Funeral services set for Mrs Ray Brownfield 82
Long time resident Mrs Ray Doll Brownfield 82 dies at home June 13 after illness. Services Monday June 16 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church with Rev Crow officiating. Burial Terry County Memorial Cemetery. She born November 10 1887 in McLennan County moved to Terry County in 1902. Survived by son Dirg Gen Brownfield Arlington West Virginia sister Bit Copeland Brownfield four grandchildren.
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Ray (Doll) Brownfield
First Baptist
Jid Crow
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Albert Ray Brownfield
Tokio
New Device Promises Breathalyzer Use by Patrols
Texas Highway Patrolmen will rely on Breathalyzer readings under Senate Bill No 74 replacing blood tests for intoxication in arrests. Hospital district notes include soil test payment, 10 percent fee increase for Physicians Pathology, and indigent care limits to within district boundaries. New typewriter bids approved for four IBM machines, with budget discussions slated for July.
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Pat McMillan
Texas Health Association
Terry Memorial Hospital
Texas
Southwestern Laboratories
MacMillan
Hill-Burton
Physicians Pathology
Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
McMillan
Ray Anderson
Insurance Department
Medical Records Department
Bill Cowan
IBM
J. W. Riley
Texas Hospital Association
Dallas
Terry County Sheriff's Posse Rodeo Opens With Downtown Parade
Plans are set for the Terry County Sheriff's Posse Rodeo starting with a downtown parade at 5 p.m. next Thursday after noon June 19. More than a dozen visiting Posses and riding clubs along with floats will join the procession through town to mark the three day event. Rodeo performances run nightly 8:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday with Red Whatley Co of Crosbyton providing stock.
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Terry County
Ross Street
Fifth Street
Hill Street
6Th Street
Main Street
Second Street
Masonic Lodge
Broadway
Goodpasture, Inc
Red Whatley
Youth and older joy in a spontaneous Amarillo Brownfield trip
A reader recalls Gloria Klein's tale of a happily curious older couple from Amarillo who, on a Sunday drive, end up spending the night in Brownfield. The note reflects Emerson on peace and the simple pleasures of aging and living fully.
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Emerson
Gloria Klein
Amarillo
Brownfield
Last Rites Today For C. Buchanan
Funeral services for Claud Buchanan, 57, will be held at 3 p m today at the First United Presbyterian Church with Rev. Frank Brooks officiating. Burial will be in Crosbyton. Buchanan was dead on arrival at a Crosbyton hospital.
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Claud Buchanan
First L United Presbyterian Church
Frank Brooks
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Buchanan
Crosbyton Hospital
GOP Task Force Plans Strategy Sessions Across 26 Cities
A Republican Task Force from the Texas headquarters in Austin held a strategy planning session at the Party House Saturday. The meeting is part of a five week series to be conducted in 26 cities across the state to boost campaign effort.
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Republican
Austin
Party House
Local Rotarians Close Meeting After Death Announcement
Newsline Tid Bits notes Rotary Club adjourns at noon Sunday the 13th following the death of Mrs. Ray Brownfield. Other items mention Charlie Skupin plastering signs and engraving SKUPIN on plates, Doc A. H. Daniels ringing the Liberty Bell on Memorial Day, and Water Inc.’s plan to bring Mississippi River water to the High Plains. Clyde Pratt launches a Lee Tires sales drive as well. A mother comments on her child’s grades and honesty.
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Ray Brownfield
Charlie Skupin
Skupin
Doc A. H. Daniels
Philadelphia
John Kendrick
To Water, Inc
Longerange
Mississippi River
High Plains
Clyde Pratt
Shook Tire Co
Lee Tires
Highway Patrol Reports One Death in May
The Texas Highway Patrol investigated five rural highway accidents in Terry County during May. One death, five injuries, and property damage estimated at $1,620 resulted from these crashes. Through May 1969, Terry County records 31 accidents with five fatalities and 16 injuries, totaling about $31,290 in property damage.
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Highway Patrol
Texas Highway Patrol
Terry County
H. FE. Pirtle
Trustees Will Meet Monday In Brownfield ISD
Brownfield Independent School District trustees will meet at 7 30 p m Monday in the Colonial Heights library. Bids for high school cafeteria remodeling and library expansion will be opened. The meeting will cover summer building projects and paving program with reports from Superintendent W O Caraway Business Manager James Willis and Curriculum Director Dr Dan Craver. One resignation and one employment application are on the agenda.
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Brownfield Independent School District
Colonial Heights
W. O. Caraway
James Willis
Dan Craver
Plans Formed for Terry County Chamber Drive
About 20 directors and Red Coats of the Terry County Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture met at George Weiss home for a hambuger cookout to plan the annual membership drive starting Wednesday June 18. W A Dub Leigon chairs the drive and pairs will contact each business through July 1. In 1968 the chamber gained 78 new members, lifting total membership to about 300.
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Terry County
W. A
Dub) Leigon
Red Coats
Chamber
Johnny Isaacs
Leigon
Reverend Robert Metzger Becomes New Pastor at First United Methodist
The young candidate and aspiring physicist Rev. Robert T. Metzger has taken duties as the new pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Brownfield. Metzger arrives from Elmwood West and is now serving in his twenty third year as a minister.
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Methodist Church
Robert T. Metzger
First United Methodist Church
Metzger
Brownfield
Elmwood West
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Morgan
Bit) Copeland
Freeman Company
Newsfoto
C. Buchanan
GOP
Charles Graff
Brownsville
H. B. Virgil Crawford
Graff
College of Law
University of Houston
Texas Bar Association
Robert Metzger
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