Orla Home Demonstration Club Holds January Meeting
The Orla Home Demonstration Club held its first meeting of January with Mrs. Ellen Goodrich hosting in Mentone. Mrs. Helen Pelton acted as secretary in Mrs. Lindley’s absence. Members discussed improving meetings and yearlong plans to assist a family in 1971. New yearbooks were filled, dues paid, and candy-raising funds reported. Mrs. Reed gave a silk screen printing demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orla Home
Ellen Goodrich
Mentone
Helen Pelton
Lindley
Messenger Bulletin
Estelle Hayton
Oscar Williams
Burgan
Dian Reed
Goodrich
Ann Blair
Ruby Jenson
Lucille Burgan
Vera Dodd
Donnah Heley
Johnnie Phillips
Jan Putnam
Linda Wilkerson
Orla
Toyah Home
Raymond Goodnight
Coy Perkins
Harold Williams
West of the Pecos Porcelain Art Club Elects New Officers
The West of the Pecos Porcelain Art Club met at Mrs. Roy Talley's home. New officers to take office in May are President Gene Jackson and Vice president S B Hunt, with secretary John Sullivan and treasurer Ralph Bolden. Delegates to the Texas convention were elected. An April 4 exhibit at the Community Public Service Redady Room was announced with door prizes.
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West
Pecos
Gene Jackson
S.B. Hunt
John Sullivan
Ralph Bolden
Opal Parham
J. J. Maxey
Talley
Maxey
Jackson
State Federation of Porcelain Art Clubs of Texas
el Paso
Miller
Pete Lawrance
Bolden
Community Public Service Reddy Room
Lulu
Bond
Cox
Amanda Frye
N. D, Henderson
Lawrance
Pointer
Battleship Named After Union Hero Despite 1819 Rule
The only battleship not named for a state under an 1819 Congress directive was the USS Kearsarge in 1895. It carried the name of the Union vessel that sank the Confederate ironclad CSS Alabama during the Civil War.
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Congress
Kearsarge
Alabama
Toyah Basketball Results and Community News
Toyah junior high boys lost 51 19 amid fouls as 6th grader Simon Ren tried a scoring burst. High school fell 78 72 with James Miller scoring 56 for Valentine while Compton boys led Toyah with Steve 20 and Damon 13. Plans loom for games at Tough Friday January 22 and two at Ft Davis before district play January 26. Also notes on Ann Duncan surgery, Bertha Sanchez moving to California, visits from Gladys Hernandez, and Toyah Home Demonstration Club activities with silk screen printing program and upcoming meetings.
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Valentine
Toyah
Simon Renteria
Buffaloes
James Miller
Comptons
Steve
Damon
Ft. Davis
Balmorhea
Grandfalls
Imperial
Betty Canary Explores a Daughter’s Pantyhose Turn 13
A humorous Betty Canary column imagines a 13 year old daughter acquiring 83 pantyhose pairs and multiplying belongings in the bathroom as the family adjusts. The piece ends noting Canary’s book Surviving as a Woman available by mail order for $5.95 with delivery in three weeks.
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Betty Canary
Radio City
New York
N.Y
Courthouse Records Transfers in Pecos Area
A series of property deed transfers listed from W J Newell to Sirocco Development and multiple other owners. Transactions cover lots and blocks across Morris Addition North Pecos College Adda and related subdivisions with portions and tracts described, including several quarter and half acre interests and a veteran land board parcel in PSL. Moving parties include Jerry Bryan, Ida Burk Dismuke, Alex Williamson, Roy R Taylor, Jake Green Lewis, Ralph Burkholder, David Bailey, Weldon Kilcrease, James Preslar, Yrene Sanchez, Solomon Sanchez, Ernest Billingsley, Harold Austin, Selma Carrell, Ira Kevil, Elmer Bechtel, Equipment Service Co, Texaco Inc, and Ranchland Equities.
