Holiday policing slows as minor wrecks and arrests rise
A series of minor incidents and drunkenness arrests marked the police beat this holiday period. Wrecks occurred on North Second at 6 19 p m involving a 1967 Pontiac owned by Willie Helm and a 1962 Chevrolet pickup driven by Leon Clay Webster. A second collision happened at South Pecos and Warren at 12 30 a m involving a 1961 Chevrolet sedan owned by Ronnie Clyde Glover and a 1967 Chevrolet driven by Harold Lewis. Pro prowlers were reported at the La Fonda Motel at 10 45 p m and vandalism with obscene writings on signs belonging to Charlie Price. A dog bite incident involved Santos Galvan's dog. D Vazzi, Ted Hayes, Jack Patton, and Glyndon Stockton were arrested or cited for drunkenness with fines ranging from 25 to 39 50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Second
Willie Helm
S. Cedar
N. 2Nd
Leon Clay Webster
E. Cardwell
Gene Gunn
Lubbock Road
South Pecos
Warren
Ronnie Clyde Glover
Yucca Lane
Harold Lewis
Lewis Hammond
S. Lons
Harold Hendrix
la Fonda
Charlie Price
Mrs. Brazeil
Santos Galvan
Sammie Lee
D. Vazzi
Ted Hayes
Jack Patton
Glyndon Stockton
Cleanest Alley Winners Revealed in Town Campaign
Brownfield Garden Club announced winners of the Cleanest Alley In Town after a weeks long drive by Terry County Chamber of Commerce. Winners hail from the 500 block of East Buckley and East Reppto with residents named including George Weiss and L.R. Shepard. Honorable mentions cover the 700 block East Reppto and East Buckley Truett Flache Bob Duman Sam Privitt W.E. Feltner and Lee Brownfield and other blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield Garden Club
Terry County Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
East
Buckley
East Reppto
George Weiss
L.R. Shepard
Leona Turner
Nellis Johnson
Irene Camper
Wayne I. Hughes
Daniel R. Rex
East Buckley
Truett Flache
Bob Duman
Sam Privitt
W.E. Fielder
Lee Brownfield
Hill and Main
James R. Qualls
Earl Elrod
Millard Martin
Cora Bruce
Curtis Bass
L.C. Heath
Raymond Bohler
Charles Bandy
R.N. McClain
O.B. Nelson
Dudley Farr to General Office role change at Brown Field
George Ater of San Angelo will become western division traffic supervisor at Brown field replacing Dudley Farr effective June 4. Farr moves to traffic equipment engineer west south at General Offices in San Angelo. Ater, with long General Telephone tenure, will assist districts in staffing, training, procedures, and traffic records. Farr led Brown field traffic supervision since 1963 and previously served in San Angelo. he started as an installer and rose to traffic engineer. They plan to relocate by end of May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ater
San Angelo
Western Division
Brownfield
Dudley Farr
Curtis Scott
General Telephone Company
Southwest
Farr
Ater
Carlsbad
N. M
General Afce
Carlsbad High School
New Mexico State College
Ate
Martha
Rick
David
1007
South Sens
Gavel Gift Honors Jesse T. George by Ben Barnes
Speaker Ben Barnes presented Texas Representative Jesse T. George with an engraved gavel recognizing his service as vice chairman of the School Districts Committee in the 60th Legislature. Barnes praised George for long hours of work benefiting his district and state. George also serves on Education Motor Traffic Agriculture and Constitutional Amendments committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Ben Barnes
Jesse T. George
Terry County
George
Barnes
Texas
Agriculture
Constitutional Amonts
Tornado sightings and storm damage sweep county
Strong storms moved through the county Sunday bringing hail and at least six tornado sightings between Gomez and Brownfield at about 5 30 p m though none touched the ground. Civil defense director Lewis Simmonds credited citizen reports and listed responders including J W Tiny Nelson Phil Thompson Ted Jones and my Sikes from the Terry County Sheriff’s Department. A fire at Texas Compress and Warehouse injured no one but damaged about 27 bales of cotton and was blamed on lightning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KKUB
Gomez
Brownfield
Lewis Simmonds
Civil Defense
Simmonds
J.W
Tiny) Nelson
Phil Thompson
Ted Jones
My Sikes
Terry County
Sheriff’s Department
Texas
W. Ross
County hearings eye expanded deer season and prairie chicken test
Sportsmen, landowners and wildlife biologists meet county hearings under Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept to discuss broad deer season expansion in 1967 and other topics. In Edwards Plateau and Panhandle areas, proposals include early antlerless deer season, January extensions, a two day prairie chicken season in Hemphill Lipscomb and Wheeler, and shifting noudad sheep season to January in Palo Duro Canyon counties. A Possum Kingdom walleyes trial is proposed though fish have been scarce since 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Terry County
Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission
Edwards Plateau
Oak Prairie
South Central
Panhandle
Hemphill
Lipscomb
Wheeler
Palo Duro Canyon
Possum Kingdom Lake
Lake
Meredith
Registration Opens for Head Start at Oak Grove
Head Start registration starts today at Oak Grove Elementary for first graders entering in September. Pre-register between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on today or Friday, bringing birth certificates and immunization records if possible. Jim Hensley notes pre-registration eases the first day for teachers and aides. the listed teachers include Mines, Ruby Arnold, Edna Best, Dora Ford, Nell Evans, Irene Rieck and Phyllis Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
Jim Hensley
Mines
Ruby Arnold
Edna Best
Dora Ford
Nell Evans
Irene Rieck
Phyllis Taylor
Boys Staters To Be Honored Here
Dinner honors region Boys State delegates from Terry County including Kirk Brown Roy Cato Randy Douglas Gary Jones Benny Marrow and Keith Martin The 1967 Texas American Legion Boys State runs June 10 17 at the University of Texas in Austin with 51 boys sponsored by the American Legion Two Boys Nation representatives will follow in July in Washington DC The event introduces youth to government functions and citizen duties and includes a concurrent Girls State dinner and invites past Boys and Girls State participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Henson Post No
American Legion Hall
Terry County
Kirk Brown
Farr J. Brown
Roy Cato
Keith Cato
Meadow
Randy Douglas
O. R. Douglas
Gary Jones
R. D. Jones Jr
Benny Marrow
D.M. Marrow
Union
Keith Martin
Don Martin
Wellman
Texas American Legion
University of Texas
Austin
Maurice Martin
American Legion
Boys State
American Legion Boys Nation
Washington, D.C
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brenda Benson
Sheryl Franks
Coleman Park
Miss Benson
John P. Benson
Miss Franks
Rufus Franks
Dudley Far
George Ater Replaces
George Given
Wildlife Meeting
Randy Douglas Brownfield
Legion
Martin
Girls State
American Legion Auxiliary
Mmes
Etta Brumley
Anna Bailey
Eva Baggett
Helen Bramlett
Lucille Burleson
Gertrude Free
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