Pecos Girl to Represent City as Sun Duchess in 1978
Cecile Montgomery daughter of Mr and Mrs Dudley K Montgomery will represent Pecos Texas as a Sun Duchess in the 1978 South western Sun Carnival Coronation. She attends Baylor University as an accounting major and earned top honors in high school with high grades and multiple honors. The coronation and ball planned for June 17 will feature Dionne Warwick at the El Paso Civic Center. Tickets are available at multiple El Paso area outlets.
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EL Paso
Tex
Cecile Montgomery
Dudley K. Montgomery
Pecos
Texas
Miss Montgomery
Southwest
Indian Cliffs Ranch
Fabens
Dionne Warwick
el Paso Civic Center
Baylor University
Waco
Alpha Lambda Delta National
Pecos High School
Pecos High
Rotary Club
Lions Club
Twentieth Century Club
First United Methodist Church
Cynthia
Amy
Northgate
Bassett
ITT
Fort Bliss
del Norte Sporting Goods
Quail Hollow
Morningside Mall
Las Cruces
UTEP
Coliseum
Boeing leads market as Singapore Airlines plans big order
The Market New York reports Boeing shares rally as Singapore Airlines plans to buy almost $900 million of Boeing airplanes. The noon Dow up 0.70 to 825.28, NYSE composite up 0.3, AMEX index up 0.17. Cotton and grain futures pull mixed, with Noted price shifts across commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Boeing Co
New York Stock Exchange
Toyah City Council May 2 Meeting Notes and Local Updates
Toyah City Council, led by Mayor Chaddick, heard water supply improvements update from Balmorhea Mayor Humphries. Temporary maintenance chief Richards oversees crew. monthly trash pickup will occur on the first Monday, with guidance on items allowed. Women of Toyan granted use of school room for exercise classes three mornings weekly. Community birthdays and visits noted, including Master Bryan Gibson’s third birthday party and guests from nearby towns.
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Toyah
Mark Chaddick
H.S. Haile
Jerri McAlpine
Delores Driver
Virginia Gibson
Balmorhea
Helen Humphries
Humphries
L.A. Richards
Chaddick
Toyan
Pecos Graduates From Fort Gordon Signal Training
Pecos residents James Leon Sharp Jr. and Bruce Harrison completed graduation exercises on April 20 at Fort Gordon Georgia for Company A 2nd Battalion 1st Signal Training Brigade. Sharp and Harrison, Pecos natives, will continue training at Fort Gordon.
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James Leon Sharp Jr
Bruce Harrison
Pfc
1St Signal Training Brigade
Fort Gordon
Sharp
Harrison
Pecos
Fantasy Star Prom Band From Odessa
Odessa group Fantasy Star performs at the Junior-Senior Prom in the Cafeteria on May 13. Members include Lyman Clark lead singer and keyboard, Byron Smith drummer, Keith Duke bass guitarist, and Robin Smith lead guitar flute and voice box. The group formed five years ago and has 11 original songs.
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Fantasy Star
Odessa
Pecos High School
Lyman Clark
Permian High School
Byron Smith
Odessa High School
Robin Smith
Crockett Junior High
Odessa-Midland
PHS
My Readers Write Fire Remembers Brandon Hotel Era
Nostalgia greets the editor as a reader recalls the Brandon Hotel’s opening, its Bell-Boy Ol’ Negro George, and later Pecos life. The letter contains reminiscences of the hotel and warding off poor long distance service. It also notes the death of Cecil R Kerney Jen son in Pecos with survivors and funeral details.
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Brandon
Ol’ Negro
George
Burglar strikes Tio's Drive In Pecos
George T. Regas owner of Tio's Drive In reported to the Pecos Police that between 11 p.m. May 7 and 10 a.m. May 8 burglars ransacked the back room, toppled a 19 inch portable color TV, damaged a calculator, took five one dollar bills and two or three rolls of pennies plus four quarters from an open register, bent fan blades and blocked the refrigeration compressor causing it to burn out. Footprints were found and the case is pending investigation. Eva Lara called for Pecos Ambulance at 8:24 last night.
