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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1978
Page
2
Reporter Sharon Kerns visits the CAI classroom where 16 terminals provide individualized 10 minute daily math and reading drills for grades 3 to 6. The program augments, not replaces, human teaching and aims to help average students gain mastery leading to advancement.
Gordon R. Golden son of Ray M. and Mrs. Golden of Pecos will earn his Doctor of Medicine at the University of Texas Medical School San Antonio on May 28. A Pecos High School graduate of 1970 he earned a B A in Zoology from Texas Tech in 1973 with high honors and was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. He will start a three year Internal Medicine residency at Wake Forest in North Carolina after graduation and is married to Vanessa Ann Roberts.
New York trading turned modestly lower as inflation concerns weighed on the market. The noon Dow fell 5.37 to 850.05 with losers ahead of gainers on the NYSE, while federal price outlooks pointed to bad April and May readings. Gaming stocks rose on Atlantic City casino hopes as Bally, Playboy, and Caesars advanced. Cotton and grain futures also moved lower amid mixed commodity signals. Dow Jones A.M. averages showed the 30 Industrials down 4.76 at 850.66.
County Bond Chairman Archie Scott announced Reeves County sold 42 993 dollars of United States Savings Bonds in April for 39 percent of the 1978 goal of 190 000. Texas monthly sales reached 27 433 931 dollars, and four months of 1978 total 105 008 559 with 34 percent of a 306.6 million yearly goal achieved.
Balmorhea AARP met at the Community Center with a welcome by President Hunter and a birthday song for Hazel Humphries and others. Cecil Kingston reviewed Life after Life. Mc notes include bridge high score, bingo wins, hospital updates, a Midland workshop on aging grants, church conference travels, a Balmorhea kindergarten graduation, and local family travels to L B J Lake and Ruidoso for summer.
A state legislative panel will hold a public hearing on health care for the elderly and disabled in Big Spring May 26 at 9 a.m. in the Dora Roberts Student Union Building, part of seven statewide hearings. The study by SB 548 aims to assess needs and report to the 66th Legislature, with Sen Chet Brooks, Sen Ike Harris, Sen Bill Meier, Rep Mike Ezzell, and Rep Buck Florence on the panel, joined by DHR members Emmett Grief, Merle Springer, and Lloyd Sterling.
Two graduate bachelor degrees were awarded to 237 seniors in Brownwood on May 13 at the Brownwood Coliseum. Among the honorees were Ella Louise Fleming and Jimmy Ann Hagar Thompson of Pecos.
Weekly schedule for Pecos area groups notes Lions Club meetings at Amistad Lions Den and Holiday Inn, Rotary and Chamber events, senior center closings for Memorial Day, Alcoholics Anonymous at 125 S Oak, TOPS 259 at 902 E 10th, and fishing tournament in Balmorhea. Also lists Bible study times and open meetings with phone contacts.
Police report Charles LaFever received word of a stolen Cadillac Fleetwood from Brownfield. The car was found in the 700 block alley of Plum and Oleander, searched, partial footprints discovered inside, and the vehicle was impounded for safekeeping.
Graveside services for Enrique Ojeda III who died shortly after birth at Reeves County Hospital will be held at 4 p.m. today at Santa Rosa Cemetery under Pecos Funeral Home. Survivors include his parents Enrique Ojeda II and his brother, grandparents Enrique Ojeda and Josefa Gonzales of Pecos.
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