Balmorhea school hires teachers for fall term
Balmorhea school board met Tuesday night and hired John Barfield Thomas Randle James Sprinkle Kathryn Sprinkle David Solis Reyes Castillo William King Wynona King and several aides for the coming fall term. A contract with Thomas Y. Pickett to appraise district mineral and industrial properties was signed. Cassell Roofing Co. of Pecos was awarded repairs to elementary and library roofs. Balmorhea City Council reviewed the 1976 77 budget with a public hearing set for July 29 and a special meeting on July 19 to finalize budget review. Council approved 37 new 8000 lumen lights replacing 2500 lumen brackets. 1976 tax rolls valued at 1 567 936 at 90 percent. tax rates to be set after budget adoption. Births and local notices follow including Marcy Emmily Moore and family, Mrs Juan Carrasco recovering from heart attack, and other local updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balmorhea
C.T. Gray
John Barfield
Fluvanna
Thomas Randle
la Pryor
James Sprinkle
San Antonio
Kathryn Sprinkle
David Solis
Sal Ross
Reyes Castillo
Fabens
William
Bill) King
Paint Creek
Wynona Fern King
Pain Creek
Cindy Lara
Pearl Blakemore
Linda Bryan
Sally Dominguez
Gwyndolyn Bottoms
Chris Gilbert
Fidela Jasso
Merle Payne
Thomas Y. Pickett
Cassell Roofing Co
Pecos
Helen Humphries
Jack Hoffman
Pecos Cook
Bill Sprinkle
West Texas Utilities Company
Balmorhea News Roundup and Local Notes
The Balmorhea reservoir holds about a quarter inch of rainwater, a start toward filling tanks if more rain comes. Ranchers welcome moisture. no tanks filled yet. AARP meets Tuesday at the housing center to elect a president and share an evening with friends at 7 30. Louise Adams hosted a Thursday bridge club evening with seven games, sandwiches, chips, fruit, coffee, high score Amy McIlntire, low score Ona Graef, bingo to Louise Adams. City Council receives revenue sharing of 4123 designated for dump grounds improvement and 5887 19 sales tax, funds to general maintenance. 825 of 1975 taxes collected, aiding fiscal year start. Christine Poe taken to Odessa hospital for exams after multiple Pecos hospital visits. Balmorhea High School student Gary Compton works under a Soil Conservation Service summer program gaining surveying, drafting and clerical experience. second summer with SCS. Delbert Mooney of SCS announces Ted Bolzle transfer from Balmorhea Field Office to Knox City as assistant manager of the Plant Materials Center. Ted and Nancy Bolzle moving July 26 from Balmorhea to Knox City, Nancy teaching remedial reading previously in Balmorhea and planning to teach in Munday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Adams
Amy McIintire
Ona Graef
Delbert Mooney
Soil Conservation Service
Ted Bolzle
Ted
Balmorhea
Nancy
Knox City
Soil Conservation Service Plant Materials Center
Kingsville
Munday
Boltles
Noon market report on a cautious New York steady decline
New York markets edged lower as traders weighed the Federal Reserve’s possible tighter policy after a higher money supply reading. The Dow fell 0.66 to 992.55 while the NYSE composite held. Cotton futures eased with spot prices down 170 points. Fort Worth cattle and hog quotes showed mixed moves in midday trade amid thin demand. Dow Jones 11 a.m. averages listed slight declines across industrial, transportation, and utility groups.
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New York
Federal Reserve
Fed
Sony
American Stock Exchange
Fort Worth
Tex
Dow Jones
A.m
Indus
Theft reported of purse and jewelry from Mary Mount car
Police report a purse containing 35 dollars in cash and several jewelry items stolen from Mary Mounts car parked at a laundromat on Fourth Street. Burglars also damaged a pickup at Adams Street, taking 125 dollars worth of tools and causing 75 dollars in damage to remove a citizen band radio. Ambulance calls numbered four Saturday and two Sunday plus two early Monday, including gunshot victim transport and a fainting case. Detroit fire bombing killed six, injured eight, as Mary Broome and family affected.
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Mary Mount
Fourth St
Randall Coleman
Adams St
Coleman
Pecos
Barstow
Memorial Hospital
E. 13Th Street
Odessa
Thriftway
N. Cedar Street
S. Palm Street
Two Inglewood men injured in one car rollover crash
Inglewood California men Gary Taylor and Kim Anderson were treated at Memorial Hospital after a Saturday morning one car rollover 10 miles east of Pecos on SH 20. Taylor had a ruptured spleen and surgery, Anderson sustained bruises and possible neck injury. Both remained in stable condition.
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Inglewood
Calif
Memorial Hospital
Gary Taylor
Kim Anderson
Taylor
Anderson
Pecos
SH 20
Department of Public Safety
Simon resigns from Kermit Memorial Hospital board
KERMIT W D Bill Simon resigned from the Memorial Hospital Board at a public meeting after an hour of closed session over the proposed firing of hospital administrator Ralph Lennon. The board had earlier rejected the Medenco Inco proposal on a Barton Simon motion with all members voting for rejection.
