Leonard Lang Dies at 54 Funeral Today in Cres cent Hill Church
Leonard M. Lang of 718 East Broadway died at 5 25 am on Wednesday at age 54. Final rites were set for 3 pm today at Cres cent Hill Church of Christ where he served as elder. Burial in Terry County Memorial Cemetery. He leaves a widow six sisters and four grandchildren. Lang born August 18 1903 in Eastland County grew up in Mitchell County married Ida Turnbow 1925 moved to Terry County 1933 then 1942. served as Terry County Democratic chairman 1954 and as Terry County judge 1952 53 and was a charter Lubbock Christian College board member. He and his wife joined Cres cent Hill church in 1947 and he became elder in 1952. An extensive civic leader in farming and local politics. Funeral officiants listed with numerous honorary pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Crescent Hill Church
Herbert King
East Tate
D. R. Smith
Meadow
Bill
Lang
Eastland County
Carbon
Mitchell County
Loraine
Ida Turnbow
Terry County
Democratic Committee
Terry
Lubbock Christian College
Posse Plans A Larrupin Rodeo Here
Terry County Sheriff's Posse announces a June rodeo at the rodeo arena with a downtown parade at 3 p.m. next Thursday. Eddie Courtney leads parade entries, with entry inquiries by phone. Concessions by Hand Bros Post 6794. entry fees go to prize money. events include saddle bronc bull riding bareback calf roping barrel racing and goat sacking. Admission is $1.50 adults 50 cents children. Performances include Jack Johnson as announcer Norman Brooks as clown and Morris Stephens as producer with dances nightly at Legion Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Posseman
Eddie Courtney
Posse
Post
Tex Parrott
Pos Se
Hand Bros Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Parrott
Jack Johnson
Floydada
Norman Brooks
Decatur
Morris Stephens
Quitaque
Possemen
Legion Hall
Hoyle Nix
West Texas Playboys
Merchants Alarm Over Active Check Forgers in Town
Sheriff James Fulford warned Terry merchants to curb fraud after three men jailed for passing worthless checks. Williams of Brownfield, Baker of Roswell, and Bishop, a veteran forger, faced bonds from 1 000 to 5 000 dollars. Officers say the ring operated from Alaska to Brownfield with numerous attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Fulford
Terry
Fulford
Doyle Luke Williams
Brownfield
Justice of the
Lonnie Rhye
Williams
Weatherford
Thomas Henry Baker
Roswell
N.M
Cliff
Rhyne
James R. Bishop
Tokio
Bishop
Alaska
Bill Gordon
Cotton Program Talk Set for Terry County Meeting
Terry County Farm Bureau will host a three county subdistrict dinner meeting at 8 p.m. today in the Hitch-N Post Cafeteria to discuss the national cotton program recently presented to Congress. About 36 representatives from Terry Lynn and Yoakum counties are expected. a panel will include Jack Moore and H L Hub King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry County Farm Bureau
Hitch-N Post
Jack Moore
Texas Farm Bureau
Terry
Lynn
Yoakum
National Organization
Congress Moore
H L. ¢Hub King
Texas FB
Memorial Day Ceremony Planned by VFW and Brownfield
Memorial Day observance Friday will close most Brownfield businesses. Hand Bros. Post 1794 VFW will host a 10 a.m. ceremony at the courthouse square honoring fallen service members and Gold Star mothers. Major Taylor of General Telephone will MC and M D Paiburn will give Lest We Forget. Afterward, veterans will visit Terry County cemeteries to place flags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hand Bros. Post
Major Taylor
General Telephone
M.D. Paiburn
Wefw Post
Brownfield News
VFW
Terry County
Gomez HD Club Hosts 42 Party Benefit
The Gomez HD Club will sponsor a 42 party at 7 30 p m Friday at the home of Mr and Mrs Denver Kelly to raise funds for club projects. Admission is one dollar per couple and includes refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gomez HD Club
