Balmorhea Christmas Guests Come From Nearby Towns
Balmorhea area residents hosted relatives and friends over the holidays. Abilene’s Barbara Harrison and sons joined her mother and stepfather Mr and Mrs Louis Collins. Arlington and Fort Stockton families shared dinners with the Q A Crenshaws and J S Woffords. Visitors from Hobbs Roswell Saragosa San Antonio Pecos Midland and other Texas towns gathered for open houses and holiday meals as families reunite for Christmas and New Year.
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Barbara Harrison
Russell and
Scott of
Abilene
Louis Collins
Skip’’ Pridemore
Arlington
Jimmie Wofford
Fort Stockton
Q.A. Crenshaw
Pridemores
Woffords
J.S. Wofford
Saragosa
Sheriff's Report Records Arrests and Theft Losses
ARRESTS Donald Sydow 23 Robert Parks 18 and Delorise Sydow 20 at 2000s Scott Sunday for marijuana possession per the Sheriff’s Office. THEFT J C Foster 2137 Wyoming reports toolbox valued at 205 dollars missing from his garage on Friday.
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J.C. Foster
Wyoming
Sheriff's Office
Obituaries for Ellen J. Martin and Patricio Ornelas
Ellen J. Martin aged 74 of 1409 S Oak St died December 28 at Reeves County Hospital. Funeral services 2 p.m. Monday at First Methodist Church with burial at Evergreen Cemetery Pecos Funeral Home directing. Survived by daughter Mary Miller, brother Leo Jameson, two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Patricio Ornelas aged 79 of 310 Sycamore died December 29 at Medical Center Hospital Odessa. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday at Santa Rosa Cemetery. A railroader, Catholic, survived by wife Angie, son Francisco, daughter Martina, many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Ellen J. Martin
S. Oak St
Reeves County Hospital
First Methodist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Pecos
Leo Jameson
Fresno
Calif
Patricio Ornelas
Sycamore
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa
Santa Rosa
Mr. Ornelas
Pyote
Texas
Angie
Francisco Ornelas
Martina Ornelas
Hoop Shoot Schedule At West Pecos Gym
The annual Hoop Shoot contest set for Saturday January 5 at West Pecos Gym on Third St. Registration starts 9 a.m. for ages eight to 13, boys and girls. Winners judged by baskets made from 15 chances, advancing to district and possibly state. Call Roy Talley after 5 p.m. at 445-5031 for details.
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West Pecos
Third St
Roy Talley
Epworth Church Road Race Set in Carlsbad New Mexico
The Epworth United Methodist Church in Carlsbad NM sponsors a race day on Tuesday January 1 at 930 am. Four races 1 mile 3 miles 5 miles and 10 miles start and finish at the church. Entry is 5 dollars per runner. T shirts for all entrants. Eight men and several women divisions from under 9 to over 60 and 50 respectively. Prizes include color coded caps for top three in each division. New Year's Eve banquet at the church tickets 3 dollars. A free running clinic offered before or New Year’s Eve. For more information call 505 887 7501.
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Epworth United Methodist Church
Carlsbad
N.M
Orphan Train recollections echo from Pecos veteran
A Pecos lifelong resident recalls watching CBS film Orphan Train 1854 stories and confirms his own 1906 voyage from New York City to Fort Worth Texas. He details life with the Pruntys in Wise County and Pecos, later building Pecos first modern tourist court, marrying in 1927, and attributing his success to God and the Children's Aid Society.
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Pecos
New York
Children’s Aid Society of
New York City
West
Children’s Aid Society
N.Y
Orphan Asylum
Albany N.Y
Children's Aid Society
N.Y. City
Delaware
Children’s Aid
New York Center
Fort Worth
Texas
Bob Prunty
Ben Prunty
Berthol Emme
Wise County
Prunty
Ben Pybas
Tex
Fort Stockton
Pruntys
USA
Sanger
Altho
Nyc
SSI Recipients To Receive $45 Fuel Aid In January
Texas SSI recipients will get an extra 45 in January to help cover higher winter energy costs. Social Security Admin computes the special energy check amounts by a three part formula using weather, SSI recipient counts, and energy use.