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Kermit
W.D
Bill) Simon
Board of Control
Memorial Hospital
Winkler County
Simon
Ralph Lennon
Medenco, Inco
Barton
Washington gets Triticale mill in Prosser plan
A Texas firm, Triticale Industries, Inc., selects Prosser, Washington, for a new $500,000 flour mill to process triticale, a wheat rye hybrid. The plant would employ 10, produce about 15 million pounds of flour yearly, with stock ownership options for grain producers and potential diversion to animal feed. Harvest projected in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasco, Wash
Texas
Prosser
Triticale Industries, Inc
Charles Briggs
Briggs
Mid-Columbia
Kansas City
Amarillo
Tex
Triticale Industries
Kay Carrick
Mel Ammerman
Triti‘ale Producers Association
Ammerman
Settlement and population mix of the Hawaiian Islands
The islands were settled by Polynesian seafarers around 700 A.D. with first Europeans arriving in the late 1700s. In the 19th century a large influx of Asian settlers followed. The 1970 census shows 39.2 percent Caucasian, 28.3 percent Japanese, and the remainder Hawaiian, Chinese, Filipino, Korean, and mixed ancestry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaiian Islands
Community Club and Meeting Schedule for Pecos Area
Monday events list Lions Club Amistad Lions Club Pecos Optimists at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday notices include Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous and AlAnon at 125 S Oak St, Morning TOPS Club at 9:30 a.m., TOPS TX 259 at St Community Office, and Evening Optimists at Saragosa Hall at 8 p.m.
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Lions Club
American Motors Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos Optimists
Chaparral Village
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
S. Oak St
Tops Club
Federation
Tops TX 259
St. Community
Deaths of Arthur Babcock and Ance Oates noted in Pecos
Graveside services for Arthur Babcock 83 of Brewton Alabama were held after his death from an apparent heart attack at home. He was born July 31 1894 and had lived in Pecos Fort Davis and Brewton. Survivors include Loretta widow Clarence son and two grandchildren. Ance Henson Oates 94 of Balmorhea a longtime rancher and Pecos resident died Sunday in Pecos Nursing Home. He was born July 1 1882 in Floresville and was a Baptist with several nieces and nephews surviving.
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Arthur Babcock
Benita Ave
Brewton
Ala
Babcock
Pecos
Fort Davis
Episcopal Church
Loretta
Brewton, Ala
Clarence
Florida
Ance Henson Oates
Balmorhea
Mr. Oates
Pecos Nursing Home
Floresville
Pecos Newsrate Pricing and Staff List
Buckner News Alliance publishes in Pecos Texas with local ad rates and mail subscriptions. The staff includes McCracken as Managing Editor Lynn Weak City Editor Nova Gutierk ez and Qa ne Osborn as advertising manager Mary Shuth Karen Back Circulation Emily Halindo and Carlos Nichols. Office carriers and pricing details list weekly and annual options for Reeves Ward Loving Culberson Jeff Davis counties and other areas with tax and student rates. The paper is a member of The Associated Press and second class postage is paid at Pecos.
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Progy McCracken
Lynn
Nova Gutierkez Family
Redior Qane Osborn
Mary Shuth
Karen Back
Emily Halindo
Carlos Nichols
Marky Carpenter
Reeves
Ward
Loving
Culberson
Jeff Davis
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Gage Lloyd
Big Spring
Gages
Barron Moore
Monahans
Marcy Emmily
Molly Anne
Pecos Hospital
Juan Carrasco
el Paso Hospital
Barbara Humphries
Baby
Jack Sellers
T&p
Davis Mountains
Toyah
By Frankie Kingston
AARP
Christine Poe
Odessa Hospital
Hayes
Gary Compton
Gary
SCS
DPS
Rusty Hill
California
Lynn Webb
Associated Press
Alcoa
At&t
Sip
Eastman
Paso NG
Exxon
Fairchild Cam
Ford
Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Tel
Gen Tire
Goodrich
A&p
Gulf Oil
Glf St Ut
Hous
IBM
Int Paper
Jhn-Man
John Joh
Litton
Marathon
Mobil Oil
Monsanto
Detroit
Mary Broome
Orla
Brockton,l
Odessa Medical Center
Stephen Callahan
Callahan
Dan McNerney
Winnetka
Todd Laroche
Fairfield
W.G
Jerry) Haynes
City Hall
Haynes
City of
Midland
Texas Railroad Commission
Tyler
Austin
Acton
Midland Hilton Hotel
Utility District
Ector County
Westover Baptist Church
26Th
Torrance
Washington
Hawaii
Ance Oates
Buckner News Alliance Newspaper
Cedar St. Pecos
Reeves County
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American Airlines
Poe
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