Barbara Mackey promoted to Supervisor at Bell Labs Columbus
Barbara B. Mackey of 1993 Dartmouth Ave Columbus has been promoted to Supervisor of Clerical Services for the Columbus Staff Operations Department at Bell Laboratories effective July 1. She begins with administrative duties for transcription editing typing and secretarial services at 6200 East Broad Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara B. Mackey
Dartmouth Ave
Columbus
Ohio
Bell Laboratories At
Mackey
Foster L. Covington, Jr
Teague St
Pecos
Bell Labs
Griffin
East High School
Shiela
Los Angeles
Calif
Cordia
Tracy
Bell Laboratories
Odessa Cultural Carnival Highlights This Week
Odessa events feature the House of Saul at Globe of the Great Southwest, Shakespeare Othello and Love s Labour Lost continuing, Permian Playhouse shows Boy From The Hill Country Winnie The Pooh and South Pacific musical. Midland Odessa Symphony harpist Pamila Hahn at Odessa College July 18. Odessa Cinema Society screens Gary Cooper film and Dick Tracy serial. Exhibits at Permian Playhouse and UT Permian Basin through month. Presidential Museum hosts special exhibits. Cultural Council tours contact 337 1492.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe of the Great Southwest
Midland-Odessa Symphony
Pamila Hahn
Odessa College
Odessa Cinema Society
Gary Cooper
Dick Tracy
Permian Playhouse
University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
Presidential Museum
The
Cultural Council
Balmorhea City Seeks Sewer Ordinance Budget Vote
Balmorhea council schedules public hearing to pass a sewer system ordinance and adopt the 1978 79 budget. AARP meeting July 15 at 7 50 p m at the Senior Citizens Center with Irene Hunter presiding and refreshments planned. Clay Bryan of the Air Force in San Antonio visits his parents. Welfare agent visit July 19 from 10 a m to 2 p m at the Senior Citizens Center. Bapt ist Bible School today features a bicycle parade in the morning and adult classes at 7 p m with out of town teachers assisting. Mr and Mrs John Barfield plan to move to a lake ranch this fall to ranch with his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Bryan
Air Force
San Antonio
His
Mrs
Buddy Bryan
Baptist Bible School
John Barfield
Lake Ranch
Disco Dance Set Thursday at Santa Rosa Church Patio
A disco dance sponsored by the Santa Rosa Catholic Youth Organization will run Thursday July 20 from 8 p.m. to midnight at the Santa Rosa Church Patio 620 E 4th. A dance contest is planned and admission is 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Rosa
Market Quietly Dips As Fed Meeting Looms In New York
The Market New York stock summary shows the noon Dow at 835.15, down 3.90, with losers ahead of gainers about 7 to 5 on the NYSE. Attention centered on the Fed Open Market Committee meeting as investors await guidance on possible credit tightening. Ralston Purina led declines, trading 115,000 shares at 14 7/8. Grain and cotton futures also noted with mixed movements across corn soybeans and cotton markets. Dow Jones at 11 a.m. shows indices lower in cautious trading: Industrials 837.06 down 1.99, Trans 226.77 down 0.83, Utilities 105.21 down 0.07, Stocks 288.61 down 0.70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal Reserve
Fed
Ralston Purina
Indus
Clinic to be held in Pecos for Crippled Children services
The Texas Department of Health Resources will hold a Crippled Children's Services Nursing Clinic in Pecos on July 20 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 1010 W. Third. Billie Moore, R.N., Public Health Nurse from the Region office in Lubbock, will conduct the clinic. Eligible persons are birth to 21 years old and may receive counseling and treatment for the Crippled Children's programs including Congenital Heart and Cystic Fibrosis programs. For more information contact Ms. Moore at the Pecos Clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Department of Health Resources
Crippled Children’s Services
Pecos
Texas Department of Health
Billie Moore
R.N
Lubbock
Cotton variety told by survey in Far West Texas
American Pima cotton growers in Far West Texas planted nearly all acreage to Pima S-5 per USDA Cotton Division survey. Pima S-3 and S-4 each held small fractions. last year S-5 led with 91 percent while S-4 was nine percent. El Paso, Hudspeth and Reeves counties produced 40,199 bales versus 11,061 the prior season. samples were classed under Smith Doxey Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Cotton Division
U.S. Department of Agriculture
J.A. McAfee
el Paso
Hudspeth
Reeves
Pecos FFA delegates attend 50th Texas convention in San Antonio
Pecos FFA members Rhonda Stumberg and Bobby Edge joined more than 6 000 attendees at the Texas FFA 50th Anniversary Convention held July 11 to 14 at the San Antonio Convention Center. Some 1 600 voting delegates from 828 chapters elected officers and honored members as FFA highlighted leadership, agribusiness, and scholarships totaling over 300 000 dollars to 70 members from nine long-time supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Edge
Rhonda Stumberg
Pecos
The
Future Farmers of America
Texas Association
FFA
San Antonio
Texas Association of Future Farmers of America
San Antonio Convention Center
Texas
J. Ken Johnson
Nacodoches
Pecos Slow Pitch Invitational This Weekend
The Pecos Community Recreation Program and Pecos Jaycees co sponsor a men’s slow pitch softball invitational at Jaycee Park July 22 23. Games start 8 a m Saturday with 20 games overall. Teams include Pecos Odessa Midland Big Spring and San Angelo. Championship at 5 10 p m Sunday. Admission 1 per adult day 50 cents per child day, or 150 for a two day ticket. Proceeds go to local program improvements. Entities include Goodrich Service Center Chickory Pecos All Stars Shaman Engineering Wheels of West Texas HNG Richardo’s Small Tool. For info contact Jim Edwards or Brett Barrett.
