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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1979
Page
2
The Enterprise presents Volunteer Corner from the Department of Human Resources Pecos inviting readers to assist elderly and disabled residents. Calls to 445-5487 connect volunteers with needs including yard work, air conditioner prep, house repairs, companionship, and a child size wheelchair.
Glenda Denison of Pecos announces kindergarten pre registration will be held today and Friday from 8 30 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. Parents should bring the child birth certificate and shot records. Child must be five on or before September. These two days are the only time for pre registration. those who do not register now must wait until next fall.
Reeves County Deputy Sheriff was hospitalized at Reeves County Hospital after collapsing at Reeves County Correctional Facility on Wednesday afternoon. Sheriff Raul Florez said the deputy, whose identity was withheld, is improving and had been on long duty hours prior to the incident.
The New York stock market moved lower after a 1 percent March inflation reading and nuclear power concerns from the Three Mile Island accident. Dow Jones fell 4.15 to 863.31 at noon as declines led advances 4 to 3, with volume at 14.22 million shares. Utilities slumped on nuclear worries. General Public Utilities cut its dividend and earnings outlook. Oil shares mixed. Gulf, Continental Oil, and Standard Oil of California showed varied moves. Gasoline price increases helped drive inflation. NYSE index slipped to 57.65 while the AMEX rose to 184.39. Cash grain quotes in Chicago showed No 2 hard red winter wheat at 3.45n and other grains mixed.
The Special Education Secondary Class at Barstow Elementary will hold a greenhouse sale May 7 to 11 from 7 30 a m to 5 p m. Money raised supports next year’s projects and the sale features cactus tomatoes ivys mosses and chili plants among others with clippings donated by Pecos and Barstow residents. The greenhouse sits on the far north side of the Barstow school grounds and Leslie Robinson teachers the class with Susie Fuentes as aide.
Beatriz Prieto Villegas 28 of 1019 S Martinez faces a Fort Stockton corporation court warrant for criminal trespass and is free on 100.00 bond after Pecos Magistrate Stella McAnal ly appearance. Dolores Lujan Prieto 59 and Carmen Lujan Prieto 21 both of 1019 S Martinez are charged by Fort Stockton warrants with simple assault and released on 100.00 bonds each. The giant king crab can measure up to 12 feet from claw tips.
Community calendar lists weekly meetings and activities across Pecos and nearby towns. Lions clubs Amistad Lions Optimist Club Rotary Club Jaycees TOPS groups and senior centers meet at various venues including Pecos Inn Lions Den Holiday Inn CSU Balmorhea center and local halls with activities from noon to evening.
The Balmorhea School Board rerouted last week’s meeting after the death of Superintendent Gilbert’s father and will convene tonight to appoint an equalization board. A separate Pecos Police case investigates theft of services tied to an illegal cable hookup at Apartment 25B Airbase reported at 10:38 a.m. on April 25. A note Remark references Moslem mathematicians using the cipher zero two centuries earlier than its European appearance.
Mr and Mrs Claire Wicker and family express sincere thanks for flowers and sympathy for the loss of Lois Wicker. Gratitude is extended for the happiness Lois shared during her lifetime and blessings are wished to all who cared.
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