Sheriff’s Posse Rodeo Opens at Pecos Coliseum
The sixth annual Sheriff’s Posse Rodeo at Pecos County Coliseum starts tonight as AJRA participants from three age groups compete for top prizes. Two hand-stamped saddles will honor outstanding cowboy and cowgirl, with trophy buckles for leading performers. Evening performances begin at 7:30 p.m. with Friday and Saturday shows to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cindy Weatherman
Billie Ballard
Bi Lindy Weatherman
Pecos County
Sheriff's Posse
Partcipants
Joe Stout
Pecos County Bank declares largest dividend in history
Pecos County State Bank will pay 28,125 dollars as a 25 cent per share dividend on its 112,500 shares on July 3. The payout follows a stock dividend raising ownership to four shares per three held and marks the bank’s 50th anniversary open house on July 6 at 7:30 p.m.
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Pecos County State Bank
Pecos County
Bruce Wiggs
Pioneer
Wiggs
Fort Stockton visit recalls Mitre Peak memory
Frank Baker writes of visiting his daughter Susan at Mitre Peak Girl Scout Camp between Alpine and Fort Davis, encountering a frosty camp director, and learning Susan was thriving. He recalls his niece Leslie Baker away at camp and mentions Jim Ivy and Wallace Lumber in a family birth announcement.
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Leslie
Frank
Leslie Baker
Mitre Peak
Susan
Austin
Big Ole Fort Stockton
Alpine
Fort Davis
Jim
Beth Ivy
Wallace Lumber Company
A.E. Ivy
Fort Stockton ISD Plans $24.75 Million Valuation Increase
The Fort Stockton Independent School District proposes raising property valuations by 24.75 million dollars for the 1978 tax year. The plan aims to fund district needs through the enhanced valuations described in the draft proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Stockton Independent
Thomas Y. Pickett and Company
FSISD
Board of Equalization
George Pina
L.V. Arnett
Derwood Caldwell
Old Fashioned Picnic Tonight At Rooney Park
Fort Stockton High School representatives of American Legion Boys and Girls State will speak at an Old Fashioned Picnic sponsored by Post 234 Auxiliary and Historical Society at Rooney Park tonight at 7 p.m. at the barbecue pit near the Small Community Hall. Public invited to bring a covered dish. tea bread and utensils provided by Thomas Y. Pickett and company Evaluation Engineers and the school.
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Fort Stockton
American Legion Boys
American Legion Post
American Legion Womens’ Auxiliary, and Historical Society
Rooney Park
Legion
PBS Pitch Sparks Fort Stockton Cable TV Dispute
Fort Stockton residents urge council to oppose Stockton Cable TV plan to end channel 13 KERA-TV and switch to satellite programming via WICG Atlanta. Harris of Central Communications offered earth station access for FSISD with higher rates, claiming legality issues and a $150,000 cost to the school district.
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Gene
Jean) Shackelford
Fort Stockton
Stockton Cable TV
Channel 13
Kera-Tv
Dallas
Central Communictions, Inc
West Texas Micro-Wave
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Permissors
RCA
WICG
Atlanta
Christian Broadcasting Network
CBN
HBO
Dallas-Fort Worth
Central Communications, Inc
Joe Harris
Educational Television
Fort Stockton Independent
Harris
FSISD
George Batsche
West Texas
Micro-Wave Co
PBS
Jaycees plan July Fourth fireworks at Rooney Park
Jaycees president Bill Long says Fort Stockton will celebrate Independence Day with a Rooney Park fireworks display starting at dark about 9:20 p.m. on July 4. The event features nearly $1000 of aerial fireworks and should be longer and more exciting than last year.
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Fort Stockton
Jaycees
America
Rooney Park
Bill Long
Long
Merrill Elected Director of State S L Organization
Wayne N. Merrill of First Savings and Loan Association Fort Stockton was named a director of the Texas Savings and Loan League, becoming one of the younger board members in a ten member group dominated by executives from major metropolitan associations.
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Merrill
State S&l
Wayne N. Merrill
First Savings and Loan Association of
Fort Stockton
Texas Savings and Loan League
Ts&l
Plainview
Harlingen
Brownwood
Savings and Loan
TSELL
Clyde
Jailed without bond for capital murder in Pecos case
Ruben O Hernandez and Ramon Matta Jr were charged with two counts of capital murder in Pecos County Justice Court and ordered held without bond. An associated 16 year old girl and a fourth suspect Sophia Banda were noted. Banda remains sought with a federal fugitive warrant. Victims were Felix Rodriguez and Guadalupe Jiminez, shot with a .22 and found near US 285 two miles northwest of Fort Stockton. Three burglary suspects were also set with $2,500 bonds.
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Ruben O. Hernandez
Ramon Matta, Jr
Pecos County
Justice of the Peace
Fred Capers Hernandez
Alpine
Matta
Pecos
Arizona
Larry Gibbs
Fort Stockton
Tony Cordova
Felix Rodriguez
Guadalupe Jiminez
Brisbee
Ariz
Hernandez
Sophia Ponce Banda
Banda
Rodriguez
Jiminez
US 285
Kenneth DeHart
Adams and Baker
Justice Capers
Joe Abila
Juan Esqueda
Gabriel Dominguez
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Sheriff’s Posse Rodeo
Pecos County Bank
Lori Ivy
Tonya Dulaney
Penny Worthington
ViCindy Weatherman
Tammy Climer
Kaysie Atkinson
Cheryl Faulkenberry
Kim Childress
Teresa Sherrill
Keren McGill
Brigette Strother
Hope Mehan
Texas
Jackie Bob Riggs
Cox Midland
Kevin Miller
Marlissa Bascom
Iraan
Faith Cattle Company
Johnny Bush
Frank K. Baker
Little Irene Fabela
Fabela
Cement Finishing and Contracting
Fiesta de San Juan
Charles Velasquez
Tino
Exxon
Irene
George Fabela
Charles
Augie Velasquez, Jr
By Glen Sarum
Company
Earth Station
WECG
Deena Allen
Casa de Moda
Deena
Ned Allen
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