Balmorhea City Council Appoints New City Clerk
Balmorhea Texas council met at City Hall with mayor Helen Humphries and council members Al Miller Linda Bryan Clemente Alvarez and secretary Katherine Carrasco present. Johnnie Baeza and Bud Pfeifer attended. Judy Romero’s resignation as city clerk was approved and Johnnie Baeza was appointed to fill the vacancy.
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Balmorhea
Helen Humphries
al Miller
Linda Bryan
Clemente Alvarez
Katherine Carrasco
Johnnie Baeza
Bud Pfeifer
Judy Romero
Austin PTA Meeting Tonight at 7 30
Austin Elementary PTA will hold a meeting tonight at 7 30 in the school cafeteria. Awards will be given for Parent of the Year and Teacher of the Year. Five and six grade students will present the program and new Life Members will be announced.
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Austin Elementary Pta
PTA
Market Edges Higher As Dow Rises After Sharp Drop
Stocks in New York edged up at midday with the Dow Jones industrials gaining 0.34 to 860.79 after Monday’s 10.05-point drop. Caesars World and Bally Manufacturing hit fresh highs while Hilton Hotels and Occidental Petroleum climbed amid rising earnings reports. The NYSE composite rose 0.15 to 57.20 and the American Exchange index gained 0.46 to 179.49. Cotton futures fell as prices slipped for May and July contracts. Marseille. Potsherd ballots from ancient Athens reveal ostraka used in voting over 2,400 years ago.
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NEW York
Dow Jones
New York Stock Exchange
Caesars World
Bally Manufacturing
Hilton Hotels
Occidental Petroleum
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
New York Cotton Exchange
Former Pecos nurse chosen representative
Pam Gunn a licensed vocational nurse and former Odessa firm branch manager for insurance physicals is named representative for Southwestern Life Insurance Company in Midland. The Dallas based insurer holds assets near 2 billion and in force insurance over 9 billion.
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Pam Gunn
Southwestern Life Insurance Company
Midland
Ms. Gunn
Odessa
Reeves County Hospital
Pecos
Dallas
Southwestern Life
Grad center offers accounting for oil producers course
The Permian Basin Graduate Center will host a two hour class titled Accounting and Financing for Oil Producers on Thursday April 19 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the PBGC Building Midland. Instructors include Joel T. Mays Kenneth R. Dean and William A. Keller. Topics cover intangibles capital items depletion and depreciation operating agreements and bank financing requirements. Fee is 30 dollars. Call 563-2311 for information.
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Permian Basin
PBGC
W. Illinois, Midland
Joel T. Mays
First National Bank
Kenneth R. Dean
CPA
William A. Keller
Johnson, Miller and Co
Graduate Center
Cottage Shop marks first anniversary with half price sale
Bobbie McNeil of The Cottage Shop at 813 W Third announces a four day celebration from Wednesday April 18 through Saturday April 21 with half price sale. Refreshments will be served Saturday and a Ralph outfit will be awarded as a door prize. Garlene Adkins and Bobbie McNeil invite readers to see updated fashion looks. Helen Hagar praised as the West’s top alterations expert by Bobby McNeil.
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Bobbie McNeil
W. Third
Ralph
Garlene
Woman Pleads Guilty on Immigration Charges in Pecos
Six defendants including a U.S. citizen Francisca Avila Bill and two Midland resident aliens were convicted on pleas of guilty before U.S. Magistrate J.M. Preston. Avila Bill received a $250 fine and two years of unsupervised probation after six months in prison for aiding an alien to evade inspection. Others, including Job Rubio-Bernal and Cruz Rubio-Bernal, also faced fines and probation for aiding illegal entry. Additional sentences: Francisco Morales-Rosillo and Inocente Sandoval-Sanchez each 179 days in jail. Javier Rubio-Lujan 179 days. Jose Ortiz-Olivas 60 days with prior voluntary return noted.
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United States
U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Francisca Avila Bill
Midland
Texas
Mineola
Job Rubio-Bernal
Cruz Rubio-Bernal
Javier Rubio-Lujan
Jose Ortiz-Olivas
Mexico
Vanities opens at Midland Theatre April 20 to May 5
Midland Community Theatre presents the bitter sweet comedy Vanities in Theatre II, directed by Rick Schiller with stage manager Oza Whitten. The play follows three women from high school cheerleaders on Kennedy's assassination day to college majors in men and a later reunion, starring Janet Considine Freida Attaway and Peggy Howell. performances start 7 30 p m Thursdays 8 30 p m Fridays and Saturdays and 2 20 p m Sundays with limited seating. box office opened April 16.
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Midland Community Theatre
Theatre Midland
Theatre II
Kennedy
Kathy
Janet Considine
Joann
Freida Attaway
Mary
Peggy Howell
Rick Schiller
Oza Whitten
Reeves Gains Two Rigs Across Two States
A weekly drilling activity survey in the Permian Basin by Reed Rock Bit Co. reports 224 rigs operating across West Texas and Southeast New Mexico, down from 225 last week and well below 285 a year ago. Reeves County adds two rigs to reach five, Eddy County climbs to 31, Ward County drops to 15, with Pecos at 13 and Crockett at 10.
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Permian
West Texas
New Mexico
Reed Rock Bit Co
Reeves County
Eddy County
N.M
Pecos Police Investigate Criminal Mischief At Oak Street
The Pecos Police Department investigates criminal mischief at 209 N Oak where air was released from two tires on a 1972 and a 1971 model. Reported at 7 am today. Also, Pecos Ambulance Service transferred a newborn to Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Odessa at 10:41 am Monday from Reeves County Hospital.
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Pecos
N. Oak
Reeves County Hospital
Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Odessa
Jane Duncan
Odessa Medical Center
Ila Duncan
Pyote
Toyah
Community Calendar Highlights Pecos Area April 1979 Events
April 1979 Pecos area calendar lists weekly and biweekly gatherings across Pecos Balmorhea Barstow and surrounding towns. Lions clubs Rotary Jaycees Optimist clubs TOPS and senior citizens groups meet at various venues including Pecos Inn Saragosa Hall Holiday Inn and Balmorhea centers with activities from game days to exercise classes and bus trips.
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Barstow
Lions Club
Holiday Inn
Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar
Pecos Rotary Club
Pecos Jaycees
Alpine Lodge
Balmorhea Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar, Huff and Puff
Pecos
Toyah City Council approves oath for new leaders and hires
Toyah City Council met April 10 to canvass the election. New councilmen A L Gibson and Doris Blalock took oath alongside incumbent H S Haile while Manuel Gomez was hired as maintenance water superintendent. rabies vaccination clinic set for April 20 at the Fire Hall 5 to 7 p.m. Other items include ambulance call reports and residents traveling to events in New Orleans Odessa Alpine and Pecos with family visits.
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Toyah
Mark Chaddick
H.S. Haile
Jerri McAlpine
Abe Cunningham
Virginia Gibson
A.L. Gibson
Doris Blalock
Manuel Gomez
Dr. Gross
Sul Ross Professor Publishes On Bob Wills Folklore
Sul Ross State University music associate professor Rex Wilson has an article in Southwest Heritage about Bob Wills and folk music. The piece, based on his Texas Folklore Society paper from 1978, traces Wills as a folk fiddler influence and notes diverse band styles and oral traditions.
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Bob Wills
Rex Wilson
Sul Ross State University
Southwest Heritage
Texas Folklore Society
Wilson
Wills
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Alice, Texas
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