Cubs on verge of state title amid pageant notes
The column salutes the Cubs as they reach state level for the first time, mentions Ace Bishop planning a welcome for players, notes Miss South Plains Pageant judges faced a tight decision, and previews the Miss Texas candidate Jane Weiss. It also covers the 1964-65 school budget of 1,499,235.44 with salaries topping 1,072,054.23 and announces Burglary Prevention Week starting June 21 with home security tips.
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Jane Weiss
Terry
Gaines
Yoakum
Services Set For Herbert F. Emery
Funeral services for Herbert F. Emery 56 are set for 10 a.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church with Rev Albert McDowell officiating Burial will follow at Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens San Angelo with graveside rites at 3 30 p.m. Friday Brownfield Funeral Home is in charge Emery died Tuesday evening at Methodist Hospital Lubbock after a several week illness He was district manager of General Telephone Company and had served 25 years active in civic and church life as a deacon at First Presbyterian Church and a lifelong member
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Herbert F. Emery
First Presbyterian Church
Albert McDowell
Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens
San Angelo
Brownfield Funeral Home
Emery
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
General Telephone Company
Rain Plot Ties Jaycees Pageant to Flooded Streets
Rain interrupted the Jaycees Miss South Plains pageant with guests fleeing a sudden downpour. KTFY reported .39 inch locally while Challis Baptist Church saw .7 and areas north of Brownfield measured up to 1.5 inches, lifting the month total to .66 and the year to 3.16 inches.
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KTFY
Funds Approved For Completion Of Sanford Dam
The House approved a Public Works bill allocating 22.1 million dollars for the Canadian River Project. Funds cover the Sanford Dam near Amarillo, a 322 mile aqueduct, chlorination, wildlife facilities, and control systems. Projected total aid reaches 56.78 million with 28.22 million more needed.
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Washington
House of Representatives
George Mahon
House Committee On Appropriations
House
Congress
Sanford
Amarillo
Dam
Lamesa
Mahon
Gene Worley
Cubs Schedule Game For II A. M. Thursday
Coaches met with UIL director Dr Ren Williams to revise the state schoolboy baseball playoffs schedule delayed by rain. Cubs may start Thursday at 2 A.M. with Amailo Garcia on the mound. Brownfield district costs run up to 250 dollars daily for accommodations and meals.
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Austin
Ren Williams
UIL
Cubs
Amailo Garcia
Blackburn
Brownfield
Births and Deaths Rise in May in Terry County
May births reached 40 in Terry County with 22 females and 18 males, up from 37 in April, totaling 220 for the year. Eight deaths were recorded in May compared with five in April, lifting the annual tally to 47. Causes include five heart attacks one infancy death one electric shock and one measles with pneumonia.
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Terry County
City Hall
Work on Boys Club Begins at Buckley Corner
Work started this morning on the Boys Club building at the corner of South Street and West Buckley. Harold Andrews, the director, says the old Country Club structure will be remodeled to include a library, a game room, and a large general room for meetings and crafts with completion expected by July 1. Volunteers are urged as carpenters, plumbers, electricians and painters are needed for an estimated $3,000 project. Willie Helms, a local contractor, has supplied materials at or below cost. Members of the Optimists and Jaycees have already contributed labor and more help is sought.
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Boys ‘Club
South Sth
West Buckley
Harold Andrews
Andrews
Willie Helms
Optimists
Jaycees
Budget Discussed At School Board Meet
Brownfield School Board met Monday evening to discuss the 1964-65 budget and personnel changes. Plans for a new transportation center with shop storage and office space were unveiled by architect Brasher of Lubbock, with bids to be opened July 20. The district also reviewed applications for tax assessor collector, hired seven new teachers, and accepted six resignations.
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Scohol
Brownfield School Board
Herbert Brasher
Lubbock
Brasher Goyette Architects
Douglas
E. B. Posey
Curriculm
Brownfield
Lindsey Installed Lions President
W. K. Speedy Lindsey was installed as the new president of the Brownfield Lions Club at the installation ceremony.
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Lindsey
Lions
W .K
Speedy) Lindsey
The
Brownfield Lions Club
Rural Accidents High In District
Texas Highway Patrol reports five rural highway accidents in Terry County during May with three injured and $4,540 property damage. District 5A May breakdown shows 21 fatalities 106 injuries 191 property incidents totaling 318. statewide five month counts rise 18 percent over 1963. Lions Club meeting notes progress, officers announced, and life memberships awarded.
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Texas Highway Patrol
Terry County
A E. Roberts
District 5A
City Irrigation and Budget Notes Highlight Brownfield Update
Brownfield officials report first spring mosquito spraying under O E Floyd amid complaints of foul odors and unsanitary garbage cans. Northcutt urges property checks and lid use while two surveys track waste disposal and tag noncompliant homes. The budget tops 1.499 million with salaries leading. a June budget hearing is planned.
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Texas Police Association
Gus Krausse
Ber
Optimist International
Wayland Parker
Order of DeMolay
Health and Safety Council
Boy Scouts of America
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Newport
R. L
Kenneth Jack
Sherman
Ada Emery
Edward J. Emery
Elhart
Ind
Cecil Emery
Anchorage
Sanford Dam
Disch Field
San Antonio Lee
Midland Lee
Brazos Point
South San Antonio
Deer Park
Brownfield Cubs
Mt Pleasant
Harrell Blackburn
Villa Capri Motor
Patterson Park
Brasher
Awings
Bo Poulas
Billie M. Kelly
Erry County
Roberts
Highway Patrol
Sert Beboher Lions Club
Seagraves
Belcher
Texas
David Nicholson
Doug Cox
Curtis C. Scott
Craig W Wilkerson
Lynn Halamicek
Max Hamilton
Jack Sims
Kenamagey
Dennis * Lilly
Robert
Ynsen
Raymond Carroll
Ed Crow
Dale Durham
Mtist
First Baptist Church
Durham
Judy Billie Moore
Texas Lions Camp
Alice Toliver
O. R. Douglas
Jim Northcutt
Sid
My Claus Oed
O. E .Floyd
City Garbage Department
Northcutt
James Cummins
West Ward
Mike Liles
Jessie G Randal
Randal Nauert
Latiny Roberds
Deanna Owen
West Werd
Judy Norwood
Berva Avant
Gerald Dee Avant
Bobby Wayne McDaniel
Laverne Newton
Barbara Stallings
Jim Casey
Casey
Hich
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Posey
David Cole
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