Ninth annual Terry County Harvest Festival on Thursday
Tally shows Cade leading with 198 000 Gorby 153 000 and Cornelius 66 400 as Brownfield hosts the ninth harvest festival. The Thursday program features an 11 am parade with 83 units, preceding a jet air show. Ted Weems and his orchestra and other acts perform at Cub Stadium after the parade, with queen announced and prizes drawn later in the day.
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Cade
Gorby
Cornelius
Terry County
Clarence Griffith
Brownfidlotary Club
Alia Cade
Fead
Tomue Gorby
Wanda Cornelius
Toam
Webb Air Force Base
Big Spring
Griffith
Courthouse Square
Ted Weems
Cub Stadium
Merc- Murry College
Abilene
Brownfield
Brownfield Junior High
Seagraves
Hale Center
Levelland
Plains
Morton
Lamesa
Littlefield
Floyenda
Sundown
Abernathy
Texas Tech
McMurry
Bernie Howell
Lubbbock
Paymaster Serenaders
Lubbock
Shorty
Quetta
Beta Theta Chatter
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
General Telephone Company of the
Southwest
Brownfield High School
Weems
Bonnie Annshaw
Alma Cade
Grady Elder
ESA
Tommie Gorby
Portwood’s car season opens with local events and road work updates
Community notices report a new city ordinance allowing police to arrest trespassers amid a summer spike in window peeping calls. Portwood’s hosts a car season kickoff with Bil Green and Ford lore, while traffic changes at Levelland Y include 97 signs and proposed bidirectional flow. Cub boosters meet at the Fire Station for coffee. Capt Doleach will visit Friday to discuss the U S Air Force Academy cadet program. A Social Security rep will be at the courthouse Thursday Harvest Festival day.
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Portwood's
Bil Green
Pye
C. B. Doleach
U.S. Air Force Academy
Denver
Failure to Stop Endangers School Children, Mayor Warns
Mayor C C Primm warned drivers that failing to stop for school buses will result in tickets and fines. Rotary bus driver D S Donaldson reported two near misses in two weeks on 8th Street and Reppto as over 200 first and second graders ride the bus daily. Parents demand protection and assurances.
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C. C. Primm
Rotary
D. S. Donaldson
Reppto
City Safety Plan to Slow Traffic
City Manager Eunice Jones announced a safety campaign to support the Police Department during the school year. Thirty observers will monitor traffic and handle complaints about reckless driving speeding bag racing and other violations. They aim to augment law enforcement with citizen help though not replacing officers.
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Eunice Jones
Man Missing Since Sunday Evening on South Plains
Sheriff Chick Lee said law enforcement on the South Plains are alert for Marvin Parker of Brownfield who has been missing since Sunday afternoon. Parker called his wife about 2 p.m. Sunday from the Parker Meat company office saying he would be home for lunch. The wife reported him missing Sunday evening with about 150 dollars on his person. His mud splattered car was found parked in front of his office Monday morning.
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Chick Lee
South Plains
Marvin Parker
Brownfield
Parker
Parker Meat Company
Sheriff's Office
Governor appoints Burton Hackney to Public Welfare Board
Governor Allan Shivers announced the appointment of Burton G. Hackney, a Brownfield attorney, to the State Board of Public Welfare. He will replace Hubert T. Johnson of Waco for a term ending January 20, 1961. Hackney studied at Texas Tech and passed the bar in June 1934.
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Burton G. Hackney
Brownfield
State Board of Public Welfare
Austin
Allan Shivers
Hackney
Hubert T. Johnson
Waco
Texas Tech
Avead
Terry County
Lions Club
John Wamble
Abilene
John H. Winters
Amarillo
Potter County
County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas
Leta Torrance
Lubbock
Tohoka High School
H. B. Virgil Crawford
Crawford Law Firm
Burglaries And Wrecks Reported In Week
The sheriff's department investigated a burglary of 138.36 in checks and cash at the Texaco Station owned by Ralph Cadjew at 322 South First. The entry broke a back window. The Highway Patrol investigated two traffic accidents causing about 200 in damage to a pickup and demolished an automobile. Driver Robert Black was en route toward Brownfield near the city limits.
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Sheriff's Department
Highway Patrol
Texaco
Ralph Cadjew
322 South
Robert Black
Brownfield
Cotton Harvest Gins 125 Bales This Week
Aubrey T Jones of the Texas Employment Commission reports 125 bales ginned so far, with 16 at Terry and six at Yoakum County gins. He says totals will be broken down by county. A. B. Cornett joins TEC to assist Terry county farmers in obtaining native Mexican labor for harvests through October.
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Aubrey T Jones
Texas Employment Commission
Jones
Terry
Yoakum County
TEC
A. B. Cornett
Commission
Terry County
Farm Bureau Resolutions Meeting Set for Oct 6 at Court House
Terry County Farm Bureau urges all members to attend the October 6 session in the county courthouse starting at 8 a.m. Former members will discuss resolutions to be adopted at the annual meeting October 21 in Dallas. A kick-off supper for members participating in the drive is planned October 10 at Nick’s Case.
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Farm Bureau Resolutions
Court House
Terry County Farm Bureau
Eulice H Farrar
TCFB
Farrar
Bureau
Terry County
Nick
Farm Bureau
Texas Farm Bureau
Dallas
Brownfield Leaders Set for Regional Education Conference
Brownfield will be represented at the regional Texas Conference on Education in Slaton Junior High Lubbock. Supt O R Douglas says representatives and any others may attend the Tuesday session starting at 4 PM. Burton Hackney and Curtis Sterling will moderate two of seven sections on school finance adult education and other educational topics.
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Brownfield
Slaton Junior High
Lubbock
O. R. Douglas
Hackney
Sterling
Terry County United Fund Names Officers and Plans Drive
Ike Bailey was elected president of the Terry County United Fund Board at an organizational meeting. Officers include vice presidents J C Powell and Herman Wheatley, secretary Mrs Fred Yandel, and treasurer John Kendrick. Budget chair Curtis Sterling and other committees were named. A three member committee will select a campaign chairman with first drive planned for November. The fund emphasizes local control and channels all gifts to one drive.
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Ike Bailey
Terry County United Fund
J. C. Powell
Herman Wheatley
Fred. Yandel
John Kendrick
Curtis Sterling
Russell Winton
Virgil Crawford
Ally
United Fund
Terry County
Budget Committee
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East Main
Lubbock Highway
Main
Seventh Street
Seventh
Broadway
Brownfield High
Wan
Dering
Cub
Lloyd Martin
Ken Muldrow
Lee More Cypert
Ricky Joe Tankersley
Lewud
Carl Hart
Union Meadow
Wellman
Ropesville
Bob Hoey
By Jerry Stoltz
Burton Hackney
Board of Public Welfare
Terry United Fund Directors
Dan Eddy
I. M. Bailey
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