Obituaries From Pecos Enterprise January 3 1977
Obituaries list several Pecos residents with details of funeral services. William Na than Evitts 58 dies at Veterans Hospital Big Springs with survivors Myrtle widow Otis Richardson DeWayne Richardson. Lyndall Bag gent Elkins 61 dies Reeves Memorial Hospital and services in Pecos Funeral Home with burial at Fair view Cemetery. Jimmy J Strong 71 funeral in Pecos Funeral Home Chapel with burial Evergreen Cemetery notes his birth Wolf City and residence Pecos since 1950. survivors include wife Myrtle Dow and several children and stepchildren. Barbara Dugan Delight Royal and others connected to Monahans and Dallas appear among family references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William N. Evitts
William Nathan Evitts
Pecos Funeral Home
Evitts
Veterans Hospital of
Big Springs
Quinton County
Oklo
Pecos
Slaton
First Baptist Church
Myrtle
Otis Richardson
Breckinridge
DeWayne Richardson
el Paso
Lyndall B. Elkins
Lyndall Baggent Elkins
Fairview Cemetery
Eden
Claude
C.L. Elkins
Bowden Baggent
Fredericksburg
Pearl Payne
Jimmy J. Strong
Evergreen Cemetery
Strong
Reeves Memorial Hospital
Wolf City
Monahans
First Christian Church
Terry Strong
Teena Strong
Houston
Leonard Perryman
Grand Prairie
Pruit Perryman
San Antonio
Barbara Dugan
Uma, Ariz
Delight Royal
Bill Strong
Charles Strong
Dallas
Clay Burns
Brownsville
Fred Laird
Red Haywood
Pecos teacher named to head district unit
Billie Kay Sadler, a second grade teacher in Pecos, was elected president elect of District XIX of the Texas State Teachers Association. The seven county Trans Pecos district covers Pecos to Presidio to El Paso and includes over 4,000 teachers. She will lead in 1979 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Kay Sadler
Pecos
Texas State Teachers Association
Presidio
el Paso
Trans-Pecos
Sadler
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Teachers Association
Stay longer Texas proves bargain mecca for vacationer
Texas emerged as a bargain vacation mecca in fall 1977 with out of state and foreign visitors staying longer. A Travel and Information Division study shows average stay rose to 10.16 days from 6.39 in 1976, boosting total group spending by 23 percent despite lower per day expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Department of Highways
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Travel and Information Division
California
Market Opens Year With Sharp Dow Drop As Dollar Weakens
The New York Stock Exchange edge lower at midday as the Dow Jones average falls 0.32 to 822.85 amid broad losses. The dollar's slide against European currencies spurs fear among investors, with Southern Co. active at 17.44 and the Big Board index down 0.42 to 52.08. American Exchange value index down 0.49 to 127.40 as NYSE volume totals 7.83 million shares. Cash grain quotes mark a mixed agricultural session with wheat, corn, oats, and soybeans trading on slight shifts.
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New York
Wall
NYSE
Big
American Stock Exchange
Baroque Collection Acquired by Boston Museum of Fine Arts
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston adds 22 Baroque and classical instruments to its Leslie Lindsay Mason Collection, including two Viennese grand pianos and a rare double manual harpsichord. The Edwin M. Ripin collection, described by a spokesman as of the highest caliber, was donated by Ripin, a leading early keyboard authority who died in 1975. The collection contains 10 keyboard instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Museum of Fine Arts
Edwin M. Ripin
Leslie Lindsay Mason
Ripin
Billie Kay Sadler Elected President Elect of District XIX TSTA
President-elect Billie Kay Sadler has been chosen to lead District XIX of the Texas State Teachers Association. She will represent over 4,000 teachers in the district and assume the presidency for the 1979 80 school year.
