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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1968
Page
2
Pecos Cupid portrayed by Bill Oden wore a Valentine shirt and led a group of lonely cowpokes in a skit at the Annual Beta Sigma Phi Valentine Sweetheart Dance.
The three Beta Sigma Phi chapters crowned their sweethearts at the Valentine dance at Pecos Valley Country Club Saturday. Honorees included Mrs Merlin Bennett Xi Beta Sigma, Mrs Tommy Peer Zeta Psi, and Mrs Bill Chapman Omicron Beta, with last year’s sweethearts named for each chapter. The program, introduced by Mrs Jimmy Lumpkin in Western attire, featured a Tombstone Hotel backdrop and Cupid Bill Oden in Western garb.
The Ensign Obadiah Trimier chapter of the Daughters of American Revolution held a George Washington Tea on February 8 at Mrs. Bill Mattox home. Winners Miss Kathy Walker and Miss Debbie Pruitt of Balmorhea received Good Citizen awards. Officers for 1968 69 were elected including Regent Mrs. Jane Cameron and Vice Regent Mrs. McIlvain.
The Young Homemakers of Texas stage a bake sale Wednesday starting at 9 a.m. at the Piggy Wiggly on West Third. The piece notes a separate statistic: more than 22 million Americans suffer from heart and blood vessel disease.
The schedule lists key political deadlines from February 12 with the county executive committee meeting to apportion election costs, through February 26 candidate filing fees, March 5 absentee ballot applications by mail, April 15 absentee voting begins, April 24 to 26 campaign expense filings, April 30 final day for in person absentee voting, May 4 the first primary, May 7 canvass results, and May 11 county convention.
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