Terry County Youth Is Designated Top Future Farmer in Texas
Twenty one Terry County residents travel Tuesday to the Mississippi Delta for a flame cultivation tour. They will observe cotton, milo, soybeans and vegetables, meet Gotcher Manufacturing Co. in Clarksdale, and visit the King Anderson Plantation before returning to Lubbock late Wednesday.
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Terry County
Texas
Terry
Mississippi Delta
Brownfield
Lubbock Municipal Airport
Terry Men
Mississippi
Bill Gotcher
Gotcher Manufacturing Co
Clarksdale
Anderson Plantation
Holiday Inn
Brownfield State Bank Increases Capital and Surplus
Brownfield State Bank and Trust Company raised its capital from 300000 to 350000 and boosted permanent surplus from 300000 to 350000 by transferring 50000 from undivided profits. President J O Gillham cited continued growth and strength, noting Brownfield State holds the largest capital and surplus on the South Plains except for Lubbock and Plainview.
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Brownfield State Bank & Trust Company
Pres. Gillham
Brownfield
Lubbock and
Plainview
Brownfield State
South Plains
Car collision on 14th and Main causes $500 damage
No injuries reported after a two-vehicle crash at 14th and Main at 2 28 p m Thursday. A 1951 Ford driven by Dan ny Lee Vann of Odessa and a 1960 Chevrolet pickup driven by Billie Gruben of Route 4 sustained about $500 in total damages. Police noted no injuries.
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Odessa
Billie Gruben
Route 4
14Th
Main
Longtime Grocer Kyle Graves Dies in Brownfield
Funeral services for Kyle Graves 68 longtime Brownfield grocer were held Friday after his death Thursday at Brownfield General Hospital. Graves, born October 12 1893, arrived in Brownfield in 1929 and built Kyle Grocery in 1938. He was a 32nd Degree Mason Khiva Shrine member and past Brownfield Rotary president. Survivors include his widow and daughter Sharleen Alverdano. Burial was in Stephenville Cemetery.
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Crescent Hill
Miss South Plains Beauty Pageant Sees New Entries
The Miss South Plains Beauty Pageant in Brownfield grows with Bettie Ann Davis and Lenore Turner added to the field. Davis is a Texas Western College graduate living in E Paso. Turner works for Pan American Petroleum in Brownfield. Earlier entrants include Juanita Mulkey of 918 South Sixth and Rae Nell Hanson of Seagraves Route 3.
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C. S. Mulkey
South Sixth
Rae Nell Hanson
H. M. Hanson
Seagraves
Thanks To Residents For Help By Hollis Scout Troop
Editor notes a letter from Raymond E Patton scoutmaster of Troop 298 Hollis Oklahoma thanking Brownfield Texas residents for aid after a bus breakdown. Spanning twelve hours on May 23 the group praises Chevrolet Garage mechanics Ralph Bailey and Larry Bailey the Brownfield scoutmaster and son and city officials for cooperation enabling the trip to Carlsbad New Mexico.
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Brownfield News
Hollis
Brownfield
Texas
Oklahoma
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Coop
Whple
Chevrolet
Ralph Bailey
Larry Bailey
Arkansas Traveler Boat Theft Snarls Odessa Pair
A 14 foot Arkansas Traveler glass boat owned by state game warden Jack Carr was found stripped of its motor and controls near a caliche pit west of Brownfield. Louis Hall and Aubrey Odell Williams were booked in city jail for investigation of theft after investigators traced a 1962 Chevrolet and a trailer plate linked to Odessa.
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Odessa
Brownfield
Caliche Pit
Louis Hall
Tatum
N. M
Aubrey Odell Williams
Lovington
Hall
Williams
Red Raider Club Hosts Tech figures in Brownfield visit
J T King and staff met Brownfield leaders after golf and a buffet luncheon to discuss luring top local athletes to Texas Tech. The party, including athletic director Robison and editor Joe Kelly, will visit Amarillo and Lovington to recruit, stressing scholarship as priority and noting Techs plans for a stronger football squad next season. Brownfields club was the first of its kind and supports Tech athletics.
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Brownfield
King
Curtis Sterling
Red Raider Club
Brownfield Country Club
Polk Robison
Bill Holmes
Joe Kelly
Avalanche-Journal
Red Raider
Amarillo
Lovington
N. M
Robison
Tech
Charles Lovelace
Glen Koch
Terry Sullivan Wins Texas FFA Star Lone Star Farmer Degree
Ronnie Sullivan of Wellman High School becomes the first Area 2 and Terry state winner as FFA honors him with the Star Lone Star Farmer Degree. He earns the award after a statewide top youth selection process in Austin and will receive a plaque and cash at the Fort Worth convention. Other WHS juniors Howard Moorhead Danny Carmichael and Dwight Hill also receive Lone Star Farmer Degrees.
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Texas
Terry Lad
Ronnie Sullivan
Wellman High School
G. L. Sullivan
Sullivan
FFA
Fort Worth
WHS
Lone Star Farmer
Howard Moorhead
L. O. Moorhead
Danny Carmichael
W. H. Carmichael
Dwight Hill
W. W. Franklin
San Angelo
Homer Jones Sr
Legion
Austin
Eight Boys Start Week Of Camping At Camp Hoblitzelle
Eight boys from Terry County begin a week long camping at Camp Hoblitzelle near Dallas. The Salvation Army sponsors the camp, hosting more than 2,200 Texas boys across 13 sessions. Camp chairman for Terry is W. Graham Smith of 1202 East Cardwell.
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Salvation Army
Texas
Terry
W. Graham Smith
East Cardwell
Terry County
Little League Officers to Be Elected Tuesday
Terry County Little League members will elect officers for next year at a 7 30 p.m. meeting in the South Plains Health Unit. Current president Joe Starkey urges coaches managers and parents to attend. No league games are on the schedule this week.
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Terry County
Little League
South Plains Health Unit
Joe Starkey
Brownfield Native Earns Medical Doctor Degree in Dallas
Former Brownfield High School resident Sandra Casstevens Deen earned an MD from Southwestern Medical School in Dallas with ceremonies held June 6. She will intern at Texas Children's Hospital in Dallas in July, while husband George C Deen begins psychiatry residency at Timberlawn. The couple, long-time Dallas residents, have a six month old daughter Cheryl Leigh.
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Southwestern Medical School
Dallas
Sandra Casstevens Deen
R. H
Cass) Casstevens
Brownfield
Deen
Texas Children's Hospital
George C Deen
Timberlawn
Sandra Deen
Sandy
Texas Tech
Drs. Deen
Cheryl Leigh
Friday Rites In Lubbock For Philip Dorough
Funeral services were held in Resthaven Memorial Chapel Lubbock for Philip Herbert Dorough 77 son of Mr and Mrs Tom Dorough of Monahans. He died Wednesday in a Dallas hospital after a prolonged illness. Survivors include a brother Tom a sister Diedre maternal grandmother Mrs E A Graham and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs P H Dorough. Mrs Dorough is the former Twilla Graham of Brownfield.
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Tom Dorough
Monahans
Resthaven Memorial Chapel
Lubbock
Resthaven
Brownfield Funeral Home
Young Dorough
Dallas
Tom
Diedre
E. A. Graham
East Tate
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