Thursday Night Talent Show Opens Harvest Festival Queen Contest
The 1981 Brownfield Harvest Festival begins at 7:30 p.m. Thursday with a Brownfield Middle School auditorium talent show. Seven Harvest Festival Queen candidates will perform, including solos by Janet Bullard Amber Smith and Denise Willis, plus a group number. Miss Willis will also present a dramatic skit. Kathy Pope, queen mother, notes three other candidates Vanessa Russell Joy Phelan and Beth...
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Amber Smith
Denise Willis
Miss Willis
Mrs. Pope
Vanessa Russell
Joy Phelan
Beth
Kathy Wilkes
Terry County Fair Exhibits Begin Friday At Armory
The Sixth Annual Terry County Fair opens Friday and runs through Saturday at the National Guard Armory. Exhibits start 1 p.m. Friday and stay open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. Residents may enter items Thursday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. with no entry fee and one entry per class per person.
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Terry County
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Farm Tour Deemed Success Shults Family Receives Honor
Seven Greyhound buses toured Terry County farm lands on a cool Thursday morning for the 1981 Farm Tour. The Texas Tech research farm hosted graduate students and crop stress testing, with plots receiving varied water levels and studies into plant genetics to fit local conditions.
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Over 150 Tour Terry County Oil Facilities
The 1981 Brownfield Chamber of Commerce Oil and Gas Tour drew about 150 people for two hours as guides Hunter Rowe of Amoco Production Company and Larry McVay led participants west from Brownfield to wells in the Tokio area. Rowe described depth ranges from 5,000 to 6,700 feet in Slaughter and Prentice fields, with deeper wells up to 12,000 to 13,000 feet and some reaching 25,000 feet, noting increasing drilling difficulty and bit use.
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Oil & Gas
Two teens arrested in Friday aggravated robbery case
Two Mexican American males were detained by 1:05 a.m. Friday after a Thursday evening robbery at 8:50 p.m. The suspects, believed juveniles, were charged with aggravated robbery and transferred to the County Jail. Police recovered $284 and suspect that was all. Officers Gary Cook and John E led the arrest.
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Police Report Three Arrests During Week
Brownfield Police Department reports three arrests in the week ending September 18. Patrick Garcia, 17, faced unlawful carrying a weapon. Another arrest was for aggravated robbery, and a third arrest is noted for additional charges. Details continue on Page 4.
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Unclear sports note from local paper on season week two
Fragmentary report mentions Cubs football season second week and college rankings. Details are unreadable and no clear event or outcome is provided.
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