Terry County bonus acres boost cotton allotment for 1963
Terry County gains 4 327 acres as part of a 144 356 acre cotton allotment for 1963 after bonus and released land. The 1960 act allows reallocation without losing future allotment history, with 1 024 requests filed and final county distribution due by March 25. Other counties receive varying shares as reapportionment reflects requests.
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Terry
ASC
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
Miller
Lynn
Lubbock
Dawson
Hockley
Yoakum
Cochran
Bailey
Crosby
Floyd
Hale
Lamb
The
Plains Cotton Growers
Farm Bureau Week kickoff to push Terry County membership
A Farm Bureau Week kickoff breakfast Wednesday at the Party House will launch a drive to gain 1 228 members in Terry County. Millard Shivers of the Texas Farm Bureau will speak, with Leon Lepard leading the program. The week also marks the Agri culture Center open house in Brownfield and a roster of local and county leaders. Charles Kersh has withdrawal from Brownfield City Council race, leaving four candidates for three seats in the April 6 election.
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Farm Bureau
Terry County
Party House
Millard Shivers
Texas Farm Bureau
Leon Lepard
Terry FB
R. A. Simms
Shivers
State Farm Bureau
TFB
Charles Kersh
Brownfield
Kersh
Lubbock
Goodpasture Grain & Milling
Goodpasture
Johnson Implement Co
Kenneth Purtell
Jack Hamilton
Sam Teague
F. B
Johnny) Raybon
Ross Black
Marion Bowers
Curtis Sterling
Henson Post Celebrates 44th American Legion Birthday
Henson Post 269 marked the 44th anniversary of the American Legion with a Legion Hall party attended by about 140 people. J D Miller cut a flag-shaped birthday cake. the event featured remarks by officials including Winford Stoerner and Jim Hodel and a review of Post 269’s 1920 founding.
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American Legion
Howard Henson
Post 269
The
Legion Hall
Ladies Auxiliary
Jim) Miller
H. B. Virgil Crawford
Winford Stoerner
Lockney
Jim Hodel
Plainview
Stoerner
Pioneer Hotel
Lubbock
Crawford
Malcolm Thomason
W. A. Bynum
Brownfield
Miller
Bynum
Brownfield State Bank
Thomason
Legion
Rio Theatre
Courthouse Lawn Redesign Moves Forward Amid Parking Debate
Commissioners vote 4 0 for landscaping only and 1 8 for two lane parking plan with council open to future parking projects. Citizens can file petitions by Thursday to include streets in a summer paving program requiring two thirds of property owners' consent.
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Simms
Juea
Absentee Voting Underway for City Council Election
Absentee voting is under way at city hall for the April 2 city council election. Voters away April 2 may vote before March 31. County clerk's office offers absentee ballots for school trustee elections March 26 to April 2. Wellman School Board candidate Victor Weitts is the only nominee not previously reported.
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City Hall
Victor Weitts
Wellman School Board
Ag Center Opens with Local and State Officials
The Terry County Agriculture Center opened with an open house from 2 to 5 p.m. on Saturday. The $80,000 building houses the Farm Bureau, ASCS, SCS, FHA, and Young Farmers offices plus a board room and kitchen. Terry FB president Charles Bruce and state director Hub King led the program. Texas Farm Bureau president C. H. De Vaney attended. The center was occupied earlier in the year but furnishings delayed the ceremony.
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Farm Bureau Week
R. A. Simms
Farm Bureau
Leon Lepard
Charles Smith
Charles Bruce
Delton Tatum
Agriculture Center
Brownfield
Terry County Agriculture Center
Terry County Farm Bureau
Terry FB
Hub King
C. H. DeVaney
Texas Farm Bureau
ASCS
SCS
FHA
FB Claims Adjuster
Young Farmers Assn
Robert Baumgardner Named Spelling Champ of 1963
In Terry County a short final at Brownfield Junior High ended with 12 year old Robert Baumgardner a sixth grader from Colonial Heights Elementary as the 1963 county spelling champion. He will compete in the area bee in Lubbock on April 7 with Trudie Marchbanks as alternate.
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Terry County
Brownfield
Robert Baumgardner
Colonial Heights
Robert
E. Reppto
Lubbock
Trudie Marchhbanks
Union Seventh Crade
Trudy
M. P. Marchbanks
Trudie
Abbor
Martha Thomas
Martha
Randy Wood
Oak Grove
Kathy Hungerford
West Ward
Robert Harris
Phyllis Wheatley
Jim Cherry
William Nunn
J. O. Burnett
Jan Cherry
Planning Session Set For Next Polio Dose
An organizational meeting to plan the second mass polio immunization will be held Tuesday at 7:30 p m in the South Plains Health Department office. Volunteers from the first clinic are urged to attend and new helpers are welcome. The session covers timing and location for the second Sabin oral dose, with a tentative April 7 date.
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South Plains Health Department
E. Main
Pat Ramseur
National Foundation
DeMolay Week Proclaimed with Crowning Event in Brownfield
Brownfield marks International DeMolay Week March 17 24 with events led by local chapter Wayland Parker. Lynn Smith named 1963 Sweetheart at Masonic Lodge crowning. city officials will relinquish offices 2 to 4 pm Wednesday. Activities include initiatory degree Flower Talk Buddy Night services and Father Son Banquet.
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Lynn Smith
Wayland Parker Chapter
DeMolay
Masonic Lodge
Lynn
Fred Smith
Broadway
Brownfield Masons
Wayne Rousseau
Brownfield
First Baptist Church
Wayland Parker
First Methodist Church
Jess McWherter
Buzz Steele
Brownfield Trustees Set Monday Meeting On Schools
The Brownfield School Board will meet in regular session Monday at 7 30 p m in the high school library to discuss the building program approve 1963 64 teacher contracts adopt new texts open bids on the junior high tennis courts and review regular business and financial reports per Supt O R Douglas.
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Brownfield
Supt
O. R. Douglas
Two More Weeks to Purchase 1963 License Plates
Motorists lacking 1963 plates are warned that only two weeks remain before the deadline. New plates must be displayed by April 1, with March 30 as the final day since March 31 is a Sunday.
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Cka
Lepard
Ellis
McLennan
Williamson
Hidalgo
State Farm Organization
South
American Farm Bureau Federation
Gibson County, Tenn
University of Tennessee
Waco
Mike
Henson
Speedy Nieman
Gomez
Ag Center
Champ
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