Reeves County Retailer Density Surpasses National Averages
A Reeves County survey shows 238 retail establishments serving residents, equating to one store per 78 people. There are 146 stores with employees and an estimated 90 family owned shops without staff. The Commerce Department lists 14 food stores, 25 eateries, and 41 automotive outlets. No local business gains noted.
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Reeves County
United States
South Central States
Commerce Department
Young Family Loses All Possessions In Sunday Fire
Mr and Mrs Miguel Granado lost their home on the Dale Toone farm three miles south of Alamo and all belongings when the house burned Sunday morning as they attended church. Miguel Granado Sr received facial and arm burns from an explosion. cause unknown. Firefighters battled the blaze two hours and twenty three minutes with delayed calls due to out of service phones. A Caterpillar tractor at the city dump grounds was also on fire and extinguished in nineteen minutes.
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Pecos
Miguel Granado
Dale Toone
Alamo
Miguel Granaho
Miguel Granado Sr
Granado
Memorial Hospital
Balmorhea
Exum Service Held Sunday
Funeral services were conducted at the First Baptist Church for Weldon Exum aged 23. He was killed in a one-truck accident near Fort Leonard Wood Missouri on Wednesday with military rites at Fairview Cemetery.
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First Baptist Church
Weldon Exum
Ft. Leonard Wood
W. Leslie Smith
Fairview Cemetery
Weekend Wrecks Result In Four Traffic Citations
Pecos City Police cited four drivers for traffic violations after weekend crashes. Mike Pankey, speeding, hit a 1965 International truck driven by James Crawford Down in Fort Worth. Damages: $600 to the Chevrolet, $10 to the truck. The crash occurred at 2 50 p.m. Sunday at Hwy. 17 and I 20. Edwin J. L. Fike cited for following too close after his 1967 Chevrolet hit Enedina Vejil Abila’s rear 1959 Chevrolet stopped at a red light at West Third and South Cypress at 1 10 p.m. Monday. Abila’s car $150 damage, Fike’s $300. Floetta Scott Johnson cited for following too close after her 1964 Corvair hit John Herbert Rogers’s 1957 Plymouth station wagon stopped at East Third and South Oak at 2 48 p.m. Friday. At 10 02 a.m. Friday, Bille Wayne Hendryx cited after Sierra Plumbing Co 1955 White truck struck Time Freight Lines 1967 White Freightliner driven by Earnest H Ferguson at West Third and South Cypress while the truck was stopped. Citation: following too close.
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Pecos
Mike Pankey
T.E. Mercer
Fort Worth
James Crawford
West Monroe
Pankey
Chevrolet
Edwin J. L. Fike
Wanchula
Florida
Enedina Vejil Abila
Abila
West Third
South Cypress
Fike
Floetta Scott Johnson
Dallas
John Herbert Rogers
Odessa
Inter
East Third
South Oak
Bille Wayne Hendryx
Las Cruces
N.M
Sierra Plumbing Company
Time Freight Lines
Lubbock
Earnest H. Ferguson
Riverdale
Fla
Vandalism and thefts probe in Pecos over weekend
Pecos City Police investigated vandalism thefts shoplifting and burglary reported over the weekend. A bicycle was stolen from 1244 E 4th Street and a 1968 Chevrolet at Katy Motel had a rear window broken. The Popular Bar was entered by unknowns with beer taken and sunglasses shoplifted at Gibsons Discount Center. Two juveniles were apprehended one after a pursuit and the case remains under investigation. Chairs and a metal cabinet were stolen from Airlawn Lumber Company stored on site.
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Pecos City
Ben Natividad
4Th Street
Charles Beancave
Katy
Gibson’s Discount Center
J.E. Couch
A. C. Bishop
Airlawn Lumber Company
School Officials To Meet Chamber Directors Today
The Chamber of Commerce board will hold its regular noon meeting at the Community Center Banquet Room. President Ed McAnally says important matters will be on the agenda and all directors should attend. Ray Whitley and Jimmy Toone requested a discussion with chamber directors on community interests.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ed McAnally
President McAnally
Ray Whitley
Pecos
Jimmy Toone
Chamber
Rodeo Association Plans Thursday Meeting on July Fourth Events
The Pecos Fair and Rodeo Association will hold a special called meeting Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the Hubbs-Roberson building next to the Enterprise. The group will plan the annual July 4th Rodeo and Parade and discuss bringing a big name star to boost crowds.
