Elections Set for Pecos City Council and School Board
Pecos and Reeves County voters go to the polls Saturday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. to elect two Pecos City Council members and three Pecos Independent Schools District trustees. Uncontested posts include Pecos mayor Dr. E W Schmidt and three County School Trustees seats.
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Pecos
Reeves County
E.W. Schmidt
Bill Turpin
Garland Matthews
Tommy Cowan
George Vasquez
Matthews
Cowan
Bill Pigman
Doc Rhodes
C.J. Kesey
Jack Browder
Allen Jones
Richard Naylor
Ramon Vazquez
Don Weinacht
Dave Thomason
W.S. McCree
Pecos United Fund Elects Officers and Plans Activities
The Pecos United Fund board elected Dick Naylor as president with Wendell Taylor and Jim Ed Miller as vice presidents and Ann Cannon as secretary. Fifteen directors were set, with three new members to complete terms. A publicity committee was named, and bylaws will be rewritten. The fund plans a single October drive with summer prep and Budgets due May 6.
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Pecos United Fund Board of Directors
Dick Naylor
Naylor
Wendell Taylor
Jim Ed Miller
Ann Cannon
Mike Harrison
Lonnie Pollard
Johnnie Holub
Jack Browder
Sam Gann
Joel Daniel
United Fund Organization
Anothes
Pecos United Fund
United Fund
Pecos ISD schedules $2 million bond election
The Pecos Independent School District calls a $2 million bond issue election for April 27 after a petition by Alton Hughes and 22 others. Votes for and against will decide if funds may be issued for purchase, construction, repair or equipment of public free school buildings and sites. Polling will be at the Community Center Teen Room in Pecos with election officials listed.
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Pecos Independent School District
Frank Grier
Alton Hughes
Pecos
Charles Manahan
Doris Tillery
Jane Glier Tappped into TCU Honor Society
Pecos resident Jane Glier of 621 South Cherry was among 19 Texas Christian University students tapped for Ampersand, the national honor society, during Women’s Recognition night on March 28 at the campus. Selection rests on scholarship, service and leadership.
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Fort Worth
Jane Glier
Cherry
Pecos
Texas Christian University
Ership
Ampersand
Rita May Hall
Brown-Lupton
Association of Women Students
TCU
Jane
Frank Grier
Pecos High School
House of Representatives
Zeta Tau Alpha
Chi Delta Mu
Hemisfair Arts Schedule Opens in San Antonio
The Hemisfair season runs April 6 through August 24 with San Antonio Symphony Don Carlos opener and major acts like Grand Music Hall of Israel Ballet Folklorico of Mexico Bayanihan Dancers Phyllis Diller Show and Bob Hope's tour listed. Chamber offices offer schedules and motel lists for visitors with a phone number for services.
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HemisFair
Chamber of Commerce
Harold Meyer
San Antonio Symphony
Don Carlo
Grand Music Hall
Israel
Ballet Folklorico
Mexico
Bayanihan Phillippines
Phyllis Diller
Pecos Chamber
Bill Tart
Great Western Finance
Chamber
South Oak Street
Texas
South
S.A, Symphony
Don Carlos
S.A. Symphony
Hilde Somer
S.a.symphony
Arthur Fielder
Los Ninos Cantores de Monterrey
Grand Music Hall of
John Gary
Ballet Folklorico of
Texas Boys Choir
Isaac Stern
Man of
Simpson Rites Scheduled Tenday
Funeral services will be held at 10 at the Pecos Funeral Home Chapel for James Preston Simpson 78 resident of 30A Air base He died at 6 15 a m Tuesday in Memorial Hospital Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery under Pecos Funeral Home direction He was born March 27 1890 in Mount View Arkansas and survived by his wife Joy two sons five daughters a brother two sisters and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren
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Pecos Funeral Home
James Preston Simpson
Bob Whitten
Odessa
Fairview Cemetery
Pecos
Elm Street
Calif
Joe Simpson
Checota
Okla
Zona Weyland
Tulsa
Roscoe Harrison
Albuquerque
N.M
Reeves County plate sales rise over prior year
Auto license plates sold at Reeves County Tax Office climbed to 6,785 this year, up from 5,800 in 1967, according to Tax Assessor-Collector Mrs. Pearl Barker.
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Reeves County
Pearl Barker
Easter Seal Help Available for Reeves County
Reeves County Easter Seal Representative Mr. Harvey Tinkler urges residents to contact him at Security State Bank Pecos Texas to request rehabilitation services from the Easter Seal Society. The society funds 21 treatment facilities and offers physical therapy and speech and hearing programs to help crippled children and adults live fuller lives.
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Harvey Tinkler
Reeves County
Schcooln
Easter Seal Society
Texas
Tinkler
Texas Easter Seal Society
Security State Bank
Pecos
Woodley Named Foodway Manager
Jake Woodley has been named manager of the local Foodway Store. The announcement was made March 28 by W C Bates area supervisor of Foodway Stores.
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Jake Woodley
Foodway
W.C. Bates
Foodway Stores
Hawks Father Dies In Okla
J H Stockton of Sulphur Oklahoma, father of Mrs Pres ton Hawks, died at ninety on Sunday March 31. Mrs Hawks attended the Sulphur funeral Tuesday morning. Survivors include his widow and three daughters Mrs Hawks Mrs H C Mitchrich of Houston and Mrs Otto Spring of Okmulgee Oklahoma.
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J.H. Stockton
Sulphur
Okla
Preston Hawks
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