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Pecos Community Recreation Program
Pecos Jaycees
Jaycee Park
Pecos
Odessa
Midland
Big Spring
San Angelo
Goodrich Service Center
Chickory
Pecos All Stars
Shaman Engineering
Wheels of West Texas
HNG
Richardo’s
Small Tool
Jim Edwards
Brett Barrett
Jaycee
Howard Payne ex students to meet in Pecos club event
Howard Payne University alumni and friends meet at 7 p.m. Saturday July 29 at the Holiday Inn Pecos. Alumni Director Rick Carr and Howard Payne reps will attend with Debra Hart providing entertainment. Former students may bring a prospective student as a guest. contact Rev. Hart for details. Buck Jackson, longtime Pecos Rodeo announcer, will announce for the 2026 Austin Texas Rodeo after retiring from Pecos Rodeo duties two years ago due to illness.
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Howard Payne University
HPU
Holiday Inn
Pecos
Howard Payne
Rick Carr
Debra Hart
Jim Hart
Hart
Buck Jackson
Austin Texas Rodeo
Jackson
Reader Letter Questions Nicaraguan Chariton Report
The piece challenges Jack Anderson’s account of Arthur Chariton, noting Chariton’s conviction for smuggling and indictment for fraud in Nicaragua. It outlines Porvenir denim cloth imports, Central Ship Chandler scrap imports, and a three million dollar check kiting fraud tied to multiple banks, plus Chariton’s alleged belief in immunity as an American citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Arthur Chariton
Nicaraguan
Anderson
Chariton
Nicaragua
Porvenir
Ing
Mr. Chariton
Bluefields
Banco Nacional de Nicara
United States
Obituaries for Carl Byler and Leroy Payne in Pecos region
Obituary notices record services for Carl Everett Byler age 72, born 1906 in Blackwell Oklahoma, died July 14 in Reeves County Hospital, with burial at Mt. Evergreen Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters Esther Lou Brown and Freddie Sue Nelson, a brother Earl Byler, and nine grandchildren. Also listed is Leroy Buchanan Payne age 62, born 1916 in Pecos, died after a short illness at Val Verde Hospital in Del Rio. services in Bracketville with burial at the Bracketville Catholic Cemetery. Survivors include wife Dorothy, brothers Ollie C. Payne, three daughters Dixie Pynnell Pattie Foster and Frances Mellor. A brief AP item from Austin reports the Texas railroad commission dismissed San Antonio’s bid for a new hearing on natural gas nominations, upholding a Feb. 5 rule tying nominations to firm demand forecasts.
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Carl Evertt Byler
Carl Everett Byler
Pecos
Funeral Home
Mt. Evergreen Cemetery
Byler
Blackwell
Okla
Reeves County
Masonic Lodge
Esther Lou Brown
Lubbock
Freddie Sue Nelson
Lewisville
Earl Byler
Grove
Leroy Buchanan Payne
Doran Funeral Home
del Rio
St. Mary Magdalene
Bracketville
Payne
Val Verde
Dorothy
Bracket
Austin, Texas
Railroad Commission
San Antonio
Lila Cockrell
la Vaca Gathering Co
Objection to Airport Boarding Searches Sparks Debate
Readers argue about airport boarding searches and possible chilling effects. The comment contends that opponents may not have weighed the broader impacts on privacy and security.
Weekly Pecos Area Club Activities and Meetings
Schedule lists Lions Club and Rotary meets at Holiday Inn Pecos with noon or evening times. Includes AA and TOPS group sessions, Senior Citizens drop-in, birthday party, health blood testing clinic, and public meeting details with addresses and telephone numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos AA
Alnon
S. Oak
Balmorhea
Ieves Community Council
10Th St
Senior Citizens Center
Rotary Club
Holiday Inn
Pecos
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
S. Oak St
Pecos Students Named on Odessa College Honor Rolls
Odessa College listed 93 Pecos students on the first summer term honor rolls. Twenty seven made the A honor roll and 66 the B honor roll. Summa cum laude A honorees included Robert Barreno. Pecos students on cum laude B were Carolyn S Allen Cynthia Ann Florez and Peggy McCracken.
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Odessa
Odessa College
Robert Barreno
Pecos
Carolyn S. Allen
Cynthia Ann Florez
Peggy McCracken
Guardsman Cited for Outstanding Performance at Training
Sp 5 Jesus H. Muniz of Battery B 3rd Battalion 113 Field Artillery was named the outstanding soldier during annual training in 1978 at Oro Grande New Mexico. A Texas Army National Guard spokesman praised Muniz for professionalism and attitude noting he is a definite asset to his unit community and country. U S Rep Bill Archer of Houston was named Monday as honorary chairman of a 125 a plate Republican fundraiser in Houston August 18 with Rep Don Henderson chairing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sp-5
Jesus H. Muniz
113 Field Artillery
Oro Grande
N.M
Texas Army National Guard
Muniz
Austin
Texas
U.S
Bill Archer
Houston
Don Henderson
GOP
Bill Brock
Pierre du Pont
Delaware
Disappearing General Store Moves Stock to Pentagon
The general store has vanished from the area with most stock now shelved in the Pentagon building. Officials confirm relocation and reassignment of goods to the new facility. Local residents report mixed reactions as services continue with limited disruption.
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Pentagon
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South Pacific
American Association of Retired Persons
Senior Citizen's Center
Irene Hunter
Chicago
New York Cotton Exchange
DOW Jones
A.m
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ken Dulaney
Lewis Barrett
Diane Osborn
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Reeves, Ward, Loving, Culberson
Jeff Davis
Smtwt Ff
Guardsman
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