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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1968
Page
1
Mrs. Jerry McCormick resigns as head of Pecos Children's Day Nursery after leading since its start last year. The nursery will stay open for two more months without her, with plans to continue in a building run by Kathie Rowe, amid public support shortfalls and low patronage.
Farmers in Reeves County prepare for a no grazing five month span from May 1 to October 1 1968 under the 1968 feed grain and cotton programs. Lou Kilgore explains participants will not graze diverted acres or harvest crops, with Conservation Reserve and Cropland Adjustment participants bound through the life of their agreements. Four hundred Reeves County farms signed up for the 1968 diversion program.
The town has codified all ordinances into a single volume prepared by the Municipal Code Corporation of Tallahassee. It went into effect February 12 1968 and aims to simplify legal rules for citizens and officials alike from ratproofing buildings to washing machine installations.
The Weldon Exum Memorial Scholarship Fund, set up by Tau Alpha Phi at Hardin-Simmons University, will award a $5,000 annual scholarship chosen by the Student Aid Committee. Exum, a 1965-66 Tau Alpha Phi treasurer and 1967 graduate, died in an army transport accident February 7 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
The Pecos Enterprise announces a new photo ordering service starting April 1. A fee will be charged for glossy photographs, recognizing parents and club members often desire keepsakes of loved ones or local activities despite the paper not being a photographer.
The mayor of Kermit proclaimed Thursday a day of memorandum for Cpl. Monte Ray Cooley who died in Viet Nam after injuries from hostile fire. A Pecos native born October 7, 1947 he served as a paratrooper in the 101st Division and died March 18. Funeral services were held in Kermit.
Pecos City Council discussed water and sewer service to areas outside the city. They approved a new roof for the Haynes Park community center at an estimated 481.04 and extended A R Elliott’s sanitation post to February 1 1969 while noting Jaquez’s 24 years of service.
Texas Agriculture Commissioner John C. White issues a proclamation designating Pecos Ward and Reeves counties as pink bollworm infested. Cotton may be grown only by special permit and must be destroyed by midnight February 1 1969 by shredding the remaining plant portions.
The Pecos Rodeo and Fair Association will hold a stockholder and board meeting April 2 at 7 00 p m in the Hubbs Roberson Build. The meeting aims to elect officers and fill two vacancies created by resignations of Alton Hughes and Dudley Montgomery. Cotton roots must be plowed under by April 10 1969 with penalties for noncompliance.
A 1967 Chevrolet Camaro driven by Ellis Lane of Crane rolled over after failing to turn onto Highway 80. Lane and three passengers suffered minor injuries while Willie Morris had the most serious injuries. The crash occurred near Se cond Street east of the city at 6:25 p.m. High patrol charged Lane. Also included is funeral news for Mrs. Molly Ellison. Easter holiday school dismissal announced.
Pecos resident Ernesto Perea 24 was killed March 26 1968 in South Vietnam while serving in Company B Second Battalion 501st Infantry 101st Airborne Division He had served in the local National Guard and is survived by his wife Gloria and two children Daniel and Elizabeth Perea. He was killed by mortar fragments at about 3 00 p m local time and will be returned home for funeral as soon as possible.
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