Second Polio Shots Scheduled July 22
South Plains Health Unit officials announced the second series of Salk polio vaccine shots for five counties. The schedule places Terry county on Friday July 22 at the Health Unit in Lamesa after visits to Seminole Denver City and Seagraves, with 674 Terry county children having received the first dose in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Plains
R. E. Johnson
Austin
Gaines County
Denver City
Yoa
Kum County
South Plains Health Unit
Terry County
Lamesa
Levelland
Seagraves
Loop
Seagraves School
Johnson
Indianapolis
Ind
Ed Lilly Co
Public Health Service
Washington
Terry
Yoakum County
Texas
Broadway
D Street
Terry ‘County
Community updates on bids and talks across local projects
County Judge Herb Chesshir announces pool and bathhouse bids moved to August due to slow preliminary architect work. Air Force Reserve progress toward an Administrative course is noted by Harold Klein. J G Gillham says construction of the National Guard armory hinges on wage terms with Pexus and the federal government. Toastmasters report a Jaycee program with remarks on the Junior Livestock Show. Rotary speaker Charles Smith, a Meadow High School sponsor, shares Boys State experiences. Street work west of the railroad tracks continues, widening the western city entrance near Levelland cutoff. Brownfield sees two families relocate with Hughes Tool Co transfers. Chesshir addresses Lions Club on county plans and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb Chesshir
Union and General Telephone reach agreement after walkout
Negotiations between Communications Workers of America CIO and General Telephone Company continued in San Angelo. Union workers walked off the job midweek then returned as officials announced that both sides have reached agreement. Further details were to be released later.
Brownfield Walkout Affects Long Distance Calls
Supervisory staff took over long distance switchboard duties in Brownfield Thursday causing minor delays in some calls while local lines remained unaffected. Union workers returned at midnight Sunday and aided Hobbs. The dispute centers on requested minimum starting wage of 1.25 dollars per hour, paid injuries, a 35 hour week for operators, and a company health program.
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Tually
Brownfield
Ser
Brownfield Supervisory Force
Hobbs
Four Volunteers Leave Wednesday for Army Induction
Four men from Local Board 116 were drafted into the Army. B V Murphy of Brownfield Billy John Reese Tonal DeWayne Aldridge of Mead ow and Alfred Marion Allen of Denver City formed the quota and were to report to the Amarillo Induction station on Wednesday and depart Thursday. The August quota calls for three men to leave on the 25th per Selective Service Board Clerk Mrs Bil Glick.
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ARMY
Amarillo
U.S. Army
Selective Service Board 116
Marllen
Denver City
Donald Aldridge
Meadow
E. V. Murphy
Brownfield
Billy
Jon A Reese
B. V. Murphy
Billy John Reese
Tonal DeWayne Aldridge
Alfred Marion Allen
Selective Service Board
Bil Glick
YMCA Trip Plans To Lubbock For Local Children
The Brownfield YMCA council will take youths who attended summer classes to Lubbock on July 23. Stops include Coca Cola Bottling Co. Holsum Bakery and Mackenzie pool with a park picnic and other activities. Attendance has been low. directors urge parents to ensure participation.
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Brownfield
Terry County
Lubbeck
West Texas approves emergency cover crop program
The State ASC committee adopted West Texas’s request for an emergency cover crop plan to aid farmers hit by drought. H L King said the committee quickly approved the program, with payments set per crop type and seeding rates, effective immediately but with restrictions on harvesting grain from paid fields until spring or summer 1956.
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State Agricultural Stabilization and Constration Service Committee
West Texas
H. L
Hub) King
Brownfield
Texas Farm Bureau
ASC
Tree
King
Texas
Lamesa
Dawson County Farm Bureau
Dawson County Asc
Dawson County Farmers Home Administration
Brownfield Extends City Limits East to Green Acres Addition
City council extends brownfield limits by three blocks on the east side from Tate to Reppte streets forming Green Acres Addition joining Sage Terrace. A zoning hearing Aug. 4 will designate the area as A Zone residential. An ordinance aligns with Texas Highway Commission rules for access drives along the Lubbock Seagraves Highway and imposes fines from five to one hundred dollars per day for violations.
