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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1975
Page
2
Range is drying across the Balmorhea area with potential feed shortages if rain does not come soon. A brief rain between Balmorhea and Ft Davis provided a break from the heat but did not cover much area. Browns of local families noted.
Mrs Donna Hess of Barstow and her daughter April stayed with her parents in Balmorhea for a summer visit. Alpine resident Bertha Fortson visits her daughter and family the Crenshaws this week. Mrs Bob Masters travels to Odessa for an upcoming hospital stay. The Order of the Eastern Star meets at Masonic Temple Thursday June 12 with new officers installed by Sherry and Doug Clark and Chris and Allen Gilbert. The hospitable committee will host.
Gold prices in London fell after a morning fixing of 165.25 and an afternoon fix of 164.75. Paris quoted 169.99 and Frankfurt posted 166.10 while Zurich bids 164.25 and asks 165.25. Handy & Harman base in New York 164.95 and Engelhard selling at 165.25.
At the end of the school year an assembly at Bessie Haynes Elementary listed highest honors for fourth through sixth grades. Honor awardees were Crystal Boyd and Juan Estrella. Francis Garcia and Robert Contreras. Lucy Barrientos and Harvey Herrera. Citizenship awards went to Lisa Rubio, Velma Hendricks, and Jessie Marquez. Sixth grader Booker T. Fobbs and Rosa Collins received attendance honors, with several students earning Presidential Physical Fitness awards bearing President Ford's signature.
In Libreville the OPEC meeting opens amid absence of Iran and Saudi ministers and hints by Iran’s Yeganeh of a 30 to 35 percent price rise in September after a nine month freeze. A IMF SDR or multi-currency pricing proposal may replace the dollar, with study of gas exports under OPEC control and potential new producer–consumer talks.
A cool front and overcast skies spread across Texas after a spell of heat and unsettled weather. Pecos recorded a high of 90 with a predawn 58, while heavy showers and thunderstorms moved from western areas toward the southern regions, triggering flood warnings and evacuations around Sour Lake and parts of Southeast Texas. Coastal Bend saw subnormal moisture, and a tornado damaged a vacant school in Pasadena as storms threatened further flooding from the Upper Texas Coast to Laredo.
Deaths of Malcolm Lang Payne 63 and Ysidoro Mata 81 are reported with funeral services set in Pecos. Payne, a longtime Post Office employee born April 25, 1912 in Pecos, dies in Waco. services Thursday at Pecos Funeral Home with burial Fairview Cemetery. Mata, a 37‑year Pecos resident born in Presidio in March 1894, dies in Odessa. services Friday at Santa Rosa Catholic Church with burial Santa Rosa Cemetery. Survivors listed for both include spouses, children, and extended family.
The fifth annual American Boys State program, under the Texas Department and held at the University of Texas, began registration for 900 high school boys from across Texas and two from Mexico. Participants are sorted into Nationalist or Federalist parties and will attend conventions and vote in primaries, gaining civic leadership insights.
Valentin Hernandez Acosta of Venezuela said OPEC delegates at the conference agreed to decide on a price increase at the next ministerial meeting opening Sept 24 in Vienna to offset inflation. OPEC planned to issue a communique saying oil prices will be quoted in the IMF SDRs instead of the U S dollar.
Thursday morning Optimists meet 6 30 a m at the Ramada Inn Rotary Club gathers at the Holiday Inn at noon Friday Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 8 30 p m at 125 S Oak St contact numbers listed Balmorhea area meetings noted Monday Evening Lions Club at American Motor Inn 6 p m Amistad Lions Club Lions Den 7 30 p m Tuesday TOPS Club meets at E 10th St senior center 6 p m Wednesday Downtown Lions meet at noon at the Holiday Inn Local groups convene at listed venues and times across the week.
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