Why Does Faster Bunny Lay Eggs Easter Traditions Evolved
A lively overview traces Easter origins from Rome in Constantine’s era to modern card greetings. It covers the imperial dress decree, the Nicaea rulings, and varied customs across Europe and America including egg dyeing, egg tossing, and the evolution of Easter cards from religious art to colorful, personal greetings.
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Rome
Eastre
Hippety
Constantine
Huck Finn
Nicaea
Poland
America
New York
Pennsylvania
Europe
Germany
Sunrise Easter Service in Pecos at 7 a.m.
The Pecos Ministerial Alliance schedules a Sunrise Easter Service on Sunday April 14 at 7:00 a.m. in the Pecos High School Auditorium with Rev W Leslie Smith of First Baptist Pecos leading and other local ministers assisting. A pancake breakfast by the First Christian Church CYF follows in Fellowship Hall with tickets 1 for adults and 50 cents for under 12. Proceeds benefit World Fellowship Youth Fund for missionaries overseas.
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Pecos
Fellowship Hall
The
First Christian Church
C.Y.F
Rock Club Geology Film and Lecture in Pecos
The Trans-Pecos Rock and Gem Club brings an 8 p.m. program to the Community Public Service Division office on Stafford Blvd in Pecos. Lt. Col. E. W. Keirstead USAF Retired will present full color slides on geology topics including volcanoes, glaciation, mountain building, petrification, mineralization and gems. Mrs. Keirstead funded the travel and program costs and the show also features the color slides Treasures of the World detailing rocks, gem materials and famous artifacts such as gold, Tutankhamun treasures and other royal regalia.
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Trans
Keirstead
Air Force
Far East
King Tut
Egypt
Gary Ingram Joins New Mexico Constitutional Commission
Reeves County Deputy Sheriff Gary Ingram has accepted a governor ordered appointment to a commission to revise the New Mexico Constitution. He will travel to Santa Fe in June for talks and serves as District Governor of Optimists International, with district coverage across New Mexico and Texas west of the Pecos River.
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Gary Ingram
Reeves County
New Mexico
David Cargo
Ingram
Santa Fe
The
Optimists International
Texas
Pecos River
Texas Tornado Season Seen as Nearing Peak
C O Layne of the Texas Department of Public Safety warns that peak tornado season approaches after Texas topped the nation with 232 tornadoes last year. He notes 1967 saw 124 in September alone, largely from Hurricane Beulah, and urges public safety guidance via Civil Defense directors and City Hall contacts.
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Austin
Tex
C.O. Layne
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texans
United States Weather Bureau
Texas
Layne
Department of Public Safety
S.B. Hunt
Calvary Baptists Begin Revival Easter Week
Calvary Baptist Church opens a revival on Easter Sunday April 14 and runs through April 21 led by Evangelist W Homer Nowell with singing directed by R E Doc McAlister. Daily schedule includes 9:45 Sunday School 11:00 worship 6:00 Training Union 7:00 worship and weekday 7:30 evangelistic services with 7:00 prayer meetings. coffee and doughnuts at 6:30. Public invited.
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Calvary Baptist Church
W. Homer Nowell
R.E
Doc) McAlister
Pecos City Council names new board members
The Pecos City Council met to canvass election votes and swear in Mayor E W Schmidt, along with Councilmen Tommy Cowan and Garland Matthews. The body approved Corp oration Court and Tax Collector reports, paid March bills totaling 15912.27, and appointed Joe Bob Kelton to the Housing Authority Board, William C Smith and Kenneth Drumm to a Zoning Board term, with Sam Gann John Adams Charlie Medanich named to Planning and Zoning and Ronald Miller to a first term.
