Western Week Rodeo Events Set in Terry County
Terry County roped off a crowded rodeo week from Monday to Saturday with shows Thursday Friday and Saturday and a Thursday parade at 4 30 pm. Eleven parade entries include Boy Scout and Girl Scout groups plus clubs and study groups with free rodeo tickets as prizes. Plans note Hereford visitors and stock, with RCA cowboys and top riders expected. The Brownfield proclamation names June 6 to 11 Western Week and urges proper conduct.
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Terry County
Spe
Depot
Feiss
Lubbock Road
Main Street
Rodeo Grounds
Tess Fuller
J. B. Huckabee
Fulfer
Crate Snider
Snider
Hereford
Hardaway
Taman
Buddy Eaton
Baume
Brownfield
RCA
Texas
Primm
Paving Costs Local 65-Block Project Expected Drop
City Engineer M R Smith says this summer’s 65-block paving project will cost 2.65 dollars per running foot for 40-foot paving and 2.45 dollars for 36-foot streets. City Manager Eunice Jones notes the 1941 project had 2.95 dollars per running foot for 40-foot paving.
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M. R. Smith
Eunice Jones
Northeast Adair-Wolfcamp Extension Through Midwest Guetersloh
The Northeast Adair-Wolfcamp field in Terry county extends with the Midwest Guetersloh No 1-A Guetersloh completion. Flowing at 265.5 bpd from 16.64 inch choke, oil gravity 43.2 degrees, tubing pressure 250. Water-free oil from perforations at 8,842 to 8,850 feet. Drilling continues toward 13,500 feet with tests in San Andres and Clearfork lacking oil shows.
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Adair-Wolfcamp
Aouth
Terry County
Midwest Oil Corp
White Eagle Oil Co
USL Survey
Brownfield
Phillips Petroleum Co
John EB
Sprayberry
Reading
San Andres
C&rmrr
McElroy Ranch Co
Barnes
Sawyer Et al
Reverend Crosby Leaves Local Church for Amarillo
Reverend Uel D. Crosby, longtime pastor of the First Methodist Church, was assigned to the Buchanan Street Church in Amarillo during a Northwest Texas Conference in Lubbock. He will be succeeded by Reverend Javies B. Tidwell of Paducah who will preach his first sermon Sunday.
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Uel D. Crosby
First Methodist
Buchanan Street
Amarillo
Lubbrd
Crosby
Javies BE. Tidwell
Paducah
Brownford
Vernon N. Henderson
Johnnie Lee Wood
Burton G. Hackney
W. M. Thomason
First Christian Church Adjusts Sunday Service Times
Rev. Bill Spreen announces summer time changes at First Christian Church with Sunday School 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. and worship 10:20 to 11:15 a.m. The change aims to reduce heat impact and boost attendance. Vacation Bible School starts Monday at 8:30 a.m. for ages four to eleven.
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Bill Spreen
First Christian Church
Spreen
Record Breaking Building Pace Continues In May
May permits totaled 1 $1 428 470 for the year surpassing 1951 and signaling a new high. May saw 13 permits valued at 99 650 with six new houses under construction and two moves. Most projects were residential aside from Kyle Grovery addition and remodeling.
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Brownfield
May
Jake Geron
Jim Compton Joins News-Herald Farm Editor Post
Jim Compton, formerly Ava l anche-Journal farm editor, joins Brownfield News-Herald as Farm Editor to develop a weekly agriculture section for Terry and possibly Gaines and Yoakum counties. He is a Texas A&M agriculture education graduate, 23, with strong South Plains farming ties and a Lubbock civic background.
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Jim Compton
News-Herald
Avalanche-Journal
Brownfield News- Herald
Curtis Sterling
Sterling
Compton
Terry
Gaines
Yoakum County
Avvalanche Journal
South Plains
Terry County
Lubbock
Texas A&m
Hood County
Lipan
FFA
ACC
Abilene
Tarleton State
Stephenville
Building Boom Grips Brownfield With Dozens of Projects
Photographs show Jerry Hahn on the roof of the Tommy Hicks home on East Tate and T. T. Miller fitting cabinets in the J. O. Burnett residence on South. Excavation proceeds on the high school auditorium as part of a $628 770 school building program, with the Methodist Church auditorium framework in view.
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Brownfield
Jerry Hahn
Tommy Hicks
East Tate
T. T. Miller
J. O. Burnett
South D
Methodist
Memorial Day Services Honor Terry County Veterans
Memorial Day observances Monday on the courthouse lawn honored Terry county veterans who died in combat. A red rose marked each commemorated grave while Gold Star Mothers received corsages. A Spanish American War veteran was recognized. The event included a graveside VFW ritual, a rifle salute, and Taps.
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Abraham Lincoln
O. R. Douglas
United States
Mmes
Nora West
Mary C. Hill
Gertrude Freeman
Ella L. Glover
Lula Smith
J. H. Overman
Carmen Renna
Della Huckleberry
Terry County
Solem
Hand Brothers Veterans of Foreign Wars Post and Auxiliary
H. B. Parks
Perla Cardwell
A. H. Schofield
H. B. Virgil Crawford
R. Douglas
VFW
James H. Dallas
L. D. Bailey
Bill Dugger
Parks
National Guard
Fred Adams
Jerry Don Huckabee
Carmen Rénna
Teenagers Involved In Two Vehicle Crash Downtown
A fifteen year old boy and a girl were involved in a collision at the intersection of Tohoka road and Lubbock highway Tuesday morning. Damages were 97.50 to the boy's car and 50 to the girl's. Police charged the boy with improper driving and stopping and the girl with improper passing.
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Tohoka Road
Lubbock Highway
Mail Delivery For South Side Depends On Residents Petition
In Brownfield the post office plans daily mail delivery for the south side following a residents petition. Postmaster Joe Shelton says a survey shows 147 homes could be served, excluding areas on South Fourth and South Eighth already served by Rural Carrier No. 3.
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Brownfield
Joe Shelton
Shelton
South Fourth
South Eighth
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T. B. Freeman
Richard Patton
Dublin
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
C. B. Townes
Amarillo Church
Kyle Grovery
W.L. Boen
North Fifth
D. E. Harris
North C
B. N. Flanagan
Cactus Lane
Roy Moreman
North Fourth
Kyle Grocery
Glenwood Homes, Inc
Fast Broadway
East Broadway
E. M. McBee
Jerry Kirschner
John L. Cruce
East Cardwell
H. W. Herndon
East Hester
Roy L. Wrenn
Vashti Castleberry
West
Buckley
A&m
413Th Military Government Reserve Company
Chamber of Commerce
Jim Comptom
South Side
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