Union FFA Opens First Meeting of the Year
Union High School's Future Farmers of America chapter met Monday with Ronald Luker presiding. Members approved clipping tools for stock shows, tabled a stock trailer purchase, and chose swine scales. Meeting time moved to the first Monday at 5 pm. Mesa District PFA set Sep 25 at Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Future Farmers of America
Union High School
Ronald Luker
Paul Cowley
FRA
Iowa
Union Ag
Luker
Mesa District
PFA
Wilson
Delwin Marrow
Mesa
Tommy Ivy
Ronnie Steinrath
Danny Meek
George Morales
Gary Miller
Terry SWCD Zone Five election highlights district roles
The Terry Soil and Water Conservation District operates with five zones each electing a supervisor for five years. Zone Five faces an upcoming election with current supervisor L. M. Waters Jr. The board, chaired by Lloyd Hahn, meets monthly to plan projects and fund activities. The district runs tours, a soil stewardship program for ministers, publishes an annual report, and purchases equipment like a grass seed drill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry County
Terry Soil and Water Conservation District
Terry Swcd
L. M. Waters Jr
Herman Wheatley
Lloyd Hahn
Rites Held For Crossland Baby in Renton
Funeral services were held for Richard Bradley Crossland one year old son of Rev. and Mrs. Don Crossland formerly of Terry County. The infant died Monday in a Seattle hospital. Burial followed at Greenwood Memorial Park in Renton with Faull Funeral Home directing. Survivors include Tara sister and grandparents from Ropesville Seminole and Meadow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Bradley Crossland
Don Crossland
Terry County
Trinity Baptist Church
Renton
Wash
Greenwood Memorial Park
Faull Funeral Home
Seattle
Crossland
Challis Baptist Church
Tara
W.M Cain
Ropesville
Lynn Crossland
Seminole
Dave Gregg
Meadow
Oak Grove PTA Schedules Supper Before Home Game
Oak Grove PTA will sponsor a turkey supper on September 20 in the Oak Grove Cafeteria starting at 5 p.m. prior to the Cub football game against Colorado City at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available from PTA members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove Parent-Teacher Association
Oak Grove
Tne Cubs
Colorado City
Oak Grove Pta
Grogan Named Manager of Brownfield Piggly Wiggly
Grogan named store manager of the Brownfield Piggly Wiggly. He comes from Post where he led the Piggly Wiggly for 10 months and previously managed the Kermit store. A Pecos native, he resides with wife Gayle at 909 East Ripley with children Kelly Rae and Mike. The Brownfield store is part of 164 Piggly Wiggly outlets owned by Shop Rite Foods Inc with regional offices in Lubbock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drury Grogan
Mac Godwin
West Texas
Shop Rite Foods, Inc
Grogan
Brownfield
Piggly Wiggly
Pecos
Rotary Club
Gayle
East
Ripley
Kelly Rae
Mike
Brownfield Ledger Lists Marriages and Property Transfers
Legal notices include marriage licenses for Derise Dell Drury and Barbara Ann Bennett. Bobby G. Wright and Rosie Mae Reed. David Lee Rowlett and Dorothy Lee Lewis. Deeds cover lots in Sunset Heights and Original Brownfield tracts, plus surveys in Terry and Yoakum counties. Numerous divorces, suits, and public land descriptions are noted alongside new vehicle listings for local dealers and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derise Dell Drury
Barbara Ann Bennett
Bobby G. Wright
Rosie Mae Reed
David Lee Rowlett
Dorothy Lee Lewis
Ethel L. Hogue
T.C. Hogue Jr
D&w Ry. Co
Brownfield
Jim Russell
Ernest Dishman Jr
Bel Aire
Eulogio Tamayo Jr
Maria C. Gonzalez
Santa Fe
John G. Contreras
J.N. Hester
Benino Longoria
Icela M Crouch
Burton
Tommy A. Singleton
L.G
Bill
Betenbough
John H. Gibson
Yoakum County
Terry County
Kendrick Memorial Library Presents True Grit Heroine
