El Paso youth arrives in Pecos aboard a mule
Scott Courtney, a 15 year old from El Paso, fulfilled a three year dream by traveling 210 miles to Pecos on a mule named Sally after his two horses fell ill. He began the ride at 8 a.m. Saturday with two horses, Rojo and Indio, but illness and an early breakdown forced them home. Aged kin and Pecos connections anchor his tale of horses and family roots in the area.
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el Paso
Pecos
Lynn Webb
Scott Courtney
Scott
Rojo
Indio
Sally
Kent
Toyah
Courtney
Carl Courtney
Pecos County
Clint High School
Blackie McNerlin
Ward County
Bill Pigman
Don Henderson
Young Courtney
American Motor Inn
Tony Lama Boot Company
Larry Mahan
Windmill
Petro
Anderson
Clint
Parade opens 47th West of the Pecos Rodeo in Pecos
The 1976 Pecos rodeo launches with a record rodeo parade drawing 300 plus entrants for four nights of events including bareback riding calf roping steer wrestling team roping and girls barrel races plus two special events wild mule race and wild cow milking. Purse money rises to about 22 250 with 17 000 in entry fees and 5 250 from organizers. Ticket office plans full daily sales and reserved seats cost 3 dollars, general admission 2 dollars.
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Pecos
Professional
Rodeo Cowboy Association
Pecos Rodeo Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Fireworks Ban in Pecos City Limits Probed
Pecos residents face heavy 40 to 50 daily calls as the city enforces a fireworks ban inside Pecos city limits. Fire Marshal Dick Wadley warns fines up to 100 dollars and urges residents to light outside the area while exercising extreme caution this Fourth of July weekend. He notes fireworks can blind or maim and have caused fires destroying homes, stressing the high cost of reckless fun.
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Dick Wadley
Wadley
Pecos Bicentennial Sparks Civic Renewal
Pecos joins national celebration with crowds in the town square. A new park, soon a senior center, signals renewal as miners process aluminum at Yucca distributing company. Aluminum recycling, aided by a $5,000 can crusher, reduces litter and electricity use. locals collect $15 to $20 weekly from can deposits.
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Gene Douglas
Pecos
Yucca Distributing Company
Benny Babb
47th Annual Rodeo and Bicentennial Church Service
Readable notes show a midweek rodeo schedule with performances at 8 30 p m on Thursday Friday and a city wide bicentennial church service at 9 am at the high school baseball field plus nationwide bell ringing event details.
Pecos keeps heat as rains flood other regions
Trails riders arrive in Pecos in hot dry weather with a 99 degree high and 67 low amid forecasts of scattered storms through Friday. Reports of heavy rains and a tornado near Paris Texas spark flash flood warnings across multiple counties as 50 to 70 degree nights follow. In New Jersey lightning struck inmates at Annadale Youth Correction Center, killing one man and injuring another critically, while Vermont reports fire departments urging boil-water advisories after floods contaminate reservoirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Associated Press
Texas
Paris
Hopkins
Wood
Upshur
Franklin
Camp
National Weather Service
Lamar County
Department of Public Safety
Winnsboro
Red River
Tyler
Panhandle
New York
Vermont
New Jersey
Juan Matos
Paterson
N.J
Annadale
Albert Lozano
Lozano
Matos
Harry Potts
State Corrections
Potts
Joseph Piller
Warren Township
Bennington
Enterprise closes Monday for July 4 holiday
The Enterprise will be closed on Monday for the holiday. Monday's paper will be printed Friday and delivered Monday. Advertising and news items for Monday's issue should be brought in early Friday.
Businesses take a holiday in Pecos on July 4
Many Pecos businesses will close Monday in observance of the holiday as July 4 falls on Sunday. Banks Pecos Savings and Loan and three utility companies along with city hall will close. The Enterprise business office will observe the day but the Monday issue will be published and delivered.
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Pecos
Pecos Savings and Loan
City Hall
Enterprise Business Office
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West of the Pecos
Tommy Steiner
Austin
Noah
Schlegerimiar Thor Mwesth
Merry Wives
Enterprise
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
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