Hill speaks in Brownfield on gubernatorial plans
John Hill visiting Brownfield with Terry County Democratic Women and Red Coats as hosts. He pledges to lead Texas with focus on education, junior colleges, mental health, senior citizens programs, safety, and economic development while noting his background as a lawyer and former Texas official.
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John Hill
Brownfield
Terry County Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Terry County Democratic Women’s Association
Chamber
Hill
Texas
Texas State Teachers Association
Breckenridge
University of Texas
Connally
National Crime Conference
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Democratic Women’s Association
Red Coats
Terry County Chamber of Com
Terry County Junior Livestock Show Opens Friday
The Terry County Junior Livestock Show begins with weigh-ins Friday 3 30 p m to 8 p m Co sponsors are Brownfield Junior Chamber of Commerce and Terry County Young Farmers Saturday events start with swine and lamb weigh-ins at 7 a m and run to 1 am Calves weigh-in at 1 am Lamb judging at 6 39 p m calves at 7 00 p m Open House Sunday at the Livestock Barn Visitors welcome Swine judging starts 8 a m Monday and the show is open to Terry County 4 H and Future Farmers of America members ages 8 to 21 Married students eligible Exhibitors must show their own animals unless given permission by the department superintendent All animals must be out of the barn by 2 p m Saturday
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Terry County
Brownfield Junior Chamber of Commerce
Terry County Young Farmers
Farmers of America
L.M. Tribble
Billy Rooth. Lam
Homer Cook
Tim Faulkenberry
Jake Fulford
James Willis
Junior Knox
Jaycees
Three Directors Up For Election At Terry Memorial Hospital Board
Filing deadline for a place on the Terry Memorial Hospital District Board is 5 p.m. March 11 at Brownfield General Hospital. Petitions require 10 signatures from qualified voters and must be filed 25 days before the April 6 election. Three seats held by Jack Mason Art Adair and Joe Fleming are up for election. no filings or petitions had been received at press time.
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Terry Memorial Hospital District Board of Directors
Brownfield General Hospital
Jack Mason
Art Adair
Joe Fleming
Ronald Stice
Joe Henson
Homer Barron
Robert Baumgardner
Three File For Three Places On City Council
Saturday deadline brought three filings for Brownfield city council seats. Former councilman and mayor pro tem Jack Hamilton filed for mayor to replace term ending C. E. Ross who cannot seek another term. Incumbents Bill Noble and Joe Christian filed for reelection with no opponents. Election set for April 2 at City Hall with Jess Bryant as judge.
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Brownfield
Jack Hamilton
C. E. Ross
Bill Noble
Joe Christian
City Hall
Jess Bryant
Meadow Citizens To Elect Three To City Council
Meadow residents will vote April 2 to elect a mayor and two city councilmen from four candidates. Guy Belew seeks mayor. Robert Brooks is outgoing mayor. Belew, 38, is a farmer. Brooks, 40, runs a blacksmith shop. Two council seats go to the top vote-getters. H D Moorehead, 43, seeks re election. Billy Tidwell, 37, works at Meadow Implement. Meadow Hall will host with G B Jones presiding and Mary White as clerk.
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Guy Belew
Robert Brooks
Belew
Brooks
H.D. Moorehead
Meadow Farm
Billy Tidwell
Meadow Implement Company
Meadow City Hall
G. B. Jones
Mary White
Hurry to finish the Brownfield prize subscription drive
The Brownfield News campaign urges rapid action as the March 15 deadline nears. Contestants work to secure full limit subscriptions for votes, with judges to tally totals at Brownfield's First National Bank and prize announcements set for March 15. Dorothy Faught wins $50 and Ginger Webster gets a $25 permanent in weekly prizes.
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Brownfield News Campaign
First National Bank of Brownfield
Furniture Fair of
Brownfield
Dorothy Faught
Beauty Aid Clinic
Ginger Webster
Brownfield News
Chamber To Petition For Hospital Bond Election
The Terry County Chamber of Commerce board of directors announces plans to petition for a hospital bond election. Officials say the action seeks funding for hospital improvements and will involve community support and formal ballot measures.
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Terry County Chamber of Com
Roberts Publishing Buys News-Herald and More
Roberts Publishing buys the Brownfield News Herald from Ben Woodson effective March 1 and forms a local corporation to own and publish the News. The Lamesa Reporter and Dawson County News merge into a tri weekly. new corporation to run Brownfield News Herald Andrews County News and Lamesa Reporter.
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James Roberts
Roberts Publishing Company
Andrews
Brownfield News- Herald
Ben Woodson
del Rio
Roberts
Lamesa Reporter
Dawson County News
Brownfield News-Herald
Andrews County News
Services Held For Barney Doss
Funeral services for Barney Doss 39 were held at First Baptist Church with Rev. Ed Crown officiating. Burial followed in Terry County Memorial Cemetery. Doss died after a long illness in Brownfield General Hospital. He was born in Gomez and a 1947 Brownfield High School graduate. He worked at Collins Department Store 17 years and at the time of illness with J B Knight and Company Tri Matic. A Korean War veteran, he is survived by his wife Jean three daughters two of whom live at home five brothers and five sisters and one granddaughter.
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Barney Doss
First Baptist Church
Ed Crown
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Doss
Brownfield General Hospital
Gomez
Brownfield High School
Collins Department Store
J.B. Knight and Company
Tri- Matic
Jean
Betty Ann Stephens
Pampa
Donna
Patricia Doss
Tommy S
Carrol P. Doss
Brownfield
Wayne C
Lester G. Doss
Kermit
Winfred A. Doss
Albuquerque
Verna Mae King
Petersburg
Gwyneth Line
O’donnell
Winnie Kinder
Arlington
Janie Davis
Lubbock
Maxine Doss
Palo Alto
Calif
Special Meet To Discuss OEO Plan
A joint special meeting of the Commissioners Court Brownfield City Council Meadow City Council and superintendents of Brownfield Meadow Union and Wellman school districts will convene at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Brownfield City Hall Council Room to discuss amendments to the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 as stated by County Judge W. T. McKinney and Mayor C. E. Ross.
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Commissioners Court
Brownfield City
Meadow
Brownfield
Meadow, Union
Wellman
Brownfield City Hall
W. T. McKinney
C. E. Ross
Brownfield to Open Intermediate Sixth Grade Campus
O Caraway announces next school year 1968 69 sixth graders move to West Ward Building. Brownfield Intermediate School will house grades six through eight with departmentalized instruction and broadened activities. Wheatley Elementary to close. staff reassigned due to enrollment decline and cost cuts.
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S. O Caraway
Brownfield Public Schools
West Ward
Brownfield
Caraway
Wheatley
Fred Smith
Smith
Charles Reese
Rites Set For Mrs. Nelson
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Ruth Nelson 74 will be at 10 a.m. in First Methodist Church with the pastor officiating Burial will follow at Greenleaf Cemetery in Brownwood at 4 p.m. She died at Parkway Manor in Lubbock after living in Terry County since 1943. Born April 9 1893 in Venita Oklahoma she taught in local schools 18 years retiring in 1963 Her husband Jessie R Nelson preceded her in death in 1943 Survivors include two sons Charles C Nelson of Lubbock and Jess R Nelson of New Orleans two sisters Miss Sarah Clark and Miss Sarah Clark of Kissimmee Florida
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Mary Ruth Nelson
First Methodist
Alby J. Cockrell
Greenleaf Cemetery
Brownwood
Nelson
Terry County
Parkway Manor
Lubbock
Venita
Oxla
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