Balmorhea Senior Cindy Turnbough DAR Good Citizen Winner
Balmorhea High School announces Cindy Turnbough as the recipient of the DAR Good Citizenship award chosen from three senior nominees. She is editor of the annual staff, Future Homemakers of America president, School Sweetheart 1968 69 and Hall of One Queen nominee joining an all star basketball team and other sports. Her loyalty, truthfulness, courtesy, dependability and service lead to the selection and her name will be sent to the State Committee for the national award presented as a Series E Savings Bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balmorhea High School
Cindy Turnbough
R.V. Turnbough
Daughters of the American Revolution
Cindy
Balmorhea
Future Homemakers of America
Hallowe’en Queen
State Committee
The
DAR
Pecos Eagles Edge Alpine Bucks 70-67
Pecos Eagle victory over Alpine Bucks 70 to 67 on Pecos home court. Danny Rodriguez led scoring with 18 points and nine assists while Ephriam added 17 and Carter 10. The Eagles trailed 40-31 at halftime before a 27 point third period gave Pecos the win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos Eagles
Alpine Bucks
Danny Rodriguez
Eagles
Pecos
David Bradley
Bobby Ephriam
James Locker
Rodriguez
A.C. Shorter
Frederic Carter
Jimmy Hamilton
Jack Davis
Charles Lee
Bucks
Ephriam
Locker
Felix Arias
Bradley
Alpine
Carter
Rodriquez
Commercial Filmed Here at Automotive Proving Grounds
Rose-Magood Productions of Hollywood shoots Sears tires Allstate ads this week at the Automotive Proving Grounds. George Vaught Sears Chief Tire Engineer and John Carraway J Walter Thompson account exec lead a crew of about twenty with actors. Larry Doheny renowned director, known for Naked City Route 66 and Hawaii 5 O guiding the production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Automotive Proving Grounds
Rose - Magood Productions
Hollywood
Sears
Allstate
George Vaught
John Carraway
J. Walter Thompson Advertising Agency
Larry Doheny
City Employees Honored At Annual Christmas Banquet
City of Pecos honored employees at the annual Christmas banquet held in the Community Center Banquet Room. Mayor E. W. Schmidt hosted and presented department awards. J. J. Maxey received a five year pin as City Manager. Other honorees included Amanda Frye J. P. Stubblefield Frances Powell Jimmie Preslar Lorrane Henderson Martha Vasquez Virginia Epple and Hodge Brooks. Alfred Gomez presented Health and Sanitation Department awards to A. R. Elliott and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Pecos
E. W. Schmidt
Schmidt
J. J. Maxey
Amanda Frye
J. P. Stubblefield
Frances Powell
Jimmie Preslar
Lorrane Henderson
Martha Vasquez
Virginia Epple
Hodge Brooks
Alfred Gomez
A. R. Elliott
Rites Today for Midland Man in Fatal Wreck
Funeral services are set for Samuel Paul Grigg of Midland at Memorial Christian Church at 2 p.m. He died in a head on collision with a cattle truck on U S 277 six miles north of Christoval. Lenard Craft of Dodge City Kansas drove the truck and was uninjured. Grigg, a WWII veteran and CPA, left a widow Mildred and children David and Nancy. Survivors include siblings Jack and Joe Grigg and Mrs Flo Johnson. Awards and pins were presented in city departments during a year end banquet and Christmas program concluded with carols and plans for Tuesday pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Christian Church
Samuel Paul Grigg
Midland
Cliff
Flo) Johnson
Pecos
Grigg
Christoval
U. S
Lenard Craft
Dodge City
Kansas
Shannon Hospital
San Angelo
O. L. Miller
Tulle
Mildred
Cimarron
David
Nancy
Johnson
Jack Grigg
Washington, D. C
Joe Grigg
Color Contest Winners Told
The 12 Days of Christmas coloring contest winners are announced in two divisions. Division I pre school to second grade awards first Mike Woodruff 1927 Wyoming and second Tommy Wilkerson 2417 Country Club Drive. Division II third to fifth grade names Tom Meath 1004 South Elm first and Carmen Villarreal Apt 3 A Airbase second. Prizes: $10 first and $5 second. Winners collect at Pecos Enterprise office. Sponsors include Hill's Grocery Terrazas Furniture Lewis Shoe Store Gibson's Discount Piggly Wiggly Goodyear Service Store State Theatre Pecos Drug Dairy Mart Gifts Petite Reyes Furniture and Wacker's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Woodruff
Wyoming
Tommy Wilkerson
Country Club Drive
Tom Meath
South Elm
Carmen Villarreal
Apt
The
Pecos Enterprise
Hill’s Grocery
Terrazas Furniture
Lewis Shoe Store
Gibson's Discount
Piggly Wiggly
Goodyear Service Store
State Theatre
Peccos Drug
Dairy Mart
Gifts Petite
Reyes Furniture
Wacker’s
Hurray Today School Dismissal for Christmas Holidays
Students will be dismissed at 3 p.m. for Christmas holidays with parties at 2 p.m. for younger students. School resumes January 2, 1969 for final weeks before midterm in the new year.
