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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1976
Page
2
The chamber of commerce will hold its January meeting Saturday at the Community Center at 10 a.m. New officers will be elected and installed, and dues will be collected as membership time arrives. President Tony Parker will conduct the meeting.
BALVORHEA MR. AND Mrs. Billie Lozano hosted Christmas dinner with Lina and Billie Fay Garcia of Odessa Patsy and Gene Bejaran of Odessa Lisa Lozano of Odessa Mary Jane and Betty at home and sister Inessa Hernandez of California with Frances Dominguez of Balmorhea also visiting The Fred Vasquez home hosted Carmella and Mr Chavez and their children while Mr and Mrs Arthur Casias from Austin and the Vasquez family from El Paso attended Also school tax office opens Friday 9 to 2 to collect 1976 taxes The school resumes Monday with teachers returning for the new semester Sanderson varsity basketball visits Tuesday Grandfalls tournament Thursday junior teams travel to Fort Stockton for games at 4 pm
Noon market report from New York shows the Dow Jones industrial average at 996.34 after a 3.74 decline as investors profit taken. Leading economic indicators up 1 percent last month suggested momentum, but traders failed to push the index above 1000.
Fire officials in Midland say arson is a definite possibility in two blazes. The Unitarian Church on North A Street suffered heavy damage Monday evening while a vacant Fort Worth and Ohio street house burned early Tuesday with no utilities connected. No arrests reported.
NY AP reports International Management cites a West German survey of 153 secretaries showing praise and boss recognition top the list, with small gifts valued. only one secretary liked being taken to dinner. Paul McCartney tops Rock Superstars Magazine poll as the most popular rock star, Elton John second, Bob Dylan third.
A county investigation found a five year old report misstated dispatch plans. Ernest Nelson said the DPS had not agreed to take over dispatch for a consolidated police department. Since then both DPS and the sheriff's department have built new facilities, altering the original proposal.
Cotton City Industries and J C Penney recall about 16 000 ponchos sold May to November 1976. The acrylic garment with a cotton fringe may ignite if the fringe touches an open flame or high heat source. Pontlos distributed through J C Penney stores and limited sales to Foley's Houston and small local shops.
Marshall William Kinney Jr, 28, from Leola Pennsylvania, finished a cross country trek with his dog Muscoda and mare Maybelline after hardships including lightning in South Dakota blood poisoning frostbite and medical care in Montana. He aims for Lake Tahoe then Hot Springs Arkansas to end his slow travel quest and meet people along the way. He started with $100 and earned odd jobs to fund the trip while Maybelline grazed roadside and Kinney ate natural highway fare.
Death notices report Magdalena Rubio 78 of Pecos died in Reeves County Memorial Hospital with services pending at Pecos Funeral Home. Conrad Stolzenbach 75 died of a heart attack while golfing. to be cremated in Dallas with survivors listed. AAP notes crow protection changes by National Geographic Society and U S Fish and Wildlife Service, plus vendor return guidance on Penney’s ponchos.
Barbs dinner events and Lions Club meetings listed for Monday and Tuesday at various venues including American Motor Inn Lions Den Pecos Optimists Chaparral Village Steak House and the Senior Center. AARP luncheon and Social Security help at Community Action Office noted with times and locations.
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