Janca resigns as Pecos Enterprise publisher in 1968
Fred W. Janca announced his resignation as publisher of the Pecos Enterprise effective July 20, 1968. He notes no future plans and recounts his Pecos career since arriving in 1963, including merging the Pecos Daily News and Pecos Independent and Enterprise in 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Fred W. Janca
Pecos Enterprise
Janca
Pecos
Pecos Daily News
Pecos Independent and Enterprise
Scripps League of Newspapers
Seattle
Washington
Wisconsin
Lovington Daily Leader
Lovington
New Mexico
Daily Leader
Eddy County News
Carlsbad
Barstow Girl Attends FHA Florida Meeting
Linda Flores a Barstow High School senior joins about 1 200 delegates and 34 advisors at the 1968 national Future Homemakers of America meeting in Miami Beach Florida. She leads the Idea Swap Shop on narcotics and alcoholism and participates in the national officer elections.
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Barstow
Florida
Linda Flores
Barstow High School
Meeting of the Future Homemakers of American
Miami Beach
Linda
Simon Flores
FHA
Ers
The
Texas Association
Idea
Bucklew Speaks at Wallace Bar-B-Que Rally in Texas
Dr. Henry Bucklew of Laurel Mississippi addressed the Wallace for President bar-b-que at the Community Center Banquet Room in Wallace. He warned of a growing federal government and urged gun registration and opposition to guaranteed income and foreign aid as he continues touring Texas through November.
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Community Center
Henry Bucklew
Laurel
Mississippi
Bucklew
America
Dr. Bucklew
George Wallace
Texas
Reeves County Faces Immediate Screwworm Risk
County Agent Paul Tapp warns Reeves County may face an immediate screwworm problem after confirmed cases in Pecos and Brewster Counties. He urges stock producers to inspect animals, submit worm samples to Mission Texas, and spray cattle with Coral or Ketchup for control while awaiting confirmation and action from authorities.
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Reeves County
Paul Tapp
Pecos
Brewster
Tapp
Pecos County
Brewster County
Mission
Texas
Billie Precht
No Reeves Fatalities in Independence Day Holiday Report
National and state totals show a holiday death toll rise, but Reeves County reports no fatalities over the Independence Day period. In Texas 75 deaths, including 40 from traffic accidents, were recorded. in Valentine the Cox children William Martin Cox 14 and Janice Fay Cox 16 drowned after their car encountered high water on a flooded road. Funeral services were held at Community Church in Valentine.
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Reeves County
National Safety Council
Texas
Valentine
High Waters
William Martin Cox
Janice Fay Cox
DPS
Cox
W. G. (Buck) Cox
Geeslin Funeral Home
Alpine
Pentecostal Revival set by Pecos church
The United Pentecostal Church of Pecos hosts a revival this week through Sunday. Guest evangelist is Reverend James Eddings from Boulder Colorado. Nightly singing starts at 7 30 p m. The church at Eleventh and Willow Streets invites the public. L J Lewis is the local pastor.
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United Pentacostal Church of
Pecos
James Eddings
Boulder
Colorado
Eleventh and
Willow Streets
L. J. Lewis
Pecos Little League All Stars Named for Season
The Pecos Little League holds its All Stars with 14 regular players and four alternates. Sidney Sadler to coach. David Allen Smith named manager. First game set at Crane against Rank on July 18 at 8:00 p.m. Multiple players from Dodgers Red Sox Giants Indians Cardinals Yankees named as team members or alternates. Sadler replacement noted due to broken leg.
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Pecos
Sidney Sadler
David Allen Smith
Crane
Rank
Dodgers
David Smith
Danny Herrod
Kyle Johnson
Mark Jackson
Red Sox
Carroll Faulkner
Fernando Hernandez
Wade McLain
Larry Martindale
Maurice Boulton
Giants
Roger Callison
Alan Callison
Indians
Cardinals
Mickey Marquez
Steve Dean
Donald Ray Walker
Yankees
Charlie Morris
Jimmy Phelps
Curtiss Lee
Terry Hubbs
Mike Sadler
Sadler
Permian Youth Group Sets Meeting on Juvenile Delinquency
The Permian Basin Juvenile Council will hold a special meeting at the Community Center Banquet Room in Pecos from 1 to 5 p.m. Sponsored by Reeves County and Pecos, the session centers on Education as Prevention and Treatment of Juvenile Delinquency and features Gatesville State School speakers, with Parrale supervisors Raymond De Busk and Ronald Reed and Judge Roy D. Bennett presiding.
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Permian Basin Juvenile Council
Reeves County
Pecos
Gatesville State School
M. B. Kendrick
Reeve
Gatesville
Ray de Busk
Odessa
Ronald Reed
Midland
Roy D. Bennett
Permian Basin
Andrews
J. E. Couch
Elizebeth Dennison
Genevieve Tart
Virginia Bennett
Vivian Exum
Dorothy Miller
Jim Moore Wins At Pecos Rodeo
Jim Moore of Balmorhea swept two premier events at the 39th West of the Pecos Rodeo as he captured saddle bronc and bareback bronc titles. The eight-state field included 160 cowboys competing for nearly $10 000 in prize money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Moore
Pecos
Balmorhea
Moore
West Texas Sees Heavy July Rain Across Wide Region
Rain drenches West Texas from Juarez to Presidio and Midland after a July start with .62 inches and accumulates over a week. South of the area Pecos reports 1.62 inches as more showers roll in across the basin.
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Texas
Pecos
Juarez
Mexico
Presidio
Midland
New Members Push Pecos Chamber to Twenty Seven Additions
Sam Gann reports Pecos Chamber of Commerce added twenty seven new members to date. Record rainfall across the Pecos region floods streets and threatens crops from Presidio to Balmorhea, with rainfall totals in several locations and forecasts for more storms through Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Sam Gann
B&b Auto Salvage and Industrial Communications of
Pecos, Inc
Gann
Vegetable Harvest Opens at Pecos Cantaloupe Shed
Pecos Cantaloupe Company opens its shed for processing this week as the cantaloupe harvest starts. A. B. Foster says the crop looks really good with 1500 acres planted and capacity expected by July 20. Onion harvest is about a quarter done with about 160000 sacks of 50 pounds planned, exceeding last year. Bell peppers () harvest planned for late October and early November.
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Pecos
United States
Canada
Foster
Area 4-H Workshop Schedule Report
Record book workshops for 4-H members are held this week across Pecos Mentone Balmorhea Verhalen and Toyah. Sessions start at 9 30 a.m. and end by noon with members filing annual progress reports for county state and national awards consideration.
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Pecos
Mentone
Balmorhea
Verhalen
Toyah
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San Antonio
Do.lph Briscoe, Jr
Uvalde
Reeves
Miss Cox
Marfa
Valentine High School
Brewster County Memorial Hospital
Fort Sumner
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W. G. Cox
Ruth Maxine Cox
Gerald Cox
M. W. Acton
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B. B. Ingram
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Davis Mountains
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