Terry County Farmers Weigh Cotton Acreage and Castor Bean Plans
At a Terry County Agriculture Development meeting the group urged reporting 825,000 acres of cotton planted last year to P M A. They discussed wheat allotments based on 1947 1948 1950 1951 1952 averages and considered castor bean revenue of about 20 dollars per irrigated acre.
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Ry County
Terry County Agriculture Development Association
R. J. Purtell
Terry County
Love Miller
Purtell
Farm Bureau
Yews Views on Chamber Growth and Local News Notes
Local business gains include Shell Pipeline office in town and Coca Cola moving into a new building by month end. Brownfield becomes distribution point for Terry Lynn Yoakum and parts of Hockley counties. Douglas Galey named local manager. Members discuss junior high coverage and upcoming intersquad football with mumps affecting E V Murphy. game set for 5 p m with 25 and 50 cent admission. See NEWS & VIEWS Page 4.
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Coca Cola
Brownfield
Terry, Lynn
Yoakum
Hockley
Douglas Galey
J S Corning Returned For Funeral Services
J S Corning 80 died April 27 at his daughter Mary Roe s Azle home. He was buried April 27 in Terry County Memorial cemetery after services at the Northside Second Church of Christ led by Rev J L Pritchard. Survived by wife, son Jap, six daughters, 16 grandchildren and many great grandchildren. residents of Brownfield since 1917.
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J. S. Corning
Mary Roe
Azle
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
J. L. Pritchard
Northside
Maurine Cook
Grover
Okla
Johnnie Cowan
Dallas
Oregon
Reatha Caldwell
Belen
Buna Jenkins
Kermit
Edna McGill
Erick
Nellie Ramsey
Tyler
Bartlett Rites Held for G M Bartlett 81
G M Bartlett 81 died May 1 in Treadaway Daniels hospital after hours of illness. A retired stock farmer, he lived in Brownfield and Swisher and Terry counties, with funeral services at 2 p m Sunday at First Baptist Church. Rev Roche Newton officiated and burial was in Lamesa Cemetery. He is survived by his wife and a son Bert of Plains.
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Terry County
G. M. Bartlett
Treadaway-Daniels Hospital
Bartlett
Brownfield
Swisher County
First Baptist Church
Roche Newton
Primitive Baptist Church of
Methodists Donate 175 Acres for Building Fund
The First Methodist church held a candlelight dedicatory service as the Ways and Means committee announced gifts toward its building fund. Farmers pledged acreage and royalty royalties from oil wells, with Bill McKinney as narrator and Rev. D. D. Denison delivering the address.
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God's Acres
First Methodist Church
Ways and Means
Building Fund
Bill McKinney
D. D. Denison
Gomez School to Close Next Year in Brownfield System
Gomez school will be closed next year the Brownfield school board announced after a Monday night meeting. Students will ride buses to Brownfield in 1953 54 as five staff members resigned including Betty Majors Nora Holder Tom Adams Nancy Arnold and Kenneth Glaze.
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E. V. Murphy
Murphy
Billy Thomason
Cubs
Gomez
Betty Majors
Nora Holder
Tom Adams
Nancy Arnold
Kenneth Glaze
Local Names Cited In Court Proceedings
The document lists individuals including Prince Paul Blackstock, Val Gatier, Joe Johnson, Mitchell Flache, Maurice Thompson, Mrs. Co. L. Williams, M. V. Walker, Howard Hurd, Rev. D. Db. Denison, W. T. McKinney and R. J. Purtell tied to a legal matter.
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Prince Paul Blackstock
Val Gatier
Joe Johnson
Mitchell Flache
Maurice Thompson
Co. L. Williams
M. V. Walker
Howard Hurd
Rev. D. Db. Denison
W. T. McKinney
R. J. Purtell
Brownfield Band Wins Sweepstakes Again at Plainview Contest
Brownfield High School band captured its third Sweepstakes Award and second consecutive year at the Regional Interscholastic League event in Plainview. They earned first division honors in concert sight reading and marching with a score of 98 in marching. Several junior high soloists also received top ratings.
