Miss South Plains of 1962 crowned at Brownfield pageant
Caroline Stowe won the first Miss South Plains contest at Brownfield High School auditorium under Jaycees auspices. LeNora Turner and Valdene Garner finished second and third. about 400 attended. Stowe, a Brownfield High School graduate, plans Baylor study in music and will represent Terry County in the Miss Texas finals in Fort Worth.
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South Plains
Brownfield High School
Junior Chamber of Commerce
LeNora Turner
Vernon Goodwin
Ki. Buckley
Valdene Garner
Val Garner
E. Tate
Fort Worth
Brownfield
Baylor University
Terry County
Billye King
Donna Sue Nelson
Big Friday Parade Opens Rodeo Week in Brownfield
A large Friday parade will start rodeo week in Brownfield with amateur acts at 7 30 p m at the rodeo grounds and more features on Friday and Saturday All events are sponsored by the Terry County Sheriff s Posse At least nine posses will form the parade leaving the intersection of Levelland and Lubbock Highways at 5 p m tomorrow Local floats include Jack Christie A T Pickett Used Car Lot and others Parade participants are urged to be at the starting point between 4 and 5 p m for proper alignment The program includes bareback bronc riding calf roping team tying bull riding bulldogging calf scramble and an open girls barrel race Trophy awards accompany each show The event offers admission of 1 for adults 50 cents for children A barn dance by Jimmy Mackey and his All Stars follows the rodeo performances An Apaloosa horse show is slated Saturday at 11 a m open to registered Apaloosas }
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Brownfield
Rodeo Grounds
Terry County
Abernathy Riding Club
Dawson Co. Sheriff's
Cochran Co
Hockley Co. Sheriff's
Idalou Riding Club
Lea Co
N.M
Sheriff's Posse
Lubbock Rangers
Petersburg Riding Club
Scurry Co
Jack Christie
A. T. Pickett
Darwin-Reynolds Ford
Smith Machinery Co
Charlie Price
Dick Rajan
Happy
Bill Gordon
Terry Co
Jimmy Mackey
All- Stars
Brownfield Hosts Fourth of July Beauty Pageant
The Brownfield Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsored the South Plains Beauty Pageant held last night as city business paused for the holiday. Most residents used the Fourth of July to visit nearby lakes, while offices and stores reopened today with normal activity resuming after the holiday.
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South Plains
Brownfield
Brownfield Man Pleads Guilty to Theft Over Fifty
E. W. Tillman of Brownfield pleaded guilty to theft over $50 and was sentenced to two years in the State penitentiary at Huntsville.
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E. W. Tillman
Brownfield
State
Huntsville
Terry County 4-H Cotton Grains Tests Open Signups
More than two dozen Terry County 4-H members have signed up for the annual cotton and grain sorghum production contests with a July 13 deadline set by the county agent. Prizes will be awarded to top dryland and irrigated entrants. interested contestants are urged to contact the county agent by next Friday.
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Terry County 4-H Club
Army Enlistees Announced Here
SFC Bill Jones the local Army recruiter announced two 3 year enlistments from Terry County. Mickey Joe Cabe of Route 5 Brownfield and Jerald Wayne Lary of Route 1 Brownfield will undergo eight weeks of basic training at Ft Leonard Wood Missouri and receive a 14 day leave before regular duty or further training.
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SFC
Bill Jones
Terry Countians
Mickey Joe Cabe
Joe * Cabe
Route 5
Brownfield
Jerald Wayne Lary
Route 1
Ft Leonard Wood
City Delegation Views Budding CRMWA Project Groundbreaking
A Texas city delegation witnessed the Vista Point groundbreaking for the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority dam project near Sanford. The 322 mile navoduct will serve Amarillo Pampa Brownfield Slaton Lamesa O’Donnell Lubbock Plainview and Level land with water by 1969.
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Brownfield
Terry County
Canadian River Municipal Water Authority
Vista Point
Sanford
Panhandle
South Plains
H. B. Zachry
San Antonio
Secretar Stewart Udall
Amarillo Berger
Pampa Brownfield
Slaton
Lamesa
O'Donnell
Taboka Lubbock
Plainview
lLevelland
Area Group Backs Delta Farming Methods In Mississippi Trip
A group of 20 Terry County farmers and ag men toured the Mississippi Delta observing flame cultivation and lateral oiling. They visited Memphis and Clarksdale before reaching Jackson. The High Plains Research Foundation at Halfway near Plainview pursues studies on these methods and plans an August field day to report findings. Participants included H. L King, Ross Black, Max Proffitt, Merlin Speed, Val Garner, Kenneth Tuttle and others.
