Balmorhea School Board Delays Bids For Gas and Oil
Balmorhea Independent School District board met Tuesday with president C T Gray and superintendent Allen Gilbert present. They approved prior minutes and payments, hired Dorris Clark as a resource teacher, noted Mary Helen Pax’s retirement, and discussed youth program work and fall preparations. City council discussed budget, revenue sharing, and plans to buy a ditching machine, a jeep, and a lawn mower.
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Balmorhea Independent School District
C.T. Gray
Allen Gilbert
Ruben Carrasco
Dorris Clark
Sul Ress
Menard
Mary Helen Pax
Humphries
Jack Hoffman
Linda Bryan
Pecos Cook
Clemente Alvarez
Katherine Carrasco
Bob Pfeifer
Fire Department
ENF
Probation Set for Forgery Case In Parker County
Beverly Suzanne Benham 18 formerly of Pecos now listed in Weatherford Texas was placed on supervised probation for two years after pleading guilty to forgery by passing a third degree felony. District Judge Lawrence Fuller suspended two years imprisonment and ordered restitution of 657.20 and residence in Parker County with travel only by permission.
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Pecos
Weatherford
Texas
Beverly Suzanne Benham
Walter Holcombe
Lawrence Fuller
Parker County
Energy focus lifts stocks as market trails midday
Energy stocks draw attention after President Carter energy plans while the Dow dips about one point at noon. The Dow 30 sits at 832.59 as gainers edge losers 6 to 5 on the NYSE with 11.03 million shares traded. Amex shows Dynalect at 15 3/8 and mixed chemicals. Cotton No 2 futures rise with midday quotes around 61.71 cents per pound and nearby contracts higher.
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NEW York
Carter
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Dynalect
Allied Chemical
DuPont
Union Carbide
Amex
New York Cotton Exchange
La Leche Meeting To Be Hosted By Mrs Monroe White
Mrs Monroe White at 2100 Wyoming will host a La Leche meeting Tuesday morning from 9 30 to 11 30. The program is The Baby Arrives the Family and the Breast fed Baby. Expectant ladies are invited to attend.
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Monroe White
Wyoming
Pecos Recreation Dept Announces New Game Times
The Pecos Community Recreation Department announces that starting Monday July 16 boys ball and girls slo-pitch softball games will begin at 7, 8, and 9 p.m. instead of 6, 7, and 8 p.m.
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Pecos
Women’s slo pitch results from Thursday games
Results show First National Bank 16 Kesey Oil 0, Shakley 28 Holiday Inn 1, Pecos Insurance 8 HNG Fossils Fuels 3. The matches conclude with lopsided scores across the five fixtures.
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First National Bank
Kesey Oil
Shakley
Holiday Inn
Pecos Insurance
HNG Fossils Fuels
Reader letter challenges Pecos Enterprise editor over police coverage
Eleuterio M. Garcia writes July 16 1979 accusing publisher Dulaney of bowing to pressure and defending staff writer Lewis Barrett who covered meetings. Garcia plans to air recordings on Kim Radio and buy space to inform the public, while noting no specifics of alleged police brutality.
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Mr. Dulaney
Pecos
Lewis Barrett
Barrett
Dulaney
Kim Radio
Eleuterio M. Garcia
Enterprise
Garcia
Community Club Meetings and Timetables Listed
Monday evening schedule details Lions Club and other groups meet at various venues and times. Tuesday includes Pecos Evening Optimist Club, Pecos AA and Al-Non, TOPS groups, and Barstow Lions Club every other week. Wednesday and Thursday feature Downtown Lions Club noon and Pecos Rotary Club at noon respectively.
Three Convicted in Pecos Court Immigration Case
Two United States citizens and a Mexican national were convicted in Pecos under the Immigration and Naturalization Service Law. Lozano-Esca milla, 20, Levelland, Texas, pleaded guilty, fined 150 dollars, and placed on one year unsupervised probation for aiding and abetting an illegal alien. Mendoza-Orozco, 28, was sentenced to 120 days in jail after guilty plea. he had prior apprehensions and voluntary returns. Bonilla-Rodriguez, 25, Denver City, Texas, pleaded guilty and received one year unsupervised probation for aiding Mendoza-Orozco to evade inspection. All waived rights for trial before the U.S. magistrate.
