Obituary notes for Estle Lee Sargent and Abel Chavez
Memorial services were held for Estle Lee Sargent 82 in Alvin with graveside rites at Evergreen Cemetery. Also, Abel Chavez 21 buried in Tulare with military honors from Fort Ord. natives of Pecos, survived by parents and five brothers and three sisters.
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Estle Lee Sargent
Frobes
Alvin
Pecos
Evergreen Cemetery
Lois Sargent
Abel Chavez
St. Rita's Catholic Church
Tulare
Calif
Fort Ord
Chavez
Hanna
Germany
U.S. Army
Natividad Chavez
Hector
Los Angeles
Joe
Raymond
Guadalupe
San Fernando
Frances Lopez
Mary Lopez
Manuela Torres
Phoenix
Ariz
Governor Briscoe telecast to air tonight
Ronny Bowles, area chairman for the Briscoe campaign, announces that the governor will appear in a special telecast on KMID Channel 2 at 7 o clock tonight and invites everyone to listen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronny Bowles
Dolph Briscoe
KMID
Channel 2
Orchestra soloists highlight Big Bend concerts in Fort Stockton Alpine
Alpine The Big Bend Chamber Orchestra will feature three soloists at Fort Stockton and Alpine concerts Sunday. UT Austin guitar professor Neil Pennington performs Castelnuovo-Tedesco Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra op. 99. Sul Ross State University flautist David Denning plays Mozart K.24 Second Flute Concerto. SRSU Ellen Boyd plays Chopin First Piano Concerto in E minor. Fort Stockton concert 2 30 p.m. Alpine concert 7 30 p.m. Local founder Dr Errol Gay notes Pennington’s rare classical guitar solo program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Pennington
University of Texas
el Paso
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
David Denning
Sul Ross State University
Mozart
Ellen Boyd
SRSU
Frederic Chopin
Fort Stockton High School
Alpine
Sul Ross
Errol Gay
Big Bend
Market Holds Steady After Sharp Decline Amid Mixed News
The market steadied near break-even as the noon Dow dipped 0.08 to 826.84 after Thursday’s drop. NYSE volume totaled about 13.1 million in two hours, airlines led gains while broader indices softened. cotton and grain prices moved on regional quotes and futures.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
U.S
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Airlines
Western Airlines
Ambulance Calls Reported For Two Disturbances
Joe Williams of Orla summoned Pecos Ambulance Service at 9 49 a m yesterday when a hitchhiking boy grew ill Zeke Mendoza of the Rainbow Bar requested aid at 5 11 last evening after an automobile crash at Second and Walnut Streets
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Joe Williams
Orla
Pecos
Zeke Mendoza
Rainbow Bar
Second and
Walnut
Special courses offered to Odessa convalescent residents
Odessa senior citizens in four convalescent homes return to learning through Odessa College adult basic education. More than 100 people enrolled in free courses covering natural science social science literature fine arts and regional history with travelogues. Courses run one hour twice weekly at Westview Manor Western Hills Manor Four Seasons Nursing Home and Deerings Nursing Home.
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Odessa
Odessa Convalescent
Odessa College
Tion
West Texas
Clarice Claiborne
Claiborne
Joan McCown
Lubbock
Texas Tech University
Westview Manor
Western Hills Manor
W. 8Th
Four Seasons Nursing Home
Englewood
Deerings Nursing Home
County Road
New Opree at Globe Theatre in Odessa Saturday Show
The Odessa Brand presents New Opree at the Globe Theatre on Saturday April 29 at 7 30 pm with Brent Parsons of Alamo Village and The Silver Lake Band as center stage backup. Grapevine Singers and Cindy Hataway J Gayle Kilgore David van Houten Lee Bingham perform as featured artists. Reserved seats cost 2 50. at the door 2 adults 1 student and senior 50 cents child under 12. box office opens one hour before showtime. shows run Saturdays through June 10.
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Odessa
Globe Theatre
Brent Parsons
Alamo Village
Silver Lake
Alpine
Grapevine
Cindy Hataway
Hermleigh
Dr. J.gayle Kilgore
Big Spring
David van Houten
Lee Bingham
Bingham
Balmorhea School Board Meets in Balmorhea Texas
Balmorhea School Board met at the school office with President C T Gray officiating new members sworn in Q A Crenshaw Tony Parker and Butch Weinacht. Officers for the year are C T Gray president Tony Parker vice president and Q A Crenshaw secretary. The board approved changes to the tax attorney contract with McCreary Huey of Austin. New teachers hired include Connie Wafer Mary Markham Lucretia Hoffman Myrtle Elliott Jan Lopez Fern King Eliza beth Cook Lee Renz Irene Hunter and others. Basketball and football alignments for the coming seasons were approved covering districts 15 A and Four B. District 15 A chairman is Truck Lusk of Valentine and Four B chairman is Allen Gilbert. Class of 1978 top graduates Yolanda Muniz 92.6 and Socorro Rodriguez 90.3. eighth grade top students Berna Alvarez 92.8 and Stacy Moore 92.7.
