Miss Texas Pageant and local rodeo planned for mid summer
Weldon Callaway promotes the Miss South Plains Day for Jane Weiss as a prelude to the Miss Texas Pageant in Fort Worth later this month. The local Brownfield Bank closed to honor W i Tudor's funeral, while plans note theMiss Texas event July 23 to 25 and a big local rodeo.
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South Plains
Weldon Callaway
Jane Weiss
Brownfield State Bank
W i
Red) Tudor
Brownfield
Fort Worth
Weekes Talks To Brownfield Optimist Club
Don Weekes of Lubbock addressed the Brownfield Optimist Club at their Thursday noon meeting. Weekes, a certified skin diving instructor, spoke on skin diving and a desecration of equipment. James W. Evans presided over a brief business session. Charcoal steaks were prepared for about 25 members and two guests by Jimmy Billings.
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Brownfield Optimist Club
Don Weekes
Lubbock
Weekes
James W
Amy) Evans
Prsident
Jimmy Billings
Parade To Oner Rodeo Festivities
The Terry County Rodeo parade starts at 4 pm on July 23 with entry contact details for Wo Kennedy and Ray Christopher. Fifteen riding clubs join a route from the north town edge to the square and rodeo grounds, followed by three nights of rodeo activities July 23 to 25.
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Terry County
Ty the
Terry County Sheriffs Posse
Wo Wo Kennedy
Ray Christopher
Lubbock
Levelland
Young Suspects Arrested Here
Brownfield City Police report three youths ages 8 13 charged with burglary and theft. They were questioned and released to parents pending juvenile hearings after taking items from a parked car. Police recovered film three key sets from Andrews Motor Co and a swimsuit. A resident reported a home entry.
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Brownfield City
Andrews Motor Co
H. H. Hughes
Amdrews Motor Co
Travis Minyard
W. Lake
Rites Held For Civic Leader and Businessman
Funeral services for WB Red Tudor were held at 2 30 pm Friday at First Baptist Church with Rev Ed Crow officiating. He died at 1 50 am Thursday in Brownfield General Hospital after a stroke. Tudor, 78, was a longtime Brownfield merchant and civic figure, Ford and Buick dealer, bank director and former city council member. He is survived by his wife, two brothers, a sister, seven nephews and three nieces. Pallbearers named.
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WB Red Tudor
First Baptist Church
Ed Crow
J. Loyd Mayhew
First Methodist Church
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Tudor
Brownfield General Hospital
Brownfield
Abernathy
Plains
Muriel Dixon
Lubbock
Ford
Buick
Tudor Sales
First National Bank
S. J. Dixon
Plains State Bank
R. H. Tudor
Morgan Copeland
Morgan Pace
Mack Pickett
John J. Kendrick
R. N. (Whitey) Lowe
Tom Kaizer
Services Pending For Rowden Baby
Funeral services are pending for Lee Dale Rowden Jr. infant son of Mr and Mrs Lee I Rowden of Hof Germany. The family will arrive in Brownfield today. The baby was born July 4 and died July . Survivors include his parents one sister at home and grandparents Mr and Mrs Carroll Rowden 902 bh Oak.
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Lee Dale Rowden Jr
Lee I Rowen
Hof
Germany
Brownfield Tod
Jnly
Carrol Rowden
Local Couple Die in Auto Accident Near Fredericksburg
Funeral plans are set for Mr. and Mrs. W. G Carter of Gomez after a head on collision at 9:30 am Saturday near Fredericksburg on their way home from visiting son Arthur Ray Carlier of Victoria. Survived by three daughters, three sons, twenty grandchildren, two brothers and three sisters, the Carters were farmers with long service in the Gomez community.
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W. G Carter
N. A
Fredericksburg
Arthur Ray Carlier
Victoria
Carter
Gomez Community
J. C. Wooley
Gray Wasson
Plains
Marie Forbus
Big Spring
Arthur Ray
Bobby Lynn Carter
Waxahachie
Oscar Carter
Amarillo
Brownfield Council Grants Street Closure Authority
Brownfield City Council approved closing a rarely used street between 5th and 6th Streets near the Boys' Club. City Manager Eunice Jones stated the action to restrict traffic was for safety and efficiency.
