Teen Youth Club Formed by Civic League in East Side
The East Side Civic League forms a Teenage Youth Club meeting Thursdays 7:30 to 9:00 pm at the East Side Community Center. Officers include Donald White president and Veloise Shorter secretary. Sponsors include Billie Joe Wilson and two area pastors. Proceeds from planned dances and games go to the West Texas Children's Home and the March of Dimes.
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East Side Community Center
Donald White
Lee Ralph Davis
Christene Jenkins
Veloise Shorter
Bobby Ephriam
Donell Richardson
Billie Joe Wilson
George Riggs
O. Y. McCartey
Eddie Ferguson
L. J. Terry
Donnell Richardson
Sargent At Arms
Christene Jenskins
Reeves County Attorney Glover seeks re election
County Attorney H D Darrell Glover announces his candidacy for reelection to Reeves County. A Pecos native and Baylor graduate, he emphasizes training and experience to continue serving Reeves County as County Attorney. He lives at 1607 South Eddy with wife Mildred and son Hill.
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H. D
Darrell) Glover
Pecos Enterprise
Baylor University
Texas Tech
Glover
Reeves County
Pecos
Pecos High School
South Eddy
Mildred
Hill
Board Meet Set Today
The January meeting of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce has been re scheduled for Friday January 12 at 12 noon at the Community Center. Directors are urged to attend.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Ed McAnally
Austin
McAnally
Meyer
Junior College Coordinating Board
Community College Development Hearings In Austin Discuss Proposals
More than 100 people from about 20 Texas communities attended the Coordinating Board staff hearing in Austin at Crest Hotel on January 8. Pecos Chamber of Commerce leaders Ed McAnally and Harold Meyer spoke for the local group, praising the draft proposals while noting further planning and January 15 updates. Information was made available at the Chamber office for review.
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Texas
Coordinating Board
Crest Hotel
Austin
Pecos
Chamber of Commerce Committee On Higher Education
Chamber
Ed McAnally
Harold Meyer
McAnally
Mistrial Granted in Texas Assault Case Against Billy Roberts
Judge J H Starley granted a mistrial in Reeves County in the State of Texas versus Billy George Roberts 30 of Orla on an assault with intent to murder charge. The ruling followed inadmissible testimony about removing a weapon from Roberts car after his apprehension. A new trial date will be set as District Attorney A R Archer vows to pursue a final disposition.
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J. H. Starley
Reeves County
State of Texas
Billy George Robers
Orla
Roberts
Dallas
U. S. Highway 285
Pecos
Benz
Stroud
Foy White
Naylor
A.R. Archer
Monahans
Starley
D.A. Archer
What Are Policemen Made Of
A portrait of police work in humor and satire, exploring the impossible demands placed on officers. It riffs on the many roles a cop must perform from diplomat to medic to legal strategist, all while facing scrutiny, danger, and inadequate pay.
Directors Named to Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Five new directors were elected to three year terms by the Nominating Committee after tallying official ballots from Chamber members. The new directors are Sam Gann Roddie Harrison Bob Hughes Dudley Montgomery and J Robert Scott. Outgoing directors are Ben Meek Bill Hubbs Ed Daniel John Tomlin and Archie Scott.
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Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Chamber
Sam Gann
Roddie Harrison
Bob Hughes
Dudley Montgomery
J. Robert Scott
Ben Meek
Bill Hubbs
Ed Daniel
John Tomlin
Archie Scott
Thefts Plague Pecos Residents with Three Reports
Three thefts were reported in Pecos over the past week. A toolbox was stolen from a pickup near an east side bar after Monday. A leather flight bag vanished from a parked auto with no exact location known. Police later found a panel kicked from a bar back door, but nothing else was missing.
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Pecos
Decomposed Body Of Man Found In Reeves County
The badly decomposed body of a man believed to be Willy Waiters was found Thursday by an Atlantic Richfield Seismograph crew six miles north of Mentone Y and two miles east of U S 285. Sheriff A B Nail said the man had been dead about a year and that an abandoned auto found on Hwy 285 near the scene had been impounded in Pecos January 17 1967. Partial ID came from papers in a wallet with addresses in Ohio and California suggesting a California to Ohio trip. Deputies Gary Ingram and Bob Phelps are investigating to identify the person and origin.