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Brownfield City
Lmits
State Highway Department
Tate
Reppte
Green Acres
Sage Terrace
Bre
Lubbock-Seagraves Highway
Texas Highway Commission
Archery Club to Hold Sunday Exhibition
The Lubbock Archery Club will stage an exhibition Sunday at 30 p.m. at the Boy Scout hut near Veterans Hall on Seagraves highway. R T Wilson YMCA director says the public is invited and proceeds benefit the YMCA archery class.
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Lubbock
Supervisors Named for Civil Defense Posts
A. J. Geron Brownfield George Ashburn Meadow Wilson Roberts Wellman and Dallas Green Tokio named post supervisors for the Ground Observer Corps in their locations. County Judge Herbert Chesshir announced the appointments via the State Defense and Disaster Relief Office. The corps enlists civilian volunteers to observe report and aid air defense from posts near eight miles apart, supplementing radar. Silver GOC wings are awarded after required hours.
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A. J. Geron
Brownfield
George Ashburn
Meadow
Wilson Roberts
Wellman
Dallas Green
Tokio
Ground Observer Corps
Herbert Chesshir
State Defense and Disaster Relief Office
United States Air Defense Force
Vacation Job Coach Plans Concrete Garage Then Frame Home
Jim Elliott a junior high physics teacher and coach built a concrete block garage on his Fir and Main lot for storage. He later changed plans and chose a conventional frame house with brick veneer hoping it would appeal to future buyers.
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Jim Elliott
Jim Elliott Elliott
Fir and Main
Navy helped chart his course
John McCoy, minister of Crescent Hill Church of Christ, reflects on farm life near Victoria Texas and how Navy service redirected his path to education and ministry. He earned a BA from Abilene Christian College and an MA from North Texas State College, married Carolyn Rasor in 1947, and later led Crescent Hill as a new $60,000 educational annex with 10 classrooms, a fellowship hall and three offices was added.
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John McCoy
Crescent Hill Church of Christ
Victoria
Tex
McCoy
Sam
Navy
Pacific
U. S. S. Kershaw
Abilene Christian College
North Texas State College
Carolyn Jo Rasor
ACC
Sweetwater
Ernest
Church of Christ
Gainsville
Barney
Elier
Sydney
Eliasville
Throthmorton
NTSC
Justin Church of Christ
Crescent Hill
Diverse oil activity rises in Clearfork West area
Western Drilling Co starts No 10 Bril Clare Section 22 as crews drill 7 miles north of Tokio. Tennessee Gas Transmission pumps 114 barrels oil plus 2 percent water in 24 hours from Wolf camp pay zone at 7,895 to 8,105 feet after acidizing. Venture lies 144 miles south southwest of Honolulu No 18 B Ellington in a 440 acre lease, with prior test showing 94 barrels fluids and initial production near 149 barrels per day.
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Terry County
Treat
Western Drilling Co
Wolf Camp
Honolulu
Ellington
Lower
No. 2 Mrs. Dilley CG Oil Well Drills 6 450 Feet
Completion data show No. 2 Mrs. Dilley CG in Section 18 Bick D-14 reached 6 450 feet with Timbh casing at 6 049 feet and 5 098 feet pay. The well produced 190.43 barrels daily with no water, gravity 28.6 and GOR 348. Regular pay back started at Honolulu OU Corp. No. 9 Ella Covington in Section 21. Drilling included a three hour test from 9 674 to 9 728 feet yielding mud and salty water and 1 140 feet see.
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Dilley CG
Hays
Bick
Honolulu
OU Corp
Ella Covington
C&m Survey
Prentice
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Air Force Reserve
Harold Klein
J. ©. Gillham
National Guard
Pexus
Jaycee
Joe Stevens
David Nicholson
Hut King
Bob Baumgardner
Kelton Miller
Baumgardner
Alvin Davis
Charles Smith
D. R. Smith
Rotary
Boys’ State
Meadow High School
Hughes Tool Co
Don Webb
Andrews
Ed Bingham
Geiang
SCS
Big Spring
Chesshir
Lions Club
General Telephone
Nds. Union Co
YMCA
Kimberlee
Jerry Kirschner
Brownfield Country Club
Karen Tioft
Jan Sterling
Richard Dewins
First Street
Archery Club
Lower Clearfork West
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