Funeral Services Tomorrow For Pioneer Ranching Woman
The obsequy for Minnie Jones Finley age 96.5 will be at First Presbyterian Church at 10 a.m. with interment in Fairview Cemetery. She died yesterday in Pecos Nursing Home after a long life in the Davis Mountains and Pecos. Survived by three daughters Zora Gunter Milford Howard and Dorine McCutcheon ten grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Jones Finley
First Presbyterian Church
Fairview Cemetery
Finley
Pecos
Millwood
Tex
Davis Mountains
Medley Ranch
Charles Otis Finley
U-Bar
Ft. Davis
First Presbyterian Church of
Presbyterian Church In
W. B. Bloys
Bloys
Finleys
S. Hackberry
Zora Gunter
Milford Howard
Dorine McCutcheon
Gravette, Ark
College Courses To Be Offered At Permian Basin Center
The Permian Basin Graduate Center offers Sul Ross University courses for spring with registration January 14 at the Armed Forces Reserve Center from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. A minimum 15 registrants is needed per course. late registration runs until January 22. Courses meet 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday beginning January 18, with a $90 per course fee. Texas Tech also lists graduate extension courses with registration January 13, meeting 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. on select evenings. Contact Pat Beck at the Graduate Center for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Permian Basin
Sul Ross University
Sul Ross
Armed Forces Reserve Center
Terminal
Gulf Bldg
Midland
Latin America
Texas Tech University
West Texas Printing Company
West Highway 80
Texas Tech
Pat Beck
Graduate Center
Many Prizes For Miss Rodeo El Paso
The 1971 Miss Rodeo El Paso contest offers a lengthy prize list from Justin Boot Co Bailey Hat Co and other Western Wear suppliers. Deadline to enter is January 15 with the event set for February 6 at the Holiday Inn marking the 42nd Southwestern International Livestock Show and Rodeo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Sandi Cardwell
Cardwell
Louis R. Lama
Rodeo and Livestock Association
Lama
United States
Holiday Inn
Justin Boot Co
River Western Wear
America Hat Co
Fenton Sportswear
The
Hat Corp. of America
Washington Manufacturing Co
Trail-A-Ridge
Acme
Westmore Co
Tony Lama Boot Co
Chambers Co
Eddy Bros
Miss Rodeo
Ken Curtis
Festus Haggen
Delegates Named To NCC Annual Meeting
Texas delegates and alternates were named for the National Cotton Council's 33rd annual meeting in Dallas on Feb 12. Unit delegates from 14 groups will review research and promotion and outline the 1971 program. Named delegates include producers ginners warehousemen merchants crushers and cooperatives with a long list of individuals from Palacios Lubbock Dallas and other Texas towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NCC
Dallas
Texas
National Cotton Council
A. Starke Taylor, Jr
Carl M. Hansen, Jr
Rt. 1
Palacios
Lou Kilgore
Pecos
Mike Maros
Fabens
Don Anderson
Crosbyton
J.B. Cooper, Jr
Rt. 4
Tohoka
Leon Bernsen
Corpus Christi
Donnell Echols
Star Rt
Lamesa
Don Marble
South Plains
J.D. Smith
Littlefield
Orville Bailey
Anton
Bill Weaver
Rt. D
B.J. Mikeska
Eola
Wayne Mixon
Cone
Ross Bigham
San Benito
Wm. H. Smith
Galveston
Stanton Brown, Jr
Waco
Guy Nickels
Sudan
B.B. Turner
Hans Bohlmann
Houston
Raymond
Lubbock
Stanley Webb
Odem
John Herzer
Thorndale
John McQuien
Plainview
W.C. Thompson
Shallowater
R.H. Wharton
Roscoe
A.J. Richter
el Campo
Neuman Smith
Jack B. Fry
Reed Bell
Sherman
A.B. McElroy
Raymondville
A. J. Mills
Stamford
C.W. Browning
Lyford
Carey D. Gooch
W.R. Bickley
Curtis Jensen
Danevang
Emory Knapp
Aubrey
Loyd Widener
Lockney
J.W. Borders, Jr
Sweetwater
Rural Water Group Plans Meet in Austin
The Texas Association of Rural Water Corporations plans its Second Annual Membership Meeting January 22-23, 1971 at Villa Capri Motor Hotel Austin. Lt Gov Ben Barnes will give the keynote on January 22 with workshops on Certification of Operators Improved Billing and Supplementary Financing. The event includes the Annual Banquet with Polyfoniks and James Harwell Open Forum and a talk by Jack Sprague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas Association of Rural Water Corporations
Villa Capri Motor Hotel
Ben Barnes
Polyfoniks
Temple High School
James Harwell
The
Texas Industrial Commission
Jerry Johnson
Nacogdoches
Jack Sprague
Farmers Home Administration
Washington, D.C
Beers Halted After Drowning In Tank at Daveyton Bar
In Benoni South Africa police investigated after an unidentified bar patron was found drowned in a beer tank at a Daveyton beerhall causing patrons to wonder whether the stoppage of beer deliveries was connected.