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Willy Waiters
Atlantic Richfield
Reeves County
A.B. Nail
Mentone Y
U.S. 285
Department of Public Safety
Hwy
Pecos
Ohio
California
Waiters
Nail
Gary Ingram
Bob Phelps
Docket Complete After Week of Trials in Pecos Court
The 143rd District Court concludes a week of jury trials with two men, Anastacio Minjarez and Manuel Marquez, found not guilty of robbery by assault. A consolidated trial followed from the same incident at a Pecos bar edge location. Judge J. H. Starley sentenced others to probated terms for theft, forgery, passing, and marijuana. Murray Howze defended several defendants. A. R. Archer prosecuted for the state.
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143Rd District Court
Anastacio Minjarez
Manuel Marquez
Leonides Avalo
Pecos
Murray Howze
A. R. Archer
Moses Mar
Fund Initiated for Robert Jackson in Dallas Hospital
A fund has been started for Robert Jackson son of Mr and Mrs Gene Jackson who is in Methodist Hospital Dallas. Surgery is scheduled for Monday morning at 10 30 a m for a brain tumor. Donations may be made by calling Mrs Ralph Bolden at 4472443.
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Robert Jackson
Gene Jackson
Methodist Hospital
Dallas
Ralph Bolden
Reeves County Sees 1327 Voters Registered Ahead of Jan 31 Deadline
Voters in Reeves County have 14 days left to register as of January 31 advance. Pearl Barker, Reeves County Tax Assessor Collector, reports 1327 registered by Thursday. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with noon closed. starting January 27 the office opens Saturdays and maintains noon hour. Final day January 31 registers until 12:00 p.m.
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Reeves County
Pearl Barker
Bond Sales Make Good Showing Here
Reeves county Savings Bonds sales for November totaled 3,984 with a cumulative 113,859, exceeding the local goal by 4 percent. Texas savings bond sales for January–November reached 153,756,962, at 85 percent of the state goal and up 10.3 percent from last year. National Series E and H bonds in January–November reached 4,546 million, up 1.3 percent from the prior year. Savings Notes for regular E Bond buyers totaled 17.3 million in November, bringing the national cumulative to 62.8 million since May.
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United States
Reeves County
Archie B. Scott
Reeves County Savings Bonds Committee
Texas
Gun Theft Ring Cleared Across West Texas
A string of gun thefts spanning Presidio to Reeves counties was solved with Pecos officers help. Three men James Clyde Short Jr John Williams Willis and Larry Boyce Tucker faced felony charges with $2,000 appearance bonds. Investigations tied Pecos to a December 5 1967 pistol rifle and ammunition theft from a parked vehicle on Washington Avenue. Officers Gene Martin Tony Urquid and Bob Phelps led Pecos inquiries with sheriff deputies and state police involvement.
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Presidio County
Reeves County
Pecos
James Clyde Short, Jr
Kerrville
John Williams Willis
Houston
Larry Boyce Tucker
Slaton
Charles Murdoch
West Texas
J. R. Moorman
Washington
Texas Rangers
Gene Martin
Tony Urquid
Bob Phelps
Farrington Seeks Reelection as Commissioner in Reeves County
Casey Farrington a 38 year Balmorhea resident announces candidacy for reelection to Reeves County Precinct Three in the Democratic Primary on May 4. He tells the Enterprise his record justifies continued service and asks voters for support.
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Casey Farrington
Balmorhea
Reeves County
The
Enterprise
Farrington
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Civic League
City Hall
West Texas Telephone Company
Bill Woodward
Bill Harrison
Sally Kime
Darrell Glover
Billy Roberts
FBI
Shamus
Tony Urquidi
Benny Golliher
Tinez
Roddy Harrison
George Rhyme
Walker Means
Manuel Muniz
Reymundo Hernandez
Howze
Larry D. Copeland
Fred Leigh
Leigh
James R. Succaw
Succaw
Liborio Garcia
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