Education board meets tonight in Pecos and East Pecos
Pecos-Barstow Consolidated Independent School District board convenes at 3 30 p m with audience session featuring United Mexican American Council petitioning to rehire Darrell Carr a teacher at East Pecos Junior High School. Summer programs run June 5 to July 15 at Pecos High and East Pecos Junior High with remedial and English classes and a summer recreation program under district staff.
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Pecos-Barstow Consolidated Independent
Pecos High School
East Pecos Junior High School
Ray Whitley
Whitley
Jerry Milsapps
East Pecos Junior High
Daisy Ro
Barstow Senior Citizens Plan June Meeting and Memorial
The Barstow Senior Citizens Club held a May meeting at the Community Center with no dues and no age limit. Officers chosen include pianist Artie Justis and reporter Walter Burkholder, while Rev. J. H. Freeland spoke at a memorial program for his late wife Ruth. The group will meet again June 20 before disbanding until September and will decide on a memorial gift for the late Mrs. J. H. Freeland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senior Citizens of
Barstow
Senior Citizens Club
John Burkholder
Gillis
Albert Rice
Wendell Nichols
Artie Justis
Marjorie Nichols
Walter Burkholder
Echols
J. H. Freeland
Presbyterian Church
Freeland
Ruth
Nichols
Gladys
Willman
McCloud
Charles Dyer
R. J. Titls
Justis
Edith Cook
Lucille Smith
Ralph Williams
Pecos
City collects over $1,200 in fines during May
Pecos municipal court and police department reports show May fines totaling $1,236.50. The Pecos Police Department and city court account for the collection, with details noting amounts attributed to traffic and other municipal violations.
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Pecos
Ment
Corporation Court
Floats Register for Annual Rodeo Parade
Floats for the annual Rodeo parade must be registered with Nita Smith at the Chamber of Commerce or Mrs. Her ring. Five divisions include commercial floats organizational floats costume dress riders old motor driven vehicles and old horse drawn vehicles. First prize 25 dollars second prize 15 dollars and trophies will bear winners' names. Contact Mrs. Smith at 445-2406 or Mrs. Her ring at 445-3646.
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Nita Smith
The
Chamber of Commerce
Carl Her
Starley Joins Postgrad Legal Education Course
Judge J H Starley of Pecos District Court is enrolled in a four week intensive course in post graduate legal education run by the National College of the State Judiciary. The University of Nevada Reno hosts Session II from July 23 to August 18 covering trial procedures evidence civil family and criminal law and advanced court management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Starley
District Court of Pecos
National College of the State Judiciary
Section of
Judicial Administration
American Bar Association
University of Nevada
Reno
Starley
Orphans reunite after 26 years as son meets mother
In Orlando a mother Vera List learns her son Manfred, born August 23 1944, survived Russian imprisonment in Germany and tracked her down after eight years of agency work. He is now married and a father, while Vera and husband Everett List plan to bring them to Orlando with travel funding.
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Orlando
Air Force
Everett List
Ohio
Manfred
United States
Pecos approves 1.2 million city budget for 1972 73
Pecos City Council adopted a 1,204,170 budget for 1972 73, up from 1,124,247 for 1971 72. A five percent base salary raise for city employees and emergency ordinance taxes cover water sewer and sanitation charges. New rates include water taps and sewer and garbage charges, effective with July billing, with detailed adjustments for multi dwelling units and trailer homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
J. J. Maxey
Reading for Fun runs through July 14 in Pecos schools
A Summer Library Program started June 5 in Pecos schools and continues through July 14. Libraries at six campuses will be open two or three days weekly for book checkout and research, with schedules differing by site. Participating schools include Bessie Haynes Elementary, North Pecos Elementary, East Pecos Junior High, Pecos Elementary, South Pecos Elementary, and West Pecos Junior High. Open days and hours vary by campus and run from early morning to mid afternoon on designated days.
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Pecos
H. L. Ramsey
Pecos - Barstow Consolidated Independent School District
Bessie Haynes
North Pecos
East Pecos
South Pecos
West Pecos
Balmorhea Lions to Hold Charter Night Banquet
The Bal morhea Lions Club will host an 8 p.m. charter-night banquet at the Balmorhea School cafeteria with area Lions invited. Wives may attend with husbands as part of a ladies night. Featured speaker is Tommy Thompson, Kermit superintendent of schools, as Lion District Gov. Chet Connor of El Paso presents the charter and installs officers.
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Balmorhea Lions Club
Balmorhea
Stacy Watson
Alpine Lions Club
Tommy Thompson
Kermit
Lion District
Chet Connor
el Paso
Enterprise quits printing Free Press
The Pecos Free Press, bought two weeks earlier by the Pecos Enterprise, is temporarily discontinued due to lack of advertising support. Advertising has shifted to the Pecos Enterprise, with Free Press subscribers to be served by pro rated deliveries. The Free Press will publish occasionally when advertising warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos Free Press
Pecos Enterprise
Enterprise
O’ferrall Pauly
Pauly
Free Press
Pecos
School Receives New Lighting Fixtures at South Pecos Elementary
Superintendent Ray Whitley announced South Pecos Elementary fifth and sixth grade classrooms are saving new fluorescent lighting to replace old bulbs. Janitors will scrub, wax, and paint rooms all summer to improve conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Whitley
South Pecos
Janie Tors
McGovern Eyes Victory As Muskie Delegates Pivot
Senator George McGovern gained momentum in the Democratic race as reports said Senator Edmund Muskie may release his delegates to back McGovern, potentially boosting his tally toward the 1,509 needed for the Miami Beach nomination. Humphrey acknowledged tough odds, while Muskie pondered a decision. McGovern projected 1,335 to 1,400 delegates after the New York primary.
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Vernon A. Guidry JR
Associated Press
George S. McGovern
Sen
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
McGovern
NBC
New York Times
National Press Club
Washington
Miami Beach
Miami
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
California
Humphrey
Nixon
Richard Stewart
Stewart
Gary Hart
Gates
New York
South Dakota
Los Algeles
Hanoi
Weather report for Pecos and Midland region
High in Pecos reached 88 with an overnight low of 69 according to SWIG Cotton Oil readings. The U S Weather Bureau Midland forecasts partly cloudy skies with little temperature change, highs in the upper 30s and lows in the lower 60s, humidity around 70 percent.
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Pecos
U. S
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Red Bluei Water Power Control District Board of Directors
Pecos Savings and Loan
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Saragosa Hall
Maxey
Pecos Housing Authority
Zoning Board
Zoning Board of Adjustment
John Lewis
U.S. 285
Fred Armstrong Associates
Texas Water Quality Board
E. W. Schmidt
Garland Matthews
Clem Crowley
Manuel Trujillo
Zarl McGee
J.J. Maxey
Lorraine Henderson
Fred Leigh
Lions
Printing Free Press
Charles Weinacht
Reeves County
Ft. Davis
Weinacht
Toganvale
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