Gray resigns as Terry County Clerk and Willis named
County Commissioners accept the resignation of County Clerk Frank Gray for health reasons. Ann Willis will complete the unexpired term ending Dec 31, 1986, and be sworn in after 5 p.m. May 31. Also approved bids on a vibrator roller, bonds for Tax Assessor-Collector Rechelle Davis, two new Veterans Land Board members, and bids and contracts for courthouse services, a county truck, and utility easements.
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Terry County
Frank Gray
Ann Willis
Gray
Willis
Precinct Two
Bill Keesee
Precinct Four
James Martin
Keesee
Rechelle Davis
Terry Veterans Land Board Committee
Truett Flache
A.O. Waters
Ray Reynold
Precinct One
Betty Wilson
Goodpasture Inc
General Telephone Company
Syntegar Electric Co-operative Inc
Changing of the Guard at Terry County Clerk Office
Terry County Clerk Frank Gray resigns effective May 31 due to health. Chief Deputy Ann Willis to assume office, completing Gray’s long tenure dating to 1967. Gray, a Brownfield resident since 1940, notes no regrets after decades serving with county officials.
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Terry County
Frank Gray
Ann Willis
Gray
Justice of the Peace
Lions Host Brownfield Talent Tournament Night One
Community residents will perform Thursday and Friday at Brownfield Middle School Auditorium beginning at 7 p.m. Four divisions offer cash- bond style prizes with top winners advancing to a June 1 Children’s Miracle Network Telethon opportunity.
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Terry County
Brownfield
Lions Club
Brownfield Middle School
Children’s Miracle Network
KCBC
Miracle Children’s
Lubbock General Hospital Foundation
Texas Tech Medical Foundation
Osmond Foundation
Osmond Brothers
Children’s Hospital For Research and Education
Brownfield Noon
Children of Lubbock General Hospital
BHS Athletic Banquet Set Saturday With Ed Mooney Speaker
Former Texas Tech star Ed Mooney will be principal speaker at the Brownfield High School athletic banquet in the BHS Gym on May 18. Tickets are 5.50 each, available in the high school office. Superintendent Don Hendley will host, with Mr. and Miss Cub awards, sport outstanding performer honors, and recognition for all who participated in athletics. Mooney is now at Baylor University as academic advisor to scholarship athletics. Prior to Baylor, he spent four years on the Na See Banquet . . Page 16
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Texas Tech Grid
Ed Mooney
Brownfield High School
BHS
Don Hendley
Mooney
Baylor University
Baylor
BRMC Trustees Review Group Insurance Plan Options
The Terry Memorial Hospital Board held a two hour session Monday night hearing presentations from Brown Insurance Agency Mason Nichols and Warner CPA and a citizen urging another doctor hire. Administrator Pat McMillan said BRMC spent 222000 on group insurance in the last year and noted a plan could save about 40000. A Brown/Banks Life plan was presented but savings for employees could not be determined and was tabled for comparison.
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Terry Memorial Hospital Board
Brown Insurance Agency
Mason, Nichols and Warner Cpa
Brownfield Insurance Agency
BRMC
Pat McMillian
Cubs claim outright 3-AAA baseball title with win
Brownfield High School Cubs rallied from a 4-2 deficit to beat Seminole 13-8 in Seminole and secure the District 3-AAA crown. Danny Garza hit a home run, with four doubles and a triple among 13 hits. Junior Garcia had a triple, Ricky Garcia Heath McVay Tony Garcia and Martin Fonseca also contributed. The Cubs improve to 14-9 overall and 4-0 in district play.
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Brownfield High School
Cubs
Seminole
Indians
BHS
BHL
Martin Fon
Danny Garza
Ricky Garcia
Heath McVay
Tony Garcia
Fonseca
Junior Garcia
Armando Sedeno
Councilmen face long agenda this Thursday
Brownfield city council plans a morning session at 8:30 with two public hearings. First to consider closing and abandoning an alley west of the Alco Store, requested by W T Gibbs who owns adjacent buildings. Second to hear BISD traffic impacts and apply for Texas Community Development Block Grant funds. The meeting will also cover a wholesale electric rate case intervention and a BISD presentation by Superintendent Don Hendley.
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Brownfield
Alco
W.T. Gibbs
Texas Community Development
BISD
Don Hendley
Southwestern
City to honor Adams with special day
The Brownfield City Council will issue a proclamation at 9 a.m. naming Thursday as Mark Adams Day. A 3 p.m. reception at city hall honors Adams, a Brownfield High School alumnus now head boys basketball coach at Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, who led the Wayland Pioneers to the NAIA finals in Kansas City.
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Mark Adams
Brownfield
Adams
Brownfield High School
Wayland Baptist University
Plainview
Wayland Pioneers
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
Kansas City
Area schools map last weeks of activities
Four local schools publish final events for the school year. Brownfield High lists honors, concerts, banquets and exams through May 30 with multiple assemblies, games and elections. Plains, Meadow, and Union schools also schedule concerts, banquets, final exams, and graduations through late May and early June.
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Brownfield High School
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Terry Clerks Office
J.P
Nancy
Jimmy
Dallas
Bill
See Clerk
Lions
Brown Insurance Company
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Cub
Seca
Ice Company
Hendley
Oak Grove
Council
Coleman Park
Plains High School
Yoakum County Park
Meadow
First Baptist Church
Union High School
Union Baptist Church
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