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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1979
Page
2
The Distributive Education Clubs of America are taking orders for smoked turkeys weighing 10 to 12 pounds at 1.80 per pound. Deliveries run November 15 to 21. Call after 5 PM at 445-3779, 447-2259, or 447-3549 to order. Proceeds fund the annual Employer Appreciation dinner.
New York markets edged up amid ongoing rate climbs while wholesale price gains eased. Producer prices rose 1 percent in September. Chicago cash grain shows wheat at 3.943, corn around 2.48, oats 1.432, soybeans 6.08. Cotton futures higher midday with spot declines of 21 points to 63.31 cents. Dow Jones at 11 a.m. shows mixed results with the industrial average near 814.76, down 0.94.
Eulojio Rubio 86 died in Pecos Nursing Home at 3 40 p m Oct 31 He was born March 11 1893 in Mexico and was a Catholic Rosary will be at 7 30 p m tonight at Pecos Funeral Home Chapel Funeral services at 3 p m Friday Nov 2 at Santa Rosa Catholic Church with burial in Fairview Cemetery He is survived by wife Perfecta one son Gildardo Rubio of Amarillo two step sons David Verges of Monahans Nicolas Verges of Midland two daughters Ernestina Rubio and Amores Pena both of Pecos five brothers four sisters 13 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Calendar listing weekly meetings for Lions Club Optimist Club AA and Al‑Non TOPS clubs Barstow Rotary and other groups. Entries include venues such as Lions Den Holiday Inn Hickory Housing Center and CPS Reddy Room with times from morning to evening and notes on second or fourth week schedules. A final line notes no school today.
October entries report emergency responses across Balmorhea and Reeves County. Incidents include a stroke in a San Antonio resident on IH-10 transported to Reeves County Hospital by Tony Parker and Delbert Mooney, a Fort Lauderdale convulsion also conveyed to the same hospital, a motorcycle crash on SH 10 sending a victim to Culberson County Hospital, a single vehicle rollover on Hwy 17 near Verhalen, a lone occupant found dead after a long-period wreck on IH-10, and two California residents treated at Ft. Stockton Memorial Hospital after an IH-10 rollover. Ambulance crew: C. T. Gray, Helen Humphries, Ike Ward.
Mark Callison, a 1974 Pecos High School graduate and Sul Ross State University alumnus, returns to teach Title I Reading at Crockett Junior High and coach seventh grade sports. He taught last year in Balmorhea. Callison’s wedding to Barbara Fridrich of Marble Falls is planned for November 10 at the Peters home. A swine producers meeting will be held November 6 at 7 p.m. in the Community Public Service Reddy Room, led by the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, covering selection, feeding, housing, and parasites.
The Enterprise promotes volunteer aid through the Volunteer Corner by the Department of Human Resources in Pecos. Readers are urged to offer time or advice, assist with hot water heaters, repairs, winterizing, reading materials, and collecting savings stamps for those in need. Call 445-5487 for details.
The report covers EMS responses and police reports in Pecos. Ambulance crews assisted a woman with abdominal pains, a transfer to Odessa Women's and Children's Hospital, a collapse at a church, and illness at a residence. Firefighters tackled a jeep fire. Auto theft claims four chrome wheel hubcaps from a 1979 Buick. A brick damaged a 1971 Chevrolet rear window. Two vehicles collided on West Third in a rear-end crash.
Paul Leemaster Jr aged 25 was arrested on October 27 for terroristic threat. A separate report states Remon Scott Whisenhunt reported a motel room burglary with $490 stolen.
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