Miss Cotton of Pecos Pageant Builds Excitement and Tickets
The Miss Cotton of Pecos Pageant profits from strong leadership as Maxine Tharp chairs the event with past coordinators Jean Passmore and Freda Blahosky highlighted for their work. Organ music by Alton Hughes and a live vocal segment add allure while ticketing is restricted to 360 advance sales to guarantee seating.
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Kathleen Robertson
Alton Hughes
Doc Young Music Company
Odessa
Bers
Daughters of Apollo 15 Astronaut Draw Moon Visions
Jan and Jill Irwin, daughters of Apollo 15 astronaut James B. Irwin, describe moon scenes in two drawings. One shows astronauts amid moon peaks and friendly lunar beings. the other portrays tiny spacemen beside a moon car and lander with rugged canyons in the background.
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Luna
Jill Irwin
Mary Ellen Irwin
A&M to Receive New Navy Oceanographic Vessel
Texas A and M have been chosen to receive the first ship in a new class of Navy oceanographic research vessels. The vessel is budgeted at about 3.5 million dollars including equipment, with delivery slated for winter 1972. It will be berthed at Mitchell Campus on Pelican Island in Galveston. The University of Hawaii also involved.
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Texas A&m
Navy
Jack K. Williams
University
Mitchell
Pelican Island
Galveston
University of Hawaii
Texas Maritime Academy
Richard A. Geyer
Texas A&M’s Oceanography Department
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean
Atlantic
Geyer
Balmorhea
Bob Patton
Patton
Ann Sikes
Pearl Pittman
Dorothy Ellison
Pris McNutt
Supt
Allen
Austin
SBA field man to interview small businessmen in Fort Stockton
A Small Business Administration field representative will visit the Fort Stockton Chamber of Commerce on August 3 to counsel local entrepreneurs about SBA loan programs SCORE and management aid. Interested applicants should bring financial statements and business records and may inquire about Economic Injury Disaster Loans due to drought.
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Lubbock
Small Business Administration
el Paso
Chamber of Commerce
Fort Stockton
Texas
Psychologist links nutrition to aging and isolation
LUBBOCK AP Dr Jack Weinberg a psychiatrist and gerontologist says aging has psychological as well as physical roots in nutrition problems He notes old age is a developmental phase not a disease and loss of meaningful others worsens eating habits especially for those living alone or in institutions leading to nutritional deficiencies.
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Dr. Weinberg
Weinberg
Scrooge Receives Fourth International Honor
The 1970 musical edition of Charles Dickens Christmas carol Scrooge produced by Robert H. Solo and directed by Ronald Neame was named best family entertainment picture of 1970 by Puerto Rico’s El Centro de Medio de Communicacion Social. A silver plaque citation was sent to Cinema Center Films in North Hollywood, marking the fourth international honor for the film.
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New York
Scrooge
Robert H. Solo
Ronald Neame
el Centro de Medio de Communicacion Social
Puerto Rico
Cinema Center Films
North Hollywood
Calif
Balmorhea area notes and local engagements update
Balmorhea news highlights visits by Darlene Winn and family and Clay Patrick from El Paso, weddings of Edith Winterrowd and John Hiett in Big Springs, and travels of residents to Fort Worth, Pecos, Lubbock, Alpine, Odessa, Amarillo, and Marfa. Local births, hospital stays, school staffing, and district programs are reported along with conference attendance and staff assignments.
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Clay Patrick
Bob Walters
el Paso
Troy Patrick
Pecos
Frankie Kingston
Ter
Dorothy Sanders
Big Springs
Lubbock
San Angelo
Lonnie Winterrowd
Balmorhea
Wilma Finley
Serita Mengevasser
Ruidoso
Davis Family Heads to Phoenix for School Prep
Mrs. Eldon Davis and children Judy Mike Tennie Susan and Rona left July 21 for their home in Phoenix Arizona. Preparations for school needed to be made and Tennie Davis had started back to work.
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Eldon Davis
Judy
Mike
Tennie Susan
Rona
Phoenix
Ariz
Tennie Davis
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