Bankers hear Poage attack Nixon farm cuts and REAP loss
Congress man Bob Poage of Waco spoke at Texas A&M University’s Farm and Ranch Credit School, criticizing the Nixon administration’s rural policy. He denounced budget cuts, REAP termination, and revenue sharing as costly to agriculture, urging Congress to decide farm cuts. He warned the policy harms rural welfare and nation’s agriculture. He also recalled life on old farms and asked readers to share memories.
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Bob Poage
Waco
House Agricultural Committee
Washington
Poage
Farm and Ranch Credit School For Commercial Bankers
Texas A&m University
Bureau of the Budget
Congress
Funeral Services Held For Former Local Youth Bevers
Funeral services were held for Gary G Bevers 17 of Seminole and formerly Brownfield at the Seminole Church of God with Rev Carroll Smith and Rev Paul Himmelrich officiating. Burial followed at Terry County Memorial Cemetery in Brownfield. Bevers died after a gunshot wound at Memorial Hospital in Seminole. An investigation is underway with a Justice of the Peace expected to issue a ruling. Bevers, a four year Seminole resident born in Brownfield, worked at Whisenant Plumbing Co. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs John Bevers, a sister Alfie, two brothers Leland and Arnold, and grandparents in Ballinger and Brownfield.
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Gary G. Bevers
Seminole
Brownfield
Seminole Church of God
Carroll Smith
Irving Church of God
Paul Himmelrich
Justice of the Peace
W. E. Cox
Bevers
Ralls
Whisenant Plumbing Co
John Bevers
Alfie Bevers
Leland Bevers
Arnold Bevers
Services Pending For Longtime Resident Mrs Jarrel Cox
Mrs Jarrel Cox a longtime Brownfield resident died about 415 pm Thursday in Lubbock Medical Center Hospital at age 75. Services are pending with Franklin Bartley Funeral Home in Lubbock. She was born in Kilgore and lived in Tahoka Lamesa and Edinburg before moving to Brownfield. She was a member of First Baptist Church Brownfield Toastmistress Club Harmony Home Demonstration Club and Lubbock DAR chapter. Survivors include a daughter Mrs Roy Patterson of Lubbock two sons Paul Cox of Lubbock and J H Cox of Tyler two sisters Mrs Ruth Benge of Houston and Mrs Lois Cox of Rupert Idaho a brother Luke Burks of Grand Saline five grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Jarrel Cox
Brownfield
Lubbock Medical Center
Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home
Lubbock
Kilgore
Cox
Tahoka
Lamesa
Edinburg
First Baptist Church
Harmony Home Demonstration Club
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Roy Patterson
Paul Cox
J. H. Cox
Tyler
Ruth Benge
Houston
Lois Cox
Rupert
Idaho
Luke Burks
Grand Saline
Brownfield Schools Set Open House for Public Schools Week
Four Brownfield schools plan open houses this week in observance of Texas Public Schools Week. Oak Grove and Colonial Heights elementary schools welcome parents and the public 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, while Brownfield Intermediate and Middle schools host 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday.
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Brownfield
Texas Public Schools
Oak Grove
Colonial Heights
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