Community Oil Mill meeting and fatal highway crash
A Wednesday night meeting in the Community Public Service room at 1126 Stafford Blvd aims to discuss reorganizing the Pecos Cotton Oil Mill with farmers ginners and area businessmen. Abel Hernandez Brijalba of Hagerman New Mexico faces murder with a motor vehicle charges after a two car crash on State Hwy 7 killed Henry Salcido 21 and injured his brother Felix 18 who remains critical. Funeral services for Salcido were held at Santa Rosa Church and he was a lifelong Pecos resident employed by Bailey Construction.
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Stafford Blvd
Pecos
A.B. Foster
Pecos Cotton Oil Company
Department of Public Safety
Abel Hernandez Brijalba
Hagerman
N.M
Henry N. Salcido
SOI N. Willow
Salcido
Memorial Hospital
Felix Salcido, Jr
Brijalba
J.F. Hightower
Melton Rasberry
Joe Hicks
Davis Keneipp
Santa Rosa Catholic Church
Santa Rosa Cemetery
Pecos Funeral Home
Bailey Construction Company
Duval Corp Evaluates Sulphur Deposits in Culberson County
Duval Corp chief W. P. Morris says the firm is assessing a 200 acre sulfur deposit in the Rustler Spring area, Culberson County, about 17 miles southwest of Orla. Eight test holes drilled, sulfur mineralization found at depths of 275 to 654 feet, with 2 to 80 feet thick formations. Plans for 80 more holes and possible Frasch pilot mining to test feasibility. No mineable certainty yet.
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W. P. Morris
Duval Corporation
Pennzoil United, Inc
Duval
Rustler Spring
Culberson County
Orla
Pecos
Gulf Coast
Texas
Louisiana
Mexico
Introducing Golden Girl Nominee Paula Morelan
Paula Morelan aged 18, daughter of Mr and Mrs C B Morelan of 1711 South Park, is sponsored by La Gamma Club. She graduates Pecos High School in May and plans to major in ballet at the University of Utah this fall. She is active in Future Homemakers of America, Rainbow Girls, Eastern Star, Civic Ballet Midland, and has danced for fourteen years.
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Paula Morelan
C.B. Morelan
South Park
la Gamma Club
Pecos High School
Order of the Rainbow Girls
Grand Assembly
Order of Eastern Star
Future Homemakers of America
Helen Marie Jones
Ottis Daniels
Shelia Martin
Lois Stone
Odessa
Buster Cooper Academy
Dallas
Lawrence
Kansas
Civic Ballet of
Midland
University of Utah
Ist Baptists State Revival Weekend Youth Led Revival
The First Baptist Church holds a four day revival starting Thursday evening through Sunday May 19 with 7 30 nightly services led by youth.
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The
First Baptist Church
Reeves County Council Meets to Hear Public Questions
A general meeting of the Community Council of Reeves County and the Reeves County Commissioners will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Commissioner's Court Room at the County Court House. Kathcie Wroe says the session invites any interested person to submit questions about the commissioners operations and duties. Attendance is open to the public.
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Community Council of
Reeves County
Reeves County Commissioners
County Court House
Kathcie Wroe
Scouts Hold Leaders Meet in Pecos Valley District
The Pecos Valley District executive committee of the Buffalo Trail Council Boy Scouts met at Foster's Restaurant with a 7:00 a.m. breakfast. Chairman Johnnie V. Holub of Pecos chaired. Summer camp at Buffalo Trail Ranch begins June 2 for six weeks with Pecos troops already reserving spots.
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Pecos Valley
Buffalo Trail Council
Boy Scouts of America
Foster’s
Johnnie V. Holub
Pecos
Buffalo Trail Scout Ranch
Buffalo Trail
Lincecum Rites Scheduled Today
Funeral services are set at Roy Akers Funeral Home in San Antonio for L J Bill Lincecum 53 who died early Saturday after a sudden illness Burial will be at Fort Sam Houston Cemetery He was born March 15 1915 in Goliad and had lived in Pecos for seven years He worked at the Pecos Automotive Proving Grounds and was a World War II veteran Survivors include his widow Edna two daughters his mother and a sister
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Roy Akers
San Antonio
L.J
Bill) Lincecum
Fort Sam Houston
Lincecum
Goliad
Pecos
South Alamo
Armstrong Rubber Company
Pecos Automotive Proving Grounds
First Baptist Church
Edna
Henry Reidling
Dallas
Larry Ling
George Lincecum
L.D. Sanders
Fort Worth
Democrats Elect Delegates to State Convention in Reeves County
Delegates to the Reeves County Democratic Convention met Saturday May 11 1968 at 2 00 p m in the Reeves County Courthouse district court room to elect five delegates and alternates to the State Democratic Convention in Dallas on June 11 The five delegates chosen were Paul Armstrong chairman Bill Collie Jr Bob Hughs Wendell Faulkner and Bob Dean.
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Reeves County
Reeves County Court House
Dallas
Paul Armstrong
Bill Collie, Jr
Bob Hughs
Wendell Faulkner
Bob Dean
Reeves County Families Spend $3660 On Living Needs
Local studies based on University of Michigan data show Reeves County families spend about $3,660 yearly on food shelter and clothing. After taxes and savings they retain $2,760 for discretionary expenses while a $6,420 net income leaves $2,100 for other uses for those earning around $5,000 and about $3,800 for those earning $9,000.
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Reeves County
Labor Department
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Felix Salcido, Sr
Ernesto
Felix Jr
Sebastian
Florentino
Samuel
Elvia Rodriquez
Las Cruces
New Mexico
Eloisa Rodriquez
Hackberry Street
Ead
Ist Baptists State Revival
Crissy Tercero
Darlene Frazier
Merrie McCormick
Branda Crow
Margie Thompson
University of Michigan
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Sue Raye Whitley
Cecilia Briggs
Donna Talley
Larry Teague
Miss Whitley
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