Polly’s Pointers Indoor Climbing Plants and Household Tips
A collection of reader tips and queries covers making beading for plant supports, strengthening shoe laces, finishing wood tones from oak to mahogany, packing a letter opener for hospital trips, rejuvenating magnetic catches, spicing up grocery spaghetti meals, and preventing sliding on plastic table mats with moleskin.
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Polly
Lois
Party for 50 turns chaotic as gas, repairs and wine collide
A post show party for about 50 erupts when the oven fails and a repairman is delayed two days. Hosts improvise with cold food and drink as guests, mainly actors, mingle at a crowded, sleepy late night gathering ending around 3 a.m. with most guests gone and others lingering on the floor.
United Fund aids Pecos Day Care Center
The Pecos Day Care Center at 1100 Locust St is one of 14 agencies aided by the United Fund per UF president J. Robert Scott. The licensed facility serves mainly factory workers families with meals, preschool activities, and mandatory naps, caring for about 33 children daily under director Mrs. Ed Armstrong.
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Georgia Stroud
Pecos
Locust St
United Fund
J. Robert Scott
Ed Armstrong
Trim down with salad lunch
A compact guide to cutting calories via a noon salad. Emphasizes using abundant green vegetables and crunchy toppings while warning dressings hold most calories. Proposes low calorie options and a Continental dressing recipe with sour cream horseradish vinegar and paprika.
When women made all their own clothes
Helen M. Pagel recounts a bygone era when women saved every scrap and patch. Clothes wore thin and rag bags grew full, with the ragman visiting biannually to buy rags and swap for tinware and trinkets, sparking spirited bargaining and local pride.
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Minnie
Henry
Five Pecos Students Named to Angelo State Dean's List
Five Pecos students are named to Angelo State University’s Dean's Honor Roll for the fall semester. The list features Kerry Keith Armistead, Paula Bersosa Casillas, Brenda Joyce Corbin, Katrina Gail Pankey, and Kathleen Gail Teague on the 3.00 to 3.49 honor band.
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Pecos
Angelo State University
San Angelo
Kerry Keith Armistead
Paula Bersosa Casillas
Brenda Joyce Corbin
Katrina Gail Pankey
Kathleen Gail Teague
Longtime Deputy Sheriff Herman Hamilton Joins Reeves County
Deputy Sheriff Herman Hamilton, with 17 years in law enforcement and two years with Reeves County, previously served in La Mesa, Monahans, Kermit, and Alpine. He praises Pecos, notes friendly merchants, and enjoys hunting and fishing. He and wife Wanda reside at 428 S. Eddy St with daughter Kay. He belongs to the Sheriffs Association of Texas and is a Baptist.
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Clevern
Miles Farnum
Nebraska
Judy Kay
Gerald Erwin Trull
Howard M. Trull
Furth
Germany
First United Methodist Church
Pecos
Miss Farnum
Pecos High School
Eglish
Sul Ross
Irving High School
el Paso
Air Force
Herman Hamilton
Reeves County Sheriff's Office
Lamesa
Kermit
Sheriff’s Office
Monahans
Sheriff's Office
Alpine
Hamilton
The
Sheriff’s Association of Texas
Fabrics Shape This Year's Classic Fashion Look
Fabrics drive the season with tapestry carpetbag and petit point influences. Deep warm colors add to floral tapestries, while woven textures suit soft tailored suits and shaped skirts. Two piece dresses pair tapestry skirts with velvet bodices, and carpetbag patterns brighten sturdy fabrics for day or evening wear.
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Beth Mohr
Copley News Service
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