Farm Tour Heads Out From Terry County Courthouse
Local residents board eight air conditioned buses at 9 a.m. for a 55 mile Farm Tour co sponsored by the Terry County Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture and the Soil Conservation District. The tour highlights modern farming methods including irrigation, with five stops and a mid way refreshment break.
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Terry County Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Soil Conservation District
Terry County
Gomez, Johnson and Tokio
Chamber
Soil Conservation Service
Jerald Blake
Coleman Park
Farr
Lubbock
Slaton Slogan Contest Yields $50 Prize
Readers hear about a local slogan contest sponsored by the Slaton Chamber of Commerce with over 400 entries. Noel Dickson of Slaton wins $50 for the top line "'Statoa YOUR Kind of Town'." The column notes small-town advertising and civic pride, plus light local color on a harvest moon and UFO sightings.
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Staton
Statoa
Noel Dickson
Slaton
Slaton Chamber of Commerce
Sid
Brownfield News Football Contest Begins This Week
The Brownfield News announces a 10 week football guessing contest with a $25 weekly prize. Entry blanks appear in Thursdays edition and must be deposited by 5 pm Friday in the indicated box. Each week a single entry box hosts guesses. best percentage wins $25 with ties decided by a tie-breaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Questions Answers On City Sales Tax In Brownfield
Final Q and A in a Brownfield News series ahead of the September 17 election explains why Brownfield needs a one cent sales tax. It cites water authority costs, fire truck replacement, street paving needs, air pollution disposal costs, and P and L fund transfers as reasons for new revenue. Local cities Lubbock Lamesa Seminole Tahoka Littlefield also adopted sales tax with others voting soon.
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Brownfield News
Brownfield
Canadian River Municipal Water Authority
General Fund
Lubbock
Lamesa
Seminole
Tahoka
Littlefield
Seagraves
Levelland
New Texas Residents Eligible to Vote in Presidential Election
County clerk J. O. Burnett reminds new Texas residents who have lived 60 days to under a year by election day may vote for president and vice president if they apply by 5 p.m. September 20. Eligible voters may vote between October 21 and November 1 after acceptance notification.
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J. O. Burnett
Texas
Burnett
GOP Delegates Hold Meet Here in Terry County
Republican delegates and alternates from the 28th Senatorial District gathered in the Terry County Agricultural Building to prepare for the Fort Worth State convention. James W. Evans presided and hosted with his wife, reporting on Miami caucuses and praising district leaders Nita Gibson and Bill Klattenhoff for long service.
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James E
Terry County Agricultural Building
East Main
Fort Worth
James W. Evans
Terry County
Evans
Miami
Paul Eggers
Optimist Club
Nita Gibson
Lubbock
Jack Cook
Andrews County
Bill Klattenhoff
Slaton
Klattenhoff
Gibson
Doris Densmore
Solons appoint election judges and adjust precinct boxes
Terry County Commissioners set election judge and alternate appointments and revised JP precinct lines. Boxes 3-7 and 3-8 became Tokio Combined 7 and 8. 4-11 and 4-14 became Hester Implement Combined 11 and 14. Voters south of a defined line vote at Union Box 1-5. A map appears on page three. Veterans officer guidance and tax roll session noted.
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Terry County
W.T. McKinney
Johnson
Justice of the Peace
Precinct One
Precinct Two
Tokio
Hester
Union
VFW
The
Terry County Court House
Party House
Jesse G. Randal
Gertrude Lowe
Leonard Ellington
Grace Buchanan
Curtis Huckabee
P.A. Powell
Jack DuBose
Conley Steen
Robert Hodges
Jack Baccus
C. Faught
Louis Peeler
Ann Brooks
O.A. Pippin
Wood Johnson
Roy Barrer
L.M. Waters Jr
R.L. Lewis
Reg Martin
Virginia Pendergrass
Homer Jones
Thcia Givens
Grady Davis
Lee Fulton
Lewis Simmonds
Alfred Bond
E.V. Riley
Doug Lowe
Raymond Green
Paul Young
George Weiss
Bonard Stice
Dale Brown
Veteran Service Officer
Veterans Service Officer
Austin
Geron Presents Tax Discussion at Brownfield Optimist Club
Brownfield Optimist Club held a noon meeting to hear Jake Geron city manager and two city councilmen present pros and cons of a proposed sales tax due for a Sept 17 vote. New member Laurence A. Votto was introduced and guests H B Parks and Fred Renk attended.
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Brownfield Optimist Club
Jake Geron
Joe Christian
Sammy Jones
Geron
Laurence A. Votto
H. B. Parks
Brownfield
Fred Renk
el Paso
Whitley
Jim Henslee
Paul Riser
Eggers to Speak at Brownfield Optimist Club Stop
Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul Eggers visits Brownfield on his Texas campaign bus tour and will address the Optimist Club at noon after an 11:20 a.m. arrival. He also plans a 11:30 a.m. talk to the LACSO Club, is a Wichita Falls tax attorney, and has a civic service background.
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Paul Eggers
Brownfield
Eggers
Optimist Club
Lacso Club
GOP
Wichita Falls
University of Texas School of Law
State Bar of Texas
American Bar Association
Air Corps
Episcopal Diocese of
Dallas
Kiwanians Hear Scout Executive Harold Drummonds
Brownfield Kiwanis Club hosts Harold Drummonds District Scout Executive of the South Plains Council Boy Scouts of America. He discusses Boy Power 76 and predicts reaching one third of boys by 1976. Terry Wayland Maurice Martin Stanley Muller participate.
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Harold Drummonds
South Plains
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Meadow Co-Op Gin
Billie Norman
Industrial News Review
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Ore
United States
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Dawson County
Browfield Jaycees
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M. M.williams
East Tate
Greg
Brownfield High School
Sage Gests
Main
Vietnam
Broomfield
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Plae
P&l Fund
P&l
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Andrews
Solons
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