Balmorhea Native Among 39 Killed in Alaska Plane Crash
Jewel Ray ORear 43 of Balmorhea died in the Wein Consolidated Airlines F27 crash in a remote Southwestern Alaska region. He was born October 11, 1925 in Lorraine and taught at Dillingham Elementary School with his wife. Surviving are his widow, three children, parents, siblings, and many relatives. He had lived in Alaska 12 years and was active in the Church of Christ. Funeral services are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewel Ray O’rear
Balmorhea
Wein Consolidated Airlines
Alaska
O’rear
Lorraine
Mary Hubbard
Buffalo
N. Y
el Paso
Sul Ross State College
Dillingham, Alaska
Church of Christ
City Police Arrest Three After Stop Near Gasfield
Three young men Hector Florez 18 Joe Garcia 20 and Guadalupe Ysalde 18 were jailed on theft vagrancy and traffic charges after patrolman Glen Vandiver stopped their vehicle for driving without headlights near Blakie's Oil and Gasfield Service. Garcia faced a traffic offense while Florez and Ysalde were charged with vagrancy and theft later filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Vandiver
Hector Florez
Joe Garcia
Guadalupe Ysalde
Vandiver
Blackie
Garcia
Florez and
Ysalde
Trudi Harrison Named DAR Good Citizen
Trudi Harrison of Clo vis New Mexico is named DAR Good Citizen by the Ensign Obadiah Trimmier Chapter. She is a Pecos High School senior active in church music Future Teachers Association National Honor Society and student government with plans to study psychology at Eastern New Mexico University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trudi Harrison
Ensign Obadiah Trimmier
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Trudi
R.E. Harrison
Clovis
New Mexico
Ronny Bowles
Washington
Pecos
Edith McIilvain
Dar Good
Eagle Band
PHS
First United Methodist Church
New Mexico Youth Conference
Downtown
Lions Club
Eastern New Mexico University
Mitchell On Duty With DPS
A new patrolman joins the Highway Patrol of the Department of Public Safety. Joe Mitchell has completed training at the Academy in Austin and is now on duty with the DPS. He and his wife Vada live at 1603 Morris with three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Patrol
Department of Public Safety
Melton Rasberry
Joe Mitchell
Department’s
Academy
Austin
Mitchell
Vada
1603 Morris
Leslie
Wade
Teresa
Lubbock
Vernon
Odessa
Pecosites Attend Monahans Water Planning Meeting
Representatives from Pecos and nearby entities attended a water planning meeting in Monahans at the Ward County Courthouse on December 4. Col. Cliff Chamberlain of Water Inc outlined a long term plan to divert Mississippi River surplus water to West Texas for municipal industrial and agricultural use, comparing to a California system. The project is projected to take 10 or more years, with about 100 attendees from eight counties and municipalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Reeves County
Red Bluff
Mississippi River
California
West Texas
The
Water Inc
Pecos
Dudley Montgomery
Chamber
J. J. Maxey
Paul Tapp
Cecil Jim Lee
Reeves County Water Improvement District
Dick Starley
Harold Meyer
Funeral for Frederico Hernandez Held in Saragosa
Funeral rites for Frederico Hernandez 29 of Balmorhea were set for Saturday in Saragosa after he died from injuries from a November 7 one car crash when his pickup struck a telephone pole. He was born February 22 1939 in Mexico and survived by his widow Antonia and relatives in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederico Hernandez
Saragosa
Hernandez
Memorial Hospital
Medical Center
Odessa
Mexico
Rt. 1
Balmorhea
Antonia
Bal
Jimenez Rites Held For Jose Gonzales Jimenez
Final rites for Jose Gonzales Jimenez 74 were held at 4 p m at Santa Rosa Catholic Church with interment in Santa Rosa Cemetery. He died at Memorial Hospital after a Wednesday evening illness. He lived at 1107 E 8th and was born in 1894. He leaves two sons Edwardo and Manuel of Odessa four daughters Lily Aguilar Abi na Amanzio Eladia Orona and Esperaza Castillo of Odessa Ojinaga Pecos and many grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose Gonzales Jimenez
Santa Rosa Catholic Church
Santa Rosa
Jimenez
Memorial Hospital
E. 8Th
Edwardo
Manuel
Odessa
Lily Aguilar
Ojinaga
Mexico
Abina Amanzio
Eladia Orona
Pecos
Esperaza Castillo
Cotton harvest totals and weekly ginnings reported
The report lists cotton counts by variety and location with a grand total to date of 88,452 bales and a weekly ginning total of 3,390 bales. The figures cover Reeves Pima and Upland varieties, Pecos Upland, Presidio Upland, and Grand Totals with a final note of Laster 83,680.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves Pima
Reeves Upland
Pecos Upland
Presidio Uplard
SWIG
Earl Bell PTA Plans Christmas Party at School
The Earl Bell Parent-Teacher Association will meet Monday at 7:30 PM at the school to plan Christmas parties and discuss activities. President Eddie Ferguson says a short educational film will be shown and all parents and interested persons are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Bell Parent-Teacher Association
Eddie Ferguson
Diving To Be Resumed In Balmorhea Lake Search
