Pecos Junior High Holds Awards Day
Pecos Junior High held awards day in the gym with principal Garland Matthews presiding before resigning. Top scholars were Roger Frymire 97.2 and Kristi Kesey 96.8, with 8th grade Best Allround Girl Cynthia Cook and Best Allround Boy Wade McLain. New Student Council officers were elected and cheerleaders named for 1970-71.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos Junior High School
Garland Matthews
Cynthia Cook
Wade McLain
Kimberly Ashley
David Abila
Roger Frymire
Kristi Kesey
Margarite Mira
Montez
Steven Smith
Robert Harding
Cliff Davis
Treas
Vickie Passmore
Sharon Wadley
Dan Schaefer
Bill Bingham
Toyah School Annexation Appeal Delayed in Court
The 4th Court of Civil Appeals has not yet ruled on a suit challenging the Toyah School District annexation. A spokesman said the three judge panel meets Wednesdays and has not indicated when the ruling will be returned.
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San Antonio
4Th Court of Civil Appeals
Toyah
Weather Sketches Weekend Rain East of Davis Guadalupe
Weekend forecast calls for showers and scattered thundershowers mainly east of the Davis Guadalupe Mountains with clearing by Monday. Temperatures rise into the upper 80s and 90s with nights in the 30s to low 60s.
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Texas
Davis-Guadalupe Mountains
Sewing Workshops Scheduled at Pecos High School
Two free adult sewing workshops run June 15–19 in the Homemaking Dept at Pecos High School. Afternoon sessions target those with some sewing knowledge, teaching fitting, tailoring, bound buttonholes, lining and inner-lining. Evening session suits beginners, with all participants making the same garment to cover multiple techniques. Call the high school office at 445-3590 or Doveta Hunt at 445-5306 to register.
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Pecos High School
Doveta Hunt
Truck Wreck Injures Two in Toyah
Two men from Evansville Indiana were treated at Memorial Hospital after a truck and trailer rollover on U S 80 in Toyah at 1 20 pm Tuesday. Paul William Cordle 40 and Jerry Mayes 36 suffered bruises and abrasions when Cordle driving the truck owned by Charles Mayes veered left to miss a slowing vehicle and overturned in a ditch. DPS Highway Patrol officer David Good investigated.
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Memorial Hospital
Toyah
Paul William Cordle
Jerry Mayes
Evansville
Ind
Charles Mayes
Cordle
U. S. 80
David Good
DPS Highway Patrol
Bradley Rites Set for Ralph Bradley
Funeral services will be held at 2 p m Friday at the Church of Christ at 4th and Bois d Arc for Ralph Bradley. J B Hudson minister will officiate. Interment in Fairvein Cemetery Bradley 47 died yesterday in Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Survivors include his widow Hilda two sons and two daughters two grandsons his father three sisters and one brother.
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Church of Christ
4Th
Bois d’ Arc
Ralph Bradley
J. B. Hudson
Fairvein
Bradley
Memorial Hospital
Hilda
Texas Students Launch Drive to Correct Collegiate Image
Betty Wilhelm SMU sophomore and Harold Green of Stephen F. Austin lead a new campus group Student Majority for Responsible Expression. They funded a Dallas newspaper ad campaign praising Nixon Cambodian policy and oppose campus violence while aiming to expand statewide.
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Texas
Kensiner
Associated Press
Dallas, Tex
Betty Wilhelm
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Nixon
Betty
Harold Green
Stephen F. Austin University
Nacogdoches
East Texas
Lawrence R. Green
Green
Steve Stasio
SMU
Dallas Times Herald
Dallas Morning News
Congress
Cambodia
Swimming Pools Set Openings
With school out today, local pools prepare openings. City Park pool near the airbase is run by Bobby Segalia and East Pecos pool by Sidney Sadler. Pecos Athletic Association pool opens Sunday at 1 pm under manager Joe Ann Jackson.
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Bobby Segalia
Sidney Sadler
Bessie Haynes
Pecos
Pecos Athletic Association
Joe Ann Jackson
Missed Paper Delivery Guaranteed by 6:45 PM Call Line
Readers missing newspaper delivery should call Circulation by 6:45 PM for guaranteed replacement after 5:30 PM and must use the provided phone number.
Research Associate To Begin Duties June 1
Jaroy Moore of the Texas A&M University Soil and Crop Sciences Department will join the A&M University Agricultural Research Station at Pecos June 1 as a research associate. He has completed course work and oral exams for a doctoral degree in soil physics and is the main investigator on grants from the Texas Water Development Board and an oil refining company. Moore plans to study Pecos soil salinity and structure as factors in cotton yield decline, and he is a native of Pear Valley near Brady, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Moore. He attended Tarleton State College before Texas A&M, earning BS in 1964 and MS in 1967.
