Buddy Poppy sale and Road E-O winners at Brownfield
VEW Post 6794 will sell buddy poppies on Brownfield streets with Girl and Boy Scouts assisting to honor the dead while aiding living veterans. The annual Road E-O contest by Brownfield Jaycees crowned top students and featured luncheon guests and regional finalists in Levelland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Herb Chesshir
Eddie Roe
Arlo Lawrimore
National Service Organization
Roe
VEW
K. B. Parks
Paul Ward
Brownfield Jaycees
Brenda Grissom
Barbara Harris
Jerry Hahn
Billy Summerlin
Charles Lee
Brenda
Jerry
Levelland
Barbara
Billy
Charles
Jaycees
Pest Infestations Hit Cotton Fields Across County
County Agent Foy reports thrips and aphids injuring young cotton, with grasshoppers common in turmerows and pastures. He warns against poison bait and recommends Texas A&M Guide strategies using aldrin, heptachlor, toxaphene, DDT, and higher rates for aerial application to protect fields as weeds and grasses die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foy
Poy
Drive-In and Basement Plans Revealed by Brownfield Bank
Brownfield State Bank & Trust Company directors approved expanding drive-in facilities with an estimated 75 000 expansion. Architect George E Christenson of Dallas to prepare plans for a full basement beneath property west of the bank and new parking area to the south with work starting soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield State Bank & Trust Company
Pres. J. O. Gillham
George E. Christenson
Dallas
Gillham
Mail Box Improvement Week Observed Nationwide
Brownfield postmaster Wm C Brown announces Mail Box Improvement Week urging patrons to inspect rural mail boxes for compliance. Requirements include legible name, proper mounting height about 3–4 feet, weather protection, and a flag. Officials will inspect about 37 000 rural routes this month and consult with patrons whose boxes fail to meet standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Wm. C. Brown
Brown
New Grandson for Mr and Mrs Alton Lee
Mr and Mrs Alton Lee of Route 2 announce a new grandson William Robert Morman son of Mr and Mrs Danny Morman of Lubbock born May 16 weighing 7 pounds 10 ounces.
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Alton Lee
Route 2
William Robert Morman
Danny Morman
Lubbock
Whites Beat Reds In Intrasquad Football Tilt
The Whites defeated the Reds 6 to 6 in a spring training game at Cub Stadium. Led by quarterback Joe Oswald and Leon Hinson the Whites showed strong runs while facing a tough Reds defense led by Jimmy Rogers. The first half featured hard-hitting defenses and a White fumble set back the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reds
Cub Stadium
Joe Oswald
Leon Hinson
Jimmy Rogers
Bob Close
Leon Clark
Thank you Brownfield campaign supporters and winners urged
A Brownfield campaign thanks volunteers Curtis Sterling and the Brownfield NEWS staff for cooperation during six weeks of campaigning. Winners announced Saturday at the Hitching Post with prizes from 100 to 1000 dollars. candidates listed alphabetically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Curtis Sterling
Brownfield News
Ex-Resident of County Marks 100th Birthday in Carlsbad
The 100th birthday of Mrs. W. J. Hester of Carlsbad was celebrated at the home of her daughter Mrs. A. A. Comstock. Born May 20, 1858 in Fayetteville Tennessee, she has lived in Texas and Oklahoma, has six daughters and three sons, and celebrated 71 years of marriage to W. I. Hester before his death.
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A. A. Comstock
Carlsbad
Comstock
Thomason
George McDonald
Glenn Haden
Ukiah
Calif
C. R Smith
Yukon
Okla
L. S. Wreyford
Rochester
Legion Baseball Meeting Open To Local Youths
All Terry youths interested in playing baseball this summer with The American Legion are invited to meet at 2 p.m. Saturday in The Legion Hall. J. B. Huckabee presides. 17-year-olds after last Sept. 1 are eligible. Darrel Lewis will coach this year's Legion team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry
American Legion
Legion Hall
J. B. Huckabee
Howard Henson
Huckabee
Darrel Lewis
Old Lamesa Road
Legion
Minister Elected to General Assembly in Presbyterian Merger
The Rev. Ralph O'Dell of 1215 East Broadway was elected commissioner to the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the USA. The assembly meets May 28 to June 4 in Pittsburgh to oversee the merger of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. A and the United Presbyterian Church of North America. He will depart Sunday and return June 12 to Brownfield.
