Coloring Contest Winners and Scout Honor Highlighted in Odessa
Winners in the third to fifth grade divisions are Dorothy Deanda and Abel Arias with top and second places at local merchants sponsor event. Preschool to second grade first place goes to Randall Smith with Meris Colliz second. First and second prize awards are ten dollars. Sponsors include Hill's Grocery Terrazas Furniture Lewis Shoe Store and others. Separate note reports Darren Owens, an Eagle Scout and God and Country Award recipient, earned Vigil Honor in the Order of the Arrow at the Odessa Boy Scouts annual banquet. The award honors exceptional service and contributions beyond duties. Owens, a Texas A&M sophomore, is affiliated with Alpha Phi Omega and the Lenni Lenape language name Gentle Leader. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Gene Owens.
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Dorothy Deanda
Airbase
Abel Arias
South Locust
Randall Smith
South Alamo
Meris Colliz
W. Sth St
Hill’s Grocery
Terrazas Furniture
Lewis Shoe Store
Gibson’s Discount
Popular Grocery
Goodyear Service Store
State Theatre
Pegos Drug
Dairy Mart
Gifts
Petite
A&n Drug
Wacker’s
Darren Owens
Order of Arrow
Boy Scouts of America
Odessa
Order of the Arrow
Darri2n
Texas A&m
Alpha Phi Omera
Darin
Buffalo Trail
Davis Mts
Walome
Gentle Leader
Gene Owens
Pecos High Freshmen Sweep Ft Stockton as Eagles Struggle
Pecos High School basketball results show the Frosh team, coached by Andy Miller, defeated Ft Stockton freshmen in two games. The A team won 52 to 51 and the B team won 33 to 6. Pecos suffered three losses at the Ft Stockton tournament to Sweetwater 74 to 68 Ysleta 80 to 55 and Mona hans 72 to 52. Norman Tinkler earned All Tournament honors with 63 points across the three games. The B team also went to the Marfa Varsity tourney losing 68 to 33 to Lydia Patterson and 50 to 38 to Marfa varsity. The girls team, under Betsy Brown, competed in the Alpine tournament losing to Alpine and Grand Falls. Pecos girls are in only their second year of basketball.
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Pecos High School
Frosh
Andy Miller
Ft. Stockton
Panthers
Pecos Eagles
Sweetwater
Ysleta
Monahans
Norman Tinkler
Marfa
el Paso
Lydia Patterson
Betsy Brown
Alpine
Grand Falls
Barbs by Phil Pastoret
Comic quips about close calls in love and shopping. A joke hints at late returns upsetting a wife and fretting over stockings versus pantyhose use. The humor centers on domestic life and budgeting in a lighthearted tone.
Yule Mass Slated By Episcopalians
St Mark's Episcopal Church will hold the first Mass of Christmas on December 24 at 11 am with Father Erwin O Lasser as celebrant. The service includes Christmas story in song and narrative, creche blessing, and the Eucharist, inviting participation from all.
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St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Fifth
Plum Streets
Erwin O Lasser
St. Mar’s
Smith Returns to Duty with Pecos Police Department
Charles Smith has returned to duty with the Pecos Police Department, replacing Ted Jones who left for Houston Police Department on January 1. Smith, a former Pecos officer, began with the department on November 8, 1967, rose to sergeant on January 21, 1939, and resigned October 15, 1969 after a long career. he has served as a patrolman in Eagle Lake over the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Smith
Pecos
Gene Matin
Smith
Ted Jones
Houston
Johnson Rites Held Sunday for Howard Johnson
Services were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Briggs-Games Funeral Home for Howard Johnson 90 of Lampasas. He died Thursday night in Lampasas hospital. Survivors include two other daughters Mrs. Sue Richter of Dallas and Mrs. James Tooker of Lampasas, nine grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
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Briggs-Games
Lampasas
Howard Johnson
Norinester
Pecos
Johnson
Lampasas Hospital
Sue Richter
Dallas
James Tooker
Stained Glass Windows Come Alive at South Pecos Elementary
Sixth grade students under teacher Macgie Millsapps prepared fifty six panels for a Christmas display at the school. The free hand tempra panels, 18 feet high and 2 1/2 to 3 feet wide, imitate stained glass. They were painted from primary colors and neutrals with salad oil on the backs to enhance transparency.
