Young Homemakers sponsor Easter egg hunts in Reeves County
Reeves County Young Homemakers sponsored two Easter egg hunts last weekend. Eggs and baskets were provided for the West Texas Children's Home in Pyote with thirty dozen eggs donated by Cackleberry Corner and colored by Balmorhea FHA girls. Brady Vines and Todd Self led the preschool hunt, Terry Jeffries and Bobbi Stephens won in the school age division, and Easter Bunny duties were shared by Betty and Bobby Self. Refreshments followed at the event.
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Reeves County Young
West Texas
Pyote
Cackleberry Corner of
Toynhvale
Balmorhea Fha
Brad Vines
Todd Self
Terry Jeffries
Reeves County
Phyllis Willingham
Ann Walter
Cory Jeffries
Miles Williamson
Cackleberry Corner
Toyahvale
Nursing Home Talk Highlights Care Standards and Patient Wellbeing
Elizabeth Peters assistant administrator of Pecos Nursing Home outlined state compliance and high care standards. She described the benefits of aging in place with peer groups and planned activities and noted staff focus on loving attention and vitamin and medicine use. The club also voted to send all able patients to the Tony Douglas show on May 10 at the High School Auditorium with reserved tickets.
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Reeves County Young Homemakers
Elizabeth Peters
Pecos
Tony Douglas
Texas Grain-Fed Beef Cook-Off Entries Open
Agriculture Commissioner John C. White invites entries for the Texas Grain-Fed Beef Cook-Off. Deadline April 30, entrants mail recipes with entry blanks. finals May 19 in Austin. Prizes include top $500, finalists $50 plus travel, three category winners $200 each.
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Texas
Agriculture
John C. White
Capitol
Texas Department of Agriculture
Austin
Chimp Raised by Humans Makes House a Home
Kobi a year-old chimpanzee raised among humans wears shirts drinks cola and favors a sofa over a cage. He lives at the Arizona Primate Foundation on a Tempe area chicken farm under care of Paul Fritz and Jo Finley. His upbringing in Africa and Tanzania shaped his fear of other chimps and his life in a house like a child with more freedom. The plan is to cage him gradually as he grows too strong, with a chimp playmate named Geronimo to ease the transition and a future 100 chimp facility on 40 acres in Mesa seeking funding.
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Tempe
Ariz
Kobi
Arizona Primate Foundation
Here
Paul Fritz
Jo Finley
Fritz
Phoenix Zoo
East Africa
Jane van Lawie-Goodall
Tanzania
Finley
Geronimo
The
Primate Foundation
Fitz
Mesa
Ann
Ann Landers
Smiths
Joneses
Betsy
Ann Landers Answers Sitter Cancellations And Marriage Woes
The column addresses a babysitter who loses pay after last minute cancellations by clients and a reader seeking guidance on new payment arrangements. Betsy advises half pay for canceled jobs and communicating expectations. A reader shares a personal plea for help with sexual responsiveness and seeking counseling to save a marriage.
At Wits End Super Dress Burned After Vacation
Erma Bombeck recounts returning from a trip and burning a lightweight no wrinkle dress nicknamed the Super Dress. She details how the ubiquitous garment becomes overstated and impractical as it appears in town, on TV, and in shops, ending with a symbolic backyard burial dated April 15 22 1973.
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Erma Bombeck
New York
Average British male manual earnings rise 4.89 pounds weekly
The average weekly earnings of British male manual workers for the year ending last October increased by 4.89 pounds to 35.82 pounds, a 15.8 percent rise from the previous year. The gain supports the government pay price standstill policy initiated on November 8 to curb inflation.
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London
Department of Employment
Auxiliary Holds Saturday Dance for Hospital Fund
The Ladies Hospital Auxiliary sponsors a dance at the Sheriff's Posse Barn Saturday from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Proceeds buy hospital equipment. Admission is 3 dollars per couple and 2 dollars for a single. The Challengers from Pecos play. Support the American Cancer Society programs. dollars help speed victory over cancer.
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The
Ladies Hospital Auxiliary
Sheriff’s Posse
Challengers
Pecos
American Cancer Society
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King Size Wallet
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