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Benoni
South Africa
Daveyton
Busiest And Longest Law Making Session Begins
Texas lawmakers start what may be the busiest session in years with Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes presiding in the Senate and Martin Dies Jr. opening the House. Gus Mutscher is set as speaker for the 62nd Legislature as debates on taxes, redistricting, and welfare funding loom. The session follows a year of electoral turnover and a largely Democratic legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
House
Ben Barnes
Senate
Martin Dies Jr
Gus Mutscher
Jack Hightower
Vernon
Preston Smith
Barnes
Capitol
Smith
Girl Dies of Meningitis in San Antonio
A four year old girl Juanita Rodriguez daughter of Mr and Mrs Oliver Rodriguez of San Antonio died of a form of spinal meningitis shortly after hospital admission. Two infants from San Antonio and New Braunfels are being treated for possible meningitis as health officials report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Juanita Rodriguez
Oliver Rodriguez
New Braunfels
Yearly Pecos Water Dept Reports Growth in 1970
The Pecos Water Dept reports eight new services and a population rise to 14,284 by year end 1970. By December 1970 there were 3,759 water meters serving Pecos residents with average monthly use of 73 032 000 gallons and daily 2 391 000 gallons. July 11 1970 saw a record 4 646 000 gallons pumped. Gross revenue reached 285 187 79 dollars and rainfall was 13 41 inches, up nearly two inches from 1969.
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Pecos Water Dept
Pecos
Pecos Chamber Reaffirms Texas Tourist Council Membership
The Pecos Chamber of Commerce renewed its annual membership in the Texas Tourist Council. The 1971 sticker was placed on the chamber office entrance as the local group promotes tourism, noting tourism’s local economic impact and the need for broader business participation to boost visitor numbers and spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Tourist Council
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Pecos
Mutscher Seeks Second Term As House Presiding Officer
Texas House Speaker Gus F Mutscher seeks a second consecutive term at the 62nd Legislature opening in Austin He has no opposition and aims to extend his record of reform growth and interim planning His priorities include tax reform redistricting judicial and penal code revisions welfare health care and highway safety
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus F. Mutscher
Texas House of Representatives
Austin
Mutscher
Brenham
Washington
Austin, Lee
Burleson
Waller
Texas
House of Representatives
Billboard For Birthday Boosts POW Mail To North Vietnam
Dallas in AP report tells of Billy Jeffrey six hoping for news as his father Captain Robert D Jeffrey a POW in North Vietnam since 1965 reads a billboard message from his son to public support grows. Mrs Jeffrey notes new letters photographs and packages reaching him amid burns description from the downed plane and appeals for more mail from Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Billy Jeffrey
Robert D. Jeffrey
U.S. Air Force
Jeffrey
North Vietnam
Mrs. Jeffrey
Paris
Hanoi
Cougar Country film shown in Colorado mountains
Nature film Cougar Country follows Whiskers the cougar through the first two years in Colorado’s high country. Produced by American National Enterprises, the movie features a range of wildlife and scenic Rocky Mountain backgrounds, delivering both humor and danger as the cub grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Beautiful Mountains
West
American National Enterprises, Inc
Salt Lake City
Utah
Rock Mountains
Nature
Cougar Country
Cougar County
Lions District 273 Mid-Winter Conference Set in El Paso
Lions of District 273 led by Governor Roy Chambliss will hold a mid winter conference at the Rodeway Inn Bassett Center El Paso January 15 and 16. Cabinet meeting Friday 6 30 p m and the main conference Saturday 9 a m feature reports discussions and a banquet with speaker A B Lightfoot of Odessa. All cabinet members presidents and secretaries urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions
Roy Chambliss
Ysleta Lions Club
el Paso
Rodeway Inn
Bassett Center
Lion A.B, Lightfoot
D.D
Odessa
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Minnie May Finley
Rural Water Group
GOP
Sen
A.M. Aikin
Will Smith. Beaumont
Santone
Chamber of Commerce
Ben Matta
Matta
Charles Jungmichel
LaGrange
Raul Longoria
Pharr
William Braecklein
Dean Cobb
Dumas
Cordell Hull
Fort Worth
Hilary Doran
del Rio
Billboard
Colorado Mountains
Ums
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