Boy Scouts Rally Highlights District Event in Monahans
Pecos Troops 67 and 68 joined 125 scouts from six troops for Scout Week activities culminating in a Monahans rally. Kermit won with 235 points, Grandfalls 205, Wink 195, Pecos 68 85, Pecos 67 83, Monahans 78. Awards went to Kermit for the trophy brown jug, Pecos 68 for over the top and first aid problems, and Pecos 67 for first aid bandages. Plans call for a March weekend camp with top patrols from each troop.
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Pecos Boy Scout Organization
Monahans
Kermit Troop
Grandfalls
Wink
Pecos Troop
Pecos 67
Kermit
Pecos Troop 68
Troop 67
Barstow
Mentsiie
Pecos
Gene Kellys Headed For Amarillo Visit
Mr and Mrs Gene Kelly depart today for Amarillo to spend the weekend visiting relatives and friends.
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Gene Kelly
Amarillo
Mr and Mrs Harper Wicker Return From Oklahoma City
Mr and Mrs Harper Wicker returned this week from Oklahoma City and are at home in the Slack apartment.
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Mrs. Harper Wicker
Oklahoma City
Slack
Mrs Albert Cooksey Recovers From Serious Illness
Mrs Albert Cooksey of Lubbock formerly of Pecos is recovering from a serious illness.
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Albert Cooksey
Lubbock
Pecos
Pecos Boys Take County Basketball Title After Edging Balmorhea
Pecos high school Eagles capture county tournament in a sequence of wins over Mentone and Balmorhea. Card leads Pecos with 11 points in the final 35 17 victory while Wicker adds 10 to secure first place.
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Pecos High School
Basketeers
Mentone
Balmorhea
Pecos
Toyah
Cleveland
Burchard
Love
Bugg
Wise
Bruise
Williams
Crenshaw
Kingston
Berkstresser
Schloemer
Poitivent
Burton
Moore
Eagles
Card
Roberson
Ellis
Wicker
Jarrell
Wilcox
White
Ulrich
Reed
Hickey
Dudfor
Barton
Tillman
Dodson
Capt
Garland Card
Pollivant
Prew
Sam Thomas
Richmond
Long
Little Bugg
Big Bugg
New Zealand Tops World in Per Capita Foreign Trade
New Zealand records the highest per capita foreign trade after adjusting for population, signaling strong international commerce relative to its size. Analysts note the nation's export growth and import patterns contributing to the leading metric.
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New Zealand
Pecos basketball season ends with quiet home games
Pecos is silent at home as the basketball season closes. Coach Harry Holcomb and Supt R Henry Blackwell note the season ends with the county tournament in Pecos and the district tourney at Fort Stockton next, where Reeves and Loving counties’ Eagles meet Grandfalls in the first round.
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Pecos
Freud
R. Henry Blackwell
Harry Holcomb
Fort Stockton
Eagles
Reeves and Loving
Ward
Thomas Leaves Mentone for Grandfalls Coach Role in District
YAM THOMAS, former athletic coach and director at Mentone, has moved to Grandfalls to coach their district tournament team. Pecos beat Mentone in county play last week, while Thomas still coached Mentone briefly. Grandfalls, strong all year, could upset Pecos in preliminaries. Monahans and Johnny Smith may yet win the Ward county tournament.
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Yam Thomas
Mentone
Grandfalls
Pecos
Tomas
Grandialls
Eagles
Holcomb
Thomas
Monahans
Johnny
Smith
Ward
Initial spring football training set with many hopefuls
The first spring football call will be issued next week as a large slate of candidates plans to attend. Several departed veterans are missing, while returning lettermen including Cole Armstrong John Gamel Claude Elkins and others vow to challenge the newcomers. Bench-warmers from last year, such as Bill Burchard Sisto Carrasco and Antonio Godhicca, will provide support for the squad.
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Claire Wicker
Bill Ellis
Kenny Richards
Garland Card
Eugene Donnell
Billy Pat Fulgin
Howard Collier
James Wingo
Lee Weatherby
Cole Armstrong
John Gamel
Claude Elkins
O. C. Payne
Frank Medanich
J. T. Prewit
Kenneth Griffin
Alonzo Gardner
Bill Burchard
Sisto Carrasco
Antonio Godhicca
L. A. Richards
Darrell Glover
Everett Scott
Johnny Smith’s football bet stirs local debate
A column scolds Johnny Smith for gambling on next year’s Monahans Pecos game and the Eagle Green Wave matchup. The writer mocks his bets, notes prior losses by the Green Wave, and warns that backing down would ruin the weekly column’s vigor.
