City Council to Decide on Levelland Firm’s Apartment Plan
Thursday session set to address annexation terms affecting a Rogers Carter sales contract and a Levelland construction firm owner who refuses to build apartments on an alternate Brownfield site. Also up for bids on two police cars and water sewer upgrades, plus Neighborhood Improvement Committee housing grant recommendations and a 1983 engineering services agreement with Parkhill Smith Cooper of Lubbock.
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Levelland Construction
Brownfield
Rogers
Carter
Parkhill Smith & Cooper
Lubbock
Oldtimers Compare Area Weather Tales Returns to a Cold 1982-83 Winter
Brownfield residents recall record cold and long snow cover since December 26 1982. Snow totals reached eight inches New Years Day and a midweek accumulation around 14 inches remained. County Judge Herbert Chesshir notes it as the wettest snow season in memory with persistent ground moisture.
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Brownfield
Earl Elrod
Brownfield News
Herbert Chesshir
Christmas Day Burglary Suspect Arrested in Brownfield
A Crimeline tip led to the arrest of Ricardo Serbantez, a Brownfield man charged with burglary at Jack's 7-11 on the Lubbock Highway. About $450 in change and a .38 pistol were taken. Bond set at 4,000, awaiting further charges.
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Brownfield
Jack
Lubbock Highway
Ricardo Serbantez
Serbantez
Terry County
Eight County Officials Take Oaths Saturday
Eight Terry County officials sworn in by District Judge Ray Anderson began new four year terms, with Constable Kenneth Tuttle serving the last two years of a four year term. Incumbents include County Judge Herbert Chesshir, District Clerk Betty Frazier, County Clerk Frank Gray, Precinct Two Commissioner Bill Keesee, and Precinct Four Commissioner See Officials. Page 4.
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Ray Anderson
Kenneth Tuttle
Herbert Chesshir
Betty Frazier
Frank Gray
Bill Keesee
Brownfield Records Severe Rainfall and Cold in 1982 Weather
Brownfield weather in 1982 featured extreme May and June rainfall totaling 11.07 inches, with May 12 producing 3.09 inches and May 24 25 bringing 2.5 inches, plus a year total of 24.0 inches. Temperatures ranged from 6 to 103 degrees, with January and February among the coldest and warmest periods and December bringing 6 inches of snow. The period saw damage to local cotton crops and a broader record of moisture and temperature extremes for Terry County.
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Terry County News
Terry County
Brownfield
Earl Elrod
Elrod
Texas Almanac
FNB Bank Group Honors for Top Eight Percent Nationwide
The First National Bank of Brownfield was placed in the top 8.5 percent of all community banks in the United States per a Bank Administration Institute study. The project evaluated the 1979 1980 and 1981 performances of banks with assets from 25 million to 150 million, weighting 1981 at fifty percent 1980 at thirty percent and 1979 at twenty percent.
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First National Bank of
Brownfield
United States
Bank Administration Institute
Geron Reminisces Career Of Service In Brownfield
Garry Peebles recounts Jake Gerons 35 year service as Brownfields city manager and meat inspector. From 1948 city hall on Fifth Street to the 1951 building on Main Street the staff has grown from about 40 to 90. He notes shifts in department scope and changes in civic life as he nears retirement.
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Garry Peebles
Harry Truman
White House
Tom Dewey
Brownfield
Jake Geron
Geron
Brownfield News
Jerry’s
N. 5Th
W. Main
Inflation, City Faces Its Biggest Problem Then and Now
Geron recalls Brownfield’s shift from nightwatchmen to a full city government, inflation driving budgets from $250000 to $6.9 million, and salaries and equipment costs rising since the 1950s. He served as city secretary, assistant manager, then mayor after Brownfield adopted a home rule charter in 1953.
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Brownfield
Geron
E.D. Jones
Jones
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Andrew David Lyle Nelson
Brownfield Regional Medical Center
David Nelson
J.T. Churchwell
Texas Employment Commission
Bank
FNB
C.C. Prim
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