Balmorhea City Hall Sees Resignations and Budget Moves
Balmorhea voters and officials address mayor Humphries and alderman Sprin kle with a call for resignation. The council passes Ordinance 1047 designating the city secretary position and votes on tax rate and exemptions while accepting resignations and advertising for a new secretary.
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Brijalba
Hoffman
Jones
Humphries
Catherine Farington
Equalization Board
Alvarez
Sprinkle
EMS
City Ambulance
Q.A. Crenshaw
Ode
Balmorhea Notes and Local Bits of Balmorhea
Amy McIntire resigns as Secretary Treasurer of the Catholic Womens Club with the next meeting set for June 21 at the Balmorhea fellowship center. Ona Graef reports a few short rains aiding conditions while the country remains dry. McElroy ranchers Sonny Earl and Mary branded calves and sprayed stock, with stock looking good and no feeding yet. Mr and Mrs Bill McIntire visit San Angelo to see daughter Patsy and Bill’s relatives. Suzanne Bates, daughter of R W Bates Jr, wins the Buttrey Memorial Scholarship and Brown University Alumni Award for excellence in writing and speech. she will be a senior at St Stephen's Episc School after summer camp at Prude Ranch.
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Amy McIntire
Catholic Womens Club
Balmorhea
Ona Graef
McElroy
Sonny
Earl
Mary
Bill McIntire
San Angelo
Patsy McIntire
Bill
Miss Bates
Suzanne Bates
R.W. Bates
Jefferson
St. Stephen’s Episcopal School
Austin
Buttrey
Suzanne
Brown University Associated
St. Stephen’s School
Prude Ranch Camp
Thunderstorms End Heat Wave Across North Texas
Severe storms with winds over 50 mph and heavy rain stopped a heat spell in North Texas while Southwest Texas remained hot. Dallas Love Field saw 2.01 inches of rain and strong winds, with downed limbs in Dallas and Fort Worth and temperatures near 100 before the storm. A possible tornado was sighted near Sulphur Springs as Central and East Texas faced new storms.
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Texas
Dallas Love Field
Dallas
Fort Worth
Central
East Texas
New Paris
Waco-Austin
Corpus Christi
Galveston
West Texas
Dog Bite and Theft Incidents Reported in Reeves County
Police logged multiple incidents including a dog bite at 119 N. Alamo St. with owner cited for allowing a dog to run at large, auto theft and burglary arrests, a fatal assault with a self defense claim, criminal trespass charges, break-ins at Jack and Bill's service station and Pecos Inn, a disturbance with a kitchen-knife threat, and several traffic and property damage accidents plus possession charges for a minor.
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Letigia Rodriguez
E. Second St
N. Alamo St
Joe Louis Gavaldon
George Reynolds
Sunday House
David Williams
Peoria
Ark
Sierra Blanca
Reeves County
Justice of the Peace Cliff Preslar
Lupe Jimenez
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Monte Carlo
Jimenez
Ramon Domingues
Dominguez
James Pearrow
Johnny Billeiter
Armando Gil
Jack and
Bill
Carol Curcurato
Pecos Inn
Third St
Court Hears 14 Cases In Final Session Friday
Federal District Court closed a Friday morning session with 14 cases, including a probation revocation involving Silvestre Serna. Earlier, Roberto Hernandez-Garcia of Ojinaga pled guilty to possessing marijuana and received one year in prison, plus one month eight days to serve, five years probation, deportation, and ban on reentry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal District Court
Silvestre Serna
Roberto Hernandez-Garcia
Ojinaga
United States
Storms Diminish Across Great Plains Amid Trials in Texas
Severe weather across the South and central Great Plains eased overnight with scattered storms in Texas Colorado Nebraska the Dakotas and Kansas. In Nebraska hail as large as golf balls hit Bladen while Rapid City saw flash floods and vehicles washed at Reptile Gardens. Separately several defendants pleaded not guilty to marijuana and heroin charges in multiple Texas and New Mexico cases with pre trial hearings set for Aug 16 and jury selection Aug 22.
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Great Plains
Texas
Colorado
Nebraska
Dakotas
Kansas
Bladen
Rapid City
S.D
Reptile Gardens
Virginia
Alabama
Gustavo Beren Saenz
Sunray
Augustin Rey Hernandez
Odessa
Francisco Javier Aguirre-Sanchez
Cactus
Roland Ernesto Sepeda
Lubbock
Waco
Philip Edward Rule
Obbs
N.M
Harold E. Clegg
Hobbs
Midland
Outdoor Cookery program at Pecos High School
The Pecos High School Homemaking Department hosted the fourth of five programs titled Outdoor Cookery in Carolyn McNeil’s back yard. Carolyn McNeil and Jackie McMillan prepped dishes for gas grills donated by Southern Union Gas and discussed menu planning and outdoor food prep. Menu items included turkey fish shish kebabs grilled bass Korean flank steak and more with a film Cooking Al Fresco shown to illustrate outdoor cooking principles.
