Sulfur highway plan ties to Culberson bonds in West Texas
Texas Highway Commission commits to building a Van Horn to Culberson County road linking Van Horn with the Elcor, Duval and Sinclair sulfur sites if a proposed $1 million bond passes. Route details remain preliminary with potential extension from FM 2185 and distances cited.
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Texas Highway Commission
van Horn
Culberson County
The
Highway Commission
Duval, Sinclair
Elcor
Richard C. Slack
Jefferson Street
Pecos
Texas
Duval-Sinclair
Saturday Night Collision Injures Three Children and Driver
At 9 28 P M on State Highway 17 a two car crash injured eight year old Kirk Lemmons ten year old Rea Ann Lemmons seven year old Julie Bat tens and adult R C Lemmons. Both vehicles a 1912 Republic and a 1968 Ford suffered three million dollars in damage. The antique truck had no headlights and was owned by Weldon Brookshire. R C Lemmons faced tickets for expired license plates and failure to display lights.
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Memorial Hospital
Highway 7
Stafford Boulevard
PR. C. Lemmons
Kirk
Kirk Lemmons
Rea Ann Lemmons
Julie Battens
Republic
Weldon Brookshire
Ninth and
Plum
Pecos
R. C. Lemmons
Pecos CYO Hosts West Texas Deanery Meeting
Pecos Catholic Youth Organization hosted the West Texas Deanery meeting with visiting CYOs from Monahans Kermit Marfa and Fort Davis. After a Hoomanny Mass at Santa Rosa Church Fr Leoni spoke at a banquet featuring chicken fried steak tossed salad potatoes green beans and apple pie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Leoni
Francis
Order of the Immaculate Heart
Tuscon
Arizona
CYO
Santa Rosa Hall
John Larette
Monahans
Martin Gonzales
Monahans Parlimentarian
Berta Levario
Enrique Clarence Monahans
Father Leoni Pastor
Santa Rosa
Seed ready for testing in Pecos Valley plots
Sugar beet seed for fall plantings of local experimental plots is now available. A B Foster chair of the Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Division says A and I Sugar Company supplied the seed and is supporting beet growing research in the Pecos Valley. Plantings should be made now through September 20 for plots up to five acres. Farmers are urged to contact A B Foster Jr, Tommy Mayfield, or Dr Jim Hefner for seed access and planting instructions.
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A. B. Foster
The
Chamber of Commerce
A & I Sugar Company
Pecos Valley
A. B. Foster, Jr
Tommy Mayfield
Jim Hefner
New Junior High Band Director Names Practice Schedule
West Pecos Junior High begins two weeks of morning band practice under new director Charles Nail. Sessions run 8 30 to 11 30 each weekday from August 12 through August 23, with majorette selections on August 23. Nail is a former Army pilot who recently returned from Vietnam and studied at West Texas State Canyon. Pecos High School music director Bill Carrico endorses Nail’s strong musical background and looks forward to collaboration.
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West Pecos
Charles Nail
Vietnam
West Texas State
Canyon
Pecos High School
Bill Carrico
Nail
Pecos Rifle Club Vows NRA Support At Meeting
The Pecos Rifle Club approved a resolution pledging increased support for the National Rifle Association. Secretary Lloyd Smith said the club favors reasonable gun controls that keep firearms from the incompetent while protecting hunters. A trap shoot is planned for August 25 at the club range south of town.
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Pecos Rifle Club
National Rifle Association
Lloyd Smith
Smith
Congress
NRA
PHS Debaters Return From SFA Workshop
Seven Pe cos High School debaters and sponsor attended the Summer Speech Workshop at Stephen F. Austin in Nacogdoches from July 20 to August 3. Twenty-two schools and 20 teams were represented, with awards for all participants. Brenda Corbin led in points. Merrie McCormick and team posted six wins in eight debates. others earned good to excellent notes. Their sponsor Mrs. Emma L. Shepherd also earned a Dormitory Counseling certificate and judged scenes and finals. The group returned home with a head start on this year’s debate proposition: Resolved that the United States should establish a system of compulsory service for all citizens.
