Carrasco heads Band Boosters meeting
Band Boosters elected new officers Zaedina Carrasco president Rosa Lee Dominguez vice president Martha Moore secretary and Bertha Brijalba treasurer. They voted to buy used band instruments from Van Horn school and plan a Mexican dinner Saturday at First Baptist Church fellowship hall.
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Rosa Lee Dominguez
Martha Moore
Bertha Brijalba
Marilyn Moore
van Horn School
Fellowship Hall
The
First Baptist Church
Noon Market Mixed as Dow Rises 1.99 on Economic Hopes
New York AP report shows the Dow up 1.99 to 962.43 at noon while transportation and utilities fall. Leading indicators rose 0.5 percent in July, extending 17 months of gains, but money-supply growth fuels Fed rate fears. Lamson & Sessions plans to offer 17 per share for all of Youngstown Steel Door.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve
Youngstown Steel Door
Lamson & Sessions
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Adventist mercy van brings clinic to needy areas
A 40 ft trailer and diesel tractor house a mobile dental clinic driven by Charles Taylor of Dallas. Baylor dental students once assisted. The van serves needy and disaster areas with free care funded by the church, state, and regional Adventists through an annual offering. The piece ends noting profits from new lawn food.
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Mitchell
Charles Taylor
Dallas
Baylor University
Dental School
Mercy van
Salt cedar eradication debated by New Mexico officials
Carlsbad Irrigation District manager Francis G. Tracy Jr. and Interistate Streams Commission member Draper Brantley Jr. spoke for salt cedar removal along the Pecos River at a Santa Fe sub cabinet meeting. The panel approved the budget but will revisit the eradication plan and advise the governor later.
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Carlsbad
Francis G. Tracy Jr
Carlsbad Irrigation District
CID
State Natural Resources
Santa Fe
Pecos
Draper Brantley Jr
Interstate Streams Commission
ISC
Judge cites Pony Express speed over USPS in Shreveport
Federal judge Ben Dawkins laments six day letter delivery from a nearby building and urges private delivery. He notes Pony Express could have carried mail faster from Fort Kearney to Fort Churchill and says internal mail travel routinely takes three to four days. A letter from Natchitoches Aug 18 never arrived. Officials promised investigation.
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Shreveport
Pony Express
U.S. Postal Service
Ben Dawkins
Dawkins
Fort Kearney
Neb
Fort Churchill
Nev
Natchitoches
School Menu Week Highlights Classic Lunch Lineup
The weekly school menu lists Monday chili mac with cheese and peas, Tuesday chicken fried patty with gravy and mashed potatoes, Wednesday chili dog with potato salad, Thursday hamburger with fries and salad, and Friday fried fish with scalloped potatoes and applesauce cake. Each day includes a hot roll or break stick and milk.
Deaths Services for Christopher Baker and Jose Fuentes
Deaths are reported for Christopher George Baker 26 of Fort Stockton and Jose Orona Fuentes 74. Services for Baker were at Fort Stockton Funeral Home Chapel with burial in East Hill Cemetery. he died Wednesday in Abilene after a sudden illness. Born January 15 1950 in Fort Worth he moved to Fort Stockton in 1952 and was a member of First Presbyterian Church. Survivors include parents in Austin four brothers Frank Robert Sam and John and two sisters Kay Sandlin of Austin and Ann Gifford of Plano. Services for Fuentes will be at Christ the King Catholic Church with burial in Balmorhea Cemetery. he died Thursday in VA Hospital Big Spring. Born February 6 1902 in Balmorrea he served in the US Navy and was a World War II veteran. He was a resident of Balmorhea most of his life and worked as a retired employee of the State Highway Department. Survivors include wife Lupe two brothers Jose and Juliano both of Pecos two sisters Maria Fuentes of Odessa and Aldala Dutchover of Marfa.
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Christopher George Baker
Fort Stockton
East Hill
Baker
Abilene
Fort Worth
First Presbyterian Church
George Baker
Austin
Frank Baker
Robert Baker
Sam Baker
John Baker
Balmorrea
Balmorhea
State Highway Department
Lupe
Jose
Juliano
Pecos
Maria Fuentes
Odessa
Aldala Dutchover
Marfa
Pony Express Mail Loss Compared With Telegraph Era
Quote from James Blankenship notes mail loss risks with high mail volume. Mentions Pony Express history claiming only one satchel lost in 650,000 miles before telegraph era. Emphasizes persistence of mail losses despite limited modern volume.
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James Blankenship
Telegraph
Pony Express
Notice to bidders for Reeves County X ray equipment
Reeves County Texas Commissioners Court invites sealed bids for X ray equipment for a new hospital. Bids due 9 30 am September 13 1976. Specifications from County Judge office. County reserves right to reject all bids. Published in Pecos Enterprise August 20 and 27 1976. Kent Marguerite Reeves County Auditor Pecos Texas.
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Reeves County
Pecos
Texas
Marguerite Reeves County
Pecos Enterprise
Reeves County Hospital
Marguerite M. Kent
Pecos Area Calendar Highlights for Saturday
Mt Evergreen Cemetery Association holds its annual business meeting at the community center at 1 30 p m with all lot owners to vote on proposals. Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous and Al Anon meet at 125 S Oak St at 8 p m with listed phone contacts.
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Mt. Evergreen Cemetery
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
S. Oak St
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