Government Approves Local Civil Defense Center Project
The federal government will spend 12 270 73 to convert the Terry County Courthouse basement into a civil defense headquarters for Brownfield and Terry County. Total project cost reaches 24 541 45 with radio equipment and remodeling. Bids will be opened soon for equipment and necessary renovations. The basement already holds two weeks of emergency rations and supplies.
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Terry County
Brownfield
George Mahon
Civil Defense Center
Lewis Simmonds
Civil Defense Director
Bells Across Nation To Ring At Noon July Fourth
Brownfield joins nationwide bell ringing at 12 noon on July 4th in a four minute toll. Eric Hatch and Eric Sloane conceived the idea to stir patriotic spirit. A TV ceremony and radio broadcasts will feature a reading of the Declaration of Independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Joe Price
Eric Hatch
Eric Sloane
Connecticut
Hatch
Sloane
Price
Chamber of Commerce
Failure To Plant Cotton Allotment Notice Deadline
Farmers who failed to plant at least 75 percent of their cotton allotment must file a written application with the county committee by September 15. Reasons include excessive rain flood hail drought lack of irrigation water or operator illness. The filing prevents adjustment of the farm base for 1964 allotments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Love Miller
Agriculture Stablization and Conservation Office
Miller
Oak Grove Sewer Project Is Launched In Brownfield
Construction on the Oak Grove Addition storm sewer project began after voters approved a $190,000 bond issue. R. B. Hodgson Co. of Midland is the contractor with a bid of $71,943. Completion is targeted for September 1 1963. Flooding, mosquitoes, and relocation concerns prompted the bond vote, with the entire bonds sold to Texas Bank & Trust Co of Dallas at 2.9227 percent.
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Oak Grove Addition
R. B. Hodgson Co
Midland
Oak
Im- Grove
Oak Grove
Ballard
E. Lanny
Cub Field
Brownfield
Texas Bank & Trust Co
Dallas
D Street
Cactus Lane
Oak Grove School
Cub Stadium
R. B. Hodgson Company of
Rest Home Construction Progressing Nicely Here
The Brownfield Nursing Home project at 510 S First, a 13 500 square foot privately financed facility cost 145 000, is on schedule for August operation. G & G Construction of Lubbock builds for Leonard and Mrs Doyle with a 20 member staff and round the clock nurse. it will serve privately financed and state sponsored patients with rehab and therapy services.
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Brownfield Nursing Home
S. First
West Texas- New Mexico
Joe Price
Chamber of Commerce
G. & G. Construction Company
Lubbock
Leonard Doyle
Seagraves Road
Brownfield
510
Rev Crow to Attend Major Southern Baptist Evangelism Conference
Rev Ed Crow of the First Baptist Church will attend the Southern Baptists first convention-wide Evangelistic Conference in Dallas July 2 4 at Memorial Auditorium. About 100 evangelism leaders will participate with speakers including Dr Baker James Cauthen Dr CC E Autrey Dr W A Criswell Dr R G Lee and Dr Ramsey Pollard. A city wide visitation program is planned for the conference’s last afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Crow
First Baptist Church
Southern Baptists
Dallas
Memorial Auditorium
Baker James Cauthen
Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board
CC. E. Autrey
Southern Baptist Evangelism Division
Boys State Attendees Highlighted by Brownfield Jaycees
Connie Vernon Stanley Farrar and Danny Thurman attended Boys State in Austin with counselor Dale Brown. John Badgwell outlined selection qualifications at the Monday Jaycees meeting and thanked members for aiding travel expenses while noting the experience teaches mock government operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Badgwell
Brownfield Jaycees
Connie Vernon
Stanley Farrar
Danny Thurman
Boys State
Austin
Dale Brown
Brown
Jaycees
Jaycee- Ettes
Cottrel to receive VFW Men of San Jacinto award at Lubbock convention
The 43rd Texas VFW state convention opens in Lubbock at noon with four days of events. Carl Cottrel, quartermaster elect of Hand Brothers Post 6749, will be honored at the Awards Banquet Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Delegates from Brownfield Post and others attend. Bruce Salmon of Hand Brothers will also join. Ralph W. Yarborough is guest speaker Friday morning. Headquarters are at Pioneer Hotel.
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Texas Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lubbock
Carl Cottrel
Hand Brothers
Men of San Jacinto
VFW
Brownfield Post
Cottre
Bill Rice
Walter Fulton
John Bordeaux
Charles Kersch
Dale Brown
Bruce Salmon
Hand Brothers Post
Pioneer Hotel
Ralph W. Yarborough
Hearing Set for Brownfield School Budget 1963 64
A public hearing on the Brownfield school budget for 1963 64 is planned for 7 30 p m July 8 in the Brownfield High School library. Dillie M. Kelley, business director, says the public is invited to attend.
