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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1998
Page
6
Ken Flowers of First Baptist Church Brownfield reflects on watermelons as a metaphor for spiritual growth. He notes local Terry County farmers, explains seed-to-fruit development, and cites Psalm 1 3 about a blessed person rooted by streams of water who prospers in all he does.
This week honors go to 4-H clubs in our county for instilling values and work ethic in youth and to the Volunteer Firemen of Brownfield Wellman and Meadow for dedicated service. Their national week celebrations highlight adults who donate labor time and love weekly. Firefighters serve on call 24 7 risking danger to defend neighbors.
Texas Plains eyes lower yields amid weak prices and crop losses. PCG and NCGA push for disaster aid in the 1999 Agriculture Appropriations Bill. Officials anticipate a package merging AMTA payments with crop loss reimbursements, while Texas upland production remains near 3 million bales overall.
FOOTNOTE TO HISTORY traces the Texas Rangers to Rev. Daniel Parker and the 1835 Consultation in San Felipe. The piece notes Parker’s Baptist aims, the ranger concept’s origins, and October 17 as the Rangers’ founding anniversary. It also highlights Lubbock as chrysanthemum capital, with 40,000 plants at Texas Tech. It recalls Sam McCulloch as the first Texan wounded in the revolt.
Texas story notes a 1835 Goliad wound and early rights for a black veteran, later rewarded with land and citizenship after Texas joined the Union. It then highlights Cedar Hill State Park as 1998’s top visitor site with 1,135,143 guests, followed by San Jacinto Battleground and Garner State Park. It mentions Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Denison birth in 1890.
Brownfield readers can borrow Welcome To The World Baby Girl by Fannie Flagg The Last Goodbye by Michael H Frase Bag of Bones by Stephen King Lost Innocents by Patricia MacDonald Trial by Fire by Nancy Rosenberg Guilt By Association by Susan R Sloan and Dark Trail To Dodge by Smith Cotton as the library adds fresh releases to its shelves in Terry County Texas.
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