Mystery Woman Poised To Claim Downtown Prize
This Corner reports a unidentified woman photo in last week’s NEWS still a mystery with a Saturday appearance planned in Brownfield stores. A $25 Cham ber of Commerce gift certificate prize invites shoppers to identify her, plus merchants may add prizes.
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Bishop
Brownfield News
Chamber
West Texas Today
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Dennis Q. Lilly
West Texas Chamber of Commerce Board
Chamber Greeted By Full Agenda Emergency Loans For 1965 Crops
Local leaders in Terry County secured emergency operating loans for the 1964 crop year through FHA, aided by the Brownfield Chamber and banks. Officials say drought reduced cotton and mile production, threatening incomes for about 600 of 850 farmers. Agencies and groups joined to designate the county an emergency loan area to avert hardship.
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Brownfield News
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Terry County
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Lubbock Production Credit Association
Brownfield Chamber of Commerce
Local Soil Conservation District
Local Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Terry County Farm Bureau
Terry County Extension Service
Local
Farmers Home Administration Office
Sidewalk Sale Idea Gathers Support In Brownfield Chamber
A Brownfield Chamber of Commerce session weighed a sidewalk sale proposed for September 28. Lowell Hunt outlined a plan with curbside booths around Court House Square and nearby parking areas, contingent on City Council approval. The chamber seeks prizes from merchants and radio promotional help, citing Miami Oklahoma as a successful model.
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Lowell Hunt
Brownfield News
Brownfield
Courthouse
Hunt
Miami
Okla
Harry Elam
Bob Sewell
Ktfy Radio
Elam
A. C. Bishop
End Of Month Report From Terry County Sheriff
The August report lists 17 male and four female arrests. Five liquor law violations dominate, with three drunkenness and weapons offenses, plus two burglary, two forgery, one murder, one theft over 50 dollars, one DWI, and four miscellaneous offenses.
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Terry County
County School Enrollment Figures Reported Up
The Brownfield area school systems enrolled all 3 700 students on Monday opening day. Brown School System registered 164 at Meadow 401 and Welk 254. Four of seven systems show increases over last year. Brown High School enrolled 668 students on opening day, up from 668 last year.
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Terry County
Brown
Stud Meadow
Welk
Brownfield
Brown High School
County School Enrollment Rises Across District
First day enrollment figures show gains at several elementary schools led by Randal Wheatley and Colonial Heights while Wellman and Meadow report mixed results. Brownfield expects about 3,050 students by mid November. total district enrollment stands at 2,881 this year, up 68 from last year.
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Randal Wheatley
Randal
Wheatley
West Ward
Colonial Heights
Oak Grove
Union School
Meadow
Wellman
Houston Stevens
Brownfield
Americanism Program Delights Brownfield Kiwanis Club
Brownfield Kiwanis heard three local high school students Linda Horton Janie Golden and Mike Paddock speak on Americanism. Terry County Farm Bureau sponsored their trip to a Huntsville seminar at Sam Houston State College with Delton Tatum presenting them. Nineteen members attended under President J C Dorsett and Cub cushions ordered for sale were not yet received.
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Meadow
Janie Golden
Wellman
Mike Paddock
Brownfield
Terry County
Sam Houston State College
Huntsville
Texas Farm Bureau
Delton Tatum
Terry County Farm Bureau
Tatum
Jake Fulford
J. C. Dorsett
Bush to Visit Brownfield for Campaign Events
Republican candidate George Bush will be in Brownfield Tuesday after noon September 8. He will appear on Courthouse Square from 4 30 to 5 00 then move to the Party House for a 5 00 to 6 00 gathering inviting all to meet the candidate.
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United States
Brownfield
Two Injured In Accidents This Morning
Two morning accidents in Brownfield left two people injured. Charles Lee Lasiter, 29, suffered multiple injuries from a single vehicle crash on US 380 west of Brownfield, was treated at Brownfield General Hospital. Nathan Doug Chesshir, 15, injured after his scooter collided with a Buick at Hester and Pine Streets, received treatment for a broken right thumb.
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Charles Lee
Corky) Lasiter
Lasiter
Fred Lenz
Brownfield General Hospital
Brownfield Funeral Home
Nathan Doug Chesshir
BK. Harris
Georgia Rambo Henderson
E. Hester
Hester
Pine Streets
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Young Chesshire
Teachers Library Extends Special Services in Terry County
Cary Ann Geron and Kendrick Memorial Library staff invite teachers from area school systems to use library services including unlimited book checkouts for classroom use. Field trips feature building tours and lessons on effective library use and services. forecast for Brownfield region sunny to partly cloudy with highs near 96 and southwest winds.
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Kendrick Memorial Library
Terry County
EML
Clarence Clark Produces Terry County’s First 1964 Cotton Bale
Clarence Clark, farming 17 miles south of Brownfield, produced Terry County’s first bale of cotton for 1964. The 555 pound bale came from about eight acres on W. H. Wagner’s semi irrigated land, ginned at North Gin, Inc. and displayed on the courthouse square.
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Terry County
North Gin, Inc
L. V. Wagner
Brownfield
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Clark
Kenneth Graves
Johnson Gin, Inc
So Near And Yet So Far In Terry County Cotton Bale Race
The near miss came at Brownfield Co-op Gin when Clarence Clark’s first bale rolled out earlier Tuesday. L M Williams of Meadow owned the near miss bale and harvested from his Union farm. The 585 pound bale edged the tally as the second, with Dale Fulford’s third bale reported at Meadow’s Cotton Producers Gin around 4 PM yesterday.
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Clarence Clark
North Gin
L. M. Williams
Meadow
Union
Dale Fulford
Delineation Hearing On Subdivision Four Boundaries
About 50 people attended a 9 am public hearing at Brownfield High School Auditorium to decide if the boundaries of Subdivision No. 4 of the underground reservoir south of the Canadian River should be changed. Texas Water Commission commissioners H A Beck and Otha Dent heard testimony with examiner Jim Adams presiding. Representing counties Terry Dawson Yoakum Hockley and Andrews, data and maps were shown by Texas Water Engineers Board and U S Geological Survey Ground water Division with hydrologist Ed Reed and attorney George McCleskey present.
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Joe D. Carter
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Austin
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Dawson
Yvaines
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Hockley
Andrews
Ed Reed
Midland
George McCleskey
Lubbock
City Council Sets Meeting Tomorrow
The Brownfield City Council will meet at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow in City Hall with Mayor C. E. Ross presiding.
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City Hall
C. E. Ross
Rites Held For Norman Steen
Putteral services for Norman Steen former Brownfield resident were held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Gardens Home Funeral Home Amarillo. Steen a building contractor died from an accidental gunshot wound in the head after a family move preparation between Canyon and Amarillo. He was born in Wilson Lynn County and moved to Brownfield as a youth. Survivors include his wife two sons and two daughters all at home in Amarillo four sisters and five brothers.
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Brownfield
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Lynn County
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Lubbock
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Howell
Grand Prairie
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California
Miss Weiss speaks at Jaycees luncheon
Jane Weiss Miss South Plains title winner addressed the Junior Chamber of Commerce during the weekly luncheon. President Mark Wyatt led the meeting as Jerry Goble announced a Jaycees staffed rest stop on the Levelland Vy will operate 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Labor Day with coffee and donuts for travelers.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Miss Weiss
Mark Wyatt
Jerry Goble
Levelland “Vy
Jaycees
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