Special force divers from Ft. Bliss will return to Balmorhea Lake to continue the search for Johnny Parr whose grandmother was found drowned November 20. The effort, aided by KOSA-TV equipment, follows requests from the Parr family as Deputy Sam Davis maintains visual search between duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Parr
Ft. Bliss
Johnny
Balmorhea Lake
Parr
Monahans
William Alfred Parr
Kosa-Tv
Sam Davis
Balmorhea
Missing 15 year old boy reported by city police
Mrs. Pete Salgado reports her nephew Brooks Odie, 15, missing from his home at 2324 Cactus. Described as white male with blond hair blue eyes wearing brown pants a black leather jacket black gloves and brown chukka boots. Police urge anyone with information to contact Mrs Salgado or the City police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Salgado
Cactus
Brooks Odie
Christmas tree sale by Optimist Club on 5th and Elm
Members of the Optimist Club sell Scotch pine and fir trees on the lot at 5th and Elm Streets. Trees range from 1 1/2 to 14 feet and cost 1.50 to 15 dollars. Proceeds fund boys programs. Gary Ingram is project chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Optimist Club
5Th
Elm Streets
Gary Ingram
Webb Rites Today At 3
Funeral services for S. L. Webb, father of Mrs. Frank Bounds, will be held today at 3 p.m. from the Linton Funeral Home. Burial will be in Odem. Mr. Webb died Wednesday morning, having made his home in Odem. Mr. and Mrs. Bounds left Wednesday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. L. Webb
Frank Bounds
Linton
Burtal
Odem
Webb
Reeves County Bonds Drive Hits Nine-Plus Percent Target
Reeves County October Savings Bonds and Freedom Shares sales totaled 11161. For January through October the county reached 159249 dollars and 145 percent of the 1968 goal. Statewide 1968 ten month sales set a record at 151,715,504 dollars, up from 139,007,131 in 1967. October 1968 sales rose 15.6 percent from October 1967 to 16,986,405.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Savings
Freedom
Reeves County
Archie B. Scott
Reeves Savings Bonds Committee
Survey to Determine Possibility of Vocational Course Offerings
Employers in Pecos are asked to cooperate when approached Tuesday afternoon about an occupational survey. The survey aims to aid Pecos ISD in applying for federal funds for a vocational training program. Ray Whitley, Pecos superintendent, and William H. Fitz of the Texas Education Agency will lead an orientation for the Occupational Survey Committee and Pecos Public Schools teachers on Monday, December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Pecos Independent School District
Ray Whitley
William H. Fitz
Cation
Texas Eaucation Agency
Occupational Survey Committee
Farmers UF Drive Underway
The United Fund Drive led by A. B. Foster has raised over 15000 dollars and aims for 23000. Foster met with Dick Naylor and workers including Bob Bickley and Mitford Johnson at 3 15 p.m. in the high school auditorium to kick off the drive as schools dismiss early for a community survey on vocational needs and available jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund
A. B. Foster
Foster
Dick Naylor
Bob Bickley
Mitford Johnson
Bill Cowart
Roy Blahosky
Charles Mitchell
L. B. Johnson
James Hefner
Randle Butler
Jack Browder
Paul Tap
DPS Nabs Car Thieves Near Toyah and Pecos
Three members of a Dallas area car theft ring were arrested by DPS Patrolman Warren Nutt west of Toyah and later in Pecos. The suspectsJoseph Glenn Teel 17 Walter Francis Guittard 20 and a 15 year old boy were linked to a stolen 1960 Buick from Big Spring. Investigators traced 15 to 20 car thefts to the ring with ties to Oakland Calif Grand Prairie and other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DPS
Warren Nutt
Joseph Glenn Teel
Walter Francis Guittard
Nutt
Toyah
Pecos
Big Spring
Howard County
Dallas
Abilene
Guittard
Oakland
Calif
Teels
Grand Prairie
Christmas Lighting Contest At Yale Promises Cash Prizes
About $300 in cash prizes will be awarded in the annual Christmas Lighting Contest sponsored by the Young Homemakers of Texas. Three prizes in each of two divisions religious and novelty. Entries due December 14 with judging December 16. Entry blanks available at the Enterprise office KIM Radio studios and the Chamber of Commerce office. Contact Mrs Dickie Young Mrs Bo McQueen or Mrs W T McCuistian with the provided phone numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Homemakers of Texas
Enterprise
KIM Radio
Chamber of Commerce
Dickie Young
Bo McQueen
W. T. McCuistian
Christmas Eve School Dismissal Noted in Pecos
The 20th of December marks a 3 p.m. dismissal for holidays with 2 o'clock Christmas parties. Students look forward to the Friday before Christmas week. Teachers will attend the Trans-Pecos Teachers Meeting in El Paso on March 7, 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Pecos
Trans-Pecos
el Paso
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David
Melanie
Alice
University of Alaska
L. A. O’rear
Odes
Rankin
Carlsbad
N. M
Albert
Plainview
Mildren Holyhauer
Los Angeles
Alene Talbot
Hobbs
Nellie Momany
Tacoma
Wash
DAR
DAR Good Citizen
Pecosites
Pecos High School
Gordon Golden
Nikki Evans
Cotton
Earl Bell Pta
Wendell Taylor
West Pecos
James Richmond
Pauline Bulsterbaum
Yale
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