Rites Held For Ernest Burnett
Funeral services for Ernest Burnett 71 were held at First Methodist Church with Rev. Alby J. Cockrell officiating. Burial followed in Terry County Memorial Cemetery under Brownfield Funeral Home direction. Burnett longtime area resident died Wednesday at Brownfield General Hospital after a brief illness. He came to Terry County in 1997 from Dublin and served in World War II. He married Helen Newsom in Tohoka on March 6 1919 and owned a bakery before retirement. Surviving are his wife three sons a daughter six grandchildren and two great grandchildren, plus three brothers a sister and one son.
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Ernest Burnett
First Methodist
Alby J. Cockrell
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Brownfield
Burnett
Recruiter Star nes Returns From Fort Harrison Training
Staff Sergeant Jackie M. Stanes returns from Fort Benjamin Harrison Ind after five weeks of extensive training in recruiting and career counseling He is now with the Recruiting Station in Lubbock He previously served with the 56th Artillery in Bien Hoa Vietnam and holds the Bronze Star Medal plus training at Fifth U S Army Leadership School Fort Carson Colo
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Jackie M. Starnes
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Lubbock
Starnes
56Th Artillery
Bien Hoa
Vietnam
U. S. Army Leadership School
Fort Carson
Colo
Freezing Temperatures observed in Terry County in October
Terry County saw freezing readings twice in October with 32 degrees on Oct 18 and 19 after frosts on Oct 16 and 17. Temperatures spiked to 95 on Oct 13 with 90s on two other days while rainfall totaled about half an inch. Cotton continues to open rapidly and should be ready for full harvest within 10 days. early freeze caused some damage to late cotton.
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Terry County
Lewis Simmonds
Official
Brownfield
Texas A&m
Services Set For Ed Davis
Funeral services for Ed H. Davis 64 will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in Brownfield Memorial Chapel with Rev. Frank Ambuhl officiating. Burial will be in Terry County. Davis resided at 920 Fast Tate and died at Plainview Hospital after a heart attack. He moved to Brownfield in 1942 then Plainview in 1943 where he opened an electrical motor service. Survivors include his wife Fay three sons Ervin Harold and Terry, one brother Ted Davis of Superior Ariz., three sisters and six grandchildren.
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Ed H
Iavis
Memorial Chapel
Brownfield
Frank Ambuhl
St. Paul Episcopal Church
Lubbock
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Davis
Plainview
Davis Electric Motor Service
Lubbock Road
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
Brownfield Oddfellow Lodge
Fay
Ervin
Fast Tate
Harold
Tahoka Road
Terry
Ted Davis
Superior
Ariz
C.R. Phillips
Tempe
B.C. Young
Downing
Calif
H.C. Crippen
Bloomington
Tyler Services Scheduled Today
Funeral services for Arnold Gene Tyler age 21 will be at 2 30 pm today in the Memorial Chapel of Brownfield Funeral Home with Daisy Wiltbank of the Church of the Good Shepherd of Lubbock officiating. Burial will be in Terry County Memorial Cemetery under Brownfield Funeral direction. He died at 420 am Saturday in Brownfield General Hospital and is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Burley G Tyler a sister Linda McWilliams of Lubbock and his grandmother Mrs Troy Wright of Brownfield.
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Arnold Gene Tyler
Brownfield
Myers
Daisy Wiltbank
Church of the Good Shepherd of
Linda McWilliams
Lubbock
Troy &, Wright
14th Swap-Fest Underway Today
The Terry County Amateur Radio Club and the Terry County Citizens Band co sponsor the 14th annual Swap-Fest at the National Guard Armory. Activities start with free coffee and doughnuts, noon meal choices include baked ham roast beef or barbecue, and prizes at 2 p.m. The event draws 40 to 500 visitors from Texas Oklahoma New Mexico and Louisiana. Marvin Barnes and Pete Cromer lead the two clubs.
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Terry County Amateur Radio Club
Terry County Citizens Band
National Guard Armory
Radio Control Boys
Texas
Olahoma
New Mexico
Louisiana
Terry County Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Marvin Barnes
Pete Cromer
Terry County Citizens Band Radio Club
Rotary Club hears scouting update from Harold Drummonds
Harold Drummonds, Boy Scout Executive for the Quanah Parker District, reports 265 Brownfield youths in 12 units and 1,485 eligible to join. He calls scouting a national and local agency within the United Fund, notes teens’ crime link, and says a national drive aims to reach one in three boys. A new program launches January 1 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Drummonds
Quanah Parker
Rotary Club
Brownfield
Drummonds
Boy Scouts
United Fund
Boy Scouts of America
Breakfast menus for week at Intermediate School Cafeteria
The menu for the week of Oct 28 to Nov 1 lists breakfast served 7 45 to 8 30 am at 15 cents. Monday includes milk orange juice pancakes syrup butter crisp bacon and more. The schedule runs Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and Friday with eggs cereal oatmeal and other items.
Robert Thomson Promoted to Staff Sergeant in USAF
Robert M. Thomson son of Robbie L. Thomson 965 E. Lons has been promoted to staff sergeant in the United States Air Force. He serves as a personnel specialist at Oklahoma City Air Force Station with the Aerospace Defense Command. A Brownfield High School graduate his wife Judy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H E Baker of Meadow.
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Robert M. Thomson
M.s
Robbie L. Thomson
E. Lons
United States Air Force
Thomson
Oklahoma City Air Force
Sta
Judy
Mrs. H.E. R Baker
Meadow
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Howard Hurd
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Norman Jewison Film
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Jack Weston
Leger
Alan
Fludtt Kastiner Production
Sandy Dennis
Anthony Newley
Theodore Bikel
Erennin
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Vu Agoeiat
Brynner
Mircnum
Bronson
Ed Davis
Tyler
America
Geo. Christian Anderson
The
Academy of Religion and Mental Health Congress
Robert Thomson
Tion, Okfa
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Brownfield High School
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Paul Oygard
Concinnat
Electric Pumpkin
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Wowee
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