Brownfield State Bank to Open Expanded Drive-In Facility
Brownfield state bank unveils a $160000 expansion featuring three drive-in windows and a walk-up counter with a larger basement. The open house runs 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday with guided tours and 60-car parking east of the building. President J O Gillham urges Terry residents to visit.
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Motor Bank
Brownfield
South Plains
Brownfield State Bank
Christensen
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Schools Here Try To Eliminate Chance Career
Brownfield guidance program led by Dr. Robert Hoey emphasizes two goals guiding students: helping them choose a life career and addressing personal and social issues during schooling. Hoey notes every teacher plays a key role, linking school, home, and community in a functional guidance program integral to the curriculum.
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Robert Hoey
Hoey
Dents
Terry County schooling to open with 15 teachers in September
Indications point to the upcoming September term being the best in the county's history as 15 teachers have been hired for Terry County schools. In other news, C E Meils and R H Castleberry received 250 pounds of fertilizer from Synthetic Nitrogen Products to test as a side dressing on cotton and corn. Dr. Lester Treadaway and wife return from San Antonio and other South Texas points.
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Lester Treadaway
San Antonio
Texas
Five Day Clean Up Week Sets Sections for City
The annual Clean-Up Week divides the Brownfield area into five parts for Lions Jaycees Rotarians and Kiwanians. Mrs C S Smith pastor of Hester Memorial Methodist Church leads the Negro section and her group won the prize two years ago. Curtis Sterling says residents should call City Hall for trash pickup and county residents should contact the county judge.
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C. S. Smith
Hester Memorial Methodist Church
Curtis Sterling
City Hall
Labor Department Postpones Farm Labor Hearings
A Labor Department telegram to H. L. King states hearings on farm labor regulations set for June 1 in the capital are postponed indefinitely. King says this indicates no new regulations will be issued this year for domestic farm labor.
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Labor Department
H. L. King
King
Irrigation Water Cutoff Dates To Be Tested
Second year studies begin at Sandylands Experimental Field on the Euhce Farrar farm eight miles NW of Brownfield. Charlie Fisher of Lubbock Experiment Station notes ongoing and new projects for 1959 including cotton varieties sorghum forage fertilizers seed row fungicide cotton insect control crop rotation and planter equipment. Water cutoff dates to be studied to determine optimal irrigation stopping times.
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Euhce Farrar
Brownfield
Charlie Fisher
Lubbock Experiment Station
Fisher
Campaign Under Way In Big Way For News Expansion
Advance indications and reports of workers enrolled show the Brownfield News Subscription Expansion Campaign off to a strong start. Workers city wide began Saturday for a campaign running until July 1 with aims of increased circulation.
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Brownfield News
Leyal
Brownfield Rotary awards Kuykendall college scholarship
Forrest Kuykendall was presented the Brownfield field Rotary Club scholarship worth 250 dollars cash and a 1 000 dollar loan at a weekly luncheon. The 18 year old Brownfield High School graduate, son of Mrs J D Kuykendall, will major in electrical engineering at Texas Tech after reserving a room there. He is noted as one of the finest tennis players to attend Brownfield High School. The Rotary committee reviewed nine applications before selecting Kuykendall and thanked all applicants for their strong qualifications.
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Forrest Kuykendall
J. D. Kuykendall
East Broadway
Texas Tech
Brownfield High School
Rotary
Kuykendall
Sammy Jones
Check Forger Caught After FBI Tip In Texas County
An alleged check forger sought in at least three states and by the FBI is in Terry County jail after a tip from an informant. Chief Deputy Bill Gordon arrested 29 year old Harry B. Johnson, a former Levelland resident, in Bronco Saturday night. Johnson was wanted by the FBI and authorities in California New Mexico and 15 Texas cities. Extradition waiver signed.
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Terry County
Bill Gordon
Harry B. Johnson
Levelland
Bronco
Johnson
FBI
California
New Mexico
Texas
Brownfield council funds paving and substation warrants
The City Council approved issuing seventy thousand dollars in warrants to cover paving and a western Brownfield substation project. A bid for fifty thousand dollars was accepted at four percent interest, with the remainder marketed at the same rate. The paving balance totals thirty one thousand two hundred twenty one dollars and the substation forty one thousand four hundred fifty five.
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City Hall
C. E. Ross
A. M
Dick) Brownfield
East Cardwell
A. J
Jake) Geron
Geron
Dick Brownfield
Eunice Jones
H. A. Brooks
Brooks Claim Service
Lubbock
Brooks
Insurance Company
Workman's Compensation Insurance
Houston Fire and Casualty Company of
Fort Worth
Marion Bowers
C. S
Sister
Jones
North Fifth
North Sixth
Big B Days to Highlight Lubbock Merchants Week
A subcommittee of retail merchants plans a six day event from September 21 to 26 titled Big B Days to emphasize merchandising values with no giveaways or gimmicks. The group includes Jim Hest of Knight's Furniture and local business leaders from Bayless Jewelry Klein's Ready-To-Wear and Radio Station KTFY among others. Rex Webster of Craig & Webster served as planning consultant.
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Jim Bayless
Bayless Jewelry
Harold Klein
Klein
Ready-To-Wear
Mike Barrett
KTFY
Mer Royce Hardy
Cobb's
Chamber Mgr
Joe Satterwhite
Curtis Sterling
the News
Rex Webster
Lubbock
Webster
Hestand
Knight's Furniture
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