Lions Summer Recreation Program Gets Underway
Lions Club opens sign up for a multi activity summer program at Cub Stadium for youths nine and up. James Morris leads the effort as coach at Brownfield Junior High with Red Cross water safety certification. Daily practice runs 9 to 1 with a 9 to noon and 2 schedule. meets planned across multiple towns.
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Lions Club
Cub Stadium
Dave Nicholson
James Morris
Brownfield Junior High School
Red Cross
Brownfield Boys Club Opens for Summer with Ribbon Ceremony
Harold Andrews announces the Brownfield Boys Club summer program starting Monday at 10 a.m. with a ribbon cutting at the Clubhouse. Activities include swimming at Terry County Pool, arts and crafts, sports, boxing, and a rifle range, with 586 current members and 50-80 daily visitors. Jimmy Barnes named summer assistant. boxing help sought.
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Brownfield Boys Club
Harold Andrews
Board of Directors
Fox’s
Terry County Swimming Pool
Coleman Park
Jimmy Barnes
Andrews
Adub
Lamesa
Levelland
Lubbock Water Meet Scheduled in Lubbock Texas
A two part Texas Water Development Board meeting is set for June 17 in Lubbock. The morning session at Texas Tech covers West Texas in the Texas Water Plan, followed by a public board meeting in the afternoon at the In Town Inn. Participants include TWDB executives Moore and Vandertulip, along with Dr. Herbert Grubb and Edward G. Weber.
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Austin
Texas Water Development Board
Lubbock
Joe G. Moore Jr
TWDB
West Texas
Texas Water Plan
Texas Water Rights Commission
TWRC
Texas Technological College
Citizens Band Team To Meet In County Agriculture Building
Members of the Terry County Citizens Band Team will meet at 7 30 p m Monday in the directors room of the Terry County Agriculture building Gene Newsom the president states all members are urged to attend this meeting
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Terry County Citizens Band Team
Terry County Agriculture Building
Gene Newsom
Summer School at Brownfield High Begins Monday
Summer school for Brownfield High School students starts Monday at 8 a.m. with English I II III and IV Texas History Government taught by Jim Pond Judy Kern James Willis and others. Classes run five days weekly in two sessions 8-10 a.m. and 10 a.m. to noon for eight weeks through July 29 with July 4 holiday. Driver Education continues under Harold Armstrong Charlie Keese and Clifford Niles.
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Brownfield High School
Jim Pond
Judy Kern
James Willis
Harold Armgrews
Charlie Keese
Clifford Niles
June Dollar Day Bargains Swing Through Brownfield Stores
Brownfield merchants offer Dollar Day bargains across departments Monday for shoppers in the Brownfield trade area. Garden supplies budgeting priced, sewing needs and summer materials featured, and ready-to-wear departments promise affordable buys. Read today's NEWS for local store bargains.
News Adds Four Names To Brownfield Servicemen List
Four additional servicemen have been added to the Brownfield NEWS gift subscription list. Names include C. D. Brookey Kenneth RK Gruben J D Williams and Orvil D Faught. The NEWS is sent free to all boys stationed in Vietnam or on ships in Vietnamese waters. Residents with relatives in that area may contact the NEWS to have the paper mailed.
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Brownfield News
Bob Weekley
C. D. Brookey
Kenneth RK
Gruben
J.D. Williams
Orvil D. Faught
Vietnam
Voters Fail to Turn Out in Terry County Second Primary
In Terry County fewer than 2,200 of over 5,000 registered voters turned out on Saturday for the second primary. The turnout matched statewide expectations, with absentee ballots totaling 151 in Terry County.
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Terry County
Headstart Volunteers Sought as Local Elections Tie
Local voting tallies show J O Burnett with 1261 votes edging Joe Horton at 882 for county clerk while Wayne Mullins Jr narrowly beat J L Johnson 539 to 495 for precinct commissioner. Headstart efforts seek volunteers to canvass families with eligible six year olds for 90 slots at Oak Grove Elementary.