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W.J. Newell
Sirocco Development Corp
Toyah
Cor
Jerry Bryan
H.P. Bryan
Morris
Ida Burk Dismuke
Alex L. Williamson
H&gn
Roy R, Taylor
Guy W, Taylor
Roy R
Taylor
Bankhead
Kate G
Lewis
Jake Green Lewis
S.M. Prewit
College
Ralph W. Burkholder
David Bailey
Gibson Adda
Morris W
Collie, Jr
Weldon A
Kilcrease
Orig
Pecos
Edward Bourke
James C. Preslar, Sr
Yrene G
Sanchez
Solomon Sanchez
North Pecos
H.C. Harris
Secerer
Natividad
College Addition
Earnest Franklin Billingsley
L.G. Shepherd
North Pecos Adda
Veterans Land Board
Harold D. Austin
Ept
PSL
M. Moore
West Park
Ira Kevil
David A
Armbruster
Mountain View
Elmer Bechtel
Equipment Service Co
Marie Runnels
Rena Ray Stewart Pouncey
Ruth Dunn
Robert V
Lozano
College Adda
Nell Betty Harrison
Michael A. Harrison
William H. Harrison, Jr
Kathryn Nell Harrison
Rudolph Hoefs
Texaco, Inc
Pecos Savings & Loan Assoc
Woody Ivy
West Park Adda
Monta J
Moore
Ranchland Equities, Inc
H&tc
Jesse J. Miller
Today in History highlights from January 19, 1971
Key events include 1942 Japan invading Burma during World War II and 1736 James Watt, inventor of the steam engine, born in Greenock Scotland. Notable items also mention Georgia secession in 1861 and Howard Hughes’s 7 hour 28 minute transcontinental flight in 1937.
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Associated Press
Japan
Burma
James Watt
Greenock
Scotland
Georgia
Union
Howard Hughes
United States
Francisco Franc
Barcelona
Valencia
U.S. Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Souvanna Phouma
Cambodia
Laos
India
Indira Gandhi
Nixon
Florida
G. Harrold Carswell
U.S. Supreme Court
Senate
Horoscope by Frances Drake January 19 1971 Aries to Pisces
Young readers receive a daily sign by sign forecast with brief guidance for each zodiac period. The column notes personal traits for a January 19 birthday and mentions notable figures Edgar Allan Poe and Robert E. Lee.
Barstow News Roundup of Local Meetings and Family Notices
Barstow City Council discussed water tower renovation at its Jan 13 meeting. Sierra Madera Water Utilities District met Jan 14 in Fort Stockton with 32 attendees and a Rockwell Meter Co. program. Local obits note the death of G. T. Young of Austin and a 100th church anniversary plan for Turnersville in 1972.
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Barstow
Wendell Nichols
Sierra Madera Water Utilities District
Fort Stockton
B.hunt
Pecos
Sands Motel
Rockwell Meter Company
R. A
Cooter) Tharp
Rev. Freeland
G. T
Tom) Young
Austin
Tom
Freelands
Houston
Turnersville
Young
Freesland
Foote
Little Presbyterian Church
Smashing Liquor After Rhodesia Road Collision
Police described a overpowering smell of alcohol after a road crash in Rhodesia that destroyed more than 200 cases of liquor valued around 2 500 Rhodesian dollars. An officer noted the strong odor and one witness said he began to feel light headed just by standing nearby.
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Gwelo
Rhodesia
How's Your Hearing Beltone Free Offer in Pecos
Beltone announces a unique free offer for the hard of hearing. A non operating replica of Beltone’s smallest model will be given absolutely free to anyone answering the ad. It is wireless, weighs under a third of an ounce, and can be tried at home with no cost or obligation. Limited supply. phone now.
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Pecos
Tex
Beltone
Hearing Test Event With Mr. Cochran in Pecos
Mr Vaugh Cochran will be at the Professional Building in Pecos on Tuesday January 19 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. offering free hearing tests. Contact Beltone Hearing Aid Service at 605-AN Stanton El Paso Tex 79901 for information or appointment.
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Ann Duncan
Pecos Memorial Hospital
Pecos
Beltone
Stanton
el Paso
Tex
Vaugh Cochran
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Schopville
Ill
Se Toyah
Bertha Sanchez
California
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Bertha
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Don Gass
Fred Sanchez
E. C. Kuhn
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Water Company
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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