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South Pecos Elementary School
Macgie Millsapps
Odessa Conference Highlights Legislature's Planned Progress
House Speaker Gus Mutscher outlined the 62nd Legislature's aims at the West Texas Chamber of Commerce conference in Odessa. He praised the 61st session's gains in education health and urban projects and urged continued progress via four drivers including interim committee research and the Committee of 100. Harold Meyer and A B Foster attended from Pecos.
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Olessa
Gus F. Mutscher
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Inn of the Golden West
Pecos
Harold Meyer
Chamber of Commerce
A.B. Foster
West Texas
Mischer
Muscher
Mutscher
Committee of
Texas Health Care
Red Cross Locates Most GIs With Two Week Leaves
The American Red Cross said it located about 95 percent of 300 U.S. servicemen in Vietnam who didn’t know they had two week home leaves. Pan American Airways requested help but couldn’t handle the bookings. 5 percent of missing men have already left Vietnam or finished their tours.
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Vietnam
U.S. Command
Diaz Rites Held Today
Final rites were held for Eliseo Diaz age 55 at Santa Rosa Catholic Church. Interment followed at Santa Rosa Cemetery. A Pecos resident most of his life he died after a long illness. Survivors include his wife Ester Diaz, his mother Carlota Diaz, four sons and two daughters, three brothers and a sister.
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Eliseo Diaz
Santa Rosa Catholic Church
Santa Rosa
Diaz
Grandfalls
Pecos
Ester Diaz
Colinga
Calif
Carlota Diaz
Sgt
Jose Diaz
Ft. Bragg
S.C
Barney Diaz
Frank Diaz
Henford
Jimmy Diaz
Jesse Ray
Mary Helen Rosas
Celestino Diaz
Houston
Manuel Diaz
Culver City
Ray Martinez
Mary Dominguez
School Net Closed Tomorrow For Christmas Holidays
School will dismiss at the regular time tomorrow for Christmas and New Year's holidays. Classes resume January 4 next year.
Rotary Club Sets Meeting for Tuesday at Holiday Inn
Rotarians are reminded the club meeting will be held tomorrow Tuesday at the Holiday Inn rather than Thursday the regular meeting day. There will be no meeting next week with the next scheduled meeting to be January 7, 1971.
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Holiday Inn
School Menu Tuesday Feast
Roast turkey with dressing and giblet gravy served with whipped potatoes cranberry sauce Waldorf salad Christmas cake hot rolls butter and milk Holiday break announced through January 4 1971.
Rites Held for Infant Jimmy Dale Barfield
Graveside rites were conducted Saturday for Jimmy Dale Barfield infant son of Mr and Mrs Jimmy Barfield of Ft Stockton Burial was in Fairview Cemetery The infant was born Friday in Memorial Hospital and died at birth Survivors include grandparents Mr and Mrs R A Barfield of Ozona and Mr and Mrs A O Mize of Aason
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Jimmy Dale Barfield
Jimmy Barfield
Ft. Stockton
Fairview Cemetery
Memorial Hospital
R. A. Barfield
Ozona
A. O. Mize
Aason
Three Soldiers Arrested On Marijuana Charges Near Pecos
Three soldiers en route home from Ft. Bliss were arrested on marijuana possession charges after a Pecos DPS patrol stopped them on IH 20. The men Stanley Thill 21 Don Henry 24 and Carroll McInroe 21 were jailed with $5000 bonds. McInroe released after posting bond.
