Pecos FFA Banquet Honors Members And New Officers
The Pecos High School FFA banquet occurred Friday night in the high school cafeteria with a barbecue dinner and an awards program. Ronald Box spoke as main speaker. new officers for 1971–72 were announced including Jimmy Martinez as president and Mike Prewit as vice president.
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Pecos High School
FFA
Ronald Box
Jim Dearing
Melanie Foster
Carl Smith
Area I
Supt
Ray Whiteley
Bobby Stafford
Tom Passmore
Dalton Moseley
Steve Beauregard
Sentinel
Scott Lewis
Big Bend
Mike Lemons
Bobby Calloway
Mike Passmore
Dudley Montgomery
Bailey Wheelis
Wheelis
Jimmy Martinez
Mike Prewit
Gary McNiel
Roger Harrison
Billy Griffin
Ronald
Barstow News Highlights Local Veterans and Youth Achievements
As the 1st Marines left Vietnam, Sgt Kenneth A Kothmann and his unit stopped in Okinawa and returned to the states May 3. Local youth attended the United Methodist Youth Rally in Odessa with Pecos friends on April 30 and May 1. The Wells family moved from Odessa to Barstow with work on a Parker oil rig, and their Oklahoma roots trace to Wade. Bennie Longbine and auto mechanics winners placed third in the Texas state competition in San Antonio. Cindy Hopper, Our Little Miss Andrews winner, enjoyed a trip to the Alamo district during a twirling contest in Hobbs New Mexico with multiple first-place honors. Barstow students earned honors in junior and eighth grades, while Joe Garcia, Barstow High graduate and George Craver coach, led boys at Craver School to early competitive opportunities and a Texas Special Olympics run in Midland and Big Spring. The Pecos Eagles beat Kermit 3-1 in baseball with Ernie Calanchi on the mound. Phillip Tibbets returned home on leave from Fort Knox before departing for Germany. Lt Benny Gresham visited from Williams AFB. his wife Sharon is moving to Pecos to finish the school year before joining him in Meza Arizona.
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Barstow High
Joe Garcia
George Craver School
Midland
Big Spring
Abilene
Helen Bottel column on teenage marriage and family advice
A long Helen Bottel panel discusses teen pregnancy marriage pressures and a hopeful student seeking Europe work, followed by letters about sex education movie ratings and marital strain. The column then offers practical parental guidance and car radiator cooling advice from Racine Wis.
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Racine, Wis
Modhine Manufacturing Co
Americans turn to fiberglass tubs in rising numbers
New York report shows one in four Americans now bath in a fiberglass reinforced plastic tub. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. cites consumer preference shifts and durability as key drivers behind the trend across households nationwide.
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Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp
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