Civil Air Patrol aids education and cadet program growth
The CAP runs aerospace education in hundreds of schools and hosts college seminars to train teachers. Randy Mathews named Pecos Unit commander Felix Gonzales promoted to staff sergeant six new cadets joined bringing total to about 50. Local unit relies on bake sales scrap iron and donations for equipment while USAF provides some supplies. CAP volunteers patrol land and air ready to search for missing flyers with CAP insignia visible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Air Patrol
CAP
Randy Mathews
Pecos
Felix Gonzales
United States Air Force
Randell O. Mathews
Robert Hinojos
Managerial Accounting Course Offered by PBGC
The Permian Basin Graduate Center announces a three day course titled Managerial Accounting and Finance for Non-Financial Executives. It runs December 5 to 7 in Midland at PBGC classrooms. Dr. Charles H. Smith of the University of Illinois teaches, with a $275 fee. For details contact the Graduate Center Office at 104 Gulf Building Midland 682-2832.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Permian Basin Graduate Center
PBGC
Metro
N. Colorado
Midland
Charles H. Smith
University of Illinois
University of Texas At Austin
Pennsylvania State University
University of
Balmorhea Thanksgiving Weekend Visitation Highlights
Local Balmorhea residents hosted Thanksgiving guests from Odessa Pecos Dallas and Saragosa including Alfredo Brijalba Marta Brijalba Jessie Brijalba and Alberto Mart a families. Other gatherings featured Montoya Martinez Bejaran Carrasco Dominguez and Ortega relatives with a Bake Sale by the CYO Club and parish hall cleanup and Christmas carol practices planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Brijalba
Alfredo Brijalba
Marta
Jessie Brijalba
Sul Ross
CYO Club
Balmorhea
Jimmy’s
Fire damages parlor as city federation loses meeting room
Fire heavily damaged the Federated clubs parlor and teen room at the community center on Wednesday night. City officials await insurer report before planning repairs as the banquet room suffered smoke damage and will be out of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Federation
Federation
Laura Johnston
Women’s Federation
J.T. Prewit
Avery Clinic
Eighth and
Cypress Streets
Avery
Prewit
Highway 80
Eighth
Elm Street
South Cedar Street
Mentone
Highway 302
Stafford and
Country Club Drive
Market drift continues as investors weigh deficit and jobs outlook
Wall Street slipped for a second straight session with the Dow off 5.28 to 834.29 at noon amid profit taking and a weak U.S. trade deficit report. Burns questioned unemployment improvement. Motorola led NYSE losers while index readings and volume showed broad softness across exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.S
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur Burns
New York Stock Exchange
Motorola
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Cash Grain Chicago
Billfold Found and Several Police Reports Filed
A billfold with a driver’s license belonging to Adan Aguilar Rodriguez was turned over to police after being found at First and Orange Street. Police also document complaints for simple assault, drunkenness, vandalism, and various accidents, with multiple arrests and bail set in related incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Navarette
Second St
First
Orange Street
Adan Aguilar Rodriguez
Hickory St
Juana Arias
S. Peach St
Armando Rodriguez
Hermila Mongarro
Rodriguez
Cliff Preslar
Felipe Ocon
Estrella Bar
Ramon Florez
Florez
Raul Estrelo Perez
Adalberto Valeriano
Steve Balog
Macrame
William E. Coleman III
Gloria Lara Galindo
S. Eddy Street
Coleman
Fan Jones
E. Second St
Mildred Crockett Jackson
Carol McKean Stark
Fourth St
Jackson
Mario Alfonso Tarango
Calendar of Pecos area events and clubs
Calendar lists weekly meetings and activities in Pecos for Lions Club Amistad Optimists Rotary and other groups. It covers Monday through Thursday with locations such as American Motor Inn Lions Den Chaparral Village Steak House Saragosa Hall Holiday Inn and Edna Grier's plus events at Austin Elementary School Science Fair awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos Optimists
Chaparral Village
Modern Study Club
Edna Grier’s
S.cherry
Downtown Lions Club
Holiday Inn
Rotary Club
Austin
Conference on Children and Youth during Southern Area meeting
Harvey Holcomb of Odessa will attend the Southern Area Conference on Children and Youth in Oklahoma City December 8 to 10. The event gathers Legion and Auxiliary leaders from 13 southern states to plan the 1978 program year and address child and youth issues including alcohol abuse immunization neglect and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Harvey Holcomb
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
American Legion and Legion Auxiliary
Obituary for Ella Mae Jones 1891 86 Pecos resident
Services for Ella Mae Jones age 86 were held at Calvary Baptist Church with interment at Greenleaf Cemetery in Brownwood. Died Thursday in Reeves County Memorial Hospital. Born January 29, 1891 in Falls County. Survived by four daughters, fifteen grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren, two sisters and multiple relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Mae Jones
Calvary Baptist Church
Greenleaf
Brownwood
Jones
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Pecos
Falls County
Geneva Clark
Roanoke
Juanita Wiley
Loreta Boren
Monahans
Winnie Franks
Seminole
Mary Stroud
Stanton
Minnie Gray
Butte, Mont
Wingbeat Speeds Distinguish Fly and Buzzard Flight
A housefly beats its wings 330 times per second, far faster than a buzzard whose wings move three times each second. The comparison highlights dramatic differences in insect and raptor flight mechanics.
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Pecos Enterprise
Alberto Marta
Ruben Matta
Juan Casias
Mike Contreras
Frank Tercero
Lily Tercero
Sal Ross
Juan Fierro
Abel Baeza
Dallas
Juan Baeza
Pilar Montoya Jr
Pilar Montoya Sr
Gustavo Roman
Saragosa
Billy Lozano
Eugene Bejaran
Lino Garcia
Jimmy Carrasco Sr
Jimmy Carrasco Jr
Saki Martinez
Benjamin Guevara
Mario Martinez
Armando Garcia
Gary Fuentez
Las Cruces
Israel Ortega
Fort Stockton
Lino Baragan
Efren Dominguez
Frank Contreras
Kermit
Jimmy Dominguez
Federated Clubs
Joni Thompson
Jo Ann Thompson
S. Plum
Texas Eastern University
Alpha Chi
Miss Thompson
H.P.E
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
Pecos Texas
Ken Dulaney
Lewis Barrett
Diane Osborn
Doris Welch
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Reeves County
Reeves
Ward, Loving, Culberson
Jeff Counties
Texas
the Market Report
FT. Worth
Tex
Dow Jones
A.m
Indus
New York Cotton Exchange
Jose T. Herrera Jr
Wichita Falls
Raymond Ramirez
Ramirez
Herrera
Ed Ames
Big T Family
Ames
G.L. Teller
S. Plum St
Darcy Thomas
S. Eddy St
O.J. Bryan
Hackberry St
Orange St
Ivan Levario
Robert Contreras
Reeves Memorial Hospital
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
S. Oak St
Federal Parlor
Saragosa Hall
S. Cedar
Austin, Tex
James Wagener
University of Texas At San Antonio
Peter Flawn
Ut-Austin
Wagener
UT Health Science Center
San Antonio
University of Tennessee At Knoxville
Southern Methodist University
Athett
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