Fathers as Heroes in Everyday Struggles and Local Happenings
A reminiscence on fathers and their quiet heroism contrasts with local notices. Charles Edward Taylor tops West Texas State University candidate list. Bill and Marjorie Phillips open Sportswear for Ladies. Jackie Joann Cargill earns a top insurance honor. Firemen’s Appreciation event planned by VFW. Mother's Day gift ideas prominent in ads.
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West Texas State University
Charles Edward Taylor
Our City
Bill
Marjorie Phillips
Lubbock Road
Brownfield
James Biggs
Big Finn
Holiday House
Jackie Joann Cargill
Florida
Bahamas
Jamaica
F Great National Life Insurance Co
Jackie
President’s Club
Veterans of Foreign Wars
V.F.W. Hall
Lamesa Highway
Howard McIlroy
Lee ‘Bartlett Jr
County Teachers Install Officers at Brownfield High
The Terry County Teachers Association held its final meeting of the year at Brownfield High School with officer installation at 6 30 p m. Paul Cowley of Union became president for the coming year. Other officers included Herman Mosley Wellman first vice president Mrs Odell Wilkes Meadow second vice president Mrs Hazel Lackey secretary Alvin West Brownfield treasurer and Don Hensley Brownfield parliamentarian. The Rev Jack Garrett of the First Christian Church presided using lighted candles. A Madrigals program directed by Neal Campbell with Judy Crow on piano followed. Odell Wilkes gave a legislative report and Edith Wheeler noted scholarship recipients Ruby Ann Wheeler and Delores Parker remain in school. It was approved to send the new president to the Local Presidents meeting in Austin with $50 for expenses.
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Terry County Teachers Association
Brownfield High School
Paul Cowley
Union
Herman Mosley
Wellman
Odell Wilkes
Meadow
Hazel Lackey
Alton West
Brownfield
Don Hensley
Jack Garrett
The
First Christian Church
C. E. Arnold
Neal Campbell
Judy Crow
Edith Wheeler
Ruby Ann Wheeler
Delores Parker
Austin
Billie
TSTI Discussed At Chamber Meet In Brownfield
Jake Geron reported to the Terry County Chamber of Commerce on a possible Texas State Technical Institute campus or branch in Brownfield. Meadow High School earned its fourth straight state one act play title with A War Movie, breaking a long-time record. Polly Marchbanks won best actress and first place in girls persuasive speaking, with Rudy McCallister and Lonnie Haynes taking the Class B debate championship. Seventeen Meadow students attended the State Academic, Drama and Literary Meet in Austin. The Brownfield site is not expected to be approved this session, though groundwork is laid for the future. Brownfield Health Foods Store, run by Millie McIlroy, opened with a public meeting space planned upstairs. Turn To Page 6.
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Jake Geron
Terry County
Meadow
Miss Marchbanks
Cookie
Rudy McCallister
Lonnie Haynes
Meadow High School
Austin
Odell Wilkes
Noyce Burleson
Geron
TSTI
Waco
Sweetwater
Texas
Amarillo
Harlingen
Brownfield
West Texas
Hank Jordan
Howward McIlroy
Charles Darwin
Dr. McIlroy
Brownfield Health Foods
Millie McIlroy
Tahoka Road
Darwin
Building Report At CAA Meet On Facility Review
County Judge W T Mc Kinney told the Terry County Community Action Agency board that the Commissioners Court urged checking existing facilities before building. The proposed CAA building costs about 100000 dollars with 20000 dollars funded by the County and would include space for a Day Care Center. A federal fare reform bill pending in Congress could alter the Day Care Center site.
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W.T. McKinney
Terry County Community Action Agency
Commissioners Court
CAA
Light Shower Passes City Sunday Night
Weekend weather stayed mild with scattered showers Sunday night not affecting crops. Brownfield totals rose to 1.71 inches year to date, 1.28 in April, temperatures reached into the 80s and low 90s in southern counties. May outlook favors partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures with a slight shower chance in the northeast.
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Brownfield
Lewis Simmonds
National Weather Service
Senator Tower to Speak at Bed High School Dedication
Dedication ceremonies for Bed High School set for 2 30 p m Sunday May 9 in the gym with Senator Je G Tower as principal speaker Band director Fred Smith leads Brownfield High School musicians The Rev Jack Garrett will give the invocation welcome and introductions W O Caraway superintendent presides The program features Brownfield choirs and bands and Tower will deliver the dedication address Senator Tower has a long record in the Senate including Southeast Asia trips and NATO study involvement He is a trustee of Southwestern University and Southern Methodist University and holds honorary doctorates from several schools After the address the building will be presented to Dr Tim Faulkenberry Jesse Geron the high school principal and Dr Faulkenberry will present to the school board president A dedicatory prayer closes the program Refreshments follow and a tour of the building is offered Turn To Page 6
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New Bed High School
Je G. Tower
Brownfield High School
Fred Smith
Jack Garrett
First Christian Church
W. O. Caraway
U.S
Tower
South Vietnam
UU. S
Munich
Germany
Southwestern University
Southern Methodist University
Southwestern Univ
Ersity
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
Alfred University
New York
American Association of University Professors
Senator Tower
Tim Faulkenberry
Board of
Herb Brasher
Brasher
Brasher, Goyette and Rapier of
Lubbock
Faulkenberry
Jesse Geron
Ed Crow
First Baptist Church
Terry County Chamber of
Farmers to receive P annual acreage questionnaire in May
About 22 000 Texas farmers will receive a questionnaire from the Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service in Austin as part of an annual county acreage survey. County agents note Terry County will be included and urge prompt, accurate returns to provide statewide and county crop estimates for planning and market analysis.
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Texas
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Austin
Jim Foy
Terry C
Palmer
Foy
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service
Texas Department of Agriculture
Brownfield Public Schools Offer Kindergarten Program
Brownfield Public Schools will offer a half day minimum kindergarten program for all five year olds born on or before Sept 1 1971 with some students eligible for a full day. Funding from federal state and local sources will determine program length. A meeting for interested parents is set for Monday at 8 p.m. in the Middle School Auditorium.
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Brownfield Public Schools
Jack Pinson
Reception For Sen John Tower At Brownfield Club House
Following the dedication of Brownfield High School a public reception for Senator John G Tower is set for 1 p.m. at Selena Jane Brownfield Club house 702 East Broadway. Tower will hold a q a session on economy farming oil gas Vietnam and related topics. Hosted by Terry County Teen Age Republicans with Lynn Lindsey as president and Mrs James W Evans as sponsor.
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Brownfield High
John G. Tower
Selena Jane Brownfield
East Broadway
Senator Tower
Vietnam
Terry County
Texas
Lynn Lindsey
James W. Evans
Meet Your Neighbor Music Theme Cited by Reverend
The Rev verham states music shapes his life and family, noting his role as minister of music and education at the First Baptist Church in Brownfield.
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Verham
First Baptist Church
Brownfield
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