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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1978
Page
7
Dear Ann recounts an young girl’s memories of her father who could not read yet possessed skill in carving and fixing watches. The column also guides a reader through announcing a pregnancy to a sister in law and advises a tall 11 year old to carry a birth certificate for movie tickets and to improve dating poise.
Gamma Mu Chapter international Delta Kappa Gamma installed new officers for the next biennium at a May 6 brunch at the Holiday Inn, led by outgoing president Carolyn Rankin. Susan Baggett became president with Carolyn McNeil and Mary Casey as vice presidents, and Elizabeth Dennison and Malda Thomas as secretaries. A memorial musical program honored Aileen Nabors, Pecos educator, with Jim Hart singing and Irene Turk introducing the piece.
Community notices list Gerald Spray and Frank Spray traveling for a Rio Grande fishing trip near Terlingua. MW Zada Shockley and son C J Shockley visited Mrs. Shockley’s sister Mr and Mrs L R Lewis. Betty Calhoun leads Girl Scout troop 395 on a camping trip at Mitre Peak in the Davis Mountains. Jaime Flores and Diane Flores attend an International Optimist Convention in Albuquerque. Fresh mung bean sprouts recipe shared. Dean Johnson returns to Pecos for summer from Texas Tech University in Lubbock.
Marlene Odle Kemp of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service advises households to avoid washing separately to conserve water and reduce laundering needs. She notes tinting guidelines and fabric care to prevent separate cycles and promotes efficient, unified washing practices.
Two cans refrigerated biscuits, butter, sugar, pecans, cinnamon, and apples form a coffee cake. Dip biscuits in butter and sugar mix, layer around a pan, tuck apple slices between biscuits, bake at 400 degrees for 26 to 30 minutes, then invert and serve warm with sweet butter.
Erma Bombeck notes President Carter and herself are among the few who work from home. She mocks security perks a president enjoys and jokes about interruptions such as doorbell rings for pastry brushes and lip gloss.
A mixed collage of anecdotes and reflections begins with a boat overturn near shore where William Russell survives by prayer and effort. It weaves in quotes from General Booth on faith and works, jokes about political drafts, homeschool work, and a humor writer’s nostalgia for a better, simpler writing setup.
The Modern Study Club hosts a book review on They Came to Stay by Marjorie Margolies and Ruth Gruber for members of guest clubs The Merry Wives Club and the 20th Century Club. Laura Johnston presented Our Dreams in Profile as this year’s theme and was introduced by Mrs. Etta Sullivan.
This recipe guides making Russian Beet Preserve to serve with meats or enjoyed with tea. It uses beets lemons sugar corn syrup ginger almonds and steps for simmering lemon rind boiling beets and sealing into hot pint jars with proper headspace and processing. Makes five pints.
In Corn Hill Texas a church mirrors Prague's St Vitus Cathedral with twin slate spires and red brick walls. The Holy Trinity Catholic Church serves a Czech community dating to 1880 with the present building completed in 1913 at a cost of 30000 dollars. The pastor, Rev Gideon Stram born in Czechoslovakia, says locals keep a European parish feel and welcome visitors to their hillside notice.
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