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J. O. Burnett
Joe Horton
Wayne Mullins, Jr
J. L. Johnson
Mullins
Johnson
Jim B. Hensley
Oak Grove Elementary School
Moon
May Building Permits Jump In Tahoka Report
May building permits totalled 116 175 with 16 permits lifting year to date to 62 for 416 535 while electrical permits reach 48 for the year. Three residents and two new commercial projects were noted along with a large post office building at 301 W Hill by Fort Worth firm Null Construction boosting May totals by 65 000. New residential and commercial permits include several addresses from Tahoka Road to Warren and Cardwell with values ranging from 500 to 76 500 for new homes additions and a metal storage building for Farmer’s Co op at 901 W Main.
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K. D. Moore
Tahoka Road
Junior Delanda
Story
Milton Bayer
Cedar
W. M. Johnson
Yucca Lane
H. W. Sanders
Jim)Rodriguez
Craig Wilkerson
Willie Helms
M Builders
Cardwell
A. Curtis
Old
Lamesa Road
W. Main
Sextet To Attend Boys State Meet In Austin
Six Brownfield area youths Sterling Cox Jim Newton David Hahn Tim Melcher Jimmy Tyler and Tommy Chrestman depart Saturday for the annual American Legion Boys State in Austin. Sponsored by Howard Henson Post No 269, they will join two parties on campus and participate in conventions caucuses and primaries. The trip features a day at the Capitol and Governor’s Ball with selection based on scholarship character and integrity.
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Sterling Cox
Jim Newton
David Hahn
Tim Melcher
Jimmy Tyler
Tommy Chrestman
American Legion
Austin
Howard Henson
The
Doug Cox
Jim Newton Sr
Lloyd Hahn
Brownfield
Edgar Melcher
Meadow
Matt Tyler
Union
T. F. Chrestman
Wellman
Capitol
Local Crime Skirmishes Narrowly Drop in Memorial Week
Police notes report several arrests including Johnny Reed for theft over 50 dollars and Charles Bidwell for defraud with bonds set at 1000 dollars and 2 million respectively. Other detentions include drunk in car and drunkenness charges plus theft by false pretext. A trailer theft and hub cap theft were logged as investigations and minor accidents were recorded.
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Johnny Hewy Reed
Terry County
Carlos Howell
Ruby Jean Parker
Charlie Forbus
Reed
A. D. Summeriin
E. Reppw
Jimmy Bishop
Carol Hulse
Charles R, Shrimpton
Rt. 4
Tahoka
Arturo V
Calvilio
Ly W
Jacinto
City Equalization Board Sets Meet
Members of the city tax equalization board set June 21 as the date for a public hearing on tax evaluations. The board, chaired by Ike Bailey with Rogers as secretary, included Jack Sims, Dewey Rogers, J T Bowman, Gene Gunn, and Marion Bowers. Bowers was absent. Stanley Miller outlined duties, and the group approved the vehicle valuation schedule and discussed personal and real estate values. Brownfield’s tax rate remains 35 percent of evaluation at $1.30. rates have varied since 1950. Taxpayers may request time before the board on June 21 by leaving their name and property schedule at the city tax office.
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City
Equalization Board
Mrs Singleton Rites Held At Wellman Baptist Church
Services for 85 year old Mrs Mary Singleton were held at 2 30 pm Friday at Wellman Baptist Church with Rev Larry Heard officiating assisted by Rev Boyce Evans of Lubbock Burial followed at Terry County Memorial Cemetery under Brownfield Funeral Home direction She died 6 05 pm Wednesday in Brownfield General Hospital She moved with husband J F Singleton to Wellman in 1927 He preceded her in death in 1945 Survivors include one son J F Singleton five daughters 23 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren
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Mary Singleton
Wellman Baptist Church
Larry Heard
Boyce Evans
Lubbock
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Brownwood
Lizzie Browning
Cross Plains
Lera Harlow
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State Amateur Athletic Federation
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Cub Stadioum
Brownfield Boys
Citizens
J. ©. Burnett, Jr
Crawford Martin
Franklin Spears
Horton
Burnett
Martin
Spears
Box
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March
Lewis Simmonds
Bill Casper
Broadway
Stor
University of Texas
Thhat Party
Don Thrash
Brownfield Country Club
Mrs. Singleton
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