Band Boosters set date for annual barbecue
The Pecos Eagle Band Boosters approved April 7 for the annual Bar-B-Q Chicken dinner at St. Catherine's Hall from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. They also authorized 24 scholarships for the summer band school at Angelo State University, with 12 to Crockett Junior High and 12 to Zavala Junior High. The group plans transport for Corpus Christi Band Festival and awarded various prizes at a club gathering.
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Pecos Eagle Band
St. Catherine's Hall
Angelo State University
San Angelo
Texas
Crockett Junior High
Zavala Junior High
David Dutchover
Greyhound
Corpus Christi
Commodity and stock snapshot with grain futures and cotton quotes
Wheat and corn prices listed for No 2 hard red winter No 2 soft red winter and yellow corn with hopper and box quotes. Cotton futures in New York rise for midday, with strict low middling spot at 59.37 cents and May July October futures shown. Dow Jones averages noted, reflecting broad market mood.
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Chicago
New York
New York Cotton Exchange
DOW Jones New York
Dow Jones
Indus
Toyah Postmaster Transferred. Nunez to Replace
Toyah assigns new postmaster Judy Nunez to replace Vivian McElligott who is transferred to Big Bend. Extension Club met March 14 at the Community Center with Charlotte Waight presiding in Ruby Cunningham’s absence. A roll call, a devotional by Martinia Chavez, and a weight control program by Susan Bolen were featured. Waight hosted and served refreshments.
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Vivian McElligott
Big Bend
Judy Nunez
Toyah Extension Club
Charlotte Waight
Ruby Cunningham
Trio of Slaton Residents Held on Alien Smuggling Charge
Three residents of Slaton Arturo Maldonado 27 Agustin Maldonado 26 and Gabino Saenz Soto 34 a resident alien appeared before U S Magistrate J M Preston in Pecos on conspiracy to induce aliens to illegally enter the United States a felony Under US Immigration and Naturalization Service Law They sought attorneys bond was set at 25000 each and they were remanded to Reeves County Correctional Facility Pecos to await counsel.
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Slaton
United States
U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
Reeves County
Four Mexicans Sentenced for Illegal Entry in Pecos
Four Mexican citizens were jailed in Pecos after being convicted of misdemeanor illegal entry under the U S Immigration and Naturalization Service Law. U S Magistrate J M Preston sentenced the defendants on Monday after pleas were entered.
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United States
U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Pecos Eagle Captures Marfa Invitational Tennis Title
The Pecos Eagle varsity tennis team won the Marfa Invitational on March 16 17 with 40 points. Ft. Stockton and El Paso Ysleta placed second and third. In 16 18s Randy Peters and Mark Hathorn won boys doubles first, Shoemaker sisters won girls doubles, Tommie Young was runner up in girls singles, and 14 15s Robbie Guerrero and Lou Weinacht earned runner up in boys singles.
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Pecos Eagle
Ft. Stockton
el Paso Ysleta
Pecos
Randy Peters
Mark Hathorn
Robert Skeler
Neil Fonville
Angie Shoemaker
Connie Shoemaker
Tommie Young
Robert Guerrero
Lou Weinacht
Calendar of Pecos Area Weekly Community Meetings
Calendar lists weekly and biweekly gatherings in Pecos and nearby towns. Groups include Lions clubs Optimist Club AA and Al Anon TOPS Pecos Student Chamber of Commerce Rotary Jaycees and senior citizens centers with activities such as exercise classes defensive driving game days and classes at the Balmorhea and Pecos centers and the Holiday Inn venues.
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Lions Club
Pecos Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Cantaloupe City C.B
CPS Reddy Room
Pecos
Saragosa Hall
Pecos AA
Al-Non
S. Oak
Balmorhea
Barstow
Pecos Student Chamber of Commerce
S. Cedar
Downtown Lions Club
Holiday Inn
Senior Citizens Center
Huff and Puff
Pecos Rotary Club
Pecos Jaycees
Alpine Lodge
National Retirement Teachers Association
American Association of Retired Persons
Balmorhea Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar, Huff and Puff
Odessa offers class for deaf
A special class for deaf persons starts March 27 at Odessa College. Held Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Baskin Hall room 107, the free course teaches communication techniques, GED exam prep, and life-coping skills. Preregister at the first meeting or contact ClaRice Claiborne, director of adult basic education at OC.
