Judge's decision awaited in Harrison injunction case
After three days of testimony in 106th District Court Judge Louis B. Reed prepared to rule on whether Anna Bell Lay Harrison can retain her Precinct 3 commissioner seat. Defense presented 23 witnesses. county produced 16. Key testimony centered on Harrison's claimed residence and intent to perform duties, with letters and mail records offered as supporting evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Bell Lay Harrison
106Th District Court
Louis B. Reed
Commissioners Court
Harrison
Hockley County Commissioners Court
Petersburg
Precinct 3
Terry County
A. A. Morris
Ag Officials Tour Terry County Farms
Two high ranking USDA leaders Ervin L. Peterson and Don Williams toured Terry County farms with local SCS officials. They viewed 640 acres of sorg and praised farming practices and crop conditions during a two hour county drive led by SCS heads Henry Williamson and R J Purtell with Terry farmer Jess McWherter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Williams
Aolice
Ervin L. Peterson
Iron Service
U.S. Forestry Service
Williamson
SCS
Brownplane
Newsfoto
U.S. Agriculture Department
Terry Farm
USDA
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Henry Williamson
R. J. Purtell
Terry Soil Conservation District
Jess McWherter
Terry Farmer
Washington
H. N. Smith
Temple
Gunner Brune
Big Spring
W. S. Goodlett
Brownfield Falls
Terry County
Peterson
Williams and Brune
Smith
Sorg
Five Terry County Educators Earn Master of Education Degrees
Five Terry County teachers received Master of Education degrees from Texas Tech during summer commencement at Lubbock Coliseum. Among about 409 graduates were Meadow residents Joe A. Burleson and Joe A. Gayle and area residents Mrs Glen Mitchell, Mrs Byron Rucker, and Mrs Rex Simms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry County
Texas Tech
Lubbock Coliseum
Joe A. Burleson
Joe A. Gayle
Meadow
Glen Mitchell
East Hill
Byron Rucker
East Buckley
Rex Simms
Signing for Acreage Reserve Lags Here
Terry wheat growers show little interest in the Soil Bank acreage reserve sign-up, which began Monday and runs through Oct. 4. Love Miller, manager of Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation, says no takers yet and expects low participation from Terry farmers due to small acreage and uncertain benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry
Soil Bank
Love Miller
Miller
Terry Farmers
Teaching Family Clinches Brownfield School Roles
The O B Hales of Brownfield form a teaching family. Mr O B Hale, a high school math teacher, his wife, and their daughter Patsy Nell teach in Brownfield schools. Their other daughter Mildred teaches at a Fort Worth Baptist Seminary. The Hales, Howard Payne and Texas Tech graduates, live at 1212 East Hill. They enjoy fishing and cabinet work and the couple volunteers in church activities.
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O. B. Hale
Patsy Nell
Brownfield
Hale
Miss Hale
Texas Tech
Mildred
Rolene Cheney
Baptist Seminary
Fort Worth
Lubbock and
East Hill
Howard Payne College
Mills County
Brownwood
First Baptist Church
Hales
Leafworms Threat Cotton Crops On South Plains
Leafworms remain the major insect problem on cotton across the South Plains. Heavy hatching in the last three to five days, with boll shedding from bacteria blight and wilting from cooler nights, threatens yields. Bollworm infestations noted in Dawson and Lubbock counties. cabbage loopers appear in many plantings. insecticide use varies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson
Lubbock
Devonian Oil Logne No. 1 Black Well in Terry County
Anderson- Prichard Oil Corp reports a second test on No. 1 Black in western Terry County indicates pay potential. Evaluation to 12 865 feet shows oil in 2 447 feet of oil cut drilling mud with 40 percent oil, water blanket present, drilling continues below 12 865 feet with prior test showing 2 800 feet of oil and gas cut water blanket. The venture lies near Blackpool production, southwest of Gomez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson- Prichard Oil Corp
Terry County
Deadline Set for CUB Season Football Tickets
Deadline for buying CUB season football tickets is Thursday at 5 p.m. from Brownfield school tax collector's office. Season books cost $4 for four games. single game prices are $1.50 served seats and $1.25 general admission. Home games start at 8 p.m. against Lamesa October 4, Pecos October 25, Monahans November 8, and Andrews November 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CUB
Brownfield
J. D. Miller
Athletic Fund
Lamesa
Pecos
Monahans
Andrews
Road Construction Announced for FM 1312 and 403
A contract let in Austin for grading structures base and surfacing on Farm to Market Roads 1312 and 403 in Gaines and Terry counties. Henry L. Stafford of Lubbock won with a 204 487 dollar bid. Work covers 23.6 miles from U S 62 at Wellman and Brownfield to Loop and Gains. Carl B. Hart Brownfield Resident Engineer will supervise for 140 days.
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Austin
Gaines
Terry
Lubbock
Henry L. Stafford
U.S. 62
Wellman
Loop
Brownfield
Carl B. Hart
State Highway Department
Rodeo Planned by Brownfield Posse for Sept 19 20 21
Brownfield residents learn a rodeo event to be held September 19 through 21, announced by Posse captain Morell Ratliff. An 8 p.m. meeting in Sheriff Fulford’s courthouse office will discuss the rodeo and other business with Posse officers and directors named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Posse
Brownfield
Morell Ratliff
James Fulford
B. T. Gordon
Ray Christopher
Corral
Byron Ashwinder
Wrangler
Crate Snider
Kyle Graves
Robert L. Noble
Bob Burnett
Clarence Lackey
Frank Szydloski
Horace Fox
Leo Holmes
Carl Stephens
Snider
Third Grade Registration Set For Monday
Third grade students at Jessie G Randal and Colonial Heights schools will register Monday from 9 a.m. to 11 30 a.m. A $2 fee covers art supplies workbooks and writing materials. First and second graders at both schools had completed registration by Friday for the 1957 58 term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie G Randal
Colonial Heights
Oil Progress Week Planned Around Brownfield Banquet
Brownfield gears up for Oilman Businessman Banquest on October 15 with a pre-event luncheon for all civic clubs on October 9. Over 700 Brownfield homes will display orange publicity cards reading Oil Is My Business as part of Oil Progress Week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Chamber of Commerce
Christmas Gifts in July Knit by Mrs. Herod for December
Mrs. Roy Herod of 702 Old Lamesa Road has started her Christmas handiwork in July to avoid a last minute rush. She displays sweaters hats bags and slippers knitted and crocheted, a habit sparked 15 years ago, and she recalls making many sweaters for the Army and Navy during the war. Her son Billy Mack studies at Baylor Dental School in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Roy Herod
Lamesa Road
W. B. Downing
Tohoka Road
Maxie
Roy Heron
Scotty
Mrs. Herod
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S. Soil Conservation Serv Agriculture
U.S. Exton Agricultural Conservation Program
Henry Field
High Ag
O. B. Hales
Terry County Farm Bureau
Mary Joe Christian
Joe Christian
East Broadway
Jorita Fulford
Lawrence Fulford
Needmore Community
Jack Wattenbarger
Littlefield
Garth English
Bob Blanton
English
Blanton
Wheelock School
Cobb
Indiana Gardens
Wattenbarger
Lamb County Farm Bureau
South Plains
CMRR
Venture
Blackpool
Gomez
Nadyne Faulkenberry
Faulkenberry
Donna Sue Christopher
Karen Smith
W. C. Faulkenberry
Route 1
Seagraves
Brownfield High School
Miss Faulkenberry
American Petroleum Institute
Odessa
API
Kay Kessinger
Eddie Childs
The
Western Company
Brownfield Junior High School
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