Celia Damages Crops Across Coastal Texas Counties
In Linton Texas farmers survey hurricane Celia damage with grain sorghum harvests delayed in Ingleside area. San Patricio County reports 3 000 to 4 000 acres ready for harvest while cotton outlook dims due to rains and insects. Refugio Nueces teams assess scattered losses with late planting reducing damage. County agents Pawlik Hoerman say full extent awaits further reports.
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Linton
Tex
Ingleside
San Patricio
Dan Pawlik
Pawlik
Refugio
Celia
Harvey Hoereman
Hoerman
Showboat Proves Haven During Celia
Eleven people including two children and a girl named Charlie took to sea aboard a showboat seeking safety as Celia approached Corpus Christi. The vessel offered shelter while authorities coordinated evacuation plans along the Texas coast.
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Haven
Jim Barlow
Associated Press
Corpus Christi
Tex
Charlie
Celia
Clark
Nueces Bay
Billy Allen
Helen
Richard Crane
Ann
Mona
Robert
Buddy Clark
Charley
Fred Hiles
Hiles
Fred
Pecos LVN Award Caps Graduation of Kermit Class
Mrs. Clodell Childers of Pecos received the Mabel Stevens award during the Kermit 17th Vocational Nursing Class graduation at First United Methodist Church. Recipients included many Pecos residents with diplomas and special speakers, as the Pink Ladies hosted a reception afterward.
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Clodell Childers
Pecos
Mabel Stevens
Lvna District 76
Kermit
First United Methodist Church
O.W. Sweatman
Jan Harris
Blaine
Teresa Raines
Ralph Winterrowd
W.E. Cook
Winkler County
Gordon Tekell
Eleanor Wilson
Kermit’s Memorial Hospital
Ralph Lennon
Norma Drennon
Thompson
Montie Bryan
Pink Ladies
Memorial
Fellowship Hall
Leah Bartley
Constance Blackburn
Jo Anne Brown
Linda Chambers
Mrs. Childers
Carla Jean Cope
Vireginia Fielding
Barbara Gilliam
Linda Hammond
Cindy Hendrix
Leona Hildebrand
Lydia Hinojos
Sybil Hutton
Ethridge Massengill
Audie Quiff
Pamela Schlaepfer
Patricia Thoason
Gloria Simmons
Yvonne Whitfield
Glendaw
Anita Young
LaVon Johnson
LVN Association of District 76
Pecos Pony League All Stars Headed to State Tournament
The Pecos Pony League All Stars win regional and sectional titles to reach the state tourney in Lubbock. They beat Lovington 8 1 and Andrews 4 3 in regional and down Abilene Key City 1 0, Abilene All Stars 4 3, and El Paso Alta Vista 2 1 in sectionals. Their first game vs Lubbock Dixie is at 8 p m. The state winner advances to the National Finals in Georgia next Tuesday. Local building permits total 848650 for July with multiple projects including Noel Construction and Faulkner.
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Lubbock
Pecos Pony League
Pecos
Abilene
Andrews
Lovington
Donald Walker
All-Stars
Abilene Key City
Abilene All- Stars
el Paso Alta Vista
Lubbock Dixie
Georgia
Pecos Receives Rainfall After Celia Storm Hits Texas
Storm drenches Pecos with .41 inch near airport area and .3 inch north of town while statewide disaster declared. President Nixon designated twelve South Texas counties as major disaster area opening funds for temporary housing unemployment relief debris removal utilities and rebuilding efforts.
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Texas
Celia
Pecos
C.J. Whighams
Swig
Balmorhea
Leon McCracken
South Park
Skeeter Prewits
Carlsbad
Washington
Nixon
Farmers meeting at Community Center to elect NFO officers
Attention farmers and National Farmers Organization members are invited to a meeting at the Community Center at 8 p.m. Tuesday August 11. The gathering will elect officers and committeemen for the NFO and features an all you can eat fish fry for 2.50 per plate.
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National Farmers Organization
NFO
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Nueces County
David Abila
Pecos Lvn
Crane
Portland
Pony Leaguers
Pecos City Hall
Paul Noel
Noel
W. D. Faulkner
Patricia Sales
Lewis Woodard
Manuel Valles
Rafael R. Ramon
S. G. Wallace
J. R. O’callaghan
Wade McLain
Shortstop
Mickey Marquez
Fightfielder
Donny Herod
ST Counties
Mark Jackson
David Dom
Guez
Roger Chavez
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