Pecos Social Roundup Notes Local Events and Visits
Pecos residents attended a Ladies luncheon at Midland Country Club February 23 featuring The Life of Irving Berlin with music performed by Margaretta Bolding and Elizabeth Ott. A standing ovation followed and invites were issued for another performance. The report covers local visits, family ties, and connections with Texas Tech, the Pecos Art Association, and area schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Prewit
Midland Country Club
Irving Berlin
Margaretta Bolding
Houston
Elizabeth Ott
Chuck Honeycutt
Mary
Ann Landers Advice on a Disturbing Dentist Visit
A reader in New Mexico asks if a dentist behaved cruelly to her six year old during a checkup and if she should switch dentists. Ann endorses changing dentists and notes the need for gentler child handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann
E.E
New Mexico
Ann Landers
P.O
Elgin
Illinois
Judaism issues new prayerbook Gates of the House
Reform Judaism released a revised home prayerbook titled Gates of the House. The Central Conferences of American Rabbis issued prayers and meditations for life milestones including a young person leaving home for college and an older person facing retirement. The book reflects a balance of traditional values with modern adaptation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Reform Judaism
Central Conferences of American Rabbis
Living will bill presented in Texas after patient’s death
In Austin Texas AP report, 78 year old Annie Farabee died after ten days of unconsciousness and pain from machines. Her son Senator Ray Farabee sponsor a bill to let Texans write living wills to refuse artificial life sustaining treatment if terminally ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Annie Farabee
Sen
Ray Farabee
Wichita Falls
Hassell Talks Social Work At World Day Luncheon
George Von Hassell of Big Spring was guest speaker at St Catherine's Parish Hall lunch, part of World Day of Prayer observed by Church Women Volunteers. About 50 attendees heard his talk on social work and local mental health centers. volunteers also organized cake donations and birthday support for a nursing home and playground equipment for Pecos Day Care Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George von Hassell
Big Spring
Center
Lilly Oren
St. Catherine's Catholic Church
Gretchen Davis
Trinity Lutheran Church
von Hassell
Nova Gutierrez
St. Catherine’s
John Lucido
Lynn Davis
Callie Bevill
First Baptist
Callie Halloway
West Park
St. Catherine's
Jackie McGowen
First Presbyterian
Polly Zeigler
First United Methodist
Dorothy McGee
First Christian
Chris Hinz
St. Mark's
Trinity Lutheran
Pecos
Cattle buyer trains as Texas ocularist in Lubbock
J Bill Jones, 25, of Friona and Texas, trains as an ocularist using the Modified Impression Method to fit artificial eyes. He spends days crafting, painting, and curing each prosthesis while pursuing cattle auctions with his father when possible. He holds arts study from Houston and Iowa ophthalmic training, and works at Texas Tech School of Medicine in Lub bock since 1976.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Tex
Joe Bill Jones
West Texas
Friona
Jones
Texas
Iowa
University of Houston
University of Iowa Hospitals and
University of Iowa
Tarrant County
Moyers to Speak at Texas Teachers Association Convention
Anchorman Bill Moyers will headline the Texas State Teachers Association convention in San Antonio March 17 19 at the Convention Center He speaks at the first general session 9 30 a m Friday March 18 The event honors State Sen A M Aikin Jr of Paris with session remarks by educator Grace Grimes and a musical preview by Houston High School for the Performing and Visual Arts attendees will include sessions of the 1500 member delegates and a School Bell Awards banquet on March 17
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Bill Moyers
CBS
Colmbia Broadcasting System
Texas State Teachers Association
San Antonio Convention Center
Moyers
A.M. Aikin Jr
Paris
Aikin Grove
Senator Aikin
Texas
House of Representatives
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Aikin
Grace Grimes
Marshall
TSTA
Oklahoma
Marshall Pu
House of
Dele
Gates
Convention Center
School Bell Awards
Disciples nominate moderator for 1.3 million member denomination
A committee of the Christian Church Disciples of Christ has nominated King County Superior Court Judge James A. Noe of Mercer Island Washington to become moderator. If elected at the assembly next October he would be the first layman to hold the post in 20 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
Christian Church Disciples of Christ
King County
James A. Noe
Mercer Island
Wash
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Alfred Cate
Bob
Polly) Zeigler
Hackberry
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Carolyn
Midland
MW Elizabeth
Dan
Danna Schaefer
Kermit
Doveta Hunt
el Paso
Patricia
Bruce Kolberg
McAllen
B&h Produce
Security State Bank
She
Oris Holland
Etta Sullivan
Mwvirginia Lee Howard
Pecos Valley Country Club
Jean Johnson
Nancy Cardozier
Odessa
Lela Williams
Margaret Renz
Gussie Turnbaugh
Balmorhea
Margie Williamson
Carol Chinn
Mary Precht
Ellen Weinacht
Margie Fernandes
Betty Hardeman
Jackie McGowan
Luci Ellis
Plyna Nesbitt
Janella Poitevint
Johnson
Pecos Art Association
Cardozier
Elton Jones
1832
Adams
Vernon Jones
Nebraska
S.B. Hunt
Missouri
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Rob Cowan
Rob
Robert Cowan
Cowan
S.B
Richard and
Fonda Miller
S. Eddy
Dwayne
Valerie Patterson
L.R. Hudson
Ross Blvd
Tom McIlvain
Don Cleghorn
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Thomas McKivain
Elfida Ramon
Manuel Rivera
Becky Ramon
Lincoln
Danny
Gloria Fitzgerald
Gloria
Chapo
Rita Gomez
Fabien and
Annette
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Ross. Blvd
Charles Melvain
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Judaism Issues New Prayerbook
G. von Hassell
J. Jones
Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar St
Hazel Shoemake
Claribel Harrington
Billie McCormick
B.J. Meek Sr
Grace Cowden
Gazelle Foster
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