Barstow honors retiring school official Welty and Wright
Barstow community hosted a retirement party for Welty and Polly Wright at the Barstow School gym on April 28. Wright retires as assistant superintendent of Pecos Barstow Torah Independent School District and plans to move to Kerrville on June 30. About 350 guests traveled from across Texas and Arizona, with gifts including a hanging portrait of Wright and a Barstow School painting. Charles Stubblefield served as MC, a roast followed, and refreshments were served by local hostesses.
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Welty
Polly Wright
Wright
Pecos - Barstow Torah
Kerrville
Houston
Waco
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Arizona
Lois Crouch
Bobbie Avary
Theresa Walker
Jo Allgood
Ernestina Guerrero
Gloria Avila
Melba Whitaker
Charlene Hayes
Adabelle Colline
Ernestine Allgood
Ruby Dell Cummings
Alice Flores
Stella Granada
Charles Stubblefield
Bill Bingham
C. W. Wright
Barstow School
Marion Russell
Jessie Reece
Abilene
Bartow
Becky Heard
CVAE
Blood Pressure Clinic in Toyah Tomorrow
A blood pressure clinic will be held in Toyah tomorrow May 1 at the Community Center from 2 to 4 p.m. The event aims to provide free blood pressure checks and health information to residents.
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Toyah
Market mixed as Dow slips and cotton futures rise midday
Stocks in New York show a neutral trend with the Dow Jones average down to 854.90 at noontime. Squibb Corp leads active issues while a 150000 share block traded at 32, NYSE composite down 0.05 to 57.29 and American Exchange up 0.20 to 184.39. Volume hits 13.02 million as markets hold firm.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
New York Cotton Exchange
Balmorhea News Roundup Covers May School and City Events
The Balmorhea Band concerts and school events fill May with performances and graduations. Gilda Morales directs the Spring Concert on May 12 at the school auditorium, and the band plays May 4 for Valentine School. Senior Citizens host a May 10 luncheon with games, while the Junior Senior Banquet is May 5 in the school cafeteria. High School graduation is May 24 and eighth grade exercises follow. City officials attend a May 3 council meeting as mayor Humphries and others plan a Austin hearing on sewage outlets and Toyah water rates. Chamber of Commerce meets May 7 to discuss Fall Festival and Bean Cook-off. Clemente Alvarez returns home from El Paso hospital. Judge Frances Clark and husband W.Z. Clark visit Balmorhea Lake.
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Gilda Morales
Valentine
Balmorhea
City Hall
Helen Humphries
Wes Elliott
C.T. Gray
Austin
Toyah
Continental Telephone employees honored for safety in 1978
Continental Telephone workers across Texas earned the Corporate Safety Award for the fewest disabling injuries in 1978 with five recordable incidents. The Pecos office team received certificates for individual safety contributions, presented by Jay Evans. About 333 Texas employees completed defensive driving training in 1978 with similar participation expected in 1979.
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Continental Telephone
Ron Etheridge
Pecos
Continental
Texas
Jay Evans
Texas Safety Association
Telephone Company
Safety Council
Ethridge
Monahans Man Released on Bond in Tax Case
A Monahans resident James E. Boylan 39 was released on bond of 5000 after an IRS auditor, while performing duties, arrested him in Odessa and brought him to Pecos. The indictment was sealed until Boylan’s arrest and appearance before a magistrate J M Preston. He was released on April 28. Proceeds from a May 5 fundraiser at Sara Gosa Head Start School will support new equipment.
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Saragosa
Community Council of
Reeves County
Jane Fletcher
Head Start
Internal Revenue Service
Calendar of Pecos Area Community Meetings and Clubs
List of weekly events in Pecos area including Lions Club meetings at Pecos Inn and Downtown Lions at Holiday Inn, Optimist Club at Saragosa Hall, TOPS groups, AA and Al-Non, Balmorhea and Pecos Jaycees meetings, Rotary and Senior Citizens activities, and local clubs with times and locations for Monday through Friday.
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Lions Club
Pecos Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Cantaloupe City
CPS Reddy Room
Pecos
Saragosa Hall
Pecos AA
Al-Non
S. Oak
Balmorhea
Old Senior Citizens Center
Second and
Hickory
Eddy St
Holiday Inn
Stafford Blvd
City Federation of Women’s Clubs
Hickory Housing Center
Second
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Pecos Jaycee-Ettes
Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar
Pecos Rotary Club
Pecos Jaycees
Alpine Lodge
Balmorhea Senior Citizens Center
Reckless Damage Reported at West Rodeo Grounds Parking
Pecos Police investigate reckless damage to a late model automobile in the rodeo grounds parking lot. The right front parking light was reported broken at 9 a.m.
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Pecos
Rodeo Grounds
Burglary Report Shows Theft at 814 S Orange Residence
Police investigate a burglary reported at 10 11 a m April 29 noting $425 in property stolen from an orange street home including electric hand saws a drill a tool box boots and contents with values totaling 300 for the box 75 for saws 35 for boots and 15 for the drill. Other incidents include criminal mischief to a Balmorhea Highway truck with 2500 repair cost and a 16 year old cited for a no license and speeding after a West Third collision that hospitalized Clara Allphin. A burglary of the old West School yielded two Skill saws and a bench grinder valued at 235 45 with doors damaged at 235 45 total.
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S. Orange
Pecos
Balmorhea
N. Ash
West Third
South Eddy
Clara Patton Allphin
Barilla Rd
Allphin
Reeves County Hospital
Taffic
Old West School
Fourth and Park
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