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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1979
Page
2
Thelma Lawrence, state health officer from Pecos, will meet Balmorhea area seniors at the Senior Citizens Center. She plans to show films on blood pressure and discuss health matters with attendees.
Stocks edge higher from two month low as Dow Jones 30 gains to 829.09 at noon, NYSE composite and Amex indices rise, volume hits 12.03 million. Reports from Balmorhea and Pecos note local incidents including ambulance dispatch, truck fire, a burglary, and senior citizen program.
A two day Defensive Driving Course is set for May 18 and 19 at the Pecos Senior Center 119 S Cedar. The eight hour class runs 7 10 p m with Friday and Saturday hours to be determined. Members of N R T A and A A R P pay 3 while non members pay 8. Texas license holders are eligible. Graduates receive a certificate good for a 10 percent auto insurance discount. No written exam or road test required. Register and pay at the Senior Center with Director Billie McCormick. Enrollment is limited.
The Pecos High School class of 1969 will host a 10 year reunion on Saturday June 30 with 2 p.m. registration and a school tour followed by a 7 p.m. dinner at Pecos Valley Country Club. Contact Hill Glover in Midland or Cynthia Armbruster at 445-2555 for missing addresses and information on many named alumni.
A United States citizen from Alpine and a Mexican national from Chihuahua were held in Reeves County Correctional Facility Pecos in lieu of a 25000 dollar bond each after their arrest on alien aid charges.
Jack McGowen county attorney will be guest speaker at the merchant's committee meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Chamber of Commerce office. Dub Schultz invites interested persons to attend. Also noted a recent appearance before U.S. Magistrate J.M. Preston in Pecos on felony immigration violations. Lorenzo Tarrango Hernandez Jr. 51 of Alpine charged with aiding and abetting illegal aliens. Antonio Alvarez Bejar, 31, charged with conspiring to aid illegal aliens. Hernandez may hire an attorney. Bejar cannot.
Three men, Scott Glen Henderson 21 of Denver City David Keith Dickinson 24 of San Angelo and Hershal Gene Ground, on supervised probation, appeared before U S Magistrate J M Preston in Pecos on charges of felony possession of marijuana. Bonds were set at 20000 for Dickinson and 50000 for Henderson and Ground. All were remanded to U S Marshal custody and placed in Reeves County Correctional Facility. The arrests followed a DEA led operation with Border Patrol and Customs. Henderson admitted carry of a firearm.
Reeves County Sheriff Raul Florez reports the arrest of Rosa Campos, 34, of 901 S. Hickory on a charge of telephone harassment. Arrested May 8 at that address, she posted a $1000 bond after appearing before Justice of the Peace Phyllis Salyer.
Alberto P. Aguilar of Pecos was killed in a Sunday car crash five miles north of Fort Davis on Highway 17. Services to be held at 4 p.m. today in Ojinaga Mexico. Born March 29 1961 in Ojinaga he worked for Geo physical Systems. Survived by mother Maria Aguilar five brothers Rafael Elias Pablo Antonio and Daniel of Pecos and aunt Susana Martin of Pecos.
The Pecos Ambulance Service logged numerous calls from May 11 to May 13. Incidents include taking a man to Reeves County Hospital from 621 S. Alamo at 10:25 a.m. Monday and transporting a woman after a fall from 611 E. Seventh at 7:54 p.m. May 12. A leg injury was reported at Saragosa Hall at 9:15 p.m. May 12. Transfers included Reeves County Hospital to Monahans at 10:38 p.m. May 12 and 8:30 p.m. May 11. A 4:45 a.m. May 13 call involved a woman in severe pain, with address corrections noted. A final transfer was from Odessa Medical Center at 10:49 a.m. last Saturday.
May 1979 calendar lists weekly meetings for Lions Clubs Optimist Club AA Al Non TOPS Senior Citizens and other groups in Pecos Balmorhea Barstow and nearby towns. Events run Monday through Friday with recurring venues like Pecos Inn Lions Den Holiday Inn and Balmorhea Senior Center and activities including meetings, exercise classes, blood pressure checks and painting sessions.
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