The book True Grit by Charles Portis features fourteen year old Mattie Ross from Dardanelle Arkansas as a bold heroine who hires Rooster Cogburn and LaBoeuf to avenge her father’s murder. The tale follows their winter trek across Indian Territory with grit and dark humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Portis
Kendrick Memorial Library
Mattie Ross
Dardanelle
Ark
Tom Chaney
Fort Smith
Arkansas
California
Frontier Court
Isaac C. Parker
Mattie
Superman
Tarzan
Fom Swift
Indian Territory
Chaney
U.S
Roster
Reuben) Cogburn
Rooster Cogburn
Marhsal
Rooster
Reading Certificates Available Saturday
Reading certificates will be handed out Saturday morning to the youngsters who participated in the Summer Reading Program. More than 200 youngsters joined the program, though not all completed the requirements to obtain certificates, according to librarian Mrs. Billie Craig of Kendrick Memorial Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Craig
Kendrick Memorial Library
Rainfall Above Normal in Terry County Four Months In
Terry County reports 2.92 inches above normal with four months left in the year. August brought 4.29 inches, totaling 19.73 inches for the year, against a 16.81 inch normal. The coolest August on record saw rain on 11 of 31 days, including a 1.42 inch surge Aug 24 and a sighted tornado north of Meadow Aug 25 that did not touch ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry County
Lewis Simmonds
Gomez
Town
Meadow
Former Resident Named Executive Vice President at Abilene National Bank
E P Kelly former White's Auto Store owner has been named executive vice president of Abilene National Bank moving from Houston where he was vice president of Medical Center National Bank. He brings prior roles at Wilson State Bank Slaton Citizens State Bank and First National Bank of Odessa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.P. Kelly
White
Abilene National Bank
Abilene
Houston
Medical Center National Bank of Houston
Kelly
Wilson State Bank
Wilson
Citizens State Bank
Slaton
First National Bank of
Odessa
Brownfield
Brownfield Chamber of Commerce
Brownfield Optimist Club
United Fund
Mers of Athony
Dwayne
Marilyn
Judith
Loretta
University of Houston
Don
Yorktown
Andrews Area Music Jamboree Sponsored by Chamber
Andrews County Chamber of Commerce announces a Friday evening area music jamboree at the old high school auditorium in Andrews. Bands and soloists in country western bluegrass and spiritual styles may join, with free admission for all and 1000 seats. Entry is first come and requires group name total participants and music type. Contact 204 N.E. 1st Street Andrews or call 915-523-2695.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews
Andrews County Chamber of Commerce
N.E. 1St Street
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Tokio
Marie Laan
Weill
Meddow
Justice of Peace
S Wilhows
PUBL
Union Ffa
Duane Moss
Soil Conservation Service
Crossland Baby
J. W. Hawkins
Buddy Hawkins
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Terry
Farmer's Co-op Service
Legal Column
Tina E. Raybon
F. B. Raybon
Leon Lepard
Mick Mason
Goodpasture, Inc
Luther D. Cope
Bill Simmons
G.H. Trimuar
Nelda Madison
Terrence C. Madison
D.W. Davis
Billie Jean Davis
Donna Jean Doss Boen
Billy Adrian Boen
Elizabeth Pays
Bowers Liquified Gas Inc
Chevrolet
Earl Holland
Ford
Larry W
Aslakson
Chevrolet WE
Martin
S.L. Lovelace
Oldsmobile
Jewell Harris
Wayne L. Hughes
Arthur L. Langston Jr
Pontiac
Jake Gore
Wilburn Bailey
Buick
Gayle D. Gafford
Young Farmer
Truman Bridges
Terry County Young Farmers
Bridges
Lewis Chambliss
Merlin Speed
Herman Wheatley Jr
Jimmy Sherrin
Gerald Goldston
Kendrick
LaBoeuf
Texas Ranger
Texas
America
Andrews Chamber
Ana
Icemaker
Lady Kenmore
Kenmore Dryer
Sears
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