Mormon missionaries bicycle through Pecos two young elders
Elder Kenneth Lucas and Elder Thomas Westbrook, 20 and 19, are two-year missionaries in Pecos serving door to door and with referrals. They travel in pairs, live modestly, and save funds while receiving no church salary. They attend Sunday services and keep letters and limited Christmas and Mother's Day calls home.
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Kenneth Lucas
Thomas Westbrook
Pecos
California
Lucas
Redding
Westbrook
Orange County
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Mormon Church
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints
Gene Douglas
Jesus Christ
Spencer W. Kimbell
Utah
From Rock Bottom to Sales: Self Image and Faith Helps
A reader seeks to reconnect with clients after losing major accounts and questions how to bridge spiritual insight with practical sales. Peale advises reshaping self image as a child of God with inherent ability, while a booklet offer and contact details accompany guidance for turning confidence into action.
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Colum
Mrs. Peale
Box 500
Pawling
N.Y
Pecos Holiday Visits Highlight Big Family Gatherings
Dozens of relatives from Midland to Las Cruces spent Christmas and New Year in Pecos with the Medina, Portillo, Vasquez, Payan, Ortega, Martinez, and Garcia households. Guests included Judy, Lalo, Pilar and families, Pete Fuentes en route to Iowa, and many grandparents and siblings from Marfa, Dallas, El Paso, Balmorhea, and Carlsbad. The piece also notes Mormon visitors describing welfare farms near Pecos and a Mormon quest for education, plus local plans by Lucas and Westbrook to pursue teaching and medicine. The report closes with contact details for outreach and presentation efforts.
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Judy
Lalo
Pilar
Debra
Diana
Gail
Pete Fuentes
MIA
Iowa
Pete
Kosa TV
Jose Fuentes
CU — Juan
Sylvia Portillo
Leo
Eva Portillo
Juan
Regina
David Leo Jr
Marfa
Pecos
Mary
Pete Ramos
Willie
Rosa
Richard Portillo
Alpine
Portillos
Sylvia
Pete Aguida
Elias
Rosa Payan
Ernest
Concha Swanson
Mark
Scotty
LeRoy
Sandy
San Antonio
Concha
A.L. Acosta
Payans
Rudy Reyes
Mesa
Ariz
Anabelle
Joe
Sylvia Hernandez
Fort Stockton
Watch Night planned by First United Methodist senior group
The church plans a Watch Party Friday night at 8 p.m. as part of Methodist Women activities. The Golden Rule Circle hosts the event in the church parlor starting 9:30 a.m. Also noted are Christmas visits by families from Odessa Monahans Midland and California and a note on Covenant Sunday January 9 with Contreas family. Production of shoes historically peaked in 1942 and 1959 for men's and women's footwear respectively. Communion services and Council on Ministry installations are mentioned.
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First
United Methodist
Norene
Hoover
Golden Rule Circle
Bureau of the Census
Odessa College President to Speak at First Presbyterian
Dr Phil Speegle Odessa College president and First Presbyterian Church elder will serve as guest preacher this Sunday at First Presbyterian Church Odessa. The service last Sunday proceeded without pastor Rev David Northcutt.
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Phil Speegle
Odessa College
First Presbyterian Church
Speegle
First Presbyterian Church of
Odessa
David Northcutt
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T. Marks” Bookstore
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