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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1975
Page
2
New Orleans hosts a brief five mile steamboat race from Audubon Park to Toulouse Street Wharf as the Delta Queen faces the Natchez IX. Hundreds expected along the Mississippi levees to watch this historic matchup reviving a 19th century rivalry.
Miss Debbie Sue Bottoms daughter of Mr and Mrs Arlton Bottoms Balmorhea and Clarence M Bryan son of Mr and Mrs H P Buddy Bryan Toyah were married in a double ring ceremony in Pecos Monday. They will live in Toyah where he works.
Balmorhea Library begins a readers book club for students in grades 2 through 8. After reading and reporting on two books at the library, members earn Reading Club membership. Each book completed adds a page to their book. At summer end they receive a book cover a certificate and a blue ribbon medal. Also notes on city government meetings Chamber of Commerce events and local services including a free vaccine clinic for children at the housing department and a senior citizen room open for games quilting and handwork.
New York stocks retreat slightly amid recovery doubt as the Dow Jones industrial average sits at 842.62, while the American Stock Exchange gains. Treasury Secretary Simon warns recovery signs will be slow to appear. Cotton futures rise on mill demand and a firmer grain outlook appears in Chicago. Fort Worth cattle and hogs show steady to higher price ranges with varying weights and classes in today’s livestock report.
Police investigate the theft of about 15 gallons of gasoline from an auto in the Holiday Inn parking area overnight Monday. Larry Stull of San Antonio says he parked there and found the fuel missing Tuesday, reporting the incident at 8 08 a.m. Tuesday.
Rev John Witherspoon, the sole active clergyman among the Declaration signers, rose to fame as a religious leader and educator. Emigrating from Scotland amid colonial strife, he joined the Revolution and signed the Articles of Confederation as well as the Declaration, but is best remembered for his distinguished presidency of the College of New Jersey, later Princeton University.
Motion sickness medicine should be given to anyone for the asking at meetings of any club's business sessions. The columnist uses sharp wit to critique meeting culture and suggests free provisions as a tongue in cheek remedy.
The Pecos economy, driven by seismographic crews and oil firms, shows strong payrolls and tax contributions. Major companies like Gulf Conoco Arco Exxon Texaco and Phillips plus independents keep exploration alive as the 1975 school tax base climbs. Over 1,000 industry workers are set to converge for Oil and Gas Appreciation Day on June 13.
A compact listing shows weekly events at local venues including Downtown Lions at the Holiday Inn on Wednesday at noon, Bingo and a Senior Citizens Center listing, with additional meetings for Morning Optimists Rotary Club Amistad Lions TOPS Club and Alcoholics Anonymous across days. It also notes a demographic fact that about 70 percent of Americans live in 2 percent of the land.
The paper lists staff names including JOHN PITTS PEGGY MCCrackes LINN WERB BECKY RIVERA DIANE OSBORN MARY SHUTE RUBEN Baca EMILY GALINDO CARLOS SICHOLS JOYCE MILLER Assistary cc Psus Mararee Eo Oriee Marage and notes publishing evenings Monday through Friday with newsstands price 15 cents by carrier 25 cents per day and annual rates with tax. It also lists delivery complaint hours and mail rates by Reeves and other counties 2626 44 tax per year and associated billing details. The page classifies as a local newspaper with Associated Press affiliation and standard republication disclaimer.
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