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Jaroy Moore
Texas A&m University Soil and Crop Sciences
A&m University Agricultural Research Station
Pecos
H. O. Kunkel
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
A&m
Moore
Texas Water Development Board
Kunkel
Miss Bush Earns Degree at UH Spring Commencement
More than 2 500 students are candidates for degrees or diplomas to be awarded by the University of Houston during Spring Commencement on Saturday May 30 at 4 p m in Hofheinz Pavilion. Dr W D McElroy of Washington DC director of the National Science Foundation will deliver the commencement address. Dr Philip G Hoffman UH president will confer degrees and diplomas and recognize honor graduates. Gwendolyn Jean Bush from Pecos is listed as a candidate for BS Pharmacy.
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University of Houston
Hofheinz Pavilion
National Science Foundation
W. D. McElroy
Washington, D. C
Philip G. Hoffman
Pecos
Gwendolyn Jean Bush
P. QO
Pharmacy
Population Decline Shown in Reeves County 1970 Census
Preliminary census figures indicate Pecos City with 12,492 residents and Reeves County at 16,263, both down from 1960 counts of 12,728 for Pecos and 17,644 for the county per Conrad Ramírez, U S Census Bureau El Paso District.
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Reeves County
Conrad Ramirez
el Paso
U. S. Census Bureau
Pecos
Tornadoes Threaten Texas Reach Prompt Tornado Watch
Widespread thunder storms spawned damaging winds and heavy rain as tornadoes moved through Texas. Tornadoes lifted back into clouds without touching ground in Dallas Fort Worth and Brackettville while Del Rio reports mobile homes knocked off foundations and high winds. A cool front was expected to bring cooler air Friday statewide. A separate theft report notes a small organ stolen from a building behind Ruben Zaragosa’s home May 25.
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Associated Press
Texas
Fort Worth
Dallas
Jackettville
del Rio
U. S
San Antonio
Oklahoma
Lubbock
Tarrant County
West Texas
Brackettville
Breckenridge
Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Ruben Zaragosa
S. Pecan
James Titus
Castillo Conviction Upheld in Habitual Theft Case
The Court of Criminal Appeals affirms Eugenio Castillo of Pecos in a habitual criminal ruling. Judge J H Starley of the 143rd District Court had imposed a life sentence after his third theft conviction. Castillo will be transferred to Huntsville.
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Court of Criminal Appeals
Eugenio Castillo
Pecos
J. H. Starley
143Rd District Court
Castillo
Huntsville
June Draft Call Down in Texas for 1951 Group
Colonel Morris S Schwartz state selective service director said Texas June draft quota is 801 with random sequence numbers no higher than 170. May quota was 834 with numbers up to 145. pre induction exams set at 2320 down from 5828 with numbers 1 to 215. volunteers inducted before non volunteers.
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Austin
Texas
Morris Ss. Schwartz
State Selective Service
Schwartz
Army
Cooking School Canceled for June 16
The cooking school scheduled for June 16 has been canceled for now but will be held later in the summer. The program was planned for adult classes.
New Highway Patrolman Assigned to Pecos District
Patrolman David Good, 27, begins regular patrol work in the Pecos district. A Winters native and Winters High School graduate, he trained at the Austin Public Safety Academy, served seven years in the U. S. Army, and worked as a welder in Lubbock before joining the department. He is unmarried.
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Pecos
Melton Rasberry
David Good
Winters
Rosser Good
Dept. of Public Safety Academy
Austin
Good
Abilene
Lubbock
U. S. Army
Winters High School
Sanders Awarded Bachelor’s Degree at UT May Commencement
Mrs. Carole Elizabeth Sanders will receive a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Texas at the May 30 commencement exercises. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Travis Lattner of 2114 Johnson. Dr. Wayne H. Holtzman, dean of the College of Education, announced her candidacy for the degree.
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University of Texas
Carole Elizabeth Lattner Sanders
Sanders
Travis Lattner
Johnson
Lanters
Wayne H. Holtzman
College of Education
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Ann Gerken
Stella Wilkinson
Betty Olivas
Cindy Stafford
Charla Clark
Pricilla Martinez
Becky Riveria
Brenda Day
Matthews
Pecos-Barstow
Bradley Rites
Janell Kelton
Jim Tom Kelton
Wink
Wink High School
L. W. Anderson
Homemaker of America
National Honor Society
UIL
Sul Ross State University
Howard’s
Indochina
John Towers-Tex
Texas A&m
Jaroy Moore Ag
Miss Bush
Texans
Terry Hubbs
Pecos Junior High
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