Flag Day myths and the birth of Old Glory
The piece traces the origins of the U S flag era myths and confirms Betsy Ross stories lack solid proof while noting Betsy Ross made ship flags for Pennsylvania and highlighting true ties to John Paul Jones. It mentions the Flag House museum in Philadelphia and the flag’s early symbolic milestones with the Ranger and Quiberon Bay salute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betsy Ross
George Washington
Committee of Congress
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Paul Jones
Jones
Irish Sea
Quiberon Bay
Congress
Washington
Massachusetts Bay
United Colonies
Minutemen
Continental Congress
Prospect Hill
Somerville
Mass
Charlestown
Boston
Great Britain
United States
Union
Peter Wendover
New York
Taft
Alaska
Hawaii
Eisenhower
Pecos Homemaking Dept hosts final program in five session series
Dr. Hefner led the session focusing on soil prep in West Texas, mulch gardening, and the cost of homegrown vegetables. Topics included irrigation, harvesting, insect control, and tree planting with a mimeographed sheet listing crops and planting dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Bill Peavy
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
James Hefner
Texas A&m Agricultural Research and Experiment Station
Peavy
Hefner
West Texas
Ambulance Calls And Civil Docket In District Court
Ambulance calls include transfers to Odessa and cremation or autopsy for a drowning victim. District Court civil cases filed list multiple suits for damages, title issues, and declaratory relief with named plaintiffs and attorneys, spanning May 17 to May 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cowan
Odessa
District Court
Vaughn W. Landsdell
Trans-Pecos Electric Inc
Bobby Bearden
Ted Painter
Edna M. Leonard
Earl T. Warren
Cloud
Loving County
Roddy Harrison
Ralph Logan
Black Reef Oil Co
Et al
Exxon U.S.A. Et al
JoeMerucul
ITOM
Ray L. Bell
John F. Tomlin
Kenneth Fountain
James J. Wheat
Woodrow Wheat
George R. Kribbs
Harvey H. Schoen
Tomas T. Salgado
Walter H. Holcombe
Delhi Gas Pipeline Corp
Calendar Tuesday Community Groups and Meetings in Pecos
A list of local meetings and events for Pecos with times and venues. Alcoholics Anonymous and Al Anon at 125 S Oak St. Moving TOPS Club at Federation Parlor. TOPS TX 259 at St Community Council office. Evening Optimist Club at Saragosa Hall. Bible study at Senior Center 119 S Cedar. Wednesday birthday party at 119 S Cedar. Monday Evening Lions Club at American Motor Inn. Amistad Lions Club at Lions Den. Pecos Optimists at Chaparral Village Steak House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
S. Oak St
Moving Tops Club
Federation Parlor
Tops TX
St. Community
Evening Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos Optimists
Chaparral Village
Texas Panhandle Hit Hard by Night Thunderstorms
Severe thunderstorms moved from the Texas Panhandle to the West Texas plains with heavy rain over the front range of the Colorado Rockies. Storms then tracked eastward across the plains while flash flood watches were cancelled and warnings posted. Isolated showers extended into Kentucky Ohio and the Pacific Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Plains
Colorado
Texas
South Dakota
Mississippi Valley
Appalachians
Carolinas
Ohio Valley
Texas Panhandle
West Texas Plains
Colorado Rockies
Plains
Kentucky
Ohio
West Texas Storm Toll Eases After Severe Weather
West Texas towns Floydada Sudan and Plainview suffered heavy rain flooding and hail from a system that brought tornadoes and near hurricane winds. Funnel clouds were sighted near Lubbock and Robertson with 70 mph winds in Plainview and Floydada. Powerful storms moved east and forecasters warned of more showers and thunderstorms tonight across East South and West Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Lubbock
Robertson
Plainview
Floydada
Sudan
Ralls
West Texas
Pesticide training workshop planned in Fort Stockton
A pesticide training workshop for commercial and noncommercial applicators is set for July 6-7 in Fort Stockton. It covers field crop, fruit and vegetable, and weed and brush control with a 100-person limit and preregistration via Charles Neeb TREX. A certification exam by the Texas Department of Agriculture follows on July 8 at the same site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Stockton
Dan Gary
The
Extension Service
Texas Department of Agriculure
Charles Neeb
TREX
Texas
Enviromental Protection Agency
Texas Pesticide Control Act
TPCA
83Rd District Court
Aubrey Edwards
Big Lake
Richard Wade Pepper
Michael Dana Cowart
Los Angeles
Calif
Texas Department of Corrections
Margarita Pena
Dudley Eugene Morgan
Jose Primera
Henry Bernard
William H. Barney
Marfa
Noon Market Gains Lift Dow as Morgan Takes Lead
The noon Dow Jones avg rose 2.54 to 914.94 after Morgan Guaranty Trust Co cut its prime rate from 6 to 6 percent. Volume on the NYSE approached 12 million shares as advancers outpaced decliners amid a mixed intraday rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
New York Stock Exchange
Dow
Twentieth-Century Fox
American Sock Exchange
NYSE
Hotline Provides Answers as Beef Referendum Votes Open
Registration for the first national Beef Referendum began this week with Texas cattle producers tuning the Hotline for guidance. J D Sartwelle states people call daily seeking details and that anyone who owned cattle in 1976 can vote after registering. A 68 member Beef Board will administer the $30 to $40 million raised each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Texas Beef Development Taskforce
BDT
J.D. Sartwelle
Austin County
State
FFA
Sartwelle
Test Center studies rain slick truck braking effects
Fort Stockton reports tests at the Firestone Test Center evaluating water-slick highway surfaces. Vehicles passing 1,000 feet of wet asphalt were measured with lasers and cameras to gauge water drop size density turbulence velocity and patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Stockton
Firestone
David Weir
Systems Technology, Inc
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Borden
Brit. Pet
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Eastman
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Exxon
Fairchild Cam
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Goodrich
A&p
Gulf Oil
IBM
John Joh
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Sun Co
UN Carbide
Uniroyal
US Steel
Taha Woolworth
Xerox Cp
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ken Dulaney
Peggy McCracken
Nova Gutierrez
Diane Osborn
Doris Welch
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Reeves County
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Loving
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Ministerial Alliance
J. Robert Hawkins
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Medic Center Hospital
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Justice of the Peace
Manuel Valles
Walles
Hamric
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Ward Memorial Hospital
Winkler County
Eddie Spangler
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