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Ralph O'Dell
East Broadway
General Assembly
New United Presbyterian Church
USA
Pittsburgh
First Presbyterian Church
Pennsylvania
New Church
Presbyterian
U.S. A
United Presbyterian Church of North America
New United Church
Mr. O'Dell
Brownfield
Social Hour Act Members To Meet On Friday
Brownfield Council 825 United Commercial Travelers of America to convene at 7 pm Friday. The gathering details appear in See No 3 on page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ACT
Brownfield Council
United Commercial Travelers of America
Winners To Be Feted At Drives End
The Good Will subscription campaign ends at 1 pm Friday with an awards luncheon at 12 36 pm Saturday. Judges include Rev Ralph O'Dell Mayor Arlie Lawri more and Sheriff James Ful ford as ballots are tallied to pick winners. Top prize is 1000 with additional cash awards for places two through six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knight Furniture
Hitchn Post
Ralph O'Dell
First Presbyyterian Church
Arlie Lawrimore
James Fulford
Services Held For Terry County Resident FE Farmer
Final services for FE L Farmer 57 of Route 5 were held Tuesday at Brownfield Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev James Tidwell officiated with burial at Terry County Memorial Cemetery. Survivors include a widow two daughters four sons two stepsons a brother and three sisters with pallbearers named F A McCutcheon Alton Webb Ross Black J L Newsom and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. L
James Tidwell
First Methodist Church
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Peggy Lee Farmer
Doris Wright
Greenville
Leroy Farmer
Harlingen
James Farmer
Borger
J W. Farmer
Winston Farmer
Lamesa
Curtis Fuller
Tuabhbock
James Puller
Odessa
BE. O Farmer
May Neeley
Corsicana
Mack. Endrizzi
Dallas
M. W Lambert
Appraiser Sid Lowery Installed as Secretary-Treasurer
Sid Lowery of 1206 Past H Buckley Lowery and an appraiser for Brownfield Savings & Loan Association was installed as secretary treasurer of the South Plains Chapter International Society of Residential Appraisers. The installation occurred last Friday at Lubbock Country Club.
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South Plains
International Society of Residential Appraisers
Sid Lowery
H Buckley Lowery
Brownfield Savings & Loan Association
Lubbock Country Club
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Fred Nicholson
Primm Drug
Morgan Gopeland
Mitchell Williams
Tohoka
106Th Judicial District
Bob Paynes
Curtis Scott
General Telephone
Weldon Callaway
Vic Deumrine
Pat Hipp
Goodpasture Grain
Leo Hall
Kanneth Huddleston Pres
Billings
Alvin Davis
NEW Stote
State Bank
Whites
Trump Reds
Byron Evans
Lloyd Becker
Hitching Post
Kay Billings
Earl M. Fox
Ane
W. J. Hester
G M Thomason
620
East Main
Tennessee
Hester
Texas
Indian Territory
Greer County
Terry County
John Gracey
T. M. Hester
Los Angeles
W. F. Hester
Davidson
C. D. Hester
Route 5
Kwai
Ina Sexton
Tuhoka Road
Jack Hamilton Tire Service
Jack
Shelton’s
Nantucket
Nan
Nantucket, Pa
Paw
Dunlap
Terry Courty Sheriff's Posse
W. I. Hester
Ralph O’dell
Farmer
Gomez
F. A. Mi Cutcheon
Alton Webb
Ross Black
J. L. Newsom
Jee Mi!er
Buck Hotson
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Thelma
Teteerd
Peewee
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