Too Wet to Plow Echoes in Town Lore
Local anecdotes recount a line of chatter about rain and delays amid community life. A parade note and a traffic violation letter mix with humorous quips about Miss Rain Drop and Miss Dreathbreaker as readers reference Texas floods and New York deflation. The Citizens Traffic Commission met to discuss volunteer parking on off streets and vacant lots, a project to watch. Bryant Tractor Co. seeks a new home location for expansion.
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Mary Dee Mason
Charlie
Grady Elder
Marner Price
Puerto Rico
Texas
Citizens’ Traffic Commission
Union High seniors graduate and plan Colorado Springs trip
Eight Union High School seniors completed graduation with baccalaureate services led by a 1953 alumnus now studying at Abilene Christian college. The speaker outlined seven service principles and named friendship, good conduct, respect, forgiveness, gratitude, true love, and reverence. Jean Sargent and Bonnie Horn will deliver valedictorian and salutatorian addresses. The group departs Saturday for a week in Colorado Springs, marking the seventh annual trip.
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Union High School
Glen Sargent
Abilene Christian College
Jim Burleson
Jean Sar
Henry Williamson
G. M. Gary
Colorado Springs
Union Haves
Odus T Walser
R. Lee
Union School Board
Fred J. Stoughton
Bonnie Horn
Jean Sargent
Pauletta Gracey
Evelyn Neighbors
Nolan Cornett
Robert Earl Faught
Lloyd Wilson
Joe Pat McCullough
Mother Goose in Texas joins NEWS editorial page
Ray Wood the folklorist and author from Raywood Texas brings Mother Goose in Texas as a weekly feature on the NEWS editorial page starting this week. He notes American child rhymes extend the Mother Goose tradition and have evolved with books and regional twists across decades.
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Texas
Ray Wood
Houston Chronicle
Raywood
America
Wood
West
South
Mid-West Oil Drill Starts Wildcat South of Brownfield
Mid-West Oil Corp of Fort Worth begins No 1 Roy Golden wildcat ten miles south of Brownfield and two miles from Adair Wolfcamp, projecting to 9 000 feet at Section 17. Prentice field locations and other wells, including Hon olulu No 1 Mrs Dilly C Hays and Tennessee Production Co 2 J T Jones, are planned in nearby sections. A Humble Oil test at Vera V Wilmeth in Wolfcamp shows 9 feet oil and 96 feet saltwater. electric logs underway.
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Brownfield
Adair
Mid-West Oil Corp. of
Fort Worth
Adair Wolfcamp Field
Roy Golden
Honolulu Oil Corp
Dilly C. Hays
Tokio
Tennessee Production Co
J. T. Jones
Terry County
Wolfcamp
Vera V. Wilmeth
Block K
J. O. Barnes
Elmore
Texas Crude Oil Co
Wartes Leaves Meadow to Coach Stanton Teams
Larry Wartes, Meadow basketball coach since 1951, accepts head basketball and assistant football coaching jobs at Stanton High School. Wartes led Meadow teams to 15-12 in 1951-52, 44-9 over two seasons, then 20-6 and 24-3 in following campaigns. He notes the move is for the best and cites fine players.
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Meadow School
Larry Wartes
Wartes
Stanton High School
Meadow
Hardin- Simmons
Broncs
Meadow High
Stanton
Jaycee Rodeo Dates Set for July 7 10
The Brownfield Junior Chamber of Commerce announces the annual rodeo July 7 to 10 for amateurs only. Goat Mayo to supply stock. Mayo has run shows in Stamford Snyder Post and Pampa. Jaycee president says girls may show at the local Junior Livestock show in the future and Yoakum county is dropped from the event name. The Jaycees will fund sending a local boy to Boys State in Austin.
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Brownfield
Yoakum County
Yoakum County 4-H
PFA
Terry County
Jaycees
Austin
Terry County Farmers Watch Rain as Planting Advances
Rain began to ease as Terry County farmers started full scale planting with about 50 000 acres in, 114 000 remaining unplanted. Worries grow over grain storage with over 200 000 acres in grain sorghums and storage terminals near full. County receives 63 400 emergency wind erosion funds. contour listing pays 50 cents per acre, with potential 1 25 per acre for new practices. 4H FFA cotton contest offers 500 prize money. deadline July 1. Weather delivered 1.34 inches total in Brownfield week, with varied totals across the county.
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Terry County
Jim Foy
Poy
ASC
Looe Miller
Chesshir
R. L. Wade Services To Be Held Today
Funeral services for 75 year old R. L. Wade of Brownfield are set for 2 p m today at Gomes Baptist Church. Pastor T L Nipp will officiate with Rev. Bob Robbins assisting. Wade, who died Wednesday morning in Lubbock after a long illness, had farmed in Terry County since 1946, moving here from Dickens Kansas. He is survived by five daughters, three sons, four sisters, four brothers, a stepmother and many grandchildren. Burial follows at Terry County Memorial Cemetery.
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Danny Knox
John Knox
Paul
R. L. Wade
Route 2
Brownfield
Gomes Baptist Church
T. L. Nipp
Bob Robbins
Levelland
Wade
Laibbock
Terry County
Dickens
Kan
Lester George
T. J. Grizzle
Lee
J. W
Anchorage
Alaska
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
McDaniel Charged After Raid Finds Whiskey Stock
County Court records show Robert McDaniel charged with illegal possession of intoxicating liquor after a raid by Sheriff Chick Lee and deputies. Four cases were found in a cabinet behind a refrigerator. trial set for May. McDaniel posted a $1,000 bond and was released.
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Legas
Robert McDaniel
Chick Lee
Sand McDaniel
Seventy-Six Brownfield Seniors Graduate Friday
Seventy six Brownfield seniors graduate Friday with valedictory and salutatory addresses by Jane Griggs and Mary Eilen Cornelius. The ceremony includes baccalaureate, invocations, diplomas, honors, and scholarship prospects for top students.
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Brownfield
Jane Griggs
Mary Eilen Cornelius
Brownfield High School
Paul Farrell
First Christian Church
Vel Crosby
First Methodist Church
Jones Weathers
First Baptist Church
Howard Smith
Nazaarene Church
Bill Andrews
Southside Church of Christ
C. G. Griffith
Byron Rucker
Mary Cornelius
Eldon Cornelius
Jack Griggs
Billy Mack Herod
Roy Herod
Jane
Mary
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B. W. Horn
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Warren Young
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Goza
Ernest Hyman
SCS
Terry
W. J Walker
Curtis Hulse
Wellman
Kelly Mack Sears
Verna King
Lynn Nelson
American Legion
Billy Thomason
Vernon Brewer
Mariners of America
Clyde Bragg
FFA
Wes Hicks
Earl Brown
Max Miller
Delbert Beavers
L. G. Willis
Robert Flache
Lewis Chambliss
Charles Wilkes
Bud Campbell
Patsy McAnnally
Homemakers of America
Ed Vranke
Norma Rene Patton
Janet Bragg
FHA
Johnora Haynes
Nancy Arnold
Avan Griggs
Barbara Morgan
Future Teachers of America
Karen White
J. B. Curtis
Ginger Gunn
J. D. Miller
Mary Ellen Cornelius
Jane Elle Lewis
Calvin McIntosh
Janet Lewis
Alvin Mirll
Dorble Phillips
Barney Lindly
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