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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1968
Page
1
A garbled OCR rendition of Twas the Night Before Christmas with many spelling errors and odd characters. The poem describes St Nick visiting a house, delivering toys, and wishes readers a merry Christmas as the narrator observes the scene from the window.
The Pecos Eagles suffered three straight losses at the Fort Stockton tournament. They fell 93-48 to Crane, 80-47 to Lake View, and 64-40 to El Paso Eastwood. Bradley led Pecos with 12 points, Rodriguez 11, and Carter 4 in the opening game.
A number of Pecos retail merchants will be closed Thursday December 26 to allow their employees an extra day for the Christmas holidays.
Texas Liquor Control Board inspector states package stores must remain closed on Christmas Day under Texas liquor law. The advisory urges customers to plan ahead and stock up beforehand.
St Mark's Episcopal Church invites the public to a Christmas Eve Holy Communion service at 11 30 p m with Rev Charles E Allen as vicar. The forecast for the holidays shows a five day period with below normal temperatures and little to no precipitation.
Pecos police received a report from James Bell who said a note from his wife Linda, previously reported missing, had been found posted in Louisiana.
The Reeves County Commissioners Court held a secret meeting Monday at County Judge F H Ryan's office, excluding the press. Judge Ryan and Commissioner Tatum Etisen were present, with the session under an hour long and not conducted in the regular chamber.
Fire crews battled three car blazes and a gunfire disturbance in Pecos over several days. A car burned at 2226 Missouri on Monday at 4 25 pm taking nine minutes to extinguish. A Marine sergeant and family were delayed when their vehicle burned on HS 20. Firefighters also fought a cotton blaze on Hwy 17 at Hobangin for 54 minutes and handled a car fire at the American Motor Inn Sunday evening.
Funeral services were held Sunday in Brownsboro for J. F. Jackson 80 father of John Jackson of Pecos. The report covers court absences during a second meeting and a road project progress update, with details on a $720,332.96 bid, 35 miles of dirt work toward Duval, and Reeves County surveyor Armstrong. It also notes a separate fatal asphyxiation at the Scott Keeling Circle Ranch near Van Horn and a related obituary for Nona Taylors husband Carl Taylor.
Pecos Civil Air Patrol received word at 1 30 Sunday the unit was placed on alert status for a 180 Cessna en route from Tuscan Arizona to Waco Texas. A ground search tracked the aircraft to the area near the Big Bend country and along the New Mexico line, ending the mission before airborne crews deployed. Local CAP members operate both air and ground searches and assist Civil Defense officials during disasters. The unit meets at 1128 Meadowbrook St behind the Community Public Service Offices and invites new members via Kim or the CAP Building on Tuesday evenings.
A hit and run on U S 80 east of Van Horn in Culberson County at 4 30 am Monday killed two men and left the driver unknown. Wendell Dixon 57 of Portland Oregon and Alberta Hester Hill 56 of Cleveland Ohio died at the scene or Memorial Hospital. The 1964 Chevrolet pickup was forced to the shoulder and struck a cement culvert after being passed by an unknown vehicle. Investigating officers were DPS Highway Patrolmen Donald Mecklin and Charles Cheek.
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