Spirit of the Plains Band Banquet Honors Brownfield Students
The Brownfield High School Spirit of the Plains band banquet celebrated a banner year as the band, a UIL Sweepstakes recipient five times in six years, honored members and leaders. Cheryl Flowers received the John Philip Sousa Award. Lisa Davis and Joe Shannon were named outstanding senior girl and boy, with Danny Melcher as outstanding junior, Johnnie Roe as outstanding sophomore, and Paul Porter as outstanding freshman. Debbie Davis and Danny Melcher also received the Fred Smith Award for leadership.
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Brownfield High School
Spirit of the Plains
UIL
Rob
Barbara Lovett
John Philip Sousa
BHS
Cheryl Flowers
Lisa Davis
Joe Shannon
Danny Melcher Xile
Johnnie Roe
Paul Porter
Camille Noble
Lovett
Fred Smith
Smith
Debbie Davis
Danny Melcher
Commissioners Approve 1000 for Terry County Fair and Bank as Depositor
In a brief Terry County Commissioners meeting on Monday, a 1000 allocation for the Terry County Fair was approved and the First National Bank of Brownfield named county depositor. The request came from Terry County Fair Committee members Bob Mayfield Naomi Tongate and Kermitt Shults, who noted the fair is held in the National Guard Armory during Harvest Festival. They hoped for eventual charter independence from the Brownfield Chamber of Commerce.
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Terry County
First National Bank of
Brownfield
Bob Mayfield
Naomi Tongate
Kermitt Shults
National Guard
Mayfield
Brownfield Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Herbert Chesshir
Graduation reflections and fair funding shift in Mayfield column
A column by James Roberts of Andrews discusses graduation meaning and the emotional transition beyond school life. The Mayfield fair notes urge charter expansion, costs cited at about 1122 dollars for ribbons and judges, and county support of 1000 dollars. The article also covers a county depository contract with FNB through 1985, at 5.25 percent for deposits under 100000 and higher rates for larger sums.
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James Roberts
Andrews
FNB
John Duggan
Burglaries Press Brownfield area escalate weekend thefts
Brownfield police report a weekend surge in burglaries with Sonny's Feed and Supply losing about 1000 dollars in knives and wallets after intruders cut mesh and broke a window. A 1980 Corvette was also stolen from Kelsay-Blacklock Chevrolet. Union School Board to meet in special session at 9 p.m. to bid on a steel three classroom building and dirt removal on campus for drainage.
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Brownfield
Sonny’s Feed & Supply Company
West Main St
Kelsay-Blacklock Chevrolet
Union School Board
Graduation Exercises From Terry County Area
Graduation activities wrap up for 152 Terry County students and 37 Plains graduates. Meadow High School and Christian Center Academy held ceremonies last week with valedictorian and salutatory speakers. Plains and Brownfield districts plan ceremonies this weekend with processions, addresses, and diplomas.
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Terry County
Plains
Meadow High School
Christian Center Academy
Meadow
Penn
High Hoor
MHS
Casey Coleman
D.D. Dunn
Miss Coleman
Jake Coleman
Miss Dunn
Linda Iverson
Jake Benson
The
First Foursquare Church
Memorial Day Service Set in Brownfield at Legion Post
The VFW and American Legion Posts in Brownfield with their auxiliaries schedule a Memorial Day service at 10 a.m. Monday at the American Legion Post Home. Gold Star mothers will be honored by the auxiliaries. Open to the public with coffee and rolls after the ceremony.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Brownfield
Gold Star
VFW
Wellman FFA instructor Homer Jones honored at surprise roast
Wellman residents honored Homer Jones after 35 years as Wellman High School FFA teacher with a surprise roasting. Speakers including ex-students, current president John Baldwin, and board members recalled Jones’s career, pig chases, electric fence shocks, and a life marked by teaching two generations.
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Homer Jones
Wellman Ffa
Wellman School
James Martin
Jones
Wellman High School
John Arnold Baldwin
James Willis
Wellman
Pete Golden
Wellman School Board
Robert Becker
Brownfield
FFA
Johnny Moorehead
Woody Adair
Donald Martin
R.D. Jones, Jr
Billie Miller
WHS
Delton Young
Jerold Baldwin
Baldwin
Country Caravan 1983 lands in Meadow Friday night
South Plains College presents Country Caravan 1983 a traveling country show at Meadow city park Friday at 8 p m featuring about 50 songs with 75 percent on current country charts in a Grand Ole Opry style. The tour continues to Brownfield on June 18.
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South Plains College
Meadow Friday
Country Caravan
Brownfield
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Daniel Saenz
Robert Sides
Randy Rivera
Mt Tuk
Lynn Brisendine
Speedy Lindsey
Union Trustees
Robert Shiflett
Harold Shiflett
Ricky Ballard
Richard Ballard
Union
Plains High School
Roxanne Wilkes
Carey White
Dianna Carol Hoch
Scott Ogle
Miss Hoch
Forest
Nadene Hoch
Ogle
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Lyn Ogle
White
Crandall Young
Rusty Andrews
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