Balmorhea Social Roundup and Holiday Events
Balmorhea residents hosted visitors including Miss Dana Ray Owens of El Dorado and the Don Fres land family from El Paso during Christmas gatherings. The High Five Cotton Express announced a Country Club dance Friday night open to all, while Madera Valley Young Homemakers met December 21 for a Candy Making program and fundraiser. Balmorhea High School FHA students staged Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer for a Christmas party with kindergarteners, featuring Santa Claus and elf roles, followed by refreshments and small gifts.
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Dana Ray Owens
el Dorado
Bob Moore
Cotton Express
Madera Valley
Treasury
Jake Cameron
Balmorhea High School
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
FHA
Santa Claus
Dolores Carrasco
Santa
Yolanda Lopez
Rudolph
Lori Parker
Luz Montoya
Rosa Sanchez
Sophia Lujan
Game night for seniors set at Pecos Senior Center
Billie McCormick director of the Pecos Senior Center announces a game night at the center on Friday starting at 7 p.m. The event will be held at 119 S. Cedar with pre New Year activities planned.
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Billie McCormick
Pecos Senior Center
S. Cedar
Wheat and stocks report from Chicago market brief
Wheat quotes for No 2 hard red winter and No 2 soft red winter with prices around 2.89 and 2.73. Corn No 2 yellow near 2.23 with hopper and box figures. Oats No 2 heavy about 1.45. Soybeans No 1 yellow near 6.02. Wednesday corn at 2.22, hopper 2.17. Dow Jones at 11 a.m. shows declines in Industrials and Utilities with mixed Transport and overall stock totals.
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Chicago
New York
Dow Jones
A.m
Indus
Borger native G. William Miller named Fed chief
Federal Reserve chairman designate G. William Miller, born in Borger Texas, rose from Borger High School student to Textron president before being named by President Carter to replace Arthur Burns as head of the Fed on January 31.
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Borger
Texas
Federal Reserve Board
G. William Miller
Textron Inc
Texas Panhandle
Amarillo Globe News
Miller
Borger High School
Amarillo College
University of California
New York
Textron
Carter
Arthur Burns
Fed
Beaumont pair win 142500 Irish Sweepstakes pot
G W Llewellyn and Sam Rosa won 142 500 from the Irish Sweepstakes Hurtle race with a 3 60 bet on Decent Fellow. Llewellyn in Beaumont Texas and Rosa in Neder land say they will likely buy wine now and may enter again in March.
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Beaumont
Texas
G.W. Llewellyn
Sam Rosa
Llewellyn
Rosa
Nederland
New York
Lucky Sam
Uncle Sam
White named Democratic National Committee chair in Carter era
President Carter tapped John White a longtime Texas agriculture commissioner to succeed Kenneth Curtis as DNC chairman. White, deputy secretary of agriculture, is seen as loyal and able to unite diverse Democratic factions and will have direct access to the president and authority to hire and fire DNC staff.
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Washington (Ap
John White
Department of Agriculture
White
Carter
Kenneth Curtis
Democratic National Committee
Texas Agriculture
Curtis
Maine
DNC
Texas
Allen Shivers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Shivers
Antenna Stolen From Car in Trailer Park Incident
Johnny F. Lamb reported seeing a thief remove a CB antenna from his car at the Country Club Trailer Park. The suspect and two others fled the scene before Lamb could intervene. Louis Telles reported a hit and run at Popular Grocery after his pickup was struck while parked. A citation was issued to Jose Flores for failure to leave information at the scene.
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Johnny F. Lamb
Country Club Trailer Park
Sp. 25
Lamb
Louis Telles
Missouri St
Telles
Popular Grocery
Jose Flores
S. Sycamore St
School Lunch Menu for Jan 2 3
On Monday January 2 the meal features baked cheese sandwich creamed peas shredded lettuce with dressing pears and milk. On Tuesday January 3 the menu offers a corn dog with mustard pickle spears pinto beans seasoned spinach peach cobbler and milk.
Calendar of Pecos events and club meetings
Calendar of coming events in the Pecos area lists Lions Club meetings at the American Motor Inn and Lions Den on Monday, Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon at 125 S Oak, TOPS Club mornings, Optimist Club evenings, Downtown Lions at noon, Game Day at the Senior Center Thursday, and a preNew Year game night for seniors Friday and 30.
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Pecos
Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
S. Oak St
Federal Parlor
Optimist
Saragosa Hall
Holiday Inn
Senior Center
S. Cedar St
Public hearing set on firing of Officer Bill Davenport
A letter to the editor urges citizens to attend a 6 p.m. public hearing on Thursday, December 29, about the firing of Officer Bill Davenport. The writer defends Davenport as a fine officer and questions turnover in the Police Department, citing training costs and systemic issues.
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Bill Davenport
Wildfire windbreak seedlings available across West Texas
The Texas Forest Service offers windbreak and wildlife shelter plantings in West and Central Texas with seedlings of Austrian Pine Baldcypress Catalpa Chinese Elm Cottonwood Osage Orange Ponderosa Pine Shumard Oak Slash Pine and Sycamore Also Black Walnut seeds for March shipment Seedlings cost 10 per hundred with a 100 seedling minimum order Ships from Indian Mound Nursery by parcel post or freight Orders and full payment due by February 11 Seedlings not for resale or landscaping Contact Robert Fewin TTU for applications Soil Conservation offices and county agents can assist equally
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Texas Forest Service
Texas
Indian Mound Nursery
Parcel Post
Robert Fewin
Plant and Soil Science Department
Texas Tech University
Lubbock
College Station
Slow cotton market in Far West Texas as week ends
Agricultural Marketing Service reports very slow market activity with harvest and ginning well advanced. El Paso spot price for Grade 41 fiber stands at 51.75 cents per pound FOB, March NY No 2 futures at 52.95, and growers pay $60 to $70 per ton for cotton seed. J A McAfee notes 3,400 upland samples classed this week, season total 50,100. Grade 41 leads with 25 percent, Grades 32 and 42 at 24 and 22 percent respectively.
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Texas
Agricultural Marketing Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
el Paso
New York
J.A. McAfee
Mike
Pressley
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Santa’s Elf
Santa's Elf
Snowman
Balmorhea
Don Fresland
Kim and
Kay
Federal Reserve Chief
Panhandle
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Pacific
Adriana
Shanghai
Nara
Japan
Democratic Party
Bob Eckhard
D-Texas
Ford Chapman
Barstow
Irene L. Garcia
Joe M. Garcia
Angelo State University
San Angelo
Miss Garcia
Pecos High School
Vietnam
U.S
Brandon
Optimist Club
Mike Lara
Joe Leyva
W. Texas
Das
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ken Dulaney
Lewis Barrett
Diane Osborn
Doris Welch
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Reeves County
Mai
Reeves, Ward, Loving, Culberson
Jeff Counties
T Kent Finley
The
High Cotton Express
Reeves County Sheriff's Posse
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