Sidewalk Sale Planning Starting To Take Shape
Local presidents from Brownfield hemc clubs met at the Chamber of Commerce to map September 28 sidewalk sale booths. Plans cover booth types for drinks and snacks, kid rides, and space around the courthouse square with traffic control. Merchants urged to participate, with call-in numbers and a detailed map listing 55 designated business spots and flexible space options. A progress meeting for contact workers is scheduled at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Chamber.
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Hemc
Chamber of Commerce
Brownfield
Chamber
Courthouse Square
Harry Elam
Charles Paul
Wellman Girl Speaks At Optimist Club Meeting
Janie Golden of Wellman gave a detailed talk on What is an American at the Optimist Club luncheon in the Flame Room of Pioneer Natural Gas. She shared a broader view of American life, contrasted with communism, and described her Citizenship Seminar experience at Sam Houston State Teachers College.
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Janie Golden
Wellman
Optimist Club
Pioneer Natural Gas Co
Hereford sugar refinery set for dedication in October
West Texas gains a sugar refining plant as Holly Sugar Refinery of Hereford plans a 22 million dollar facility to process sugar beets planted last spring. Dedication ceremonies are slated for Saturday September 19 with Governor Connally to deliver the main address.
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West Texas
Holly
Hereford
Governor Connally
Commissioners To Meet Here Monday
Terry County Commissioners Court sets its initial September session for Monday at 10 a.m. in the Courthouse with County Judge R A Simms presiding.
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Terry County Commissioners Court
R. A. Simms
Quiet Prevalent On Local Scene
Local police and sheriff reports show a calm period with several incidents. Theft of a trading stamps book from Key Grocery, a tire missing from a pickup, and a purse with cards and ID stolen from a shopper are noted. multiple arrests for drunkenness and minor consumption, plus traffic warrant cases and a check warrant for Gilbert Becker. One traffic accident in East Lons injured a person.
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Key Grocery
Eulogio Tamayo Jr
N. 2Nd St
Edward Franks
E. Buckley
Texas
Terry County
East Lons
Ima Key Martin
E. Lons
Film On Stock Exchange Shown At Rotary Luncheon
Rotary Club members at the Party House heard a film about the New York Stock Exchange presented by Curtis Sterling a former Brownfield resident now with Southwest Rotary in Lubbock. President Bill Noble led the meeting with Dale Durham singing and Dr. Jess Borum giving the invocation. Guest Craig Collier a local high school student attended.
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Rotary Club
Curtis Sterling
New York Stock Exchange
Sterling
Brownfield
Lubbock
Southwest Rotary Club
Bill Noble
Dale Durham
Jess Borum
Craig Collier
Virtues of Americanism Emphasized by Local Students
Three Terry County high school students Linda Horton Janie Golden and Mike Paddack spoke at the Brownfield Lions Club meeting on strengthening Americanism and countering communism each presenting on a related topic Horton detailed communist advances Golden urged positive steps to halt the spread and all three noted their recent Terry County Citizenship Seminar at Sam Houston State Teachers College Huntsville sponsored by the Texas Farm Bureau
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Miss Golden
Wellman High School
Terry County
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Texas Farm Bureau
Brownfield Lions Club
Linda Horton
Meadow
Janie Golden
Wellman
Mike Paddack
Brownfield
Paddack
Miss Horton
Huntsville
Terry 7
Mrs Stockton services scheduled in Brownfield area
Services for Mrs W Martha Stockton 84 will be at 10 am Monday at Brownfield Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev A J Franks officiating. She died after a lengthy illness and had lived in Terl County since 1921. Survivors include four sons Luke Grady Lee and Willard all of Salinas California six grandchildren and forty four great grandchildren and three daughters Virgil Kinard Myrtle Brewer and J C Hart.
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Lee
Brownfield
Luke
Grady
Willard
Salinas
Calif
Virgil Kinard
Myrtle Brewer
J. C. Hart
Medford
Ore
C. A. Stockton
Howard Services Held In Haskell
Funeral services for Fred Howard of Haskell were held Saturday at 3 p.m. at East Side Baptist Church. He died Thursday in a Stamford hospital after a long illness aged 70. Survivors include several relatives in Brownfield White Face Fort Sumner and St Louis. His parents lived in Gomez and the family later farmed in Terry County.
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Fred Howard
Haskell
Eastside Baptist Church
Howard
Stamford
Voy McNeill
Earl McNeil
Joe Brown
Bill Howard
Brownfield
L. S. Salser
White Face
Randall Howard
Fort Sumner
Kermit Howard
St. Louis
Gomez
Terry County
Weather Outlook For Brownfield And Nearby
Partly cloudy and warmer Sunday with a high in the upper 70s and an overnight low in the 60s. Monday looks partly cloudy and a bit warmer. Agriculture advisory notes about 75 percent sunshine with high humidity, moderate to heavy dew, and poor drying conditions due to wet soil. High Friday reached 68 degrees with an overnight low of 58. Sunrise 6 29 a.m. Sunset 6 58 p.m.
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Brownfield
Enrollments Rise Across Brownfield and District Schools
Brownfield School System reports 3110 pupils enrolled as of Thursday, up 44 from a year ago and 229 more than the first day of this school year. Wellman totals 268, Union 173, Meadow 430, with gains across all four schools as harvest season approaches.
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Brownfield
West Ward
Colonial Heights
Randal
Oak Grove
Wheatley
Wellman
Union
Meadow
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Chuck's Pawn Shop
Terry County Tractor
Tudor Sales Co
Brownfield Manufacturing Co
Earl Jones
Gulf Ol Co
Charles Paul Chevrolet
Charlie Price
Bowman Olds-Cadillac-Pontiac
Ross Irrigation
Brownfield Tractor Co
Knight's Distributing & Implement Co
Arco Pipe & Supply
Hester Implement Co
Craig Motor Co
Woods
Decker Auto Sales
Allison Implement Co
Wagner Sprinkler Systems
Carter-Webb Implement Co
L & L New & Used Furniture Co
City Fruit Stand
T&p Mechanical Co
Smith Machinery
Shamburger Lumber Co
Goodpasture Grain & Milling Co
Pat-Sol Chemical Co
Cicero Smith Lumber Co
Piggly Wiggly
Brownfield Tire Co
Sonny's Feed Store
Gibbs’ Meat Market
Jim Reed
Burnett's Clothiers
Staudt Jewelry
Montgomery Ward
Shelton’s
Pillow's Ice Co
Knight's Furniture Co
Sears Roebuck & Co
White’s Auto Store
Marv's
Hewitt’s Antiques
Emery Longbrake
Tops Club
Lindsey Hardware
Humble Oil Co
Shipley Furniture Co
Terry County Farm Supply
Eakin Office Supply
Gunn Oil Co
Higginbotham-Bartlett Co
Texaco, Inc
Delton Tatum
Terry County Farm Bureau
Howard Mercy
Tatum
American Farm Bureau Federation
Flame Room
Harold Jones
By Jerry Jackson
D C. Scott
GenTel
Lincoln
Mr. Lincoln
BHS
Cubs
John Ratton
Cub
Sally Addison
Daphne Pemberton
Susan Zorns
Barbara McGowan
Sherri Kirschner
Stock Exchange
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