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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1973
Page
7
A Dear Ann letter column features a hostess who climbs a roof to retrieve a child’s kite after delaying guests, a smoker’s life change testimonial, a harsh reply to Hooked about smoking, and pedicure advice for a quarrelsome couple. Ann Landers promotes a bride guide through mail order.
A devotional reflection asks for God's power and Christ like love to transform the troubled world. The text ends with a brief Amen and a trailing fragment.
Girls in Action held a Christmas party at Calvary Baptist Church in the fellowship hall. They exchanged baby blankets soaps toothpaste toys and school supplies to be sent to missionaries in the United States. Supper followed with a scavenger hunt visiting church members homes to collect more gifts.
The August meeting featured Joy Ferguson presenting slides from Brisbane Australia and discussing Pecos students' exchange participation. A Q and A session followed with Mrs Faith Wood honored by a Life Membership pin while refreshments were served by Mrs G B Scull to members including a new joiner Mrs Eleanore Debynas.
United Methodists in the New Mexico annual conference launch a 250000 fund drive at Trinity United Methodist Church El Paso to finance phase one of a three phase plan for Sacramento Assembly near Cloudcroft New Mexico. The effort targets dining hall upgrades building winterization and other improvements as nationwide church use plans advance for 1975 and 1977.
Two Swedish sociologists report that about 20 people who claim vision like encounters with Jesus describe him as a shining figure with tender eyes and outstretched arms. Most experiences occurred in homes or at work, not in churches, with consistent features across accounts.
The National Commission on Productivity begins a study of hospital productivity identifying barriers and opportunities. Co chairmen O Ray Hurst and Allen Herkimer lead a Dallas meeting where over fifty barriers to productive financial management were listed.
A devotional reflection asks who one serves through daily labor. The voice recalls tending a small hidden place in the heart and contrasts earthly visibility with divine purpose. Nazareth and Galilee symbolize humble beginnings and hidden work.
Dr. Ross L. Range leads a small affordable college in Lexington that charges students 100 dollars per semester and relies on free will gifts and church support. The school has 103 students, offers an A B degree with a Bible major, a 190000 dollar campus, and a weekly church newsletter with world circulation.
The Reverend Richard P. Lynch, formerly of Christo Rey Church in El Paso, will replace Reverend Edward Sullivan at St. Catherine's Church in Pecos. A Pontifical College Josephinum graduate from Worthington Ohio, Lynch was ordained in 1945 and is a graphologist who attended the American Handwriting Analysts convention in Chicago. He has served in Monahans and Alpine and plans to continue Sullivan's programs.
A fragmented reminiscence discusses the word good, arguing its proper use applies only to God. It includes a biblical moment where Jesus questions being called good and asserts divinity, contrasting human goodness with divine perfection. The piece references rice import and a church appeal.
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