Historian to Speak at Brownfield Chamber Banquet
Jack Maguire, Texas historian and author of Talk of Texas, will speak at the Brownfield Chamber of Commerce Banquet at 7 p.m. January 18 in the BHS Commons. The event will honor Terry County’s Outstanding Citizen of 1985 and install 1986 chamber officers and directors.
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Jack Maguire
Texas
Brownfield
Chamber
Curtis Christopher
Howard Yandell
Bob Davis
Jim Dennison
Rick Elmore
Jimmy Hammons
Barney Lindly
Rob McGuire
Scott Raney
Brownfield Records Seven December Building Permits
The City of Brownfield issued seven building permits in December totaling 123,700, lifting 1985 year total to 2,623,155, about 85,000 above 1984’s 2,538,400. A year-end wrapup will appear in the next NEWS. Permits include remodel of a commercial building at 303 S First St 200. Rodis David fence at 411 N Fifth St 100. Don Robertson residence addition at 513 Park Lane 8,500. Aaron Roberts conference room at 401 N 1st 105,000. Delores Craig con at 1218 E Hester 4,350. Eddins-Walcher commercial at 602 Lubbock Rd 5,500. Chris Infante fence at 511 W Harris 50.
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Brownfield
S. 1St St
Rodis David
N. 5Th St
Don Robertson
Park Lane
Aaron Roberts
N. Lst
Delores Craig
E. Hester
Eddins
Christmas quiet in Brownfield with minor incidents
Brownfield police saw a calm holiday period with a windshield smashed on a 1978 Oldsmobile at a South 4th Street residence. Four assaults or disturbances, two criminal mischief cases, a gasoline theft, and a fortres sing noted. Twelve arrests were made for DUI, license, traffic, public intoxication, affray, resisting arrest, and fighting officers. Local youths Ann McIlveen 12, Sarah Hardy 9, and Rachel Hardy 7 enjoyed vacation as warm weather and skating framed the day.
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Brownfield
South 4Th St
Ann Mcllveen
Sarah Hardy
Rachel Hardy
Goodfellows Serve 140 City Families During Christmas
The Brownfield Goodfellows delivered gifts and food to 140 area families over Christmas. The families served had 480 children. Workers began assembling boxes early in the week before Christmas moving toys from the Fire Station to the County Rodeo Barn, the group’s Christmas HQ. Toys were placed by age and sex with each child receiving at least one new toy and one used toy.
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Brownfield Goodfellows
The
Goodfellows
Commissioners call special session Monday
The Terry County Commissioners will meet at 10 a.m. Monday to open bids for a new sheriff’s department vehicle and to consider bids on a bulldozer for county roads. They will also discuss easements at the Terry County Airport. A Christmas Eve food drive collected toys, food, cash and volunteers from Brownfield and Terry County communities.
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Terry County
Sheriff’s Department
New Years Eve Schedule Disrupts City News Delivery
The edition to the NEWS will be completed and go to press Monday for New Year’s Day. Deadline for news and advertising is noon Monday. The paper is to be distributed Tuesday afternoon and the NEWS office will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday.
Six months of 1985 show Brownfield and Terry County gains
The January to June 1985 summary notes Amoco Slaughter Field CO2 injection dedication, Brownfield High School teams reaching state playoffs, and strong community activity. Highlights include United Way totals, All-Region and All-State music selections, new business openings, political events, and local awards amid variable farming conditions and favorable weather for crops.
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Brownfield
Terry County
Amoco
United Way
Brownfield Middle School
Red Express
Denver City
Lubbock
Brownfield High School
Paige McCutcheon
Melody Moss
Andy Timmons
Amoco Production Co
Sundown
BHS
Texas Tech
Joe Burleson
W.C. Newberry
Southwest Texas State University
Lynn Pemberton
Jacque Willingham
Chuck Taylor
A. A. Muldrow
Tina Casper
Year in Review 1985 Sees Achievements and Disasters
The year 1985 brought science advances in space medicine and AIDS research, with artificial hearts and new cancer therapies offering hope. Yet hijackings and terror marked a darker side as radical groups claimed events worldwide, framing a year of both progress and peril.
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Paper
Terry Gins Processing Cotton in Terry County Surge
Terry County's 16 gins had processed 116,846 bales of cotton by Friday morning per the Texas Employment Commission weekly survey. This compares with 56,196 bales processed by Terry County gins at the same point last year.
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Terry County
Texas Employment Commission
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Dick Fletcher
City Delivery
Leanne Speed
Red
Brownfield Post
U.S
Phil Gramm
Roger Baker
Bobby Burris
Carroll Pendergrass
Chad Brooks
Paul Miller
McDonald’s
Dimmitt
Levelland
Kristi Hock
BISD
Tommy Hicks
Canadian River Water Authority
CRWA
Abilene
BHS Netters
George Sommers
Doyle Simpson
Graham Swain
Duane Moss
Sam Chaffin
Charles Orum
Lynn Halamicek
Lanny Webb
James Billings
Terry Memorial Hospital
UIL
Darren Gillespie
Ricky Day
Ann Willis
Frank Gray
Joel Ross
Leigh Hoskins
Laura Simpson
Johnnie Roe
Jennifer Box
Janet McKee
Martha Jones
Michele Davis
Michael Robertson
Cary Lee Lofton
Armando Sedano
Lynn Brisendine
Terry Gins
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