Juniors decorate for senior banquet in Madera Valley
Madera Valley Young Homemakers schedule a enchilada supper for February 21 at the Community Club from 6 to 8 pm. Tickets are $1.75, $1.50 and $1.00, available from members or at the door. Balmorhea Credit Union sets March 2 for annual meeting with salad supper. Amy McTyre chairs the arrangements. two new directors to be elected. Balmorhea Cemetery Committee at City Hall with plans for donations, maintenance, and grave work. watering and repairs run March through October. trees and shrubs healthy after wet weather. a clean-up to follow.
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Balmorhea Juniors and Seniors Plan Banquet
Balmorhea school juniors and seniors set February 15 for their junior-senior banquet with a decorating committee preparing decorations and supper. A band is hired and after supper dancing will follow in the school cafeteria with a Valentine theme. Separately, the south Balmorhea area experiences flooding from an underground water spring inundating several streets, leaving one home submerged. the city engineer investigates the cause as rains recede and residents seek aid.
Dow Dives on Jobless Rise After Postwar High Unemployment
The New York stock market opened with broad losses as the postwar unemployment rate surged to 8.2 percent, a peak not seen since 1941. The noon Dow fell 6.33 to 707.84, with declines outpacing advances on the NYSE amid 36 minute trading halt due to computer trouble. The American Stock Exchange index slid to 75.09, while traders weighed the jobless data against a partial price rebound later in the day.
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Erwin Drunken Driving Trial Moved to Corpus Christi
AUSTIN AP County Court-at-Law Judge Brock Jones moved former University of Texas Regent Frank Erwin's drunken driving trial to Corpus Christi after four days of testimony on venue. Erwin did not comment, seeking fair treatment due to his controversial history and prior media coverage. Erwin's lawyer Roy Minton said Corpus Christi residents know less about Erwin, while Travis County Atty Ned Granger said the move could shift problems to another county.
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Burglars Steal Stereo From Fuentes Furniture
Burglars broke a window and ransacked Fuentes Furniture at 312 Pecan St during the night Wednesday. Police say several items in the warehouse were overturned, but only a stereo set valued at 200 dollars was reported missing.
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Crockett Junior High Ninth Grade Volleyball Beats Monahans
Rhonda Bryant reports Crockett Junior High eighth grade volleyball team defeated Monahans at home. The squad won the first game 15 to 9 and the second 16 to 14 with starting six Leeta Lewis Criselda Reyes Becky Woods Leslie Cassell Diana Contreras and Tammy Wilkerson. Coach Terri Valero provided strong backing throughout.
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Monahans
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Criselda Reyes
Becky Woods
Leslie Cassell
Diana Contreras
Tammy Wilkerson
Terri Valero
Crockett Junior High Beats Seventh Grade B Team 28 21
Crockett Junior High hosted a Friday basketball game as the eighth grade B team defeated the seventh grade 28 to 21. Leading scorers for the B team were Molinar with 8, Shuler and Callaway with 6 each, Thorp 4, Gomez and Acker 2 each. for the seventh grade Molinar and Garcia had 6, Winckles 4, McBroom and Kirkwood 2. Coaches were Danny Martinez for seventh grade and Felix Arias for the eighth grade B team.
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Gregg Callaway
Smokey Thorp
Alfred Gomez
Russell Acker
Rene Molinar
Danny Garcia
Ken Winckles
Chris McBroom
Paul Kirkwood
Danny Martinez
Felix Arias
Alpine Mosley named Alpine police chief replacing Duncan
ALPINE Mosley named new Alpine chief of police after acting Duncan resigns to join Culberson County Sheriff's Department in Van Horn. Mosley brings 10 years with Midland PD including juvenile section homicide investigation and creation of narcotics intelligence and vice division. Duncan resigned recently to pursue new post.
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Bomb rocks KRON TV in San Francisco
An anonymous call warned of a bomb at KRON TV, triggering a blast in a stairwell that caused no injuries. Police tied the attack to a wave of radical violence across the Bay Area, with Francis A. Martin III noting about 40 people were present inside the building.
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Deaths Services Pending for Cleo O Shipman in Pecos
Cleo O Shipman 58 died at Odessa Medical Center Hospital at 6 35 am He was a Pecos resident since 1966 born December 7 1961 in Gatewood Michigan a driver for Merchants Freight Lines Survived by wife Arlee parents E P and Mrs Shipman Cape Girardeau MO one son David Shipman San Diego daughter Beverly Brown Odessa two sisters Nita Townsend Grand Blanc Mich and Juanita Lovelady Flint Mich a brother Don Shipman Inglewood Calif five grandchildren Services for E G Hoelscher 72 brother of Albert Hoelscher Pecos were held in Olsen Tuesday after death in San Angelo Longtime Runnels County resident active in farming and ginning Survivors include wife Amelia four daughters Gladys Hoelscher Ballinger Mrs Leon Freich Norton Mrs Paul Kobel San Angelo Deloris Hoelscher San Angelo son Robert Hoelscher Cyclone Leo Hoelscher Fort Worth three sisters Mrs Otto Schnieder Rose Bud Mrs Mary Schneider Temple Mrs Arnold Breteck Cyclone
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School Menu Week Highlights Student Meals
Tuesday corn dogs with mustard and greens mark the lunch offerings alongside corn dog day. Wednesday features fried fish with potatoes beans peaches and a peanut butter cookie. Thursday presents Frito pie with corn and cabbage salad plus Southern cornbread. Friday offers a hamburger on a bun with fries and a cherry blossom cake.
Sturgeon at Tsaritsyn Served at Court in Sleigh Rides
Sturgeon caught at Tsaritsyn in the Russian Empire were kept unconscious with vodka and rushed to the tsar's court on sleighs packed with hay. The journey could take up to a month, yet the prized fish arrived alive and intoxicated.
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Community notices and club events calendar excerpt
A dense schedule lists Alcoholics Anonymous rooms at 212 S Oak, multiple weekly meetings across Balmorhea Pecos and nearby towns, plus Lions, Scout, Weight Watchers, TOPS and AARP activities. A wildlife note recalls sea otters near extinction in 1907, now about 50 000 across Alaska British Columbia Oregon and Washington per wildlife management and World Almanac.
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