Denver Kelly
Gomez
Lubbock Men Sentenced To State Penitentiary
Charles Floyd Renfro, 55, and Dwayne Rhea Millman, 17, of Lubbock were sentenced by Judge Louis Reed to two to three years in the state penitentiary. Renfro attempted to pass forged instruments at three local businesses, while Millman was convicted of burglary for a Meadow Combs Gin break-in in February and faces an additional six-year Hale County term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Louis Reed
106Th District Court
James Pulford
Charles Floyd Renfro
Fulford
Dwayne Rhea Millman
Combs Gin of Meadow
Hale County
Odessa couple visits relatives in Muleshoe and Brownfield
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ruehs of Odessa and Mrs. J. T. Aubury of 514 North Fifth travel to Muleshoe on Thursday to see a niece. They plan to return to Brownfield Friday via Lubbock to decorate graves, then tend local cemetery graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Ruehs
Odessa
J. T. Aubury
North Fifth
Muleshoe
Brownfield
Lubbock
Babe Ruth League opens second season with two games
Babe Ruth League begins its second season with a 1:30 p.m. doubleheader at Babe Ruth Park. Opening ceremonies at 6:15 p.m. feature Mayor Arlie Lawrimore Judge Herb Chesshir and Arie Hart. Barbara Kirschner to toss first ball. Dodgers vs Red Sox in game one and Cardinals vs Pirates in the nightcap at 8:30 p.m. The 35 game schedule runs through July 17 with three rounds totaling 15 games after district tournament in mid July. The league, a 1956 PONY affiliate now Babe Ruth League, targets 13 to 15 year olds and plays Mondays Thursdays and Fridays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Maple
Terry
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth Park
Arlie Lawrimore
Herb Chesshir
Arie
Bob) Hart
Barbara Kirschner
Dodgers
Red Sox
Cardinals
Pirate
Activites
Levelland
Dave Nicholson
Nicholson
Burton Hackney
Area II FFA candidates to pursue Lone Star degrees
Eight Brownfield High School Future Farmers of America members plan to seek Lone Star Farmer degrees at Area II convention in Midl and Friday and Saturday. Candidates include Ronnie Surtley Lonnie Surtley Herbie Pickett Jimmy Sherrin Hilburn Briscoe Leon Hinson Tomoane Lamar Byron Frances Patsy Hulse Dovie Adams and Miss Hulse as area sweetheart. The group travels Thursday with instructors Robert Becher and Water Meyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BHS Future Farmers of America
Lone Star Farmer
Ronnie
Lonnie Surtley
East
Buckley
Herbie Pickett
Amr. Pickett
North
Jimmy Sherrin
J W Sherrin
Jokio
Hilburn
Robert Becher
Water Meyer
BHS Vong
San Antonio
Brownfield
Texas
United States
BHS
Wesley Builder to Attend Three Week Training
Wesley, a co owner of the new bowlay alley in Wesley north of the cot tom oil mill, leaves this week for a three week course in maintenance and operation of AMF automatic optic spotting equipment at Shelby Ohio. He will be accompanied by his wife and daughter and return June 24 when installation begins June 30. The business aims to open in late July and the family will move to Brownfield after the training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
Bowlay Alley
Cottom
Shelby
Ohio
Brownfield
Restaurant Worker Dies Here Saturday
Funeral services for Wo 4 Coffee 41 Melody Restaurant employee were held Tuesday at Rix Funeral Home Chapel in Lubbock. Coffee's body was found around 6 pm Saturday by a fellow employee. death attributed to a heart attack. Survivors include his father A HK Coffee of Manderville Lat, sister Mrs fb CC Pary of Lubbock, two brothers A VY of Igloo and M J of San Francisco, and one son W PT Jr of Camden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Melody Restaurant
Rix Funeral Home Chapel
Lubbock
Hurtal
M. J
San Francisco
Calif
W. PT Jr
Camden
Mrs Bob Williams former Brownfield resident dies
