Eagles Blast Seminole in District 2AAA clash
The Warbirds defeated the Seminole Indians 82 to 54 as Norman Tinkler scored 37 points for the Eagles. The team led 22-13 after the first quarter and built the margin through the third quarter amid strong contributions from Don Walker and Tinkler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mighty
Warbirds
Seminole Indians
Norman Tinkler
Eagles
Seminole
Tinkler
Don Walker
Pecos
Indians
Th Eagle
Eagles and Indians Split Games With Rowdies And Seminoles
In the final quarter the Eagles scored 22 while the Seminoles had 9 as Eagles players led with Tinkler 37 Davis 13 Walker 16 Cameron 6 Anderson 4 Terry 4 Lewis 4 Prewit 2 White 2. Indians top scorer Donal Robert 18 and Jim Livingston 15. Rowdies beat by Indians 63-48 with Chris Spray 17 and Jimmie Simmons 12. Rowdies total 69% free throws while Indians 61% 29 of 45. Next Eagles games: tomorrow versus Yellowjackets in Kermit then Friday hosting Andrews Mustangs.
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Eagles
Seminole
Indians
Rowdies
Yellowjackets
Kermit
Andrews Mustangs
Funeral Rites Set For Mrs Poer
Funeral services for Mrs. W. E. Poer longtime Pecos resident are set for 3 p.m. tomorrow February 9 at First Baptist Church with Rev. Leslie Smith officiating. Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery. She died Sunday afternoon after a week in Memorial Hospital. She is survived by three sons Nathan and Stanley of Pecos.
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W. E. Poer
Pecos
First Baptist Church
Leslie Smith
Fairview Cemetery
Obituary of Susie Pearl McIlvain Peer Poer of Pecos
Susie Pearl McIlvain Peer Poer of Pecos dies at age 83 after a long life on ranches in the Pecos area. Born May 3 1886 near Hillsboro Texas she moved with her family to Pecos in 1902 and later lived at 611 South Alamo. She married W E Peer in 1905 and had nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. A First Baptist Church member since 1906 she was active in WMU and civic affairs including the Merry Home and Garden Club. She was converted at Paisano Camp Meeting during a sermon by Dr. George W Truett. She lived with her daughter in Pecos last year.
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W. E. Peer
Pecos
South Alamo
Poer
WMU
Paisano
George W. Truett
Peer
Merry Home and Garden Club
Essay Contest Set for Grover Cleveland Exhibit
A museum essay contest linked to the Grover Cleveland exhibit opens March 18 1971 at the Presidential Museum in Odessa Texas. Pecos High School juniors may enter on the topic The Political Life of Grover Cleveland with prizes including a 25 dollar Savings Bond and medals for top three.
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Grover Cleveland
Ector County
Odessa
Texas
Pecos High School
Ries
President Museum
Texas Weather Winter Storm Grips State Panhandle Snow Deep Freeze
Numbing cold sent temperatures below zero in the Panhandle and glaze ice coated roads. A snow storm began in northwestern Texas and spread to Central Texas with flurries in East Texas. Hard freeze warnings issued for many regions as coldest weather of the season settled in. Northerly winds gusted near 40 mph along the Gulf Coast. Dawn readings included 2 below zero at Dalhart and 0 at Amarillo with 5 at Lubbock. Snow spread from Sunday into Abilene Wichita Falls and Denton areas.
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Associated Press
Panhandle
Texas
Gulf Coast
Dalhart
Amarillo
Abilene
Childress
Lubbock
Brownsville
Wichita Falls
Denton
Pecos High School Graduates Honor Ceremony at First Baptist
The First Baptist Church will host Pecos High School's graduating class tonight at 1 for a Valentine banquet. The annual senior event has become a church tradition each year at this time.
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The
First Baptist Church
Pecos High School
Agriculture Conference Scheduled
The Chamber of Commerce announced a one day Trans Pecos Agriculture Conference on Friday February 19 starting at 8 45 A M in the Reddy Room at 1126 Stafford Boulevard Community Public Service Company District Headquarters A free barbecue lunch will be provided to attendees as part of the program helping farmers and stockmen improve profits using modern farming methods.
