Deluges Flood Texas as Front Stalls Rain Flood Risks Rise
Fresh deluges drenched parts of Texas with near foot level totals this week. Creeks overflowed in Killeen flooding 25 homes and forcing over a dozen families to evacuate. Tornadoes and wild storms accompanied the slow-moving cool front stretching across the state. The National Weather Service logged 11 inches around Brady and issued renewed flood warnings for San Saba County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Texas
Killeen
National Weather Service
Brady
San Saba County
San Saba
Jamboree Showcases Local and Out of Town Singers
The Pecos Country Music Jamboree at the Community Center featured We Three Trio Western Swingers Cheyenne Social Club Woodards and the Williamson family among performers. Appreciation notes thanked SWIG Cotton Oil Mill Dairy Mart and several volunteers and media outlets for support and publicity. Curtiss Carlson leads the association with Gary Williams as master of ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
We Three Trio
Western Swingers
Cheyenne Social Club
Woodards
Williamson
SWIG
Dairy Mart
Irene Wagner
Willie Hamilton
Pat Barnett
John Sullivan
Boy Scouts
Norman Hill
Pecos Enterprise
KIM Radio
Pecos Free Press
Kosa-Tv
Odessa
Kerb Radio
Kermit
Curtiss Carlson
Gary Williams
Combined buying to lower grocery prices in Southwest
Four Affiliated Food Stores centers in Dallas Tulsa Amarillo and Little Rock announce a joint buying plan to cut prices for customers across Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi New Mexico Oklahoma Tennessee and Texas. The move aims to boost buying power without a merger, serving over two thousand independent stores and a regional population near twenty million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Southwest
Affiliated Food Stores, Inc
Tulsa
Amarillo
Little Rock
Arkansas
Associated Grocers
Louisiana
Mississippi
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Hill’s
Popular
Piggly Wiggly Groceries
Charles McBeath
Affiliated
Seven State
United States of Affiliated promotes four center merger
Four distribution centers launch United States of Affiliated campaign with a red white and blue logo, expanded buying power, and lower prices. A color 16 page tabloid, shopping bulletin, jingles, and videotapes support the rollout across seven states. Independent stores keep ownership while shelves reflect new savings and branding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Affiliated
Amarillo
McBeath
McBeth
Affiliated Food Stores
Gas Dryers Save Time and Money for Laundry Rooms
Do not believe every claim about gas but gas dryers prove faster drying times and lower costs. A gas dryer dries clothes quicker than a typical electric setup and costs about a third of the energy to operate.
Pecos D.A.R Seeks Donations of Reading Materials
Dear Pecos Friends the Pecos D A R wishes for donations of pamphlets books and magazines I will pick them up if you will please call me at 5 3316 Many many thanks Mrs Bill Mattox
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos Enterprise
Pecos Friends
Pecos D.A.R
Bill Mattox
Also Mentioned on This Page
Reeves County
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ford Love
Joyce Miller
Dan Dominguez
May
Harold May
Sunday
Sur
Dan Painter
Bonnie Dearley
Country Cousins
Carlsbad
Fran Sunday
Dick Turner
At&t
Ad Rich
Beth
Eastman
el Paso
IBM
Paper
Marathon
Mobil Oil
Monsanto
Penn Cent
Penney
RCA
Safeway
Sears
Ind
Texaco
UN Carbide
US Steel
Woolwth
Souther Union Gas Company
Alamo
Wed & Thurs
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!