First Traffic Fatality For County Listed
Terry County reported its first traffic fatality on Thursday after a highway crash 3.5 miles south of Brownfield on Route 62. Inez Rodriguez, two month old child of Mr and Mrs Erasmo Rodriguez, died after the 1958 Chevrolet left to turn collided with a 1959 Pontiac driven by Jesus Caballero of Lubbock. Mrs Rodriguez suffered severe facial lacerations while her husband and a two year old son were treated and released. Three passengers in the Caballero car received no injuries.
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Terry County
Brownfield
Brownfield General Hospital
Inez Rodriguez
Erasmo
Rodriquez
Jesus Garza Caballero
Boston
Lubbock
Tornado alert sounded in Brownfield residents flee basements
Civil defense units and police monitored Brownfield as a tornado was sighted eight miles northeast. People rushed to shelters, traffic laws ignored in panic, with cellars filled and courthouse crowded. Authorities warned the large funnel approached from the northeast and additional tunnels were spotted east and southeast of town.
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Brownfield
Civil Defense
Texas Highway Patrol
Sheriff’s Office
Lions Install New Officers in Brownfield Club
Lions Club event in the Party House featured Lubbock Down town Lions president Harry Howle as installing officer. Doug Cox became president. Curtis C. Scott first vice president. Craig Wilkerson second. Lynn Halambeck third. Fred Harwell secretary. Jim Sandage secretary treasurer. Bob Sewell tail twister. Joe Masso lion tamer. Paul Farrar and L. G. Smith directors. Jake Geron and Ed Hill holdover directors. Reverend Ed Crow chaired with Farrar’s invocation.
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Harry Howle
Lubbock
Doug Cox
Curtis C. Scott
Craig Wilkerson
Lynn Halambeck
Fred Harwell
Jim Sandage
Bob Sewell
Joe Masso
Paul Farrar
L. G. Smith
Jake Geron
Ed Hill
Lions Club
Joe Masse
Curtis Scott
Fred
Harwell
Jake Geren
Dave Nicholson
L.G. Smith
Optimists Install State of Officers in Brownfield Banquet
Phil Porter was installed as president of the Brownfield Optimist Club at a Thursday installation banquet in Fellowship Hall of the First United Presbyterian Church. Officers included Pete Lindsey and Jim Russell as vice presidents James Evans secretary and director and Bob Burris director. Allan Dabney of the Downtown Optimist Club of Lubbock installed the officers.
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Back Row
James W. Evans
Bob Burris
Phil Porter
Peter Lindsey
Brownfield
Optimist Club
Fellowship Hall
First United Presbyterian Church
Pete Lindsey
Jim Russell
James Evans
Allan Dabney
Downtown
Lubbock
Dabney
Opti
Porter
Bob Noble
Women’s Organization
Jackie Cargill
Lynda Forsyth
Classified ad sale offer for items under fifty dollars
The News outlines a sale ad program run by Bob Weekley offering listings valued at up to 50 dollars for 1 dollar per item up to 15 words. Ads may run four times with a fifth run free if unsold. Service for job wanted ads is available to students up to 20 words for 50 cents for one edition only.
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Bob Weekley
Terry County Singing Convention Meeting at Nazarene Church
The Terry County Singing Convention will meet at 2:30 p.m. today in the Nazarene Church for its regular monthly session. Several good quartets are expected to perform and the public is invited to attend.
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Terry County
Nazarene Church
UF Sets Goal Of 27 000 For 66 Campaign
The 1966 United Fund drive aims at 27000 dollars with a budget of 25211 for 13 agencies including Brownfield Boys Club 4000, Boy Scouts 4300, Salvation Army 3249, American Red Cross 3000, Girl Scouts 2100, West Texas Boys Ranch 2150, and others. New officers include Jackie Cargill president and John Kendrick as 1966 Campaign Chairman with a new board listed.
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Jackie Cargill
The
United At
John Forsyth Sr
Mark Wyatt
United Fund
Chamber of Commerce
Leonard M. Ellington
Ann
John Forsyth
Frank Wier
Raymond Beck
Robbie Thomson
Brownfield Boys’ Club
Boy Scouts of America
the Salvation Army
American Red Cross
Girl Scouts of America
West Texas
Boys’ Ranch
Girlstown
Terry County Society For Crippled Children
Volunteers of America
Goodfellow Fund
United Service Organization, Inc
Texas United Fund
Frank Gorton
Curtis Beard
Dennis McCutcheon
Jean Floyd
John Kendrick
Cmpaign
Curtis Scott
Jimmy Nail
B. F. Hutson
Bill Frizzell
Ray Anderson
Joe Horton
Houston Stevens
L. M. Wingerd
Lee Lidzy
Dennis Q. Lilly
Howard Davis
Shirley Parer
Mary Barrett
Rotarians View GenTel Film On Radiant Energy Progress
Rotary Club meeting featured a film on spectrum energy progress produced by General Telephone Company. Earl McNutt and Roy Collier led the program while visiting Rotarians included Mel Lyons El Paso Vernon Clem Pioneer Natural Gas Mike Hamilton J Hawkins and Bill McGowan Jr.
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Earl McNutt
Roy Collier
Rotary Club
General Telephone Company
Mel Lyons
el Paso
Vernon Clem
Pioneer Natural Gas Company
Mike Hamilton
J. Scott Hawkins
Bill McGowan Jr
Trustees Set Board Meeting at Brownfield High
Members of the Brownfield Public Schools board meet at 7 30 p m in the high school journalism room with Paul Farrar presiding. agenda includes summer school report basic skills program at Brownfield Junior High textbook additions resignations of 17 teachers eight new hires and requests to employ a nurse and a speech therapist. cafeteria literacy delinquent tax collector and budget progress reports are on the business portion with unfinished and new items planned.
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Brownfield Public Schools
Paul Farrar
Brownfield Junior High
Agriculture Committee Sets Annual Agenda for Local Crops
Brownfield Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee, chaired by Jimmy Nail, opened its first meeting of the year. The panel plans a work program to study crops, local marketing facilities, rural urban ties, and farming methods, while coordinating with state groups on water conservation and the South Plains Underground Water Conservation District No 4 proposal.
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Agriculture Committee
Brownfield Chamber of Commerce
Jimmy Nail
Snding Chambers
South Plains
County agent cites marketing hurdle for diverse crops
In Terry County discussions, Jim Foy notes melons and other crops can grow here but faces marketing challenges. Plans for a mission growers meeting were set, aiming to map a future for diversified crops. The group lauds the local fruit quality, though marketing remains the key issue.
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Jim Foy
Terry
Msion
Foy
Future of Terry County farming shifts from cotton to crops
Nail notes a shift toward growing food stuffs over cotton while Foy and Terry County leaders acknowledge cotton's enduring role. The debate centers on adapting agriculture to a changing world export market and local needs.
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Nail
Foy
Terry County
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Kerrville
Perry Bear
Herb Chesshir
Doc Lewis
Billie Moore
All Texas Lions
Howie
John Ball
Optimist International
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