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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1973
Page
7
The reader asks how to handle finding a worm in fruit at a friend's home and whether to inform the hostess. Ann dismisses the issue as trivial and advises silence and continuing the visit. The column then moves through other letters about divorce, abuse, and teen heartbreak, offering blunt responses.
A medley of poems and a personal advice column entry. The first piece reflects on birth as a sleep and clouds of glory. The second recounts a dated dating request with awkward refusals. The third discusses communication ethics and emotional distance after overhearing a private moment.
First Baptist Church announces a December of Christmas activities led by music director George Young. Sue Ramsey designed two five by eight foot banners reading Peace and Joy. Highlights include an open house on Sunday from 2 to 4 pm at 2022 Jackson Blvd, a Billy Graham film, a cantata, caroling, a hay ride, youth enrollment emphasis, and a night watch fellowship to view comet Kohoutek on the salt flats.
A new World Wide Pictures film, Isn't it good to know, uses a multi image display to involve audiences with real people’s life stories. Directed by J Michael Hooser at age 26 the production blends video vignettes with songs and scenes from Barabbas to convey a message of change and new beginnings. First Baptist Church at Fifth and Hickory hosts a free Sunday showing starting at 7 pm, inviting area families to attend.
The Right Rev. Richard M. Trelease Bishop of the Rio Grande will arrive in Pecos to install Rev. Ray A. Powell as vicar of St Marks Episcopal Church. The ceremony at 730 p.m. will include local clergy and a parish hall reception. Powell arrives from Luling after prior service as a Methodist minister in Alabama and Colorado. He earned a masters from Episcopal Seminary Austin in 1970. The community is invited to attend.
An optometrist uses an ophthalmoscope to inspect the eye and detect conditions such as cataracts plaque and vascular changes. Regular yearly exams help identify inflammation infection and heart or artery diseases reflected in the eye, with a chance to update to lightweight plastic lenses that meet impact resistance.
Lutheran Youth Fellowship Rally hosted at Trinity Lutheran Church on December 1 and 2 drew 43 youths from Pecos Midland Odessa Kermit Fort Stockton Big Spring Lamesa Canyon Amarillo Lubbock and Friona. A Pecos youth lead a Saturday topic and a hayride followed hosted by Kenneth Lindeman. Sunday attendees worshiped and elected 1973 74 officers led by Linda Taylor Pecos as president and Kim Peterson Fort Stockton as vice president along with Roxanne Waltisperger Pecos as secretary treasurer Daniel Ebert Fort Stockton as athletic director and Joan Naxson Midland as retreat coordinator. Three pastors Rev James Joiner Pecos Rev Tom Hedtke Kermit and Rev David Ebert Fort Stockton attended with adult counselors from Balmorhea Pecos Big Spring Pecos area and others.
Witnesses convene a semi annual circuit assembly in Midland High School Auditorium December 15 and 16. The event draws over 1,000 Jehovah's Witnesses from 23 congregations in central and west Texas. A public discourse on Act Wisely as the End Draws Near will be given Sunday at 2 p.m. by John P. Sutherland district overseer for the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York.
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