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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1978
Page
7
A reader pleads with Dear Ann not to print her gay son's letter, seeking privacy and family stability. The column urges counseling, cautions against public exposure, and reinforces supportive advice. Other letters discuss social etiquette, wedding gifts, and a dog named Jiggers influencing courtship, alongside a plug for Ann Landers new teen guide.
Local families welcomed guests from Austin Odessa Dallas and New Mexico with visits to Pecos. The First Christian Church hosted a workshop for new officers with sixty-two attendees from Roswell Artesia Carlsbad Hobbs and El Paso. John Spence of Barstow returned home after heart and lung surgery in Odessa Medical Center Hospital and is recuperating.
UTPB will offer a noncredit auctioneer course to prepare for the new state license exam. Dr. John D. Richardson notes it targets clerks dealers and bid callers in the auction business. Clarence Nash, licensed auctioneer, will instruct. Classes run Wednesday to Saturday with limited 14 students, tuition $99. Contact Robyn Boff for details.
Mr. and Mrs. Corbett Wein of 1916 S. Park announce the engagement of their daughter Julia to Daniel Fleming son of Mr. and Mrs. Dee Fleming of 2306 Yeso Road. Julia is a 1973 Pecos High School and 1977 Texas Tech graduate and teaches second grade in Barstow. Fleming is a 1972 Pecos High School graduate and works for an electric company in Cloudcroft New Mexico. The ceremony will be conducted by her grandfather Rev. George Alexander of Monahans at four o'clock in the afternoon on June 10.
Instructions describe making carrot pennies with a sugar vinegar syrup then processing spices, boiling carrots, and packing them in syrup. Also outlines corned beef hash with hot chili sauce, bread tray, fruit, and beverage items plus a spiced tomato relish to be canned. Includes detailed steps for sterilizing jars, headspace, and water bath processing.
The Second Annual Petroleum Industry Essay Contest by Drill Bit magazine announces judges Kenneth F. Karr Darrell Smith John Paul Pitts and Ed Thompson. Open to Permian Basin high school seniors with four topics on oil and gas. Entry due by April 15 with top prizes of 125 100 and 75 to be awarded at PBPA luncheon on May 12.
The First Baptist Church held a post worship cake contest with prizes for Most Beautiful Jerry Capers Best Tasting Jack Ferguson Ugliest Jim Hart and Worst Tasting Rex Shipp. Mr and Mrs Jim Hart of 2022 Jackson hosted Debra and Tim Hart from Brownwood. Debra is a senior music major at Howard Payne University and Tim is a sophomore ministerial student.
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