Barstow Selects Four Girls for Softball All Stars
Barstow named four girls to its softball All Stars for the year Linda Parsons Irene Juarez Roxanne Pena and Norma Garcia. Also noted visiting at the Parsons home over the Fourth were Shorty Parsons sister and family the Floyd Mahaffeys. Angel Flores visited last Friday with his mother Arcadia Flores and sister Stella Granado and her husband Mario Granado.
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Barstow
Linda Parsons
Irene Juarez
Roxanne Pena
Norma Garcia
Shorty
Dorothy Parsons
Floyd Mahaffeys
Angel Flores
Arcadia Flores
Stella and
Mario Granado
Barstow News Update From Balmorhea and local church events
Robert Lynn Webb rode a Greyhound from Fort Stockton to Balmorhea to visit El Paso relatives for two weeks. The Presbyterian Young People led worship on Sunday and Rev George Sullivan with wife Visited Pecos for its 85th anniversary. Local birthdays include Ricky Contreras Jenette Contreras Donnie Hickey and Stephanie Fuentes. Visitors Red and Margie Knowles hosted guests including the Westbrooks of Fort Worth and their granddaughter Virginia Proctor, plus Red hosted a supper with Mrs Henry Russell. Tracy Lee Fox Letricia Skull from Ponca City Oklahoma visited and toured the Sand Hills State Park Balmorhea Lake. they are Joy Carpenter's grandchildren and left Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lynn Webb
Balmorhea
Greyhound
Fort Stockton
Learon Everidge
Robert
el Paso
George Sullivan
Iola
Echols
Rev. Sullivan
First Presbyterian Church
Pecos
Oscar Westbrook
Fort Worth
Virginia Proctor
Burleson
Red
Margie Knowles
The
Baptists Church
Odessa entrant wins Miss Texas talent and swimsuit
The first Miss Texas preliminaries concluded with Houston’s Elizabeth Joan Clark, 20, winning the swimsuit honor and Odessa’s Carmen Ann McCollum, 19, taking the talent prize with a country and western alto sax medley. More rounds lead to Saturday’s final at the Tarrant County Convention Center.
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Fort Worth
Record of Injury S St. Sycamore Street Minor head injuries
Mrs. Cruz Sanchez of 107 S. Sycamore Street sustained minor head injuries in an incident. No other persons or circumstances are provided. Authorities documented the injury as a minor head wound.
Market up as rates fade hopes drive Dow higher
The noon market report shows the Dow Jones 30 advancing 2.43 to 993.61 amid speculation the Fed may ease policy. NYSE volume 9.73 million shares. Texas Oil & Gas active at 21 5/8, down 1/4. Cotton futures mixed with midsession declines, and livestock quotes for Fort Worth listed. A fire and theft items appear in local Pecos area briefs.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Texas Oil & Gas
Alfa
Amer
Ican Stock Exchange
NYSE
Associated Press
Alcoa
At&t
Ad Rich
Beth St
Borden
Brit. Pet
Chrysler
Coca Cola
Dow Chem
duPont
Eastman
Paso NG
Exxon
Fairchild
Ford
Gen Foods
Tire
Goodrich
Great
A&p
Gulf Oil
Glf St Ut Hart-Hk
Hous LP
IBM
Int
Jhn-Man
John Joh
Litton
Marathon
Mobil Oil
Penney
Phill Pet
RCA
Sears Safeway
Sony
Ind
Sun Co
Dow Texaco
Jones
A.m
Texas
UN Carbide
Uniroyal
Marathon says Yates Field output to lift oil avg to 184k bpd
Marathon Oil Corp reports an extra 50 thousand barrels per day from its Yates Field in Pecos County raising North American production to about 184 thousand barrels daily. Texas Railroad Commission approved unitization and a rate increase to 100 thousand barrels daily, with 200 million barrels more recovery expected from the 50 year old field.
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Houston
Marathon Oil Co
Yates
West Texas
Marathon
Pecos County
Robert D. McMillen
United States
Canada
The
Texas Railroad Commission
Gas and oil theft at local service station
A driver fled Inter state Gulf after taking 8 dollars in gasoline and five quarts of oil without paying. Police report the theft occurred at 12 45 a m when the suspect refueled the car with two quarts and stored the rest inside before fleeing. Charges are pending against an unknown individual.
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Interstate Gulf
Deaths Services for Arlen Reeves Bowie
Death notices report Arlen Reeves Bowie age 59 of Pecos died Wednesday night. Services set for 4 p m Saturday at Pecos Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Survived by widow Opel two daughters Mrs Norman Hill Pecos and Mrs Don Young Green River Wyoming one brother Pink Bowie El Paso eight sisters listed Pecos Casa Grande Big Spring San Antonio and seven grandchildren.
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Arlen Reeves Bowie
Pecos Funeral Home
Fairview
Bowie
Pecos
Opel
Norman Hill
Don Young
Green River
Wyo
Pink Bowie
el Paso
Bobby Caroline
Glance Kiser
Ola Davis
Sybel Bartlemo
Si Williams
Grace Patrick
Casa Grande, Ariz
Beatrice Jones
Big Spring
Nell Brunson
San Antonio
Early compass used magnetized metal in water jar
An early compass consisted merely of a magnetized metal piece floating in a jar of water, aligning with Earth's magnetic field to indicate direction.
Pecos Enterprise Local Notices and Community Events
Pecos Enterprise lists weekly events from Saturday through Tuesday including Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship at Holiday Inn with Jerry McClendon as speaker, Lions Club and Optimists meetings, Amistad Lions Club, Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon, TOPS clubs, and a Community Council meeting. Also notes a dead shark sinking slowly with teeth remaining impervious to salt.
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Holiday Inn
Jerry McClendon
Billy Simmons
American Motel
Tops Club
Federation
Tops TX 259
St. Community
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Eddie Jean Webb
Presbyterian Church
Ricky and
Jenette Contreras
Donnie Hickey
Stephanie Fuentes
Wendell
Margie Nichols
Henry Russell
Westbrooks
Odessa
Miss Texas
London
Paris
Frankfurt
Zurich
Handy & Harman
Engelhard
New York Cotton Exchange
Texas Drive In
Hobbs, N.M
S. Ash St
Joe Carrasco
Hobbs
Reeves-Loving
Sonja Jenkins
Gaye Henry
Dennis Glenn
Tony Jares
Texas A&m University
Denson Henry
Clinton Glenn
Kelly
Sonja
Gaye
Dennis
Tony
Monnie Sanchez
Robin Young
Steve Blair
Lake Brownwood
Pecos County Coliseum
Reeves County
4-H
Big Bend
Mission Lab
Terrell
Culberson
Jeff Davis
Presidio
Brewster
Hea
Otero
Donna Ana
New Mexico
Commission
U.S
Conference Board
Carlsbad, N.M. Living Desert State Park
Reeves & Loving Counties
A.R. Bowie
Pecos Enterprise
Cedar St. Pecos
Tex
P.O. Box
Peggy McCracken
Lynn Wear
Nova Gutierrez
Diane Osborn
Mary Shute
Ruben Back
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Amewas
Reeves
Ward
Loving
Evening Lions Club
American Motors Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos Optimists
Chaparral Village
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
S. Oak St
General Congress
Congress
States of America
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Pat Howe
Ako Stades Ta
Grek Gale M Tn Es Chon
Vom
Huw Ak” Lalonithom
Jane
Wrurica
le Las Pang Ion
Aed Catnesini Pi
Cep Seton
Hedge Sorey
San Hoten
S. Cedar
Pecos Texas
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