Top-O-Texas rates 1983 BHS gridders
The 1983 Brownfield Cubs football team earns praise from Top-O-Texas Football Magazine. Key players highlighted include Darrell Wilson at tight end and linebacker, Brad Bell, Ricky Garcia, and Reese Wright. Linemen John Jackson, Charles Bullard, Rusty Smotherman, and Geoff Cooper are noted for size and potential. The piece frames Wright’s rebuilding as promising with a strong senior nucleus.
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Cubs
Brownfield
Darrell Wilson
Deane Wright
Wilson
Brad Bell
Ricky Garcia
Top-O-Texas
Reese Wright
Wright
John Jackson
Charles Bullard
Rusty Smotherman
Geoff Cooper
Smotherman
Cooper
Brownfield High summer driver education session begins Monday
The second Brownfield High School driver education session starts Monday with students reporting to the BHS Commons at 7:25 a.m. Classes run 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Monday through Friday and end August 22. Instructor is Fred Cawthon. The Wellman School Board meets at 9 p.m. Monday to discuss personnel and salary changes, bids for milk and gasoline for 1983 84, proposed 1983 84 tax rate, budget hearing date, and sale of a school bus.
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Brownfield High School
B.H.S. Commons
Fred Cawthon
Wellman
Union ISD to Hold Monday Budget Work Session
Union School board will meet in special session at 9 p.m. Monday to conduct a work session on the proposed 1983 84 budget and tax rate.
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The
Union School Board
Water conservation methods aid West Texas farming adapt to drought
West Texas farmers led by Herman Wheatley Jr. implement soil conservation to capture scarce rain. Terraces and furrow dikes slow runoff, spread water along rows, and protect cotton with wheat and a cover crop like guar. Wheatley notes rain in May July supported soil health and crop viability despite dry year. See Water. Page 54
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West Texas
Terry County
Herman Wheatley Jr
Wheatley
Brownfield
San
Brownfield issues 16 building permits totaling 292000 in July
City records show Brownfield issued 16 permits worth 292350 in July 1983 including four new residences and three mobile homes. For seven months total permits reach 1152011, versus 2557615 for the same period last year. July activity lists 15 named projects from multiple residents and contractors with modest values.
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Brownfield
Why We Say It Knee High To A Grasshopper
A Quanah Tribune Chief column discusses common sayings and their origins from knee high to a grasshopper to mad as a wet hen and busy as a bee. It notes these phrases outlive ordinary words, conveying emotion and vivid images despite unfamiliar origins.
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Jaanice Griffin
Quanah Tribune-Chief
Reward Offered for Burglary of Mr Burger Residence
Brownfield Crime Information Inc. offers 300 reward for information leading to arrest and indictment of suspects in a July 1983 burglary at 608 E Hill. Entry via window and items stolen include a 19 inch RCA TV and a digital clock radio. Also notes thefts at a barn belonging to Bill Marchbanks on July 21 or 22 1983 including a Lincoln A C Welder Kellogg air compressor and shop tools.
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Brownfield Crime Information Inc
Burger
E. Hill
Kellogg
Bill Marchbanks
Brownfield man charged with felony theft in Terry County
An 18 year old Brownfield man Victoria Rau Marquez was arrested on felony theft charges Wednesday after allegedly stealing tools from a Massingill Construction truck on Sunday. He is jailed in lieu of a 5000 bond set by Justice Carolyn Proctor. The Terry County Sheriff's Dept also reported jewelry theft from a West Webb Street residence including rings necklaces and gold ingots with no reported damage.
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Victoria Rau
Marquez
Massingill Construction Company
Sunday Marquez
Terry County
Justice of the Peace
Carolyn Proctor
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Larry McCullough
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Roy A. Edwards
S. 3Rd St
Mike Jester
Cheryl Dr
Tim Jinkins
Chrystal
Walter Dee Burnett
E. Main
Guadalupe
N. 4Th St
Rickey Allison
Bynum Lane
Billy Franks
E. Lanny
L.V. Durham Jr
E. Ripley
Clint Allison
E. Bynum
Mark Viertel
E. Grace
Rockie Cozart
Waco
By Lynn Brisendine
CrimeLine Information
Mary Hill
Brownfield State Bank
James Monroe
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