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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1971
Page
16
The Madera Valley Hobby Club spent an all day picnic in the Davis Mountains with eight members at Madera Canyon. Local residents share family visits, a bridge party, a birthday surprise, and hospital updates. Balmorhea seniors hold Baccalaureate and upcoming commencements noted along with students returning from college and summer teaching plans.
Texas tops the nation in harvested acreages of cabbage carrots onions and watermelons and ranks high in fresh market produce with a 23 million annual West Texas output. Researchers at Texas Tech University coordinate statewide vegetable programs with Dr Sam Curl noting West Texas soils and climate favor production and describing the Munday Knox City Gaines County Plainview Hereford Muleshoe Pecos Fort Stockton and upper Rio Grande Valley as key areas.
Readers missing their newspaper should call the Circulation Dept by 6:45 p.m. to arrange delivery. The notice provides the contact number 445 and confirms a delivery guarantee when the paper is not received by 6:00 p.m.
AP correspondent Horst Faas and reporter Peter Arnett describe Americans they met during a three month tour. Profiles include Angie Solari in Indian Gulch California Lola Pepion in San Francisco Bay Alcatraz Rev Joseph J Kleinsasser Hutterites Big Red Dan Morin and a West Oakland death in a ghetto Chicago detective Joe Stachula and reflections on Al Capone and the St Valentines Day Massacre.
In Huntsville Texas 16 convicts in the Texas Department of Corrections system earned associate in arts degrees from Lee College. Dr Richard D Strahan Baytown College president awarded the degrees at Ferguson Unit commencement. Top student Coy Worden 30 followed by John R Powell 36.
Mrs. W L Fuller hosted the Barstow Wednesday Bridge Club on May 26 at her home. Guests included Mrs. Madge Conger, Mrs. Ruth Gregory and Mrs. Ruth Stull, with Barstow students visiting from Lipan for birthdays May 28 and May 29. Pony League Bears beat Pecos Pirates 19 to 3. pitchers included David Dominguez Victor Juarez Armando Rivas.
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