Reunion of Balmorhea Graduates at State Park
Former Balmorhea high school graduates from 1965 66 and 67 gathered at Balmorhea State Park on Saturday for a reunion. The group toured the Balmorhea school, registered with families, and attended a barbecue at the Balmorhea Club Rooms followed by a dance at Rick's Barn with more than 300 attendees. Local residents and former teachers joined in the festivities.
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Galmorhea
Balmorhea School
Balmorhea Club
Linda Lundgren
Earnest Dominguez
California
Earnest
Jimmie Wofford
Rick's Barn
Kent Finley
Balmorhea Picnic Attendee List And Weekend Notices
Names of Balmorhea State Park picnic attendees surface from 1960s era postings including Schloemer Aguirre Valeria Hernandez Toone Oates Smith Wofford Jones Melendez Castillo Gomez Roman Shooman Barnett and others. Reception guests at Balmorhea included Lundgren Stevens Elliott Lethco and Patrick family members. A note mentions teachers Darrell Hulsey and plans for Tommie Smithston to move houses and for a Balmorhea Lake covered dish supper invitation Saturday at 7 30 p.m.
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Jack
JoAnn Ratcliff
Deane Schloemer
Johnnie
Donna Moore
Wynona Schloemer Dye
Mel Fowler
Abel Fuentez
Pat Underwood
Linda Fuentez
Jim
Melba Davis
Susan Oats
Truman
Phylis Barnett
Nona Dye
Jimmie
Cay Wofford
Jane
Bob Moore
Tommy
Margaret Rowe
Nora (Gallego
Briceno
Robert
Ann Hernandez
Albert
Margaret Hallford
Arthur
Margaret Casias
Frank
Earnestina Castillo
Dennis
Linda Turnbouth
Tom
SueAnn Shooman
Bill
Carla Daugherty
Dub
Karen Smith
Vicenta Aguirra
Don
Jane Jones
John
Patricia Stephens
Earnest Dominguez
Adam
Mary Dutchover
Carmela Gomez
Adela Roman
Gail Toone
Wilbert
June Jost
Joe
Becky Bustillo
Oma Prew
Balmorhea State Park
Nona Schloemer
Deborah
David
Nancy
Frank Aguirre
Anna Valeria
Monique
Tammie Hernandez
Larry
Kim
Kerley) Sanders
Jason
Jeremy
John and
Susan Oates
Kay
Gale Toone
Lee
Kavin
Arthur and
Crenshaw
Wofford
Kerr
Karen
Turnbough
Smith
Tammie
Misty
Ron
Jan
Trammell
Moses
Carmela
Dutchover
Gomez
Myra
Ruben
Sharron
Sue Ann
Magee
Shooman
Heather
Phyliss
Blakemore
Barnett
Stephen
Linda
McMahon) Lundgren
Patricia Stevens
Tissie Elliott
Ellen Lethco
Don Phillips
Deke Jones
Cassie Farrington
Balmorhea Lake House
Man Arrested After Drinking While Driving Incident
Bill P. Mattox 28 of 516 Ross Boulevard was arrested and charged with drunk in auto after striking a legally parked pickup at 1500 W Fourth. He fled the scene and faces citations for no license, speeding, and leaving Scene. Additional charge for suspended license expected.
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Bill P. Mattox
Ross Boulevard
West Fourth
Mattox
W. Fourth
Backyard fishing tank lets pro angler train at home
Roland Martin, a professional angler in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, uses a 16 foot diameter backyard tank holding 7,000 gallons. The tank, 442 feet wide, simulates a lake with a rocky bottom, boulders, stumps, and logs. It features large windows to view and film about a dozen bass.
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Broken Arrow
Okla
Roland Martin
Martin
Highway Jobs Affected By Domestic Transport Study
The Road Information Program reports about fifteen million people work in highway passenger and freight transport and related industries. The highway industry generates over 250 billion dollars annually, about 18 percent of the gross national product.
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Washington
Road Information Program
TRIP
Deaths: Helen A. Mora and J. E. Smith
Services for Helen A. Mora 59 of Pecos set for 2 p m today at Santa Rosa Catholic Church with burial in Santa Rosa Cemetery. She died Saturday. born August 1 1918 in Pecos and survived by three daughters a son two brothers a sister 12 grandchildren and one great grandchild. J E Buck Smith 68 of Pecos died Tuesday after a sudden illness. Services 2 p m Thursday at First Baptist Church Winters with burial in Lakeview Cemetery. He was born November 30 1908 in Ballinger married Verda Hudson in 1927 and was a farmer with a family including two sons a daughter a brother two sisters 11 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Helen A. Mora
Pecos
Santa Rosa Catholic Church
Santa Rosa
Mora
Mario Mary Navarette
Ramona Nuniz
Delma Tosgano
Luis Mora
Anasticio Minarez
Abdon R. Minarez
Eva Rios
J.E. Smith
J.E. ‘Buck’ Smith
Bill Turk
North Runnels Hospital
First Baptist Church
Winters
Lakeview
Ballinger
Verda Hudson
Scattered Showers Hit Mid U S Across Regions
The Associated Press reports scattered showers and thundershowers across northeastern Colorado northwestern Kansas and central Nebraska early this morning with isolated storms from Idaho to Montana and Wyoming into South Dakota. A tornado was sighted west of Bassett Nevada Tuesday evening with no damage or injuries. Overnight temperatures ranged from 44 degrees in Baker Oregon to 92 degrees in Phoenix Arizona at 3 am EDT.
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Associated Press
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
South Dakota
Gulf Coast States
Bassett
Nev
Rockies
Pacific Northwest
Plains
Baker, Ore
Phoenix, Ariz
Odessa College Offers Second Summer Session Courses
Registration for the second summer session at Odessa College is set for Friday from 1 to 4 30 p m and 6 to 8 30 p m in the foyer of the Composite Technology Building. The college will offer allied health, art, automotive mechanics, business administration, diesel mechanics, drama, and more including nursing, English, mathematics, science and welding.
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Odessa
Odessa College
Sul Ross State University
Theatre of the
New Principal Named for Grandfalls Royalty High School
J.D. Stocks will become Grandfalls Royalty High School principal on August 1, replacing W. H. Smith who resigned. Stocks, former band director at the school, holds an Abilene Christian College degree in band music and has taught there two years. He previously led bands at Trent Santa Anna and Tohoka high schools and is a Red Cross first aid instructor.
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Monahans
J.D. Stocks
Grandfalls Royalty High School
Board of Trustees
W. H. Smith
Stocks
Abilene Christian College
Trent
Santa Anna
Tohoka
Grand Falls
Red Cross
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Paul Briones
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Austin
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San Marcus
Jay Oates Sr
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Tommie Smithston
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el Paso
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Box 24
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South Eddy
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Ann Bryan Suttee
Woodview Drive
del City
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Jack Maurice Rains
Jose Orozco Pena
S. Cedar
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O.C
Pecos Enterprise
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
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Reeves County
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Court of Civil Appeals
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park
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