Weather notes and local school and community notices
Southeast county rain reported Tuesday night with improving conditions elsewhere. Brownfield graduation speaker Carter to deliver diplomas at BHS. Reverend Jones Weathers returns from Baptist convention in Miami to preach Sunday. Birth certificates urged for incoming first graders and fall immunization shots offered Fridays 1 to 4 30. Second Salk vaccines given at Wellman and Union. Meadow and Brownfield to be notified. Little League umpires praised for service led by Artie Lawrimore. City government talk planned by Eunice Jones at Rotary. Sprinkler irrigation course at Jesse G Randal School for dealers. Wellman board honors Baldwin. T W George named high school principal. H E Stevens becomes Wellman elementary principal. Legionnaires to entertain veterans at Big Spring hospital Tuesday evening.
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Wellman
B. H. Baldwin
T. W. George
H. E. Stevens
Baldwin
Death on U S 62 Near Brownfield Under Investigation
Leo Bolton a 35 year old carpenter was found dead on U S 62 three miles south of Brownfield. Authorities suspect hit and run with a mangled body identified by a card. Bolton lived at Modern Courts and was last seen in Brownfield with a found abandoned car nearby.
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Leo Bolton
U.S. Highway 62
Brownfield
Sheriff's Department
Bulance
Bolton
Brownfield Funeral Home
Howard Hurd
Highway Patrol
Brownfield FFA Meat Team Takes Second at State Meet
The Brownfield Future Farmers of America meat judging team earned second place in the Meat Division at the Texas A and M College contest on Saturday. Team members were John O Neal William Smurs Aaron Floyd and Clifford Tuttle under teachers Wes Hicks and Walter Meyer. Other division winners included Pittsburg Dairy Products Stinnett Livestock Cleburne Dairy Cattle Kyle and individual winners Jimmy Steward Liano Don Colby Abilene Dale Burnett Sweetwater Teddy Jackson Decatur Leon Eckhoff San Saba.
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Brownfield Future Farmer
Future Farmers of America
Texas A&m College
John O'Neal
William Smurs
Aaron Floyd
Clifford Tuttle
Wes Hicks
Walter Meyer
Brownfield High School
Pittsburg
Stinnett
Cleburne
Kyle
Jimmy Steward
Liano
Don Colby
Abilene
Dale Burnett
Sweetwater
Teddy Jackson
Decatur
Leon Eckhoff
San Saba
Cancer Crusade Lacks Just Six Envelopes
The Terry County Cancer Crusade nears completion with two exceptions. One envelope is still out in town and should be returned to Frank Gorton at the First National Bank or via Mrs Wayland Parker. Five rural envelopes were not returned and should be passed on to a neighbor for delivery.
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Cancer Crusade
Terry County Cancer Crusade
Frank Gorton
First National Bank
Wayland Parker
Red Cross Chapter Faces Financial Strain in Terry County
Terry County Red Cross chapter warns of precarious funds as 1955 drive lags. With 54 percent of a $3,300 goal raised, Needmore Meadow and Tokio meet quotas while other areas fall short. Shortage of volunteers limits contact. donations accepted via mail to drive chairman B F Hutson.
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Red Cross
Wade Yandell
Terry County
B. F. Hutson
Needmore
Meadow
Tokio
Hutson
Fertilizer Trial Underway On Three Terry County Farms
Ernest Thaxton of the Lubbock experiment station begins an off-station test on five acres shared by George Hudspeth T. B. Woods and Bulice Farrar. Eight strips compare unfertilized ground with 30 pounds per acre ammonia sulfate nitrogen and 90 pounds per acre phosphorus, aiming for exact harvest data.
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Terry County
Lubbock
Ernest Thaxton
George Hudspeth
T. B. Woods
Bulice Farrar
Thaxton
Completions Two in Northwest Terry County Reported
Two completions were recorded in northwestern Terry county this week. Midwest Oil Corp. reports a producer on the No. 1-T Guetersloh located 12 to 2 miles south of Brownfield in Section 17, Block C-37, flowing 22 barrels per hour for five hours. The Northwest Adair Wolfcamp outpost shows oil and gas in tests at various depths with an overall gas and oil recovery noted. The Prentice field Great Western Drilling Co. No. 6-A Brit Claire and Phillips Petroleum Co. No. 1 A Day in Terry county report pumping oil and gas yields with differing gravities and oil-water ratios. See COMPLETIONS, Page 6.
