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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1980
Page
2
Balmorhea briefs list open at the center all days in January with event notes, bus runs, health nurse visits, and birthdays. Also notes WMU meeting on Jan 7 and Bible classes with next meeting Jan 21. School Board met Jan with tax receipts, finances, federal programs, cafeteria repairs, and fire-damaged equipment and insurance settlements.
New York trading saw a broad stock rise led by oil issues. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed close to 30 points last week and gained on today’s session as Texaco Exxon and Phillips Petroleum posted gains. Phillips also boosted its quarterly dividend to 45 cents. NYSE composite rose to 63.72. Cotton futures and grain prices were higher at midday with various No 2 grades quoted across wheat corn and soybeans.
Reeves County selects Tom Kirwan as Reagan campaign chair to organize county efforts. Kirwan plans finance chair, Reagan steering committee, statewide canvassing for primaries, and fundraising, ads, and events to elect Reagan. May 3 Texas GOP primary. delegates bound to candidates. Kirwan welcomes support from all races and creeds.
The Internal Revenue Service and Sul Ross State University Division of Business Administration co sponsor a seminar at Kokernot Lodge. It runs Friday January 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. There is no charge. Morning topics cover forms 1040A and 1040. afternoon focuses on itemized deductions including agriculture ranching small business capital gains and retirement.
Senior Citizens meet Thursday Jan 15 at noon in Barstow Community Center for a covered dish luncheon and program. Rev Joe E Wood will be guest speaker. All senior citizens are invited.
The Women’s Division of the Pecos Chamber of Commerce will hold a monthly meeting on Tuesday January 15 at 7 p.m. in the chamber office at 111 S. Cedar. The agenda covers electing new directors for 1980, starting preparations for the 1980 Golden Girl events, and designating committee chairs. Chair Jodi Exum invites all members to attend and bring friends.
Police records show Ramier Garcia Tarango, 17, arrested after a 12:35 a.m. chase in the 200 block of North Cedar ended in a crash with a brick fence. Other entries note public intoxication arrests, racing charges, an ambulance transfer to Odessa, missing items valued at $45, a missing walking cane, a blue bicycle found abandoned, a glass jar of coins missing, a recovered stolen white 1963 Chevrolet pickup, and numerous property damage incidents across Pecos including windows and tires damaged or tires cut.
Victor Romo, 19, of 2029 Ivey, arrested Saturday for allegedly stabbing Benjamin Valles at the Midnight Bar. Romo held in Reeves County Jail on a $2000 bond. Also, John Sullivan reported missing drilling equipment worth $2100 from a rig ten miles northwest of Orla, and Marguerite Kent said her car windshield was broken while parked at home.
January 1980 Pecos area calendar lists weekly clubs and meetings across Pecos Balmorhea Barstow and nearby towns. Highlights include Lions Club at Amistad Lions Den Mon 7 30 p m and Pecos Evening Optimist Club at Saragosa Hall 8 p m Tue plus TOPS chapters and Senior Citizens Center events.
Joseph Karl Wynne Jr 28 died in Odessa on Jan 12 Services were at 10 a m today in the Pecos Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Fairview Cemetery He was born May 1951 in Fort Stockton and lived in Pecos most of his life He was a Baptist church member Survived by wife Mary two sons Gerald and William a daughter Tanya his parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Earl Wynne Sr of Pecos and sister Mrs Bonnie Jean Sundby of San Antonio
The Permian Basin Health Systems Agency Governing Body will hold its annual meeting on Monday January 21 at 7 30 p m in the Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission offices at Midland Air Terminal. Newly elected chairman Earl Francell of Odessa will open with reports from the five standing committees. Items include the financial report for November and December and two project reviews. Martin County Hospital seeks to convert four acute care beds to three intensive care beds at a projected cost of 10000 dollars. licensed capacity remains unchanged.
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