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Trans-Pecos
Community Public Service Company
Stafford Boulevard
Chamber of Commerce
Water Inc Plans February 19 Meeting in Hereford
Water Inc will hold its fourth annual Membership Meeting February 19 in Hereford drawing more than 500 of its 3 000 members. Keynote speaker Warren D Fairchild Assistant Commissioner Bureau of Reclamation will discuss Western States Water Resources planning and development. Other speakers include Brig Gen Harold R Parfitt Calvin Watts and Tinco van Hylckama. A pair of board meetings follow the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water, Inc
Hereford
Warren D. Fairchild
Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau
Fairchild
Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Commission
Nebraska Commission
Nebraska
Western States
Harold R. Parfitt
Southwestern Division
Dallas
Calvin Watts
Red River Valley Association
Shreveport
Louisiana
Tinco van Hylckama
U.S
Hot Pants Won’t Sell Says Research Firm Head
Chicago AP reports Louis Cheskin president of Louis Cheskin Associates says consumer reaction tests show hot pants will fail in the American market. He argues the term and style are objectionable and lack psycho social acceptance even among fans of the shorts.
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Chicago
Louis Cheskin
Pecos Boxers Reach Golden Gloves Finals in Odessa
Five Pecos boxers advance to finals at the 25th Odessa Regional Golden Gloves in Ector County Coliseum. Tonight's open and novice bouts feature Paul Hernandez and Ricky Miller of Pecos among finalists, with results from Saturday including Ruben Fuentes and Gabriel Herrera securing wins.
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Pecos
Odessa
Paul Hernandez
Anthony Cordovea
Carlsbad
Ricky Miller
Gabriel Herrera
Joe Louis Fuentes
Albert Anay
Arturo Rodriguez
Armando Rodriguez
Ray Lujan
Bennie Briones
Lamesa
Ruben Fuentes
Jerry Collins
Rueben Munoz
Rodolfo
Salcido
Ernest Hernandez
Memo Rubio
Joe Reyes
Joe Luis Fuentes
Frank Mendoza
Jerry Klein
Lee Solis
Abel Tersero
Ector County
Burkholder Named To NMMI Honor
Cadet staff sergeant Duncan Mark Burkholder son of Mr and Mrs Ben R Burkholder formerly of Pecos now of Roswell New Mexico was named to the First Semester Superintendent s List at New Mexico Military Institute Burkholder also served as Editor in Chief of the cadet newspaper Recall on the 1970 71 academic year He is a third classman and member of the Cadet Honor Board Society of Outstanding American High School Students and Student Rotarian 378 cadets earned honors across Superintendent Dean and Commandant lists.
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Duncan Mark Burkholder
Ben R. Burkholder
Pecos
Roswell
New Mexico
New Mexico Military Institute
John Clemmons
NMMI
Burkholder
the Recall
You Can Still Register Voters In Reeves County
Reeves County reopens voter registration immediately and statewide through February. Pearl Baker, Tax Assessor, notes the legislature voted to extend to February 28 1971, but local offices will not open February 27 and 28. Mail-in applications postmarked by February 28 are accepted. The Supreme Court had ruled Texas registration unconstitutional and lawmakers studied an extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves County
Pearl Baker
Austin
Barker
Supreme Court
Texas
Pecos Eagles Show Potential In Triangular Track Meet
Pecos Eagles placed in Odessa at W T Barrett Stadium with 4A Permian and 2A Ector despite 39 degree conditions. Carl Smith won the 120 yard high hurdles in 15.2 seconds and Ernest Calanchi took long jump at 19 feet 3 and 3 quarters inches. Borden Jenkins tied for second in the pole vault at 12 feet with Permian’s Gary Amburgey. The area track season opens Feb 26-27 with Ft Stockton Relays. Meanwhile, local thefts reported include an 8 track stereo and eight cassettes from a car on Wyoming, a damaged windshield, a red bike abandoned at South Pecos Elementary, a used battery and tool box thefts, plus a canvas bag and lunch kit theft from a Haliburton truck.
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Pecos Eagles
Odessa
W.T. Barrett
Permian High
Carl Smith
Pecos
Ernest Calanchi
Borden Jenkins
Gary Amburgey
Ft. Stockton
South Pecos
Jack
Bill
Mobil
Jack Davis
Washington
Lionel Crisp
Haliburton
Veterans in 16th District to Host Job Mart in El Paso
The Veterans Administration reports 46 760 veterans in the 16th District and outlines a planned Veterans Community Service Program and Job Mart in El Paso during April. In 1970 the district spent 14 672 000 on veterans benefits including compensation, pensions, readjustment, vocational rehab, insurance, indemnities, and direct loans.
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U.S. Veterans Administration
el Paso
Richard C. White
16Th
White
Veterans Administration
University of Texas At el Paso
Veterans Organizations
Veterans Community Service Program
Job Mart
Thirteen 4-Hers To Houston Stock Show
Reeves County 4 H Club members from Pecos Texas enter livestock for the 1971 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo February 24 to March 7 at the Exposition Building. Entries include 2 lambs 1 steer and 2 more entries from several members. Money and entry figures are expected to break records as scholarships and a $100 000 research program support Texas agriculture. Tickets available by mail from the Houston Show.
