Loyd Oden Wins Carlsbad Derby Advances To Akron Finals
Loyd Oden captured first place in the Carlsbad Soap Box Derby, earning a trip to Akron Ohio for the national finals. The Pecos boy, sponsored by Pecos Cleaners and Laundry, defeated rivals in a June race and received a $500 savings bond plus a Derby Queen kiss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyd Oden
Carlsbad
Akron
Travis H. Zeleny
el Paso
Chevrolet Motor Division
General Motors Corp
Loyd
U.S
Jayann Olive
Matt Avery
H. F. Avery
Paul Oden
Johnny Martinez
Optimist
Bill Oden
Pecos
Glen Huntsman
Artesia
N. M
Ohio
U. S
Hershel Cox
Historical Marker to honor frontier minister Choctaw Bill
The Comanche County Historical Committee will place a marker July 7 at an oak tree used by Baptist preacher William Robinson known as Choctaw Bill. His descendants Mrs. Ray Griffith and Mrs. Onie Moorhead attend as local residents. A memorial service precedes at Baggett Church on Farm Road 1476 between Gustine and Proctor. Robinson died 1899 at 87 after organizing churches in Comanche and Erath Counties. He was born January 11, 1809 in North Carolina and married Julia Fulford in 1828. He later wed Irena Brent in Mississippi.
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Pecos
Comanche County
Baggett Church
Baggett Cemetery
Gustine
Proctor
Robinson
Comanche
Erath
First Church of
Stephenville
North Carolina
Alabama
Julia Lucinda Fulford
Marengo County
Irena Isabel Brent
Hinds County
Mississippi
Guadalupe Park fund gains momentum in Congress
Texas Senator Ralph W. Yarborough secured a 200000 land acquisition allocation in the Senate Appropriations Committee for the Guadalupe National Park. If the bill passes, construction could start within a year near the Pecos area just inside the New Mexico line, despite earlier House setbacks and a reduced Interior Department request.
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Guadalupe National Park
Texas
Ralph W. Yarborough
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Pecos
New Mexico
Yarborough
Interior Department
Johnson Administration
House Appropriations Committee
House
Guadalupe Park
Tomlin Heads Area Lawyers At State Bar Meeting
Pecos attorney John F. Tomlin will lead a delegation of area lawyers and families to the Texas State Bar 86th annual meeting in Houston. The four day event at Shamrock Hilton attracts over 5000 people with 50 speakers including Gov. Connally Tex AG Crawford Martin Rep. George Bush and astronaut Michael Collins. The final session will honor lawyers with 50 years of practice or more.
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Pecos
John F. Tomlin
Texas State Bar
Houston
Tomlin
Bar
Shamrock-Hilton Hotel
John Connally
Texas
Crawford Martin
George Bush
Marvin Watson
The
American Bar Association
W. T. Gossett
Michael Collins
Enterprise Wins Top State Award
The Pecos Enterprise won first place for news feature writing at the Texas Press Association awards in San Antonio. It led Division II among weekly papers over 8,000 in population, with Beeville Bee-Picayune second and Seguin Enterprise third. Fort Stockton Pioneer earned third in appearance and news features and second in news pictures in Division IV. Andrews County News won recognition for third in appearance and second in column writing.
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Pecos Enterprise
Texas Press Association
San Antonio
Enterprise
Bill Whitehead
Ford Bee
Arkansas
Advo
Cate
Beeville Bee-Pitcayune
Seguin Enterprise
West Texas
George Baker
Fort Stockton Pioneer
Andrews County News
James Roberts
Old Timers Honor at West of Pecos Rodeo Parade
The 1968 rodeo season opens with the Old Settlers' Reunion at the West of the Pecos Museum on July 3. Old timers will be honored, music provided, and they may view the parade from a museum pavilion. Tommy Steiner of Austin returns to produce the rodeo. featured veterans include Toots Mansfield, Jim Brister, and Bob Walker.
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Pecos Museum
Bob Hughes
Tommy Steiner
Austin
Toots
Mansfield
Big Spring
Jim Brister
Lordsburg
N.M
Bob Walker
Carlsbad
Deputy Arrests Prisoner in Pecos Theft Case
Pecos Deputy Sheriff Bob Phelps travels to Yuma to fetch Oran Gene Walker, a man wanted locally for the Pecos Tire Company safe burglary last year, captured by the FBI last week.
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Pecos
Bob Phelps
Yuma
Arizona
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Oran Gene Walker
Walkers
Pecos Athletes Warned On Amateur Status
Pecos high school officials urge all remaining eligible boys to skip the Pecos rodeo to preserve amateur status. UIL rules prohibit any paid involvement or competing with paid players in the past year, with penalties including one year suspension or loss of eligibility.
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Pecos
Pecos High School
Jerry Millsapps
Millsapps
UIL
American Party Barbecue Set
A fundraising barbecue for the American Party will be held in the community center banquet room next Tuesday at 8 p.m. County campaign chairman Mrs. Louis Lively announced. Dr. Henry Bucklew, Wallace campaign speaker and former Laurel mayor, will address attendees. Tickets are available from Mrs. Lively or Mrs. R C Lemmons.
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Louis Lively
Wallace
Henry Bucklew
Bucklew
Laurel
Mississippi
George Wallace
Lively
Collie to Be Installed as New Rotary President
Judge William L. Kerr will install Bill Collie as Pecos Rotary Club president at the Country Club tonight at 8 p.m. New officers include Naylor as vice president Manahan secretary Harold Elder treasurer. directors Bradford Meek Miller Gillespie. New club sweetheart Sue Raye Whitley to be presented.
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Collie
Rotary
William L. Kerr
Bill Collie
Pecos
Richard Naylor
Naylor
Charlie Manahan
Harold Elder
Bond Bradford
Ben Meek
Jim Ed Miller
International Service
J.D. Gillespie
Bob Hughes
Elvin Reynolds
Outcome
Nay
Lor
Reynolds
Garland Matthews
Sam Gann
Dale Henderson
R. B. McGowan, Jr
Sue Raye Whitley
Mary Elizabeth Brownlee
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Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Dorothy Jean Massingill
Phoenix
Toyahvale
William
Martha
Leanna
Texas 17
Saragosa
Felipe Contrerez Payan
Charles D. Blackwell
Alpine
Pagan
Black
Jane Sirtane
Odessa
Western Belles
Jackie Williams
Jacquelin
E.G. Williams
Alpine High School
First Presbyterian Church
Jackie
AHS
Susan White
Susan
Russell White
Marfa
Marfa High School
FTA
First Christian Church
Texas Tech
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Anew President
Thaxton
Earnest Thaxton
Evening Lions Club
Evening Lions
Las Cruces
South America
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