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Balmorhea
McCreary
Huey
Austin
Connie Wafer
Mary Markham
Lucretia Hoffman
Myrtle Elliott
Jan Lopez
Fern King
Elizabeth Cook
Lee Renz
Irene Hunter
Brent McWilliams
Amy McIntire
Delores Hill
Mary Ellen Pax
Charles Towery
Gilda Morales
Elene Blackmon
Pris McNutt
Bill King
Ethel Jacobsen
John Bar
Filed
Jane Moore
Deanna Schloemer
Reyes Castillo
Fort Davis
Presidio
Valentine
Marathon
Grandfalls
Sanderson
Wink
Imperial
Truck Lusk
Allen Gilbert
Yolanda Muniz
Socorro Rodriguez
Berna Alvarez
Stacy Moore
Mentone Students Visit Pecos For Field Trip
Four Mentone students Paul Putnam John Haley Kim Wilkinson and Janie Renteria traveled to Pecos on Tuesday for a school field trip led by Mr Floyd Camp principal and superintendent and Mrs Camp a teacher. They toured the West of the Pecos Museum sat in on District Court and visited the post office and had lunch at a local restaurant before returning home.
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Mentone
Pecos
Floyd Camp
Camp
Criminal Mischief Report In Pecos Involves Hose and Torch Theft
Marvin Hughes reported to Det. Bill Bowen that between 3 p.m. Wednesday and 7:30 yesterday morning someone cut the hose from a tank and removed the torch head from the Canal Well Service vehicle in front of his home. Hughes can identify the bent and twisted torch head. the case is under investigation. Pecos firefighters also extinguished a school bus fire at Bessie Haynes Elementary at 1:07 p.m. yesterday.
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Marvin Hughes
Morris St
Bill Bowen
Pecos
Canal Well Service
Hughes
School Menu Week Highlights From Tuesday To Friday
The menu lists Tuesday beef and rice casserole with buttered corn and a ranch bread meal plus fruit and milk. Wednesday offers fried chicken with mashed potatoes green beans hot roll fruit cobbler and milk. Thursday serves hamburgers with fixings, tots, salad and a peanut butter brownie and milk. Friday features beef with gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffed celery, cranberry muffins and milk. All menus subject to last minute change.
Calendar Highlights From Pecos Civic Groups And Clubs
Calendar notes list Monday meetings for Lions clubs at Amistad Lions Lions Den and Downtown Lions Holiday Inn also Pecos Anion Group at 125 S Oak Rio Pecos Extension Club at Medora Nelsons 1310 Johnson space four and program on cake decorating Rotary at Holiday Inn Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous 125 S Oak St and Senior Citizens Center arts and crafts and pot luck lunch Saturday evening Optimist Club banquet at Holiday Inn saluting local law enforcement officials.
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Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos
Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar
Pesticide Applicator Tests Set by Texas Agriculture Dept
The Texas Department of Agriculture will offer tests for commercial and non commercial pesticide applicator certification on Tuesday May 2 at 8 30 a m at the TDA office 3652 North Dixie Odessa Commissioner Reagan V Brown says uncertified buyers cannot purchase the 24 EPA restricted pesticides Applicator training material is available from William P Morrison at Texas A M University Agricultural Research and Extension Center Route 3 Box 213AA Lubbock 806 746 6101 Extension 373
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Austin
Texas Department of Agriculture
TDA
North Dixie
Odessa
Agriculture
Reagan V. Brown
Environmental Protection Agency
William P. Morrison
Texas A&M _ University Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Route 3
Lubbock
Band Booster Meet Rescheduled at Pecos High School
The Band Booster meeting moved from May 1 to May 8 at 7 30 p m in the band hall Pecos High School. It will be the final meeting of the year. Thought for today cites Samuel Butler suggesting man is a nuisance to man.
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Pecos High School
Manind
Man — Samuel Butler
Public hearing on Loving County 1979 revenue funds budget
The Loving County Commissioners Court will hold a public hearing at 1 00 p m on May 8 1978 in the Loving County Independent School District building Mentone Texas to discuss the proposed use of federal revenue sharing funds for 1979, with on hand funds of 5491 90 and expected receipts of 3076 00. Edna Dewees county clerk issued this notice April 12 1978.
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State OF Texas
OF Loving
Loving
Commissioners’ Court
Loving County Independent School District
Mentone
Texas
Notice of Proposed Abandonment of Missouri Pacific Line
Interstate Commerce Commission finds that the Missouri Pacific line from milepost 686.3 near San Martino Texas to milepost 713.5 Rock House Texas 27.2 miles in Reeves and Culberson counties may be abandoned due to insufficient traffic. Only 108 carloads were handled in 1976, about 4.0 per mile. Rail in good condition, potential rail recovery, and high maintenance costs justify abandonment. protests due by May 21 1978. William R. McDowell, VP and GC, Southern Lines, MP Railroad Company, Dallas Texas. Publication dates Pecos Enterprise April 21 28 and May 1 1978.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
San Martino
Texas
Rock House
Reeves
Culberson County
Cam
Ort
Oregon Short Line R. Co
Goshen
William R. McDowell
Southern Lines
North Industrial Boulevard
Dallas
Washington, D.C
Pecos Enterprise
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Jor
Bob Krueger
Opree
Hallmark
Western Pools
Bessie Haynes
Alcoholics Anonymous
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Office of Migrant Affairs
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Kilgore News Herald
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Howard Hughes
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