Cox resigns as Brownfield principal to lead Ballinger High
Citizens For Progress reports Doug Cox resigns as Brownfield Independent School District principal effective Aug 1. He will assume Ballinger High School principal duties Aug 1 under a two year contract, replacing retiring Joe Forester. Cox, former Ballinger Bearcat coach, has 11 years as athletic director and head coach in Brownfield and earlier coaching at McMurry College. He holds degrees from McMurry and serves in churches and civic groups with three children.
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Doug Cox
Brownfield Independent
Cox
Ballinger High School
Ballinger Bearcat
Huntsville
Joe Forester
Ballinger Board of Trustees
McMurry College
McMurry
Texas High School Coaches Association
Brownfield School Board Accepts Resignations and Plans
Brownfield Independent School District trustees accepted three resignations Patsy Bevers Doug Cox and Jim Russell and approved a new Intermediate School plan moving sixth to eighth grades into the West Ward Junior High area. They also approved a Summer School session June 3 through July 23 with two classes daily and a $3389 bid for office supplies.
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Brownfield Independent School
Brownfield
Patsy Bevers
West Ward
Doug Cox
Jim Russell
Cox
Ballinger
Russell
Austin
Kenneth E. McIntyre
University of Texas
C. E. Arnold
Wheatley
Coy Jones
Jim Cherry
Eakin Office Supply
W.O. Caraway
Group Forming Backers for Brownfield Hospital Bond Vote
About 35 citizens met at the Grady Goodpasture home to form Citizens for Progress to back the May 4 hospital bond referendum. Al Muldrow elected chair. Ray Anderson vice chair. Mrs. Herschel Lowe secretary. L G Smith treasurer. committee to raise funds. they urged active campaigning, noted past progressive city gains, and discussed site doubts, sewer plans, and open staff concerns as they prepared for the future votes.
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Grady Goodpasture
Citizens For Progress
al Muldrow
Ray Anderson
Herschel Lowe
L.G. Smith
Smith
Muldrow
Brownfield
Ken Muldrow
DPS Officials Present Program at Brownfield Lions Club
Reeves Jungkind and B R McElroy of Austin spoke at the Brownfield Lions regular meeting. They demonstrated firearms and riot control gear used by DPS, including handguns and a pellet gun. The show featured a candle extinguishing trick with a hatchet edge and a bullet split. Lions voted to avoid DPS officials in future events. Delegates were appointed for the District Convention in Littlefield April 26-27. Nicholson will run for governor of the district, with Lions urged to promote his candidacy.
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Reeves Jungkind
B. R. McElroy
Austin
Department of Public Safety
Brownfield Lions Club
A. E. Roberts
Highway Patrol
Tey
Jungkind
McElroy
Lional Club
DPS
Craig Wilkerson
Lion Ross
Chuck Spaugh
Charles Darwin Jr
Lewisville
Jack Hazlewood
Amarillo
Hazlewood
Court of Civil Appeals
Seventh Supreme Judicial District
Wilkerson
Littlefield
David Nicholson
Nicholson
Eighth Grader Karl Baumgardner Wins Terry County Spelling Bee
Karl Baumgardner, an eighth grader from Brownfield Junior High, won the Terry County Spelling Bee held at Oak Grove Elementary. The bee, featuring seven students from Brownfield and Wellman, lasted under 20 minutes with Karl clinching victory on gravity after spelling eighth.
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Karl Baumgardner
Robert Baumgardner
Terry County
Oak Grove
Brownfield
Wellman
Lubbock
Karl
Marilyn Moss
Felix Loya
West Ward
Robin Lindsey
Gloria Masso
Colonial Heights
Paul Woodard
Rhnea Brown
Rhnea
Paul
Gloria
Robin
Felix
Marilyn
Sue Whitson
A.W. Reeves
Cris Brimm To Discuss Drugs
Cris Brimm a drug addict will present a program for Brownfield adults especially parents at 7 30 p m Friday in the American Legion Hall assisted by Sheriff Homer Parker Brimm was arrested in January for possession of drug paraphernalia and contributing to the delinquency of minors he was tried here and given a 10 year probated sentence Since then Brimm has spoken at Brownfield High School Wellman Union Meadow High Schools and to civic clubs about the dangers of drugs He will tell parents how to detect glue sniffing marijuana pep pills and other drug use and the public is urged to attend this meeting for an expert discussion of the facts
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Cris Brimm
Brownfield
American Legion Hall
Homer Parker
Brimm
Terry County
Brownfield High School
Wellman
Union
Meadow
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Citizens For Progress’Organized
David Bonds
Sterling
Schreiner Institute
Kerrville
Lela
C.E. Ross
Jack Hamilton
Center
Bill Noble
Joe Christian
Noble
Hamilton
Board of Trustees
Ronald Stice
Homer Barron
Joe Henson
Jack Mason
Joe Fleming
Art Adair
Homer Nelson
C.B. Knox
Brownfield State Bank and Trust Company
First National Bank
Terry Memorial Hospital
Coleman Park
Citizens For Solvency Committee
George Weiss
Terry County Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
J.O. Gillham
L.J. Richardson
Richard Prigmore
Earl Jones
J.T. Bowman
Brownfield Junior High School
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