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West Reppto Street
5Th
6Th Streets
Eunice Jones
Recipe Winners Named In NEWS
Mrs. Joe H. Henson won the grand prize of 100 dollars in the Brownfield NEWS recipe contest. Consolation prizes of 30 dollars went to Mrs. Kenny Gore, Mrs. Loyd W. Yowell, Mrs. Sawyer A. Graham, Mrs. Dennis Q Lilly, Mrs. Donald J. Burda, and Mrs. Harold Ramage. Henson’s Mexican Cornbread can be used as bread or with dinner or salad, and other winning recipes include Quickie Mexican One-Dish Dinner, Tiny Pecans Pies, Apple Cheese Nut Bread, Bacon Cheese Pie, a salad dressing, Baked Venison Steak, and Blueberry Banana Cream Pie. Regular subscribers receive a Recipe edition copy. About 400 extra copies printed and 25 cents each.
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Joe H. Henson
Route One
Brownfield News
Lowell Hunt
Pn Wisher
Kenny Gore
E. Lake
Loyd W. Yowell
Sawyer A Graham
E. Tate
M&s
Mrs. Henson
Mrs. Gore
Mrs. Yowell
Ner
Kitchen Korners Rookery
Weather forecast for Brownfield area today
Clear to partly cloudy conditions with near 100 degree high and near 70 degree low. Winds shift to variable this afternoon with an outlook of little change on Monday. Sunrise 5 45 AM sunset 8 PM. Precipitation none in last 24 hours.
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Brownfield
Toll tragedy near Brownfield claims eight lives
A head on collision 12 miles west of Brownfield on U S Highway 380 at 5 30 a m Saturday killed eight people, all in the Castro car except Primo Luna Ramon who died later. Victims include Pablo Castro 23 and Elena Estrada 19 with others aged 13 to 16. Ramon 34 survived initially but died at Brownfield General Hospital.
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Brownfield
Terry County
Pablo Galvan Castro
W. Ripley
Jesus Estrada Jr
Elena Estrada
Odelia Estrada
Eulalio Gutierrez Jr
Louis Castro Jr
Charles Longoria
Primo Luna Ramon
U. S. Highway 380
Pablo Castro
Ramon
Castro
Longoria
Brownfield General Hospital
Louisiana
Texas Highway Patrol
Fire Department
Fatal Texas crash toll reaches eleven for year in Terry County
Welding torches used to extricate victims as two cars burned into heaps of wreckage. All are taken to Brownfield Funeral Home with services pending Saturday. Five families mourn, including Estrade siblings and Castro brothers. One fatality occurred inside Brownfield city limits, pushing Terry County’s annual death toll to eleven.
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Terry County
Brownfield Funeral Home
Estrade Bey
Estrade
Castros
He Ciy
Brownfeld
Rotary Club Friday Meeting Highlights
Special guests Miss Jane Weiss Miss South Plains and Miss Emily Risager performed at the Rotary Club gathering with Mr and Mrs George Weiss in attendance Weiss a local member. Mrs Frances Gilliam attended as chaperon for the Miss Texas Pageant in Fort Worth. Howard Davis reported on the International Rotary Convention in Toronto Canada. He represented the local club at the international meeting.
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Rotary Club
Jane Weiss
South Plains
Emily Risager
George Weiss
Weiss
Miss Weiss
Frances Gilliam
Sere
Fort Worth
Howard Davis
Toronto
Canada
Pioneer Dentist A F Schofield Dies In Bartlett
Dr A F Schofield a Brownfield pioneer dentist died at 1 am Friday in Temple Veterans Hospital after weeks of illness He was 88 Born in Newton Illinois he practiced in Bartlett for 36 years moving in 1923 He brought Texas its first dental X Ray machine and donated equipment to Texas Tech museum Survivors include two sons and seven grandchildren funeral services were held at Goodnight Funeral Home Bartlett with Masonic graveside rites.
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A. F Schofield
Brownfield
Goodnight Funeral Home
Bartlett
Tom Cook
West Ministrial Presbyterian Church of
Waco
Coodnight
Schofield
Veteran's Hospital
Temple
Parker
Kansas City
Texas
Leona
Eddy
Schoftield
West Main Street
Texas Tech
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Rowden Baby
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Speedy) Lindsey
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