Annual Chamber Banquet Set for Saturday Evening
The Chamber of Commerce banquet will be held Saturday at 7 30 p m in Brownfield High School Commons. New officers and directors will be introduced as plaques are presented, with entertainment by West Texas Bluegrass Band of Lubbock and Sunny Day Singers from Lubbock Christian College. A ticket sales contest offers medallions valued at 100 50 and 20 to top sellers, and every attendee gets a bronze Terry County Medallion. The evening will crown Terry County Outstanding Citizen after weeks of nominations.
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Chamber of Commerce
Brownfield High School
West Texas Bluegrass Band
Lubbock
Sunny Day Singers
Lubbock Christian College
Terry County
Chamber
Brownfield News
Brownfield School Board considers gym use and trustees election
The Brownfield School Board met Monday night to discuss using the High School Gym for Citizen recreation and to study allowing the gym for basketball and volleyball. They renewed Superintendent Bill Caraway’s contract to June 1980 and called an election for three board seats. Incumbents Swaringen Faulkenberry and Hunter seek re election with filing through March 2 for an April 2 vote. The board also approved a $4000 add on to Latham Stults valuation engineering firm.
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Brownfield
Leon Pope
Brownfield Little Dribblers
Pope
Bill Caraway
Bill Swaringen
Tim Faulkenberry
Jacque Hunter
Latham Stults
Wrecks injure Brownfield driver. court actions notes and school hires
Carlos Morin of Brownfield suffered a head injury in a collision with a parked wrecker on Magnolia Street and was taken to Brownfield General Hospital. A separate Monday crash near Plaza Motel involved a 1975 Caprice and a Peterbuilt truck. The Brownfield school board approved funds for mineral district work, authorized a new two year contract, bought a Massey Ferguson tractor, new band instruments, and hired two teachers Beverly Baker and Charles D Call.
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Carlos Morin
Brownfield
Brownfield General Hospital
Kelsay-Blacklock Chevrolet
Magnolia
Morin
Plaza Motel
Bobby Leonides Alvarado
Bobby Derryl Love
Kermitt
Graham Swain
Agriculture Department
Terry County Tractor
Beverly Baker
Oak Grove
Charles D. Call
Brownfield News Hires Michelle Bumpers as Women’s Editor
Michelle Bumpers, a Big Sandy Ambassador College graduate and Olney native, joins The Brownfield News as Women’s Editor. She brings federation farming work, overseas reporting, and extensive school activities to cover women’s news and travel features. She is engaged to Stan McNiel and invites tips on women’s club events.
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Michelle Bumpers
Ambassador College
Big Sandy
Tex
The
Brownfield News
Michelle
Olney, Tex
L. P
Lefty’’ Bumpers
Bumpers
Young County Farm Bureau
United States
Jerusalem
World Wide News
Israel
Olney High School
Stan McNiel
Pete McNiel
Union
Brownfield
West Texas
Six jailed in Terry County three day span
Six persons were booked into the Terry County Jail over the past several days. Terri Lee Bell, 17, was booked on possession of marijuana with bond set at 500 dollars. Frances Elizabeth Pirtle, 18, also faced marijuana possession charges with bond at 500 dollars. Floyd Young, 21, charged with no driver's license and an outstanding Terry County Traffic Warrant, with unspecified fines. Juan G. Tapia, 31, and Sara Alcorta, 31, were placed under protective custody. Loyed Edward Broom, 46, had a peace bond placed against him with bond set at 500 dollars.
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Terry County
Terri Lee Bell
Frances Elizabeth Pirtle
Floyd Young
Juan G. Tapia
Sara Alcorta
Loyed Edward Broom
Would-be extortion fails in Brownfield
An attempted extortion in Brownfield failed when the target did not meet the con man who claimed to be an Sears Roebuck salesman then a First National Bank employee. Police monitored the Piggly Wiggly lot for over an hour with no contact. The incident followed by local government note about Rep Jim Rudd joining committees.
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Brownfield
Sears & Roebuck
First National Bank
Piggly Wiggly
Oilfield accident kills Brownfield man near Sundown
A 21 year old Brownfield man, Ray Richards, died when a heater treater exploded at a well site two miles south and two miles east of Sundown in Hockley County. Seven men were present. no others were injured. Richards, Massengill Oil Field Service employee, was pronounced dead at the scene. Services set for Jan 20 at Challis Baptist Church with burial in Terry County Memorial Cemetery. He was born Jan 27, 1955, in Brownfield.
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Brownfield
Ray Richards
Ted Clark
Sundown Justice of the Peace
Sundown
Hockley County
Richards
Massengill Oil Field Service
Challis Baptist Church
Riley Hamilton
Dale Lee
Alamogordo
N.M
Chalis Church
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Earnest Richards
Brownfield High School
Massengill
Bruce Smith
Arthur Bingham
E. E. Proctor
Odessa
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Lamesa
Estacado
Bruce Davis
Rep. Rudd
Jim Rudd
Judiciary
House
Bill Clayton
Rudd
Natural Resources Committee
State Bar
Texas Civil Judicial Council
Color Craft
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