Justin Morrow
VEW
Thad Patterson
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Seayeaves
Yim
Levelland
Karl Jones
Morgan Copeland
Vv. Fleming
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Higginbotham-Bartlett
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