Sul Ross Choir and Chamber Singers Plan KMID TV Show
The Sul Ross College Concert Choir and Chamber Singers, directed by Ross Hise, announce a series of taped KMID-TV programs airing weekdays at 7:25 and 8:25 a.m. starting December 16. The programs feature The Lords My Shepherd, Twas The Night Before Christmas, Silver Bells, Hacia Belén Va Un Belén, 4 Babe Is Born, Patapan, You Hear What I Hear, and The Christmas Suite with selections including O Come O Come Immanuel and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. The College Concert Band also performs The Christmas Suite plus Jingle Bells Rhapsody and A Christmas Festival.
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Sul Ross College
Kmid-Tv
Ross Hise
Lords My Shepherd
Sharon Pettigrew
Odessa
Tommy Shillingburg
Kermit
Larry Carter
Donna Hine
Devine
Alfred Howell
el Pas
Hine
Howell
Carter
Ross E. Hise
Babe Is
Patapan
Jesus
Willie
Christmas customs blend from many cultures in Mexico Southwest
Christmas in America reflects a fusion of customs from diverse cultures. Luminarios or farolitos lit on Christmas Eve trace to Spanish conquistadores using pinon wood bonfires. The religious meaning centers on nacimientos and posados as traditions persist.
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Bonnie Cearley
America
Luminarias: A 300-Year Southwest Christmas Tradition
The luminaria custom lights New Mexican fiestas with paper lanterns from China. Women and traders spread these fragile sacks across walls and rooftops, using sand and candles to guide the way for the Shepherds and Christ. Albuquerque leads in large displays, with homes sometimes outlining 6000 lanterns. A how to guide explains using brown paper bags, sand, and a candle to create safe, colorful illumination.
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China
Spain
Chihuahua
Philippines
Rio Grande
St. Louis
Independence
Santa Fe
Christ
Albuquerque
el Paso
Letters to Santa from Children Include Requests and Greetings
The text compiles several handwritten Christmas requests from children. Carol asks for Barbie dolls, clothes, a Bible, color books, makeup, candy canes, and a doll case. Elodia, Diane, and a younger boy request a blue green bike, go go boots, house shoes, a Spirograph, a robot, and hush puppies shoes. They mention family help at home and a Christmas Eve tradition.
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Santa Claus
Santa
South Oak Street
Lam
Price Named To Top Post At Certain-Teed Pipe Division
Stanley Price appointed Vice President of Marketing at Certain-Teed Pipe Division. He joined Certain-Teed in 1957 after roles as Sales Manager of the Houston Pipe District and Director of Marketing. He is a Texas Tech graduate and lives with his wife Ann Graham and three children at 588 Gulph Road Wayne Pennsylvania. He is son of Henry Price former mayor of Floydada Texas.
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Certain-teen Products Corporation Pipe Division
Stanley Price
Byron C. Radaker
Mr. Price
Certain-teed
Houston
Silverton High School
Texas Technological College
Ann Graham
Homer Graham
Pecos
Texas
Price
Shannon
Lisa
Todd
Gulph Road
Wayne, Pa
Stanley Prices
Henry Price
Floydada
Silverton
Santa Letter Fragments From Numerous Children
A compilation of numerous handwritten wishes to Santa requesting dolls racing cars bicycles and other toys. Names include John Glenn Hudson Anna Maria Lara Maribel Ramos Jesus Garcia Freddy Rayos Veronica Barrera Sandra Avila Susie Homemaker Neille Ortiz Adan Rodriguez Cynthia Levarto Lupe Nichols Raul Salgado and Vivion Aguilar. The note reads as a yearly plea from children promising good behavior.
Permian Rotary Activity Shows Slight Increase
The Reed Drilling Tools Friday survey of rotaries drilling in the Permian Basin Empire of West Texas and Southeast New Mexico lists 214, up four from 210. Lea County New Mexico remains first despite a loss, Pecos is second with 18, Ward third with 14, Crane fourth with 10.
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Reed Drilling Tools
Permian
West Texas
New Mexico
Lea County
N. M
Pecos
Christmas Party for SS Class at Calvary Baptist Church
The JOY Sunday School Class met Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Security State Bank coffee room. Hosts Cathy Ashley and Mary Price led a devotional by Doris Price. The group planned to gift a needy family with clothing food and toys by December 22. A salad supper followed with members bringing dishes and exchanging gifts. Attending were Nancy Greer Lou Medford Irene Wagner Betty Brown Ann Glover Shirley Marriott Doris Price Mary Price Cathy Ashley and visitors Kay Ford Linda Means.
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JOY
Calvary Baptist Church
Security State Bank
Cathy Ashley
Mary Price
Doris Price
Nancy Greer
Lou Medford
Irene Wagner
Betty Brown
Ann Glover
Shirley Marriot
Kay Ford
Linda Means
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Sul Ross Choir
Dear Santa Claus
Love, Carol
Elodia and
Diane
Top Post
John Glenn Hudson P.S
John
Pease
Anna Maria Lara
Maribel Ramos
David Chavez
Jesus Garcia
Marcos Barrera
Freddy Rayos
Friend, Veronica Barrera
Sandra Avila
Susie
Virginia Leyva
Friend
Neille Ortiz
Adan Rodriguez
Cynthia Levarto
Lupe Nichols
Raul Salgado
Dol
Vivion Augilar
First Baptist Church
John Petersen
Senctvery Choir
Duane
Pecos Enterprise
Ward
Crane
Andrews Borden Chaves Cochran Coke Crane
Crockett Dawson
Ector
Eddy Edwards Fisher Floyd Gaines Glasscock Hockley Howard Irion Kent Lamb Lea
Lubbock
Lynn Martin Menard Midland
Mitchell Nolan Pecos
Regan Reeves Roosevelt Runnels
Schleicher Scurry Sterling Stonewall
Sutton Terrell Terry
Tom Green
Upton
Winkler ‘S Yoakum
Pecos Drug
S.oak Street
Bozeman
3Rd Street
T.J. Hefner
Colon Prewitt
Aileen Love
Irene Prewit
Nell Kerr
Gladys Prewit
Nannie Mae
Warren Collings
Mildred McCarver
Ora Pruett
Lilliah Eddins
Grace Duncan
Novella Wilson
Hazel Berry
Ollie Mae Murray
Buena Mae Howard
Margaret Compton
Saragosa
van Camp
Jack Linton
Willie Hudson
Albert Rosa
Wille Hudson
Albert Wilm
Jim Prewit
Charles
Burette Hefner
Wolf and Taylor
Robert Hefner
Pecos City Bakery
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