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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1978
Page
8
The National Education Association unfolds a nationwide cross sampling at its 116th convention. About 9,000 educators participate while 1,504 adults reveal 45 percent feel education quality has declined since their schooling. Older respondents and western residents show stronger concern.
Pecos residents Marjorie and Howard Chandler returned from Bentonville Arkansas on June 22 after attending the funeral of Marjorie’s mother Jettie Kearney who died June 18. Jettie had lived in Seymour and Joplin before moving to Pecos. The column also notes Jimmie Lu Bishop visiting from Waco and Cordie Wilkins of Raton NM, a cousin of Howard Chandler, who died June 26 after a long illness. Several Pecos families are mentioned with visits to Globe Tombstone and Bisbee Arizona and a roundup of local youth activities including cub scouts and family events.
Erma Bombeck looks at camping in a playful wartime lens, outlining primitive to self contained styles, humor about kids, mothers and bears, and a nod to Titanic survivors. The piece ends noting weekend guests Charlie McDonald and Michael of San Angelo visiting relatives in Pecos.
A Georgia hotel erected a Savannah Georgia billboard in Charleston proclaiming the area’s unique charm. General manager Ted Kleisner said the strategy is logical, noting two contiguous historic sites in Charleston and Savannah as a selling point.
A Colorado move brings Lorna Richardson to thank Ann Landers for a simple compliment that brightened her day. Letters respond with gratitude and a counterpoint on equal rights. A police officer shares a bicycle incident ending in a $100 check, illustrating moral right versus legal risk.
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