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Reeves County
4-H Club
Pecos
Texas
Houston
Greg Mitcers
Jim Bob McNeil
Lezlie McNeil
Ken Durham
John Lindsey
Julie Smith
Kirby Rankin
Texas Agricultural Colleges
Texas Agri-Business
Johnny Cash
Ist Baptist Adults To Have Banquet
The Annual Adult Sweetheart Banquet will be held Wednesday at 7 P.M. in the First Baptist Church Dining Room. Sponsored by the Men of the Church, the event features a program with MC Dick Naylor, speaker Larry Hargrave a Texas Tech senior and former Red Raiders ball carrier.
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First Baptist Church
Bill Moss
Dick Naylor
Larry Hargrave
Larry
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Cisco
Texas
Jim Carlen
Red Raider
Raiders
Georgia Tech
Tech
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Grand Jury Indicts Eight in Pecos District Court
The 143rd District Court grand jury returned eight indictments. In custody defendants Michael Richard New Bern and Charles Christopher Mallos face robbery by firearms with bonds reduced to 5060. Ruben Olvera Hernandez burglarized Pecos Housing Authority Jan 15 and Ramon Carrasco Jr. broke into Pecos Sporting Goods Jan 23 with bonds 1500. In-custody cases include these, while others not in custody face forgery, passing forged instruments, attempting to defraud by worthless checks, and theft by bane of a rental TV set. Warrants issued for arrest by Sheriff A. B. Nail.
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143Rd District Court
Michael Richard Newbern
Charles Christopher Mallos
Ruben Olvera Hernandez
Pecos Housing Authority
Ramon Carrasco Jr
Pecos Sporting Goods
Banee
A. B. Nail
Menu description for a home meal
A served plate features hamburger steak with brown gravy, whipped potatoes and green beans, plus a peach with cottage cheese, gingerbread, hot rolls with butter and milk.
West Texas Telephone to Spend 2.5 Million in 1971
West Texas Telephone officials announce plans to invest about 2.5 million dollars in 1971 for new construction in Pecos and Van Horn. About 92 000 feet of cable will be laid in Pecos with five new long distance lines between Pecos and Van Horn and a microwave expansion. A 37 000 project will nearly double long distance lines from Pecos to Sweetwater El Paso and Odessa. The company plans total expenditures over 92 000 for long distance additions and will replace damaged lines with new aerial or underground cable to meet growing demand.
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West Texas Telephone Company
Jack Holmes
Pecos
van Horn
Barstow
Cayanosa
Orla
Sierra Blanca
Toyah
Sweetwater
el Paso
Odessa
Holmes
West Tex
As Telephone
Continental Telephone System
West Texas
Chamber Directors To Meet This Month
The Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday February 9 at 12 noon in the Community Center Banquet Room. An Executive Committee session is set for 11 am in the Directors Room. All Directors are urged to attend.
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Chamber of Commerce
Community Center
Bob Hughes
Chamber
Mr. Hughes
Prisoners Improve After Suicide Attempt at Memorial Hospital
Charles C. Mallos age 18 and Michael Richard Newbern age 22, both of Florida, are listed in satisfactory condition at Memorial Hospital after attempting to take their own lives by slashing wrists with a razor. The two men were arrested Wednesday night at a local motel following an alleged robbery of a service station at gunpoint near midnight Thursday.
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Memorial Hspital
Charles C. Mallos
Michael Richard Newbern
Florida
Collins Graduates Airman First Class John R. Collins
Airman First Class John R. Collins, son of Mr and Mrs H A Collins of Barstow, completed technical training at Lowry AFB Colorado as an air armament mechanic. He is assigned to Nellis AFB Nevada with a Tactical Air Command unit and served as a specialist in F-11 and FB-11 weapon control systems. He is a 1968 Barstow High School graduate who attended the University of Texas at El Paso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Collins
H. A. Collins
Barstow
Lowry Afb
Colo
U.S. Air Force Air Armament Mechanics
Collins
Nellis Afb
Nev
Tactical Air Command
Barstow High School
University of Texas At el Paso
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Eagles Blast Seminole
Mrs, Pearl Poer
Valentine
Jim Bradley
Wyoming
Robert Diaz
Harold Phillips
Woodrow
Austin Cozart
Karl Marx
B. J. Thomas
Glen Campbell
Ist Baptist
West Texas Telephone
Collins Graduates
Johnny Hummel
Floyd Hummel
Vinh Long
Mekong Delta
Vietnam
Oakland
California
Rene Tri
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