Ramblins and community notes from local campaign drive
The piece reports Terry County United Fund kick off breakfast with Tom Williams of Lubbock as opening speaker. It urges local giving toward a 27 211 goal and promotes community pride amid beautification efforts at Ray's Cleaners and Brownfield merchants joining a town improvement march.
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Terry County United Fund
Oak Grove
Tom Williams
Lubbock
United Fund
Ray's Cleaners
Annual Swapfest Opens at National Guard Armory
The 14th annual Brownfield Swap-Fest runs Saturday to Sunday at the National Guard Armory co sponsored by the Terry County Amateur Radio Club and Terry County Citizens Band. 400 to 500 people from Texas Oklahoma New Mexico and Louisiana attend yearly. Early arrivals Saturday feature a program for amateurs and CB operators presented by General Telephone Electronics. Free admission and no registration. Doughnuts coffee lunch Sunday noon. Special radio control airplane facilities added this year for dealers and model enthusiasts.
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Terry County Amateur Radio Club
Terry County Citizens Band
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Louisiana
C.B
General Telephone Electronics
Citizen Band
Civil Defense
Radio Control Boys
Mars Program
Brownfield trustees seek 2.154 million bond for school plan
Trustees voted to call a bond election for 2.154 million dollars to fund a new high school on the current site, remodel the high school for grades six through eight, demolish West Ward, and update facilities. Absentee voting runs until Nov 1 with three precincts and appointed judges. The board also approved resignations, hired a new teacher, and let a library construction bid.
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Brownfield Independent School District
West Ward
Jesse G. Randal
Milking Lesson Recalls Gomez Community Roots
In a Roswell Daily Record column, Floyd E. Camp and his wife Annie recall field lessons from a Gomez Community dry-land farm near Brownfield Texas. The tale notes a cow milked on the wrong side can kick the bucket and recounts a humorous farm romance and farming life.
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Floyd E. Camp
Gomez
Roswell
Brownfield
Texas
Chamber States Shoplifting Clinic Today
The Terry County Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture with the Texas Retail Federation host a shoplifting clinic at 10 a.m. in the Chamber building. The hour-long program targets retail employees ahead of the holiday buying season and includes remarks by Michael R. Moore and a film titled The Shoplifters. A local police representative will discuss the local shoplifting issue and legal aspects for merchants.
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Terry County Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Texas Retail Federation
Chamber
Michael R. Moore
The
City Slickers Plan Long Range Beautification for Brownfield
Mrs Rex Wilkes and Davi Nicholson won seven fifty prizes for the group name Women s League of Brownfield City Slickers. The club met in the Flame Room to discuss long range plans with a panel including Bill McGowan W T McKinney Jake Geron Jack Hamilton and Leon Speed. Members debated demolishing condemned buildings notes on costs and city procedures for removing wrecked autos and sidewalks. Donations of 100 from the Chamber of Commerce and 25 from Jones Lowe Insurance and annual dues of 1 were announced. A day nursery was discussed and Wheatley School proposed as a site. Meetings set for the second and fourth Mondays at 7 30 p m with Snyder’s program slides to be shown.
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Brownfield Consolidated Indpendent
Yoakum County
Terry County
Ray Anderson
David Nicholson
Jack Brooks
Richard Prigmore
Jackie Cargill
Brownfield Consolidated Independent School District
Jesse G. Randal
Tohoka Road
R.V. Moreman
Bill Cowan
Susan Jones
Mary Jennings
Sharon Bauman
Sandra Frei
Susan Dahlin
W.O. Caraway
Colonial Heights
Rex Wilkes
Davi Nicholson
Brownfield
Women’s League of
Bill McGowan
W. T. McKinney
Jake Geron
Jack Hamilton
Leon Speed
Texas Tech
McGowan
Geron
Snyder
United Fund Opens 1968 Campaign With Breakfast Start
The United Fund kicked off its 1968 drive with a morning breakfast at Oak Grove Cafeteria for campaign workers. Guest speaker Tom Williams of Lubbock, longtime Water Inc employee, outlined goals and spoke of his ACS leadership in New Mexico and Amarillo.
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Terry County United Fund
Oak Grove
Tom Williams
Lubbock
Water, Inc
Williams
New Mexico
American Cancer Society
Society
Amarillo
Arlie Lawrimore
United Fund
Sammy Jones
Mack Ross
C. G. Grizzle
David Nicholson
James Willis
J. W. Hawkins
Alby Cockrell
Sonny Martinez
L.a.c.lo
New Voter Laws Effective for Moving Residents
County Clerk J O Burnett explains new rules for voters who move into a county since May 5 1968. They must vote a special period in the county clerk's office by Nov 1 to cast ballots for state offices and amendments, with full ballots on election day only for those in place six months or more.
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J. O. Burnett
Texas
Burnett
Optimist Club to Sponsor Brownfield Community Play
Brownfield Optimist Club will sponsor a community theater production of The Mouse That Roared in late November. More than 30 parts available. Darlene Gray will direct. auditions call numbers 637 6040 637 2121 or 637 4337 after 4 p.m.
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Brownfield Optimist Club
Brownfield
Darlene Gray
Phil Porter
Jimmy Billings
Santa Claus Special Sailing For Vietnam
A joint Pentagon Post Office venture will send a fast U S cargo ship named the 1968 Santa Claus Special from Oakland to Vietnam ports Da Nang Qui Nhon Cam Ranh Bay and Saigon. Gifts should be mailed in late November with APO or FPO addresses and packed securely.
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Armed Forces
Vietnam
Pentagon Post Office
U. S
Oakland
Calif
da Nang
Qui
Nhon
Cam Rahn Bay
Saigon
Open Meeting On Terry County Feed Lot Proposal
A group of Terry County farmers ranchers and business people will present a feed lot project to area citizens Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the County Court Room. The plan would use 84 million pounds of local feed to support 20 000 head of cattle and could generate 26 million dollars flowing through Brownfield annually. With 4.5 million for feed and operating costs 8 million for cattle and 132 million dollars in receipts, the project aims to boost local income and crops. Everyone is invited to attend the open discussion.
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Terry County
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South Plains Steel Structures
Lloyd Moore and Sons Construction Company
D.T. Craver
Chamber States
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Paul Risser
Dallas
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