VEW Post Hosts Seventh District Veterans of Foreign Wars Meet
About 125 delegates are expected to attend the Seventh District Convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars in Lubbock area. Registration opens at 3 p m Saturday, with a Memorial service at 10 a m Sunday and district officer elections in a 1 30 p m closed session. Virgil Crawford chairs the convention committee.
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Seventh District Convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars
E. B. Blumberg
District 7
Spur
Lubbock
Warren Scudday
Veterans Hall
VFW
Louisa Everheart
Slaton
Seagraves
Mor
Final Rites Held For Mrs Cardwell
Funeral services for Mrs. Perla Cardwell 89 were held Saturday at 2 p m in the First Methodist Church with Rev Vel D Crosby officiating. Burial was in Brownfield Cemetery under Brownfield Funeral Home direction. She died May 4 in Treadaway Daniell Hospital after a short illness. A resident of Terry County since 1906 she came from Tyler. Survived by three sons Olen Palvadera NM George Denver City and Johnny Fresno California two daughters Mrs BE W Rambo Brownfield and Mrs CC Terry Amarillo one brother L Herrin Byers 12 grandchildren and many great grandchildren.
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Perla Cardwell
First Methodist Church
Vel D. Crosby
Brownfield Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Cardwell
Treadaway-Daniell Hospital
Terry County
Tyler
Methodist Church
Olen
Palvadera
N. M
George Denver City
Johnny
Fresno Calif
W. Rambo
Brownfield
C Cc. Terry
Amarillo
Byers
Canadien River Water Authority Seeks Quick Cost Figures
The Canadien River Municipal Water Authority directors voted to ask the Bureau of Reclamation office at Amarillo to provide fast figures on the same specifications for the project as proposed in the private financing plan. The action followed a lengthy discussion on private versus government financing for the canal project.
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Canadien River Municipal Water Authority
Bureau of Reclamation
Amarillo
Calvary Baptist Leaders Travel to Southern Baptist Convention
Fourteen year old Calvary Baptist Church member Mary Edith Stowe joins Rev. Warren Stowe Mrs. Stowe and daughters Carolyn Ruth on a trip to Miami Florida for the week long Southern Baptist Convention. The group will study crop prospects and church plans to build a new 600 seat auditorium on the lot south of the church with construction timing tied to crop outcomes.
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Warren Stowe
Mary Edith
Carolyn Ruth
Miami
Fla
Southern Baptist Convention
Calvary Baptist Church
Stowe
Calvary Baptists
Meadow Schools Schedule Finalized For May
Meadow schools close May 25 with baccalaureate May 22 at 8 p m in Meadow Baptist Church and commencement May 24 at Meadow High School. J L Carroll, superintendent, announced the plan.
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Meadow
Meadow Baptist Church
J. L. Carroll
Funeral Services Feld For Mrs Winningham
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the First Baptist church of Meadow for Mrs. Faye Winningham 49. Rev. Arlas Coward of Lubbock officiated assisted by Rev. T E Harrell. Burial was in Meadow cemetery directed by Brownfield Funeral Home. She died suddenly at home northwest of Meadow Monday and is survived by her husband Allen an uncle aunt two nephews and a niece. Pallbearers were Perry McAlister Max Kiser Lewis Peeler Lee Bartlett Odell Valentine and Bill Knight. Honorary pallbearers included Cecil Kelsey Bruce Zorns Calvin Bartlett John Cadenhead Herman Horschler and Glendale Simmons. Grade school graduation will be held at 8 p m May 23 with senior civics tests and finals scheduled May 16 19 20 23 and 24. May 25 closes the school year. Bobby Horton sophomore at Meadow High School won third place in the Interscholastic League Ready Writers contest at Austin for How My Community Should Prepare for an Atomic Attack accompanied by his parents and J L Carroll superintendent of Meadow schools.
