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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1977
Page
2
Work underway at Balmorhea school includes sewerage system overhaul and painting. Maintenance crew and PETA workers revamp furniture, sand and wax floors as preparations for fall term proceed.
Tax collector Oma Prew oversees summer preparations while coaches check football gear and fields. Local residents plan visits, travel by train to Washington, D.C., and a baby born in Alpine. Trail Riders arrive June 28 with events at Ricks Barn and Pecos rodeo. Cafe sold to Jack Ivey, apricot crops abundant, peaches hit by a spring freeze. Fire department battled a house fire east of town. Exxon moves heavy equipment to drill the Amy McIntire well west of Toyahvale.
Roy Blankenship of De Kalb East Texas wins the Texas Restaurant Association top honor for 1976 77. The award announced at the Awards Dinner Dance during the TRA convention highlights his business civic and church activities plus long service to the East Texas Chapter and state association. He runs Roy's Cafe since 1946 and remains active in the American Legion Lions Club and Church of Christ.
Weather bulletin reports continued showers and thunderstorms across the Great Plains and Mississippi Valley with a flash flood watch in southwest Missouri. Central Missouri counties faced flash flood warnings while southeast Kansas remained under watch. Flooding persisted on rivers in east central Kansas and south central Nebraska as tornadoes were observed near Vichy Missouri and near Muleshoe Texas. Some showers linger in New Mexico and western Washington. Florida showers mostly ended. Skies clear in the Great Lakes and mid-Atlantic regions with calm conditions in the Gulf Coast and intermountain areas. Coastbound fog and low clouds stretch along parts of the north Pacific and California coasts.
Mrs. John E. Sohrweide of Dallas was named Texas Outstanding Lady of Food Service for 1977 by the Texas Restaurant Association at the Marriott Hotel. Dorothy Lohrweide, wife of John Sohrweide of Dallas, built her own restaurant The Raintree and received TRA's Distinguished Service Award for contributions over the past year.
Police Chief Charles Smith warned that shooting BB or pellet guns inside city limits is illegal. He urged parents to prevent violations, noted many calls about youths firing guns, and said charges will be filed against parents who allow their children to shoot within the city. He urged shooting outside city limits.
Prices dipped at midday as investors booked gains. The Dow fell 3.74 to 924.86 while the NYSE composite slid to 54.94 and Amex rose to 117.99. Kaiser Industries led volume with a 200 000 share block at 44 1/4. Cotton futures rose with July at 61.70 cents per pound.
Thursday events include Senior Citizens Center activities at 119 S Cedar St from 2 to 5 p.m. On Sunday Pecos Valley Muzzle Loaders hold a primitive rifle shoot south of I-20 at 3 p.m. Monday lists Evening Lions Club at American Motor Inn and Amistad Lions Club at Lions Den both at 7:30 p.m. Also Pecos Optimists meet at Chaparral Village Steak House at 7 p.m. Tuesday schedules Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon at 125 S Oak St with phone contacts, Moving TOPS Club at Federation Parlor, TOPS TX 259 at St Community Council office at 6 p.m., and Evening Optimist Club at Lagosa Hall at 8 p.m.
Ambulance dispatched Tuesday at 12 45 p.m. to the Sparkman residence 800 North Hickory. At 2 20 p.m. an ambulance was requested to transfer a patient to Memorial Hospital. At 3 21 p.m. a request was made to take the patient back to the Nursing Home.
Texas Health Facilities Commission opened a hearing to decide if Odessa's Medical Center Hospital can renew its presence in obstetrics with a certificate of need for a new maternity wing. MCH leaders and local officials testified, facing opposition from Women's and Children's Hospital in Odessa.
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