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Pecos High School
Stephen F., Austin
Nacogdoches
SFA
of Texas
Jimmie Harrison
Susan Hagar
Margie Thompson
Brenda Corbin
Melanie Foster
Merrie McCormick
Tommy Richmond
Sunset High
Dallas
Austin
Emma L. Shepherd
United States
School Staffs Attend Journalism Workshops
Eleven educators from the Yearbook and Paper staffs traveled Sunday August 4 to Texas Tech in Lubbock for the West Texas Journalism Workshop. They will attend sessions all week and return home Friday August 9. Sponsoring adult is Mrs Irene Turk.
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West Texas Journalism Workshop
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Irene Turk
Carolyn Carpenter
Mary Bird Dean
Gary Lewis
Sue Raye Whitley
Johnny Toone
Pecos ISD Sets 176 Instruction Days for Year
The Pecos Independent School District calendar shows September 4 as the first full day of school with a teachers meeting on September 3 and registration on September 4. Holidays include Thanksgiving November 28 29 Christmas break December 21 to January 1 and Easter April 4 7. First semester ends January 17. Spring graduation May 27 with final day May 28.
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Pecos
el Paso
Reeves Road Lighting Bid Is Awarded
Blackburn Electric Service of Fort Worth was awarded a contract for safety lighting on two miles of IH 10 and 20 in Reeves County. The bid was 20 thousand 979 dollars 25 cents and the project runs from near the Jeff Davis County line to the IH 20 junction. Engineer William A. Lancaster of Balmorhea will oversee a 45 day schedule.
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Blackburn Electric Service of
Fort Worth
Reeves County
Jeff Davis
William A. Lancaster
Balmorhea
Highway Department
Odessa
Texas Highway Commission
Austin
Interstate Highway Sign Company
Little Rock
Arkansas
Ward
Ector
Midland
Pyote
Martin County
Delay Granted In Gonzales Welfare Case
District Judge J H Star ley granted a continuance in the dependent and neglected proceeding over the Gonzales family. The case concerns the welfare of Melinda Gonzales and three other children. Melinda is in Fort Stockton Child Welfare custody pending investigation. Gonzales 28 of Verhalen is out on a 2000 dollar bond.
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J. H. Starley
Remegio Gonzales
Gonzales
Melinda
Fort Stockton
Verhalen
Former Pecos funeral director John Wallace dies at 76
John Henry Wallace a Pecos resident since 1936 died after a heart attack at his home 419 South Willow Street. He served as Pecos Funeral Home director 30 years and was active in First Christian Church Rotary International Veterans of Foreign Wars and Masonic Lodge. He is survived by wife Sadie three sons a daughter six grandchildren two brothers three sisters and numerous relatives. Funeral services are set for August 7 at First Christian Church with burial in Cherokee Iowa.
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Mr. Wallace
South Willow Street
Cherokee
Iowa
Boothly Funeral Home
Midland
Sara
Europe
Pecos
Wallace
First Christian Church
Rotary International
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Pecos Valley
David
Chicago
William A. Wallace
Laverne Wallace
Iona
Tom Boothby
Fred Timsley
Leesburg
Florida
Maurice Mead
Aredale
Sadie Pearson Hobbs
Marshalltown
Pecos Furniture Company
John Wallace
Pecos Funeral Home
California
Lauren
John Jr
Dr. McKinnis
McKinnis
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Pecos Independent Reistrict
Pecos Cyo
John Chapman
Luis Velardy Jr
Slate
KIUN
Rifle Club
PHS
SFA Workshop
Bert Kent
Burt Ross
Trudi Harrison
Cynthia Talley
Gary Hunter
Reeves Road Lighting
John Henry Wallace
Gene Rutledge
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