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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1976
Page
7
A reflective piece warns that Christmas spirit fades with time and commerce. It recalls childhood wonder and lists festive visits as families in Balmorhea Pecos and nearby towns welcome relatives for holiday meals and celebrations.
The 20th Century Club met in the home of Mrs. Chris Hinz on Dec. 15. Members were served Christmas finger sandwiches, lemon bars, carmelitas and eggnog prepared by hostesses Linda Lundgren, Mecca Kenney, Gail Box, Barbara Precht and Joyce McGowen. Guests included Marcella Lovett, Becky Painter, Pat Ethridge and Ann Pennell. members in attendance were Cynthia Armbuster, Barbara Armstrong, Ann Evelyn Eisenwine, Nelva Foster, Ann Dycus, Jane Green, Janet Faulkner, Margie Mayfield, Carol Naylor, Ethel Collier and Sue Lee.
Readers seek guidance on premarital sex pressure in a troubled home, rude neighbors in a high rise, cruise tipping and dress, and general courtesy. Ann cites counseling, warns of a "squirrel cage" home, and advises practical manners for travel and social behavior.
Chad William Painter son of Mr and Mrs Bill Painter of Pecos celebrated his first birthday with a Dec 16 party. Guests included his grandparents Mr and Mrs E B Painter, aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Danny McCarty Cheryl cousins Dana and Doak Painter and friends Mr and Mrs Bob Ladley DeDe and RJ.
Eleven of twelve students completing the vocational nursing program in September passed the state licensing exam on the first attempt. One student will retake the test. OC's averages show 521 for OC graduates versus 480 state average. first attempt pass rate about 92 percent vs 85 percent statewide.
Jana Glier a 19 year old junior at Texas Christian University joined the TCU Student Foundation public relations committee and helped in a 15 day phonothon raising 66000 for Texas Equalization Grants scholarships up to 300 per semester. She called alumni nationwide, worked 16 hours, and estimates she personally raised 4000 to 5000. The event also included a Cowtown Shindig and other Foundation activities. Glier hails from Pecos where she taught briefly and where her father Frank Grier works for Robinson Chevrolet.
Phillip O. Tyree of Pecos, field superintendent for Duval Corporation Sulphur Division, completed Harvard Business School PMD a 14 week course to prepare managers for higher responsibility. The fall class of 126 included participants from the US and 22 other countries with topics from marketing to labor relations and world society. PMD has been held since 1960 with fall and spring sessions at Harvard Business School.
Seventeen Odessa College students including Mrs. Mary N. Smith of Pecos are named to Who's Who in American Junior Colleges for 1977 selections based on GPA leadership and activities. Nominees must be sophomores. biographies will appear in the national publication released in spring 1977.
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