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Fred Smith
Brownfield
Plainview
Smith
Odessa
Brownfield High School
Brownfield News Joins The Associated Press Network
The article documents Brownfield News becoming a member of The Associated Press as part of a historic AP expansion. It recounts AP's beginnings with telegraph and courier networks in the 19th century, highlighting publishers Bennett Hale and the rise of cooperative news gathering.
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Brownfield News
Associated Press
Associatd
Two New Locations Staked In Terry County
Two new drilling sites announced in Terry County. Western Drilling Company and Tobe FPoater tC report a stake 440 feet from the south and east at Mesor southeast quarter Section 17, Block K PSL Survey, seven miles north of Tokio and near Prentice field. Humble Oil and Refining Company marks an offset south of Cities Service discovery in Corrigan Maat- Fusselman field. Walter B. Collins well location is 660 feet from north and west lines of Section 9, Block A-3 PSL Survey, about 12 miles southeast of Brownfield. The site is scheduled to reach 11 800 feet.
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Terry County
Western Drilling Company, Inc
Tobe Fpoater Tc
Alexander
Mes
Tokio
Abott
Prentice Field
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Discovery
Corrigan Maat- Fusselman
Walter B. Collins
Brownfield
Long-Time Resident B. H. Brannan Dies
Funeral services for B. H. Brannan 73 long-time Terry county resident were held at 3 p m Monday in the Brownfield First Baptist Church with Bro W Cooley officiating. The body was to be interred at Indian Gap where Brannan was a church member. He had lived in Indian Gap the past four years and died early Saturday after a brief illness.
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B. H. Brannan
Terry County
First Baptist Church
Brownfield
Cooley
Indian Gap
Brannas
Indian Cap
Brannan
Fourteen to Report For Induction Tours
Fourteen registrants of our local draft board are to report for induction May 31. The list includes Billy Joral Snyder, Billy Franklin Lancaster, Guadalupe Tadiriques Moreno, Marion Ruther Blake, Clyde Daniel Tyler, JF Howard Kent Reed, Jomew Hing Want Moore, John Weldon Yeorrye, Kieml, Chute Wesley Mounger, Lloyd Doyle Henderson, Larry Dan Lenamond, Cecil Wayne Marley Jaames Donald Suite, and A Martey Joe Hughes. A second group will report for physical examinations on May 20: Junior Lee Wright, James Augusta Layland, Albino Castel, Shirley Edward Curry, Troy Lee Scott, Pobby Rand Briley, Jesse Albert Sellers, Billy Wayne King, Robert Henry Greener, Leonard Dean Willams, Lamond Dale Crane, Wilton Rudell Hood, Kent Ray Salter, Joe Tarrant Bybee, Autry Dean Burke, James Lowell Willie.
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Billy Joral Snyder
Billy Franklin Lancaster
Goadalupe Tadiriques Moreno
Merion Ruther Blake
Clyde Daniel Tyler
Howard Kent Reed
Jomew Hingwant Moore
John Weldon Yeorrye
Kieml
Chute
Wesley Mounger Lioyd
Doyle Henderson
Larry Dan Lenamond
Cecil Wayne Marley Jaames
Donald Suite
A Martey Joe Hughes
Monday Is B Day Pledge Your Support
Citizens urged to pledge support for the Brownfield Blood Mobile drive with Miss Jean Pitaeminens and local volunteers scheduling blood collection. Red Cross and American Legion members available for pledge ecards and participation details.
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Brownfield
Jean Pitaeminens
Red Rats Feld
Ted Croas
American Legion
VEW
Red Cross
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Yews
Chamber of Commerce
Shell Pipeline
Fred Miller
District Gauger
State Bank
Chamber
Brownfield Rotary Club
Charley Guy
Washington
P. m
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First Methodist
East Broadway
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Burton Hackney
Gomez School
Pat Arsers
Earl D. Lyons
C. A. Chossche
Oclarinigi
Janie Turner
Bell Walker
Virginia Daugherty
Linda White
Pat Henkle
Mike Smith
Veeda Jo Chissum
Barbara Bruck
Mary Waters
Micky Eaves
Gene Mason
Linda Moore
Ken Cary
Lesse Hallbauer
Betty Hargrove
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Rosalyn Lewis
Charles Gunn
Jack Purtell
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New York Journal and Commerce
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