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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1973
Page
1
The Brownfield News is named by the Texas State Teachers Association as a recipient of the School Bell Award for outstanding coverage of education and school activities. Only 32 Texas news reporting or other outlets receive the honor.
Casual Corner by Sig H. Atkinson looks back at the first day of spring and muses on parental wisdom, personal progress, and a better world. The column weaves in quotes from Thomas Henry Moxley and a light aside about economists, with notes on school and community happenings in Brownfield.
State Rep. E. L. Short will be at the Brownfield Chamber of Commerce building from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday to visit with local residents. Bill Caraway, Chamber president, says Short was originally set for March 3 but could not attend. The Brownfield News is among 21 papers honored with the School Bell Award for outstanding school coverage.
Brownfield United Fund directors met Monday and approved advancing the Day Care Center’s next quarterly payment to cover operating expenses. Rev. Jack Garrett reported the Day Care Center needs 200 more dollars beyond 276 from the Ministerial Alliance and warned the center faces state matching cuts by June. The board, noting UF’s 68 percent goal, voted to use the upcoming quarterly payment rather than reserve funds to aid the center.
The Brownfield School trustees appointed a tax equalization board for June 4 and 5 with Harold Klein L. G. Smith and Ronald Stice named to terms and Tommy Hamilton Dennis McCutcheon and B F Hutson as alternates. They postponed a $3000 elder homestead exemption pending attorney guidance and district restructuring. The board also set July 10 for oil lands evaluation and approved textbook selections and a school track meet request from St Anthony's Catholic Church.
Four Brownfield men Dr. C. B. Knox Leonard Ellington Dale Nichols and B F Hutson bought two buffalo at the Boy Scout Ranch Cimarron New Mexico to raise a small herd near Brownfield The calves are about a year old and cost 900 for the pair They are penned on Knox land about 80 acres The bulls may reach six feet and 3600 pounds once mature and calves are expected in about two years
James Morris, head track coach at Brownfield High, guides students to stay in motion. He joined Brownfield in 1946 and is a 1955 graduate. he lettered in football and track, studied on a track scholarship, attended Cisco Junior College and Texas Tech, where he ran varsity track. He returned to Brownfield after college and began teaching and coaching junior high, now in his fifth year as varsity coach.
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