Carnival Show Opens At Fair Grounds
The Pecos Rodeo and Fair Association sponsors a one week carnival starting Monday at the Fair grounds. Bill Hubbs is Rodeo Chairman and Captain Frank J. Lee directs advance operations. The show features 25 rides including a double ferris wheel and British and child friendly merry-go-rounds with a staff of about 200. Safety precautions are in place and rides are run by trained personnel. The event runs through May 25 with a school children's matinee Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m.
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Bill Hubbs
Frank J. Lee
Lee
Scout Troop 67 Reorganizes New Meeting Times
Boy Scout Troop No. 67 sponsored by the Downtown Lions Club re organized this week. The troop will meet at the Lions’ Scout Cabin at Oleander and West Seventh Street at 7 30 p m. Boys may join by contacting troop leaders or attending Tuesday meetings at 7 30 p.m.
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Lions’ Club
Lions
Oleander
West Seventh Street
Rooms Available At Pecos Museum
Four more rooms in the West of the Pecos Museum are available for exhibits this week. Two newly finished rooms upstairs and two redecorated rooms downstairs in the old Orient Hotel building join the museum which attracts thousands yearly. Organizations or businesses may contact Barney Hubbs, president of the Association, to furnish the spaces.
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Pecos Museum
Barney Hubbs
Junior College Poll Discussed by Regional Committee
The Region II Junior College Committee, meeting at the Ramada Inn in Fort Stockton, failed to choose a site and voted to conduct a public opinion poll within weeks. Citizens will rank three location choices, with Reeves Ward and Pecos Counties represented. Representatives debated Pecos Monahans and Fort Stockton before favoring Coyanosa or Pyote as compromise centers.
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Ramada Inn
Fort Stockton
Reeves
Ward
Pecos
State Coordinating Board
Monahans
Coyanosa
Pyote
George Baker
Don Stafford
Llonaire
J. Robert Scott
Harold Meyer
Chamber of Commerce
Chuck Wilson
Roland Maxwell
Mike Walling
Jim Hawkins
Junior College Committee
Harold Mayer
Regionai Junior College Committee
Pending rites for Ri cardo Carrasco at Pecos Funeral Home
Ri cardo E Carrasco 48 died from a personal safety related gunshot wound Wednesday evening. He worked as a Pecos High School maintenance man and had lived in Pecos most of his life. He was born April 3 1920 in Ruidosa Texas and served in the Army during World War II. He belonged to the Catholic War Veterans Gonzales-Garcia-Perea Post.
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Pecos
Ricardo E. Carrasco
Mr. Carrasco
Pecos High School
Ruidosa
Texas
Gonzales - Garcia- Perea
Agriculture To Get Fall Fair Emphasis
Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Division, Fair Chairman Garland Matthews, and Rodeo and Fair A.B. Foster Jr. discussed boosting agriculture at the Fall Fair. Dr. Jim Hefner of Pecos Experiment Station will lead planning efforts with future meetings planned to refine ideas for 1968 displays and agro related businesses.
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Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Division
Garland Matthews
Rodeo and Fair Association
A.B. Foster, Jr
Chambers Agriculture Division
Jim Hefner
Pecos Experiment Station
Foster
Hefner
Committee Forms to Study Pecos Oil Mill
An overflow crowd met in the Community Public Service room to discuss the Pecos Oil Mill and formed a Steering Committee to explore buying or reorganizing the mill. A.B. Foster Jr. was named chair, Bill Hudson secretary, with members including G G Passmore Ted Lindeman Marshall Nevill Loy Collier and many others.
First Graders Must Have Shots in Pecos Schools
Pecos Schools require all children entering first grade in September 1968 to present a birth certificate and a statement from their family doctor confirming immunizations for DPT, Polio, and Small Pox.
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Pecos
Mammoth Skeleton Uncovered Near Toyah
Mammoth skeleton unearthed near Toyah by Dwight E. Deal of Sul Ross State College and collaborators from Eastern New Mexico University and the Paleo Indian Institute, with permission from C A Daniel of Pecos. Excavation suggests a former lake bed and the bones of a prehistoric relative of the elephant continue to be revealed.
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Fran Sunday
Toyah
Dwight E. Deal
Sul Ross State College
Alpine
Eastern New Mexico University
Portales
Paleo- Indian Institute of
ENMU
C.A. Daniel
Pecos
E.B. Daniel
Jannette Thomas
Hobbs
N.M
Sul Ross
Sandra
Mrs. Deal
Operation Uplift Memorial Fund Started in Pecos
A deposit account at First National Bank launched to aid the family of Henry N. Salcido killed in a Sunday car crash. His 18 year old brother Felix Salcido Jr was injured and in critical but improving condition at Memorial Hospital. Contractors Andy Anderson and Ed Armstrong started the neighbor help project. father Felix Salcido Sr is a local construction worker. Contributions urged. checks payable to the Felix Salcido Fund and mailed to the First National Bank.
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First National Bank
Henry N. Salcido
Felix Salcido, Jr
Memorial Hospital
Pecos
Andy Anderson
Ed Armstrong
Felix Salcido, Sr
Felix Salcido
Veterans of World War I Convention in Pecos May 19
The 16th District Convention of Veterans of World War I and Women's Auxiliary, sponsored by Pecos Valley Barracks No. 1608, will be held at the Pecos Community Center on Sunday May 19. Registration begins at 9 a.m. Officers will be elected in the afternoon.
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16Th District Convention of Veterans of
Optimists Sponsor Free Swim Lessons at City Park Pool
The Optimist Club will sponsor third year free swimming lessons at City Park pool starting June 3. Jack Boswell chairs the project which averages 100 students yearly. Mrs L A Richards Jr leads instruction for six to twelve year olds with no prior lessons.
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Optimist Club
City Park Pool
Jack Boswell
L.A. Richards, Jr
Red Cross
Boswell
Johnson Street
Bowling Awards Banquet Slated For Pecos Country Club
The Pecos Men and Women Bowling Association will host its awards banquet and dance at Pecos Valley Country Club on May 18 at 7 30 p m Tickets are $2 50 per person and available from Myra Lowrance
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Pecos
Pecos Valley Country Club
Myra Lowrance
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W. Leslie Smith
C.E. Allen
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L.B. Johnson
Gordon Garlington
Blackwell
J.H. Freeland
Paul Tapp
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Gordon Holliday
Richard Casey
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Pecos Board of Realtors
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Fort Worth
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R.H. Blackwell
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Pete Lowrance
Mike Harrison
Denis Baustert
Floyd Brownlee, Jr
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