Operator telephone era ends in Brownfield city
Brownfield ends 80 years of operator history as GTE switchboard shuts down at 12 01 a m and calls reroute to AT&T in Lubbock El Paso Odessa and Midland The city had long relied on Staked Plains Telephone Company since 1906 The move reflects broader telecom changes under a final decree restricting further long distance facility expansion and operator offices modernization.
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Brownfield
At&t
Staked Plains Telephone Company
Betty Jo Davis
Ruth Lasiter
Nellie Palmer
Mary Lou Josselet
Margaret Hoffman
Flora Kerrick
Brownield
GTE
Lubbock
el Paso
Odessa
Midland
Brownfield Gte
O.D. Hearn
Hearn
U.S. District Court
Paper n Ink Memories of memorable sports moments
Readers recall legendary games across multiple sports including the 1969 Arkansas vs Texas showdown, the 1975 Masters where Nicklaus triumphed with a 40 foot putt, and memorable World Series and golf highlights. Also notes auditions for the Terry County Sesquicentennial musical School Marm Meets Cowboy at First Presbyterian Church.
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Lee Trevino
Tom Watson
Arnold Palmer
Links Action Center
Jack Nicklaus
Nicklaus
Augusta
Terry County
First Presbyterian Church
Brownfield Spirit Band Continues UIL Sweepstakes Streak
The Brownfield High School Spirit of the Plains band won their fifth UIL Sweepstakes Award in five years and eighth in nine, earning I and I ratings in concert and sight-reading contests at Frenship. Directed by Rob and Barbara Lovett, the senior group becomes the second consecutive cohort to earn sweepstakes all four years, with judges praising a fine, mature sound and disciplined program.
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Brownfield High School
Spirit of the Plains
UIL
Frenship
BHS
Rob
Barbara Lovett
Lubbock
Texas
Austin
Lovett
Noon Lions Club Talent Show Opens Entries Soon
Brownfield residents with talent can enter the Noon Lions Annual Talent Tournament set for 7 30 p m Thursday and Friday Auditions at Brownfield Middle School Auditorium 6 p m Tuesday Entries accepted until then Admission 2 for adults 1 for students Grand prize 500 savings bond plus top three prizes in four divisions First second and third prizes 100 75 50 savings bonds for elementary junior high high school and open divisions Contact Noon Lions Club members or Bill Dyess at 637-8523 for details
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Brownfield
Noon Lions
Brownfield Middle School
BMS
Noon Lions Club
Bill Dyess
Life in Libya remembered by Four Years in Childhood
Mary Jane O'Daniel recalls Libya from 1966 to 1970 during her father's oil project work. She describes poverty, cave-like homes with livestock, and Idris's overthrow by Kadahfy in 1969. She notes cultural contrasts, such as arranged marriages for girls by age 12 or 13 and the view of Americans as wealthy.
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Kadahfy
Libya
Mary Jane O'Daniel
Hfy
Tripoli
U.S
Docket Set for 121st District Court Tuesday Judge Presiding
Tuesday’s 121st District Court docket calls for Judge Ray Anderson to hear motions and pleas by 9 am with jurors reporting at 10 am. Cases include John Lane Jr for forgery, Donald Dotson and Alvirus Smith Jr for felony theft, Pedro Rodriguez for aggravated sexual assault, Michael Houdashell for indecency with a child, Jerry Van Story for felony DWI, Elizar and Jerry Guerra for burglaries, Arthur Garcia Jr for burglary of a building, Albert Guerra for burglary, Donald Davis for felony theft, Elizar Guerra Jr for burglary, Danny Jones for vehicle theft and arson, Santiago Reyes for aggravated assault.
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Ray Anderson
121St District Court
John Lane Jr
Poe
James Rennan
Lubbock
Brad Moore
Brownfield
Donald Ray Dotson
Kelly Moore
Alvirus Smith Jr
Jim Rudd
Pedro Rodriguez
Jerry Munoz
Albert Perez
Arthur Garcia Jr
Jimmy Hammons
Albert Guerra
Donald Lewis Davis
Elizar G. Guerra Jr
Danny Lee Jones
Bill Wischkaemper
Santiago Heredia Reyes
Autopsy Awaited in North Terry County Child Case
Law officials report no word from the Plainview pathologist performing an autopsy on a child believed to be 11 or 12 found 12 miles west of Needmore Gin, with oilfield workers discovering the body. harassment reports and disorder noted in related briefs.
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Terry County
Needmore Gin
Disord
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Arkansas Razorbacks
Texas Longhorns
Staubach
Mary Lou Retton
Ulee
Dale George
Texas Cotton
Texas Cotton Ginner Association
George
Texas Cotton Ginner’s Association
Mary Jane O’daniel
Mrs. O'Daniel
Idris
O’daniel
Kada
Jim Pete Hale
Michael Houdashell
Brenda Rudd
Jerry Clayton van Story
Elizar G. Guerra, Sr
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