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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1963
Page
3
Round three in the polio campaign in Brownfield and Terry County drew 5500 people to four clinics, far below the 7200 who received dose two on April 7. About 14009 had received the first dose last August, with 13000 expected for Sunday. Lines moved slowly and officials hoped for a stronger turnout.
The annual Summer Reading Club opens at 10 a.m. Saturday at Kendrick Memorial Library. Librarian Cary Ann Geron says the Texas State Library sponsors the program for students in grades one through seven. Certificates go to children who read at least 12 books, including one biography or non fiction title, all on the child’s grade level.
Funeral services for Mrs Annie J D McDonald 91 will be at 3 p m today at the First Methodist Church with Rev J Loyd Mayhew officiating Burial follows at Terry County Memorial Cemetery under Brownfield Funeral Home She died at 545 p m after a four week illness A Mississippi native she moved to Terry County in 1920 from Oklahoma and farmed in Needmore and Union communities later settling in Brownfield in 1925 Survivors include five sons L G Brownfield L D Anchorage A D Clovis N M J H Farwell and E H Dickson Calif three daughters C H Johnson Lubbock Mrs Bill Settle Hamilton and Mrs Ralph Harvey Dora N M 13 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren
J. O. Gillham, chairman of Terry County Savings Bonds Committee, reports April Series E and H sales in Terry County at 7312 dollars. First four months total 43214 dollars, 25.4 percent of the year’s 17000 dollar goal. The Texas total for April 12327195 dollars, four month total 52615020 dollars or 34.9 percent of the state goal. Gillham notes the 1963 Freedom Bond Drive is nationwide and urges Terry County residents to buy at least one bond before July 4.
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