Brownfield High graduates with mixed emotions in 1960 ceremony
A large Brownfield High School crowd witnessed a 1960 graduation marked by tears, anxiety, and happiness. Notable honorees included Yvonne Parker, recipient of a four year McMurry College scholarship, and Anita Jo Wooley. Speakers were Don O'Dell salutatorian and Linda Brewington received AAUW scholarship recognition.
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Brownfield High School
Yvonne Parker
Wayland
Florence) Parker
East Cardwell
L. L. Brock
Lubbock
Brock
Terry
New Mexico
BHS
J. Henry Cox
Gomez Baptist Church
Invoca
A. V. Wall
Byron Rucker
James E. Murdough
Board of Education
William Mayo
First Evangelical Methodist Church
Don O'Dell
Rath O'Dell
East Tate
Anita Jo Wooley
C. S. Wooley
East Hill
O'Dell
Miss Wooley
Linda Brewington
Miss Brewington
Brownfield
AAUW
Billie D. Speck
West Buckley
Murdough
L. J. Richardson
Terry Park Pool Opens for Summer Season
Terry County pool planned to open at 10 am Saturday with daily hours 10 am to 8 pm except Sundays 1:30 pm to 6:30 pm. Lifeguard James Morris. managers Doug Cox and Charlie Reese. Admission 25 cents students 50 cents adults. season passes 12 and 15 dollars. Swimming classes begin June 6 with two more two week sessions later, $10 fee.
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Terry County
Doug Cox
Charlie Reese
Cox
Reese
James Morris
Students Prepare for Multiple College Graduations Across States
Terry County residents join 254 Tech School of Engineering graduates including Charles Barrett and Albert Johnson Jr. in Lubbock. Others earn degrees at Texas, UT Austin, Oklahoma and NMMI with schedules spanning June and July commencements.
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Terry County
Texas Tech
University of Texas
Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma Baptist University
School of Engineering At
Tech
Charles Ray Barrett
Meadow
Albert W. Johnson Jil
Albert W. Johnson Jr
East
Barrett
Johnson
Dereesa Janel Farrow
Morris Farrow
802 East Sons
Ross Family to Return from Padre Island Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Ross and their children of 1205 East Cardwell are expected back soon from a vacation trip to Padre Island.
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Clyde Ray Bragg
James G. Bragg
East Hill
Vernon Brewer Jr
Vernon Brewer
Robert Broun Dumas
Jerry Dumas
North Second
Kelly Mack Sears
Kelly Sears
Agriculture School
Mack Ross
East Cardwell
Padre Island
Ben McCarty
Mississippi
Philip Edward McCarty
Ben
Ronnie McCarty
Meadom
Associated Press Bureau
Jackson
Miss
B. F. Finley
East
Buckley
Jim Finley
Cardwell
Famous Salvation Army Executive Visits Dallas Church
The Salvation Army former Texas commander Lt. Col. John A Morrison will speak at First Presbyterian Church in Dallas Sunday morning on The Certainty of the Gospel. Morrison, retired in 1958 after 38 years, will then travel to Lubbock for a Sunday night engagement.
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Salvation Army
Texas
John A. Morrison
Dallas
First Presbyterian Church
Morrison
Lubbock
Ralph O'Dell
First Presbyterian
Col. Morrison
United States
Joliet
Elgin
Ill
Kalamazoo
Adrian Mich
Peart
Chicago
Michigan
Lee Famous
W. R.buck! Stewart
North Second
Oscar Robert Cox
Henry Stafford
Cox
Highway 62
Terry
Stewart
52Nd St
Amarillo
Texas Highway Department
Brownfield Board Weighs $885000 School Bond Election
Voters head to the courthouse Saturday for the Brownfield ISD bond election. Absentee ballots total 61 by Tuesday night, with May 7 primary showing 128. The plan funds a new northeast elementary site, upgrades at Jessie G. Randal, Wheatley improvements, two future site purchases, and other additions to meet accreditation. The ballot asks yes or no on issuing bonds and levying the tax.
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Brownfield Board of Education
Brownfield
Jessie G. Randal
Wheatley School
KTFY
Wheatley
Special School To Begin On June 6
A two month program for non English speaking pre schoolers runs June 6 to August 5 in Brownfield. Registration Friday 8:00 am to 10:30 am in Jessie Randall room with Mrs Adel la Hernandez. Parents must present birth certificate and immunization record.
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Jessie G. Randal
Adella Hernandez
Delwin Webb
Brownfield Public Schools
Hernandez
Estelle Work
Bettye Johns
Poppy Sale By VFW Posts Planned Friday and Saturday
Hand Bros Post 6794 VFW plans a two day red poppy sale to aid Terry County veterans and the National VFW Home for orphans. Poppies will be sold Friday at the Post Office and two banks, and Saturday on downtown streets by the VFW Auxiliary with Cub Packs 74 and 43.
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Hand Bros
Terry County
VFW
First National
Brownfield
Walter Fulton
Bill Rice
Carolyn Hamilton
Commander Fulton
Trio Named To District VEW Posts
Three Brownfield men were elected officers of District 7 Veterans of Foreign Wars at the Lubbock convention. Bill Rice became district manager, Walter Fulton quartermaster, and L D Bailey judge advocate. Also named were Travis Hoover senior vice commander and Jessie Merle Kirkland junior vice commander.
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Brownfield
District 7
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bill Rice
East Repute
Walter Fulton
L. D. Bailey
East Sons
Lubbock
Homer Parker
Dale Brown
Bruce Salmon
Rice
J. Ray Nichols
Travis Hoover
Spur
Jessie Merle Kirkland
Lamesa
C. D. Brown
Court Orders New 50-Star Flag and County Actions
Commissioners Court met to approve a bid from Western Machinery of Lubbock for two motor graders for Precinct 4, authorize sale of a county lot in Meadow, and fund $75 for two 4-H teams heading to state contests in College Station on June 6. A new 50 star flag will replace the 48 star banner before July 4.
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Commissioners Court
Western Machinery of
Lubbock
Precinct 4
Meadow
College Station
Raymond A. Simms
Spotlight on Local Elections and Community Notices
Community updates cover the upcoming $885,000 school bond election with Jaycee volunteer chauffeurs offering rides for Saturday polls and a reminder telephone line. Notes include Braceros participation denial for Crosby County Farm Association, national water shortage concerns, army cutworm invasion impacts, Memorial Day scheduling, a birth announcement, and archival references to a Texas Tech Athletic Council motion from 1927.
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U. S. Labor Department
Crosby County Farm Association
Balls
USDL
Crosby Group
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Donald Joe Earl
Marion Trailer Park
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Terrell Knight
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Earl
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Brewer
Sears
Dumas
James Gee Morris
FE Cardwell
Richard Don Latham
Ernest F. Latham
Weldon Lynn Kennedy
Weldon W. Kennedy
Mary Ann Holmes
Daugh
New Mexico Military Institute
Thomas B. Zorns
Bruce C. Zorns
Zorns
NMMI
Roswell School
Corps of Cadets
Hagerman Barracks
Elmer Brownlee
Leonard Ellington
A. Earl Jones
Sid Lowery
East Buckley
Jake Geron
South C
VFEW
Clarence Kerns
Danny Thurman
Pete Marchbanks
Ross Cornett
Ronnie Floyd
Homer Jones Jr
Jimmy Woodard
Buddy Oliver
Elbert DuBose
Seth P. Woltz
Seminole
Wellman
Board of Equalization
Jaycees
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Jim Foy
Montana
Ralph Yarborough
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Texas Tech Athletic Council
Southwest Athletic Conference
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