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Johnny Smith
You-Know Where
Green Wave
Pecos
Johnny
Monahans
Eagles
West Texas Best Weekly
Soy milk from bean mimics many dairy and industrial products
The article notes that soybeans can be processed into milk with qualities similar to cow’s milk and can be used to produce margarine cheese oil glue soap glycerine printing ink celluloid and enamel.
New Coach Sam Thomas Succeeds Ziggy Sears at Grandfalls
Sam Thomas of Mentone has taken over as athletic coach at Grandfalls succeeding Ziggy Sears. Sears resigned amid reported conflicts with the Grandfalls school board and other officials. Thomas' salary is rumored at 2000 dollars a year.
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Sam Thomas
Mentone
Ziggy’’ Sears
Grandfalls
Sears
Thomas
Pecos District Meet Draws Set for Fort Stockton
Pecos high school representing Loving and Reeves counties will face Ward county in the district tournament at Fort Stockton this afternoon. Bracket pairings announced by Fort Stockton officials show Pecos drawing a bye to the second round while Reeves and Ward meet, Brewster and Terrell meet, and Crockett has a bye. The winners meet in the second round with Crockett or Pecos advancing to the district final for a regional bid.
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Pecos High School
Loving
Reeves
Ward
Fort Stockton
Pecos County
Brewster
Terrell
Crockett County
Reeves- Ward
Balmorhea Couple Transacts Business in Town
Mr and Mrs C C Wilson of Balmorhea were in town Wednesday transacting business. Mrs Joel Smith of Fort Stockton is here this week visiting with her brother Tom Crum.
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C. C. Wilson
Balmorhea
Joel Smith
Fort Stockton
Tom Crum
Sister of Mrs O Connor ill calls Mrs Camp to Brownwood
Mrs Jim Camp was summoned to Brownwood this week because her sister Mrs O Connor is seriously ill.
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Jim Camp
Brownwood
O’conner
Pecos Welcomes Business Visitor Chris Kitsos
Chris Kitsos arrived in Pecos on Thursday for a business visit. He met with local partners to discuss potential investments and economic collaboration in the region.
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Chris Kitsos
Pecos
New Explosive RPX Promises Big Power Gain Say Inventor
Wendell Zimmerman twenty four a UC postgrad student announces a new explosive secret named RPX claimed to be up to fifty three times more powerful than TNT. He says the formula was first proposed for interplanetary rocket tests and that he is in talks with world powers about its market.
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Wendell Zimmerman
University of California
Zimmerman
Miss Kheva Moon Eyes Pecos Rodeo Visit
Miss Kheva Moon of Wichita Falls has been visiting for three weeks with Mrs. Harry Moore. Moon expressed fondness for Pecos and desire to attend one of the Fourth of July rodeos.
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Kheva Moon
Wichita Falls
Harry Moore
Miss Moon
Pecos
Local hospital reports small improvements in several patients
Mrs J Y Crum in a local hospital shows slight improvement after two weeks of serious illness. Louis Lundin of Kermit, critically ill with pneumonia, is improved and remains in a Kermit hospital. Mrs Allan Hoefs of Saragosa recovers from an appendectomy. Mrs Bill Eiband convalesces after a major operation Wednesday. Miss Vernie Atchison recovers from a minor operation and convalesces.
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J. Y. Crum
Louis Lundin
Kermit
Kermit Hospital
Allan Hoefs
Saragosa
Bill Eiband
Balmorhea Visit By Ross Family Highlighted By Friends
Mr and Mrs Harry Ross and Miss Harriet Ross visited with friends and relatives in Balmorhea Sunday gathering with local residents and kin during a lone weekend trip.
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Harry Ross
Harriet Ross
Balmorhea
Lee Pool County Agent in Winkler County in Town
Lee Pool the county agricultural agent for Winkler county visited town on Wednesday to attend to business matters and see local farming concerns.
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Lee Pool
Winkler County
Euphuism Named From John Lyle's Euphues of 1579
The term Euphuism denotes a ornate prose style and stems from John Lyle's 1579 work Euphues. It traces to an elaborate rhetorical mode popular in Elizabethan literary circles.
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John Lyle
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