Volunteer Corner solicits aid for elderly and disabled
The Enterprise highlights needs from Pecos Department of Human Resources including fans or air conditioners for a pneumonia risk, window cords repair for a senior, a tape recorder for an arthritis patient, spare rooms for housing, and easy to prepare foods for crisis times. Call 445-5487 to help or donate at 1705 W. 4th or 119 S. Cedar.
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Department of Human Resources
Pecos
W. 4Th
Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar
Stocks Rally Broad Gains Amid Mixed Price Data
The New York market advanced with heavy trading as the Dow rose to 837.92 at noon, while NYSE volume climbed to 20.2 million shares. Producer prices showed mixed moves with a 0.4 percent rise overall, beef prices down, and intermediate and crude levels up. Cotton futures traded higher at midday, and Elias Joe Jr., a 36 year old with both arms lost in a 1967 textile accident, became South Carolina's first black licensed auctioneer after attending Missouri Auction School.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Labor Department
NYSE
New York Cotton Exchange
DOW Jones New York
Dow Jones
A.m. Stock
Hartsville
S.C
Elias Joe, Jr
Joe
South Carolina
Missouri
Kansas City
Balmorhea State Park hires new staff and residents relocate
Balmorhea State Park announces summer personnel led by Jake Cameron as park manager. New residents include Rolli C. McClain head lifeguard and lifeguards Henry D. Bryan Jerry Bryan Antonio Carrillo and Kimberly A. Oinca plus interns maid and maintenance staff. Nearby home purchases involve Roy and Mildred Price California transplants Ralph Carothers and son Iraan residents Freeman family and John Kinsey tenancy. two rangers James Hudnell Wayne Haley and patrolmen reassigned to Eden. Debbie Marshall and Arthur Fierro also noted in related postings.
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Balmorhea State Park
Rolli C. McClain
Henry D. Bryan
Jerry Bryan
Antonio Carrillo
Kimberly A. Oinca
Debra J. Marshall
Benedita Anchondo
Danny Carrillo
John E. Kinsey
Anna Jasso
Lucy A. Montoya
Ruth Rowe
Teresa C. Renz
Tissie Elliott
Cherry Elliott
Jake Cameron
James Hudnell
Mexia
Wayne Haley
Comstock
Eden
Davis and
Johnson
Hudnell
Balmorhea
Debbie Marshall
Lubbock
Arthur Fierro
Letters to the Editor on Cable TV Opinions
In Pecos Warner Cable Co. provides viewing but readers suggest adding the U S Spanish Television Network to serve Fort Stockton and Alpine where fewer Spanish speakers live. The letter argues for expanded offerings to better serve diverse local audiences.
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Warner Cable Co
Pecos
U.S
S.I.N
Fort Stockton
Alpine
Carlsbad Club Hosts Open Quarter Horse Show Judge Named
Carlsbad Quater Horse Club will stage its first open show of the year on Saturday June 9 at 1 p.m. Bob Wallace of Canyon Texas will judge under American Quarter Horse Association 1979 rules. Entry fees are 1 per class for members and 1 50 for nonmembers with 1979 dues required for year end points. Club dues are 7 50 annually. Events include halter styles, showmanship, lead line, English and Western divisions, Western Riding, Reining, pole bending, barrel racing and stake racing for various youth and adult groups.
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Bob Wallace
Canyon
Texas
Carlsbad Quarter Horse Club
American Quarter Horse Association
Title IV programs Educational improvement meeting June 20
The Educational Improvement Advisory Council will hold a public hearing in Austin on June 20 at 2 p.m. at the Texas Education Agency complex. The session opens a two day meeting to discuss the Texas State Plan for Title IV and U.S. funding for 1979-80 totaling 17.7 million dollars. The committee will review about 200 projects for funding from over 400 proposals, with major cuts expected in developmental projects and continued or adopter programs highlighted. Dr. M L Brockette will finalize funding after district negotiations.
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Austin
Educational Improvement Advisory Council
Texas Education Agency
E. Riverside Drive
Dorothy Davidson
M.L. Brockette
Texas Commissioner of Education
Brockette
Jack L. Davidson
Austin Independent School District
George D. Solana
Catholic Schools of
Galveston-Houston
W.R. Carmichael
Sam Houston State University
Leslie W. Cross
Lubbock Isd
Billie Fairall
Seguin
Victor Rodriguez
Immunization Clinic Planned by Texas Health Dept
The Texas Department of Health will hold an immunization clinic on June 12 from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. at 700 Daggett Street in the east wing of the old hospital building. Parents may bring their child’s immunization records if immunizations have begun. For questions call 447-2225.
