Pecos High Spelling Bee Crowned Rodney Sparkman Champion
Reeves County held the county spelling bee at East Pecos Junior High on March 13 1973 with three representatives per school except Pecos Junior High. Rodney Sparkman won eighth grade title. Olga Contreras and Veronica Pagan placed second and fifth for East Pecos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olga Contreras
Reeves County
East Pecos Junior High
Pecos Junior High
Rodney Sparkman
East Pecos Junior High School
East Pecos
Veronica Pagan
Rodney
Balmorhea Fire Aid and Local School Plays Highlight Balmorhea News
Balmorhea Fire Department responded Sunday afternoon to a fire at the Machuca home in Toyahvale burning barns and 15 acres of dry grass before being controlled within an hour. Balmorhea High School will perform the one act play Three Pills in a Bottle Friday at 8 p.m. with dress rehearsal Thursday, then travel to Alpine March 26 to compete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balmorhea
Machuca
Toyahvale
Balmorhea High School
Toni Simms
Tissie Ann Elliott
Andrea Vana
Amy McIntire
Market falls as lenders raise rates hit two NYC banks
New York stocks dropped sharply as investors reassessed a sharp rise in the prime lending rate at two major New York banks. The Dow was down 8.20 to 954.85 at noon while declines outpaced advances on the NYSE three to one. Hughes & Hatcher led volume, falling 5/8 to 8 1/8 after a 124,600 share block traded at 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Hughes & Hatcher
Pecos Enterprise Readers Learn of Local Health Visit
The Pecos Enterprise notes that Bob returned home Saturday from El Paso after a medical check up. The item mentions subscription details and office address for the Pecos Texas newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Bob
Reeves County Seeks Bid For One New Dump Truck
The Reeves County Commissioners Court Pecos Texas will accept sealed bids until 9 36 a m April 2 1973 for one new dump truck Specifications are in the County Auditor s office The court may reject any or all bids and its decision is final Marguerite M Kent County Auditor Pecos Texas published in the Pecos Enterprise March 19 26 1973
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioners’ Court of
Reeves County
Pecos
Texas
Marguerite M. Kent Reeves
Pecos Enterprise
Rig count up over same week in 1972
The Permian Basin in West Texas and Southeast New Mexico shows 179 active rigs in the latest Friday Reed Drilling Equipment survey. This is down from two weeks earlier but up from 159 rigs in the same week last year. County totals list Andrews, Borden, Chaves, and others with fluctuating counts, while Pecos, Eddy, and Lea lead with higher rig numbers.
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Permian Basin
West Texas
New Mexico
Reed Drilling Equipment
Pecos County
Eddy
Lea
Ward
Pecos
County
Andrews
Borden
Chaves
Cochran
Coke
Crane
Crockett
Culberson
Curry
Dawson
Film program showcases cancer education stories this week
Modern Study Club members attend a March 28 program in the Federation Parlor with Mrs Harrison presenting The Marguerite Piazza Story. Additional showings reach Business and Professional Women, Merry Wives Club, and Rotary Club. Cancer Society films promote the Crusade and April 3 house-to-house donation drive by over a hundred volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Rosa Hall
Ladies Lulac Council
Doug Fernandes
Bill Cooksey
Tri K Club
Jimmy Wafer
Don Weinacht
Optimist Club
Saragosa Hall
Fred Steinmark
Fernandes
Cooksey
Federation
Modern Study Club
Mike Harrison
Marguerite Piazza
Merry Wives Club
Rotary Club
Wafer
Weinacht
B& PW
William Talman
Clyde Fortune
American Cancer Society
Deaths Mrs Elsie Ruth Farrar Pax 72 Evant
Mrs Elsie Ruth Farrar Pax 72 of Evant died March 9 at Gatesville born February 21 1901 in Concho County Texas. Services were held March 10 at 3 p.m. at Evant United Methodist Church with Rev. Ross Grace and Rev. Sammie Drake officiating Interment in Murphree Cemetery. Arrangements by Evant Funeral Home. Survived by husband Willie Pax three daughters Eva Mae Schultz Frances Stanford Ruth Adams one son Alfred Pax one sister Mrs Walter King one brother Carl Farrar seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. She was a Methodist and married December 3 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Ruth Farrar Pax
Evant
Gatesville
Pax
Concho County
Texas
United Methodist Church of
Ross Grace
Sammie Drake
Murphree Cemetery
Evant Funeral Home
Willie Pax
Eva Mae Schultz
Star
Frances Stanford
Ruth Adams
Crowley
Alfred Pax
Balmorhea
Walter King
Coleman
Carl Farrar
Senatobia
Methodist Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pecos Jubfi
Araceli Venegas
Johnson
P'rd’’ Johnson
Luci Johnson Nugent
Linda Johnson Robb
Juan Castro
Eigth
Elonsio Rayos
Israel Navarette
Edward Zuniga
Rose Marie Matta
Lrvna Winfrey
Virginia Reed
By Frankie Kingston
Alpine
Paiaches
Sul Ross University
Bob Patton
Bob Masters
Daniel Carrillo
Ishmeal Ortega
Isheal Ortega
Juan Casias
Victor Tarin
Tommy Dominguez
Garcia
Davis
Ruth
Jonata Thompson
Ed Blakemore
Alpine Hospital
Pearl
Pedro Dominguez
Schmucker
Raymond Odell
Hotel Dieu
Mrs
Bob Moore
Market Report
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
S. Cedar St
P.O
Becos
Cancer Films
Chuck
Seven Steak Tv
smorHereo
Tomer
del Monte
Oui
Kimbell
I. A Produce
Hunt
Kountry Fresh Crescent Dinner
Mea
Ae Ava Aioe Moreh
Phys
Foodway Discount Foods
South Eddy
THE
Associated Press
At&t
Ad Rich
Chrysler
Sve
Coca Cola
Dow Chem
duPont
Eastman
el Paso NG
Exxon
Fairchild
Ford
Elec
Gen Foods
Mtrs
Gen Tire
Goodrich
Great
A&p
Gulf Oil
IBM
Paper
John Joh
Litton
Marathon
Marcor
Mobil Oil
Monsanto HY
Penn Cent
Penney
RCA
Safeway
Sears
Sony
Stand Ind
Sun Oil
Texaco
US Steel
Woolwich
Xerox
Dickens Ector
Edwards Fisher Gaines Glasscock
Hockley Howard Irion Kent Kimble Lea
Loving Martin
Menard Midland
Nolan Pecos
Reagan Reeves Roosevelt Runnels Schleicher Scurry
Stonewall Sutton
Terry Upton
Val Verde Ward
Winkler Yoakum
Elsie Ruth Pax
Pita
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