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George T. Regas
Tio
1000 Cedar
Pecos
Subject
Bank hosts Bruce Marshall exhibit in Pecos lobby
West Austin artist Bruce Marshall will display paintings in the First National Bank Pecos lobby on May 11 and 12. His works have hung in galleries and in the Smithsonian, owned by Nelson Rockefeller, with a portrait of Gen Archibald Gracie Jr. at Gracie Mansion. He has won Confederate veterans awards and has Texas state recognition. Marshall will address the Pecos Art Association Thursday afternoon.
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Bruce Marshall
Westart
Austin
First National Bank
Pecos
Marshall
Smithsonian Institution
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Archibald Gracie, Jr
Gracie Mansion
Confederacy
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Sons of Confederate Veterans
State of Texas
Rezin Bowie
Texas
Pecos Art Association
3Rd St
Calendar of Coming Events in Pecos Area
Calendar of forthcoming happenings in Pecos and nearby communities lists meetings fairs and performances across local venues. Notable entries include church gatherings market events school functions and civic activities scheduled through the month with time and place details where available.
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Pecos
Community Event Schedule for Pecos and Area
Weekly club and group meeting notices listed for Pecos area. Lions clubs meet at various venues 7:30 p.m. AA and Alanon open meetings Friday. TOPS 259 at Reeves Council 902 E 10th St. PTA program at Austin Elementary 7:30 p.m. Rotary and Art Association events at Holiday Inn and 1501 W 3rd St. Friday Alcoholics Anonymous 8 p.m. Saturday jamboree at West of the Pecos Museum Park 111 S Cedar St. Muzzle Loaders shoot 2 p.m. west of Hwy 285 south of I 20. Public invited.
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Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos AA
Alanon
S. Oak
Balmorhea
Reeves Community Council
E. 10Th St
Austin Elementary School
PTA
Downtown
Holiday Inn
Modern
Vivan Hudson
Ross Blvd
Young Homemakers
Nursing Home
County Music Association
The
Pecos Museum Park
S. Cedar St
Pecos Woman Galindo Seeks Midland College AA Degree
Dorma Erma Galindo daughter of Ida Galindo of 303 N Cedar is a candidate for an Associate of Arts degree at Midland College. The fifth annual commencement ceremonies will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday May 13 at the Midland Lee High School auditorium. Public invited.
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Dorma Erma _ Galindo
Ida Galindo
N. Cedar
Midland College
Midland Lee High School
Pecos Valley Muzzle Loaders Host Sunday Shoot Near Hwy 285
The Pecos Valley Muzzle Loaders will host a shoot Sunday May 14 at 2 p.m. at the local range west of Highway 285 and south of Interstate 20. Spectators and shooters are invited. Ms. Lela Fuentez was transferred to an Odessa hospital from Reeves County Hospital at 11:08 last night.
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Balmorhea State Park
Highway 285
Interstate 20
Pecos Valley
Lela Fuentez
Odessa
Reeves County Hospital
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Pecos Enterprise
Cecile Montgomery Sun Duchess
Cash Grain
Chicago
New York Cotton Exchange
DOW Jones
A.m
Indus
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
Far Street
Pecos Texas
Ken Dulaney
Lewis Barret
Diane Osborn
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Cosplay
O'hire
Reeves County
Reeves Ward
Loving
Culberson
Jett Counties
Toyah News
Bryan Gibson
Susan
Sheila Haile
Alicia
Bobby Williams
Lisa Hamilton
Felicity Richards
Jason
Sydna Gibson
David Waight
Jennifer Gass
Wade Gibson
Melody Kerr
Joy Gass
Charlotte Waight
Kate Powell
Judy McCarty
Jimmy Wiedel
Big Spring
Weidel
Leon Sharp
Beth Grant
South Alamo
Keith Duke
Cecil R
Kerney
Jenson
Kerney) Jenson
White City
Kansas
Opal
Tom
Midland
Jim
Bill
Edith Jenson
Barstow
Margaret Bolander
Telephone Co
California
F.K. Campbell
University Houston
Eva Lara
Pfc. Sharp
Bank
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
S. Oak St
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