Mrs Bob Williams a former Brownfield resident died at 1 a.m Sunday in Lubbock Methodist Hospital after a short illness. Funeral services were held Monday at Labbeck Westman Ster Presbyterian Church in Post with Rev. David Zacharias and Rev. Clinton Beawards officiating. She attended Lubbock High School and Texas Tech, was a Kappa Kappa Gamma member, and was survived by her husband Dr Bob Williams of Post, a daughter Karen Kay a son Stuart Don, her parents and a brother Royce Don Tankerste. Burial was in Veoh Memorial Park under Axl Funeral Home direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Willams
Brownfield
bLabbeck Westmanster Presbyterian Church
David Zacharias
Clinton Beawards
Williams
Lubbock Methodist Hospital
Larry S Lubbock High
Aim
Texas Tech
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Tech
Willams
First Presbyterian Church of
Post
Cvelankerslew
Veoh
Aix Funeral Home
Family mourns death of Clyde Peek in Hillsboro
Mr and Mrs John Bost and children of S06 East Reppto returned Monday from Hillshore where they attended the funeral of Clyde Peek. He died Thursday in a Hillsboro hospital after an extended illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bost
East Reppto
Hillshore
Tokio man named Father of the Year in Texas Baptist honors
Norman Lovelace, 61, a farmer near Tokio, named district Father of the Year as one of 17 district winners for statewide honors. He has long served Tokio Baptist Church as deacon, Sunday school superintendent, treasurer and song leader, with a lifetime of community service and a family including wife Winnie and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Lovelace
Tokio Farme
District 9
Texas Baptist
Ives Lovelace
Clurre
Wieners
Nik W
Terry
Texsay
Lovelace
Tokio
Parker County
Sorghum Demonstrations Slated By 4 H Members
Four H members led by Clarence Kerns Jr. plan dryland and irrigated sorghum trials near Meadow Route. Participants include Jhon Thurman and others with varieties such as Texas 39 601 610 611 620 and Dekalb 44 6 and experimental 3005. Seeds donated by Sonny’s Feed Store DeKalb and Linsey Seed Co. Expected harvest in fall with plots tabulated for local farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry
Clarence Kerns
Kerr
Jackie Dail
Mark Hulse Tye
Curtis Tlaise
Meadow
Aril
Danny Thurman
Jarne Thurman
Texas
First National Bank
Sonny's Feed
DeKalb
Jess McWherter
Purtell
Taylor Frans Feed Store
Amarillo
Linsey Seed Company
Lut Hock
Tab
Mrs Wo HM Collins In Hospital After Ver tebra Break
Mrs Wo HM Collins of 122 Wee Muin is hospitalized in Lubbock at Methodiat Hospital for treatment of a broken vertebra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wo HM. Collins
Wee Muin
Methodiat Hospital of
Lubbock
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leonard Lang
Leonard M. Lang
Chuck Winn
Carl Cabe
Tress Key
J. D. Williamson
J. E Eakin
Harley Starnes
Wyndal Miller
Frank Sargent
Farris Nowell
Walter Darlin
Jim Cloe
James Martin
Ches Gore
Alton Lee
R. D. Jones Sr
Paul Sherrod
F. W. Mattox
Jay Harris
Harry Cornelius
Don Thrash
Howard Hurd
Milton Addison
Val Garner
Foss Winn
Lee’ Brownfield
Herbert Chesshir
W. B. Starr
W. A. Gee
Jack Hamilton
Robert Young
R. H. Clements
Jimmy Mackey
C. E. Ross
Bill Settle
Weldon Latham
W. L. Patterson
Thomas Colvin
Willard Collins
Skipp
W. B. Forbus
Bill Tilson
Bill McKinney
Ray Christopher Rex Slater
J. O. Gillham
Joe Skaggs
C. H. DeVaney
Rodeo
Terry County Sheriff's Posse
TFB
Nieci
FFA
Parker School of Dance
Keing Daly P
Jan Ramsdale
Tayna Priceliza Shirley
Dawn Pemberton
Linda Campbell
Lowf
Bob Williams
Norman Lovelace of
Rev
WB. Flatch
Hite
Winnie Alae
Thier
Melba Bandy
Clayton Lovelace
Ola Mae Adama
Sabot
Okla
Delton Lovelace
Athene
Bapitat
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Canyon
Brownfieldt
Matador
New Mexico State Line
Ma ‘Res
Lee Ded
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!