Balmorhea Holiday Socials And Trips
Balmorhea reports school parties after the week, with a 2:30 p m dismissal on Thursday following Santa visits. Local families, including Coach Bill King and Mrs. King, Angie Wilson, and Larry Cheshier with relatives in Wichita Falls, planned holiday gatherings. Amy McIntire hosted a Toyahvale Bridge Club party with high scorer Nan Cate and Pat Towler’s Bingo prize. other attendees included Louise Adams and Sadie Kingston. A bus trip by Senior Citizens to Pecos for last minute shopping, led by Nancy Towry, drew ten riders despite bitter cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy McIintire
Toyahvale
Nan Cate
Mildren Stroade
Pat Towler
Pecos
Nancy Towry
Calendar of Pecos Area Weekly Club Meetings
Daily listings show Pecos area clubs meeting through Monday to Friday at varied times and venues including Lions, Optimist, AA Al Non, TOPS, Barstow Lions, Business and Professional Women, Rio Pecos Extension, Jayceeettes, Leche League, Rotary, and Jaycees with routes to regular sessions, open and closed meetings, and special activities at Senior Citizens Center and local hotels and community centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Saragosa Hall
Pecos AA
Al-Non
N. Oak
Balmorhea
Old Senior Citizens Center
Second
Hickory
S. Eddy St
Barstow Lions Club
Barstow Community Center
Hickory Housin Center
Rio Pecos Extension Club
Hickory Housing Center
Pecos Jayceeettes
Downtown Lions Club
Holiday Inn
Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar St
Huff and Puff
Pecos Rotary Club
Pecos Jaycees
Alpine Lodge
S. Cedar
Stocks slip on Christmas Eve quiet trading
New York stocks opened with scattered losses as traders prepared for a four day Christmas weekend. The Dow Jones fell 1.54 to 837.37 at noon, with losers outnumbering gainers 3-2 on NYSE has nine point four million shares traded by noon, volume down from Friday. Chrysler rose 3/8 to 7 1/4 after a Congress approved aid plan and Iacocca voiced confidence in interim financing. The NYSE composite slipped to 61.58 while the American index was off 0.82 at 241.62. Tape ran four minutes late as orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Shiek Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Chrysler
Congress
Lee Iacocca
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Schools urged to combat head lice during holidays
Sandra Smith urges Pecos parents to inspect children for head lice during Christmas break. She describes lice eggs as pray white, notes they attach to hair, and says school officials will advise on treatment. She offers to donate time to help check students and asks families to sanitize belongings and brushes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Lee
Daly
Res
Sandra Smith
Cactus
Local rancher earns auctioneering diploma in KC course
Earl J. McElroy of Pecos Texas completed a two week Missouri Auction School program in Auctioneering and Auction Sales Management in Kansas City. He earned a diploma and honorary Colonel title alongside auctioneers from the United States and Canada. The course covered antiques livestock real estate machinery and estate auctions with rapid chant training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McElroy
Dick Dewees
Missouri Auction School
Earl McElroy
Earl J. McElroy
Park Street
Pecos
Kansas City
United States
Canada
America
Missouri
Kansas
Butler named permanent head of Texas State Teachers Association
James T. Butler, who had served as interim executive secretary of the Texas State Teachers Association for five months, was made permanent at a Saturday meeting on December 15. TSTA President Cecile Russell announced the appointment. Butler previously led the West Coast regional NAEB office before being hired as interim administrator last July after Callie W. Smith resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Butler
Texas State Teachers Association
TSTA
Cecile Russell
Amarillo
Butler
West Coast
National Education Association
Callie W. Smith
Stormy Texas weather clears as snow ends across state
Stormy weather moved eastward out of Texas by dawn ending snow and rain. Skies were cloudy in the north and clear in the south with light snow in the Panhandle and a few showers in far East Texas. Early temperatures ranged from near 20 in Southwest Texas to the low 50s along the coast with 18 at Marfa and 54 at McAllen at 4 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Panhandle
Texas
Marfa
McAllen
Christmas Eve services set across community churches
Several churches announce Christmas Eve services with candle light ceremonies and planned music. St Catherine's Catholic Church hosts midnight Mass Santa Rosa Catholic First United Methodist at 6:30 p.m. First Presbyterian Church at 5:30 p.m. Iglesia Methodista Unida San Pedro at 6 p.m. St Mark's Episcopal Church at 11 p.m. Trinity Lutheran at 11 p.m. and Christmas Day at 10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Catherine's Catholic Church
Santa Rosa Catholic Church
First United Methodist
First Presbyterian Church
Iglesia Methodista Unida
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Santa
Are
Bill King
Snyder
Angie Wilson
Barnet
Larry Cheshier
Baby
Wichita Falls
Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Cantaloupe City
CPS
Reddy Room
Pecos Enterprise
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ken Dulaney
Lewis Barrett
Linda Daniel Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Ruth Wells
Reeves County
Reeves, Ward, Loving, Culberson
Jeff Davis Counties
MSE
White Sale
Calhonus _AN
Montgomery Ward
Ruby Lewis
Kioyous
Greg Bland
A&b Automotive Gene Abila & Employees
Norma Jean
S. Eddy Ers
Merry Christmas
Sandell’s Wrecker Service
Williams Dept
S. Oak
Carltons Shoe Store
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