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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1970
Page
7
A Veterans Day style tribute highlights several service stars returning to duty in Vietnam and includes a heartfelt letter from Pecos Texas. The piece also reports 1969 automobile crash costs at 16.582 billion dollars with 56,400 deaths and 5,010,000 injuries across the U.S. roads.
Barstow residents share travel and family updates from April visits across Big Bend country. Albert Rice returns from Alpine area with interstate friends including the Schweigers and Brown family members joining trips to Houston and San Antonio. A newborn Bobby Craig Crouch in Pecos marks a Navy induction note, and Dow Chemical's Surfside incident is briefly mentioned.
Seventeen West Texas State University students were nominated for The Woman of the Year award at the Associated Women Students banquet. Ruth Cross Scholarship winner announced. The event at Howard Johnson's East Motor Lodge featured Elaine Ledbetter of Pampa High School as speaker. Mary Lou Farnum, Pecos junior, was among nominees and serves as president and rush chairman of Alpha Delta Pi.
The Sands Art Association will hold a two part show May 1 2 and 3 at the Art Center in Monahans with co chairs Mrs V C Phillips of Grandfalls and Miss Betty Hatcher of Monahans as organizing leads Sorosis Club members will assist The Annual TFAA Citation Show restricts entries to Texas Fine Arts Association Region 19 members original work created in the last two years Two dollar entry fee per painting limit two entries per artist All works must be framed wired for hanging size limit 31 by 52 inches no class work or copies eligible for Citation Awards Winners may enter the Austin show Best of Show funded by First State Bank of Monahans Judges will be a college art teacher Open to the public Sunday May 3 1 6 pm with tea Entries delivered May 1 9 am to 7 pm No wet paintings Accepted Entries due May 1 at the Monahans Art Center.
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