Future teachers win awards at convention in Fort Worth
At the Fort Worth Future Teachers Convention on February 24 delegates Conda Hill Suzan Owens Connie Shoemaker and Cynthia Gonzales attended. Mrs McNutt and Mrs Shepherd accompanied them with assignments. McNutt drew a state money making project and received a calculator while Cynthia Gonzales won the Miss FTA runner up trophy and the Yearbook earned its 14th state trophy. Mrs Shepherd received the John H Lovelady Lifetime for Youth Award with six thousand attendees watching.
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Future Teachers Convention
Fort Worth
Pecos
Conda Hill
Suzan Owens
Connie Shoemaker
Cynthia Gonzales
McNutt
Shepherd
FTA
Miss Gonzales
John H. Lovelady
Odessa Art Exhibition Opens March at Odessa College
The Odessa Art Association hosts its 21st Annual Permian Basin Exhibition March 4 to 14 in the Odessa College Fine Arts Building. Dr. Emilio Caballero, WTSU professor and Royal Society of Arts Fellow, will judge and give a demonstration March 4 at 2 30. Entry days are Feb 24 noon to 9 pm and Mar 1 9 am to 9 pm. Prizes total 1000 across five categories with a public reception March 4 from 2 to 5 pm.
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Odessa Art Association
Permian Basin
Odessa College
Emilio Caballero
West Texas State University
Canyon
Columbia University
New York
Royal Society of Arts of Great Britain
WTSU
Monnie Stevens Piper
Caballero
Market tumble as oil inflation and turmoil rattle stocks
New York stocks slid in moderate trading as fears of higher oil prices and inflation weighed on sentiment. The Dow Jones average dropped to 817.57 at 11 a.m., down 3.55, while the NYSE volume neared 12.5 million shares. Polaroid led most active list with a 2 point fall to 39 5/8. Cotton futures were mostly lower at midday, with strict low middling at 60.81 cents per pound.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Polaroid
NEW York AP
New York Cotton Exchange
DOW Jones New York
Dow Jones
Dow Jones 11 A.m
Indus
Pecos Soldier Finishes Fort Bliss Army Sergeants Major Academy
Master Sergeant Kenneth L Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Asa Dillon of Pecos, recently graduated from the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy at Fort Bliss Texas. The 22 week resident course emphasizes leadership and human relations, resource management, military studies and world studies.
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Kenneth L Moore
Asa Dillon
Pecos
United State Army
Fort Bliss
Texas
Pecos High Vocational Counselor Thanks Editor
Larry Sloan Pecos High School vocational counselor expresses gratitude for editor support during Vocational Education Week February 11 17 1979. He praises the special edition on cooperative education students and offers future assistance to the newspaper.
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Larry Sloan
Pecos High School
Mexican nationals jailed for immigration misdemeanor
Guadalupe Martinez Garcia, 24, and Enrique Flores Mora, 19, two Mexican citizens illegally in the United States, were sentenced to 120 and 179 days in prison respectively by U.S. Magistrate J.M. Preston of Pecos after pleading guilty to immigration misdemeanor complaints. Each defendant acknowledged rights to trial before a magistrate.
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United States
U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
Guadalupe Martinez- Garcia
Enrique Flores-Mora
Mexico
Pecos Soldier Jose L. Flores Completes OSUT at Fort Benning
Pvt. Jose L. Flores of Pecos has finished One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning Georgia. The 12 week program combined basic and advanced training in weapons qualifications squad tactics patrolling landmine warfare field communications and combat operations. He is qualified as a light weapons infantryman and indirect fire crewman. His wife Alma and parents Mr and Mrs Juan M Lopez reside at 505 S Walnut Pecos.
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Jose L. Flores
Alma
Juan M. Lopez
S. Walnut
Pecos
Fort Benning
Pecos Native Kenneth H Hughes elected to Miller Co board
Pecos native Kenneth H Hughes was elected to the board of directors of Henry S Miller Co Realtors and promoted to executive vice president of the Commercial Retail Division. A long time Miller executive since 1968, he is noted for shopping center leasing development and international brokerage.
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Kenneth H. Hughes
Henry S. Miller Co., Realtors
Miller Company
Hughes
Miller
Balmorhea City Council sets April 7 election and notices
Balmorhea City Council met February 22 at City Hall with six members listed. Delinquent taxes totaling 5502.01 were sent to a lawyer. Absentee voting begins March 19 for four council seats to be filled at the April 7 election at the Community Center. Court duties include judges and clerks Corina Brijalba Sally Dominguez Fidela Jasso Mildred Trada. The American Association of Retired Persons offers a Defensive Driving course March 2 3 with fee 4 for members and 7 for others. Registration led by Norm Trada. Local residents mentioned include Nora Brijalba Amelia Carrillo Buck Towler and Nell Jones. Ambulance duty rosters sequentially list volunteers by date.
