Recruiter Assigned Sgt Alvin E Lawrence to Pecos Post
SSG Alvin E Lawrence is named the U S Army Recruiter assigned to Pecos with Thursday morning office visits at the Pecos Selective Service and county-area availability afternoons. He is based in Carlsbad New Mexico with 14 years in service and hails from Sherman Texas. He has served at West Point as Visitors Bureau chief and recently completed an overseas tour in Vietnam with the Reliance Academy of the 9th Infantry Division. He and wife Carolyn attend a Baptist church and his hobby is amateur radio with call K51LB.
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Alvin E. Lawrence
U. S. Army
Pecos
New Vicar Assumes Duties At St. Mark's
Rev. Erwin O. Lasser assumed duties as vicar of St. Mark's Episcopal Church at 611 West Fifth on March 1. He came from Trinity Episcopal in De Soto Missouri after interning at St. Peter's Bonne Terre. He studied at De Paul University and Washington University before earning a divinity degree at Kenyon’s Bexley Hall. He and his wife Joyce have two daughters and live at 1519 Hackberry.
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St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
West Fifth
Erwin O. Lasser
De-Sota
Missouri
Trinity Episcopal Church
St. Peter’s Church
Bonne Terre
Father Lasser
de Paul University
Chicago
Washington University
St. Louis
Bexley Hall Episcopal Seminar
Kenyon College
Gambier
Ohio
Duval Closes Orchard and Fort Stockton Sulphur Sites
Duval Corporation announces suspension of sulphur production at the Orchard Texas site near Rosenberg and the Fort Stockton Texas site. Production will be shifted to the Culberson property 43 miles northwest of Pecos to offset losses. About 130 Orchard and 148 Fort Stockton workers may transfer to other Duval properties. managers declined to comment on staffing.
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Fort Stockton
Orchard
Duval
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Nevada
H. L. Shively
Charles Weinacht Seeks Board 1 Year Term
Charles A. Weinacht seeks the Pecos-Barstow CISD Board seat for the unexpired term of Jack Browder. A Pecos High School and Texas A M University graduate, he is a Reeves County rancher and farmer, married with three children, and a First United Methodist Church member. He pledged to improve the schools.
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Jack Browder
Charles A. Weinacht
Pecos - Barstow Cisd Board of Trustees
Pecos High School
Weinacht
Texas A&m University
Reeves County
U. S. Army
Korea
First United Methodist Church
Wanted Men Apprehended After Wide Circulation of Photos
Two men sought in an Austin burglary were arrested in Tucson Arizona last Sunday. Wayne Mattox 36 and William T Rogers 49 both El Paso residents waived extradition and will be returned to Reeves County Texas. Warrants also exist in Travis and Taylor counties for Abilene and Austin burglaries. A trail er left at the scene contained about 15000 in stolen office equipment. Pecos businesses have suffered multiple breaks with typewriters adding machines and similar office gear stolen.
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Austin
Tucson
Ariz
Wayne Mattox
William T. Rogers
el Paso
Texas
Reeves County
Travis
Taylor
Abilene
Pecos
Shoplifters Fined After C R Anthony’s Theft
Two shoplifters were apprehended in C R Anthony's store at 3 58 pm Monday and fined in Corporation Court. Joyce Ann Pauley 23 was fined 25 dollars and Charlotte Wise 22 was fined 10 dollars for stealing a pair of women's slacks and a blouse valued at 15 dollars. Investigating officers were Lt Jim Wilson Patrol Sgt Glenn Vandiver and Patrolman Robert Diaz.
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C. R. Anthony
Joyce Ann Pauley
Charlotte Wise
Jim Wilson
Glenn Vandiver
Robert Diaz
Pecos Enterprise to Become Daily Afternoon Paper
The Pecos Enterprise announces conversion from semi weekly to five day publication Monday through Friday starting May 1. Owners cite a computerized economy study showing Pecos growth in agriculture sulfur oil gas manufacturing and retail. Affiliated with AP, it will offer wire service comics features and local news.
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Orb Rowden
The
Pecos Enterprise
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
Pecos
National News
Associated Press
Enterprise
Council Purchases Paving Equipment
The City Council accepted bids from Plains Machinery Co and Treanor Equipment Co for a rock spreader and a roller for paving projects with costs to be finalized later. They also approved emergency Ordinance 70 1 on junk automobiles and authorized water and sewer line renewal in Block 32 Original Town when feasible, plus thirteen 100 watt mercury vapor street lights in Peyton Estates at 13.00 dollars monthly.