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Billie Kay Sadler
Texas State Teachers Association
Death of Paul Ackerman Former Billboard Music Editor
Paul Ackerman longtime Billboard music editor and leading country music authority died at 69. He retired in 1973 and passed away New Year’s Eve at his home in Queens New York, marking the end of an influential career in the music industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paul Ackerman
Billboard Magazine
Ackerman
Billboard
Borough of
Queens
Farm Bureau to tackle low prices at Houston convention
The American Farm Bureau to meet January 8 12 at Houston Civic Center to address low farm prices and economic pressures. Texas will send 15 voting delegates. about 15 000 attendees from 2.8 million farm families nationwide. Focus on expanding export markets cutting production costs and limiting government interference. discussion also on the new farm bill and potential stockpiling. Governor Briscoe to greet attendees. Baylor University coach Grant Teaff to speak at Organization Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
American Farm Bureau Federation
Houston Civic Center
Texas
Alaska
Lone Star State
John C. Stephens
Abilene Christian Univeristy
Baylor University
Grant Teaff
TFB
Carroll Chaloupka
Warren Newberry
Texas Farm Bureau
Bob Gruner
Canyon
Elizabeth LePori
Gonzales
Kenneth Lindig
Albert
Gillespie County
Jody Edmond
Report Highlights Multiple Local Incidents
Police logs list a room left in shambles by a renter at the Sunday House, gunfire near East Second Street, a disorderly conduct complaint in front of a residence, a bike theft from a yard, a school burglary with valuables taken, a BB gun shooting incident, a stolen CB antenna, a cracked sliding window, a drunken driving arrest after a pole collision, theft of sugar from a pickup, and a damaged window at Earl’s Cafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Wells
Pecos
Ruben Garcia
S. Pecan Sr
East Second Street
Tomas Mata
S. Locust St
Armando Ramirez Chavarria
Chavarria
S. Alamo St
Frank Parks
Jeff Jones
S. Hackberry St
Jesus Antonio Bernal
Odessa
Bernal
E.J. Nesony
Missouri St
Calendar items and police report notes from Pecos
Calendar entries for Lions Club Amistad Lions Club Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous TOPS Club Optimist Club Pecos Art Association Downtown Lions Club Modern Study Club Senior Citizens Center Game Day and other events plus police reports of antenna removal from a State vehicle and traffic accidents in Pecos with citations for speeding no license drunk driving and related incidents. An ambulance transfer to Odessa hospital is also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
S. Oak St
Federal Parlor
Optimist Club
Saragosa Hall
Pecos Art Association
3Rd St
Holiday Inn
Modern Study Club
S. Bois D'Arc
Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar
S. Cedar St
Jesus Antonio Bernal
Odessa
Texas Street
Bernal
Pecos
Public Service
I.D
Paul Dutchover
Sycamore St
Gerald Anthony Gonzales
S. Oleander St
Walthall Street
Dutchover
Higinio Saaverdra
Kansas
Horace Jesse Porter
Wetmore
Tex
Saaverdra
South Cedar Street
Odessa Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pecos Enterprise
Classroom Teachers Association
Sam Houston College
Sul Ross University
Sidney Sadler
Bessie Haynes
Cecil
Cynthia
Sylvia
Sherard
Mike
Sul Ross
Cash Grain Chicago
DSA
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
Cedar Street
Pecos Texas
Ken Dulaney
Lewis Barrett
A Ane Osborn Doris Welch Puben Baca
E'Ily Galindo Caplos Nichols Array Carpenter
Reeves County
Tal Om Reeves
Ward
Loving. Culberson
Jeff Cior
Seco
Area News
UNDUP
American Farm Bureau
Acua Capella Chorus
Dolph Briscoe
Son
Mathis
A&m University
Charles W. Jarvis
San Marcos
Farm Bureau
Richard Beckendorff
Katy
Roger Moore
Mattie Ephriam
Mesquite St
Doyle Lawrance
Jose Hernandez
Ecos
Ernest R. Nelson
Texas Department of Public Safety
Cary Rac Ea
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