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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1959
Page
1
County Judge Herb Chesshir urged Brownfield City Council to help with welfare, citing about 18000 dollars yearly for nonmedical aid and nearly 40000 dollars for hospitalization and care. Councilors debated feasibility, noting higher city costs from wage laws while the council postponed any action.
Superintendent O R Douglas cautions parents of children starting school next fall to obtain immunization shots and birth certificates now to speed registration. Required vaccines include smallpox and diphtheria, with tetanus, whooping cough and polio recommended. A medical certificate from the physician verifies vaccinations, and a thorough exam including vision and hearing is advised though not required. Birth certificates should be secured before the annual rush from the county clerk or Bureau of Vital Statistics.
Carroll Collier son of Roy and Mrs Collier of 1204 East Buckley earned a director's degree at The Dallas Institute Gordon Jones College of Mortuary Science in Dallas. He received the dean's award during graduation and will join his father at Brownfield Funeral Home after three months study in Dallas. He is a World War II veteran and former first lieutenant in the Army Air Force. He and his wife have three sons who attended Dallas public schools while he studied.
The Terry County Herald notes plans for a Brownfield bank before June 1 with sufficient capital to serve the Plains region. It also reports the Brownfield Masonic Lodge 903 attending the burial of Judge M. L. Elliott at Tohoka and that Postmaster Cotton is authorized to issue Money See No 3 Page 3.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Brownfield Funeral Home Chapel for A. B. Collier 73 of Route 1 who died Monday from injuries in a June collision. Officiating minister John McCoy, burial at Terry County Memorial Cemetery, survivors include widow two sons a daughter a brother and a sister with several grandchildren.
Yearly shop talk highlights Knight Furniture summer clearance starting today and pre moving clearances at Gene Gunn and H M Furniture. Brownfield Farmers Co-Op reports their formal opening drew over 1500 visitors last Saturday. Charlie Green takes vacation from Kyle Grocery with family trip to Cloudcroft New Mexico. Dunlap's hosts annual June Bargain Bee as See No 4 Page 3.
J. D. Green, manager of Cicero-Smith Lumber Company, returned from Monticello Iowa where he attended the Cuckler Technical Training and Sales Institute. Green was awarded a diploma after completing courses in sales management and construction related to the build school sponsored by Cuckler Steel Span Company.
A group of 14 from Brownfield boards a Braniff airliner at Lubbock Municipal Airport for New York City and sails on the SS Atlantic to begin an eight country European tour lasting 60 days aboard American Banner Lines. The Rev. and Mrs. O'Dell lead the party with contact points for mail at several European hotels.
The NEWS Subscription Expansion Campaign enters its final week with Mrs L J Richardson clinging to first place and less than $50 separating leaders. Commissioners approve $25,000 in time warrants, shift the hospital payroll fund, appoint Ruth Jane Lewis deputy district clerk, and adopt the Airport Zoning Committee report before federal funds release. Attending Terry County meeting were Chesshir Pyeatt Yandell Tankersley Mullins Settle Burnett and others.
A brief update outlines current standings at address 917 S. 7th and 609 Park Lane, listing key figures and shifts in position. It notes ongoing evaluations and comparisons across groups, with emphasis on recent changes and future implications.
A nephew, Mark Handley Endersen, stays the remainder of the summer with Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Adams on Route 3. He is the 8 year old son of Charlie Endersen and his wife in Los Angeles. The father grew up in Brownfield.
Mr and Mrs Sherman Mitchell of 1211 East Sons are at home after a week long vacation in Colorado.
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