Teachers eye constitution to be adopted this year
Balmorhea TSTA met at the high school to review three constitutional plans with El Paso consultant David Lovett and to vote on one later in the year. AARP members gathered at the housing department with Irving Gurley announcing an area workshop in Alpine and other area meetings in El Paso and Dallas. The Balmorhea chapter will attend the January workshop. The group installed new officers Hazel Humphries, Loraine Collins, Cassie Farrington, and Bertha Fortson, with 15 attendees.
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Balmorhea
TSTA
David Lovett
el Paso
Mary Polk
AARP
Kazel Humphries
Irving Gurley
Alpine
Ramada Inn
Women
Welk
el Paso University
Hazel Humphries
Area 7
Dallas
Mr. Gurley
Loraine Collins
Cassie Farrington
Bertha Fortson
Balmorhea Bears baseball and basketball set for Sanderson
Balmorhea by Frankie Kingston reports the Balmorhea Bears A and B squads and the girls A team will play at Sanderson starting 5 p.m. Tuesday, with junior boys and girls games Monday. A separate local outage notes a truck hit park lines causing a day without electricity or phones, power company crews restoring service. Mary Matta reopens Spanish Cafe on South Main after a week closed due to a festival injury to her child, and other local moves include the Renz family returning to Pecos and Louise Adams managing Valley Motel. The Balmorhea community notes Pete Fuentez leaving KOSA-TV for university studies in Iowa.
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Park
Upper Valley
Fort Davis
Toyahvale
State Park
Mary Matta
Pecos
South Main
Balmorhea
Pete Fuentez
Kosa-Tv
Pete
Jose Fuentez
Barbara
Anchorage
Alaska
Enterprise
Iowa
Noon market report shows mixed equities in New York
The Dow eased to 969.66 at noon after a sharp weekly advance. American Telephone & Telegraph led gains, Morgan Guaranty Trust cut its prime rate and several banks trimmed loan charges. Volume fell as the NYSE composite dipped slightly and AMEX posted modest gains amid a generally mixed trading day.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
American Telephone & Telegraph
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Court records show charges and divorces granted
County Court criminal charges filed list Estanislado Esparza appealing a speeding case from JP Court 1 on December 9. District Court civil suits include Tim Pennell versus Clifton Cattle Company and Charles Terrell Edge versus Mrs. Robert Jones, both filed December 9. Divorces granted include Alta Ruth Enmon and Ronald David Enmon on December 9. A fence at 1107 West Second Street was damaged Thursday afternoon with twenty staves broken, likely from a backing pickup, estimated at twenty dollars. An accident at Fourth and Oak Street Thursday at about 3 05 p m involved a 1975 auto driven by Leslie Ann McNeil and a 1972 auto driven by Earlene Luckett. McNeil was cited for improper backing.
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Estanislado Esparza
JP Court
Tim Pennell
Clifton Cattle Company
Charles Terrell Edge
Robert Jones
Alta Ruth Enmon
Ronald David Enmon
Jessie Riggins
Second St
Fourth
Oak Street
Leslie Ann McNeil
Pecos
Earlene Luckett
McNeil
School Menu Highlights Weekly Meals
The menu lists meals for the week including BBQ hot dogs with sides such as potatoes au gratin and pudding, roast beef with gravy and vegetables, pineapple cream dessert, and milk. Wednesday features Mexican dumplings and Spanish rice with pears, while Thursday offers Sloppy Joe with fries, tuna croquettes, green beans, and peach cobbler with milk.
Kermit voters reject three school bond proposals
KERMIT The Kermit Independent School District residents vote against a three proposition bond. Proposition one sought a new junior high and elementary, extra classrooms at Purple Sage, and East Primary converted to vocational space at a cost of 10.63 million dollars. Proposition two would fund similar projects at 8.57 million dollars. Proposition three aimed for a high school building at 4.76 million dollars.
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Kermit
Kermit Independent School District
Purple Sage
Cotton market slow in Pecos Valley with cottonseed at 102 dollars
The Agricultural Marketing Service reports slow activity in the Pecos Valley Texas for the week ended December 3. Growers rejected most offers while no contracting occurred. Cottonseed sold for 102 dollars per ton. Classing totaled 900 samples for the week, bringing the season to 4,200.
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Pecos Valley
Texas
Agricultural Marketing Service
USDA
Mack Bennett
Carlsbad
Two Big Spring residents charged in Midland kidnapping case
In Midland, Teresa Turner Metcalf and Ruel L. Metcalf, both 18 and 19, were arrested after warrants for aggravated kidnapping tied to the 1974 case were executed. Bonds were set at 100000 each as a third suspect, James Timothy Young, 19, remained sought.
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Midland
Big Spring
Midland Bank
Jim McFaden
Midland Justice of the Peace
Robert Pine
Teresa Turner Metcalf
Ruel L. Metcalf
Big Spring Justice of the Peace
Bobby West
Pine
James Timothy Young
Rome
Italy
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By Frankie Kingston
Balmorhea Bears
Sanderson
Mrs
June Carter
Dick Farr
Lubbock
Mr. Carter
Otto Renz
Scott
Valley
Louise Adams
Louise
Helen Humphries
Dallas Street
al Miller
Vera Fellnbaum
California
Sharon Harrison
Sandy
Kansas City
Chicago
Dow Jones
Indus
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At&t
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Pet
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Soc
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Ee Cent Oil
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Eastman
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Fairchild Cam
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Elec
Foods
Tire
Goodrich
Great A&p
Gulf Oil
Hous LP
IBM
Jhn-Man
John Joh Litton
Marathon
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Penney
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RCA
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Sou Pac
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Blake Nunneley
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Cori Iglehart
Sleeping Beauty
Permian Playhouse
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Pressley
Tae
Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Wheatley Stewart
Ronald Dean Wheeler
Burnet
Wheeler
Justice of the Peace
Sall
Hobo
Larry Sall
Oliver Erwenter
Robert McEnroe
Globe of the Great Southwest
Oliver
Howard College Board of Tuustees
Western District Federal Court
Mary Skalicky
Odessa College
Story Theatre
Texas Tech
University Theatre
Dorthy Dodd
Fort Worth
Pina
Fort Stockton
George Pina
Stockton Printing Co
Ray Sotelo
Dave's Steam Service
Cayanosa
Galveston
Reeves County Young Homemakers
Public Service
Reddy Room
Reeves County
Federation
Full Gospel Fellowship
Howell Eurich
Deanna Holme Miller
Holiday Inn
Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos Optimists
Chaparral Village
Sandhills
Monahans Coliseum
County Commissioners Court
Gamma Mu Chapter
Delta Kappa Gamma
M.W. Newton
S. Hickory
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
S. Oak St
Federation Parlor
Tops TX 259
St. Community
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Education Association
Lamar
Pecos Art Association
John Williams
S. Hackberry
Modern Study Club
Alfred Cate
Verhalen
Senior Citizens
Senior Citizen Center
Pecs
Cedar St
Peggy McCrackes
Nova Gutifarez
Gene Douglas
Diane Osborn
Doris Welch
Cla
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Jay
Reeves
Ward Loving
Culberson
Jeff Davis
Associated Present
Pecos Texas
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