Cook Honored On Birthday At Pecos Nursing Home
James Henry Cook marked his 97th birthday Friday March 27 at Pecos Nursing Home where he has lived since last September. A cake with 97 candles and pink lemonade and coffee were served to Cook his daughter Verble Baker of Odessa and Pecos staff and residents. Born in Harris County Arkansas in 1873 he was a farmer near Lubbock before moving to the nursing home. He once owned a motel briefly, then returned to farming and raised nine children after his wife died in 1925. His children include Willie Cook of Houston Pierce Cook of Gran Prairie and Leonard.
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James Henry Cook
Pecos
Mr. Cook
Verble Baker
Odessa
Harris County
Ark
Lubbock
Willie Cook
Houston
Pierce Cook
Gran Prairie
Leonard
Longtime Texas resident Mr Cook celebrates birthday
Clarence Cook of Mesquite and family members from Dallas Odessa Conroe and Tyler gather in a Dallas area home to honor the oldest resident. The 25 grandchildren and several great grandchildren share in the celebration as Mr Cook, despite a deceased son Howard, enjoys sun and digging in the earth and remains active in mind and body. He remarks it is so pretty as candles glow.
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Cook
GM Employee Awards Hit Record High in 1969
GM reports a record year for its Employee Suggestion Plan with $17,364,783 paid out in 1969, surpassing 1968. A record 279,461 suggestions were adopted, with broader participation and larger awards. Since 1942, over $128 million has been awarded for about 26 million suggestions.
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General Motors
Louis G. Seaton
Address mixups for Aransas Wildlife Refuge mail
The U S Postal Service successfully delivered letters sent to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Texas despite odd addresses from England Arkansas and London. Refuge Manager Gordon Hansen notes cranes wintering at the Austwell retreat while 56 wild whoopers spend the season there.
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United States Postal Service
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas Gulf Coast
Gordon Hansen
England
Wildlife Refuge
Texas
USA
Aransas Texas National Wildlife Refuge
Aransas Reserve
Corpus Christi
London
Arkansas National Wildlife Refuge
Blackjack Peninsula
Post Office
Austwell
Missed Paper Contact Line
Subscribers are urged to call the circulation department at 445 5475 if a paper is missing or if they have any comment. The paper has no method to know a miss unless the subscriber calls, and this is the only way to correct the error.
Barstow Community Notices Amid Easter Events and Repairs
Mrs. Roy Williams and Mrs. Benny Abila plan to pick up CEN SUS blanks around April 1. A high wind ripped the Community Center roof and caused damage to a lumber-yard building. The Bilberry home is being demolished. Easter Egg Hunt was hosted by Mrs. Paul Sullivan and Mrs. Ronnie Ryan on March 28. Numerous visitors from Abilene Wickett San Antonio Houston and Odessa arrived to visit relatives and attend church and holiday events.
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Roy Williams
Benny
Gloria) Abila
Court House
Paul Sullivan
Ronnie Ryan
Shine Avary
Julie Reece
Abilene
Ellen Weisent
Wickett
Rebecca
Deanna
Sabra Kay Lucas
Carol Case
San Antonio
Carol
Russell Oliver
Bill Oliver
Odessa
Ronnie Ryans
Youth to Participate in Unique Space Seminar at NASA Center
Sixty high school sophomores from all states and ten foreign countries will be chosen for a week long Space Seminar at Kennedy Space Center Florida in July. Winners will tour the Crawler Transporter and Apollo facilities and participate in NASA led sessions. sponsors include Pepsi Cola Hugh O’Brian Youth Foundation and the Boy Scouts of America Exploring Division.
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NASA
Kennedy Space Center
Fla
Boy Scouts of America
Pepsi-Cola Company
Hugh O’brian Youth Foundation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John F. Kennedy Space Center
BSA
Volun
Teer
Cape Kennedy
O’brian
Albert Schweitzer
Africa
Hugh O’brian
Symbol Contest Seeks HemisFair Plaza Emblem
The City of San Antonio invites designs for a worldwide HemisFair Plaza symbol. Open to ages 7 to 77, winner receives a $100 Savings Bond and a lifetime Hemis Fair Plaza pass, with 25 runners up prizes. Entries due April 21, 1970. submit to the Director HemisFair Plaza.
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Hemis Fair Plaza
San Antonio
Texas
U. S.A
U. S
HemisFair Plaza
HemisFair Way
U.S.A
Hemis- Fair Plaza
City of
Toyah Trip and Community Notes Highlight Local Activities
Toyah junior and senior high students toured the Duval Sulfur Plant on Monday March 23 learning about water purification, machine shop, sulfur wells, relay stations and drilling rigs guided by Duval Safety Supervisor Lynn Holley. Teachers aboard included Max Calk Bryan Boatman and Lamar and R Waight. Home Demonstration Club met with program on drugs and an Narcotics talk planned for May by Deputy Gary Ingram. Voters urged to cast ballots April 4 for city and school elections at Toyah Hall and Toyah School with designated judges and clerks. Oldest map Turin Papyrus shows 1320 B C Egyptian mine layout.
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Toyah
Duval Sulfur
Lynn Holley
Duvals
Duval
MaxCalk
Bryan Boatman
Lamar Taylor
R. R. Waight
Amelia Waight
Duval Corporation
Renee Marsh
Amy Waight
R.R. Waight
Susan Gibson
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Fran Sunday
National Meat Packing
Broadway
Kansas City
King Size Wallet
Srvesey
Shugart
Wacker's
Barstow
J.H. Freeland
Bilberry
Herachel Cartwright
May Chadwick
Ellis Brown
First Baptist Church
Brown
W. E. Knowles
Fermin Garza
Jose Garcia
Mr. Garcia
Jesse Lee Reece
Andy
Greg
Julie
Bessie Hayes
Presbyterian Church
Henry Petty
Lake Brownwood
Earl Chapmans
Monahans
Larry
Linda Collins
Christine
Jewel
Coach McDaniel
Clarence, Jr
Dwayne Lucas
Stephen
Donna
Sabra Kay
H. A, Collins
Tommy
Johnny
Sherwood Armstrong
Midland
E. A. Leffingwell
Ed Walker
Toyah Home
Raymond Goodnight
Ben Cleveland
el Paso
Mrs
Bennie Cleveland
Coy Perkins
Dallas
J. A. Perkins
Lewisville
Toyah City Hall
Ab Cunningham
J. F. Keating
Toyah School
Edith Miller
Joe Kuhn
Lily Robinson
Charles A. Weinacht
Board of Trustees
Pecos-Barstow Consolidated Independent School District
Pecos High School
Texas A&m University
Reeves County
U.S. Army
Korea
First Methodist Church
Jack Browder
Charles Weinacht
Ella Springer
Garland Matthews
Ole
Ben
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