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Terry County
Mississippi Delta
Memphis
Venn
Clarksdale
Jackson
Miss
South Plains
Delta
High Plains Research Foundation
Halfway
Plainview
H. L King
Ross ©. Black
Max Proffitt
Merlin Speed
Val Garner
Kenneth Tuttle
EF. H Wood
Scott Cooper
Thurman Skains
Claude Buchanan
Bill DePoyster
Weldon Callaway
R. N. McClain
Jim Foy
Welton Mason
Earl Collister
Kenneth Hancock
W H. Holleman
Charlies Bruce
Charles S Kersh
Mississippi
Thefts Top City Police Blotter
The blotter records three thefts and one malicious mischief case since Sunday. A vacant house at 921 West Lake lost two auto transmissions and tools valued about 100 dollars between 11 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. Wednesday, owned by Wayne Hall. A license plate and mud flaps were stolen from a truck 20 miles southwest of Seminole. A tire and wheel valued at 670x15 white sidewall were reported missing from a used car lot at 818 North D. Malicious mischief involved vandalism to a 1962 auto’s rear view window at Ed's Texaco station between 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tuesday behind Brownfield Apartments.
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West Lake
Wayne Hall
East Repoto
W. H. Thomas
Route 1
Seminole
A. T. Pickett
North D
Texaco
First
Broadway
Brownfield
Youth Destroys Auto Windows On Courthouse Row
A 16-year-old Brownfield youth used a tire tool in a fit of anger to smash two left side windows of a 1950 Plymouth sedan parked east of the courthouse causing $20 damage. The owner, Joe R. Corisales of 301 West Broadway, said he would file charges. Bond set at $1,000 for each youth.
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Brownfield
Joe R. Corisales
West Broadway
Corisales
Terry
Antonio Salas
Howard Bruce Charters
350 Signatures Needed for Brownfield Integration Vote
The Brownfield Board of Education seeks about 350 more signatures to trigger an integration election. A petition coupon appears on page 4, section 1, with 20 percent of eligible voters required. Signing the coupon authorizes the election, not endorsement of integration.
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Brownfield Board of Education
Schoo District
Miss Lubbock Pageant names new winner and runnerups
Patti Ayers of Corpus Christi wins Miss Lubbock with Zoe Etta Smith of Lubbock as first runnerup and Nadyne Faulkenberry, a Texas Tech senior from Route 1 Sea Craves, placed second runnerup. Faulkenberry, daughter of Mr and Mrs W C Faulkenberry, has brown eyes and hair, a 35 24 36 figure, and performed trick twirling as her talent.
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Terry County
Nadyne Faulkenberry
Route 1
Seacraves
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Caroline Stowe
A. W. Stowe
Bettie Ann Davis
Crawford Taylor
Newell Reed
Linda Eberle
The
Miss Stowe
Barbara Brown
Kay Howell
Juanita Mulkey
Rae Nell Hanson
Nancy Bailey
Im Alia Ae
Sanford Dam
Johhny Lasiter
Ricky Yowell
Jerry Jones
Buddy Briscoe
Bobby Moss
Lynn Dill
Jimmy Foy
Mickey Joplin
Roger Henson
Robert Harred
Ronnie Floyd
Willard Blair
Dryland
Rickie Dill
Stephen Williams
Jerry Williams
Gary Tatum
Vaughn Tatum
Gary L. Jones
Ronnie Foy
Jerry Wenzel
Kenneth Wenzel
Mont Floyd Dryland
Billy Lasiter
Rickie Vowell
Don Verner
Ricky Henson
Randy Henson
L. M. Williams Jr
Jim Williams
Goodpasture Grain and Milling
Terry Couty
Brownfield Gin Co
South Gin
Pendergrass Gin
Lakey Gin Inc
Needmore Gin Inc
Herman's Gin
Newsom Gin
Wellman Co-Op
Windham Gin Inc
Tokio
Brownfield Co Op
Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
John P. Saylor
Pennsylvania
Republican Committee
J. Edgar Chenoweth
Colorado
Hjalma Nygaard
North Dakota
Mike Kirwan
Ohio
Department of Interior
Texas
Ralph Yarborough
Clark Fisher
Bers
Texas Water Comsenting
Texas Water Conservation Assn
Bureau of Reclamations
Yarborough
America
Rogers
Terry Beauty
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