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Texas Department of Health
Daggett Street
Ground breaking for Midland Omega Manufacturing Corp
Ground breaking ceremonies were held Tuesday for the new home of Omega Manufacturing Corp formerly Petro-Chem Research and Sales Inc. The Midland based firm announced the name change during the ceremony. Omega will occupy a three acre site in the K and C Industrial Park near Cottonflat Road and Francis Street. When finished late this summer the building will house administrative and sales offices a laboratory and blending facilities including a reactor for base chemicals. Omega provides chemical treatment for oil and gas production with service across the Permian Basin and expansion into South Texas. Officers include Robert Beeson president Ron Garner vice president and Joe Clark vice president and secretary treasurer. Beeson Garner and Clark organized the company five years ago. Bill Ziegler is plant manager.
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Omega Manufacturing Corp
Petro-Chem Research & Sales, Inc
Omega
Robert Beeson
K&c
Cottonflat Road
Francis Street
Permian Basin
South
Texas
Beeson
Ron Garner
Joe Clark
Garner
Clark
Bill Ziegler
Odessa recruiter Bill McKelvey promoted to Major
Odessan Army recruiting commander Bill McKelvey has been promoted to major. Lieutenant Colonel Nicolas Way announced the promotion and noted McKelvey assumed command of the Midland Odessa Recruiting Area two years ago, covering 21 Texas counties and four New Mexico counties. McKelvey, a Roswell native and 1964 Roswell High School graduate, earned a business degree from New Mexico State University in 1968. He and his wife Nancy Ward and two children, Amy and Ashley, reside in Odessa. SNIFF WASHINGTON AP notes dogs can sort out up to half a million odors while humans distinguish only a few thousand.
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Roswell
Roswell High School
New Mexico State University
Nancy Ward
Amy
Ashley
Odessa
Washington
National Geographic Society
June 1979 Pecos area events calendar highlights
Calendar lists weekly meetings and activities across Pecos Balmorhea and Barstow. Lions Club Amistad Lions Club and Downtown Lions meet Mondays. Optimist and AA Al Non groups meet Tuesdays. TOPS chapters and Bible study sessions held weekly. Rotary Jaycees and game days noted. senior citizens centers host exercise, crafts, and health activities throughout the week.
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Lions Club
Pecos Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Cantaloupe City
CB Club
CPS
Reddy Room
Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar, Huff and Puff
Pecos
Saragosa Hall
Pecos AA
Al-Non
N. Oak
Balmorhea
Old Senior Citizens Center
Second
Hickory
Eddy St
Barstow Lions Club
Barstow Community Center
S. Cedar
Pecos Jaycees
Alpine Lodge
Balmorhea Senior Citizens Center
Pecos Police Log Details Shootings Burglaries and Thefts
The Pecos Ambulance Service transported a gunshot victim Juan Chavez, 25, to Reeves County Hospital and then to Odessa Medical Center Hospital. A burglary at Pecos Valley Country Club netted eight bottles of liquor valued at $73, plus damage of $65. A service station break in at I 20 and US 285 caused losses totaling $986.50 including electronics and a microwave. A Balmorhea resident reported wallet loss at 810 Walthall. Theft of services involved $5 worth of gasoline at 800 Palmer.
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Pecos
Juan Chavez
Reeves County Hospital
Odessa Medical Center Hospital
Pecos Valley Country Club
Odessa
PVCC
Starley Drive
U.S. 285
Southwest Corner
Walthall
PPD
Palmer
Public hearing on CASPP planned in Midland
The Department of Human Resources schedules a public hearing at the West Texas Training Center in Midland to receive comments on the Comprehensive Annual Services Program Plan for the 1979 80 fiscal year. James B. Harvey urges residents to attend to voice concerns before final revision and implementation this fall.
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West Texas
Department of Human Resources
N. Big Spring
Midland
CASPP
James B. Harvey
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South Cedar Street
Ken Dulaney
Lewis Barrett
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Reeves County
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Jeff Davis Counties
Tammy Batteas
Jim Batteas
Nebraska
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Rotary
Miss Battens
Future Homemakers ' America
O Commerce
First Christian Church
Pecos Enterprise
Area News Andup
Roy Price
Rankin
Austin Street
Ralph Carothers and Son
California
Alfred Pax
Ft. Worth Street
Freeman
Iraan
John Moore
San Antonio Street
John Kinsey
Sweetwater
Bill Pruett
South Fifth
Carlsbad Club
San Antonio
Eleanor Dryden
Snyder Isd
Janelle Baisden
Belton
SMT Wifs
Cal
Department of Human Resources Office
First Baptist Church
Vacation Bible School
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