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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1978
Page
2
Odessa College announces a midwinter term starting Tuesday with fourteen courses offered. If courses remain unfilled, registration will occur on the first day of classes. Programs listed include Biology 2201 Marine Ecology Drama 2350 and others across English geography government history math nursing sociology and more.
The Dow Jones average climbs 4.56 to 798.08 as oil price headlines fade. Boeing gains after a 120 million aircraft order. Occidental rises while Mead faces opposition. AT T reports 18 percent earnings growth but falls on FCC rate‑order concerns. Cotton futures rise with modest gains midday. Odessa College mini term credits offered through Dec 26 to Jan 5. Lisa Smith to sing on Oral Roberts Christmas Special.
Odessa College hosts day and evening adult basic education courses beginning January 8. Clarice Claiborne notes the program covers GED preparation, general education development, math, English, social studies, science, literature, spelling and citizenship. Classes are free, with multiple sites across Ector County and Permian Basin counties.
Richard Thorp won the Rugen Deer Rifle in a Pecos Jaycees drawing held at Gibsons Discount Center. Kenneth Allen and Ray Lewis presented the prize on behalf of the Jaycees.
In a letter to the editor Lupe Sandusky thanks doctors nurses family friends and neighbors for support after a back operation and three month cast. She notes help from Dr Palmer Leo Elliott and others who aided visits rides and medical needs. She recalls Pecos as a friendly community and mentions her Pecos roots and past.
George Shel ton Bishop 55 dies in Houston after illness Funeral at Pecos Funeral Home Thursday with Rev W Homer Nowell officiating Burial in Fairview Cemetery Survived by widow two sons a daughter father a brother four sisters and three grandchildren Born May 24 1923 in Lamar County a World War II veteran Resident of Pecos 32 years in mobile home moving business
Carlsbad Caverns and Guadalupe Mountains National Park officials announce that applications for temporary jobs in calendar year 1979 will be accepted until Jan 15. Packets are available at 3225 National Parks Highway Carlsbad NM 8 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. weekdays. The National Park Service is an equal employment opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race age sex creed color national origin or political affiliation.
Reeves County Sheriff Raul Florez said his department is investigating oil field equipment thefts from two leases in the Trans Pecos region. The two sites reported over the past weekend, with a combined value estimated at $30,000. Information will be released as the investigation progresses.
The Report notes Pecos Ambulance Service carried a non emergency patient at 3 p.m. Wednesday from Reeves County Memorial Hospital Pecos to a hospital in Odessa. Police investigate a collision on South Cherry Street where an unknown vehicle backed from a driveway and hit a parked 1971 sedan near 1901 S. Cherry at about 7 34 p.m.
A weekly list of clubs and meetings including Lions Clubs in Pecos and Barstow, Amistad Lions Club, Pecos Evening Optimist, Pecos AA and Al-Non, TOPS groups, Rotary and Ministers fellowship. Notes include locations, times, and contact numbers. Christmas closure listed for the Senior Citizens Center on December 25.
Odessa College will open an adult learning center in Baskin Hall on Jan. 2 after a holiday break. The center operates 8 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday and 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, offering self paced instruction for adults without a high school diploma in English GED math spelling social science natural science and literature.
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