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Rodeo Association
Pecos Fair and Rodeo Association
Hubbs-Roberson Building
Enterprise
Lions Club to Hear Mrs Avery on Indian Art
Downtown Lions Club and wives will meet at noon on Wednesday February 14 at the Community Center Banquet Room. Mrs Harlow F Avery an art major with a BS from Boston University of Practical Arts and Letters will display a portion of the Avery Collection. President Holub urges strong attendance.
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Lion Club
Harlow F. Avery
Avery
Boston University of Practical Arts and Letters
Lion
Holub
Pecos ISD sets April 6 1968 school trustee election
The Pecos Independent School District boards an election for Saturday April 6 1968 to elect three trustees for two year terms. Incumbents Floyd Brownlee Jr Jack Browder and Chester Kesey seek re election with Kesey newly appointed after Norman Eisenwine’s resignation. Candidates must be qualified voters and file by March 6 1968. Absentee voting runs March 18 to April 2 in the Pecos High School board room. Voting sites include Pecos Community Center Teen Room Orla Methodist Church and Saragosa School with judges named.
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Pecos Independent School District
Floyd Brownlee, Jr
Jack Browder
Chester Kesey
Kesey
Norman Eisenwine
Browder
Brownlee
Frank Grier
D& H Chevrolet
Pecos
Orla
Saragosa
Charles F. Manahan
Jimmy Cooksey
H.R. Honaker
Pecos High School
Lewis Cowart
Frances Gunn
Sylvia Meath
Elvin Reynolds
James B. Toone
Charles Mitchell
National Cottonseed Speaker Urges Sunflower Experiments
Dalton E. Gandy of the National Cottonseed Products Association urged local farmers to trial sunflower plantings of at least twenty acres to determine best practices. He cited the Trans-Pecos area as potentially profitable and emphasized detailed records, proper pesticide use approved by USDA, and cautious deviation from guidelines to improve future procedures.
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National Cottonseed Products
Dalton E. Gandy
National Cottonseed Products Association, Inc
Memphis
Tennessee
Reddy
Community Public Service Company
Stafford Blvd
Trans - Pecos
National Cottonseed Products Association
Gandy
Community Public Service
Jack Whetstone
Texas Cottonseed Crushers Assoc
John Negliazzo
Hearne
Texas
Ralph Winterrowd
William R. Bickley
Pecos
Paymaster Oil Mill Co
Gandy, Whetstone and
Bickley
Winterrowd
Buffalo Scout Ranch Camp Opens June 3 in Davis Mountains
The Buffalo Scout Ranch near Balmorhea, in the Davis Mountains, begins its six week summer camp on June 3 with potential for a seventh week. Pecos Boy Scouts may attend weeks two and three, per District Scout Executive L M R Rogers. The camp offers swimming hiking merit badges horsemanship and camp fires with Order of the Arrow ceremonies each Friday evening inviting parents and friends. Troops should reserve camp sites early.
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Buffalo Scout Ranch
Davis Mountains
Balmorhea
Pecos
Texas
West Texas
Boy Scouts
Camp Side
Order of the Arrow
Utah Idaho Sugar Men Visit Pecos For Beet Trials
Officials from the Utah and Idaho Sugar Company arrived in Pecos to meet with the Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee. They will tour local sugarbeet experimental plots with committee chairman A B Foster and attend an evening meeting with agriculture leaders and participating farmers.
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Utah and Idaho Sugar Company
Pecos
Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Committee
A.B. Foster
Pyote Home For Children Seeks Major Expansion
The Texas Youth Council seeks 21.4 million in capital improvements for West Texas Children's Home at Pyote. Planned are a 137,387 dollar chapel, 281,682 for admin cafeteria complex, 174,000 for laundry, 354,593 for street upgrades, and 430,879 for a student activities building. Brownwood delinquent girls school eyed at 3.3 million for 240 beds and 100 girl reception center.
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The
Texas Youth Council
West Texas Childrens Home
Pyote
Gatesville School
Gainesville School
Council
James A. Turman
West Texas
Pyote Air Force Base
Brownwood
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Ray P. Barrett
Prudential Company of America
Mr. Barrett
Boswell Insurance Agency
Shirley Mariott
Department of Public Safety
Robert Miller
Barstow
Johnnie Holub
Mariott
Jim McAnally
Western Auto
Lions Club
Joe Garcia
Bar—stow
33Rd Artillery
Vietnam
Usda Pesticides Regulation Branch
Buffalo Scout
Utah
Pyote Home For Children
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