Cotton crop outlook and a missing dog notice in Brownfield
The column discusses expected Terry County cotton yields for the ginning season with estimates ranging 93 000 to 110 000 bales, noting last year’s crop reached about 135 000. It also reports a missing cocker mix named Rags from Evanston Wyoming now in Alice, asking for any information. A humorous aside mentions a mink trimmed ironing board cover.
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Terry County
Jim Foy
Alice
Rags
Evanston
Wyoming
Banquet Planned by Scottish Rite Masons at Hall
A banquet gathering of all Scottish Rite Masons and guest Masons is set for 7 30 tomorrow evening at the local Masonic Hall. Burton Hackney announces the event to celebrate the Feast of the Tabernacles with attendees from the Scottish Rite and invited Masons.
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Masonic Hall
Burton Hackney
Oil Industry's Impact In Terry County
The Texas Mid- Continent Oil & Gas Association reports Terry County gains from oil and gas reach about 161 million dollars annually. In 1962 county output exceeded 5.3 million barrels of oil and 2 billion cubic feet of gas, with oil valued at 159 million and gas at 236 thousand. Royalty payments and lease incomes total roughly 2 million yearly, while industry activity spurs 1.8 million in exploration and development investments and 2.1 million in payrolls.
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Terry County
Texas Mid- Continent Oil & Gas Association
US 5S Bureau of Mines
Texas
James J. Sewell
Oi and Gas Journal
Association
Texas Employment Com
Brownfield Set for First Sidewalk Sale Monday
Brownfield merchants finalize plans for a day long sidewalk sale on Courthouse Square with booths from downtown and non square shops. The Chamber of Commerce invites all Brownfield and Terry County merchants to reserve a designated selling space and promote reduced prices with entertainment and prize drawings. details will appear in Sunday's Brownfield News.
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Chamber of Commerce
Courthouse Square
Brownfield
Chamber
Terry County
Brownfield News
Weather Forecast for Brownfield and Vicinity
Cloudy to partly cloudy today with a few showers. Clear to partly cloudy Thursday with a high in the 70s and low around 60. South and southeast winds today shifting to north, 10 to 15 mph. Friday expected mostly clear with little temperature change. Agricultural advisory notes scattered showers over 30 percent of the High Plains, 0.25 to 0.5 inch. Humidity 95 to 100 percent late today. dew formation moderate Thursday morning. High Tuesday in Brownfield 84, overnight 59. past 24 hours precipitation 0.02.
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Brownfield
High Plains
J. A. Chambliss Wins Brownfield News Football Contest
Chambliss, 801 S. 6th St., wins the second Brownfield News football contest of the season and the first prize of 1. He missed two of 12 games none by few. Five runners up share second and third prize with 1.50 each, each missing three games. A new weekly contest starts today with cash prizes.
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J. A. Chambliss
S. 6Th Street
Brownfield News
Chambliss
Snyder
Stamford
Mason
Lake View
Bulldogs
Earl Foster
Jim Northcutt
E. Lons
Wayne Sanders
E. Hill
Donald Simmonds
Kilpatrick Ave
Fort Worth
J. F E
Rites Held For Kent Grawunder Eight-Year-Old Victim
Funeral services honored Kent Grawunder eight with burial in Terry County Memorial Cemetery after a bicycle collision on U S Highway 82 near the Stice home. The Brownfield boy, a Wellman third grader, died at Brownfield General Hospital. Survived by parents Kenneth and Mrs. Grawunder and grandparents in Brownfield and Nutrioso.
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Kent Grawunder
Crescent Hill Church of Christ
John McCoy
Corpus Christi Church of Christ
Homer Jones
Wellman Church of Christ
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Brownfield General Hospital
Bonard Stice
Plains Highway
Kenneth Grawunder
Stice
Kent
Lubbock
Terry County
Rt. 2, Brownfield
Wellman School
Tuesday Highway Mishaps Abound Near Brownfield
Four traffic incidents were investigated by the Texas Highway Patrol near Brownfield. A 1962 Falcon driven by Paula Turner Grimes escaped injury after overturning. a 1954 Chevrolet pickup driven by Tobias Gonzalez Jr. lost control when a drag link failed, injuring Gonzalez. Two separate cow strikes on US 385 left one driver uninjured and another with a bruised knee. both cows were killed.
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Texas Highway Patrol
Ust
Paula Turner Grimes
Slaton
U.S. 62
Tobias Gonzalez Jr
Meadow
Brownfield
U.S. Highway 385
Patrick Randall Keller
E. Buckley
Alton Ronnie Green
Route 1
Green
Fred Lenz
School Board Reviews Tax Roll and Staffing Changes
The Terry County School Board met for two and a half hours in the high school library with all members present. They accepted the 1964 tax roll, added two teachers Henry Bloodworth and Connie Russell, noted enrollment at 3148 students, and approved bus purchases and fence bids to curb vandalism while planning a special oil company meeting on October 12.
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Henry Bloodworth
Connie Russell
O. R. Douglas
Dillie M Kelley
Ed Crow
Baptist Churches
Terry County
Brownfield school board agenda includes tuition request and events
At a recent meeting the board approved $24 monthly tuition for a local girl to attend school in Lubbock due to a hearing problem. They sanctioned a homecoming bonfire on October 8 and granted study leave for David Cole to pursue mass instructional media. The board may attend the State School Board Association meeting in Austin with Superintendent ag and Dr Posey. Burton Hackney attended as attorney.
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Lubbock
Brownfield
David Cole
West Ward
State School Board Association
Austin
Posey
Burton Hackney
Police Investigate Theft and Varying Offenses in Brownfield
Brownfield City Police and Terry County Sheriff report multiple incidents including a $1,000 tool theft from a under-construction residence at 1718 E Tate and other thefts. Additional arrests include charges for possessing lewd photographs and public intoxication plus a minor traffic mishap at D Street and Tohoka Road.
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Brownfield
Terry County
D Street
Tohoka Road
John Lou Callison
James Alvy Bordin
Lubbock
Light Moisture Reported at KKUB Station
The official weather station KKUB recorded 0.02 inches of moisture this morning as light rain and heavy dew fell. For the month, rainfall reached 0.28 inches on Monday, with 0.01 inches on Sunday, and Brownfield saw prior showers totaling 0.15 inches on Sept. 14 and 0.01 inches on Sept. 15, bringing the month total to 0.47 inches.
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KKUB
Brownfield
Jay
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Farm Bureau
Huntsville
Party House
Mike Paddack
Janie Golden
Wellman
Linda Horton
Terry
U.S. Highway 82
Claude Edwin Tatum
Lovington
N.M
Hilda Grawunder
Joe Price
Nutrioso
Ariz
A. F E. Roberts
Ers
Paul Farrar
James Thurman
James H. Murdough Jr
Delton Tatum
Billie Moore
Carrol Collier
John McFarland
E. B. Posey
Olive Wheeler
Texas Tech
John Jennings
Jennings
Wellman Cafe
Sheriff's Department
Martha Alanez
Darwin- Reynolds
S. 2Nd
Johnny Galvan
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