Auction Sale On Oak Today Pecos Lions Club Three-Part Event
The Pecos Downtown Lions Club hosts a three part auction in downtown Pecos. Activities begin at 10 a.m. in the 300 Block of Oak with later auctions at 2 p.m. in the 200 Block and again at 3 p.m. in the 100 Block. Colonel Doyle Mustard serves as auctioneer offering new items including console TV sets.
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Pecos
Lions Club
Doyle Mustard
Colonel Mustard
Oak Street
Mustard
Rev Edwards To Speak At Sul Ross Meet
Reverend Glen Edwards will headline Sul Ross College Baptist Student Union spring lecture series March 27 28 and 29 in Alpine. He will deliver 7 30 pm lectures and an 11 am talk on March 28 with topics Does Prayer Change Gods Mind Does Life Have Meaning Is Wrong Ever Right and Does Life Have Meaning The talks run 20 to 30 minutes with discussion afterward Edwards a Howard Payne College Southwestern Seminary graduate has pastored in Edinburg Ozona Pecos Fort Worth and Gambell Street Baptist Church and spoken at churches colleges and seminaries.
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Glen Edwards
The
Baptist Student Union
Sul Ross College
Alpine
Edwards
Student Union Building
Little Theater
Howard Payne College
Southwestern Seminary
First Baptist Church
Edinburg
Ozona
Pecos
Gambell Street Baptist Church
Fort Worth
Tom Mix Circus Programs Sought in Pecos Auction
In Pecos during the early 1940s the Chamber of Commerce seeks Tom Mix Circus programs or advertising hand bills. Donated items including watches luggage Bar-B-Que grills clothing and shoes will be auctioned to raise money for eye glasses for children. Proceeds fund eyewear for those in need.
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Pecos
Chamber of Commerce
Office of
The
P.O
Colonel Mustard
Chicago
Johnson
Internation Association of Chiefs of Police
America
Elks Elect New Officers For 1968 69
Lodge 2034 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks elected new officers on Tuesday night. Orb Rowden was named Exalted Ruler Karol Curcurato Leading Knight Dick Woodruff Loyal Knight Lennis Roscoe Lecturing Knight RC Crabb Tiler and Carl Sawyer trustee for five years Trustees remaining in office include Gene Kelly Milford S Howard Ray McPherson and Roy Talley. A. J. Potter is secretary and Henry Allen treasurer.
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Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Orb Rowden
Karol Curcurato
Dick Woodruff
Lennis Roscoe
R.C. Crabb
Tiler
Carl Sawyer
Gene Kelly
Milford S. Howard
Ray McPherson
Roy Talley
Order
A. J. Potter
Henry Allen
Laura Boswell Receives 1200 Scholarship for Physics Institute
Mrs. Laura Lolly Boswell of Pecos High School is awarded a $1,200 National Science Foundation scholarship to attend the Summer Institute in Physics at Trinity University San Antonio. The eight week course runs June 23 to August 16. Boswell holds a math degree from the University of Texas and has taught in Pecos since 1960.
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National Science Foundation
Laura
Lolly) Boswell
Pecos High School
Trinity University
San Antonio
Boswell
University of Texas
Pecos School
Jack Boswell
Laura Lynn
J H Starley Elected Area Bar President
The Trans-Pecos Bar Association met at Fort Stockton Country Club with James R. Kerr presiding. New officers for the coming year include President J H Starley Pecos and Vice President Charles E Sherrill Fort Stockton, with several other officers and directors named.
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Trans-Pecos Bar Association
Fort Stockton Country Club
James R. Kerr
J. H. Starley
Pecos
Charles E. Sherrill
Fort Stockton
Charles Prock
Richard Naylor
A.R. Archer
Monahans
L.A. Cullison
H. O. (Hunter) Metcalfe
Marfa
Hill D. Hudson
James Little
Big Spring
Trans- Pecos Bar Association
State Bar of Texas
Association To Wit
John F. Tomlin
Hart Johnson
Robert Scogin
Kermit
Texas
Reeves County Attornys
Mac Ament
Ralph Burleson
Alpine
Robt. Scogin
Wm. H. Barney
Richard L. Barnes
McCamey
J. Edward Davey
Gordon Thrall
Big Lake
Roddy Harrison
Hart Johnston
Shelby Blaydes
Chas. Prock
W. C. McDonald, Jr
Pecos Optimist Club
Optimist
Red’’ Waltisperger
C.J. Lee
Harold Landrum
Bob Trammell
Burl Harrison
Hershel Cox
New Water System Planned For Saragosa and Verhalen Area
M A Cate announces plans and specifications for a new water system to serve Bragado Saragosa Verhalen Alamo Tobosa areas. After review by the Madera Valley Water Supply Corporation directors the plans go to the State FHA for final approval. If approved bids will be sought with a July 1968 construction start and 270 days to completion. Citizens urged to verify their service location with Cate at Verhalen Mercantile Store.
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M.A. Cate
Madera Valley
GHA
FHA
Corporation
Sixteen Directors Organize Pecos United Fund Effort
The Pecos community organized a United Fund with sixteen directors elected at the Community Center. The fund aims to unify donations for local charities, operating as a single annual drive locally and not tied to the national United Fund. The board will set policies, apportion funds, and recruit officers.
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United Fund
Pecos
A.B. Foster
Ed McAnally
United Fund Board of Directors
National United Fund Organization
Wendell Taylor
Jim Ed Miller
Perez Granted Change of Venue in Double Murder Case
District Judge J H Starley granted a change of venue for Raul Perez charged with two murders. Trial moved from Pecos to Monahans. bail denied as unbailable. Perez also sought habeas corpus. petition denied.
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Raul Perez
J.H. Starley
143Rd Judicial District Court
Perez
Murray J. House
Ysabel Luna
Felix Hignojos
Pecos
Monahans
Petezs
Reeves County
Ward County
Hubert Hernandez
Pecos Police Chief Proposes Salary Increase Plan
Police Chief Gene Martin submits a Pecos City Council proposal to raise patrolman pay to 435 after six months and 460 after 12 months with a 40 dollar clothing allowance. Starting recruits would earn 390, sergeants 510, while existing pay sits at 409 and 455.50.
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Pecos
Gene Martin
Martin
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Elks
Laura Boswell E
Laura Boswell
Mae M. Ament
Border District Bar Association
Hill County Bar Association
del Rio
State Bar Association
Saragosa, Verhalen
City United Fund
Pecos Museum
Foster’s Restaurant
Barney Hubbs
Ben Meek
Roy Williams
Alton Hughes
Hubbs
Art Club
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Midland
Frank Mueller
State Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber
Wm. B. Blakemore II
Midland Chamber
Lee Nelson
Odessa Chamber
Dudley Montgomery
R.B. McGowen
J.J. Maxey
A.B. Foster, Jr
Harold Meyer
Sam Gann
Charlotte Slack
Manuel Trujillo
Joel Daniel
Harvey Tinkler
David Reyes
Riggs
Ann Cannon
Frank Kelly
Jack Browder
Charles Allen
Raymond Nunez
Dick Naylor
Pecos United Fund
First National Bank
West of the Pecos Museum
Ben Meeks
Charles Manahan
Optimist Club
Providence
R.I
Hem
Supreme Court
Reader’s Digest
Torrance
Calif
Miranda
Otto Willett
Willett
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