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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1979
Page
2
The Enterprise launches a weekly Volunteer Corner with cases from the Department of Human Resources Pecos office. Call 445-5487 to assist examples include a Saragosa resident needing plumbing repairs and loan info, yard work, spring cleaning, and yard mowing for a visually impaired man.
New York stocks eased at midday after Wednesday's drop. The Dow Jones industrial average hovered around 871 with a slight decline, while the Nasdaq composite and American exchange indexes showed modest losses. Trading volume on the Big Board totaled about 11.5 million shares.
The Pecos Volunteer Fire Department responded at 3 47 p m Wednesday to 501 N Willow the home of Felix Salcido where a small house burned causing about 500 in damage Wind toppled a tree into an electric service line cutting power to the home and causing the fire According to reports A separate call at 11 56 a m Wednesday to Miller and Miller feed pens on State Highway 17 noted a smoldering fire and prior reports cited corn burning in the area
Mr and Mrs Jim Harbour hosted their visiting daughter and grandchildren from Ft Stockton. Mrs Nora Boyd spent a week in El Paso with her son Charles Boyd. Mrs Charles Towery visited her daughter and family in San Angelo. Mr and Mrs Bill McIntire stayed with Patsy McIntire in San Angelo. Mr and Mrs Allen Gilbert traveled to Brownfield to be with his ill father. Mr and Mrs Bill Kingston moved to Grapeland Texas for oil work after a Balmorhea visit dismantling oil structures.
Odessa College prepares to host Region I University Interscholastic League events April 18-21 and 25-28, drawing 600+ high school students and teachers from 24 AAA and 53 A schools across West Texas. Events include literary contests, girls golf, tennis, track, and boys athletic events, with one-act play contests across 3-A and 1-A divisions.
The Texas Senate approved a bill requiring county political chairmen be notified 10 days before a state party votes on a voters referendum. A $1,000 bond would be posted by petitioners to cover verification. Also notes two issues from the 1978 Democratic primary. An ambulance run in Pecos: a fainting pregnant woman was taken to Reeves County Hospital.
A compact calendar listing days of April 1979 with numbered dates from the 6th to the 28th and notes for coming events. The page appears to be a planning tool titled My Calendar, focusing on upcoming activities in the month.
Local clubs and community events fill the Pecos area schedule from Monday through Friday with Lions, Optimist and Sorive groups meeting at various venues. In nearby Casa Grande a dove with a wire caused a 45 minute, 20,000 customer power outage to the city of about 50 miles south of Phoenix as APS blames a wire contact at a generating station.
The Morning TOPS club met Tuesday from 9 to 11 at Second and Hickory. Billie Curry won Best Loser again. A bake sale begins at 9 30 a m Saturday in front of Safeway to raise funds for a trip to Brownsville Texas for Area Recognition Day on May 18 19.
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