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United States
U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Jose Luis Lozano-Escamilla
Levelland
Texas
Rafael Mendoza-Orozco
Mexico
Otilia Bonilla-Rodriguez
Denver City
Mendoza-Orozco
West Texas Pima S-5 Dominates Plantings in Survey
American Pima growers in Far West Texas planted nearly all acreage to the Pima S-5 variety per a Cotton Division USDA survey. Pima S-3 and S-4 accounted for two percent, versus last year when S-5 held 99 percent. El Paso, Hudspeth and Reeves counties ginned 32,400 bales this season, down from 40,200 previous year. Samples were classed under Smith Doxey Act. The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service also provides market news and crop information.
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Texas
Cotton Division
U.S. Department of Agriculture
J.A. McAfee
el Paso
Hudspeth
Reeves
Jan De Ruth to Lead Annual Portrait Workshop in New Mexico
American artist Jan De Ruth, famed for portraits and nudes, will hold an August workshop at Carrizo Lodge in Ruidoso, New Mexico. He paints directly on canvas using classic underpainting, glazing, and scumbling techniques, has illustrated Time Magazine covers, and has published landmark books on portraiture and the nude.
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Jan de Ruth
Carrizo Lodge
Ruidoso
N.M
de Ruth
Ethel Kennedy
Eleanor McGovern
Patricia Nixon
Time Magazine
Lee Radziwill
Laura
Karlsbad
Czechoslovakia
New York City
Tyringham Art Galleries
Tyringham
Mass
Rotter Art School
Prague
England
Ruskin School of Drawing
United States
Art Students League
New School of Social Research
Frederic Taubes
Faulkner Earns UT Austin Civil Engineering Degree
Wendell D. Faulkner Jr son of Commissioner and Mrs Wendell D Faulkner of 1838 Adams earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He was among 307 bachelors degrees awarded at the close of the 1979 Spring semester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell D. Faulkner, Jr
Wendell D. Faulkner
Adams
University of Texas At Austin
Faulkner
Emergency Run Across Pecos area prompts multiple calls
The Pecos Ambulance Service was summoned at 2 32 p m Sunday to 503 E 13th St to transport a woman to the hospital. A second call at 2 35 a m Monday by Mrs Fuentez 1516 Johnson reported the neighbor too ill after taking medication. Fire report notes a light failure at Minit Mart on Eddy Sr Saturday. Police investigate a criminal mischief Saturday 3 55 a m by Larry Acosta Jurado 212 W D St car windows and CB antenna damaged and an eight track tape player stolen. Another theft at Holiday Inn Friday 2 15 a m after Elizabeth Peters left purse with diamond ring and silver wedding set worth 1900 missing.
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Pecos
E. 13Th St
Fuentez
Johnson
Larry Acosta Jurado
W. D St
Jurado
Holiday Inn
Elizabeth Ann Peters
Obituary notes for Leo L Edwards and Luis Ortega
Graveside services were held for Leo L Edwards 43 at Fairview Cemetery Pecos Funeral Home directing. He was born October 12 1935 in Comanche County and lived in Pecos since 1952. Survivors include son Gerald Edwards Midland brother Jim Edwards and three half brothers. Ortega obituary notes Luis Romero Ortega 80 died at his Balmorhea home. Services at Christ the King Church Balmorhea burial Balmorhea Cemetery Pecos Funeral Home. He was born November 25 1898 in Fort Davis and lived there all his life. He leaves wife Ramona Ortega four sons and three daughters, three brothers and five sisters, 20 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
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Leo L. Edwards
Pecos
Luis Romero Ortega
Balmorhea
Christ the King Catholic Church
Buriel
California
Salvador Ortega
Lucia Ortega
Chuy Pinon
el Paso
Alvesa Gomez
Josepha Alvarez
Juanita Trujillo
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Moses Aguirra
San Antonio
Frank Aguir
Georgia Aguirra
Brogado
Mildred Hoefs
Barbara Anderson
la Leche
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ken Dulaney
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Reeves County
Srands
Reeves, Ward, Loving, Culberson
Jeff Davie
Pecos Enterprise
Eva Smith
Pecos Nursing Home
Smith
Rita Helberg
Elizabeth Schaefer
Sweetwater
Delissa
Dan
Donna Schaeffer
Robert Hinojos
Lions Club
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Cantaloupe City CB Club
CPS Reddy Room
Saragosa Hall
Pecos AA
Al-Non
N. Oak
Old Senior Citizens Center
Second
Hickory
Eddy St
Barstow Lions Club
Barstow Community Center
Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar
Brand New
Opry
Pecos Rotary Club
Pecos Jaycees
Alpine Lodge
DOW Jones
A.m
Indus
West Texas
Airlawn Center
Southwestern Bell
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Public Utility Commission
Austin
Minit Marton Eddy Sr
Great Western
Great Western Finance
Data Data
S. Oak Street
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