Favorite Recipes From Pecos Residents Quick Taco Rice Skillet
Faye Williams and her husband Rodney, longtime Pecos residents, share a quick Texas style dish learned from a relative. The recipe uses ground beef, quick cooking rice, tomatoes, taco sauce, beef broth, onion, chili powder and cheese, with optional fritos and extra tomatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Faye Williams
Rodney
Dallas
Alicia
Austin
Bobby
Rodney Williams
East Texas Motor
Former Pecos Resident Marries in Dallas
Miss Beverly Ann Flower and John E. Gallagher Jr. wed Saturday in Dallas at Christ the King Catholic Church. Gallagher, raised in Pecos and a Pecos High School graduate, earned a BA from the University of Dallas and works as manager of Customer Order and Traffic at Austin Products Inc. in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Ann Flower
John E. Gallagher, Jr
Pecos
John E. Gallagher
Christ the King Catholic Church
Dallas
Gallagher
Pecos High School
University of Dallas
Austin Products, Inc
Car pools and government tips on discomfort
A playful Erma Bombeck essay riffs on energy policy slogans and the rise of car pooling. It traces car sharing from Thelma Flagstop’s 1933 idea to millions of U S rides by mothers, joking about rules like the chili ban and the nausea drill while critiquing bureaucratic language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma Bombeck
Administration
Thelma Flagstop
United States
Chicago
Hominy Puff Recipe from a Southern Cook
A recipe outlines a 22 cup water, 34 teaspoon salt, 12 cup quick-cooking hominy grits, 2 tablespoons butter, and 3 egg whites and yolks. Boil water, stir in grits until thick, fold in butter and yolks, whip whites and fold, bake in a 400 degree oven for 30 minutes until puffed and browned. Serve immediately as a dinner component with ham, fried apples, salad, cake and coffee.
Pecos High grads choose colleges in state universities
Barstow student Ann Belle Canchi plans to attend Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas. Ben Villalobos enrolls at the University of Texas at El Paso.
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Pecos
Ann Belle Calanchi
Barstow
Angelo State University
San Angelo
Texas
Ben Villaloboz
University of Texas
el Paso
Mother hung help and hysterectomy myths in letters
A reader questions male bias in advice on mother fixation and sex life after hysterectomy. Ann Landers notes context matters, defines healthy contact with mother, and says daily calls across town can be fine. A separate letter warns against stopping on highways to aid injured animals, citing safety and guidance from the Anti Cruelty Society.
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Ann
Ann Landers
Dear Ann
Robert Brown
Anti-Cruelty Society
Chicago
SPCA
Humane Society
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Jayne Robinson
Mrs. Dudley Montgomery
Patty Montgomery
Security State Bank
Jefferson
John E. Callagher, JR
Wit’s End
Ben Villalobo
Monahans
OF Business
Pecos Enterprise
Toyah
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