Hospital occupancy hits 101 percent at Brownfield General
Brownfield Gen eral Hospital reports February occupancy of 101.1 percent while the year to date sits near 99 percent. Administrator Pat McMillan says a new addition will be ready in 30 days or less. Board notes incumbents for hospital seats and approves a bid for a new hospital car.
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Brownfield General Hospital
Pat McMillan
Wayne Rousseau
Robert Beasley
Ronald Stice
A. Earl Jones
Pat
Charles Darwin Ford
Natural Gas Costs Push Up City Power Rates
Brownfield council meets to discuss rising natural gas costs and their impact on electricity. Mayor Lloyd Hahn oversees a workshop where staff note fuel cost adjustments and potential rate shifts while considering a 10 percent city employee raise and a police pay review.
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City Hall
Lloyd Hahn
Quinton Caldwell
Lubbock
Brownfield
Youth Welcome Change Old Age Resists
A reflection contrasts youth embracing change with aging resisting it and notes the value of prayers both standing and kneeling in daily life. The reflection pairs the practical endurance of a man on his feet with the spiritual posture of prayer on his knees.
Brownfield roundup includes circuses, elections and events
Town notes a traveling circus coming to town and Mr Burger Drive-In opening west of Maxine's Dress Shop on Main Street. Kiwanis pancake supper Friday funds youth causes. tickets 1.50 adults, 75 cents kids. Meadow hosts April 5 city election with three seats. incumbents White and Burleson refiled, Edward Jordan joins. absentee voting March 16. Plains schools work begins soon. Girl Scout Week observed. Texas Tech Orchestra performs March 18 at Middle School Auditorium. Representative E L Short appreciation day Friday in Stanton. water testing week promotes free tests from health unit.
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Meadow
Carlton White
Joe Burleson
Edward Jordan
City Hall
Roy Dodds
Plains High
Plains
Brownfield News
Leonard Ellington
Middle School
Texas Tech University
E. L. Short
Tohoka
Stanton
Caprock Electric Co-Op
County lowers crow bounty and school board race set
Commissioners reduced the crows feet bounty to 20 cents per pair effective March 20 as crows feet payouts reached 5 193 pairs plus 143 coyote scalps and ears totaling 3 168 50. Five candidates filed for Plains Independent School board seats with election April 5. absentee voting starts March 17.
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Herbert Chesshir
Tokio Community Center
ASCS Sets April Deadline For Upland Cotton Allocations
John Stockton Jr. notes April 1 as crucial for transferring upland cotton allotments to county committees and for requesting increases. The $20,000 limit remains a program rule and forms ASCS-278 must be used for reapportionment requests. County determinations will use March 1 conditions. file by April 1.
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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
John Stockton Jr
Stockton
ASCS
Spelling Star Cindy Jackson Heads to Regional Meet
Cindy Jackson, student at Middle School and daughter of J D Jackson, earned first place at the Terry County Spelling Bee Tuesday afternoon and prepares for the regional meet in Lubbock on April 5. Proctor Kathleen Weiss and judges Yvonne Rex, Sally Liles, and Margaret S presided.
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Cindy Jackson
Lubbock
Terry County
Cindy
J. D. Jackson
E. Buckley
Kathleen Weiss
Yvonne Rex
Sally Liles
Wellman
Margarets
Brownfield
Gm Wellman
Stan McNutt
Amoco Employee To Retire From West Texas Post
Richard G. Tucker a Brownfield area administrative supervisor with Amoco Production will retire April 1 after about 42 years with the company. A retirement party is set for March 27 at Brownfield Country Club to honor him and his decades of service in the Slaughter Area spanning Gaines Dawson and four other West Texas counties.
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Richard G
Dick) Tucker
Amoco Production Company
Brownfield
Amoco
West Texas
Amoco Production
U. S
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Tucker
Brownfield Country Club
Marion
Ind
McCamey
Business College
Wink
Wink, Hendrick and Yates
Tex
Hobbs
Lubbock
Abilene
Gaines, Dawson, Borden
Annie Mae
E. Tate
Thomas Richard
Sally Ann
Meadow School board to fill two seats in April election
Five residents compete for two seats on the Meadow School board as terms of Winfred Tucker and Jimmy Pendergrass end. Pendergrass seeks re election while Tucker did not file. Candidates include Ray Gober Kay Reese Theo Brinson and Elvice Duncan. Election April 5 polls 8 am to 7 pm. Absentee voting March 14 to April 1 per Odell Wilkes. Ann Brooks election judge Geneva Bell Lola Perez clerks.
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Meadow School Board of Trustees
Winfred Tucker
Jimmy Pendergrass
Tucker
Pendergrass
Ray Gober
Kay Reese
Theo Brinson
Elvice Duncan
Ann Brooks
Geneva Bell
Lola Perez
Odell Wilkes
Brownfield Welcomes New Bookkeeper Mee Dodds
Mee Your Nabor Kay Dodds, bookkeeper at Jones and Lowe Agency, has moved to Brownfield with her 16 year old daughter Karen. A Texas Tech graduate and former real estate salesman, Dodds chose Brownfield for its friendly street life and community feel. The Dodds family resides at 1204 N Atkins, with Karen enjoying tennis and choir at school and the family identifying as Baptists.
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Kay Dodds
Jones and Lowe Agency
Brownfield
Karen
N. Atkins
Fort Worth
H. A. Miller
Lake Brownwood
Miller
Longhorn Leather Company
el Paso
Harry Jr
Brownwood
Jack
Longhorn Leather Company of
Dallas
Brownfield High
Dodds
Texas Tech
Nabor
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Brownie
Brownfield Kiwanis Club
Scouts
Girlstown
Camp Owens
Little Dribblers
Johnny Willis
Ed Duran
Maurice Martin
Bill Noble
Don Harwood
Jake Fulford
Bud Cotham
Stanley Miller
James Roe
Bob Mayfield
Federal Power Commission
Jake Geron
General Telephone Company
East Main
Plains Independent School Board of Trustees
Jack Palmer
Gayle Craft
Don Thrash
Don Lackey
Kenneth Hale
Palmer
Hale
Plains High School
Tokio
Jimmy Sherrin
James Sherrin
James Turner
Tommy Elmore
South Plains Health Unit
Jacksonville
Dick Tucker
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