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Texas
E.L. Fisher, Jr
Odessa
Social Security
Social Security Administration
Permian Basin
Department of Human Resources
Community Service Administration
Hawaii
Texas traffic deaths fall below Texas DPS forecast
The New Year holiday period in Texas shows 12 traffic fatalities reported versus a predicted 56 deaths by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Names and ages of the deceased include Joseph Puente 23 in Dallas and James Newman 27 among others.
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Associated Press
Texas Department of Public Safety
DPS
Texas
Austin
Joseph A. Puente
Dallas
James B. Newman
Tommy Plummer
John Mader
Lolita
Edna
Community Club Schedules Week by Week
A dense list of weekly meetings and openings for local clubs and groups. It includes Lions Clubs Optimist Club Rotary Jaycee branches and senior centers with venues such as American Motor Inn Lions Den and Holiday Inn. Times range from 7 p.m. to 1 5 p.m. with multiple weekly meets.
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Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Cantaloupe City CB Club
CPS Reddy Room
Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar
Huff and Puff
Pecos
Saragosa Hall
Barstow Lions Club
Barstow Community Center
Hickory Housing Center
Rio Pecos Extension Club
Pecos Jaycee-ettes
Downtown
Holiday Inn
Pecos Rotary Club
Pecos Jaycees
Alpine Lodge
Police reports and incidents from Sunday to Friday
Police report a car fire at Seventh and Eddy at 1 29 p m. Ambulance for Bertha Villarreal's mother. Francisco Baeza transfer to Odessa. Woman ill at 700 W Eleventh. Burglary at 308 S Oleander. furniture overturned, nothing stolen. Wire door screen missing from Pecos Housing Authority warehouse. Auto collision on Eddy involving Steven Manry and Jeffery Park Bryant. no citations. Dennis Wilkins cited for defective brakes after collision at Third and Eddy.
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Dick Pattillo
Seventh and Eddy
Bertha Villarreal
S. Pecan
Pecos
Dennis Odell Wilkins
Rafael Dominguez Orosco
Third and
Eddy
Wilkins
Market Wrap as Holiday Week Begins Across Sectors
Volume was light as traders take a four day New Year break with markets closed Tuesday. Big Board volume reached 13.39 million by midday, vs 15.3 million last session. Wheat No 2 hard red winter at 4.28 2n, corn 2.73 2n, oats 1.75 4n, soybeans 6.27 4n. Cotton futures mixed with gains, Dow Jones at 838.40, down 0.51 for Industrials, while Trans and Utilities also lower.
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Cash Grain
Chicago
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Roswell, N.M
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Will
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Wilbourn Carrico
Friska Gilliland
Bill McIntire
Buck Towler
Helen Martin
Fl Paso
Mrs. Cromwell Barlow
Billie Dale Toone
San Antonio
Dale Toone
George
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Lubbock
Jennifer Ann
Jay Ortega
Billy Lozano
Mrs. Allen Gilbert
Sherry Clark
Blanket
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Alpine
Vince Gilbert
Stephenville
Maud Clark
San Angelo
Sam Disney
Ance
Wes Elliott
Susie
Tissie Ann
Cherry
Mario Acosta
Tadie Patrick
Marfa
Sheriff's Report
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
Curt Wallis
Dennis Jack Brown
Belton
Irving
Sharon McKinney Murdock
Bedford
Rose A. Webb
Mercedes
U.S
Raymondville
Mark Darwin Johnson
Lone Star
Johnny Lee Mikes
Cuero
Lockhart
Brownlee
Police Department Report
Francisco Baeza
Retta M. Blount
Country Club Drive
S. Oleander
Steven Arthur Manry
Jeffery Park Bryant
Cotton Futures
New York Cotton Exchange
DOW Jones New York
Dow Jones
A.m
Indus
Wackers
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