Terry County invites bids for Reed Improvements and time warrants
The Commissioners Court of Terry County Texas will receive sealed bids until 4 p m July 18 1963 at the County Judge’s office in Brownfield for road construction plans and specs on file with the County Clerk. Bids require cashier’s or certified checks at least 5% of the bid, performance and payment bonds, and bidders must inspect the site. The county may issue time warrants up to 100 000 to pay part of the contract with interest up to 4% per year, payable from ad valorem taxes. warrants issued by installments and disposed of at par. The right to reject bids or waive formalities is reserved.
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Commissioner's Court
Terry County
Texas
Brownfield
Commissioners’ Court
R. A. Simms
Ralph W. Douglas
E. 4Th Street
Littlefield
Commissioners’ Court of
Notice of Execution Sale in Terry County Texas
The sheriff of Terry County Texas will sell at public auction on the first Tuesday of August 1963 between 10 AM and 4 PM at the courthouse door the undivided one eighth interest in the south third of Section 31 Block D 14 Terry County to satisfy a judgment from the 57th Judicial District Court in Bexar County. The case names Belle Dent v Bernice Louise Dent Moore Independently Executrix of the Estate of Maclyn Dent deceased. The sale is cash and the property is in Texas.
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Judicial District Court
Bexar County
Texas
Belle Dent
Bernice Louise Dent Moore
Maclyn Dent
Ralph Moore
Terry
Terry County
Brownfield
James Fulford
Sherrif
Kids Can Take It
Macapa Brazil reports a heat blazing in the equatorial city. Office workers endure long hours from seven a.m. to seven p.m. While the afternoon sun saps energy, children ignore the heat and play soccer for hours in President Vargas Plaza.
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Macapa
Brazil
President Vargas Plaza
Past Days In Terry Years Ago Features
A collage of notes from Terry County reflecting anniversaries. Rev Morilka Samejima to visit. Jaycee Rodeo parade slated with new features. Old cemetery improvements. Kiwanis sodding project finished. Harvest Queen scholarship options. Cities Service district office opens. Lal Copeland wins trip to Atlantic City. Also mentions 2 years ago and 30 40 50 year items including local officials, sports, and community events.
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Morilka Samejima
Old Cemetery
Grady Elder
Terry County Kiwanis Club
West Ward School
Harvest Queen
Cities Service Company
Lal Copeland
Atlantic City
Sonny Curtis
Sul Ross
FFA
Borger
T. C. Tubbs
Ree
H. H. Dunn
Alma Dean Lewis
Olan Moore
Lubbock
Pool
Phi Beta Craesus
J. H. Harris
Fort Worth
Gene Gunn
Morgan Copeland
Mon Telford
Ray Brownfield
Eldora White
North Terry and Hockley County Dry Funeral Home
East Main Street
Red Cross
Cicero Smith Lumber Company
Jay Barret
W. M. Roberts
Lou
Corbitt
Frank Barrett
Jay Barrett
John Tarleton College
Services Held In California For Former Resident
Funeral services for Mrs. Jim Jackson were held in Arlington California on Saturday after a long illness. She died there Friday and is survived by four children. The Jacksons were early Terry County settlers where he ran a blacksmith shop about eighteen years ago. After her husband died she remained in California. Survivors include four children.
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Jim Jackson
Arlington
Calif
Jackson
Terry County
Funeral for R. Y V. Gilley Held in First Methodist Church
Funeral services for 57 year old R Y V Gilley were conducted at 3 p m in the First Methodist Church with Rev J Loyd Madehew and Rev H C Waters assisting. Gilley died Thursday in Brownfield General Hospital after months of illness and burial followed in Terry County Memorial Cemetery. He was a native of Jack County and had resided in La Mesa before moving to Brownfield in 1947 where he worked as a tractor mechanic. Survivors include his wife a daughter Mrs Joe Mullaugh Seminole a sister Mrs E C Bradshaw Oakland California and three grandchildren.
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R. Y V. Gilley
First Methodist Church
J. Loyd Mayhew
H. C. Waters
Evangelical Methodist Church
Odessa
Gilley
Brownfield General Hospital
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Chi
Brownfield Funeral Home
Jack County
Lamesa
Brownfield
Joe McCullough
Seminole
E. C. Bradshaw
Oakland
Calif
Signs misdirect South Miami on U S 1
Municipal officials and the Chamber of Commerce spent months pressing the State Road Department to install directional signs to the business district on U S 1. A road crew finally put up large signs but pointed travelers the wrong way, creating confusion for motorists.
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Miami
Chamber of Commerce
State Road Department
U.S. 1
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State OF Texas
Urea
J. H. Griffin
Pricilla Needle Club
J. B. Knight
Edgar Self
Grandma
Eldora Lewis
South Plains
B & NW Railroad
Tohoka Lake
Tokio
Commissioners Court
California
P. J. Ross
Harris Post Office
R. Clare
Huskleberry
Primrose
Needmore
Klett
Covey
J. A
Jap) Benthall
Benthall
Mathieson
Union
Olin
Western Grain
Stewart St
Mies
B. F. Dixon
R. H. Banowsky
Crosby
John Hays
Johnston House
IRS
ANP
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