Balmorhea Drives Crusade Donations Reach $587.45
A door-to-door Cancer Crusade drive in Balmorhea Verhalen Brogado and Toyahvale collected 587.45 dollars, not counting cannister donations left in downtown businesses. Balmorhea cancer chairman Mrs Penny McElroy led the effort with many women canvassers listed by name.
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Cancer Crusade
Balmorhea
Verhalen
Brogado
Toyahvale
Penny McElroy
Cannisters
Barron Moore
Johnny Kingston
Bills Moore
Dan Brijalba
Jim Wilborn
Bob Patton
Pecos Boy Scout troops win top awards at district campout
Three Pecos troops earn prizes at the Sand Hills District Camporee at Winkler Park Ker mit. Troop 68 led by Wayne Grable and John Stickles takes the President's Award with eleven scouts across two patrols. Troop 91, under Y L Domingues Manuel Galindo and Manuel Garcia, wins first place blue ribbon with 25 scouts in four patrols. Troop 67, led by Richard San Roman, earns a yellow ribbon for participation. 16 scouts in two patrols attend but do not camp overnight. On deck Sea-breeze fashion features a red and white dotted pantsuit by Craig Craely.
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Pecos
Sand Hills
Winkler Park
Kermit
Rotary Club
Wayne Grable
John Stickles
Evening Optimist Club
Y.L. Domingues
Manuel Galindo
Manuel Garcia
Downtown Lions Club
Richard San Roman
Bridges and Miller to wed July first in Dallas
Mrs. Ted Bridges of Dallas announces the engagement of her daughter Harolyn Kay to Kenneth Dale Miller son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Miller of 1818 Jackson Street. The couple plan a July 1 ceremony at Hampton Place Baptist Church in Dallas. Miller, an internal auditor for Texaco Houston, holds a B B A in finance from Texas Tech. Harolyn, a May Texas Tech graduate, earned a B A in elementary education.
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Ted Bridges
Dallas
Harolyn Kay
Kenneth Dale Miller
Ronald Miller
Jackson St
Hampton Place Baptist
Miller
Texaco, Inc
Houston
Texas Tech
Harolyn
Dating game on campuses shows shift away from traditional dating
A national survey across twelve campuses finds students abandoning traditional dating as artificial and impractical. The move toward meaningful friendships is led by Liz at Boston University and Sherri at Michigan, with Ted at Harvard embracing equal partnerships. Changes appear across regions from Ole Miss to Connecticut, with more open attitudes toward premarital sex and on-campus contraceptive counseling.
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Ann Blackman
Associated Press
Liz
Sherri
Ted
University of Michigan
Boston University
Pete
Ted Benoit
Harvard
Bob
University of Mississippi
Ole Miss
Richard Eli Tambling
Manchester Junior College
Eli
Cambridge
Mass
Ann Arbor
Mich
Storrs
Conn
Chapel Hill
N.C
Liberty
Memphis
Tenn
Oxford
Miss
Tish
Julian S. Kaiser
University of Connecticut
Lover’s Lane
Pecos High School to Hold May 30 Commencement
Pecos High School plans commencement exercises May 30 at 8 p.m. on the Eagle football field. E. H. Amstead, president of the University of Texas in the Permian Basin, will deliver the address. About 160 to 165 seniors will receive diplomas with valedictorian and salutatorian named after final exams May 25 and 26.
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Pecos High School
E.H. Amstead
University of Texas
Permian Basin
Enterprise
Pecos Enterprise
Cavalry parade planned in Pecos for Armed Forces Day
The First Cavalry division from Ft. Bliss will visit Pecos May 18 to 20 for Armed Forces Day events. A God and Country service, a color guard parade, and a Cobra gunship with Huey helicopters are set, with static displays by Rangers and aircraft over Balmorhea and local fields. Interested groups should contact Alvin E. Lawrence at 445-2710.
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Ft. Bliss
Pecos
God and Country Service
Alvin E. Lawrence
Marine Corps Air Force
Army
Navy
Balmorhea
Lawrence
Marfa
Alpine
Ft. Stockton
S/Set. Lawrence
Western Insurance
Telegripe kit aids consumer complaints in fallout of faulty goods
Two Boston entrepreneurs create an 11 item Telegripe kit plus manual to help shoppers complain effectively. After testing with 100 interviewees and a 30 day pilot, the $1.29 kit sold 25 000 copies at newsstands as a new way to file organized complaints and prompt responses.
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Dee Wedemeyer
Associated Press
Boston
George Perraudin
Perraudin
Quotable quotes from women in a week of news
The Associated Press highlights remarks by Kathleen Kennedy, Sister May L. Steele, Eartha Kitt, and Becky Backus. Kennedy campaigns for McGovern while Steele and antiwar nuns advocate peace, Kitt denounces South Africa restrictions, and Backus critiques women’s publishing outlets and feminine stereotypes.
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Associated Press
Kathleen Kennedy
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
George McGovern
May L. Steele
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Becky Backus
Hernandez-Fiancée Elfida Hernandez to wed Frank Ramirez
Barstow announces the engagement of Elfida Hernandez to Frank Ramirez. The couple plans a June 3 wedding at Santa Rosa Catholic Church in Pecos.
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Hernandez
Ramirez
Fred Ramirez, Wickett
Santa Rosa Catholic Church
Pecos
Luncheon Honors Polly Nance at Ben's Spanish Inn
A bridesmaid luncheon honored Polly Nance bride elect of Paul Israel at Ben's Spanish Inn Friday. Attending were maid of honor Gail Nance sister-in-law Mrs Tom Nance sister of the groom Mrs Carolyn Canon and Mrs Mira Elekar. Hostesses were Mrs Artie Baker Mrs Gertrude Hock Statter Mrs George Weisent Mrs B J Weigel and Mrs Helen Armbruster.
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Ben’s Spanish Inn
Polly Nance
Paul Israel
Gail Nance
Tom Nance
Carolyn Canon
Mira Elekar
Artie Baker
Gertrude Hock- Statter
George Weisent
B.J. Weigel
Helen Armbruster
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Hs AG
Benjamin T. Biggs
Bennie Biggs
West Seventh St
Army Medical Corps
Fort Sam Houston
MBT
Tusa Med
Twelfth St
Garcia
Francisca Garcia
Abel Natividad
Corina Natividad
Dolores Garcia
Crusade
Craig Craely
Harolyn Kay Bridges
Game of
P.H.S
Louis Philippe
Louis Philippe of
France
Dyer & Sons
Pecos, Texas
Bernard Triber
Triber
Bloemfontein
Eartha Kitt
Four Seasons
Manuel Hernandez
Barstow
Elfida
Frank Ramirez
Elfida Hernandez
Nance
Edna Turk
Edna
Hilda
S.eddy
Hilda Bradley
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