Mendoza-Troncoso wedding at Santa Rosa Church
Elsa Martha Troncoso and Porfirio Mendoza were married November 29 at 3 p.m. in Santa Rosa Catholic Church with Rev. Jose Valadez officiating. The ceremony featured white carnations and a white dove, music by Larry Galindo, and gowns from Casa Yamanaca. The bride wore a heavy satin A-line gown with lace appliques and pearls, carrying a pearl and ivory bouquet. Mrs Velma Campos served as maid of honor. bridesmaids included Irma and Deana Mendoza, Teresa Lara, Lucy Garcia, and others from Eagle Pass. Benjamin Mendoza was ringbearer. Marcos Mendoza Jr. was best man. groomsmen included George Comasho and Richard Dominguez.
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Santa Rosa Catholic Church
Elsa Martha Troncoso
Porfirio
Pilo) Mendoza
Jose Valadez
Larry Galindo
Casa Yamanaca
Piedras Negras
Mexico
Velma Campos
Irma
Deana Mendoza
Teresa Lara
Lucy Garcia
Julie Carpenter
Lupe Escobar
Eagle Pass
Grace Ontiveros
Martha Marquez
Norma Matta
Mary An
Benjimen Mendoza
Marcos Mendoza Jr
George Comasho
Richard Dominguez
Joe Luis Fuentes
Ann Landers Advice Amid Wedding and Health Bits
A collage of Dear Ann letters covers marital intimacy at 61 and 64, a public health alert on Herpes Simplex II with vaccine notes, etiquette for an executive wife, a teen model dilemma, and wedding details. It mentions Fidel and Alonzo Mendoza, Ricky Troncoso, Julian Alvarez, and Jesse Lara, plus a Pecos couple and out-of-town guests from Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras.
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Fidel Mendoza
Alonzo Mendoza
Ricky Troncoso
Julian Alvarez
Jesse Lara
Recipe for a Happy New Year at the Senior Center
A December civic feature blends a poem by Bonnie Dearley with local center life. January plans at the Senior Center include a new Thursday game session, a January 21 birthday party, a January 26 blood pressure clinic, and a recurring bulletin on activities. A defensive driving course may start if enough signups, with a parting thought on effort and success.
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Bonnie Dearley
Fannie Camp
Fannie
Senior Center
W.R. Gaither
Nora Kelly
Sylvia Martin
Ellen Stroud
Jimmie Wright
Everett
Dagmah Biggs
Clairebel Harrington
Pat May
Julius
Lucens Gassett
Merritt
Galdys Singleton
Lena Creswell
E.O. Bright
K.H. Schmidt
Adele Hiett
Nora Dobyss
Ruby Call
R.D
Beulah Copeland
Oran
Bertie Hollingshead
Beverly Saras
Ralph Williams
Una Clark
Annie Lou Titus
Harold Smith
Ruby Jenson
Pecos High Students Chosen for Presidential Classroom Trip
Pecos High School seniors Margie Rubio Belinda Levario John Ivy and Ben F Meek Jr will join classmates from across the country in Washington DC for the Presidential Classroom for Young Americans program. The students will attend seminars meet Washington leaders and study the three branches of government. Local sponsors such as Rotary Lions Kiwanis and Civitan support the program.
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Margie Rubio
Belinda Levario
John Ivy
Ben F. Meek Jr
Pecos High School
Washington, D.C
Margie
Belinda
Ivy
Meek
Washington-area
Sion
Washington
Angie Whitaker
The
Rotary Club
Lions, Kiwanis
Civitan
December Couples Socials and Christmas Events of Beta Sigma Phi
The Beta Sigma Phi activities for December included a Couples Social at Mrs. James D. Owens home with a Mexican dish supper. A Christmas dance occurred December 13 at Pecos Valley Country Club with music by the Orange Blossoms. A Christmas reveling party at Mrs. Worsham’s featured Santa, secret sisters revealed, and new names drawn for 1976 calendar year. Gifts centered on food and holiday treats were shared.
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Beta Sigma Phi
James D. Owens
Pecos Valley Country Club
Orange Blossoms
Robert Worsham
Lynn Nance
Melba Davee
Lanelle Roberts
Lucille Mauldin
Pat Worsham
Smith pledges honor society at Odessa College
Mrs. Samuell C. Smith of 521 Elm pledges Phi Theta Kappa at Odessa College after selection by the National Junior College Honorary Society for character leadership and scholastic averages. She will receive a membership certificate a subscription to the national magazine and may wear the golden key.
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Samuell C.R. Smith
Elm
Phi Theta Kappa
Odessa College
National Junior College Honorary Society
At Wits End It Takes a Match to Start a Fire
A humorous Erma Bombeck piece chronicles a party scene where a husband relentlessly fuels a house fire with paper and trash from 6:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. The narrator pleads for him to stop as guests arrive and chaos grows, culminating in a desperate plea to be committed.
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Erma Bombeck
Smokey
Bear
Methodists name origin and spread to America
The term Methodist derives from the methodical approach of early movement members, including Charles and John Wesley and other Oxford students in 1729. The movement reached America in 1760 via Irish emigrants, marking its transatlantic expansion.
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Charles
John Wesley
Oxford
America
Ireland
Andersons celebrate daughter's first birthday in Pecos
Michelle Dawn Anderson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Andy Anderson of Lamesa, turned one on December 24 at the home of her maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Samuell C R Smith, 521 South Elm Pecos. Her mother is a bilingual second grade teacher and her father a vocational agriculture teacher.
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Michelle Dawn Anderson
Andy Anderson
Lamesa
Samuell C.R. Smith
S. Elm
Pecos
Michelle
Surprise Island Karachi Emerges From Ocean Eruption
A submarine volcano in the British Solomon Islands began erupting in October 1969 as observed by an airline pilot. What started as a tibbl ing discoloration of seawater developed into a new island rising from the Pacific.
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Surprise Island
Karachi
Solomon Islands
South Pacific
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Community Center
S. Oak St
Leona Stewart
H&r Block
Pilo Mendoza
Nee Elsa Troncoso
Ann Landers
Hubby
Ann
B.N
V.D. Bummer
Mrs
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Ann Lander
P.O
Elgin
Illinois
Odessa
Eagle Pass High School
California
San Angelo
PHS
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Pecos Enterprise
Nova Gutierrez
Wits End
Andersons
Buck
Pizza Hut
S. Cedar
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