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Brownfield
Brownfield High School
Dillie M. Kelley
Randy Bishop Addresses Kiwanis Meeting
Randy Bishop spoke at the Kiwanis Club Monday night at 6 30 in the Party House. He, from Terry County, was elected Comptroller in the Boys State mock government. Dale Brown introduced him and thanked Kiwanis for funding. program sponsored by the American Legion with civic help. A brief business meeting followed.
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Randy Bishop
Kiwanis Club
Randy
Terry County
Boys State
Dale Brown
Kiwanis
The
American Legion
VFW Schedules Holiday Barbecue Dinner
Members of Hand Brothers Post 6794 sponsor a barbecue at 1 pm on July 4th at the Post Home on Old Lamesa Road. Tickets cost $1 for a full barbecue dinner with proceeds going to youth projects. about 300 people attended the prior event.
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Hand Brothers Post 6794
Lamesa Road
The
Post
Important Meeting For Livestock Men Slated
County agricultural agent Jim Foy urges all local livestock producers to attend a 2 p.m. Friday June 28 meeting at the County Courthouse in Abilene to discuss the screwworm situation. He notes rising screwworm cases in counties outside the usual winter-survival area and reports one infestation in the county this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Jim Foy
Foy
Dorset Attends 48th Kiwanis Convention in Atlantic City
J. C. Dorset, Brownfield Kiwanis Club representative, leaves for Atlantic City with wife and three sons to attend Kiwanis International's 48th annual convention June 30 to July 4. More than 16,000 Kiwanians from the US, Canada, Mexico and the Bahamas are expected. Sessions take place in Atlantic City's Convention Hall, the world’s largest of its type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Dorset
Brownfield Kiwanis Club
Atlantic City
N. J
Kiwanis International
Dorset
United States
Canada
Mexico
Bahamas
Kiwanis to Elect Officers at 1963-64 Meeting
The meeting will elect officers for 1963-64, recognize top clubs and districts for community service, and adopt resolutions guiding the 1963-64 program. Merie H. Tucker of Gallup New Mexico will preside with speakers Dean Rusk Max Freedman Ward L. Quaal and leaders of Key Club International Circle K International.
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Merie H. Tucker
Gallup
N. M
Kawanis International
Tucker
Dean Rusk
U. S
Max Freedman
Washington
Ward L. Quaal
WGN, Inc
Chicago
Kiwanis
H. Pettus Randall III
Key Club International
Red Cross Aids 11 Families After May Weather Disasters
The American Red Cross helped 11 Brownfield and Terry County families after a tornado and flash floods in the last week of May. Total aid totaled 1936.75 with 1799.04 funded from the national Red Cross in St. Louis. President William Brown said more families were eligible but did not seek help.
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American Red Cross
Brownfield
Terry County
William Brown
St. Louis
Brown
Weed Control Meet Scheduled Tonight In Terry County
A program on use of oils and chemicals for weed control will be presented by Archie G. Martin of Daugherety Chemicals And Weed Control in Plainview at 8 p m in the Board Room of the Terry County Farm Bureau. Terry County Agent Jim Foy invites all interested to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry County Farm Bureau
Archie G. Martin
Daughererty Chemicals
Plainview
Terry County
Jim Foy
Masons To Hold Open Installation
The public is invited to attend open installation services for the Mason, AF and AM, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Masonic Temple. Dean Murphy will be installed worshipful master. Outgoing worshipful master is Paul Campbell. Following the service homemade ice cream and cake will be served in the dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AF & AM
Masonic Temple
Dean Murphy
Paul Campbell
New Mentors Announced For Brownfield School System
Jerry English and Harold Blackburn are named high school coaches for Brownfield for the upcoming semester. English will coach basketball and assist with the freshman football team, while Blackburn will be line coach and also hel p with baseball. Both bring prior coaching experience from Winters and Wink respectively, filling vacancies created by resignations and a leave of absence.
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Jerry English
Harold Blackburn
English
McMurry College
Abilene
Winters
Merizon
Blackburn
Wink
Oklahoma State Teachers College
Su Ross State College
Hamlin
Elroy Payne
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Carl Hales
Charles Kimbell
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Paul L. Byrd
Colorado City
Bobby Blaine Dunn
Tohoka
Ramon Soto
Mesciares II. Morin
Felipe Cantu
Ernest Jones
Victor Reyna
Morris Pendergrass
Ignacio Reyna
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Tommy Flouney
Roy Purvis
Sheriff's Office
North Brownfield
Crow
Cottrel
District Seven
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