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Plains Machinery Co
Treanor Equipment Co
Peyton Estates
Absentee Balloting Deadline for City School Elections
The last day for absentee voting is Tuesday March 31. Ballots cast at City Hall for city elections and at the School Administration office for school trustee elections. Incumbents Schmidt Matthews Cowan vs Wicker for city seats. Toone Mitchell opposed by Newcomb for school seats. Weinacht vs McDougal for one year term.
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E. W. Schmidt
Garland Matthews
Tommy Cowan
Clarence Wicker
Easter Sunrise Service at Trinity Lutheran Pecos
Trinity Lutheran Church Pecos will hold an Easter Sunrise Service at 7 30 a m on March 29 with organ coronet flute and clarinet hymns and a banner crafted by the churches Lutheran Action Group The sermon from Matthew 28 6 7 titled Come See and Go Tell precedes an Easter breakfast following the service all Pecos Community members are invited to attend 1200 South Park.
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Redeemer
Trinity
Christ
Pecos
Trinity Lutheran Church
South Park
City Nets 38000 On Tax Revenue From 1 Percent Tax
Pecos reports its first 1 percent sales tax return for Oct 1 to Dec 31, 1969. Gross receipts reached 38,789.08. state fees total 2 percent 775.78 and 1,809.43 set aside for bad checks. Net about 38,000 funds to repair streets with seal coat work to cover 100 blocks. Plan includes rock spreader and pneumatic roller about 16,000 for seal coat project shared with the county. county buys an asphalt coating machine.
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Pecos
Texas
Charlie Wein Nominated for Who's Who in High School Athletics
Charlie Wein of Pecos High School is nominated for inclusion in Who's Who in High School Athletics. His senior year as offensive tackle and linebacker on the 69 Eagle team includes co captaincy and All State, All West Texas, and All District 2 AAA honors. The publication prints this summer with Interstate High School Press Association sponsoring and Hunter Publication Company handling printing. He also competed in baseball and track.
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Charlie Wein
Charlie E. Wein
United States
Interstate High School Press Association
Hunter Publication Company
Winston- Slaem, N.C
Charlie
Pecos High School
West Texas
Mercy Flight Airlift For Injured Mother In Texas
A mother from Austin suffered major injuries in a single vehicle crash on ice near Van Horn. She was flown by a DPS jet helicopter from Pecos Memorial Hospital to an Austin hospital, arriving about three hours after a 11:45 a.m. takeoff. Her husband and three daughters were uninjured.
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Department of Public Safety
van Horn
Memorial Hospital
Pecos
Austin
Alice Vines
Jack
Navy
Vines
Modesto
Calif
DPS
Lubbock
Carl Mullins
Midland
MERCY
Jet Ranger
Bill Calloway
Pecos Funeral Home
J.H. Starley
Memorial
Ben Burch
Brey Announces Candidacy for County School Trustee Post
Roy Brey, long-time Balmorhea farmer and former Pecos school system teacher, seeks at large seat on the County School Trustees. He retired after 24 years farming and 15 years teaching, holding a master's degree in counseling and guidance. Election set for April 4.
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Roy Brey
Pecos Enterprise
Mr. Brey
Pecos
Burglars Remain in Reeves Jail After Jewelry Heist
Four men charged in the Farnum's Jewelry burglary remain jailed in Reeves County after bonds were set by Peace Justice Cliff Preslar. Rodriguez and Valdez, ages 17 and 20, face $10,000 bonds while Rodriguez 25 and Garcia 18 have $15,000 bonds. The four were arrested after a Saturday morning automobile crash near Kermit with about $4,000 in jewelry recovered. the store was entered through a roof air duct and office items damaged.
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Farnum’s
Reeves County
Cliff Preslar
Samuel Franco Rodriguez
Ricardo J. Valdez
Luis Rodriguez
Frank Gomez Garcia
Kermit
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Army Recruiter
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Lafser
Ft. Stockton
Duval’s
W. P. Morris
the Orchard
Charles Weinacht
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Charlie Wein Photo
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