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Balmorhea
Helen Humphries
al Miller
Clemente Alvarez
Linda Bryan
Billy Lozano
Katherine Carrasco
Corina Brijalba
Sally Dominguez
Fidela Jasso
Mildred Trada
American Association of Retired Persons
AARP
Norm Trada
Pecos High student takes third at El Paso speech tourney
Pecos High School student Pam Weinacht earned third place in Girls Extemp at the Irvin High School Speech Tournament in El Paso and qualified for the Texas Forensic Association State Tournament in Waco in March. Other Pecos participants included Mike McKeown in Prose Reading finals, Pat McKeown in Girls Extemp, John Clark in Boys Extemp, Connie Walden in Poetry Reading, and Alice Speh in Prose Interpretation.
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Pam Weinacht
Pecos High School
Irvin High
el Paso
Miss Weinacht
Waco
Texas
New Mexico
Mike McKeown
Pat McKeown
John
Defendants face fur smuggling charge in Pecos court
Five defendants appeared before U S Magistrate J M Preston on a conspiracy to smuggle fur skins into the United States. David William Adams of Marathon was released on 15000 personal recognizance bond. Four Mexican citizens, all in ACCF, are held in lieu of 30000 bond each as investigation continues into their illegal alien status.
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U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
United States
U.S. Treasury Department
David William Adams
Marathon
Ramon Riojas-Chavez
Juventino Javier Martinez-Martinez
Jose Leon Flores-Castillo
Jose Luiz Diaz- Caballo
Adams
P.O. Box
Mexico
Local Club and Community Gatherings Schedule
Wednesday events include Downtown Lions Club at the Holiday Inn at noon and Senior Citizens Center activities at 10 a.m. Balmorhea Senior Citizens Center hosts Health clinic. Thursday features Pecos Rotary Club at noon and Pecos Ministers fellowship meetings on the second and fourth Thursdays at Franklin's Restaurant. Pecos Jaycees meet Sundays at House Restaurant and on the second and fourth Thursdays at 7 30 p.m.
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Lions Club
Pecos Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos
Saragosa Hall
Pecos AA
Al-Non
S. Oak
Balmorhea
Barstow Lions Club
Barstow Community Center
Old Senior Citizen Center
Hickory
Eddy St
Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar
Holiday Inn
Balmorhea Senior Citizens Center
Pecos Rotary Club
Franklin's
Pecos Jaycees
Pecos Ambulance, Crim Misdeed Hit Pecos Areas
A series of incidents and transfers sweep Pecos from Feb 23 to Feb 26. A 13 year old, Herman Montes, sustained eye injuries after a hospital transfer to Odessa Medical, with neurosurgery planned. Police investigate two criminal mischief cases at local businesses and a parking lot theft scene.
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Pecos
Barstow
Reeves County Hospital
Odessa Medical Center
Herman Montes
Mary Montes
Balmorhea
RCH
Odessa
Daggett
GSI Exploration
West Third
Willow
Fred Ortega Vasquez
N. Halagueno
Carlsbad
N.M
Odessa Medical Center Hospital
Monahans
First National Bank
PPD
United Department Store
S. Oak
Texas Public Schools Week Observed Across Texas
Texas Public Schools Week runs March 5 through 9 with Gov. Bill Clements proclaiming the observance. TSTA leader Virginia Stacy notes the 125th anniversary of free public education in Texas and the organization’s planned events with teachers and Masons to invite public participation.
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Texas
Austin
Texas Public Schools
Democracy In Action
Texas Public
Texas State Teachers Association
TSTA
Virginia Stacy
San Antonio
Stacy
Mexia
Bill Clements
Texas State Board of Education
Texas Masons
Permian Basin Law Academy Announces Seventeenth Session
The Permian Basin Law Enforcement Academy begins its seventeenth basic recruit training session from March 5 to April 27. Open to all regional recruits, the program covers criminal law, investigations, community relations, patrol procedures, and emergency care. Funding comes from a criminal justice grant by the Permian Basin Commission.
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Permian Basin Law Enforcement Academy
Permian Basin
Permian Basin Commission
Softball Meeting Announced by Pecos Recreation Dept
Jim Edwards Pecos Community Recreation Department director announces an organizational meeting Monday March 5 for Men’s and Women’s softball in the Community Center Banquet Room at 7 p.m.
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Jim Edwards
Pecos
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Pecos Enterprise
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
American Council On Education
Msg Moore
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ken Dulaney
Lewis Barrett
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Reeves County
Reeves, Ward, Loving, Culberson
Jeff Davis Counties
University of Texas At Austin
Southern Methodist University
Henry S. Miller Co
Dallas
Houston
Frankfurt
Brussels
Nora Brijalba
Amelia Carrillo
Buck Towler
Alice, Texas
Mrs. Morgan
Nell Jones
Gary Lofton
Delbert Mooney
Tana Oates
Sharon Harrison
Gary Harrison
Tony Parser
Chuck Markham
Buddy Bryan
Charley Oates
C.T. Gray
Ike Ward
Earl Water
Allen Gilbert
Chris Gilbert
Jake Cameron
Becky Lofton
Tommy Martinez
John Briggs
Hardin-Simmons University
Abilene
Midland College
Washington
Conference Board
Law Academy
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