Balmorhea School Board Hires Third Grade Teacher
Balmorhea Independent School Board met Tuesday with President C T Gray. They approved June minutes, accepted a bid from Security State Bank of Pecos for school funds, adopted the Texas Education Agreement development goals, accepted W D Elliott’s resignation, and hired Mrs Wes Elliott for third grade for the 1977 78 term. The library adds 30 children’s books and 15 from McNaughton. Peggy Moore aids cataloging. she leaves State Park for nursing school in Odessa. Library hours are Wednesdays 4 30 to 5 30 and Saturdays 3 to 5 30. Mrs June Carter hosts grandchildren from Silver City NM this week. daughter Nancy Hogue comes next week.
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Balmorhea Independent School Board of Directors
C.T. Gray
Security State Bank of Pecos
W.D. Elliott
Balmorhea
Wes Elliott
Peggy Moore
State Park
Odessa
June Carter
Silver City
N.M
Nancy Hogue
Noon market gains amid heavy activity after blackout
New York stocks rose modestly at noon with the Dow up 1.01 to 904.0 as traders absorbed delayed orders from Thursday’s citywide blackout. NYSE volume reached 13.66 million shares while Consolidated Edison traded sparingly due to order imbalances. Cotton futures edged higher and grain quotes were mixed in Chicago. The CIA note ends the market brief with a stray reference to its divisions amid controversy.
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Wall Street
Consolidated Edison of
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
New York Cotton Exchange
Chicago
Dow Jones
Indus
Duval Corp announces six week copper mine shutdown
Duval Corporation, a Pennzoil subsidiary, will suspend copper mining in Arizona and Nevada for six weeks from August 8 to September 18. Production will drop to a five day week at Esperanza Mineral Park and Battle Mountain properties. Inventories will cover deliveries. production is expected to fall about 33 percent over six months.
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Houston
Duval Corporation
Pennzoil Company
Arizona
Nevada
G.E. Atwood
Duval
Esperanza and Mineral Park
Battle Mountain
Atwood
Balmorhea Fire Dept reports activities and drill results
The Balmorhea Volunteer Fire Dept was called to an auto fire at the I-10 and State 17 intersection at 10:02 a.m. July 10 and extinguished it by 10:27 a.m. using about 100 gallons of water. A regular meeting July 13 showed 92 percent attendance, with additional equipment ordered, a fire alarm sequencer repaired, and speed pumping drills conducted.
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Balmorhea
Ambulance Calls And Police Report From Local Incidents
Ambulance dispatched to 34 A Airbase at 2 01 p m and again at 3 15 p m to transfer a patient. A grass fire at 1700 block of S Alamo reported as a false alarm. Ruben Tercero 18 charged with no license and resisting arrest after chase from Mesquite to 1107 S Orange and detainment by Sgt Armando Gil. A ten speed bike missing from 411 S Park valued at 800. Two juveniles confessed to multiple church burglaries arson thefts in June. items recovered totaling 1057 by Chief Charles Smith and Juvenile Probation Officer John Lewis. Subjects in custody.
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S. Alamo
Ruben Tercero
Tercero
Mesquite
S. Orange
Eligio Lujan
Sargeant
Armando Gil
Blanca Abila
S. Park
West Park Baptist
Church of Christ
7Th
Alberta
Charles Smith
John Lewis
Lewis
Calendar of Pecos area events and gatherings
Calendar listing Saturday girl scout day camp registration from 2 to 4 p m at the Girl Scout House. Also Pecos Country Music Association jamboree at West of the Pecos Park 111 S Cedar at 8 p m bring folding chairs. Monday Evening Lions Club Amistad Lions Optimists meet at 7 30 p m. Tuesday Alcoholics Anonymous TOPS and Optimist Club meet at various locations. Wednesday Monthly birthday party at Senior Center 119 S Cedar 3 5 p m. Thursday Game Day at Senior Center 119 S Cedar 2 5 p m.
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Girl Scout House
Pecos
Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos Optimists
Chaparral Village
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
S. Oak St
Sg A.m
Federation
St. Community Council
Saragosa Hall
S. Cedar
Senior Center
Origins of the Olympic Flame Torch Relay Tradition
The modern Olympic flame began in 1936 to link ancient and present Games. The flame is lit at Olympia by sun rays and travels to the Games via relay runners, with ships and planes used as needed.
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Olympia
Greece
Andrews Area Sees Truck Vandalism And Shoplifting
A case of criminal mischief in Andrews involved a 1974 Ford one ton truck marked with shoe polish and egged. gasoline was also taken. In Monahans, Pepper Mill shoplifters took about 20 dollars in merchandise during craft classes. Also noted: Green Thumb Show set for July 22 in Monahans with cash prizes and a school district bond bid of 700,000 at 2.96 percent by First State Bank of Monahans. Odessa collision left one dead and a driver burned. four local contractors face summonses for operating without licenses in Carlsbad. Kermit hosts a bloodmobile and wage talks. poverty rose 11 percent from 1974 to 1975. Postal Service board discusses a proposed citizen rate.
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Monahans
Ward County
First National Bank
First State Bank of
Odessa
East 42Nd
Dixie
Viola Franklin
East 52Nd
North Odessa
DeWayne Lovell
Sterling City
Lovell
Petrochemical Transport Co
Big Spring
Medical Center Hospital
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Les Kilgore
Roswell
Ralph Harrell
Hobbs
Mike Dunagan
Guadalupe
Floyd Weise
E.L. Wilson
el Rancho
Nathaniel Samson
Third St
Dry
Waller
Ward County Irrigation District seeks oil lease bids
Ward County Irrigation District No 1 a Texas political subdivision invites bids for oil and gas development on Section 7 Block C19 PSL Reeves County Texas. Bids due August 2 1977 at 7 30 p m in Barstow. District may reject any bid and aims to protect land water and soil from pollution. Bidders must state exact land areas depths term delays drilling obligations shut in provisions forfeiture terms and other lease conditions. Publication in Pecos Enterprise July 8 15 22 1977.
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Ward County Irrigation District No
Barstow
Ward County
Texas
Board of Directors
Ward County Irrigation District No. 1
Reeves
Pecos
Barbs By Phil Pastoret
Column notes acerbic rows on weight loss jokes and blunt workplace wit. Aimed at readers with casual digs at diet culture and management pressure, the piece uses humor to frame everyday work life and social observations.
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