Flu Strain Hits Brownfield Schools Amid Absences
Brownfield Schools face near epidemic flu levels with 604 students and 25 teachers absent on a Monday. Curriculum Director Pinson says absentee rates vary by school, and high school principal Geron will allow two days of absences to protect exam exemptions. Board approves contract extensions and bus upgrades. tennis court improvements urged. Brownfield Cubs lose to Dunbar in a tight district game.
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Brownfield
Jack Pinson
Pinson
Oak Grove
Colonial Heights
W. O
Bill) Caraway
Jesse Geron
Weldon McCreary
James Willis
Cubs
Dunbar
Jerry
Cooler, Dusty Spell Ahead With Mostly Dry Skies
The forecast through Saturday calls for cooler air and more blowing dust. Daytime temperatures will be in the 60s with nights in the high 30s, and no measurable precipitation is expected.
Brownfield Toasts Coaches and Community Events
Brownfield figures celebrate Coach Leon Pope's 100th win with a plaque. Friends of the Library plan a March membership drive. AAUW meets at Seleta Jane Clubhouse for Mrs. Harlan Willison program Views of a Medical Missionary in Thailand. Terry County Slow-Pitch League meets at 7. Plains hosts Yoakum County Junior Livestock Show today through Saturday. Revival services at First Baptist with daily lunch and 7:30 pm services. Brownfield American Legion hosts Law Officers Appreciation Banquet with Virgil Crawford as MC and Jack H. Dillard as speaker.
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Leon Pope
Friends of the Library
AAUW
Seleta Jane
Harlan Willison
Thailand
George
Marjorie} Sommers
Sherman Hope
David Schoenvogel
Terry County
Pioneer
Yoakum County
Plains
Duane Moss
The
Soil and Water Conservation Service
First Baptist Church
Pat Cummins
Brownfield American Legion
Post
Virgil Crawford
Jack H. Dillard
Texas Center For the Judiciary
Meadow Ferns Fall in Bi District Heartbreaker
Meadow Ferns girls basketball lose 49 to 50 to Klondyke in bi district at SPC Texan Dome. Klondyke advances to regional tourney next Friday and Saturday at the Dome.
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Meadow Girls
Klondyke
SPC Texan Dome
the Dome
Supper Honors Brownfield Cub Basketball Players
A 7 o'clock pot luck supper in the high school commons honors Brownfield Cub basketball players. Awards will be given to varsity JV and freshman members with Coach Gerald Myers of Texas Tech University as guest speaker. Attendees should bring a main dish and a vegetable or salad and dessert. Booster Club provides utensils bread tea or coffee. Dress is informal.
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Brownfield Cub
Gerald Myers
Texas Tech University
Booster Club
Heart Fund Drive Sunday Set for February 22
The Terry County Heart Association urges area residents to support the drive led by captains Judy Prince Roma Miller Sandra Albert Barbara Davis Marion Boston Doris Treadaway Jean Dumas Maudie Lawrance Joan Simpson Birdie Fowler Dorothy Stein Terry Caswell Olan Herring Linnie Hawkins Jane Blay Lee Nell Addison and the Town and Country 4 H Club. Messages emphasize that cardiovascular disease affects more than 28 million in the U S and causes over a million deaths annually with high blood pressure as a major risk factor and silent killer. control is crucial to prevent stroke heart failure and kidney failure.
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Heart
Terry County Heart Association
Judy Prince
Roma Miller
Sandra Albert
Barbara Davis
Marion Boston
Doris Treadaway
Jean Dumas
Maudie Lawrance
Joan Simpson
Birdie Fowler
Dorothy Stein
Terry Caswell
Meadow
Olan Herring
Union
Linnie Hawkins
Wellman
Jane Blay
Lee Nell Addison
Town and Country 4-H Club
Jan Hale
U.S
Talent Show Opens With Susan Sears At Lions Event
Lovely Susan Sears will sing at the Brownfield Noon Lions Talent Tournament in the Middle School Auditorium with Eddie Sharp at the piano. Shows start 7 30 both nights with admission 150 for adults and 1 for children. Lions booth invites eye donation to the eye bank.
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Susan Sears
Brownfield Noon Lions Club
Eddie Sharp
Eye Bank
Celeste Thomas
Missing 18 foot boat and several burglary cases reported
An 18 foot boat and trailer were left for repair at Carter and Webb Boat Sales on Lubbock Highway and were reported missing this week. Theft also cited at Bailey's Tractor and Equipment for an 18 disk John Deere plow chisel valued at 400 dollars. Burglary at Buddy Ball Used Car Lot included multiple window breakages and other damage totaling 395.50 dollars. Copper wire theft from a pickup on South 8th and other property damage noted. Police reported seven arrests for drunk in public, one for driving with suspended license, and others for marijuana possession and unlawfully carrying a weapon.
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Carter and Webb Boat Sales
Lubbock Highway
Brownfield
Bailey
South 2Nd
Buddy Ball
Lubbock Road
South 8Th
W. Cardwell
Delmar Chancellor
Adrian Rodriguez
Benino Longoria
Lee Kruse
John H. Reed
Joe Villarreal
Jose G. Torres
Jesus Padilla
ACP registrations begin for 1976 program period
Registration for the 1976 ACP program runs February 17 through February 27 under Johnny Stockton of the Terry County ASCS. Priority-based approvals. eligible practices include Terrace Systems Diversion Terraces Irrigation Practices and waterways. Final Terry County release reapportionment or transfers due by May 1. Wheat grazing must be certified by March 20 and misuse affects disaster payments with a $20,000 payment cap.
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ACP
Johnny Stockton
Terry County Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
Stockton
ASCS
Terry County
Meet Your Naber: M Grady Jones Joins Brownfield Flower Box
M Grady Jones, a Irving Texas native and son of Virginia Jones and the late Grady M Jones, has joined Brownfield Flower Box as designer. A longtime plant enthusiast, he studied horticulture and related fields at Texas Tech and has taught horticulture classes. Jones moved to West Texas in 1968 and plans to stay, noting his love for floral design and stage presentations.
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Brownfield
M. Grady Jones
Irving
Dallas
Virginia Jones
Grady M. Jones
Jones Feed Store
Jones
West Texas
Lubbock
Tech
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Deas
C. E. Arnold
Fred Cawthon
Don Hendley
Hal Tunnell
Dale Sides
R. K. McCoy
Edith Wheeler
Jerry Bailey
C Clifford Niles
Vicenta Cadena
William F. Martin
Agriculture Department
Derrick Motors
Charles Darwin Ford
Ford Automobile
Willis
Brownfield Tennis Association
Bil Long
Hugh Thomas
J. O. Burnett Jr
Burnett
Joplin
Scott Jackson
Rusty Wilson
Kay Dodds
Tiddie
Teras
Heart Fund
Bowman Motors
Nabor
M. Grady Jones Designer
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