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Odessa College
Baskin Hall
Clarice Claiborne
Balmorhea Community News Reports Library Growth and Meeting News
Louise Adams leads Balmorhea Well Kept Community Club in a special executive meeting at the Center with librarian Martha Moore. The library holds over 4,000 books from local and McNauton Loan sources, adding 10 to 15 new titles monthly, with open hours Wednesdays 4 to 5 30 and Saturdays 3 to 5 30. The club paid 265 insurance and 500 in savings, Reeves County funds cover utilities and wages. A cake sale near Easter and repairs to both building and library are planned. Cassie Farrington chairs a separate Senior Citizens board meeting naming an assistant to fill the office in Cassie’s absence. The Balmorhead Band Boosters plan hot tamales for March 30. Also, a school election order sets terms for trustees, polling places, absentee voting rules, and canvassing procedures with notices to be posted and published.
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Louise Adams
Balmorhea
Martha Moore
McNauton Loan
el Paso
Reeves County
Loraine Collins
Cecil Kingston
Nora Boyd
Joe Kingston
Cassie Farrington
Frankie Kingston
Nora Brisalba
Lupe Lyles
TRIC
Board of Trustees
Community Club
Texas
Carland Rowe
June Carter
Bertha Brijalba
Linda Bryan
June Greenlee
Balmorhea School
Alton Parker
Ruben Carrasco
Billy Moore
H. P. Bryan, Jr
Alton L. Parker
C.T. Gray Jr
Transfer of Pecos Ambulance to Odessa Medical Center
Police report items include a theft case at 703 W. Third where a 21 year old woman left a purse containing at least 160 dollars on a counter. Other incidents include criminal mischief at 1714 W. Third with nine glass panes broken, a motorcycle stolen from Pecos Airbase, and a burglary at 1305 S Cedar with 40 dollars in change taken.
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Pecos
Reeves County Hospital
Odessa Medical Center
W. Third
PPD
S. Cedar
Reeves County Sealed bids sought for Pecos Rodeo Grand Stand work
Reeves County will receive sealed bids on March 26 1979 at 10 00 A M for concrete work on North Grand Stand box seats at Pecos Rodeo Ground. Specifications available from Fred Armstrong & Associates Pecos Texas. Court may reject all bids. final decision rests with Reeves County. Also zoning notices and Balmorhea ISD board meeting discuss trustee terms and election procedures.
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Commissioner's Court
Reeves County
Pecos Texas
Grand Stand
Pecos Rodeo Ground
Fred Armstrong & Associates
W. O
Bill
Pigman
Miguel Castillo
South Plum
Pecos
Texas
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Palo Verde
Pecos City
1725 Cherry
J. J. Maxey
Alfred Huelster
South Eddy
Country Club Estate
J.J. Maxey
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Pecos Enterprise
Balmorhea New Briefs
Nan Cate
Verhalen
Amy MelIntire
Fred Stroade Jr
Carolyn
Lubbock
Sid Kyle
Duval Corporation
Boosters
Evening Lions Club of
Manny Benavides
Lynn Webb
Toyah News
Toyah
Martinia Chavez
Susan Bolen
Henry A. Jones
Young County
Winnie
H.W. Jones
John D. Jones
George Jones
Alpine
Joyce Heinen
Joan Cockrell
Denison
Wynn Jones
Ida Coffey
Aliie Schnaubert
U.S. Immigration Authority
Julio Jacquez-Renteria
Jose Carrillo-Sandoval
Manuel Sigala-Carrillo
Martin Loya-Marquez
Sigala-Carrillo
Loya-Marquez
Mexico
Marfa
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ken Dulaney
Lewis Barrett
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Reeves, Ward, Loving, Culberson
Jeff Davis Counties
Daniel Jackson
Barstow Elementary
Odessa
Elizabeth Shoemake
Robert Hinojos
Senior Citizens
Nora Brijalba
Pat Towler
Judge Pigman
Balmorhead
Garland Rowe
Bertha Brisalba
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County OF
Reeves
Balmorhea Independent
C. T. Gray, Jr
Carl L. Weinacht
Allen H. Gilbert
Pat Brijalba
Q. A. Crenshaw
Balmorhea Independent School
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