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First Baptist Church of
Meadow
Faye Winningham
Arlas Coward
Lubbock
T. E. Harrell
Surial
Meadow Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Winningham
Meadow High School
Meadow Monday
Baptist Church
Allen
Perry McAlister
Max Kiser
Lewis Peeler
Lee Bartlett
Odell Valentine
Bill Knight
Cecil Kelsey
Bruce Zorns
Calvin Bartlett
John Cadenhead
Herman Horschler
Glendale Simmons
Bobby Horton
Austin
W. R. Horton
J. L. Carroll
Meadow Schools
Cotton Week festivities and local weekend events mix in Terry County
Weekend plans feature Terry County Maid of Cotton selection with 15 candidates, Lions field events, and a busy Cotton Week. Lions swimming pool opens, Armed Forces Day flyovers from Webb and Brownfield noted. Community notes include jokes, farm association meeting, and local government updates amid small-town life.
County wide citizen conference backs school program changes
The third meeting of the local Citizens Advisory Conference discussed school program improvements after group sessions. Statewide meetings follow a 1953 board study of the minimum foundation program and potential reforms. The conference declined district restructuring, noting four districts in the county, and forwarded conclusions to the State Board of Education. Terry County begins National Cotton Week with events on Saturday on the east side of the courthouse.
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Citizens Advisory Conference
State Board of Education
Terry County
Fifth
Dennis Q. Lilly
Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee
Maid of Coton
Chamber of Commerce
Brownfield News
Serenaders
Sonny Curtis
Meadow
Countywide Rain Boosts Planting Prospects in Terry County
Rain total from an inch to two and a half inches drenched Terry County over three days this week. County Agent Jim Foy estimates about 90 percent of nearly 160000 acres of cotton will be planted by May 25, with 70000 irrigated acres in excellent condition. Tornado scares and hail accompanied the moisture as Wellman Gomez and Brownfield areas noted significant rainfall.
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Terry County
Jim Foy
Foy
Brownfield
Wellman
Gomez
Honolulu Plugs For Northwest Terry County Test
A dial completion and one abandoned location marked the week in Terry county oil news. Honolulu Oil Corp No 1 B Hila Covington four miles north of Prentice field and 13 miles north of Tokio was plugged and abandoned at 12 478 feet after a plug back at 5 180 feet. Salt water was recovered in a drillstem test at Phillips No 1 John E. southwest of Gomez. A test from 5908 to 6102 feet yielded 440 feet of salt water with drilling mud and 4000 feet of sulphur salt water. Flowing pressure 1990 psi and a 15 minute shut in of 2285 psi. The 13500 Elvienburger Test lies 60 feet from section lines in Block D-11 near the Devonian field, south and east of Brownfield. Production site is 61 miles south of Conceto. See Honolulu Page 2.
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Terry County
Honolulu, Oil Corp
Hila Covington
Sec
Prentice Field
Tokio
Phillips Petroleum Co
John E
Gomez
San Andres
Reading
Brownfield
Wellsite
YMCA Summer Recreation Schedule Set for Terry County
The YMCA announces a May 21 gathering at Regal Theatre for children 10 and up to join a summer program starting June 1. Director R T Wilson outlines daily activities at the Presbyterian Youth Center and local venues with golf, crafts, photography, archery, tennis, radio, and volleyball led by named instructors from May 22 to Fridays.
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Terry County
YMCA
Regal Theatre
R. T. Wilson
Jones Theatres
Wii
Wilson
Joe Lopez
Presbyterian Youth Center
Wanda Franks
Walter Gracey
Fred Yandell
M. J. Craig, Jr
Be, C
Leroy Thomas
Park Bonds Sold At Low Interest Rate
Columbian Securities Corp. was the low bidder on the $175,000 Park Bonds at 2.2749 percent interest in Commissioner's Court. Other bids ranged from 2.2749 to 2.39777 percent.
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Columbian Securities Corp
Park
Commissioner's Court
Wellman Graduation Exercises Planned for Sunday
Fourteen seniors will receive diplomas at Wellman High School in a joint baccalaureate and commencement program at 8 p m Sunday. Bobbie Weaver to give the valedictory. speakers include George Bailey and Dr. Dudley Strain. Senior night and diploma presentations precede the main event.
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Bobbie Weaver
Beryl Parker
Freda Oliver
Fred 5
S. Cox
Wellman Methodist Church
Joyce Runnels
Supt. Bryant
L. C. Followell
Wellman
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