Memorial Day reflections and local elections preview
The piece honors Memorial Day with prayers for Vietnam peace and remembers Terry County service members. It notes graduation celebrations, upcoming summer plans for youths, and stresses encouragement for graduates entering adulthood. It also cites Saturday runoff elections for county commissioner Precinct One and Texas governor races, highlighting the importance of voting rights.
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Harvey Smith
George Steele
West Texas
Preston Smith
Don Yarborough
America
Brownfield Announces Summer Recreation Program
Brownfield's summer recreation program opens Monday under director James Morris with track and field, tennis, golf, gymnastics and life saving. Lions Club and local schools assist. activities run through the week at the high school facilities with daily gym, tennis and golf sessions and a city tennis tourney in planning.
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Brownfield
James Morris
Jo Hickman
Dale Gibson
Welch
Midland Public Schools
Brownfield Schools Offer Summer Reading Math and Speech Classes
Brownfield Public Schools announce a non graded summer program from June 6 to July 3 at Oak Grove Elementary. Reading will be taught by Fern Niles, mathematics by Alton West, and Lynda Beth Geron will supervise speech therapy. Tuition is 15 dollars per subject with a 10 student minimum. registration starts 9 a.m. June 6 in the principal’s office.
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Brownfield Public
Oak Grove
Fern Niles
Alton West
Lynda Beth Geron
Jim Cherry
Terry County cotton allotment transfers vetoed in vote
Terry County voters rejected proposed transfers of 1969 upland cotton allotments by a 50.5 percent majority, short of the two thirds needed. Transfers within the county may occur but intercounty moves require state authorization, with outside-state transfers prohibited. W A Fulford chaired the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee and explained the ruling.
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Terry County
W.A. Fulford
Agricultural Stablization and Conservation Committee
Fulford
Postal patrons curb pandering ads under new law
Postmaster Howard Davis announces a federal rule letting families halt offensive mail by requesting a prohibitory order. Patrons mail ads they find obscene or provocative with a form letter, and mailers must remove the patron from lists or face court action and possible penalties.
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Howard Davis
Post Office Department
Davis
Congress
Commissioners In Short Meet Terry County
Terry County Commissioners convened for a brief 10 a.m. session. They approved raising Mrs. Jean Renfro’s appointment to three quarters of a month as secretary to Justice of the Peace Frank Gray. They also ordered part time hire of Janie Berryhill in the treasurer’s office to replace Robbie Briscoe.
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Terry County
Jean Renfro
Legion To Honor Boys State Group Dinner Here For Six Terry County Boys
The American Legion Howard Henson Post No 269 hosts a 7 30 p m dinner honoring six Terry County boys chosen for Boys State from District 19 Their parents and sponsors join as guests with guest speaker Dean Murphy a 1951 Boys State attendee Other past attendees also speak and local men invited The boys depart June 8 return June 15 for Girls State prep and auxiliary sponsors Donna Steinrath and Mary Jane Blackstock accompany the Girls State delegation
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The
American Legion
Howard Henson Post No
Terry County
Delwin R. Morrow
Butch Tongate
Danny Tuggle
Bobby Craig
Gary Baccus
Bary Morris
D.M. Morrow
Jack Tongate
Dorris Tuggle
Robert Lee Craig
Jack Baccus
B.S. Morris
Dean Murphy
Boys State
Girls State
American Legion Auxiliary
Donna Steinrath
Mary Jane Blackstock
Highway Crash Kills One Man Near Gomez Store
A 5:30 p.m. crash on the Plains Highway killed Nathaniel Frasier 57 and injured Joe Baker. Frasier’s Ford and a cattle truck collided head on in the westbound lane near Gomez Store. Baker was treated and released. Frasier, en route to move his family, was a WWII veteran from Alabama.
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Hoyt Nathaniel Frasier
Farmington
N.M
Joe Royce Baker
Lubbock
Brownfield
U.S. 380
Nathaniel Frasier
Wylie Hudman
Sheriff's Posse
A.G. Roberts
Rick Bauman
Texas Highway Patrol
Plains Highway
Gomez
Baker
Brownfield General Hospital
Bauman
Frasier
Brownfield Funeral Home
Beaumont
Alabama
Roberts
Memorial Day Rites Set by American Legion Post 269
Public invited to attend memorial services at 10 a m on the north side of the Party House in Coleman Park. Howard Henson Post 269 conducts the program with H B Virgil Crawford as master of ceremonies and Major portions directed by H D Boston. J B Huckabee and J C Harris lead Colors presentation. Douglass Rohre of Crescent Hill Church of Christ to deliver the speaker’s address. Donna Steinrath and Mary Jane Blackstock to place wreaths, sponsored by the Auxiliary for Girls State in Austin. Gold Star Mothers receive corages. honored later at Mrs R D Shewmake’s home. Special music by Alice Toliver. Taps by John Allen Hudspeth.
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Howard Henson
American Legion
Coleman Park
H.B. Virgil Crawford
H.D. Boston
J.B. Huckabee
J.C. Harris
Douglass Rohre
Crescent Hill
R.D. Shewmake
East Cardwell
Mmes
Etta Brumley
Anna Bailey
Eva Baggett
Helen Bramlett
Lucille Burleson
W.W. Day
Gertrude Freeman
Ella Glover
Nora Gregg
Cristobal Gutierrez
Stella Harkins
R.D. Hill
Record 308 Absentee Ballots Cast in Runoff Vote
County clerk J O Burnett reports a June 1 runoff saw 308 absentee ballots cast in five days, setting a new record for that voting period.
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J.O. Burnett
Burnett
Post Office Parking Area To Be Changed
Postmaster Howard Davis notes a May 23 ruling from R S McAdams of the Post Office Department Real Estate Branch allowing government funded exterior improvements to the post office lot. Plans include widening the entrance exiting area to 25 feet, shortening the island, and trimming its width to six feet to create safer, wider space for motorists and mail depositors.
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Howard Davis
R.S. McAdams
Post Office Department
Dallas
McAdams
Davis
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