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Pecos High School Homemaking Department
Carolyn McNeil
Nebraska
Jackie McMillan
Southern Union Gas Company
Balmorhea Eastern Star Elects Officers for Year
Balmorhea Eastern Star met with Worthy Matron Chris Gilbert and Worthy Patron Allen Gilbert presiding. Seventy six members listed with one transfer. officers installed include Matron Chris Gilbert and Patron Allen Gilbert, plus secretary Deana Schloemer and treasurer Frankie Kingston. The Balmorhea Charter was draped in memory of Lilly Robinson.
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Balmorhea-Toyah
Order of the Eastern Star
Chris Gilbert
Allen Gilbert
Elizabeth Cook
Pecos Cook
Deana Schloemer
Frankie Kingston
Sherry Clark
Beda Laremore
Chaplin
Mary Crenshaw
Marshall Kate Crenshaw
Sue Toone
Adah
Maude Clark Ruth
Joan Stapp
Electra
Maurine Barton
Martha
Raylene McBee
Electa
Venita Jobe
Warder
Doug Clark
Sentenal
Kenny Schloemer
Phyllis Allen
McNeil
Eveyln Brocker
Bro
Greenhill
Bro St. John
Lilly Robinson
Toyah
Grand Chapter
Deaths laments two Odessa wreck and Pecos losses
Luciano Bejarano 23 son of Mr and Mrs Castillo Bejarano of Pecos was killed in a two car collision in Odessa Saturday night and services are pending at Easterling Funeral Home in Odessa Survivors include his wife daughter Diana two sisters including Nobia Bustamente of Pecos and three brothers Juan Bejarano Joe Bejarano Gabino Bejarano all of Pyote Sibyl A Moore 75 former Pecos teacher had services in Ravenna with interment in Willow Wild Cemetery She died in a Bonham hospital after a short illness Born Fate August 28 1901 she retired in 1972 and belonged to Delta Kappa Gamma Texas State Teachers Association and the Retired Teachers Association Survivors include husband Ora Moore of Ravenna son Gregory of Houston two brothers Tyler and Edmond Gregory of Harlingen one sister Ruth Hudson of Pharr and three grandsons.
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Luciano Bejarano
Castillo Bejarano
Pecos
Odessa
Diana
Nobbia Bustamente
Juan Bejarano
Joe Bejarano
Gabino Bejarano
Pyote
Sibyl A. Moore
Pezos
Ravenna
Willow Wild
Ora Moore
Bonham Hospital
Fate
Methodist Church
Delta Kappa Gamma
Texas State Teachers Association
Retired Teachers Association
O.A. Moore
Gregory
Houston
Tyler
Edmond Gregory
Harlingen
Ruth Hudson
Pharr
Community Club and club meetings and events calendar
Monday evening Lions Club at American Motor Inn 7 30 p m Amistad Lions Club at Lions Den 7 30 p m Pecos Optimists at Chaparral Village Steak House 7 p m Tuesday Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous and Al Anon 8 p m 125 S Oak St phone numbers shown Moving TOPS Club 9 30 a m Federation Parlor w TOPS TX 259 at St Community Council office 6 p m Evening Optimist Club at Saragosa Hall 8 p m Bible study Senior Center 119 S Cedar 3 4 p m Wednesday Birthday party Senior Center 119 S Cedar 3 5 p m
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Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos Optimists
Chaparral Village
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
S. Oak St
Moving Tops Club
Federation Parlor
Tops TX
St. Community
Barbs Barbs By Phil Pastoret
A compact column features quips on life in brief standup style. The author delivers jokes about aging appliances and modern labor with a punchy, lightly satirical tone.
Barstow Fire Dept Promotes C W Dance Night
Barstow hosts a C W dance at the gym Friday night to fund equipment for the volunteer fire department. Joe Paul Nichols and the Five Pennies from Jacksboro perform starting at 8 30 p m. Tickets are $2 for adults in advance or $2 50 at the door with children 6 to 14 at $1. Proceeds support gear for the firemen.
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Barstow
Joe Paul Nichols
Jacksboro
Bob Mullinix
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