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Pecos
E.W. Schmidt
Tommy Cowan
Garland Matthews
Schmidt
Corporation Court
Joe Bob Kelton
Pecos Housing Authority Board
William C. Smith
Kenneth Drumm
Zoning Board
Reeves County Gains First GOP Officials Since 1965
Texas Republican leader Peter O'Donnell welcomed William D. Turpin and Mrs. Henry Allen to Reeves County GOP posts. Turpin was elected county chairman and Mrs. Allen county vice chairman, reviving county party leadership after 1965. O'Donnell cited West Texas support and 1966 election history under Senator Tower.
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Peter O’donnell
William D. Turpin
Henry
Jesse) Allen
Turpin
Allen
Pecos
Reeves County
GOP
Tower
Reeves
O’donnell
William Turpin
Jesse Allen
Moonlight Madness Promises Pecos Night Sale
Pecos residents and merchants plan a moonlit event on Oak Street April 26 described as a moonlight sale. Carlton Williams, Pecos Retail Merchants chairman, forecasts a lively evening with shoppers and sellers in playful nightwear as moonlight madness grips the town.
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Pecos
Oak Street
Carlton Williams
Barnes Wins Optimist Zone Contest
Billy Barnes won the Pecos Optimist Club Oratorical Contest at the Pecos Community Center. He advances to the district competition in Las Cruces New Mexico May 2 5 against eight contestants, with Howard Randall Brooks and Frank Hernandez also competing from Pecos and Carlsbad. Judges were Roddy Harrison Cy Coleman Jr and Delma Molinas.
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Pecos Community Center
Optimist Club
Pecos
Billy Barnes
Bill Barnes
Missouri Street
Frank Hernandez
D. L. Hernandez
East Seventh
Carlsbad
Howard Randall Brooks
Roddy Harrison
Cy Coleman Jr
Delma Molinas
Barnes
Las Cruces
New Mexico
Pecos high school awards honor state essay winners
Kathy Walker earned second place in the state essay contest during a Pecos High School assembly with Henry Terrazas of the Disabled American Veterans presenting the award. The event noted several past winners and praised teacher Irene Turk for guiding student essays as local officials visited Gibson's Discount Center. City permits in March totaled 69 225 with multiple home remodeling and construction projects listed.
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Kathy Walker
Henry Terrazas
el Paso
Pecos High School
Disabled American Veterans From
Miss Walker
Dorothea Rene Harris
David Dean
Kay Smith
Washington, D.C
Irene Turk
Jimmie Preslar
Lewis Woodard
Adams Street
Jesse James
Central Drug
Felipe Matta
A.T. Ritchie
Noel Construction Company
Jefferson
J.R. O’callaghan
Missouri
Chamber endorses $2 million school facilities expansion plan
At the April 9 meeting the Board of Directors backed a two million dollar school facilities expansion program to be presented to voters on April 27. Education Division Chairman J Robert Scott reported Junior College progress while John Fonville led the Highway and Transportation Division on Interstate markets and lighting needs.
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The
Chamber of Commerce
School Board of Trustees
Education Division
J. Robert Scott
Highway and Transportation Division
John Fonville
A. B. Foster, Jr
Agriculture Committee
Pecos
Harold Meyer
Scott
Davis Mountain State Park
Jay Maxey
Community Improvement Division
J.J. Maxey
City Hall
Women Asked To Join Chamber
Women interested in joining the Women's Division of the Chamber of Commerce may contact Mrs. Halley Brookshire at 445 2544 or Mrs. Nita Smith at the chamber office. Dues are $2 per year.
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Chamber of Commerce
Halley Brookshire
Nita Smith
Chamber
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Jodie Woodard
Lessie Woodard
Country Club Drive
Dean Memorial Park
M.P. Withers
England
Thames
World Fellowship Youth Fund
W. Leslie Smith
Rock Club
N.M. Commission
Calvary Baptists
McAlister
Eto
Council
Gibson’s Chief
H. R. Gibson, Sr
Gibson Products Company
H.R. Gibson Jr
Gibson’s Discount Center
Toby Hannah
V.F.W
Aubrey Shoemake
Sixto Terrazas
American Legion
United States
Joe Carpenter
Reita Moody Precit
Ismael Lara
Alamo Street
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