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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1976
Page
8
A spiritual reflection argues that true love must inspire active serving of others, not self serving. It contrasts worldly self love with Godly love, urging readers to examine their motives at work and seek deeper divine love through Jesus Christ’s sacrifice.
Selected letters reveal conflicts over past affairs, sibling mischief, and dining table manners. Advice urges destroying a confidential journal, disciplining a spiteful sister, and requesting courtesy during meals. The column promotes practical steps and a referenced booklet to bridge the generation gap.
Forrest Tucker urges support as Easter Seal Ambassador highlighting a child aided to walk or talk for the first time. The message frames a mother returning home and a husband regaining self support and dignity through rehabilitation efforts.
Loving County 4 H held a food show at Mentone School Building with Pecos judges Dovota Hunt and Millie Villalobos. Junior winners included Randy Creager Debbie Shifflet Kathy Swindle Sue Gamboa Mary Nell Haley and Karen Blair. Senior winners were Steve Blair Michele Haley Corina Gamboa Richard Lackey and Ann Brandenburg. Prize donations came from Pecos merchants Gibson's Sprouse Reitz Wacker's Woolworth's Brownlee Hardware and Leader Hardware. First place will advance to the District Six show in Monahans.
Deadline for church page copy is Wednesday afternoon. Copies not turned in by then will be held until the following Friday. Enterprise staffers will take photos of special church events when appointments are made in advance with the editorial staff. Call 445-5475 and give church name place and time.
In Bridgeport, at Bullard Havens Technical School 80 of 144 girls study beauty culture and fashion design with only one in mechanical drafting and two in printing. Public high schools show similar trends with few girls in shop courses and even fewer boys in traditionally female classes. Dr Dorothy Tenner cites cultural expectations and parental influence as factors.
The U S Army runs skills clinics for graduating seniors to show what soldiers do in mountain rescue cross country motorcycling and marksmanship. Soldiers teach techniques for recreation and professional use while stressing they are demonstrations not recruiters.
A column of reader tips on saving money through kitchen hacks. Parsley and celery leaves dried in oven bits, comparing store brands for cans, chilling and skimming juices, freezing flavorings, reusing fabric softener sheets, making own tomato sauce mix, shopping second-hand stores, and mineral oil for unfinished wood protection.
Paul Ruiz of Big Spring, a former Pecos resident and Big Spring High School sophomore, presented a bicentennial program at a TSTA meeting in Lamar Elementary. As official Big Spring bicentennial symbol Uncle Sam, he spoke on America's crises and enduring legacy, displayed 36 historical flags, and urged youth to contribute to the celebration and education. He also spoke at Zavala Junior High, serves as master of ceremonies, and is active in band and clubs.
A National Opinion Research Center study comparing 1963 and 1974 surveys links the 1968 papal encyclical against contraception to a sharp drop in Catholic practice in the United States. It says Vatican II reforms would have raised practice by a sixth, while birth control rulings would have cut it by about half, with combined effects causing roughly a one‑third decline.
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