Bake sale and reunions highlight Pecos area events
The May 4 Pecos Enterprise notes a junior class bake sale for Mother's Day, scouting groups disbanding for summer, class of 68 and 69 reunion plans, lamb weights from January, and upcoming graduation on May 26-27. Sul Ross students presented Cinderella at Balmorhea, with Saragosa invited to graduation May 25. Alan Gilbert attends Odessa district meeting for summer planning. Cafeteria menu lists Thursday stew, salad, corn bread, and apple pie. Friday burritos, hominy, salad, and brownies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Peters
Saragosa
Alan Gilbert
Odessa
Balmorth er News Notes and Social Bits
Seniors receive word about an upcoming meeting with dates and locations to be sent by Mrs. David Lundgren of Verhalen. Mr and Mrs Leves Parkers of Ozona spent the weekend with their son Tony Parker and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lundgren
Verhalen
Mrs. Leves Parkers of
Ozona
Tony Parker
Mentone Student of the Year Honored at South Plains College
Skeet L. Jones of Mentone named Student of the Year at South Plains College Levelland Thursday night and listed in Who's Who. About 70 students recognized for excellence in academics technical vocations and campus service. Awards include Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award to William B. Daniel Lena Ethel Roettig English Memorial Award to Mrs. Linds Kay Gore and two scholarships in memory of Jimmy Carroll awarded to Billy E. Sheek and Richard Stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skeet Jones
Elgin R. Jones
Mentone
Marvin L. Baker
South Plains College
SPC
Baker
Skeet L. Jones
Levelland
William B. Daniel
Chemical Rubber Co
Lena Ethel Roettig
Linds Kay Gore
Jimmy Carroll
James Carroll
Billy E. Sheek
Pettit
Richard Stocks
Whiteface
Radian Engineering
Austin
Young Carroll
Noon market, stocks mixed as Dow slides near resistance
A quiet mid day on Wall Street with the Dow Jones average down 1.44 to 932.75 as gains thin and traders eye a resistance zone around 935 to 940. AT&T leads activity up 4 to 63 5/8 while the NYSE composite slips to 54.20 and volume nears 8.55 million shares. LIVESTOCK SUMMARY reports limited early cattle and hog sales in Fort Worth with varied prices across classes.
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New York
Wall Street
American Telephone & Telegraph
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Fort Worth
Tex
Barbs By Phil Pastoret on Watching and Debt
The columnist muses that person watching cannot replace girl watching as a spectator sport and ponders debt as a life condition rather than catastrophe. He notes that most people are not truly good for nothing and suggests rewards drive behavior.
Adair says blowout no big deal at North Sea rig
Red Adair, veteran oil fire fighter, says the North Sea blowout on a Phillips rig was not a major incident. He cites evacuations and minimal damage, asserts safety improvements may come, and downplays potential effects on Atlantic drilling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adair
Rob Wood
Associated Press
Houston
Red Adair
North Sea
Paul
Helicoper
Phillips Petroleum Co
Phillips Co
Atlantic
America
Private pesticide applicator certification outlined for Reeves and Loving counties
The article explains FIFRA and Texas law requirements for private and commercial pesticide users. It outlines three Texas certification options including training, self study with a questionnaire, and emergency single use certification. Training sessions for Reeves and Loving counties will be announced with self study materials available locally. The full federal implementation is set for October 1977, requiring certified applicators for restricted use pesticides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Environmental Protection Agency
Commissioner of Agriculture
Texas Department of Agriculture
Reeves & Loving
Free Enterprise Institute offers free graduate courses for teachers
Public school teachers can enroll in two graduate economics courses at Sul Ross State University with tuition books and dormitory fees paid by the Texas Bureau for Economic Understanding. The Free Enterprise Institute runs May 31 to July 6 on the Sul Ross campus in Alpine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sul Ross State University
Texas Bureau For Economic Understanding
Free Enterprise Institute
Sul Ross
William Beaty
Institute
Texas
Alpine
Beaty
Department of Business
Anita Bryant praised for advancing homosexual rights cause
Former NFL player David Kopay credits Anita Bryant with advancing gay rights as she campaigns to repeal Dade County Florida protections for homosexuals in employment and housing. Bryant then urged Charlotte North Carolina viewers that homosexuality is against nature on the PTL Club program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Florida
Anita Bryant
Miss Bryant
Dade County
Fla
America
David
Charlotte
N.C
Adam and
Bruce
PTL Club
Calendar of Pecos area events in coming week
Calendar of events lists Pecos Rifle and Pistol Club at American Motor Inn 7:30 p.m. on Monday Lions Club and Amistad Lions Club evenings at American Motor Inn and Lions Den at 7:30 p.m. On Tuesday Alcoholics Anonymous and Al Anon meet at 8 p.m. at 125 S Oak St with multiple groups meeting mornings and evenings including TOPS and Optimist Club events at various venues Austin Elementary PTA and Federation Parlor host meetings and a Woman’s Club pot luck dinner at Federation Parlor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos Rifle and Pistol Club
American Motor Inn
Lions Club
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos
Chaparral Village
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
S. Oak St
Federation
Tops TX
St. Community Council
Saragosa Hall
Austin
Austin Cafetorium
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Deaths Ida B Teaney services set in Pecos
Ida B Teaney, 75, died in Houston early Tuesday. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. in Pecos Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. She was born March 31, 1902 in Alma Kansas and moved to Pecos in 1947 from San Marcos. Survived by husband H L Teaney of Pecos two sons James Teaney Pecos and Glenn Teaney Fort Stockton two step sons Herbert Kansas City Kan and Milford Raytown Mo two sisters Mrs M H Huddleston Huntington Beach Calif and Mary Ann Boon Topeka Kan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida B. Teaney
Pecos Funeral Home
Evergreen Cemetery
Fort Stockton
Herbert Teaney
Kansas City
Kan
Milford Teaney
Raytown
M.H. Huddleston
Huntington Beach
Calif
Mary Ann Boon
Topeka
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Pecos Enterprise
Balmorhea
Sul Ross University
Balmorther
By Frankie Kingston
Mentone Man
Indus
Chicago
East Meadow, N.Y
Alcoa
At&t
Armco
Ad Rich
Beth Stl
Borden
Brit
Pet
Cat Trac Delanese
Chrysler
Sve
Coca Cola
Dow
Mirs
Gen Tel
Gen Tire
Goodrich
Great
A&p
Gulf Oil
IBM
John-Man
John Joh
Litton
Marat Oil
Mobil Oil
Monsanto
Metropolitan Golf Asso
Ciation
Phill Pet Penney
RCA
Safeway
Salisbury Golf Club
Sears
Eisenhower Park
Sony
Gene Sarazen
Sou Pac
Flushing
Cal
Fresh Meadow Course
Ind
Macdonald Smith
Lake Sun Co
Great Neck
Texaco
US Stes
Woolworth
Smith Xerox C
Sarazen
Phil Pastoret
Din Tats
Reeves & Loving Counties
Kopay
Eee
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ken Dulaney
Peggy McCracken
Nova Gutierrez
Diane Osborn
Doris Welch
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Reeves County
Reeves
Ward
Loving
Culberson
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