Dyess Receives Boy Scout Honor Medal for Heroism
Brownfield Attorney Bill Dyess was awarded the Boy Scout Honor Medal for Life saving for defusing a hostage situation on Jan 12 1983 at a Harris Street home. The award, among the nation’s rarest, was presented by Quanah Parker District leaders with Dyess’s wife Glenda present. Dyess credited timing and civic support, recounting the incident and the gun retrieval that ended the standoff.
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Brownfield Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
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Bill Dyess
U.S
Dyess
Quanah Parker
Charles Orum
Jack Kaspman
Glenda
Boy Scouts
East Harris St
Jack Dye
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Paper a lake By Lynn Brisendine
Public speaking is easy. It's the thinking before you speak that's difficult. Congratulations to Bill Dyess for earning a rare Boy Scouts of America award this week. Only nine earned nationwide this year.
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Lynn Brisendine
Bill Dyess
Bill
Boy Scouts of America
United States
National Queen invited as guest at Terry Rodeo parade
Miss Tracy McPherson, 1984 Queen of the American Association of Sheriff Posses, will be an honored guest at the Terry County Sheriff Posse Parade and Rodeo. The Seminole, Texas, teen was elected queen during the Austin convention in October 1983 from a field of four finalists. She will reign for one year.
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Tracy McPherson
American Association of Sheriff Posses and
McPherson
Home Burglars Net $20,000 In Jewelry Theft
A police report lists theft of more than $20,000 in jewelry along with vandalism of a backyard swimming pool as top offenses this week. The report notes the jewelry theft occurred at an unspecified residence and details are incomplete.
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Brownfield
Commissioners approve bid ads and budget session actions
In a special Friday court session the Terry Commissioners approved bid advertisements for road equipment and road work in Precincts 1 and 3 and for restroom renovations at the county livestock barn. The meeting included a long work session on the 1985 county budget and related projects. Separately, a residence on Carter Drive was robbed of jewelry and other items, while vandalism damaged a South Pecos home pool area with $1500 in damage.
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Pecos
Union ISD Sets Special Meet Monday July 16
Union I S D Board of Trustees schedules a special session Monday July 16 at 9 00 p m in the board room of Union School to transact the agenda business. A burglary report at La Nortenita Restaurant 704 W Main notes intruders entered via a kitchen window and fled with 150 dollars worth of chicken fried steaks bacon chicken and roast before exiting through the west door.
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Union School
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W. Main
Duck donations sought by city to stock Gillham Park lakes
City officials urge residents with extra ducks to donate mature birds to Gillham Park lakes. A lone teal duck circles the center lake, and authorities hope donations will fill the new waters. The plan also allows anglers to volunteer catfish, bass, crappie and minnows, with no carp allowed and fishing currently restricted.
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Gillham Park
Gilliam Park
WWI veteran finally receives Purple Heart after delay
Earl Bradley of Brownfield, a WWI veteran who served in the American Expeditionary Forces, is awarded the Purple Heart and the Victory Medal in a ceremony at the American Legion Bradley. His daughter Peggy Barnett had written officials after reading of other overdue medals, prompting the recognition.
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John R. Hallender
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Reese Air Force Base
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Water Valley
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