Fifteen Miles Cleared for County Duval Road Project
Border Road Construction Company has cleared about fifteen miles toward the Duval sulphur strike since December 12. County engineer Fred Armstrong reports four miles of dirt work begun with fencing, while 75 working days remain for completion and an April preliminary finish is set for the road linking FM 2119 to the county line near the Duval road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duval
Border Road Construction Company
Fred Armstrong
Border
Armstrong
FM 2119
Duval Road
Farmers And Ranchers Buy Credit Banks In Texas
On December 31 1968 the West Texas Production Credit Association joined 33 Texas associations to repurchase nearly 8 million dollars in government stock from the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Houston. Governing officials note farmers will own the bank equity, finalizing government capital repayment across Farm Credit institutions in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas Production Credit Association
Texas
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Houston
J. D. Gillespie
West Texas Association
Houston Bank
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
Gillespie
Farm Credit Banks
Houston
Federal Land Bank
Houston Bank For Cooperatives
Intermediate Credit Bank
Farm Credit
Apology note corrects misprint in complaint names
In Tuesday’s For The Record a mis copy mixed the complainant and subject. Tomaso Martinez an employee of C R Anthony Co signed the complaint against Maria Rubio for the company. Our apologies extend for any embarrassment caused Mrs Martinez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomaso Martinez
C.R. Anthony Co
Maria Rubio
Martinez
Imported Water From Mississippi Planned for West Texas
The Texas Water Development Board announced a plan to import 12 to 13 million acre feet of surplus water annually from the Lower Mississippi River beginning in 1980 with first deliveries to West Texas in 1988. The project aims to ease looming regional shortages amid growing agriculture and mineral industry demand, with full construction targeted by 1980 and a $10 billion overall cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Water Development Board
Texas
Austin
Mississippi River
Rio Grande Valley
West Texas
Congress
Howard Boswell
Texas Water System
Food Baskets Fix and Texas Water Plan Funds
Community Lions and Rotary baskets help needy families with calls to L. R. Hudson for contributions by December 23. A broad water plan targets full state resource use by 2020, with irrigation shifts and rising dependence on dry land farming as groundwater depletes in the High Plains and Permian Basin regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions-Rotary
L. R. Hudson
Texas
High Plains
Permian Basin
Lighting Contest Winners Named by Young Home Makers
The Young Home Makers of Texas announced lighting contest winners at a Thursday meeting. Prizes ranged from 75 to 25 dollars across religious and novelty categories, with top finishers Norman Elsenwine, Gene Kelly, Tony Ramirez among others and judging conducted on the 16th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Homemakers of
Texas
Dickie Young
Norman Elsenwine
South Plum
Gene Kelly
Washington
Tony Ramirez
W. 13Th Street
T. C
Also Mentioned on This Page
DAR Good Citizen
Baimorhea
Danny Rodriquez
Pate
Noley Burton
Lindro Vasquez
Joe Cloud
Jose Cortez
Eulalio Fuentes
Jose Jaramillo
Ernest Lewis
Delfino Julan
Lionel Martinez
Marcos Nativad
Antonio Orona
Benito Orona
Joe Ramirez
Anastido Ramos
John Stroud
Water and Sewer Department
Woody Merritt
John Oglesby
Augustin Zuniga
S. B. Hunt
Chano Prieto
Ramon Correll
Bill Cunningham
Manuel Jaquez
al Levario
Jesus Ortega
Trino Ortega
Lupe Ramos
Greg Rayos
Omer Shaw
Jack Wright
Garland Matthews
Henry McAnally
Luis Reyes
Esteban Barrera
Jesus Anaya
Juan Segovia
Tomas Segovia
Clarence Cox
Miguel Monclova
Walton Smith
Hugh Stutts
Porter Runnels
Tommy Cowan
Eugene Martin
Raul Florez
Antonio Urquidi
D. B. Pouncey
Corporation Court
Butler Smith
Tommy Box
Nettle Chisum
Austin Cozart
Ted Jones
Lavelma Mann
Charlie Smith
Sadie Smith
Glenn Vandiver
Jim Wilson
Harold Meyer
J. T. Prewit
Charles Williams
Park Foreman
Natividad Salcido
Dick, Wadley
David Pattillo
Donnie Stephenson
Mack Benton
L. E. Brown
Ben Cloud
Teodoro Jaquez
Manuel Maldonado
Reeves Pima
Reeves Upland
Pecos Upland
Presidio Upland
SWIG
Toyah
Elcor
Culberson County
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