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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1980
Page
2
Shelley Walker and Tanya Ripley, third graders in Mrs. Jane Blackwell's class, recite and pantomime a poem during the annual Austin Elementary PTA meeting last night. Staff photo by Robert Hinojos.
Austin Elementary School held its annual student talent show during the January PTA meeting. Students from all grades performed acts including piano, gymnastics, pantomime, clowning, and poetry as a radio disc jockey theme featured Mr. M and Mr. C portrayed by Dale Moseley and Isaiah Tunson representing KFU.
Judge Larry Fuller announces Joe Trujillo as Chief Probation Officer for the 143rd District Court and Barbra Walsh as Fiscal Officer in Ward County. State funding from the Texas Adult Probation Commission will enlarge the probation unit, reduce officer caseload to about 100, and shift costs from Reeves County. Trujillo notes improved probation services with state support and reports his prior two years as Fort Stockton officer and five years on the local police force before moving to Pecos.
Plainview Texas AP Attorneys sought to trim 31 prospective jurors to a final panel to decide the fate of Louise Stone a self professed witch charged in the Halloween 1977 murder of a 15 year old girl Judge John Thomas Boyd severed Louise Stone from her husband Loy Dean Stone granting severance after jurors were set to be questioned Today the trial was delayed twice as prosecutors sought witnesses who apparently fled the area.
The Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District invites sealed bids for one new 1979 or 1980 model pickup of half ton capacity. Bids due by 5:00 p m January 10 1980 at the Superintendent, 1302 South Park Street Pecos Texas. Specifications available from the same office. The district may reject any or all bids and waive technicalities. Ray H Whitley Superintendent. Published January 9 1980.
Funeral services for Inez Lozano of Balmorhea were held at Christ The King Catholic Church in Brogado on Monday. She died in Big Bend Memorial Hospital in Alpine last Thursday night and was buried in Saragosa Cemetery. Lozano was born April 20, 1912 in Saragosa and is survived by a son, daughter, six brothers, two sisters, seven grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren. Also noted are a moved Balmorhea Credit Union office and local loan details, plus social visits of Louis Collins and Deke Jones families in San Angelo.
The Report notes an ambulance call to Shirley Coleman, 620 W Tenth, at 2:07 p.m. and an 11:48 a.m. dispatch to Safeway at 810 S Eddy for a woman who passed out. A brush fire was reported to Pecos Fire Department at 1:46 p.m. two miles west of Pecos on Highway 80.
Lupe Baeza of Saragosa reported a welding machine valued at 700 missing to the Sheriff's Office. The machine was later recovered. Billy Moore of Balmorhea notified the Sheriff's Office that several gates and doors valued at 500 were missing from his residence.
Advance tickets are now available for a barbecue dinner sponsored by the Young Homemakers. The event is set for Saturday January 26 from 5 30 to 7 p m during the Reeves Loving County Jr Livestock Show. Call Debbie Perkins at 445-5306 or Holly Barrett at 445-4951 before 5 p m to purchase.
Stocks rose at the opening as the Dow gained earlier for the day before retreating after news the U S economy performed better than expected. The Dow stood around 855 at noon with volume around 33 million shares, driven by a Commerce Department estimate of 2 to 3 percent growth in last year’s fourth quarter.
Odessa College will run spring extension classes in Pecos starting January 14 with late registration that day at 5 pm in the high school cafeteria and classes from 6 to 9 pm or 6 to 11 pm through May 8. Five real estate courses have prereqs waived and instructors secured.
Calendar page lists recurring meetings for Lions Clubs, Rotary, Jaycees, BPW, TOPS, and community groups through the week. Locations include Holiday Inn, Hickory Housing Center, and various senior centers. Dates indicate second and fourth Tuesdays and other weekly slots with times from morning to evening.
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