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Terry County
Midwest Oil Corp
Guetersloh
Brownfield
Adair-Wolfcamp
Stor
Wolfcamp
Prentice Field
Great Western Drilling Co
Brit Claire
C&m
Phillips Petroleum Co
Terryon-Glorieta
Showers Threaten But Don’t Happen Over South Plains
Cloudy skies linger over the county with a forecast of possible rain from U S Weather Bureau experts. Brownfield reports a scant .06 inches Tuesday night raising the yearly total to 2.90 inches while northern areas saw a light shower of about .6 inches. Complete yearly totals shown at the SCS gauge list scattered precipitation from January through May, with a county average rainfall of 17.5 inches.
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South Plains
U. S. Weather Bureau
SCS
Brownfield
Wayland College to Confer Honorary Degree on Rev Jones Weathers
Wayland College plans its 45th commencement May 29 30 with Rev Jones Weathers pastor of the First Baptist Church among three honorary degree recipients. Rev Weathers will preach the baccalaureate sermon Sunday morning. Alfred Cornebise son of Mr and Mrs Cornebise Route 5 will receive a Bachelor of Arts as 60 seniors graduate May 30.
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Jones Weathers
First Baptist Church
Wayland College
Alfred Conebise
F. M. Cornebise
Route 5
Weathers
County Faces Open Staff Hospital Plan in Brownfield
In an open meeting Monday evening Terry County discussed selling the Treadaway-Daniels hospital to the county to improve medical facilities. Dr. Daniell urged an open staff hospital to attract doctors, noting six to seven needed and proposing a county led operation with possible federal financing and a $250,000 building plan. A feasibility committee was named to study county hospitals, with a potential bond election if favorable.
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Treadaway-Daniels Hospital
Terry County
A. H. Daniel
Chamber of Commerce
Daniell
Wayne C. Hill
Daniels
Chesshir
Commissioners’ Court
Chessnur
Duke Pyeatt
W. A. Roberson
Brownfield
Hill
YMCA Round-Up Set for Saturday at Regal Theatre
Brownfield and Terry county youths ten and older are invited to the YMCA Round-Up at 9 30 a m Saturday. Participants choose up to three of nine activities including golf volleyball archery art crafts tennis photography radio and folk games. The event features two comedies and free supplies with explicit registration guidance from R T Wilson and Dan Pitt.
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Terry County
YMCA
Regal Theatre
Jones Theatres
R. T. Wilson
Dan Pitt
Brownfield
Wilson
W L Pitts Funeral Held Here Saturday
W L Pitts 73 retired farmer died in Treadaway Daniels hospital after a three week illness. Funeral services were at Four Square Gospel Church with Rev R J Walls. burial in Terry County Memorial Cemetery. Survivors include wife two daughters a son and a sister. Pallbearers listed from Brownfield Ralls and Lovington.
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W. L. Pitts
Terry County
Treadaway- Daniels Hospital
Four Square Gospel Church
R. J. Walls
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Pitts
Lubbock
Claud Adams
Walls
Richard Moore
Lovington
N. M
T. R. Pitts
Brownfield
Vance Cypert
James Boydston
Mrs Loe Wins Why I Like to Wear Cotton Contest
Diana Adams was named Terry County Maid of Cotton at the first annual cotton week finale drawing 1500 attendees. Sabra Welcher placed second and Pat Kelly third among 11 contestants, with certificates and cash awards presented by local officials.
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Mrs. Loe
Diana Adams
Terry County
Serenaders
Sonny Curtis
Miss Adams
Brownfield High School
Mary Lou Adams
East Hill
Sabra Welcher
Wellman High School
Pat Kelly
Gomez
BHS
H. G. Garner
Rt. 5 Chamber of Commerce
B. F. Hutson
Maid of Cotton
Chamber of Commerce
Alvin Davis
Crawford Taylor
Dennis Q. Lilly
Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee
Barbara Chesshir
Barbara Whitaker
Freda Oliver
Janelle Hulse
Dessie Oliver
Barbara Eaves
Barbara Russell
Wanda Terry
Kelly Sears
Alton Lee
Jet Akers
Hubert Henson
Lee
Pat McMillan
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Bill Neel
R. L. Montgomery
Miss Ballard
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Sil Carter
Bhss
Southern Baptist Convention
Miami
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South Plains Heart Unit
I-V
Wellman and
Union
KTFY
Artie Lawrimore
Roy Fleming
Keith Snedeker
Charlie Parker
Joe Hamilton
Bill Suttle
Ralph McCullough
Eunice Jones
Rotary Club Today
Jesse G. Randal
Legionnaires
Big Spring Hospital
Legion Hall
U.S
Deport
Texas
New York
George Martin
FFA Meat
Red Cross Chapter
Terry
Tery
Adams
Dianna Adams
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