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Ft. Bliss
Dept. of Public Safety
Joe Mitchell
Pecos
Stanley Ray Thill
Don Jack Henry
Carroll Willis McInroe
Justice of Peace
Cliff Preslar
McInroe
Mitchell
David Brynes
Thill
Henry
Tyler Rites Held For Mrs. Eva Laura Tyler in Pecos
The funeral for 72 year old Eva Laura Tyler was conducted Sunday at the Assembly of God Church in Pecos with burial in Fairview Cemetery. She died after a brief illness Saturday in Memorial Hospital. Born November 6 1893 in Ennis she had lived in Pecos 34 years after moving from Honeygrove. Survivors include four sons J J Jim Tyler of Midland Homer Tyler and Leonard Tyler of Garland, six daughters E E Musick Big Spring Doyle Maston Garland Jimmy A King Goldsmith Joe Smith Pecos Jo Ann Tyler and Jeannette Tyler of Pecos also two sisters and nineteen grandchildren plus nine great grandchildren.
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Eva Laura Tyler
Assembly of God Church
Pecos
Fairview Cemetery
Pecos Funeral Home
George Tyler
Odessa
J.J
Jim’ Tyler
Midland
Homer Tyler
Leonard Tyler
Garland
E.E. Musick
Big Spring
Doyle Maston
Jimmy
Clarence
Leonard Isaacs
Lamesa
C.E
Red’’ Isaacs
Elmo Isaacs
Eddie Smith
O’ Donnell
Harry Humphries
Dallas
Firefighters battle house blaze at 4th and Locust
Firemen tackled a house fire at 4th and Locust reported near 11:10 a.m. yesterday. The flames caused considerable damage from fire and smoke and were extinguished after 32 minutes.
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4Th and Locust
Police Activity At Saragosa Hall Reports Vandalism and Theft
Isidora Cobos reported a 1966 wire spinner and a radio antenna removed from a car parked at Saragosa Hall between 7:20 and 10:20 last night. Mrs. Lowell Harden of Monahans reported broken left door window dome light radio switches and rear view mirror while she played bingo Sunday evening. Elizabeth Holley lost her billfold at Gibson's Saturday containing $14 and identification. Dalton Mosay said the Pecos school system No. 10 bus had its gasoline drained on Dec 18 and a floodlight in the lot was broken to hide the act.
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Isidora Cobos
Saragosa Hall
Lowell Harden
Monahans
Jan Elizabeth Holley
Gibson’s
Dalton Mosay
Pecos
Kai Tak Airport Hazards Highlight Narrow Runway Risks
Air pilots describe Kai Tak as a difficult landing site with a mile long runway flanked by water and harbor. Weather, crosswinds, and a close taxiway add danger, while planned expansion aims to extend the strip and improve safety and fuel reserves.
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Hong Kong
Kai Tak
Saigon
Cathay Pacific Airways
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Kowloon
Far East
Tokyo
Seoul
Singapore
Bangkok
Hernandez Family Attends Punt Pass Kick in San Diego
Fernando Hernandez Jr. and family traveled from Pecos to San Diego on December 5 for the Punt Pass Kick contest. They met San Diego Chargers, received autographs, and watched the Cincinnati vs San Diego game. Fernando Jr. placed second after winning Hobbs New Mexico and Phoenix Arizona regional contests. The trip was all expense paid by Ford Motor Company.
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Fernando Hernandez Sr
Fernando, Jr
American Airlines
San Diego
California
Hernandez
Hilton Hotel
San Diego Chargers
Cineinnati
Fernando
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Owens
Darrey Owens
BY Phil Pastoret
Buddy
Pfc
Beniet Chabarria
Becky Mora
Isaac
Ventura Chabarria
Germany
Enterprise
South Pecos
Texas
Rotary Club
del Rio
DPI
U. S. Customs
Harold K. Colema
Albert L. Shields
Richard R. Craven
Tyler
Bessie Haynes
East Pecos
Igh
J.O. Strother
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